The day had been like any other, Poppy was filling the village with cheerful songs, there was hugs, sunshine and of course glorious singing and dancing. Each and every day for Poppy and her friends it was sunshine and rainbows. Poppy always lived life to the fullest, she was filled with kindness and a song in her heart.
When the Bergin's ate her mother she had been very young, leaving her to be innocent and naïve to the many hardships around her. While it was a great loss to the village when Poppy's mother died, she had been too young to realize what all had happened. She didn't know loss, and King poppy intended to keep it that way.
Unfortunately due to the fact Poppy couldn't pick up when someone was struggling with a loss, she didn't realize it when Branch had come across the snack pack, in the middle of the woods as usual. Grumpier than ever, his dark Grey eye's had a tint of red to them however. Almost as if he had been very tired, or had just got done crying.
The Grey trolls movements where one of sluggish, and almost as if the weight had been on his shoulders. He barley said a word to Poppy and the Snack pack which was unusual. Since usually he was belting out something about the Bergin's and how they were being way too loud.
Branch knelt down to pick up some twigs when he felt a pair of eye's staring at him, a few pairs but this pair in particular was staring at the back of his head like it was trying to burn a hole in his skull. Standing up Branch noticed that unlike usual Creek didn't say a word about positivity. Or how Branch should relax.
In fact.
He hadn't said a word to the grey troll at all.
Wearily meeting Creeks eyes there was a deep note of understanding in the spiritual Troll's eyes, almost as if he knew what was bothering him. Branch took a deep breath through his nose trying not to lash out at anything and everything that was around him. Which sadly would've been the snack pack and Poppy.
Without another word he trucked into the Forrest ignoring the shouts of the soon to be princess, her up beat and happy attitude taking a particular annoyed to his nerve today. While he didn't agree with the choice that they made. Or the loud singing that was sure to bring the Bergin's to his front door.
He refused to take his anger, frustration and heartbreak out on the lot of them. He maybe Grey but he wasn't cruel. He could feel the eyes still staring as he walked deeper into the forest.