Chapter 47: Legosi's Training Regimen, Day Five! Thursdays With Jack and Sheila!
It was a Thursday morning, and the sun was shining down on Legosi and Jack's window. The gray wolf was groggily woken up by Jack, and he knew that he was awake much earlier than he usually was. "Mmmph… Jack, what's going on?" Legosi muttered sleepily.
"Come on, Legosi! You promised Alex that you would start jogging with me and Sheila on Thursday mornings!" The labrador gently reminded his friend.
"Oh, right, sorry about that. Man time's been going by so quickly I forget what day it even is." Legosi said.
"If I had a nickel for everytime I heard that." Jack chuckled as Legosi slowly got out of bed, "Me and Sheila will be waiting outside for you."
Legosi soon got himself ready and headed outside where Jack and Sheila were chatting and chuckling for a bit. Legosi watched them, though he couldn't really hear what they were saying. Seeing them talk like this brought a smile to Legosi's face. The duo soon noticed Legosi.
"Well look who's finally here?" Sheila smirked.
"You gonna stand there or start running with us?" Jack asked a bit jokingly.
"Yea, yea, I'm coming." Legosi sighed as he started to jog with them.
Legosi was running with the duo as he could hear them talk more. His focus on cardio made him not really pay much attention to what they were saying. It was interesting to him though how Jack was being so talkative like this as Legosi remembers back when Jack was kinda a quiet person even as he and Legosi met.
"Hey, Earth to Legosi!" Legosi heard Jack and Sheila holler, making him realize he was going in a completely different direction from where they were going. He quickly made his way back to them.
"Sorry, I uh just kinda spaced out a bit." The gray wolf apologized.
"Are you okay?" Sheila asked worriedly.
"Well it's just, I find it interesting seeing you two interact like this. Especially since Jack wasn't all talkative before even when we've met. He was as quiet as a zombie." Legosi told the cheetah.
"What?" Jack said with a bit of a blush, "I wasn't that quiet…"
"You could barely form a sentence whenever we spoke to each other." Legosi pointed out.
"Well look who's talking?" Jack retorted with a smirk, making Legosi rub the back of his head and chuckle.
"So I guess it became a role reversal between you two?" Sheila asked with a giggle.
"Guess so." Legosi chuckled along with Jack, "But it just makes me happy seeing Jack be close to someone like this."
They continued jogging along the rather scenic route that Sheila had picked out for them to run before they began their exercise. The cheetah had plotted a course that would take them around the city without going into the black market. "Say, Legosi! You've known Jack since you were both pups. I bet you have some cute stories to tell!" Sheila called back.
Jack began sweating, a little worried about what Legosi might end up telling her. The wolf began to tell her about one time from their childhood...
"Legosi! Wait up!" A young golden retriever called out as he chased after his friend.
"Hurry up Jack! We're gonna miss it!" Legosi replied, running into a nearby forest. Jack dutifully tried to keep up, but was lagging behind. The wolf jumped and skipped over stones, climbed around trees, and leapt through the air. Jack gasped, surprised at his friend's agility.
"Wow Legosi! I didn't know you were so fast!" Jack complimented, stumbling over some rocks on the path Legosi had taken. The pair ran and ran, giggling and laughing as they ran through the grass. Legosi continued to bound through the forest, nearly leaving Jack in the dust.
"Come on Legosi! I can't- woah!" The young retriever was caught off guard by a small root coming out of the ground, his foot getting caught and falling face first into the dirt. Legosi heard the commotion behind him and spun to see the retriever laying face down.
"Jack! Are you okay?" The young wolf asked, concerned for his friend's health as he ran over to help him up. Once he was next to Jack, he gently helped him up.
"Ow… my foot hurts..." Jack whined, massaging the foot that was caught by the root. Legosi frowned, looking over his hurt friend. Mud covered his face, and his fur was dishevelled from the fall. The small wolf whined, helping his friend up.
"Do…you think you can stand up?" The worried wolf asked.
"I…think so." Jack replied, wincing as he applied pressure on the injury. Legosi noticed immediately and wrapped his arm around the Labrador's shoulder.
"Here, I'll help." Legosi adjusted Jack's weight so he could more easily carry him without putting any weight on the sore foot.
"T-Thanks Legosi." Jack stuttered out, still wincing slightly. Legosi smiled and helped the boy limp on. "Come on, we're almost there." Jack nodded, keeping pace with the wolf once again.
The pair moved slowly and carefully now, until they reached a large hedge-like bush. "It's just through here." Legosi instructed. Jack held onto Legosi tighter, practically hugging him as they both pushed through the hedge.
Once they were though, what Jack saw made him gasp in awe. What lay before the pair were trees extending far into the sky. Light could easily be seen pouring through the canopy, reaching even to the ground below where the pair stood. Redwood trees as tall as buildings towered overhead, creating a miniature ring around a centre clearing where a large boulder prevented growth of new redwoods. While impressive and beautiful on their own, the trees weren't what made the little Labrador gasp. Covering every tree, and blanketing the forest floor, and even perched on the rock in the centre, where thousands upon thousands of monarch butterflies. The air was filled with the calming sounds of fluttering wings, and clouds upon clouds of butterflies migrating from tree to tree, not staying still for long as they seemed to constantly search for a better place to land. All this combined, was what dropped Jack's jaw to the floor.
"L-Legosi…this…it's amazing!" He yelled, sending a wave of butterflies into the air.
Legosi smiled happily. "This forest is part of their annual migration. I learned about it in school! I just knew I had to come here and see it for myself." Legosi told Jack, tail going a mile a minute, seemingly just as excited as his golden friend. Both their tails beat rapidly behind them as they took in the majestic sight, seemingly lost in the beauty of it all.
After a long pause with nothing being said between the two, only the sounds of fluttering wings, Legosi spoke. "Hey Jack?"
The lab lightly shook off his daze and looked at his friend he was using for support. "Yeah Legosi?" He inquired back, cutely tilting his head. Legosi chuckled.
"Thanks for being the best friend ever." Jack's eyes went wide, tackling the wolf to the ground and giggling loudly. The pair continued to play, surrounded by butterflies.
Sheila chuckled as Legosi finished the story. "That was adorable!" The cheetah exclaimed as they finished running. The three of them stopped and sat down in the grass, panting.
"I have to say… hearing that story from you was fun. Those were good times." Jack told his best friend. The gray wolf smiled at the golden dog endearingly.
"They really were." Legosi agreed.
"Well, I can't wait for next week's story!" Sheila snickered as she stood up and took off in a mad dash.
"SHEILA! WAIT UP!" Jack yelled as he and Legosi got back on their feet and raced off after her, trying to catch up.
The final day of the week with Legosi's training! Today is more of a relaxed kind of day, and Legosi settles down with Alex, Haru, and his dorm mates to watch a special show! Don't miss the conclusion of Legosi's training arc in the next chapter of BEASTARS: Converging Destinies!
Chapter 48: Legosi's Training Regimen, Day Six! Fridays with Alex, Haru, Jack, and Room 701!