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Drabble #3: The Picnic
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Little Yuki was out walking. For him, this was an everyday routine and the only times he ever had to himself.
Little Tohru was also out walking. This wasn't typical for her, but she felt like going out for a picnic because it was such a beautiful clear day.
Upon turning the corner, they bumped into each other.
"Poof."
"Eh?" Tohru looked around confusedly.
Hearing a squeak, she looked down and saw a pile of clothes and shoes. Something seemed to be moving under them.
Digging her hand into the pile, Tohru pulled out a tiny rat.
"Cute!" She cried happily and hugged it.
"Do you want to come on a picnic with me, little rat?" She asked peering into it's little violet eyes.
The rat looked very frightened, and Tohru got worried.
She petted it's fur gently and pulled out a tiny piece of sandwich from her picnic bag and offered it to the rat.
"Don't worry, little rat," she said softly, "I won't hurt you."
The rat seemed to calm down a bit and nibbled the piece of sandwich.
Beaming, Tohru put the rat into her shirt pocket, picked the clothes off the sidewalk, put them in her bag and went along her merry way to the park.
Once she reached the park, she picked a shady tree to sit under, spread a blanket under it and then sat down.
She ate her lunch, sharing some of it with the tiny rat in her pocket, and giggled at times as she watched it.
After finishing, she lay down on the blanket and took a nap while cuddling the little rat in her arms.
Seeing that she was asleep, the rat wiggled out of her grasp, poofed back to normal, pulled the clothes out from her bag and put them on. Whispering thank you to her, he slipped away.
Waking up an hour later, Tohru was disappointed that the rat had disappeared, but she also wondered why the clothes she had picked up earlier had disappeared too.
Had she been dreaming?
She put her hand into her shirt pocket and felt bread crumbs in it. Realizing that she hadn't been dreaming, she hoped to meet that little rat again.
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Stay tuned for Drabble #4!
Wondering why Yuki didn't change back right away? Tohru hadn't been holding him in her hand for too long, and she did put him in her shirt pocket, didn't she?
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