June 10: "Do not put out your fire because someone else doesn't understand your flame."
So I struggled with this one for some reason...the prompt answer was easy but the tyeing it into the story was the hard part...untill I hit the right place and actions for the characters. I now understand the authors who say that the way they wright the characters some times is just not the characters...
For anyone who is interested, I did get my closet cleaned yesterday, it did not take as long as I thought, and it is messier then when I started. And I didn't see any cockroches.
To God Be The Glory!!
Kiah lay under a tree, closing his eye tightly against the light that felt like it was piercing into his head. Rubbing his hand over the scar on his face, the buck groaned slightly. As he heard footsteps, he opened his good eye to see a young buck, Nath, standing over him, looking concerned as he held a mug of water. Kiah struggled to sit, pushing himself up with his arms, breathing in silent relief. He felt his shoulders being supported by Nath as the younger buck helped him lean against a tree. Frowning slightly, Kiah watched as Nath crouched by him, uncharacteristically still.
"You good?" The words caught in Kiah's throat, and he began coughing harshly. Feeling a steady hand on his head, he drank the water that Nath held out to him, the cool water sliding down his throat, soothing the ache and easing the pain. Nath stayed silent, and the older buck looked at him steadily, nodding his head towards the ground beside him. "Sit."
Kiah watched as Nath slumped to the ground. The young buck was staring down at the ground as he dug a hole in the grass. Kiah sat silently waiting for Nath to speak, frowning as the younger buck suddenly stilled, placing his hands in his lap. The scared buck's gaze sharpened as the normally carefree younger buck sat up straight, clutching his hands together.
"Talk to me, Nath." Grimacing at the pain in his throat, he pushed it away, focusing on Nath as the young buck glanced at him quickly before turning his gaze to the front again. After a long moment, Nath sighed and began pulling at the grass.
"It's just--" braking off with a sigh, he fell silent again. Kiah watched him for a moment before nudging him on the shoulder.
"Just what?"
"Do I bother you?" The blurted-out sentence caused Kiah to blink as he stared at the younger buck in confusion before shaking his head.
"No." Shifting on the ground, he shook his head again. "No, you don't bother me."
Nath sighed heavily and looked at him. "Do you think I bother others?"
With a sigh, Kiah pinched his lips together. "Who's told you that you're a bother?"
"No one…" Kiah looked at him skeptically, and the younger buck sighed. "No one in particular. But I can tell by the looks and comments that people don't like me moving around all the time…" He trailed off, and Kiah bumped him on the shoulder again.
"The way you are shows that you are alive and well." Kiah's mind went to what he knew of Jo's upbringing and his own upbringing. "It is not right to suppress a person because they are too exuberant for them, or to push a person because they are not exuberant enough." Rubbing his throat, he watched as Nath nodded,relaxing slightly. Catching the younger buck by the arm as he stood, Kiah looked at him from where he continued to sit. "Do not put out your fire because someone else doesn't understand your flame."
"Thank you, sir." Nath's voice was grateful. "I'll remember that."
Watching Nath run off towards the town, Kiah allowed a grin to cross his face as he slid back down, laying on the soft grass.