little jerboa adeventures part 7

after berries stood vigil for claw for an hour he decided to go home. he could tell his parents were annoyed at him for still living with them when hes a full grown jerboa. when he got home his parents were at the entrence of the den with disapproving looks on their faces.

mom sighed. “berries.. ur dad and i have been talking… and we think its time for u to go. u have had enough time to grieve for ur lost m@te.”

dad nodded. “yeah. u need to go and experience the world. plus we cant afford to feed u and clean up after u anymore.”

berries heart sank. was he getting kicked out? “wh.. mom.. dad…. im ur son? h.h.ow c.c.c..ould u??” he choked out. berries took a deep breath. “f..fine. ill go.” then he turned tail and left.

jerboa families are needlessly cruel in berries opinion. a deep realization hit him. he would not survive long without a m@te. he began to panic. his brother and azul definitely wouldnt let him stay with them for a while. he was truly on his own. who would even wanna be with him. suddenlt he saw a figure in the distance. he realized that it was fangs! shes single. berries ran over to her. “fangs!” he called out.

she turned to look at him. “berries? what r u doing here?” she asked.

berries sighed. “i got kicked out of my den. i.. i dont think ill survive much longer on my own.” he explained

fangs stared deeply at him. “what r u saying?”

“i… i really like u fang. a..and i was wondering…” he refused to make eye contact with her bc if she looked into his eyes she would probably see through his lies. “will u be my m@te?”

fangs stepped back. “i dunno..”

“please!” he cried. “i… l…l..ove u?”

she giggled. “i was just kidding! of course we can be b0yfriend and g1rlfriend!” she nuzzled his shoulder.

berries let out a sigh in relief. maybe he was going to survive after all. but with a m@te he doesnt love? he missed claw so much…

TBC!!

-berrie