Memories of our time

Everything was quiet and calm as the sun slowly rose to wake the sleeping kingdom. A window opened showing a sweetypie yawning and smiling to the beautiful setting. The trees slowly swayed side to side with the light breeze. Everything was so nice, until a yell ruined everyone’s morning.

“BADGERCLOPS! Move your lazy butt out here!” Mao Mao yelled as he began to drag the badger out to the dojo. “Stop it man,” Badgerclops shouted back, “you know that I am allergic to working out and exercising!” Mao Mao ignored his cries as they finally reached the dojo. “See, it wasn’t that hard, was it?” The proud black feline said as he turned toward the sun and puffed his chest out in a heroic pose. The dojo was quiet, with only the light breeze blowing past him like a hushed whisper. A small creaking noise from behind caught his attention. He quickly turned his head around and saw Badgerclops trying to crawl away. Mao Mao couldn’t help but smile at how cute Badgerclops looked.

“What are you doing, you cute little badger?” Mao Mao thought.

Badgerclops continued crawling away until he noticed a shadow start to loom over his back. He stopped dead in his tracks, feeling a pair of eyes staring at him. He slowly turned around and saw Mao Mao’s face, just inches away from his. “What are you doing?” Mao Mao said with a surprisingly pleasant smile. Badgerclops couldn’t help but be distracted for a moment by the warmth radiating off of his partner. He could see the individual strands of black fur being brushed in the light breeze.

“I’ve… never seen him look so… content? Happy?”

Badgerclops blinked, his mouth hanging open.

“I wonder what it’d take to keep him like this.”

“…Ok, let’s train or whatever.” Badgerclops responded as he got up and walked toward the center of the dojo. Mao Mao continued smiling as he saw Badgerclops take a seat. The inner peace the feline felt was parallelled by the picturesque morning around them. No monsters or sweetypies were causing trouble in the valley. The King wasn’t calling them to ruin their morning. Even the Sky Pirates seemed to be preoccupied.
As he was waiting for Mao Mao to say something, Badgerclops could feel the sunlight hitting his back. It wasn’t burning him, but instead felt pretty warm. It made him remember something deep in his heart, but he can’t figure out what it was.

“I’m… happy, I think?” Badgerclops rested a paw on his chest, “I mean, yeah, but… happiness doesn’t feel like this. Maybe it’s something… deeper.”

“Hey, Mao Mao, do you remember the first time we trained together?” Badgerclops asked as he looked down at the wooden floor. Even as he asked, he had a feeling that Mao Mao might not remember that day, or even want to remember. After all, it was the day that they—

“Mhm."

Mao Mao’s curt reply caught Badgerclops off-guard. “You…remember too?” Badgerclops asked. “Of course I remember that day. You were the only one I ever let touch Geraldine, and you let me use your roboarm too.” Mao Mao answered, feeling a bit of redness begin to stir in his cheeks. Fortunately, it wasn’t noticeable to Badgerclops. “Why do you ask? You thought I’d forget or something?” Mao Mao asks, his eyes softening. Badgerclops noticed that the sheriff’s voice sounded softer as well, as if he were sad, or even a bit hurt.. “No, No, I’m sorry for doubting that you’d remember. It’s just that since it was such a normal and boring day...” Badgerclops trailed off before laughing and he putting his arm behind his head.