[PRP] The Stubbornness of Males (Serrano x Midori)

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Various shades of teal whispered through the trees, the figure making barely a sound as he padded along the forest floor. It was unfamiliar territory, though to be fair Serrano had rarely left the little clearing he had Awakened in. Nothing was familiar outside of that place. For a long time he had no reason to leave the area, no curiosity to do so either, until he had caught sight of another. It was a glimpse and it took him days to work up enough curiosity to actually leave the place. By then the other was long gone, but that was fine by him now. He knew there were others and suddenly being alone seemed... useless. Why be alone when he could perhaps discover others? It was slightly out of character for him and he would readily admit that. Perhaps he was just becoming a bit lonely.

Whatever had driven Serrano out of his little clearing was long gone now. The male found himself hungry and extremely thirsty, and there was no place to drink from now. He snorted in derision, angry at himself for giving in to such petty temptations. Pale golden eyes searched the woods before him and his nose twitched, hoping to catch the clear scent of water, of damp earth. There it was, the faint scent on the air. Damp earth was somewhere nearby. "About time," he growled.


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Serrano was so intent on finding a source of water that the strange, unfamiliar scent of a female entirely slipped by him. The female's voice, however, did not. He stopped short and immediately turned towards the direction the voice came from only to find a lovely female standing before him. He blinked, immediately awed by her markings, particularly the accents of gold that matched her eyes. To an outsider, the pair could have been related. "You... You look like me." He frowned slightly, though that was really just his look of curiosity.


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He gave a soft grunt in response to her, the novelty of finding another who looked so much like him already beginning to wear off. "Yes, well... Thanks." He sat on his hindquarters and gazed at Midori for a moment, but his nose twitched in the direction he'd smelled the wet soil. "I'm Serrano," he said, attempting to take the gruffness out of his voice. He wasn't entirely upset with her after all. In fact he was still kind of awed by her markings. "It's fine. I'll find it at some point. It can't be too far."


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Serrano's brows crinkled together in a frown as he gazed at Midori. She was so nice. It was hard to be flippant with her, or to turn her away when she offered to help. He didn't need her help of course, but she was just so darn polite. "You can come if you want," he said after a moment's pause. Perhaps it wouldn't be too bad having company with him. She was pleasant to look at, blended well with her surroundings, and so far hadn't irritated him. "I'm pretty sure it's this way, though." He turned abruptly and headed off in the direction the smell of wet soil was coming from.

A moment later he came upon a puddle.

This irked him. He ground his teeth and blew a huff of air out of his nose. "Stupid, I should've known." He sat down heavily on his haunches and glared at the puddle in front of him as if willing it to turn into a stream. "There's got to be more somewhere," he muttered.


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Serrano gave a gruff snort of derision, though it wasn't directed at Midori. "There has to be more close by," he said. After a moment he rose to his feet and began pacing to and fro, pawing stones out of the way with his nose close to the ground. He was looking for dampness, for more puddles, for a sign that maybe there was more nearby. Grumbling to himself, he trotted off in one direction without a word to Midori, hell-bent on finding himself some water. He knew he was behaving ridiculously, but he was thirsty and he was frustrated with his inability to find any water. A few yards from where he left Midori, he slowed to a walk and huffed. "There just HAS to be water close by!" He was entirely unwilling to admit defeat and look elsewhere, but he would have to soon. He probably already looked half mad to Midori.


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Serrano was stewing. He was angry at himself for not being able to find any water and he took no note of Midori as she moved around him until the very last moment when she revealed what he had been searching for. He frowned at the water and looked as if he were about to explode in anger. Except he didn't. Quite the opposite actually. All the anger went out of him and his shoulders slumped in what many would call defeat. His features softened and his eyes swept from the water to the female who had helped him, even with his gruffness. He wasn't able to look her in the eye as he stepped forward and drank from the stream, deeply. When he was finished, he sat back and stared at the water for a long moment not saying a word. "Thank you," he finally managed. His voice seemed strained, though he wasn't angry at Midori at all. He was disappointed in himself. He hardened his resolve to next time find it on his own.

After all, why shouldn't he be capable of doing things on his own?


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The knowledge that Midori had trouble with her senses sometimes, or patience at least, was not comforting to Serrano. For whatever reason, he felt he needed to be better than others. Not because of any sort of trauma and not out of a desire to look better than others, but perhaps out of a deep, subconscious desire to take care of those around him. This was not something he pondered at the moment. Indeed, he had no idea that such a desire was even there. But as Midori spoke, trying to ease his temper a bit, he softened. "You are too kind," he said finally, lifting his eyes to meet hers and finally giving her a smile. "I'm sorry. I don't take defeat too easily."


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