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“Hey Micah?” Elijah called as he opened his brother’s door open.
”Whatcha need?” Micah looked up from his phone on his bed.
”Remember that one summer camp with the Bear and Fox Cabins and whatever?” Elijah asked as he leaned on the doorframe.
Right behind him were Shiloh, Lila, Brittany, and Michelle. Lila was using her magic to keep Michelle in place. She kept trying to run away but eventually gave up once being stuck in place to the fairy’s power.
”Oh yea!” Micah said as he sat up straighter. “That’s the one where you threw up right?”
”Why do you remember that of all things?” Elijah asked, a bit annoyed knowing that the girls behind him also heard that. “Anyways, remember that girl you met at camp?”
Micah tapped his chin for a bit. “Ohh! The girl with the toy rabbit!”
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Micah couldn’t sleep that night. Luckily he could look out of the cabin’s window since he chose the bottom bunk instead. He watched the fireflies drift around lazily before spotting a vague figure slowly leaving the Fox Cabin.
”Where is she going?” Micah mumbled to himself as he watched the girl dart into the forest.
He slowly crawled out of his bed and swiped his flashlight from his bag. He then quietly left the cabin before tripping on his own two feet. He was a mess of limbs, as his brothers liked to call him. He quickly got up and scurried to the area where he saw the other go in.
”Hello?” He quietly called out as he flashed the light around.
”Argh!” He heard a girl squeak.
”Oops.” He said quietly as he turned off his flashlight and approached the girl’s side. He mustered up a smile and waved his hand. “Hi! Are you lost?”
The girl stared at him with a look that could be read as ‘weirdo’. “Uh… Do I even know you?”
”I’m from the Bear Cabin!” Micah said proudly before bringing his hands up to his face and making them like claws. The Bear Cabin had the best cabin cheers in his opinion.
The girl rolled her eyes. “You don’t seem like a Bear Scout. More like a worm.”
”I can be scary!” Micah said, trying to keep his cool. “Rah!!”
He attempted to try and get the girl to flinch by fake jumping at her. But once again, he tripped on his foot and tumbled right on to her. The two yelped in surprise and quickly scrambled away from each other.
”Great job you worm!” The girls hissed at him.
Micah gave a pout as he watched the girl get up. He recognized that insanely frizzy hair. He gave a loud gasp and pointed at the girl. “You’re the girl from the Fox Cabin. You beat up those meanies from the Eagle Cabin right?!”
“ Yea… uh, why are you here exactly?” The girl asked as she put a hand on her hip.
”Oh! I saw you sneak out.” Micah shrugged. “I went to follow you cuz I didn’t know if you were going to get hurt or not.”
”I’m just trying to find Tod.” The girl huffed.
”Who’s Tod?”
”My rabbit!”
”You brought a real rabbit?”
”No dummy! Tod’s a raggie!”
”What’s a raggie?” Micah asked, genuinely curious.
The girl just gave him a blank stare before shaking her head. “Nevermind.” She mumbled as she went back to patting the dirt around her.
Micah raised an eyebrow before turning to see the counselor cabin’s lights on. He gave a small gasp. “We better go soon. The counselors might get worried.”
”I need to find Tod! I… I don’t want to just leave him!” The girl said in a determined yet worried voice.
Micah stared at her for a while before groaning. Why must he be so soft? “Fine, you’re lucky I’m so nice.”
The two soon started hunting around a bit more before Micah found what seemed to be an old plush rabbit. “Is this Tod?”
He gave a small squeak as the girl snatched the rabbit and hugging it. “Thanks!” She said with an equally toothy grin, missing her two front teeth.
Micah then remembered about the counselors and turned around. “I really think we should get back.” He instinctively grabbed Michelle by the hand and weaved his way through the forestry before finally emerging back at the cabin sight.
The two kids were approached by the worried counselors. Micah was still holding the girl’s hand when he looked up to see his roomies peering out of the cabin window and giggling. Micah immediately turned red as he let go of the girl’s hand and was brought back to his cabin. Immediately when he walked in his roomies started to tease him. It didn’t help that one of them had a sister in the same Cabin as the mystery girl.
”I could get Poppy to get you two to sit at lunch!” Tobias snickered.
”Tobias!” Micah whined, cheeks burning red.
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“Then we made clay models!” Micah snapped his fingers before going to his desk. He picked up two small clay figurines. One was a bear with the name Micah scribbled on the bottom. The other was of a fox, with a name scribbled on the bottom that was too messy to be read.
”You still kept those?” Elijah exclaimed, impressed as to how well kept the clay figurines were.
Micah shrugged. “I mean, I think it’s cool that for being so young, we managed to make figurines that could hug each other. See?”
Micah held the two pieces up and pushed them together. It didn’t fit perfectly, but the bear’s and fox’s arms still somewhat wrapped around each other. “I think there might have been one more figurine that I made.”
The girls behind Elijah couldn’t take in anymore and jumped from behind saying ‘aww!’. Micah yelped in surprise before seeing Michelle trying to cover her face in embarrassment.
”What’s this?” Micah asked, thrown very off guard.
”Remember the girl that was finding Tod?” Shiloh said with a mischievous smirk.
Micah’s mouth dropped into a ‘O’ as Michelle fumbled for something in her pocket. She then pulled out a small clay figurine. Micah gave a small chuckle of disbelief as he took it from the girl. It was a terribly misshapen bear and fox stomping on a blob that was an eagle. Micah looked at the bottom to see ‘M/M’ scribbled on.
”Surprise?” Michelle said awkwardly. “Alright, I’m leaving now.”
Micah swiftly handed the fox figurine to her without anyone noticing. After everyone had left and all the teasing was over, he opened up his phone.
Micah- Are they done giggling?
Michelle- yep.