Trinket Search #013 - Hiro and Harry

Hiroshi as usual was up at dawn, creeping out of his cage and onto the plush ground that was oh so familiar. Glancing left and right, a silent routine to make sure nobody was awake- the male crept along the floor, at his quietest out of respect for the others in the room.

    “Oops.” He mumbled, and a realisation that he probably should have slept longer kicked in. A noise as though a thousand miniature marbles were colliding filled the air as the toy rolled along the floor- never failing and halting until seconds had passed. Too many seconds.

    “Hiro what are you doing up?” The curly haired ratty emerged from his cage, almost triumphantly sitting on the top and watching down in amidst yawns. A barely audible sigh escaped mouth as Hiroshi realised he’d have company. “It’s a bit early to be playing around.” Harry slightly scolded the other male as he landed, deciding to jump off of his cage as it wasn’t too far.

Padding up to him the slightly stockier male, slightly sleepy but enough to know what was going on, gave Hiroshi his ‘I know what you’re doing look’ before stretching in an attempt to become more awake.

    “Would you like to explore with me Harry?” Minutes of silence with words left unsaid ended with a simple question- as though Hiroshi even needed to ask. From the minute Harry had padded out of the cage- eyes tired yet knowing, there had been an agreement.

The two walked in silence, only audible was the slight patter of paws against wood as they made their way down the hall. It wasn’t as though the silence was uncomfortable- both knew each other well although Hiroshi was certain that if Harry had been more awake he’d been far more rowdier.

He couldn’t help but be thankful Harry wasn’t that way- as much as he had spent time with the other prior, when the ratty was particularly awake he could get a bit of a handful. Hiroshi had witnessed this many a time.

    “What are we looking for then?” Another awkward silence ended with a question. The two now situated in a room Harry had never cast hazel eyes on. Hiroshi on the other hand had visited this room more than once, the room with the thing he now knew as a mirror. No longer as cautious Hiroshi walked passed it as though it was not there- whereas Harry, still tired, followed in amidst stumbling, quite wary.

In no time at all the duo were surrounded by darkness, under a large piece of furniture Hiroshi still wasn’t sure what was called. All he knew that some of his best items had been found there- and he was sure Harry and himself would find some things worth the early morning expedition.

    “There should be a number of different items around here.” Hiro responded to the question far too late- for Harry was already searching, fully concentrated on finding things. With a sigh, more audible this time, the male started to search himself- finding himself once again in the silence that always followed.

Multiple items were located in various areas, and Hiroshi picked out a few- not knowing what they were for he could hardly see them. Light sparsely made its way into this place where Hiroshi explored, so until he could once again see everything in the sunlight- it would be a guessing game.

That was the thrill of the exploration, however. Never knowing what you’d find was what brought Hiroshi back whenever he could.

Harry also decided that morning to make an effort to explore more- he was certain next time he’d bring Peaches and Kyu, as he was sure it’d be something they could enjoy partaking in.