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"Bloom... Bloooom..."

His voice was soft, a tender but insistent call, his green nose gently nuzzling the forehead of his sleeping sister. It was mid-morning now -- he'd woken earlier than she had, with the sun's first light. Not wanting to disturb Bloom, still soundly asleep at his side, he'd crawled out from the hollow beneath the mangrove tree that they were currently calling home to rustle up some breakfast. To that end, the small mound of tasty greenery carefully piled outside their tree was evidence of success, though the mouse he'd tried to catch had still managed to elude him.

Yet breakfast was not the main reason he was stirring his sister from her slumber. Set beside the pile of greens was a beautiful pink rose, its thorns meticulously nibbled off (a painful but worthwhile task), just starting to bloom. Just like his baby sister.

"Wake up now Bloom," he murmured, nuzzling her ear. "I have a surprise for you.."

His heart can't help but warm when his most adorable baby sister wakes, eagerly helping nose off a bit of leaf or dirt from the leafy markings of her fur. He chuckles at her legs, covered in spots of berryjuice that make her blushy knees look like just another berrystain, and followed her out from under their tree. Her attention is immediately drawn to the rose, and he beams proudly.

"Yes, a rose," he says lovingly, scooping it up in his muzzle by the stem and carefully tucking it behind his sister's ear. He worries it a moment with his teeth, getting the stem to catch a bit on her fur to better hold it in place, then steps back to admire his work. "Almost as beautiful as you are," he grins.