Her body settled flat against the soft patch of grass, her lanky body jolting every now and then entirely unfamiliar with this new stillness. Illi had always been on the move, bouncing from there to here and back again until dropping dead for a power up nap. However today she was determined to be as still as possible for the simple task of watching this particular flower bud bloom. Previously there were other buds that were closed just like this one, and it seemed like whenever she’d leave and come back they’d already be open!

Seeing they did such big achievements without her indeed dampened her mood, she didn’t quite like being left out and it was rather rude of them to not give her a warning before hand, but that would all change today! Today she was prepared.

In conclusion, Illithya would proudly be participate in watching the flower bud bloom, and it would be beautiful! It had to be if it was taking this long.. hours passed, or maybe an extra long 5 minutes, whatever amount of time passed, it was starting to become impossibly hard to stay focused on her very important task! She could hear rustlings off in the bushes, birds chirping over head, and there were bunches of butterflies in the meadow today just begging her to come play!!

She could feel the gentle rays from the sun draped across her back, and the warm spring breeze shifting past her ears and through her fur, it was a nice day out; Sunny and bright, and though she thought everyone would be enjoying it, it seemed it mattered little to her flower. Insane right??

The pup would give an exasperated huff, a small frown playing across her lips while her gaze shifted from other flowers and back to hers. "Hey!" She barked, a hint of authority lacing her tongue. "Why aren’t you blooming yet??" She demanded, her tone low and her eyes narrowed. "Your other flower friends bloomed before you, aren’t you afraid of getting left behind? The sun is extra shiny today! Doesn’t that mean anything to you?" She spoke to the flower as if it would respond, and for a while she did indeed wait for such a response, and seeing as it hadn’t decided to speak up, she simply let out another huff of air, the warm wind lightly fluttering the leaves and stem of her very slow flower.

Her ears twitched, and suddenly she was beaming. "Mama!" She chirped, her tail wagging, and her smile bright. "Hi mama!" The girl would greet, lifting herself from her belly flop shifting her weight to lean against the forearm of her mother. 'Are th’ flowers sleepin’, mo réaltin?' Illi gave a quick nod, looking up to her before shifting her checkered gaze back to the bud. "Yea! This one is taking the longest! I’m scared he’s gunna get left behind.. so I’m tryin to encourage him! Buttt it’s not really workin.." She huffed disappointedly, a small pout tugging at her lips.

She was at a loss for what to do besides sit and stare at it, however she listening closely to her mother’s words, mama always knew about this kind of stuff! She would’ve been convinced she was a flower too if she didn’t speak and look like her, she was the most dazzling of her whole collection!

"Primrose? He’s shy too??" She echoed the new knowledge brought to her, her head tilting a tad to the right. She found the name rather pretty, and saw it fitting in the most perfect way; however shy?? She didn’t know flowers could get shy! "Is it only because of the sun mama? Not ‘cause of me right?" She reached for the reassurance that she herself definitely wasn’t part of the reason her little bud was being reluctant to bloom.

Her head snapped back to her mother, a deep huff filling her chest. "They only bloom for the moon?!" What?? How could this be?? Her many hours.. or very long minutes had all been a sad waste, they didn’t even want her to see em bloom, how rude.. she wanted to watch them dance too, that wasn’t fair, why only for the moon? As if her mother could read her mind, she laid the solution of a story, and oh did Illithya love stories! Immediately her frown was flipped and her tail began its quick padding once more. "Yes mama! I wanna hear the story! Tell me tell me!" She barked excitedly, her body quickly shifting to its paws, and finding a much more comfortable place for stories right in between her mother’s front legs. They used to be so long..! Now her ears were starting to bristle the fur of her chest, had her mother gotten shorter? Maybe she really was turning into a flower..