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A rather slender looking stud wandered the grounds of the pleasantly clear plains. A breeze made the taller grass bow and bend, sending them in shock waves. To Hayden, the stud mentioned earlier, it was almost as if they were a green ocean, sending one wave to shore after another. He was relaxing by a lonely oak tree, with it's branches shading the darkly colored Herla. "Eh, I wish there was something to do. I wish Shen were here. I wish anybody was here." The male spoke softly to himself, feeling a bit crazy for doing so but what the heck? Nobody was around to see him slowly slipping into madness.

The wind blew a gust of heavy wind and shook the branches of the tree. Hard enough to send a good sized acorn falling to conk Hayden right on top of his melon. "Ouch!" he shouted in surprise only to find his childish outburst embarrassing. He focused his eyes on what had hit him. "An acorn. Ugh, stupid thing..." He stood up and kicked it away from him with his hoof, then began to wander through the tall grass that came up to hardly tickle his belly. To yearlings these plans would be a great adventure but as an adult, they were just a bother. The male walked through the open land, not really in search of anything, just taking his time to wander.

Hayden, completely unknowing of what was watching him from the safety of the shadows, walked through the grass with light steps. His plentiful glow sticks jingled with a dull sound, for they were only plastic. His steps started to slow as he heard something else besides his own footsteps. Was that something running? Just as he perked his ears up and became fully aware of it he felt a loud voice coming from behind him. Yes, he could feel it. It was so monstrous that it made his bones shake. Then came the weight. A force brought him down to the ground, plus it could have been that his knees got so weak when he heard the voice. Now that he was on the ground he had his head buried in the grass, "Ah! No, don't eat me!" he shouted at the top of his lungs. Sadly, it was to late and he had already embarrassed himself, and the blush began to rise in his cheeks as he noticed that it was only Xiphi. "Hey! Xiphi, what the heck? Ugh, that... that wasn't nice." He struggled to his feet, rising out of the tall grass with a pouting expression on his face.

Hayden huffed and caught his breathe again as the female seemed to be having a ball just laughing at his expense. "Ya, sure you are..." He sounded a bit butt hurt but it wasn't anything that wouldn't blow over in the next minute or so. He glanced at her momentarily before looking away and muttering, "Always nightmares when I dream of you Xiphi." He smirked slightly to himself, knowing that wasn't really the case but it was clever, or at least he thought so. When the decorative Herla began asking about his reasons for being out in the open like this he simply shrugged, "I was trying to relax. I guess that failed though." It was only after he answered that he realized she called him a handsome stud. He brightened up quickly, absolutely loving compliments in any form. Even if they were sarcastic.

He began to circle her, flicking his short tail with amusement. "Handsome, huh? Well thanks, Precious." With that gentle compliment he listened to her next part about his glowsticks, and thus the mood was crumbling back down. "Oh, well... I don't know. I just... they keep me out of the dark." He shrugged. Yes, Hayden was a big baby when it came to the dark, but he didn't like to openly admit that. Especially to a girl like Xiphi, who he wasn't sure if he liked or not. They had quiet an interesting relationship, these two.