Loss Opens Doors AW

[Harmony]

OOC: for background story please refer to Topic "disHarmony";Cour des Miracles

Harmony looked around the rooms they passed through, avidly investigating the new smells and sounds and textures. Pretty soon she noted Liam's tenseness about certain spaces. She trusted her instincts and though her curiosity began to swirl, she pressed it down, somehow knowing that whatever he was hiding was not a good target for teasing or prying. She respectfully pretended to ignore the spot and to sniff out other interesting items. She was very hungry and very tired but she knew it would not take her long to recover.
After she had been treated to a lovely bath, satisfying meal, and a long nap curled up in a spare corner, she woke to find Liam pacing the floor a few feet away.
Harmony nipped at Liam's heels and wheeled round to leap sideways, then dropped her fore-quarters with her rear up, tail wagging and a happy laugh bubbling up. She didn't equivocate about her offer to play.
"Tag!, you're it!"

[Liam Catori]

Liam paced back and forth. When was Harmony going to wake up. It wasn't that late yet but they didn't have much time to spare. Soon his mom would bring them to bed. Suddenly he felt a sharp nip on his foot. He jumped in surprise. He turned and saw harmony and heard here proclamation. " I'm going to get you!" he chased after her.

Harmony was very fast. Liam from his point of view thought that tag was her best game. Secretly he thought she was better than him. He raced forward and guessed were she would be going and toke a short cut. A jump over the couch that provided that cut. While he jumped he knocked over the pillows but toke no notice. He had guessed wrong . He had to catch up so he toke another short cut under the table but he knocked over a chair. He was such a klutz he thought. He stopped his running to look around the room, it was a mess. He would clean it up after he had tagged harmony. He raced forward and was directly behind harmony. This was the chance he was waiting for and he launched forward and nipped her tail. Yes , perfect now to proclaim his victory. "TAG your it." He turned to run but again saw the room. "Time out." He walked over to the pillows picked them up and set them back in place. He trotted over to the table and pushed the chair back up. There ,clean again. " TIME IN" He raced away from harmony.

[Harmony]

Harmony raced around the room, ducking and dodging. She had played tag with her brother many times and had learned some very effective twists. Liam was no slouch either. She was oblivious to the crash of the chair and the fallen pillows (except as a wonderful sort of the obstacle course). She squeaked and laughed when Liam caught her tail making her "it", turning herself practically inside out to try and catch him right back (a trick her brother often played but she had never quite mastered), when suddenly Liam called 'timeout'. Harmony skidded to a stop and looked on in amazement as Liam took the time to right the chair and stack the pillows. She had been raised to be tidy and in a home with areas that were forbidden to play-times, but she had never seen anyone stop to clean in the middle of a game - that was left for after. She was about to offer to help when she felt a strange wave of feeling - not quite shyness - sweep through her, She was still musing over this when Liam bolted away, giving him a good lead. Harmony laughed out loud and leapt after him leaving any serious thought melting in the air behind her.
She was still trying to catch him when...