The Right Shoe [//iris]

[* snatch .]

<sub>Tank had been walking for hours (not really more like half of one) looking about. He was back in Traverse Town. It had been a while since his last visit here. And yet this was was not off to a great start. It was dark, he was in the second district below the clock tower and he had some how managed to loose his left shoe. He wasn't sure how, when or where. Most people would notice when a shoe was lost but Tank had been to busy...well no. Tank was clumsy so the fact that he stumbled when he walked was no surprise, the surprise was finding out it was not his clumsiness that was the cause of his stumbles this time but the lack of a left shoe.

Frustrated he let out a low sigh and plopped down to the ground. Grumbling to himself he crossed his legs and removed his lone shoe. "Oh shoe...I never did care for you, but that was no reason for you to run off by yourself." Holding his right shoe in hand he looked to his now barefoot. It really was bare. Not only did he lose a shoe but he also forgot one sock! Oh the horror! Tank set his soe down and wiggled his big toe with his fingers. "Well doesnt this just take the cake." One shoe missing, one sock gone, and here he sat in the second district alone with no one to help him.

"Best take this sock off so I dont lose it too." He thought out loud as he pulled teh sock off his foot. Really this was a tad frustrating for Tank. He may not have been the biggest fan of shoes...or socks really but it was night time so the ground was cold and frankly anything was better then cold feet. he pouted a little as he sat on the cold stones. Could this get worse? Well yes, yes it could but could he feel anymore like a loser? Because really who loses a shoe and does not notice. he uncrossed his legs and stretched them out as he thought about it. He had been walking and stumbling most the whole time so he could have lost it anywhere. It was his good shoe too. For his shoes that is. He titled his head and looked at his right shoe on the ground by him "You sure are lonely aren't ya?" He spoke to his shoe as if it would talk back even thought he knew it wouldn't. He chuckled to himself realizing how bizarre it was to talk to a shoe. "Guess I am a little lonely myself too shoe."</sub>

[Iris|Kairi]

"I'M SO SORRY!"

Suddenly there was a girl nearly upon him, off to his left and crouching. Her face was rather close to his, and the one pink eye that was visible from beneath her oversized hat was wide with urgency. One hand was holding the hat over her eye, the other was the shoe extended mere centimeters from his nose.

Yes, his missing shoe. And it had a new addition! A dinosaur sticker was clinging to the side.

"...found it a ways back on the stone path, so I thought 'How fun would it be to blow up a shoe? I wonder if stuffing could go everywhere?', but then I saw you up ahead missing one and followed you. And then you said you were missing one and this one matched so I de-activated the sticker and saved your shoe from myself...I am sorry!" words gushed from her thick lips, followed by her bottom one half sucking between her teeth. She was nervous. Would he be mad? She didn't want him to be mad. He looked nice! Oh, she just had to mess it up...

Quieting, she now moved no muscle at all. Not even to breath. Only staring, watching and giving him her best attempt at an innocent puppy face. Forgiiiive meee~~

Mixi, however, had not noticed he was missing a sock, which was currently in her pocket with plans to either make it a scarf for Man or a sock puppet...

[* snatch .]

<sub>Tank blinked. And then he blinked again. "My...shoe?" There it was, right in his face. His warm amber brown eyes looked into her visible one, though his where filled with confusion and well shock. His mouth hung agape for a moment and then broke into a huge smile that showed his prefect white teeth. "My shoe!"

Tank's arms where around the girl in a second. he pulled her close and nuzzled her head with his cheek. "Oh you found it! And you added a sticker!" He was overjoyed that someone had found his shoe, and that they found him. It seemed he had missed the part about her wanting to blow it up, or he could just careless. It was more he could careless, shoes where not his life really. Tank released the girl and smiled at her. Well he hadn't stopped smiling.

Although he really could care less about his shoes he did not like the idea of one of them missing. And now he just met someone new! it was rather exciting for him. He thought for a moment about why she had his shoe. He pressed his lips together as he thought. He really didn't need his shoes, he didn't care for them to much, plus he could always get new ones. His eyes looked to her again. "You can blow them both up." He was unsure of what her reaction would be. They had just met, so maybe him saying she could blow up his shoes would be a bit...early. "I mean...maybe fluff would go everywhere...It would be fun to find out you know." With that said, he waited.</sub>