Ana laughed alongside her, their tittering giggles complimenting the golden glow of spring’s light and the playful flitter of insects that buzzed all around. A picture of innocent, tender life, new and carefree. The pups showed their love languages early, whereas Scarlett was gentle and only bumped her nose into Anastasia’s cheek, the rowdy girl reached for one of her sister’s small, rounded ears and gave it a little tug. Scarlett could pretend to be a princess all her life, but Ana would never stop tussling with her!

She was quick to release her when she was reminded they needed to find a game to play, causing her to flop onto her haunch and stare blankly as she attempted to come up with a suggestion. She quickly forgot about that when the tiniest tickle on her paw captured her attention.

Flinching, she withdrew her paw, causing the beetle to tumble onto the ground on its back.

Eek! Bug! she squeaked, momentarily reviled by a creepy crawly touching her, before curiosity quickly replaced it. Crouching, she observed as it wriggled for a moment before rolling back onto its pin prick legs, resuming its crawling. The light caught the iridescent colors on its elytra, causing Anastasia’s disgust for the invertebrate to dissolve into admiration, Wahhh… What bug?