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[löwe]

Löwe's feet dangled over the dock, and he stared at the figure in the water. A small and scrawny child stared back at him. Their eyes were blank, even if they gave a decent expression over all. And, trying to get a better look, Löwe tried to push up glasses that weren't there. His reflection then changed when he pulled his hand away. It smiled at him almost mockingly that Löwe gave the water a kick.

The digital fish below were startled by the splash, quickly swimming back to their hiding places. Turning away from the digital fish, Bakumon stared at its partner with a flat expression. They would never understand what goes on in their tamer's mind.

"Löwe," the digimon started. "Are we taking a break today?"

"Yes and no." He said quietly. "A friend said we should go fishing today."

There was a bit of surprise, a slow blink of the tapir's wide eyes as they continued to stare at their tamer. There wasn't anyone it could think of that Löwe considered a friend. Well, there was Rook, Lupo, and some other red haired gal it never bothered to remember the name off. They seemed far more friendly than the rest, if it remembered correctly.

[ren]

"C'mon Huo, we're so late!" Scrambling, Ren started running towards the docks. "You should have told me what time it was." she called back to the lion like digimon. "Löwe's probably been waiting forever, if he hasn't left by now."

"I did tell you, however you said five more minutes couldn't hurt." Huo said as he followed his tamer.

Ren let out a strangled noise as she continued to head towards the docks. Fishing had been her idea, a good way to relax and just have some fun. She'd never been fishing before in the real world, she didn't live close to any water to even try it, but here there was a beach pretty much made just for that.

To her relief, she spotted the dock they'd agreed to meet at, and she could see the silhouette of her friend and his partner still sitting there. "They didn't leave. Thank goodness. Löwe! Bakumon!" Ren waved and jumped up, hoping to get her friend's attention before jogging down the dock. When she was close to him she stopped, resting her hands on her knees and grinning. "Sorry we took so long, we were distracted."

"What she means," Huo said, "is that she started playing with the Otamamon and lost track of the time."

After directing a sharp look to her digimon, Ren smiled again at Löwe. "I really am sorry for taking so long though."

[löwe]

And Bakumon was right. It was the red haired gal. The digimon gave an awkward wave. Löwe, however, climbed to his feet and formally greeted the girl with a small smile. "Ren. Huo." He said with practiced ease.

The two had been loud about their approach. Löwe didn't even have to wonder who it was that had been calling them and if there had been a pressing issue, he would have minded it. Right now though, he didn't mind. It was a strange feeling. "You didn't get lost?" He asked somewhat worriedly.

But his expression soon lightened as shook his head and turned to the dock. "You didn't miss anything. We haven't waited long."

Bakumon inwardly scoffed at that comment. It sure had felt like they had waited for a long time, long enough to make the digimon somewhat paranoid of just what his tamer was doing if he wasn't diving into the world's digital code.

His fishing pole materialized in his hands as he selected it off his menu. A reminder that this was, in fact, a digital world. "I hope you brought your fishing rod?" He didn't have a spare one made, but he did have a spear left from Divermon.

[ren]

"I really am sorry." Ren said, straightening herself and folding her hands behind her back. She had this habit of being a little-sometimes really- late. In the real world, Hana'd always patiently scolded her over making her wait. When Löwe said they hadn't been waiting long, Ren let out a relieved sigh. "That's good. I was afraid you'd been here forever. I'm glad you guys didn't just leave on us."

"Oh. Right!" Almost forgetting for a moment they were in a digital world, the appearance of the fishing rod had surprised her. But she nodded. "Yeah. I sent myself a bunch of reminders, and Huo here kept double checking that I brought it just in case. Huo think's I'm the most forgetful person in the world, I swear." She selected the rod off her menu, smiling when it appeared in her hand. The digital world was amazing, and not to mention super convenient.

Huo held back a remark and instead just sat down on the pier to watch the digital fish. He was almost certain if he hadn't asked Ren three or four times, she'd have forgotten a fishing rod, for the day of fishing she suggested. His tamer seemed to forget a lot of things, and Huo was constantly reminding her of them.

"Alright!" Ren held up her fishing rod excitedly. "Now let's do some fishing!" She sat on the dock near when Löwe had been sitting. She peered up at him as she cast her line into the digital water. "So Löwe, what've you been up to lately anyway?"

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[löwe]

"It's alright," he said in a soothing tone -- or as close to one as he could. He mustered a small, meek smile to go along with it.

"I'm sure you're not that bad." He did let out a low chuckle as he said that. It was strange how easy it was to give out reassurances. But it wasn't as if he hadn't been telling the truth. She really wasn't terrible when her mind was put to it and she had arranged for this little thing.

He gave a short nod and went back to his seat just as she had taken the one beside him. Löwe was careful to make sure that the hook wouldn't get either of them. He placed a small piece of bait on the tip, a leftover of the digital mushroom he had found somewhere in the forest. With one quick, sharp motion Löwe sent the hook far into the water.

"Huh? Oh." There was a faint color to his cheeks. "Yes, I ..." He looked down and hard as he tried to put the feelings into words. "I've been alright. Bakumon's learning a thing or two." He gestured to the floating tapir.