"Wait up Ren! Eira (eye-ra) and Gerold can't keep up with you!" keeping the same pace as Ren, Amelia looks back to see if the other two are keeping up.
"Come on Amelia, they can certainly keep up! Besides, we're now 13 and 14, basically young adults"
Laughing heartily as Ren continues to run much faster and farther than Amelia, Eira and Gerold can maintain.
**SNAP!**
An echoing snap pierces their ears as the sound is coupled with a loud thud, forcing the kids to forcefully stop their momentum as Ren tries his absolute best to not trip by dancing off of his own feet.
Pivoting their heads back, the kids eyes wanders aimlessly for a moment, before gazing upon Gerold, the youngest and most timid one in the group. Holding his knee, the small, meek and unassuming boy who has the looks of a malnourished 10 year old, but easily having a mind like a steel trap when necessary, screams out in agony as his body jerks relentlessly as a sardonically large stick is potruding out of his shin.
"AHHHH! god - it hurts so much!"
Wincing and crying as the twig is sticking out of Gerold's shin, Eira and Amelia rushes towards his side, they gently hold onto his leg, making sure to not make contact with the stick, and immediately start to calm him down, even though it isn't working by Gerold's flailing arms like a jester dying in front of his royal highness.
"It's going to be okay Gerold, it's only a stick and not a sword!"
Faintly stroking Gerold's arm to calm him down, Ren jogs back to the others, visually tired and breathing heavily as he has exerted himself too far, like always, he has a smug expression plastered across his face with a comically stupid smirk.
Somehow, even standing in front of Gerold, Ren has the eyes of a bat and not noticing the large ass twig digging into Gerold's leg, he chuckles slightly.
"Hah, looks like you all had to take a quick breather"
"Ren, are you blind!?" Eira replies in an exasperated tone as she waves her hands in front of Gerold's knee.
As Ren finally becomes aware of his surrounding, his smug chuckle slowly tuned into a sound of a door creaking open as his smile and expression fade. Looking down contritely, realising there's a big ass twig sticking out of his friends knee, his ego boost immediately drops to an absent presence as his body turns sheepish.
"Oh, s-sorry... I didn't see that"
Having the gall to advert his gaze into Gerold's eyes with child-like innocence, Ren starts to curve his lips up into a small and sheepish smile, chuckling again, he questions Gerold hesistantly.
"Are you alright though Gerold?"
"What the absolute FUCK!? Of course I'm not alright, I've got a full fucking twig sticking out of my bloody body!" Gawking at Ren as a stunned expression is covering Gerold's face, he can't believe how stupid and idiotic Ren is.
"Ah, fuck it... just get me some medicinal herbs or something please" shaking his head, Gerold slumps his head down as he chuckles to himself and says in a breathy and quiet voice, who he can only hear.
"Can't believe how stupid you are, Ren"
Not being as quiet as Gerold thought he was, Eira and Amelia start giggling as they are also stunned by the folly of Ren. He keeps his head down, still having a small smile coated on his face, and simply nodding, Ren wanders off into the woods, in his usual clueless walking state.