[ bruise ] sender finds receiver with a bruise / tries to help receiver cover up a bruise
âNo, itâs- itâs fine-â
Jiminâs tail curled stiffly as he tried to move his leg under him to stand. The instant he tried to put weight on it, a thread of pain shot up through his leg, loudly declaring to his body that the forming bruise was due to a sprained ankle. Great. There would be no way for him to get home by himself now. But the last thing he wanted to do was trouble anybody else for help. If he had something to put his weight on - even just a stick from a fallen tree branch, he could limp his way home, but there was not a stick in sight.
Of course he had to trip and fall and mess up his ankle on his way home from grocery shopping. At least he had managed to collect the few things that had bounced or rolled away with the help of the kind stranger now fussing over him.Â
âCould...you just, maybe, help me get over to that bench? After that Iâll be find by myself, really!â









