Sweetened Condensed Olives [Private-Sweet]

[Olivepaw]

(I was so impatient I started the thread already. Hope you don't mind! o3o)

Olivepaw had just returned from training, and was wore out and crabby. Harmonysong had NOT been easy on him today, as if he ever was, really. After dropping his few pieces of prey on the fresh kill pile and snatching a mouse, the ginger tabby was ready to retreat to his nest to feast. There was just one problem. As soon as he turned around, he smacked into someone. And that someone was knocked to the ground, as well as Olivepaw. "Hey!!" he bristled, totally ready to start a fight, "Watch where you're--! Oh, it's you." His fur quickly lay flat and his expression returned to neutral. "Hey, Sweetpaw." Now, Olivepaw didn't know much about this she-cat, other than she was close to the same age as him, really hyper, and probably obnoxious. And they shared the same mentor, Harmonysong. Oh, how he was not looking forward to this.

[Sweetpaw]

{ it's fine, I was really looking forward to this too! }


When I had noticed Olivepaw enter the camp, I instantly brightened up. I had to meet him--or, well, I mean I already had but... well... that's not the point, I have to meet him again and actually make him my friend! With quick skips towards the apprentice, I was about to say hi or something like that when he suddenly turned around and smacked into me! Ow! With a squeak, I fell back onto my bum and winced as my tail hurt. That was mean...! I whined, with my sky blue eyes rising upwards with confusion. First, he was angry with me. Then he was fine...? What a strange cat! Hehe!

"Hi, Olivepaw!" I meowed, completely forgetting about what happened a moment ago, even if I remained seated and my tail still throbbed a bit from landing on it. "How was training? Did you catch anything good? Harmonysong is the best mentor ever, right?"

[Olivepaw]

Olivepaw gave a slight shrug of his shoulders. "Boring. I caught a mouse or two, but nothing else really happened. Harmonysong worked me as he always does." Olivepaw answered her questions, only slightly annoyed at how fast she was speaking. "Hey, why'd you run up to me in the first place?" the ginger tom asked, narrowing his eyes at the very recent memory.

[Sweetpaw]

I couldn't help but smile even wider at his response. "Harmonysong is just trying to make us amazing warriors!" I meowed with a light bounce on my paws. And I really would be an amazing warrior, too! How can I not be? "Oh, and I was just going to say hi to you! I haven't really talked-talked to you yet, so I thought 'why not now?' And here I am! Hehe, happy to see me?" I giggled.

[Olivepaw]

Olivepaw rolled his eyes. "Yeah, sure, I'm soooo happy to see you," he said, voice laced with sarcasm. The ginger tom took a bite out of his mouse he just remembered he had.

[Sweetpaw]

I didn't understand his tone. Was he not happy at all? To... see me? I thought everyone would be happy to see me.... "Your... not?" I whimpered, feeling my ears flatten and my eyes begin to water. He... doesn't like me? I was so confused. W-what is there not to like about me?

[Olivepaw]

Olivepaw flattened his own ears, surprised at her reaction. "It was a joke, why are you crying?" he asked dully.

[Sweetpaw]

I wiped my eyes quickly. "I-I'm not crying!" I squeaked, and then instantly sprang upwards again with a smile. "See? I'm happy! Happy! Happy! Happy!" I began to hop around Olivepaw. "Hehe! I'm always happy, even when I don't seem like it. Are you always joking when you don't seem like it?"

[Olivepaw]

Olivepaw's fur bristled slightly in alarm. What was this she-cat's problem?! "I-I don't know-?" he responded quickly, very disturbed at her sudden recovery. As he looked at his paws, he noticed the barely nibbled mouse before him and had an idea to shut her up. "Do you want some mouse?" he offered, trying his best to lay his fur flat while hoping she'd accept and his plan would work a little in his favor. Besides, he wasn't very hungry anyway.

[Sweetpaw]

I giggled at Olivepaw's face, before I lit up when he offered me some of his mouse. But then I paused. "No, sorry." I said kindly, treading lightly as to not hurt his feelings. "I only eat yummy squirrels. It's my one rule for myself. Hehe!"

[Olivepaw]

Olivepaw mentally facepawed. Well, looks like he was going to have to listen to her talk longer. He couldn't be rude and walk off. Biting his lip to suppress a sigh, he said, "That's fine, I'll just eat it myself." With that, he took another bite. "Wait, I caught a squirrel when I was hunting today. It should be on the pile." The ginger tom had decided to try again to shut her up.

[Sweetpaw]

I instantly brightened up. "Ah, really? Thank you, thank you, thank you Olivepaw! I was starting to get really hungry!" I squealed, running over to the pile and searching for the squirrel. And there it was. Swiping it up with my jaws, I trotted over to my friend and dropped it by his side. "Hehe! I love squirrels! They're so soft and furry, and they run really fast!" I chatted just before taking a quick bite. When I had swallowed, I went on. "You must be an amazing hunter to have caught one! Was it just for me? Because, I only have squirrels every day. Squirrels and water, and maybe berries. Some taste kinda weird though, and I was told to avoid the red ones." I took another bite and swallowed. "The red ones are called Deathberries. Did you know that? Apparently they can kill you with just a few berries eaten! That would be a horrible way to go... so I don't eat any red berries! Unless they're raspberries... I love those."

[Olivepaw]

Olivepaw's mind was in shambles. She talked WAY too fast for him to keep up. "U-uhm, yeah," he muttered as she continued to ramble on. While she kept talking, he bit into his mouse, swallowing the chunk and pretending to listen.

[Sweetpaw]

I stopped talking after another mouthful of squirrel, and then rightly drifted off into my thoughts. Which, was a big difference from a moment ago since I had finished chatting. Olivepaw is weird. she muttered, chewing the squirrel meat. Weird, weird and more weird... hehe!

[Olivepaw]

Olivepaw continued to eat his mouse, waiting for her to start talking again. She talks too much, he thought. Wonder if she's gonna start up again once she's done with that squirrel...