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Post by Thunderhowl on Oct 21, 2015 18:37:18 GMT -6
outta luck, outta time; old-man winter's comin' on ,,
after the battle thunderhowl had sent the old geezer and two apprentices on ahead. he was wounded, yes, but he was quite sure that if vinewhip spotted him and the scent of blood together, she'd be on him and hounding for his injuries to be looked at. the warrior and his two companions were in greater need of care than he was, so he stalled for as long as he could, familiarizing himself with iceclan territory again.
by the time he was ready to return home, the thought had occurred to him that if he had disappeared, maybe vine had as well?
The thought filled him with more fear than he could handle, and by the time he burst through the camp entrance his heart was racing. "Vinewhip?!" the warrior bellowed, dread making his tone sharper.
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Post by Vinewhip on Oct 21, 2015 19:01:43 GMT -6
I was curiously spectating from the warrior's den as I watched a patrol of cats come in, including a hurt deputy, a small brown tomcat, and a bloodied white— now mostly pink— she-cat. I let out a sigh an turned away. No Thunderhowl. I only returned to fixing up the warrior's den's walls, patching up wind torn holes. The thing I hated was that I had some of the longest legs which required me to fix the higher up holes. I was tired of fixing so many holes in things. Someone kill me and put me out of my misery.
It was quite sometime later when I heard my name yelled. I blinked and peered around the wall of the den and stared at the man I'd be waiting for. I gave a big grin and dashed forwards, barely skidding to slow myself as I launched towards him, aiming to give him a love tackle. I rubbed my cheek against his, tail waving happily as I stared at him with big, dark brown eyes. I hoped he wouldn't at first notice all the new scars I had that were set in my fur, the ones that ran vertically along my stomach probably never going to fade into curled, soft belly fur.
"Welcome back, babe— Oh, what in the sweet hell? Who did this to you? I'll tear them apart!" I scooted off of him and examined the injuries before looking up with a hard gaze, thick cords of muscle in my legs tightened. I was usually a very peaceful and happy go lucky cat, but I was an extremely adept hunter and fighter. I took my clan duties seriously, but Thunderhowl was of my utmost importance. | NOTES:
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Post by Thunderhowl on Oct 21, 2015 19:21:35 GMT -6
outta luck, outta time; old-man winter's comin' on ,,
unfortunately he didn't think he'd be able to keep the blatant relief off his face if he tried, something that he'd never be able to live down. hopefully vinewhip wouldn't notice it then. when she tackled him he wasn't even surprised, and went down under her weight with a badly concealed grunt of pain. if she hadn't looked so happy he would have complained more, or pushed her off altogether. however, when he planted his paws against her stomach to do as much, he noticed the long scars splitting her fur.
"Like hell that even matters, what happened to you!?" he demanded roughly, quickly scurrying to his paws to stare down his......much taller...mate. "And babe...what...don't call me that! What am I, a girl?" he added, growing more and more flustered by the minute. how could he have forgotten how exhausting vinewhip was. he was too socially awkward for such things. "You're not tearing anything apart until you tell me what you've done to yourself." he absently flicked his back leg, annoyed by the blood rolling down it from his back, still glaring at the she-cat.
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Post by Vinewhip on Oct 21, 2015 19:33:31 GMT -6
I let out a defiant snort and narrowed my dark eyes at him. Oh yes his current state of health did matter like hell to me. I looked down at myself as he mentioned my condition. I had been scarred up quite a bit previous to this, and he knew that, but it was obvious that I had a few new ones. I paused and tilted my head to the side a bit. "Oh, right. There was a small battle between FireClan and IceClan. I joined in, but I won against my opponent! Don't worry about it." That definitely wasn't where I'd gotten all of them, but I was dreading mentioning the experience that I would rather forget forever.
I laughed as I looked down at him, giving him my classic, bright smile. "Would you prefer I return to calling you 'shrimp' or 'shortstop'? I like showing that I love you! Do you not like that?" I gave him a pouting look, willing my eyes to get watery. I was Vinewhip, the world class over dramatic actress. "Any who, a lot has happened. I might be getting my first apprentice soon, I got raped, I think I grew taller, and we have a new leader and deputy!" I hopefully skirted around the subject well enough that he didn't hear it. "How about you?" | lol nerd |
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Post by Thunderhowl on Oct 21, 2015 19:51:51 GMT -6
outta luck, outta time; old-man winter's comin' on ,,
he'd missed an entire battle? that made him bitter. he prided himself on knowing all of the scars on vinewhip's body, so the fact she had several knew ones was a worry to him. earning him in battle, that was ok, it was the warriors' way. however...."You must really be letting yourself go, if you earned all those in one measly battle," he offered with a smirk, his voice skeptical. nope, no way. not his vinewhip.
he offered a groan in the face of vinewhip's love. right, trust her to e completely open about her emotions. ew. "It's......fine," he finally muttered, averting his gaze bashfully. luckily vinewhip created enough of a distraction to make him drop the matter. "YOU WERE WHAT!?!!" HE ROARED, FUR STANDING ON EDGE. OH RIGHT, TRUST VINEWHIP TO HIDE SOMETHING SO DRASTIC AMONGST TRIVIALITIES. "WHAT Happened? who dared touch you!?"
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Post by Vinewhip on Oct 21, 2015 20:25:05 GMT -6
I snorted and waved a dismissive paw in his face. "Oh, hush, hun'. You weren't even there, so I don't wanna hear it from your mouth. Besides, I like to think of them as trophies for my effort. I love being covered in blood as much as the next guy, but these last quite a bit longer and remind me what I've trained for." I shrugged as I looked at a deep, apparent one on my shoulder. It was an older one from the first time I had fought alongside Thunder. So it was olddddd.
I grinned as he begrudgingly accepted my use of 'babe' over the terms referring to his height. I yipped with happiness and gave a fond smile, but the sunny attitude didn't last for long. I looked away uncomfortably, feeling as if the whole camp was staring at us now. I looked back over, eyes wide and begging. "Please, be quiet! This isn't something I'd lie the whole camp to know!" My voice was hard as the stones that made up our camp, my eyes narrowed, but there was a softness in the look that was nearly pleading for him to stop yelling about it.
"It's not like I saw his face and had a nice, leisure chat with him afterwards! I don't know who it was, but I couldn't hide this from you. Please, don't bring it up after this... I don't... I hate remembering how helpless I was. Please." I had gone to whimpering, feeling close to bursting into tears. "I had a child and I left it in another clan because looking at it... looking at it's face only reminded me of what happened and I couldn't handle it! I know I'm terrible! I just want the memories to go away." In a sudden movement, I was close to him, feeling small as I pressed my face into his shoulder and cried. I was suddenly glad that it was later at night and most cats were in their den's sleeping by this point. "I understand if you don't want to... if you don't want me... because I'm dirty now, just don't tell anyone." | lol nerd |
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Post by Thunderhowl on Oct 21, 2015 22:03:25 GMT -6
outta luck, outta time; old-man winter's comin' on ,,
"Well it's not like i was just sitting around doing nothing while I was gone," he retorted, though it was lacking any real venom. his relief at finally being home and seeing vinewhip again was enough to cloud over most worry. after all, she was still alive, and her wounds had healed.
he was too annoyed and worried to conceal either his worry or annoyance. "then don't bring it up in front of the whole camp," he snapped back, irritated at the change in topic. vine was....not someone he had ever been able to full understand. he enjoyed that, it was a challenge, and he loved her for it. but it was a total surprise when she suddenly burst into tears, and thunder was forced to stand, tail twitching nervously as she sought comfort.
from what he understood, talking was good, letting her say out loud was what causing her pain. so he listened silently and fought to keep his pelt from bristling with rage. normally he wouldn't have even tried to conceal it, but for her, he would. "you're letting a child define you?" he finally asked, head tilting. "that doesn't sound like you." he didn't know how he'd do it, but one way or another he'd find the person who reduced vinewhip to such things.
"you're still an idiot after all." he finally murmured, lowering his head to nuzzle her. "I care about you, not your uterus. you, and putting whoever hurt you into a very, very deep grave."
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Post by Vinewhip on Oct 21, 2015 22:38:48 GMT -6
"You weren't? How'd you get that belly then? Did you eat a kitten on your way here?" I snickered quietly under my breath, giving him a playful look. I wrapped my long tail around my paws and let out a yawn, pink tongue sticking out slightly. It was getting pretty late and we weren't getting any younger standing out here like plants waiting to grow.
"I didn't bring it up, I mentioned it. You're the one who let out a roar louder than a lion sent from hell!" I was panicking, eyes wide as I frantically shuffled my paws, desperately pushing out the memories of that day from my head. No. No. No. I wanted to stop talking about this. I wanted to forget and just curl up next to Thunderhowl before sleeping for a long time. Yes, sleep. I hadn't had time to sleep for a long while. No, I just hadn't been able to without him here.
I looked up at him, the rims of my eyes red and damp. "Tell me that the next time you give birth all alone in the middle of an evergreen grove," I said with furrowed brows, not wanting to remember the hellish pain. "I just... I want to have your kids. I was waiting to bring it up, but... but..." I felt ashamed of myself, but there wasn't much I could do now.
"Yeah, but I'm your idiot, and you're stuck with me," I murmured into his fur as I breathed in his scent, feeling my eyes droop slightly as I pressed into him. Two weeks without sufficient sleep was probably weighing down on me by now. "Can we go get in a nest together now? I'm tired and I can hardly sleep without you next to me."
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Post by Thunderhowl on Oct 22, 2015 1:26:50 GMT -6
outta luck, outta time; old-man winter's comin' on ,,
"maybe i did," he retorted with an uncomfortable shrug. kits always made him awkward, even simply hearing about them. like, what was their deal? they were so small and stupid and cute.
his ears pricked as vinewhip yawned, and he clicked his tongue in chastising manner.
"i'm not sure what you were expecting, bringing up something like that and then being annoyed when I reacted." was it wrong that he felt a little but of pride over his voice being related to a roar? hehe.
the notion of birth, just like the notion of kits, sent a shiver down his spine. vinewhip was talking about things he couldn't hope to understand because of his gender, and it made him feel self-conscious and unsure how to help. he was distracted from comforting by his own sudden need to be comforted. "my what-?" he spluttered, eyes widening in shock. "ah noo..no, that sounds dangerous." he eventually muttered, a surprised tremble running through him. she wanted his what now? no, no, no, bad, bad, bad. what did he know about being a father?
With a tender smile he gave vinewhip's ear a lick and nodded. "right, no kits tonight then. let's go."
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Post by Vinewhip on Oct 22, 2015 1:55:31 GMT -6
I raised a brow at him before rolling my dark eyes and letting out a snort. "Right— Oh, and then you'll say you love me out loud! Neither of those things will happen in one million moons." I was chuckling as I stretched, long legs out in front of me, sort of maybe gloating to shut Thunderhowl up or to make him get annoyed and tell me to stop my gloating.
"I wasn't annoyed with you. I was panicking! You really are blunt. I need to give you a class in emotional sensitivity, although I feel like that'd end up with you bluntly telling me to go screw myself— but, hey, if you won't, someone needs to!" I had to hold back the squeal of 'adorable!' as I saw the little look he gave when I said he made a roar. I'd probably be thrown off the mountain if I called him cute, let alone adorable.
I slumped at his words, letting out a sigh, shoulders drooping pitifully as I looked at him with disappointment. "You're not gonna keep me long if you leave the clan for weeks on end and then deny me of kittens to boot!" I grumbled a few things under my breath and then deflated. "Okay, just kidding because I love you, but seriously. I do love you and it's something I think about quite often. You need to mull it over too. It can be dangerous for the elderly, weak, and small she-cats, but I'm not any of those things. I'd like to create a life— or lives— that are made of both of us, together."
I snorted at his words and leaned on him slightly as I headed towards the warriors' den. "Unless we plan on giving the other warriors a show, I do believe that's a good idea, because once I'm in that nest with you, neither of us are coming out for a while." I was quite the cuddler, but at least I was warm at night. That was a plus for him right?
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Post by Thunderhowl on Oct 22, 2015 4:33:25 GMT -6
outta luck, outta time; old-man winter's comin' on ,,
he was tempted to say it, just to prove vinewhip wrong. however, his pride insisted that would be playing right into her paw, and instead he scowled. "well i don't hate you," he retorted gruffly instead.
to this day it was remarkable to thunderhowl that vinewhip could understand him so well, and yet still want to remain by his side. it was impossible to understand, but he wasn't willing to push his luck on the matter. the best he could do was lean into vinewhip and offer his comfort as gratitude. "you waited while i was gone for months, you can wait another few nights." he sighed, more open about the matter now that he'd apparently decided to do as such.
her words, even as a joke, made his breath catch in his throat. on instinct he swayed away from Vinewhip again, as if already preparing to protect himself from her rejection. "yeah i got it, i love you too." he finally muttered, looking down. "and if filthy, feral children are what you want, then I promise I'll try no to step on them, or look at them too roughly, or break them or anything."
after a while he snorted and offered a real smile. "hey, if you're going to do something, do it with pride. no sense hiding it."
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