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[Rot]

"Love me?" Rot flared up, "Do you even think she tried to love me?" Rot felt anger flare up inside his stomach, the softness in his eyes vanished and was replaced with hatred. Standing up on his rock, Rot snarled, "Do you even think she trained me? Who do you think taught me to hunt? Me. Who do you think taught me how to defend myself? Me!" Rot sighed, the anger draining away and being replaced by sadness. "Who was the only need who cared for me? M-my father..."

Looking away from Asphyx, Rot sadly mewed, "The only thing my mother did for me was to wait till I was sick and then abandon me!"

[Asphyx]

blink and your dead

i'm quick, i'm cunning, and i never miss

Asphyx lowered herself to the ground slowly as he began to yell. Maybe he didn't see where she was coming from, he didn't see what she saw. She had never met his mother, but she was sure his mother still loved him, deep down. But she pushed the subject away, and instead, somewhat hid in the grass. She had never been a very good conversationist.

[Rot]

Looking toward Asphyx again, Rot took a deep breath. "Look, I'm sorry I yelled, but I don't think anyone would love a scrappy looking cat like me..." Maybe that's why his crush didn't answer. Maybe she thought that he looked hideous, but then never said it.

[Asphyx]

blink and your dead

i'm quick, i'm cunning, and i never miss

Asphyx stood straight up again, to her full height. Her fictional eyebrows furrowed, and she tilted her head slightly. "That's not true. If someone truly loves you, they will love you for your personality, and not your looks. Don't ever think that just because you may look different from others someone won't love you."

[Rot]

Rot gave a quiet sad chuckle. Shaking his head, Rot meowed, "It's hard to think that. You say my mother must love me somehow, but my mother always said no one will love me." Rot looked away from Asphyx, "She always told me that I looked like a rotten fruit, but only worse."

[Asphyx]

blink and your dead

i'm quick, i'm cunning, and i never miss

Asphyx sat down again, her back tall. It was pretty bad to be called rotten fruit, but she had heard worse insults said to cats on the battlefield. "If you hated her so much, why are you taking anything she says to heart? Your only letting her win if you do that, and I'm guessing you don't ever want her to win."

[Rot]

"I lost the battle when my father died." Rot meowed pitifully, "He always told me never listen to my mother when she was in a bad mood, but after he died, the cat who killed him called him a whip. My mother never said anything to deny it... So neither could I. I didn't want to be punished."

[Asphyx]

blink and your dead

i'm quick, i'm cunning, and i never miss

Asphyx's face scrunched up. "Don't ever say you lost. You didn't lose, you don't lose until you die, and you can't die thinking you lost, or you will lose." She shook up and took a step toward him, to prove her point. "Stop beating yourself up. There are plenty of cats in the world who can do that, but not you." She shook her head. "Stop listening to other cat's insults. You have to learn to drown them out." Then her eyes grew soft. "If you believe in yourself, you can fly where they can't reach you. The past is the past, and you can't change it. The present is now, you live now, make it the best you can."

(( asphyx should be an inspirational speaker xD ))

[Rot]

Rot was slightly confused when Asphyx started lecturing him. Quietly purring, Rot remembered his crush when she said 'stop living in the past and live in the present'. "You sound like Arabella."

(She should. She also sounds like one of my friends. I nicknamed him 'the inspirational mathematician'. You can guess what he is good at...)

[Asphyx]

blink and your dead

i'm quick, i'm cunning, and i never miss

Asphyx let a small smile play along her lips. With the smallest of tail flicks, she slightly raised an eyebrow. "I've never met Arabella. Is this the cat you've been playing around?" She had noticed he seemed to like a cat, and wanted to talk about her, but didn't. He was very subtle, though, so he didn't have to worry about anything. "I won't spill the beans if you tell me anything."

[Rot]

"Someone else already said that." Rot meowed, "I just haven't seen her for a while. It is kinda freaking me out."

[Asphyx]

blink and your dead

i'm quick, i'm cunning, and i never miss

A slightly worried expression came over her face. "Is she missing?" Asphyx asked, willing herself to not bite her lip. She didn't like it when cats went MIA, it reminded her of her father, whom, in the end, was brutually tortured and killed.

[Rot]

"I don't know," Rot meowed, "I think she is just taking some time to think." Shuffling his paws, Rot gazed in the direction of the Plains. He longed to see Arabella again.

[Asphyx]

blink and your dead

i'm quick, i'm cunning, and i never miss

Asphyx nodded. "Of course. Don't worry yourself too much, she'll return." She gave Rot a smile.

[Rot]

"She's the one who gave me the nickname!" Rot blurted, "You asked earlier."