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Lovebird
Posts : 11635 Join date : 2015-08-12 Location : Under a rock
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Tue May 22, 2018 10:16 pm | |
| For only the second time in her life, Hollyleaf decided to throw caution to the wind, ignoring all possible consequences, and acted impulsively. “Yes,” she whispered. | |
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~Stormwind~
Posts : 13959 Join date : 2016-01-09
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Tue May 22, 2018 10:10 pm | |
| Breezepelt waited for Hollyleaf to say something in reply, hardly conscious of how close their nuzzles were. | |
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Lovebird
Posts : 11635 Join date : 2015-08-12 Location : Under a rock
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Tue May 22, 2018 10:07 pm | |
| Hollyleaf’s eyes widened slightly, the black she-cat only just now realizing how close the pair’s muzzles has gotten. She swallowed at his words, struggling not to glance down him reflexively. | |
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~Stormwind~
Posts : 13959 Join date : 2016-01-09
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Tue May 22, 2018 10:04 pm | |
| “I’m not sure.” Breezepelt Replied simply, staring into his half-sister’s beautiful eyes, their nuzzles only a whiskerlength from one another now, as if the pair had been gliding closer and closer instinctually. After a silent moment, the tom Mewed softly “...Do you want to find out...?” | |
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Lovebird
Posts : 11635 Join date : 2015-08-12 Location : Under a rock
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Tue May 22, 2018 10:01 pm | |
| Hollyleaf swallowed, staring at the tom. “What do you mean you... l-love me?” She stuttered on the word ‘love,’ like she wasn’t used to saying it. | |
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~Stormwind~
Posts : 13959 Join date : 2016-01-09
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Tue May 22, 2018 9:42 pm | |
| Truth be told, Breezepelt wasn’t sure which kind of love he meant when he told Hollyleaf he loved her. Maybe both? It was so confusing. He thought about the black she-cat more and more after every meeting, and more often than not the thoughts were about them doing something very compromising together. The tom didn’t answer, just keeping his eyes locked on hers and his tail on her chin. | |
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Lovebird
Posts : 11635 Join date : 2015-08-12 Location : Under a rock
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Tue May 22, 2018 9:26 pm | |
| Hollyleaf froze in surprise, staring up at her half-brother with wide eyes. What? Like, love-love or family love? “What?” | |
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~Stormwind~
Posts : 13959 Join date : 2016-01-09
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Tue May 22, 2018 9:05 pm | |
| Breezepelt had kept the she-cat pressed close to him the entire time, his shoulder now dripping wet with his half-sister’s tears. When she finally calmed down mostly, the Black tom moved his tail and used it to lift her chin out of his fur and look up to him. “Hollyleaf,” he purred, looking into her tear-filled eyes, “I love you.” | |
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Lovebird
Posts : 11635 Join date : 2015-08-12 Location : Under a rock
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Tue May 22, 2018 5:07 pm | |
| Hollyleaf cried for what seemed like hours but was probably much closer to only being half an hour. Gradually, she quieted down until she was only sniffling occasionally.
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~Stormwind~
Posts : 13959 Join date : 2016-01-09
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Tue May 22, 2018 10:08 am | |
| Breezepelt gave Hollyleaf’s tail a few reassuring squeezes but didn’t say anything else, allowing her to press into him as much as she needed as she cried. | |
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Lovebird
Posts : 11635 Join date : 2015-08-12 Location : Under a rock
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Mon May 21, 2018 11:25 pm | |
| His words were the final straw and Hollyleaf burst into tears, hiding her face in his fur and sobbing and wailing. Her break down had been a long time in coming, ever since she'd first discovered that Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw weren't her parents a year ago. | |
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~Stormwind~
Posts : 13959 Join date : 2016-01-09
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Mon May 21, 2018 11:22 pm | |
| “It’s alright...” Breezepelt murmured quietly, his tail curled tightly around hers and his pelt pressed against hers as well. If Hollyleaf needed to cry, then she could. | |
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Lovebird
Posts : 11635 Join date : 2015-08-12 Location : Under a rock
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Mon May 21, 2018 11:16 pm | |
| Hollyleaf hiccuped softly, trying not to cry. She didn't want anyone to see how vulnerable she really was, not even Breezepelt. | |
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~Stormwind~
Posts : 13959 Join date : 2016-01-09
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Mon May 21, 2018 11:14 pm | |
| Worried that she would try and pull completely away, Breezepelt compulsively wrapped his tail around hers, squeezing it tightly. | |
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Lovebird
Posts : 11635 Join date : 2015-08-12 Location : Under a rock
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Mon May 21, 2018 11:04 pm | |
| Hollyleaf swallowed, pulling her ears back and looking away from the tom. She didn't look like she believed him; it would mean that she was worth something, actually made something better, something that went against what she believed of herself. | |
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~Stormwind~
Posts : 13959 Join date : 2016-01-09
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Mon May 21, 2018 11:02 pm | |
| Breezepelt nodded earnestly, noticing that he’d never seen his half-sister like this but refusing to mention it. “These nights with you make me feel better than anything else.” | |
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Lovebird
Posts : 11635 Join date : 2015-08-12 Location : Under a rock
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Mon May 21, 2018 11:00 pm | |
| Hollyleaf pulled back in surprise, looking up at Breezepelt with wide green eyes. "Really?" She questioned, looking achingly, painfully bewildered, like she couldn't believe that she could do something like that. That one moment showed Breezepelt more of her insecurity than she'd ever shown anyone else. | |
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~Stormwind~
Posts : 13959 Join date : 2016-01-09
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Mon May 21, 2018 10:58 pm | |
| “Me too,” Breezepelt admitted vulnerably, empathizing with The she-cat. He wouldn’t exist if his good-for-nothing father hadn’t been trying to cover up his latest mistake. The constant fighting between his parents didn’t help matters either. He felt responsible for it, for all of it. But...
“Hollyleaf.” The tom mewled firmly. “You make me feel wanted.” | |
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Lovebird
Posts : 11635 Join date : 2015-08-12 Location : Under a rock
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Mon May 21, 2018 10:49 pm | |
| Hollyleaf turned and hid her face in his fur, gratefully accepting the comfort. "Yes," she whispered, not mentioning that she still felt like that even now. She hadn't been meant to exist, so why would her presence make things better? It was more likely that she made everything worse; just look at how she killed Ashfur! | |
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~Stormwind~
Posts : 13959 Join date : 2016-01-09
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Mon May 21, 2018 10:46 pm | |
| Breezepelt pressed his side to hers comfortingly. “Did you ever feel... unwanted, after learning what happened? Like, that the others in your life would have been better off without you?” He’d felt that. | |
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Lovebird
Posts : 11635 Join date : 2015-08-12 Location : Under a rock
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Mon May 21, 2018 10:37 pm | |
| Hollyleaf flattened her ears, not looking at the worried form of her younger half-brother. "I know," she said hoarsely after a few more moments of silence. "None of you ever bothered to wonder what the revelation of my birth did to me, who revered the Warrior Code above practically all else, not even those who knew before I revealed it." | |
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~Stormwind~
Posts : 13959 Join date : 2016-01-09
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Mon May 21, 2018 10:33 pm | |
| Breezepelt only realized he’d hurt her after a few heartbeats of silence. Once he did, however, guilt washed over him, and he scooted closer to his half-sister. “Hollyleaf...” Breezepelt mewled softly, feeling terrible now. | |
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Lovebird
Posts : 11635 Join date : 2015-08-12 Location : Under a rock
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Mon May 21, 2018 10:18 pm | |
| Despite knowing that his words weren't meant to anything but friendly teasing, Hollyleaf flinched at them like he'd hit her. Her expression twisting, she looked away from Breezepelt. It was true, she had changed a lot since she'd left ThunderClan. She'd lost most of her fire and will to fight, for one, and she knew it. She also knew why. She'd been broken by the revelation of her parentage, and she hadn't pieced herself back together yet. She didn't even know if she wanted to. | |
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~Stormwind~
Posts : 13959 Join date : 2016-01-09
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Mon May 21, 2018 10:15 pm | |
| Breezepelt purred quietly. “You’ve changed a lot,” He mewled softly, a smile on his face. “The old Hollyleaf used to defy the leaders in front of everyone at a gathering when she felt the code was being broken.” | |
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Lovebird
Posts : 11635 Join date : 2015-08-12 Location : Under a rock
| Subject: Re: What Is This I Feel? (Stormwind) Mon May 21, 2018 10:01 pm | |
| Hollyleaf huffed at him. “I’m not going to go into something I know I can’t win. It’s just common sense.” | |
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