Running Down...

[Ki]

"No more love and no more pride
That keep my mind away from you
No more love and no more pride
And thoughts are all I have to do"

Smokepaw rose from the apprentice's den to find the sky as gray as his own pelt. Rain clouds hung in the sky, blocking the sun and letting rain fall down. Right now it was only light rain, though. More annoying than anything else. Smokepaw looked around to see who else was up. He hadn't check to see if Mousepaw was still in the den. He'd been so bleary-eyed with sleep that he hadn't checked. Maybe he should go back and check...but then that would be weird, wouldn't it? And he didn't want to look weird or foolish in front of anyone. Especially not Mousepaw. For some reason he'd been trying harder and harder to please her. There were small things, like speaking up more. Or bringing her fresh-kill, and quietly telling her he did well in training that day. Things that might...hm...impress her.

"Oh, remember when it rained?
I felt the ground and looked up high
And called your name"

The lanky tom padded through the camp, ignoring the light rain on his back or the squishing of mud and grass beneath his paws. He grabbed two pieces of fresh-kill. Two simple rabbits. Smokepaw laid them down and looked at both of them. The larger one he nudged aside. That one he would save for Mousepaw. Smokepaw bit into the smaller one, relishing in the taste. It wasn't too warm, but it wasn't stone cold yet either. Smokepaw gulped down a hunk of juicy meat and flicked his tail. Yes, he was happy. It was in his eyes. In the way he laid there, waiting for his friend. The rain didn't seem to be dragging down his mood, though it would make tracking and hunting a bear later. Oh well.

"Tears of hope run down my skin
Tears for you that will not dry
They magnify the one within
And let the outside slowly die"

A shiver went down his spine and Smokepaw looked up at the somber sky. The queens in the nursery had told him that rain came when StarClan was sad. The water that fell from the skies was their tears, washing over the living cats below. Was his mother up there, he wondered? Was she crying over WindClan? Why? Why was she crying? Smokepaw thought, just for a moment, he saw the brief shape of a she-cat appear in the dark clouds above. He blinked. Nope, nothing. Just clouds. Only clouds.

"Oh, remember when it rained?
I felt the ground and looked up high
And called your name

Oh, remember when it rained?
In the water I remain
Running down...
Running down.....
Running down.....

Running down...."

Lyrics: "Remember When it Rained?" by Josh Groban

[nimby]

"Mousepaw Speaks!" | Mousepaw Thinks!

What was it that made her want to sleep forever? She ate more than her share of prey and wasn't going out every night like she used to. Training was getting less and less hard too. It didn't seem right to always be tired. But maybe it was seer boredom that was taken a hold of her energy. It was still there but mostly came in spurts, her energy. She tried to hold onto it as long as possible when out with Smallnose. Mousepaw didn't see anything abnormal in her being tired all the time. It just felt like something everyone went through at some point in their life.

To her surprise though, Mousepaw didn't sleep in as long as she usually did. The sound of her friend, Smokepaw had woken her up. This for some reason made the brown tabby she-cat happy. She stayed in her nest for a little bit after the grey tom had left the den. She didn't want him to think he had woken her up when it wasn't a problem even if he did. She hated to see him upset and didn't want to bring sadness upon him.

When she knew it was a good enough length of time, Mousepaw got to her paws, more steady than the last morning and padded out of the den. The rain hit her pelt, startling her at first. She hadn't expected it to be raining when her mood was happy. She looked to the sky but quickly pulled her face away from the falling water. She shook herself off uselessly and looked around for Smokepaw. She had hoped he hadn't gone off training or hunting already.

To her relief Smokepaw hadn't. She spotted his all grey pelt from the apprentices' den. He was cute in her eyes. But the more she spent time with the tom, the more handsome her got. She padded over to her friend with a smile shining in her grey eyes. Mousepaw seemed to almost always had a smile on when near Smokepaw, almost.

"Smokepaw, may I join you?" The she-cat asked nestling beside her friend not waiting for a reply. "I'm sorry." She mewed naturally and moved over, giving the tom space between them.


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comments; I am going to assume this thread was made for Smokepaw&Mousepaw awhile ago. XD I thought I would reply.

[Ki]

Smokepaw didn't notice his friend sit down beside him until he felt her damp fur brush against his. Automatically he felt heat rush to his ears. That always happened when Mousepaw was close to him. Yet it wasn't a completely uncomfortable feeling, either. She moved away, and the feeling was gone. Smokepaw felt his heart fall. But he wasn't bold enough to move back beside her. Instead of saying anything, he nudged the larger rabbit towards her. He'd noticed that Mousepaw was getting bigger in the stomach region. But it didn't matter to him; that was a good thing. Well-fed cats meant the Clan was propsering, did it not? From the skies came a low rumble of thunder, and Smokepaw looked up at the clouds once more.

Was his mother up there in those skies? Hidden behind the stormy gray clouds? Could she see him? Could his father see him? Smokepaw frowned and looked down at the ground beneath his paws. A father. How much easier his life would be if he had one. Then he would have had kin in the Clan. He would have had someone other than a mentor to look to for advice. He would have had someone to question about his mother. Sure, Smokepaw could always ask other Clan cats about her. But Smokepaw was simply too shy for that.

"Did you...sleep well?" Smokepaw ventured, feeling he should at least attempt to break the silence himself for once.