private waterfront booossa | drowsynose

[Cherryblossom]

It takes until sunhigh to find @DROWSYNOSE . His ebony pelt stands stark against the berried backdrop of the nursery, a fuzzy-edged shadow in a swathe of broad sunlight. She strides up behind him, brushing his taller shoulder with her own as she exclaims, "Drowsynose! Hey." Lemon-sharp eyes crinkle with a casual grin. She couldn't claim to be friends with him in the capacity that she was with his sister or Edenberry, but they'd been a cohort once upon a time. That had to count for something.

Perhaps his hazel-and-white eyes remain on the nursery for a bit too long, or she's simply more perceptive today; her sunny gaze slides sideways all the same. "What're you doing here?" She cocks her head at the smoky tom, her smile warping into something more humorous. "Don't tell me you're having kits too," the molly jokingly huffs. Owlheart, Oddgleam, and Crowsight were already enough of an anomaly to Cherryblossom. (Someone had mentioned to her that Howlfire had her kittens at a similar age, but she'd insisted it wasn't the same.) The world would end if everyone she grew up with suddenly became parents. Besides, Drowsynose didn't even have a mate... did he?

"Anyway," she adds quickly, dismissing the idea with a wave of a paw. "I was wondering if you wanna go hunting with me. I caught the scent of, like, this huge quail the other day, and I just know you'd be able to track it down." The calico smiles flatteringly at him.​

 

[DROWSYNOSE]

STILL DON'T KNOW MY NAME​

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it was never that easy. nothing ever was, he learned a long time ago. but just as the sun rises, it must fall, and that's how it feels to be drowsynose. to be a fallen star, once so bright and filled with opportunity, now so dull and somehow... still trying to bring light and warmth to those around him. was it working? he doesn't know. he's sacrificed so much of himself for everyone. he still does. and there's only one thing he wants in this life, and he cannot have it. he's never wanted anything more. so, he watches. he watches the kits and queens and envies them all. he wishes he was naive and innocent to the world like a kit, but all the same he wishes he was wise and knowing like a queen. he... yearns. but nothing can last forever, as cherryblossom interrupts his thoughts, and he is hit with a sudden feeling of anxiety. he stands to his paws, laughing nervously as he avoids her gaze all together. can't be all too suspicious... he's always been more scared than his siblings.

"huh? n-no, no. not having kits. besides, cats n-need a mate to have kits, cherryblossom."

he briefly looks back to the nursery with a small sigh before just shrugging.

"j-just reminiscing. l-life was a lot e-easier when we w-were kits."

that much is true at least. he sighs verify blinking in her direction at her request. his brows furrowed in thought before he just gently shakes his head. he can't. falcongaze wouldn't like that, given that he and cherryblossom do not get along. and even if no one knew the true nature of their relationship, they at least knew that they were friends.

"o-oh, no, i'm sure you don't n-need me at all. plenty of warriors w-with good noses. i, uhm, don't f-feel very good today so... go on without me."
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