How can I love when I'm afraid to fall | Pinefall

Pinefall had thankfully healed from his injury after being kept in the medicine cat's den for who knew how long. The Abyssinian was upset on how much he missed while healing, still disappointed on how stupid he was that day. He had been there when Jewelpelt was made deputy however, clearly proud on how easily she appeared to rise through the ranks. Indeed she deserved to hold that rank more then anyone else that was apart of darkclan. "Of course, Is something the matter?" The question came quickly, trying to read the female's expression and such so he knew how to react. It always felt odd when she came looking for him, seeing as he should be doing that to her instead. Treating her better then most of the cats seeing as she was indeed somewhat special to him.

Not that he had the courage to announce it, especially seeing as darkclan wasn't doing the best currently this leafbare. It had been almost a year since the former tribe cat found his way here, and he fit in a lot easier then most would've thought.

Puzzlement was the first expression that crawled its way onto his maw, followed with a bit of silence. She was pregnant with his kits? What about her newely made deputy duties? Would Pitchstar take that away once he found out? Jewelpelt didn't deserve to be tossed down a rank, especially with how hard the molly pushed herself. Before he spoke Pine needed to figure out how to react, he didn't wanna be known as a cat that ruined her chances at staying deputy. "Y-you are? Does anyone else know? What do I need to do to help you get through this?" The questions flew from his mouth without a thought, trying his hardest to try and say the right things.

Pinefall was never a father to any kits before, despite being around many of the queens back in the tribe. He hardly knew how to tell how far a queen was in term...thankfully the medicine cats usually could handle that. "Are you upset? Should I try and talk to Pitchstar?" The tom was indeed happy to hear the news, but also wanting to make sure Jewelpelt was ok too. He hadn't been there when she needed him at all. He was just so useless when she needed someone to go and help her. Another thought came to mind on if they had enough food for the kittens, seeing as some clans had lost queens and kits already this leafbare.

EbonyRose wasn't exactly the friendliest face, let alone when who should be trusted with kittens. But if Jewelpelt thought she could do so, he didn't wanna disagree with her. "Of course not, I regret leaving you to raise mistypaw after my incident. I'll help you wherever you need me to be." There was indeed love mixing into to his words now, but like before he never could actually say anything about it. Pinefall tended to act timid and softspoken whenever it's around someone he cares about, unable to strictly force himself to turn rough on them. It was quite rare for anyone to see pine become frustrated, but when he did the tom blew a lot of smoke out at once. "I just would like to ask that you take it easy, give me half the duties so you do overdue yourself"

They had enough warriors from when it came time for Jewelpelt to stay in the nursery for a while. Pitchstar had gone quite a bit without a deputy, so he could certainly allow darkclan's deputy to rest after going through the harshness of labor. "I trust in every decision you make."He mewed towards the calico, trying to settle himself down again.