Of course… He remembered digging for voles and the like as an apprentice, though at the time he found it useless. “Never been fond of their taste, they’re just too…” he shrugged, unable to find the words for it. Feeling her pelt against his, a curious sensation overwhelmed him. It was warm and exciting, tempting yet patient. It was like all these moons of waiting for something, anything to happen in his life to change it, was finally beginning to be worth it.
He hadn’t noticed her tail draping over him until she pulled it away. As she did so, he felt a pang of rejection, wondering if she was only playing with his already frustrated emotions. The tom, seeing with the eyes and recalling the memories of Battlestare but feeling with the heart and soul of Ottertail, had become hopelessly attracted to this she-cat in their short time together. After all, she was the only other cat alive that knew his story, or at least a good part of it. She could understand his pain, and he hers…
Turning from her, he grimaced and sighed, remembering their current allegiances. It could never work, he thought. She’s a RiverClan cat… I’m… An exile who took shelter among ShadowClan… Feeling defeated he hung his head slightly, weighed down by the heaviness of the world. She was the first to pay him any mind, to seek him out. The same couldn’t be said of his female clanmates, in fact he was barely considered a part of the clan. Shaking off his sadness for her sake, he turned back, renewing his attention on her.
“It’s beginning to get rather dark… Isn’t your mate wondering where you are at this time? I could only assume he’d be worried, after all, I don’t think he’d be wanting to lose you,” he said, concerned she no longer wished to keep him company. Few cats would want to spend their time lingering around a tom like him, one who was secretive and scarred in many ways from his past. He hoped she would answer his question the way he wanted, maybe even needed, to hear.