le sigh. Just doing whatever

[< Bluestarintears >]

"You really were a help Duskfire. I know it was a few days ago, but I never got to thank you." Sunheart sat in her den, looking at the warrior. Her green eyes were filled with warmth and gratuity. It had indeed been awhile since Owltail had come into the territory. And she had luckily been able to get her back to her brother safely, and without Foxfang intruding on it. "I'm sure it must have been hard for you."

"What?" he asked, looking at her. "I... Sunheart, I was glad to help, really, but I have no clue what you mean by it must have been hard for me."

"I mean it must have been hard for you to help, for Owltail to leave again." she said, looking at him still. "Perhaps I'm not completely right on my thoughts, but from what I've seen through my short life, you've seemed to have... well, you know."

[< Bluestarintears >]

Still staring at her, trying to make it look as if he knew nothing, Duskfire eventually gave up. "Is it that... was it that obvious?" he asked, voice strained quite a bit. "But yeah, you're right. It doesn't really matter though Sunheart. I'm always going to feel like that about her, but I'll never say anything."

"You could have stopped her." she said, looking at him. "Not that I'm saying you should have, but still. You didn't have to help me, but you did. And it was quite nice of you. I just really don't see why you do it Duskfire."

"If she wants to be with the loner, then she can be with him." the tortoiseshell tom stated, shrugging. "The only thing I want from Owltail now is her friendship, and I want her to be happy. If that's not in the clan, then she shouldn't be in the clan. Don't you agree?"

[Scatteredstar]

"Sunheart?" Shimmerpaw's voice came from the entrance of the den as the dull apprentice padded down. "Sunheart are down he-- Oh! Hi Duskfire." She had almost jumped out of her fur at the sight of the warrior, she wasn't expecting anyone but Sunheart down here.

"If this is a bad time I can come back later..."

[< Bluestarintears >]

"No, you two can talk." Duskfire said, looking at Shimmerpaw, then to Sunheart.

"Yes, we weren't doing anything important." the medicine cat said. Smiling, she looked to her apprentice. "What is it you need Shimmerpaw?"

[Scatteredstar]

Shimmerpaw glanced from Duskfire to Sunheart, carefully deciding her words, she said, "It's concerning Owltail..."

[< Bluestarintears >]

At the sound of the she-cat's name, Duskfire's ears went against his head. He wondered why this apprentice was suddenly bringing her up. Still, the warrior stayed there, he wanted to continue to speak with Sunheart later.

Sunheart's expression went completely different than normal for a brief moment, though it was quickly back to normal. "Shimmerpaw, if you could please lower your voice. I don't think it's wise to speak of her in camp, when Foxfang might be able to hear. But what is it about her?"

[Scatteredstar]

Shimmerpaw nodded, then in almost a whisper she said, "I don't want you to tell Thistlestar yet, but Wolfpaw, Ravenpaw, and I, we wanted to know what happened to her. So we went out. We found her. But she was with a tom, and when she saw us she told him to leave us alone, because he attacked us, and reffered to me, I quote 'Your sister's apprentice'. Was that tom your brother? Is he why Owltail left?"

[< Bluestarintears >]

"You went to see her?!" Sunheart exclaimed, her voice somewhat erupting. "You shouldn't have gone Shimmerpaw, it's dangerous. Foxfang could have followed you, and that's the last thing anyone needs." Pausing for a moment, the medicine cat nodded. "Yes, Apollo, the tom who she's with, is my brother. But I wouldn't say he's the complete reason she left. When I found out she was seeing him, I tried to stop her. Apollo is nice, but she is, was, a clan cat, and didn't need to be involved with him. But they kept seeing each other, and Foxfang saw them, unfortunately. He tried to kill my brother, and then tried to get Owltail away from him and back to camp. It didn't work too well. She felt too protected in the clan, especially by her brother. And she just went with her heart and left."

[Scatteredstar]

Shimmerpaw winced, "I think I get it. But she's also with kits, what will we do when the time for her kitting comes?"

[< Bluestarintears >]

"I know she is." Sunheart said. "And as for when she kits, she'll probably have to get through it on her own. I have an idea of when she should be kitting, but I don't know any exact time. But when she does, I'll probably be over to check on them within a few days. I told her when I last saw her I'd come check on the kits."

[< Bluestarintears >]

"I better get going." Duskfire felt a bit uncomfortable talking about Owltail, especially about what they were. "I guess I'll see you later or something Sunheart, bye." Getting up, the tom quickly walked out of the den.