[dionysus]

Originally Posted by Constellation

Honeythistle had spread out the ferns, using his paw to delicate place them together. As Cloudstrike started placing the moss on top, Honeythistle helped her, but spreading more off the moss to cover up parts of the ferns. He nosed some substances into place. In his eyes, it had to be perfect and soft for her to lay upon. The ferns were used to start out, covered by the soft, lovely feeling of moss. Once that was finished, Honeythistle blinked his eyes at Cloudstrike, narrowing them slightly at her weird (funny) question. Honeythistle gave her a questioning glance, but he didn’t say anything at first. He focused back on her nest, using his nose to push a fern, who fell out of place, deep back into the nest. “Nest with cloud, huh?” He repeated, his voice low. His eyes continued to overlook their work, a little satisfaction lighting up his face. “Maybe for others, yes. But, I prefer to sleep on you.” He joked, even though he didn’t appear that he was joking as he was focused on aligning the moss precisely with the ferns. “I’d imagine you are as soft as the clouds are.” His voice was distant, eyes looking from one end of the nest to the other. Honeythistle couldn’t speak for using clouds to sleep on, but he had slept next to Cloudstrike on a few occasions, and her pelt could had been made out of the clouds themselves, in his opinion. “That’s better.” He mewed, brightly. Talking about clouds maneuvered his mind into earlier thoughts while he was getting the fern. Now, he didn’t mind any mollies with the prefix or suffix ‘cloud’ but he did mind it being matched up with a second part that sounded masculine. It was...it just didn’t make him feel good. Cloudstrike’s innocent, sweet nature (obviously her beautiful looks) made him forget that she carried a name of a warrior. She was a queen, now. So, she needed something as sweet and delicate as she was. Honeythistle flicked his eyes to look at her, but he didn’t move his head as he still wanted to focus on her nest. “Say, Dove,” he started, then slowly began moving around the nest to analyze it. “How serious are you about your name?” Honeythistle allowed the words to roll off casually so she figured it was a curious question more than a demand.

It felt good to just work with Honeythistle. For a few moments, neither cat spoke and they simply focused on the task at paw, something Cloudstrike had never been good at. The two of them fixed the nest in silence until Cloudstrike’s thoughtful nature got the better of her and she spoke up with a curious question about clouds. Honeythistle seemed to find her question odd, since he gave her a questioning look. He turned away from her and repeated her question while Cloudstrike simply watched him. His joke was said with a straight face, making it harder for the innocent molly to discern the joking aspect. Her feathery tail fluffed up in a semblance of embarrassment. She wasn’t really embarrassed, though, since the feline almost never felt that emotion. She was more flustered and made that clear by stuttering a few syllables and looking at her paws as she shuffled them before glancing up at Honeythistle with sparkling eyes. “I’m sure I’m not!”The queen laughed, brushing her tail on Honeythistle’s shoulder and leaning in to nose through his fur as he had done earlier. Even as Honeythistle spoke admiringly of her new nest, Cloudstrike buried her face in Honeythistle’s fur and leaned almost her entire weight on him. Honeythistle was incredibly strong, after all, he could support her weight. Honeythistle caught her attention by saying her name, making the queen stand up to look at him. Cloudstrike watched Honeythistle move around the nest, keeping her wondering eyes on his face. She blinked questioning lay at his odd question. His tone seemed nonchalant but the question was still rather weird. “My name?” She repeated, tilting her head, “Well...Maybe not as serious as some?” Cloudstrike had no idea how to answer his question or how he wanted her to answer. What did it mean to be serious about one’s name?