[Thistledawn]

Originally Posted by Lonestar23

”I agree. Well… maybe we won’t always be just friends forever.” The ginger tom mewed, with a suggestive purr as he glanced at Cherrypaw. He knew she would probably be annoyed with the comment, but he had always been the type of cat to take a risk - and he was hoping that someday, maybe, Cherrypaw would be willing to take a chance on him. She definitely didn’t seem like the type. She seemed more like the type of cat to want to play it safer when it came to this type of thing - and, while she seemed a little bit into him, Foxpaw wasn’t quite sure just how “into him” she was. He would find out, eventually - surely she couldn’t keep feelings hidden forever.

Foxpaw just liked flirting… a serious relationship was something he wasn’t really interested in yet. Although he was definitely thinking about the future more and more now. It was a scary thing, the future… what would happen if one day, he woke up and the Clan was under attack and he never got a chance to have a family? As an older apprentice, Foxpaw thought about settling down sometimes - but at the same time, he wasn’t quite sure that he would be ready for that anytime soon. A mate and kits sounded great when he was older, but soon? Definitely not. He’d have to find the right she cat, first of all… and that was hard enough. The tom’s ears pricked up when he heard someone calling him from outside the den - or at least, that was what it sounded like.

”Ah… tell you what, Cherrypaw, I’ve got to get going now. You know how it is - the price of fame and all. But I’ll be seeing you around, right?” He asked, getting up out of his nest and winking at the pretty white feline, awaiting her answer before he would finally leave. Foxpaw was somewhat irritated at having his conversation with the she cat interrupted, but at the same time, he supposed it was for the best. After all, he was running out of a material… and there was no use in a flirty tom who ran out of compliments.

Cherrypaw let a small smile rest on her lips. She assumed the ginger tom was joking just as he was before. Still, Foxpaw's words had some weird effect on the the she-cat's heartbeat. It had skipped a beat. Maybe even two beats. She'd never met such an openly flirtatious tom before. To be honest, Cherrypaw wasn't quite sure what was mindless flirting, what was real, and what she was just making up in her head. Was the apprentice seeing a meaning to Foxpaw's words and actions that he hadn't actually intended? At least some of it had to be real. There was far too many compliments and too many purrs on the tom's end. Panic rushed through Cherrypaw's body in a wave. What did it look like from Cherrypaw's end? Had she been flirty as well? Had she tried to shut the tom down? Was she floating somewhere in the middle? The young apprentice wasn't really sure what she wanted the answer to be. As she realized before, Foxpaw was confusing. He'd frustrated and confused her more than any other cat, but that hadn't pushed her away. If anything, the pretty, young she-cat was drawn in and strangely interested.

Hearing Foxpaw's name being called pulled Cherrypaw away from her own thoughts. She let out a sigh of relief. She was beginning to give herself a headache with all of the thinking she was doing. You're going so soon? She almost wanted to say. She'd only just gotten started talking. She had a lot more to say. "I'll see you soon." The younger apprentice mewed assuringly. "We still have a lot of getting to know each other to do." Cherrypaw hoped the two of them would be able to hang out outside of the den. Foxpaw had made quite the first impression. She wondered what he was like when he was hunting or when he was with friends or when he was just doing whatever. The she-cat smiled sweetly at the tom. She was holding back a yawn. She hadn't noticed how tired she was until now. Talking to the older apprentice must have taken a lot of the energy out of her.