[Jayvines]

 

Originally Posted by poppy.

Dovefluff

It had been a little more than a week since she and Lioncrest officially became mates, and Dovefluff couldn't be happier. She had been sleeping better, more smiley, and her steps had been lighter once it had become official that she was finally in a healthy relationship, a 180 turn from her former relationship. She felt good about herself, she felt happy and safe, and she knew that Lioncrest cared for her and she didn't feel like she had to be someone else or stifle who she was to make him like her. As happy as she was with her life as of now, she couldn't help but feel different. She'd been waking up feeling quite nauseous the past two days, and she had been experiencing some discomfort. Settling down, she took a bite from a rather small, weak looking mouse she had picked from the fresh-kill pile. It wasn't the most luxurious meal, but she didn't need much. Just enough to get her by.

Eating it quickly, realizing partway through that her appetite had take a very steep increase, she finished her mouse quickly, and pushed herself to a sitting position, beginning to groom herself. After about 20 minutes, as she became more satisfied with her grooming job, she stood to head to the medicine den to check on Springpaw when a sharp pain in her stomach made her hunch over slightly, wincing in pain. The day wasn't too cold, but she suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of chills, like she was cold but also too warm at the same time. As she lifted her paw to feel her temple, her paw felt heavy and she felt fatigued, as if she had just run from the border to camp. This wasn't what she had been experiencing earlier; this was new, sudden. Letting out a soft grunt, she settling down, wrapping her feathery tail around her side, trying to warm herself but failing. Confusion clouded her gaze, and as she wrapped her tail around her stomach and hind legs, she noticed that her belly stuck out ever so slightly more than it had a week ago, something that only Dovefluff herself could realize. Flushing, she looked down at the ground and shivered slightly as a breeze swept through camp. What on earth was going on with her lately?

[ @Jayvines let the fun begin ]

~ Lioncrest ~

Emerging from the warrior's den with a yawn and a quick shake of his pelt, Lioncrest let his gaze wander over the normal goings on in the clearing before fully committing to starting his day. However, something seemed... off. A couple of cats were looking... less than fit to be out and about (an observation that had him narrowing his eyes as he spotted his grandmother starting to prod one of their clanmates towards the medicine cat's den). That was a worrying sight to say the least. As he took a further step out to the open air, his attention was grabbed by a familiar pelt hunched into a protective loaf and shaking ever so slightly off to the side of the clearing.

Alarm bells went off in the large tom's head, and his paws quickly kicked into a steady trot as he moved across the clearing towards his silver star.

"Dovefluff, is everything alright?" he questioned, leveling the she-cat he had claimed as his mate with a concerned and evaluating look before giving her a thorough sniff to see if he could find a trace of anything wrong. There was certainly something... different with her usual scent, and the golden tom's eyes narrowed into a slightly worried expression before he gave her a gentle nudge with his nose and steeled himself back into his usual expression of confidence. "Come darling, let's get you to Drizzlecloud. You shouldn't be shaking this much from the Leaf-fall breeze... Lean on me if you'd like."

[ It's happeniiiiiing XD @poppy. ]