Private Camp When you laugh at crows you turn them into rooks || Rain

[Berrykit]

BERRYKIT

Momma left Berrykit with Rain again - she had been doing that a lot lately, when visiting mom. Berrykit didn't really understand why he couldn't visit mom either in the healer's den if momma could, but he obeyed. At least it meant getting to spend more time with Rain and that was always a good thing. Though he did miss mom...

With these mixed emotions bubbling inside of him, he lay curled next to Rain's belly, warm and protected. He wondered if he would get to spend any time with her when she had kits of her own. And would they be his friends? "Rain?" he asked. "Can I play with your kits when they're here?"

Berrykit didn't fully understand why they had to wait for the kittens and why they couldn't just come now, but he didn't ask. There were some things he simply couldn't understand yet.

OOC: Private with @Rain ​

SkyClan | Kitten

 

[Rain Rain]

R A I N
​ what a shame we all became ​

Rain had quickly grown accustomed to taking care of Starlingtrail and Chrysalisgaze's litter so the caretaker could visit her mate. Honestly, to her it was an honor that she'd been chosen, out of all the more qualified caretakers in the nursery. But she considered it good practice for tending to her own kits, due to arrive any day.

Her heart ached to think of Chrysalisgaze in the healer's den, how lonely for her and how frightening it was for her family and friends. She'd only managed to visit once, and had been devastated by the state of her friend, her pelt torn, her throat plastered with bandages. She hadn't been able to speak, and Rain hadn't stayed long so she could get back to the nursery and take charge of Berrykit and his siblings. She swallowed hard at the memory, then pushed it away. Chrysalisgaze was recovering well. Soon her kits would be able to see her. But until then, she would take care of them whenever Starlingtrail needed.

At the moment, they were dozing at her belly while Rain washed her face. The soft squeak of Berrykit's voice made her pause mid-groom.

"Of course you can,"

she purred.

"Not right away, though, they'll be too small at first - they'll need someone big and strong like you to look after them. But soon, yes, you will have some new playmates."

The thought of Berrykit leading a clowder of her own kittens around camp made her heart swell. She hopped she had a big litter, if for no other reason than for Berrykit to have more friends to entertain him.

such fragile

✦

broken things

• OOC: i love u berrykit
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  sleek grey she-cat with white paws, tailtip, face, and chin
  she/her
  loner
  15 moons
  pregnant!
  
  

 

[Berrykit]

BERRYKIT

Berrykit wondered if he was big enough to look after Rain's litter, he felt so small compared to his clanmates. But if Rain believed he could do it, then he knew he could. "I will be strong for them!" he exclaimed with determination. Though he wasn't sure what the kittens needed protection from, the camp has always been safe.

Not the outside, Berrykit thought painfully. He still wasn't sure exactly what happened to mom, all he knew was that she was hurt and he could not visit her. But mom was strong, he knew she was! She could get through everything...right? Though he tried to push these thoughts away, he couldn't shake off the anxiety gnawing at him. He was scared and he curled more tightly around Rain, keeping close to her. "I will be strong for them just like momma is strong for me..." he whispered, more to himself than to Rain.

He knew momma was worried about their mom too, though she tried to be at ease around him and his siblings. But Berrykit saw how her muscles tensed at every noise, how her eyes widened everytime Swallowbreeze came to check up on Rain. He felt how her tail curled tightly around them every night as they slept and he didn't know what he could do to help.

SkyClan | Kitten