"Umm... Frostkit? Where are you going? The fresh-kill pile is over here..." She pointed at it with her tail and tilted her head at it.
"Oh! I w-was... ah-ah-ahchoo!... getting my herbs. You k-know, for my.. my cold."
Silverkit knew she wasn't going to the medicine den just for her herbs. Frostkit had also started visiting the medicine for a certain calico tom. She shook her head. Count on Frostkit to get a cold when it was the beginning of leaf-fall.
" I'll get you a mouse," She meowed as she padded to the pile to get something. After rummaging around a bit, she found Frostkit a mouse and and herself a blackbird. Padding in the direction of the nursery, she went to the roots, and climbing through the tangled mess. On the other side was partly shaded small clearing. Snowheart's and Firelight's kits always went here when they didn't want to play in the clearing, or just to hide from their mothers. It was here that Silverkit had developed that feeling... She dropped the prey and jumped up to the roots, and watched the cats in the clearing move around. Suddenly, a rush of orange flashed across the clearing, and into the branches of the tree laying on it's side in the camp. Almost directly across from her. Her eyes stayed where Robinkit had disappeared. Echokit's voice made her jump.
" OK! READY OR NOT, HERE WE COME!" Echokit, Ravenkit, Stonekit,and Lightkit appeared from the nursery entrance, and spread out. Ravenkit came straight for Silverkit.
From her perch she mewed, "He's not here!"
Her sister ignored her, and jumped right into the roots, only to jump right back out and run off. Frostkit came scurrying over after Ravenkit left, and Silverkit jumped down to meet her.
"They're playing hide and seek, Robinkit the hider."
" Huh... I always thought it was one seeker..."
The two she-cats climbed into the small space. Silverkit kicked the mouse at Frostkit with her front paw and mewed,
"Here, if your done curling your tail around Sunpool's." She said it soft enough for Frostkit to be the only one to hear it, but loud enough for Frostkit to think she shouted it. Frostkit leaned away, her jaw dropped, her ivy blue eyes looking hurt. The her eyes lightened, as if she saw something, but that look was only for a heartbeat, so Silverkit didn't think about it. Frostkit stood up, and smugly mewed,
" Do I say that about you and Robinkit?"
Frostkit was the only one who knew Silverkit's feelings, and right now, she was using it as a weapon.
"No, bu-" Silverkit was cut off by a voice of honey at her ear.
"What about me?"
Silverkit whirled around, and her muzzle ended up being about a hair between Robinkit's and hers. His eyes shined playfully. Oh, so that's what Frostkit saw... WAIT! She said... infront of... She must have looked really freaked, because Frostkit and Robinkit burst out laughing. Turning on Frostkit, she hissed/mewed at her,
"Hey! You knew he was there!"
"I already knew." Robinkit's voice made her turn and look up him."I'm not as clueless as I look." He leaned forward and licked her ear. I look like the sun, don't I? She felt her eyes widen, her ears push forward,and her jaw drop a little. Frostkit purposely coughed and mewed,
"Umm... were we going to eat? Robinkit, if your joining us, I can go ahead and grab something." He nodded, so Frostkit left, leaving behind the awkward silence between Robinkit and Silverkit. Luckily, Frostkit didn't take long. She dropped the vole she had picked at Robinkit's feet, and turned to go retrieve her mouse from the corner where she had let it fall. Silverkit turned away from Robinkit, and stayed beside Frostkit as they ate.
Later, Ravenkit came crawling in, saw Robinkit, and yowled,
" Found him!" Forcing the three hiding kits to leave their hiding spot, even though Robinkit was the one hiding. Echokit was grouped with the others by the time Ravenkit brought them down to the nursery.
"Good job, Ravenkit. You too, Robinkit. I'm guessing you, Frostkit and Silverkit already ate?"
The three kits nodded.
" But I need to go for my second dose of medicine, though," Frostkit piped in, and left for the medicine den. Soon, six of the seven kits were asleep. Silverkit was starting to drift off, watching her siblings, and Firelight's kits breath.
