Hi there!
This is a one-shot, sorta like a filler chapter for my series, The Whirling Wind. I don't think you'll understand the plot if you just stumble here, so please read The Whirling Wind, or at least until the 9th Chapter! (I think?)
BTW, this is Emberpaw's POV
Enjoy!
Icestorm711 (aka Stormy)
When I woke up to your distraught face, I knew that was it. That was the end. Just like that.
Didn't you love me? Was it enough? I guess not.
I felt hurt. Betrayed, even. I tried to get myself to become angry with you. But it didn't work. No matter how hard I tried, there was one piece of me that refused to go with the flow.
One piece that seemed connected to you. One piece that… that just won't budge from it's own feelings. And I went with it.
Why did you leave me? We could be together, bearing beautiful kits and having a wonderful life. It doesn't have to be in ShadowClan or in any Clan where we were bounded by the warrior code! We could run away! I thought you felt the same!
I just wanted to be with you. Don't you have the same feelings for me? I loved you. Even as a kit. I felt horrible when you became a medicine cat. I thought we would never be together.
But then I saw that love had no boundaries. I still loved you, even when you were hesitant to get close with me, even when you were shy to talk to me. But I persisted, and you finally loved me back. I had made it, and I got the precious three words out of you.
But now…
Why did you leave me? I knew you still thought about your duties as a… a medicine cat. But I thought you pushed them aside. For me. I guess I thought wrongly.
But I had my doubts. That tiny seed in the furthest corner of my mind, threatening to grow and expand. I shoved it down, and tried not to think about it. I tried not to imagine the day that you might, just might, leave me.
And it was today.
With those eyes stretched wide with innocence, and those sparkling tears that ran free, how could you do this? To me? I thought you cared! But plainly, not enough to stay with me.
That seed of doubt had already grown, filling my whole mind, its twigs and branches protruding into every corner. You didn't care. Didn't care about my feelings. My heart.
My heart was locked. Love from me was all stored there, tucked away for the cat that held the key. And it was you. With a sharp click, you opened it up. And I was free. Free to love someone. You.
All of a sudden, though, you suddenly locked it again and hid the key out of my reach. And the love disappeared, just like morning dew when the sun comes out.
But I don't blame you.
I don't know why.
I should, but I can't.
After all you have done to me, I can't stop thinking about you.
I won't!
Because I still trust you, Whirlpaw. Even if I feel betrayed, even if I might never find the key again to open my heart, I trust you.
I still trust you with all my might. I trust you to come back to me, Whirlpaw. I know you will. I have to believe that.
I know that it's also painful for you too. It showed in your eyes when you leaped up and away from me, and your bristling fur as you escaped. I know how it feels.
That's why I'll always be here.
For you.
I'll be waiting for you, Whirlpaw. Waiting for you to turn back.
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Or else... heh heh heh...
*sneaks frying pan behind my back*