Look, look, a new chapter! I'm glad you guys are like it so far. I'll use every bit of humor that I've got for this story, though I do admit I'm not the best with humor…
Disclaimer: I do not own Warriors; if I did gay kitties would be running about. :3
Edited: 5/24/18
I want a BABY!
Chapter Two
"What?" Longtail blinked his eyes which had gone as round as twin blue moons.
"I said, I want kits," Firestar repeated.
"I heard you the first time," came the grumbled reply. "But why? What brought this on all of a sudden?"
"I want a family, Longtail, a family with kits," Firestar meowed.
"You do realize we are both toms and that it is physically impossible for us to have kits?" Longtail asked, starting to worry about his mate's mental health. He was thinking he was going to need to fetch Cinderpelt.
"I know that," Firestar huffed and rolled his eyes skyward. "I meant with a surrogate mother, we could have kits to raise as our own."
"I don't know, Firestar," Longtail said with a sigh. "What would StarClan think? Two toms raising kits, as far as I know it's unheard of."
"StarClan never had a problem with us becoming mates; why would they have a problem with us wanting kits?" Firestar meowed, not understanding his mate's reluctance.
"At least let us speak with Cinderpelt about this," Longtail said as his gaze drifted toward the medicine cat's den. Maybe he could get Cinderpelt to take a look at Firestar to see if he was still functioning correctly, all of this talk of kits seemed far too sudden and out of the blue to him.
"Sure! I'm sure Cinderpelt will tell you that it'll be just fine," Firestar mewed cheerfully as he bounced to his paws and waited for Longtail to rise before he lead the way over to the medicine cat's den. "Cinderpelt! Are you in?" he called as he entered the den with Longtail behind him.
Cinderpelt popped her head out of the split rock, bits of herbs sticking to her. "Is there something wrong, Firestar?"
"Nothing's wrong, Cinderpelt. We just wanted your advice with something," Firestar meowed as he sat down with Longtail at his side.
"Yes, what is it?" Cinderpelt asked as she came out fully, shaking herbs from her pelt. She looked at the two mates with curiosity in her blue eyes, wondering what this could be about.
"I want to have kits with Longtail, you know with a surrogate mother and all, but Longtail is worried about StarClan accepting this," Firestar explained.
The she-cat's ears perked. "Kits? That's wonderful news that you're planning on having kits! I'm sure StarClan will be just as accepting; it's not unheard of for toms using surrogate mothers to have kits, just extremely rare. Have you decided on who you want to be the surrogate mother?" Cinderpelt purred, eyes bright with delight, truly happy for her former mentor.
"Oh, we haven't gotten that far yet. Do you have any ideas on which she-cat would be willing to become a surrogate?" Firestar asked.
"I have a few ideas on whom," Cinderpelt replied, almost shyly.
"Wait, wait, wait, WAIT! I haven't even decided if I even want to have these kits or not yet!" Longtail butted in, his long tail lashing and ears flattened.
"But Longtail…" Firestar mewed, his ears lowering and eyes becoming large as he stared at his mate.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know, Longtail," Cinderpelt apologized, head lowered slightly.
"Don't give me those eyes, Firestar," Longtail said as he tried to look away from his mate's large green eyes. "This is a big decision; I don't want to rush into this. I don't think I'll even make that good of a father."
"Longtail, you'd make a great father! I know you will," Firestar meowed.
"Yes. You may not see it, but you have very strong fatherly instincts," Cinderpelt added, but Longtail still did not look convinced.
"Look, I'll give you Sootkit as an apprentice. Maybe having a new apprentice with show you how much you are ready to be a father," Firestar told his mate, knowing how much he likes mentoring future warriors.
"Are you bribing me, Firestar?" Longtail asked, looking suspiciously at the other tom.
"Nooo…" Firestar meowed, avoiding eye contact and not sounding very convincing.
StarClan, why is humor so hard to write? Maybe I need a humor consultant…
Yeah, another short chapter; I like short chapters they are easier to write and quicker to push out.
Oh and readers of my other stories, I'm still working on them. I just am experiencing Writer's ADD and Writer's Block for some of them, while others I'm just not happy with what I'm coming up with so I keep writing and scrapping it over and over again.
