I woke up feeling sore and sticky.
As I slowly blinked open my eyes, I realized it was getting dark. Where was I? What happened? Then the events of the day rushed back to me and I remembered with a smile what Mudfur and I had done.
Where was he? I looked around and spotted him on the other side of me, flopped down on the grass. He must have passed out too.
I got up and stretched out my sore limbs. I would ask him for some herbs later. Would it ever be the same between us? How could I pretend to be normal around him after what we did?
I slowly groomed my pelt as I watched the sun set. Then I moved on to his. He woke up as I was licking his face, just for fun as I had finished cleaning his pelt long ago.
He stirred and groggily opened his eyes. "Frostfur?"
"Yes it's me." I purred, continuing to lick his muzzle.
"That was fun." He mewed.
I sighed with happiness, savoring the moment. "Come on we should head back. The others will be wondering where we are by now."
He got up and we padded across the clearing tails twined together. At the last moment I remembered the chervil and dashed back for it.
As we stood outside the camp, I meowed to Mudfur, "Maybe we shouldn't tell the others."
He looked hurt. "Why not?"
"Because…because you are a medicine cat. Even though we aren't with our clans we should still be following the warrior code." I pointed out.
He reluctantly agreed and we pressed our muzzles together one last time before entering RiverClan's old home.
I took the chervil to his den, judging by smell the place for it. As I pushed it in, I noticed there was tons of chervil; he was not short on it at all. My whiskers twitched as I realized he had taken me out on purpose to mate with me; it was no accident hat we ended up mating.
I pushed out of Mudfur's den and headed for the freshkill pile. As I sat down with Speckletail to eat a vole, I saw Shadepelt and Loudbelly pad through the entrance, carrying no prey. Where had they been? But Then I saw the dazed, loving look in Shadepelt's eyes and I knew. They had been out for the same reason Mudfur and I had been out.
I called to Shadepelt and she looked up, surprised. She turned her paws our direction and began walking towards us, flicking Loudbelly's pelt in affection.
"Hey Shadepelt. How was your day?" Speckletail asked with a knowing look in her eyes.
"Just wonderful," Shadepelt sighed in pleasure.
I twitched my whiskers and Speckletail let out a little mrrow of amusement. Shadepelt had lusted after Loudbelly since our apprenticeship, but he had another cat as his mate. She passed away leaf-bare and I guess now Shadepelt finally got her chance.
This is not so bad without the others, I thought. I am surrounded by friends…