Me and Her (And)
Rating: K
Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer...we're always a duo. Whenever you hear my name, it's always followed by hers. We're Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer. Always the and. I wonder if anyone ever thinks about me as my own person, without the and. They do with her, I know. I wonder why her and not me. They like her. But me, I'm just the male twin. It's almost as bad as with Coric and Tanto. But they're practically one cat with two bodies. Rumple an' I are different.
I love my sister, don't get me wrong. She's the only one who does see we're different. But I do wonder an awful lot about what it would be like if I was just Mungojerrie, without the and.
I've seen some of the toms looking at Rumple, and I guess I'm happy for her–she's old enough now, and it doesn't need to be said that she's independent. But I wonder if any of the kittens think about me. It would be weird to let another cat into our operation, if-when, I guess-we do get mates, but it would be an opportunity to lose the and. It's not that I hate the and in itself, it's fine to be part of the duo, I like it in fact. I just wish it weren't so...er...all-encompassing. I'm Mungojerrieand. I wonder if Rumple feels the same way... andRumpleteazer. And, and, and. The humans can't even tell us apart, which is useful most of the time, but really awful insulting, if you think about it.
Ah, well. Maybe I can get Rumple to go visit Mum or something this fall...but for now, I guess I'll just have to live with the and.
A/N: Mungojerrie doesn't get nearly enough individual attention. In fact, he more or less disappears whenever he's not being talked about as part of the duo. I thought he deserved a little something to himself.
