HAT: I hadn't been able to post anything, first week of school and all, plus there was no electricity in my house for a while and I went straight to bed as soon as I got home (and missed the double moon) and I also noticed I'm on the second page instead of the first and I have to rectify that and put my stuff back on the front page! Anyway, enjoy!

Disclaimer: Let's just say, if I owned CATS, you'd know about it by now. However you do know that I have ownership of the plot.


Tantomile:

Tumblebrutus is stretched out on his stomach on top of the oven. His dark blue eyes lazily lift to the sky and he figures another hour wouldn't hurt. After all, three hours to naps never enough. He rests his cheek on his right arm, both being crossed under his head, and heaves a sigh. After about twenty minutes his eyes snap open and he looks around, fur along his spine prickling. He has a bad feeling, and not the usual type of bad where it's a mild sense, but a deep sense that makes the little magic in his veins rile up. For once he's grateful for the dark magic that his mother and uncle possess in their veins because these feelings can be life savers.

Now if only I knew why, he thinks as he continues to observe everything around him with sharp blue eyes.

His eyes snap to focus on a black and white tom with light blue eyes. To others he may seem at ease curled up next to his mate, but Tumblebrutus can see the way his eyes flicker towards the den his sister occupies and how his tail tip flicks now and then while his ears lower before lifting back up. Being young and not knowing how it is to have a queenfriend on her period, he doesn't know how much of a dangerous situation this can be, though he has had needles thrown at him by his mother.

He feels something moving in his mind and then he finds himself getting up from his comfortable position and walking without stretching, something that's uncharacteristic of him... and anyone else for that matter. He doesn't know any cat that doesn't stretch after a nap before doing something. He most definitely knows that someone magical is controlling him and then he feels the mind that's latched onto his and he blinks in realization as he realizes who it is that's controlling him.

Tantomile? What're you doing? Tumblebrutus demands his queenfriend, his mind fighting for control that he doesn't seem to have anymore. He looks up at her and sees that he's being watched by the male mystic and he silently begs for his help as he feels his fur stand on end, not just along his spine, as he gets closer to the den where Tantomile is residing in currently. He doesn't get a response and he silently curses as he walks into the den.

"Mile?" he calls, his voice tentative.

"In here!" she calls from her room where he can imagine her reading a book. He walks into the room and finds her splayed out on the bed with a book opened and resting on it's spine on the soft pillow before her. Her dark brown eyes lift up to meet his dark blue ones and she smiles warmly while her tail curls. "Hey Brutus."

He smiles at her hesitantly. "Hey... whaddoyou need?"

The corners of her lips quirk upward and she pats the bed next to her, a silent plea for him to sit next to her. He does as requested and she curls up against his side immediately. Quite frankly he's confused and wants to understand, but it doesn't seem possible at the moment. Still, he's content with her curled at his side and he curls around her and closes his eyes, figuring they'll be taking a nap together, but he's shocked when lips peck his and his blue eyes snap open to look into her mesmerizing brown ones.

"Tantomile what're you doing?"

"Kissing you... is something wrong?"

She bats her eyes and he gulps. "I-I guess not, but... we're alone on a bed," he reminds, his fur pricking uncomfortably while his thoughts briefly shift to a dead body... his.

"It's fine," she assures, moving forward and kissing him.

She's never been so... intimate before... she's usually more reserved than this, the white and brown tom thinks as he kisses back and caresses her face. Dear, Everlasting, she tastes amazing.

After a moment he's pushed down and the queen's on his torso and he instantly sees a large figure standing over a dead body... Coricopat. "Mile, stop," he quietly murmurs, pushing her away gently by her shoulders, but when she persists he has to use more force to keep her away. His fur pricks and he realizes that Coricopat isn't the only fear that he has. "Tantomile, stop. What's gotten into you?"

He hadn't noticed a haze before, but now he sees it disappear in her eyes and she blinks. "I-I'm... I'm so sorry," she murmurs, her gaze lowering. "I... I know you're not ready and I'm not either, really, it's just... I'm -um- I'm..."

His ears prick to show he's giving her his undivided attention, but he can see that this makes her nervous. "Come on, you can tell me anything. I lived with two sisters and my mother for the longest and uncle Skimble gave us a lecture of how to avoid getting in trouble, especially when they're on their-" he stops when she gives him a pointed look, one that shows that what he's about to say is exactly her situation. "Oh... s-so is there anything that you want? You know besides my body?"

The two laugh lightly at this and she shakes her head. "No, I just wanna cuddle."

He grins. "That's something I can do."

Both cats curl up and close their eyes, waiting to drift off and take a nap, perhaps interacting with one another mentally in a dream.

"T-Tantomile, I'm not a mouse!" cries the dark blue eyed Tumblebrutus.

She ignores him and licks her lips, dark brown eyes locked on her target before she jumps forward.

Tumblebrutus shoots up and pants, his heart accelerated and his mind focused on the image of a starving Tantomile the size of a junk pile leaping at him. He turns and looks at Tantomile who huffs in disappointment and he runs a paw through his head fur. He's shared dreams with Tantomile before, but never when he as food. Now he has more consideration for his mother's students for when he gets hungry and finds some of them.

If it's gonna be like this her entire period, this is gonna be a loooong few days, he thinks before he lies back down.


HAT: Awww! They're so cute! I ship a lot of pairings, I noticed, but this is the T-Couple in my mind (since both their names start with T) and this was more adorable than I thought it would be.

Tantomile: -_-... review.

HAT: What? No comments?

Tantomile: Nope. *walks away*

HAT: That's actually a tame Tantomile on her period. When she gets violent- *winces at crash*- it's much worse...

Pouncival: HELP! Tantomile put my head in a bucket!

HAT: *waits a minute before sighing* Great... now I've gotta get him out. *walks out to help Pouncival*