Stretching, Admetus rolled over and was blinded by the sun shining in through the door. He blinked a few times to regain his vision, and looked around him. Where was he? This sure wasn't his oven. His eyes continued to wander, and he noticed Demeter, Etcetera, and Pouncival curled up in a corner. Everything that had happened yesterday came flooding back to him.

First, he remembered Pounce being 'kitnapped' by Plato and Tumblebrutus. Then, having to tell all the kits about what happened to his family. Next, crying, collapsing onto Etcy, being carried home by her and Pounce, and then falling asleep.

"Wow. That's embarrassing," Admetus whispered to himself. "Crying in front of all the kits, then being carried home by the two youngest." Adme sighed. Today was not going to be fun. He had practically shoved more reasons to be made fun of into the waiting paws of Tumble and Plato, and they would clutch to them like lifesavers.

Sitting up, he stretched his arms. Seeing some type of bird laying half-eaten on the floor, he decided he was rather hungry. He hadn't eaten since breakfast yesterday, and his stomach grumbled a little as he crawled over towards the bird. Pulling different parts off the carcass, he slowly devoured it. Licking his claws clean, he walked over to Demeter and gently shook her until she was awake.

"What?" Demeter asked groggily, opening an eye. "Oh, Admetus; you're awake. Are you alright?"

"I'm fine Dem. Just a little embarrassed is all," Admetus assured her. "I was wondering if I could visit Electra though." Adme felt a little blush creeping onto his face, and he did his best to shove it back to where ever it had come from. Demeter smiled knowingly at her oldest kit.

"Sure Ad. Go ahead."

"Thanks Demeter," he said, heading out the door. "You're the best mom. Thanks for everything." He trotted quickly across the junkyard, making his way towards the box Electra and Jennyanydots' stayed in. When he reached the box, he knocked, hoping Ele would be awake. The flap that served as a door was pushed open, revealing the brown tortoiseshell queen kit. The surprise at seeing him was apparent on her face. Adme grinned.

"You're up!" Electra cried. Her arms flew up as if she was going to hug him, but instead she grabbed her ears. Admetus couldn't help but feeling a little disappointed. "Sorry, I was just really worried about you yesterday. The way you just, kind of, fell over scared me," she explained.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you," Ad apologized. "I sort of…lost control, I suppose, of my muscles. They didn't want to hold me up anymore. They felt support and went into it." He did his best to explain what exactly had happened, but realized it probably sounded odd. Electra nodded though; she knew what he was saying.

"Tumble and Plato really are jerks. Huge jerks. They shouldn't have said that stuff yesterday." Admetus shrugged.

"At least they know I didn't kill anyone," he told her softly.

"I don't even know where they got that from."

"They probably just made it up to torment me." Electra smiled sadly at the tomkit in front of her. She was beginning to see just how much all the teasing had affected Admetus throughout the months. He was almost out of kittenhood, but hadn't even had the chance to be a real kitten. All his time had been spent with adults, because none of the other kittens had ever wanted him around.

"I'm sorry Ad."

"Why? You didn't do anything," he told her.

"Yes, I did I teased you from the day we met." Admetus shook his head, denying what she had said.

"No you didn't. I met you the day after you were born. I was the first one to see you, besides Jenny, Jelly, and Skimble."

"Really?" she asked, cocking her head. Her tail twitched a little as she wondered why nobody had told her this before now.

"Yep. When you were still blind. I actually left my oven because Demeter told me you were born," he answered, a bit shyly. "I never came out after my mom died," he continued upon seeing the confused expression on Electra's face. "I was afraid to. That's where we lived, and I thought if I left, I would forget Momma and Balam. I never want to forget them."

"And you left because of me?" Electra asked again, feeling flattered. Admetus nodded, smiling a bit.

This time, she couldn't help herself. Leccie wrapped her arms over his shoulders and hugged him tightly. The tiny smile on Adme's face widened into a grin after getting over the initial surprise. He hugged her back. They stayed in the same position, enjoying the comforting feeling they got from each other. The feeling was ruined, though, when they heard a snicker nearby. Pulling out of the hug, they looked around and spotted Tumblebrutus and Plato. The latter was grinning evilly as he motioned for the former to follow him.

"Aww, wee Electra and baby Admetus. Isn't it cute, Tumble?" Tumble snickered again.

"It sure is. But, Electra, why would you want a baby for a boykit? He cries in public." Admetus' face burned as he once again remembered yesterday.

"Back off you guys. You're jerks," Electra said defensively, standing up as tall as she could, which wasn't actually all that high.

"Oh, look Tumble. Baby Adme has to have his girlkit stand up for him," Plato taunted, not willing to relent and leave Admetus alone.

"Come on Electra. Let's go to Demeter's," Admetus suggested, doing his best to ignore the other kits as he stood up as well.

"The baby can't stay? That's too bad. Run home to your mommy now. Oh, sorry, you can't; she's dead!" Plato spit nastily. Tumblebrutus sneered behind him. Ad walked off, pulling Electra behind him, clenching his teeth in anger.

"Don't tell Dem please, Leccie. She worries too much about me already. Don't tell her about this," Ad begged. Electra sighed.

"I guess I won't. Are you sure?" Admetus nodded.

"I can take care of my own problems now," he promised.

"Ok then." Ad thanked her. He grabbed her paw and pulled her the rest of the way into Demeter's box.

A/N: Woohoo! Finally, an update. With drama, finals, brothers with girlfriends, solo and ensemble coming up, and other random school activities, I've not had a lot of time to type anything up. But it's finally here and that's what counts.