"I know." he said. "It's just she's so young." Cori sighed.
"I know, Cori, I know." she said comfortingly. "I'm on your side on this, the reason I yelled at you wasn't because you told her no. It was because you called her a kitten. Cori you remember what it was like when we were small.The adults always said no, because your just a kitten." she said.
"I remember.' he winced at the thought.
"It was a huge blow to her self esteem. It's like saying, I don't like you because your too small." she explained gently.
"I guess that makes sense. But the thing is that I wish she was older." he said his head in his paws.
Tantomile patted him on the back."Wait a few years and it won't be such a big deal." she said calmly.
"By then she'll have a mate her own age." Coricopat sighed. "What she has now is a simple crush, nothing more." he sighed.
"Cori, you know that this might be for the best. She'll get her head out of the clouds, and find someone her own age." she said softly.
"Yeah but, what about me?" he asked.
"Coricopat, don't be so selfish." she said in a harsh voice.
"Hey, you know I've never been selfish before, it's not fair every cat needs to be selfish some time." he said slightly annoyed.
"Cori, if you really like her, let her go." she said gently. "She needs a tom her age, you know that."
"Yeah, but when will I ever get a mate?" he asked.
"Cori, I don't know." she said. "Maybe we just weren't meant to have mates." she sighed.
"Maybe." he sighed.
The twins sat in silence for a long time, listening to Electra sobbing in her den. And then Electra began to yell.
"I hate you Coricopat,I hate you." she screamed in her den. Not knowing the twins sat outside listening to the entire thing. "You hurt me so bad Cori, I will never forgive you!" she screamed into the silence of the night. "Why, Cori why?' she yelled. "I loved you, but you never saw it. Never! For years Cori I had loved you, but you never noticed." she half screamed and half sobbed.
Coricopat winced at all her words. He buried his head deeper into his paws. He sat in a crunched up position. With his head sitting on his knees. He felt an arm wrap around his body. Tantomile had pulled him into a hug. But he did not hug back. Electra's words hurt worse than any thing he could imagine. He looked up for a moment and tears streamed down his face. Then once again he buried his face in his arms.
Electra had continued her screaming. Her words begun to become worse and worse. And slowly she stopped screaming and reverted to a histerical sob. She was not the only one crying now. Coricopat was sobbing into his arms silently.
A few times Tantomile suggested that they go home to their den. But Coricopat refused to budge. Tears still flowing down his face,he heard Electra begin to sing a sad song
I loved you
I wanted you
You shunned me
Betrayed me
hurt me
killed my heart and soul
You with your head held high
Didn't notice my pain
If you did you didn't care
I loved you
I needed you
You shunned me...
The rest of the song was interrupted by Electra's sobs. Coricopat was crying hard. He did care, he didn't mean to hurt her, he wished he could love her. But it was impossible.It was all so complicated.