Disclaimer: I do not own Warriors or the song What Hurts the Most which was written by Rascal Flatts

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I can take the rain on the roof of this empty house

That don't bother me

I can take a few tears now and then and just let them out

I'm not afraid to cry every once in a while

Even though going on with you gone still upsets me

There are days every now and again I pretend I'm ok

But that's not what gets me

Ashfur growled deep in his throat. Squirrelflight was with HIM again.

Why did she act as if he wasn't there, didn't she love him? Ashfur knew that he loved her, more than he had loved any cat in his life before.

"So much was left unsaid. Too much."

What hurts the most

Was being so close

And having so much to say

And watching you walk away

And never knowing

What could have been

And not seeing that loving you

Is what I was tryin' to do

"Squirrelflight…"

"Ashfur, I'm with Brambleclaw now, don't you know that?"

"I just thought that you loved me. Anyways, his father killed my mother!"

"Enough about kin! Brambleclaw cares for me, when Leafpool went missing, he helped me search, he wasn't sleeping like YOU!!!"

As Ashfur tried to speak, he was cut off by a tail shoved in his mouth, and a mad ginger she-cat storming madly away.

It's hard to deal with the pain of losing you everywhere I go

But I'm doin' It

It's hard to force that smile when I see our old friends and I'm alone

Still Harder

Getting up, getting dressed, livin' with this regret

But I know if I could do it over

I would trade give away all the words that I saved in my heart

That I left unspoken

"I had so much left to say to her!"

Ashfur sat in the warrior's den, looking at the empty,

cold nest that used to be Squirrelflight's.

Now, only faint traces of her sweet scent left.

"I still needed to tell her that I loved her!"

Then, the gray tom looked over at Squirrelflight's NEW spot,

with that…that wretch!

"There was too much left unsaid."

What hurts the most

Is being so close

And having so much to say

And watching you walk away

And never knowing

What could have been

And not seeing that loving you

Is what I was trying to do

A few moons later, Ashfur was sunning outside of the warrior's den.

"Uh, Ashfur?"

When the gray cat opened his eyes, he saw Squirrelflight standing in front of him.

"What do YOU want?!"

"Can you please watch the kits?"

"Those kits?" Asked Ashfur as he looked at Squirrelflight's kits.

"Yes, Brambleclaw is out hunting and I'm up for a patrol. Please? Brambleclaw will be back very soon."

As Ashfur looked at the kits, Jaykit pounced on Hollykit and Lionkit bit Jaykit's tail.

He couldn't help but to laugh at the three mischievous kits.

"So you'll do it?"

"Yea, fine, whatever."

What hurts the most

Is being so close

And having so much to say

And watching you walk away

And never knowing

What could have been

And not seeing that loving you

Ashfur lay down after Squirrelflight's kits went to sleep.

"These kits should've been mine. It should be Brambleclaw who is laying here watching after Squirrelflight's and my kits."

"There was still too much I needed to say to her. I loved her. Maybe a little too much."

Is what I was trying to do

Not seeing that loving you

That's what I was trying to do

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