mudslides and infatuation [p]

[alec]

(finally, good god i took so long.)
@Fritter
(i love being able to write pre death jayfrost hes so giddy and stupid)

heart fluttering he schooled his expression into something more neutral, he shouldn't look like he cared too much..no. no, he was not following garlicfeather around like a lost kit-. who was he even lying to-, containing the spring in his step and making sure there was enough distance between him and garlicfeather he trotted along his long time friend. he loved his brother, truly, but he couldnt help but be glad his brother was already assigned to a official hunting patrol and had left earlier this morning.
he gave the older warrior a glance, before quickly turning his head back to look at the ground in front of him, now that he was finally a warrior too it felt like they werent so different anymore. the weather had been bad when he had woken up this morning but it had really only gone down hill after they left camp, cold leaf fall rain soaking into his fur and making him shiver periodically. but it was still a good day, in jayfrosts opinion he was lucky..all alone with garlicfeather..

[Fritter]

Originally Posted by al3cc766

(finally, good god i took so long.)
@Fritter
(i love being able to write pre death jayfrost hes so giddy and stupid)

heart fluttering he schooled his expression into something more neutral, he shouldn't look like he cared too much..no. no, he was not following garlicfeather around like a lost kit-. who was he even lying to-, containing the spring in his step and making sure there was enough distance between him and garlicfeather he trotted along his long time friend. he loved his brother, truly, but he couldnt help but be glad his brother was already assigned to a official hunting patrol and had left earlier this morning.
he gave the older warrior a glance, before quickly turning his head back to look at the ground in front of him, now that he was finally a warrior too it felt like they werent so different anymore. the weather had been bad when he had woken up this morning but it had really only gone down hill after they left camp, cold leaf fall rain soaking into his fur and making him shiver periodically. but it was still a good day, in jayfrosts opinion he was lucky..all alone with garlicfeather..

(JAYFROST DIED?! )

Garlic Feather
Purrks; Just a scratch| Beefed up tier 2|
He-Him { River Clan } Warrior

Garlic Feather pretty much marched on, although careful to match his pace with JayFrost’s, keeping an eye on the newly made warrior he had found that this patrol took place on a miserable day with miserable weather and thick mushy mud that was unpleasant to walk through but not enough that it was more then a concern that his paws would be dirty and he’d have to spend a while getting all the disgusting mud off of them. Well, that was a partial lie Garlic Feather didn’t actually mind mud it was just that he’d not been in the lightest of moods as of late for whatever reason whatever decided his mood had- well.. decided. Being on this patrol had been the best breather Garlic Feather had gotten now the reality of warrior hood had dawned upon him and that he’d instead of learning about how fighting was more “important” or barely passing hunting based stuff he’d be walking in some star-forbidden weather. The only actual light of the whole thing was he’d finally a moment to talk with JayFrost, his opinion on his good friend was a strong one, even if the way he’d glance at garlic and then away all of a sudden was found to be weird and the fact that JayFrost seemed particularly pleased during such hideous weather did baffle him. Hmm… maybe Garlic Feather was so amazing he could just light up other people’s days! That sounded about right. Now Garlic Feather felt all delighted about this patrol, it seemed happiness was in fact contagious! Even on a cold, rainy, miserable grey day. Garlic Feather took a lingering moment to roll in the thought that his presence made others happy and gave an audible snort. Of which he immediately tried to cover up with feigning that he’d simply coughed weird. What had made him snort was that, such an egotistical thought could never really be possible. Although he had to admit that it was possible that garlic only looked forward to the patrol because JayFrost was on it that the weather had simply made him a little loopy today. Perhaps all this rain had made his sense of what to laugh at all tangled and tied.

Garlic Feather had the occasional stumble in his confident march, the wheather just wasn’t getting any better. With a hefty sigh he turned his full attention to jay frost and kept a partial amount on where he was going. ‘It’s raining and all pretty bad today, hope it isn’t like this for the rest of the patrol. I could do with a break from all this cold and rain.’ Garlic Feather flashed an agitated glance toward the sky. Weather weather weather. Talk about the weather, not that he was trying to set up a conversation and distract himself, certainly not. It never really struck him until now that he’d the chance that Jay Frost was actually seeming both happy and a little… what’s the word again? Awkward. All these glances and JayFrost seemed to be far far away- at least to Garlics eyes and then again he’d never been one for accurate attention to detail and whatnot. He could find one hell of a shiny rock though, that’d pretty much make up for it.

(My brain was all mushy when I finished writing this so apologies if there’s any mistakes or whatnot)

[alec]

(no hdsjghds it was his brother, i just worded it weird oup)

->> jayfrost [he/him, rc warrior, 12moons, burn baby burn] <<-
a lanky silver classic-tabby with well groomed short to medium length fur and icy blue eyes


he gave garlicfeather another glance when he snorted- coughed? but decided against pressing him on it. hopefully that way the older tom wouldnt notice how awkward he felt, though it wasnt necessarily rare for him to be awkward. he had to reluctantly admit that he was far from the best at socialising. garlicfeathers questions caught him off guard, deep in thoughts about his regular social failing. "hm i dont know, doesnt look like its gonna clear up any time soon" jayfrost hummed in response, what more was there to say about the weather. the feeling and squelch of his paws slipping on mud and his short fur sticking to his skin made him want to peel the skin off his bones, or better yet, just cease to exist, but- he was a warrior now! he had to stop being a whiny kit.. and he was alone with garlicfeather so there was no reason to be complaining, he reassured himself mentally.
"how is uhm- whats her name again?" he asked to fill the silence between them, stars why had he chosen garlicfeathers little girlfriend out of all cats to talk about, he was jealous and knew he'd probably get into one of his moods again so why had he asked in the first place? well, jaypaw- jayfrost. had never been the smartest cat of the litter, or any group of cats for that matter. oh but why didnt he try to win garlicfeather over then? because he was no less scared of rejection as he was when he was merely a kit, trying to get over his fears and flaws to impress his father. a fruitless endeavour, every attempt seemingly just pushing his father further and further away and into disliking him more and more. he sighed, thinking about his father was as futile as his endless attempts to be seen as worthy, before realising how weird that must've sounded to garlicfeather. hopefully the rain had swallowed the sigh.

@Fritter

[Fritter]

Originally Posted by alec

(no hdsjghds it was his brother, i just worded it weird oup)

->> jayfrost [he/him, rc warrior, 12moons, burn baby burn] <<-
a lanky silver classic-tabby with well groomed short to medium length fur and icy blue eyes


he gave garlicfeather another glance when he snorted- coughed? but decided against pressing him on it. hopefully that way the older tom wouldnt notice how hawkward he felt, though it wasnt necessarily rare for him to be awkward. he had to reluctantly admit that he was far from the best at socialising. garlicfeathers questions caught him off guard, deep in thoughts about his regular social failing. "hm i dont know, doesnt look like its gonna clear up any time soon" jayfrost hummed in response, what more was there to say about the weather. the feeling and squelch of his paws slipping on mud and his short fur sticking to his skin made him want to peel the skin off his bones, or better yet, just cease to exist, but- he was a warrior now! he had to stop being a whiny kit.. and he was alone with garlicfeather so there was no reason to be complaining, he reassured himself mentally.
"how is uhm- whats her name again?" he asked to fill the silence between them, stars why had he chosen garlicfeathers little girlfriend out of all cats to talk about, he was jealous and knew he'd probably get into one of his moods again so why had he asked in the first place? well, jaypaw- jayfrost. had never been the smartest cat of the litter, or any group of cats for that matter. oh but why didnt he try to win garlicfeather over then? because he was no less scared of rejection as he was when he was merely a kit, trying to get over his fears and flaws to impress his father. a fruitless endeavour, every attempt seemingly just pushing his father further and further away and into disliking him more and more. he sighed, thinking about his father was as futile as his endless attempts to be seen as worthy, before realising how weird that must've sounded to garlicfeather. hopefully the rain had swallowed the sigh.

@Fritter

Garlic Feather
Purrks; Just a scratch| Beefed up tier 2|
He-Him { River Clan } Warrior

Garlic Feather gave a discontented grumble as he kept his eyes on the sky, well at least the rain wasn’t that bad. If anything he should take a more optimistic view on it, rain and constantly sticky mud and horrible weather means… well.. it probably means something good. Some other cat can figure out what he sure wasn’t. He found it easy to lighten up though, despite the sour weather and lack of a topic to speak about he was admittedly pretty okay with the whole thing. JayFrost was an interesting fellow and awesome friend, who wouldn’t feel happier on a solo patrol with their bestie! Garlic Feather marched along, for a moment he got lost in focusing on the ground ahead of him. His paws were drenched in mud that he knew would later dry and annoy him if he didn’t wash it off the moment the rain ceased, his fur practically clung to him as if someone else was pressing it down and worst of all he couldn’t do anything about it! You’d think that someone would take a look at the bleak skies and think ‘oh boy! Certainly this isn’t the time for patrols!’ ‘Welp, better to get our minds off it then ay?’ Garlic tried to think of something to prompt conversation.. let’s see.. he’d already talked about the weather.. had he talked about the future yet? It was always interesting speculating what might become of himself or his friend in the times to come. Garlic Feather actually felt a little relieved to be saved the strain of thinking up conversation starters by JayFrosts question, oh Turtle! ‘Oh turtle? Well, you know it’s been.. something. She seems really drifty, not really here.’ Garlic wasn’t sure how else to describe it, they talked. Sometimes. He loved her sure, loved her to pieces but he did wish they spoke more. Shaking the thought off he tried restarting the conversation with another little question. ‘Speakin of fancyin’ you got any cat on your mind then?’ GarlicFeather thought the question first, deciding that it might look like he was looking for an answer. He wasn’t Well- maybe he was looking for an answer but. Anyhow, was it just him or was the mud getting muddier- was that a word? Muddier.. he blinked as he swore he heard a sigh, maybe his ears were playing tricks on him.’How have you been as of late?’ Aha! A question he hadn’t asked yet, GarlicFeather was so amazing at conversation.
(Again my deepest apologies for any mistakes my mind is like a billion times more scrambled now also since turtle and garlic never had any official interactions that were rped out and they were pre-set mates, I actually have no clue what turtle was like-)

[alec]

->> jayfrost [he/him, rc warrior, 12moons, burn baby burn] <<-
a lanky silver classic-tabby with well groomed short to medium length fur and icy blue eyes

"i s'pose (suppose)" he just shrugged, and continued on the way, averting his gaze and stilling in his step for a moment when a particularly harsh gust of wind hit them head-on, accompanied by a amount of hard cold rain that couldve drenched an entire clan.
the weather was bad but talking about weather..ehh. jayfrost would rather keep his mind off the rain, and mud practically eating into his fur, he shuddered at the thought alone.
“oh well thats unfortunate, hope you erm- work it out you know” he offered with a apologetic smile. he was glad, yes, some part, deep down, not that deep actually, was very glad they had problems in their relationship. jayfrost knew he was probably a bad person for thinking that way but he felt like positively exploding everything the older tom was around and he wanted all his attention to himself. he didnt plan on ever making a move, never say or do anything that couldnt be interpreted a something a good friend would do, but he wasnt ready to let go of the warm fuzzy feeling garlicfeather seemed to cause. realistically jayfrost should also know that garlicfeather, as handsome as he was, would obviously not have any issues finding a mate if it didnt work out with turtle..but maybe jayfrost just didnt want to think logically for once, just wallow in hope and not think for once.
he glanced at garlicfeather again, chest light with what he could only describe as love and admiration, in his eyes the older was every bit as attractive soaked to the bone, dark fur glistening with water and speckled with mud, as he was dry and groomed meticulously. if jayfrost had to think realistically he could appreciate the knowledge that whoever ended up as garlicfeathers chosen one would be treated well, with patience and compassions and love, even if that chosen one would never be him.
garlicfeathers next words make his stomach drop, just a tiny bit, and he felt nauseous all of the sudden, had it not been so cold he wouldve probably blushed to hell and back but the rain hopefully covered up any odd expressions and excuse excessive flushing.
“oh erm.. well, im sure they dont like me back you know..so it doesnt really matter” he admitted, voice wavering slightly and generally everything but steady, and stared vaguely ahead of them, anywhere by garlicfeather was good. anywhere but the face that had easily and subconsciously made him decide against lying, rather putting himself in the uncomfortable situation of admitting he fancied a cat to exactly that cat.


( @Fritter wowzers i diidnt expect to ramble like that. lmk if this doesnt make any sense im really tired lmao)