Let's hunt! (Stormsy)

[Deku]

Stormsy

Sorrelwhisker didn't know where his paws were taking him, but he hoped it was somewhere he and Squirrelfire could hunt with out being bothered. He looked ahead and saw the Fallen Oak tree. He stopped in front of the large tree and looked around. He couldn't see Squirrelfire following him anymore. 'Where is she? She was just behind me.' he thought.

[Stormsy]

Squirrelfire formed a plan while leaving the camp, and quickly climbed up a tree, giggling quietly to herself. Once Sorrelwhisker noticed she wasn't behind him, she leaped out of the tree. The lump of fur landed in front of the tom, squealing happily. "Hi Sorrelwhisker!" the ginger she-cat meowed happily.

[Deku]

Sorrelwhisker jumped as Squirrelfire jumped down in front of him. "Ack! What did you do that for Squirrelfire?!" Sorrelwhisker began to laugh. How had he missed looking in the trees? "Wait do you like to climb trees?" He tilted his head curiously. 'It might be fun to have someone to race up the trees.' He thought.

[Stormsy]

"I did it because it was fun!" she trilled, bouncing a little. "Oh yes, I love climbing! I like being up really high in the trees and I also like hiding in them, as you just experienced!" the ginger she-cat purred, twitching her whiskers in amusement. "How about you? Do you climb a lot?"

[Deku]

Sorrelwhisker flicked his tail and nodded. "That's all I did as a kit, since I didn't have anyone to hunt for except me and my parents." Sorrelwhisker faked a serious look, "I like to hide in the trees, but not necessarily to scare other cats hunting with me."

Sorrelwhisker's gentle, yellow gaze rested on Squirrelfire. "Shall we hunt?" He mewed after several minutes.

[Stormsy]

Squirrelfire frowned at his serious tone. She slumped her shoulders a bit and nodded. "Yeah, let's continue I guess" she mumbled, licking her chest fur quickly and walking ahead, sniffing the air for prey. Squirrelfire never understood the difference between faking and not, so she was genuinely upset. I wonder why he looked so serious suddenly?

[Deku]

Sorrelwhisker watched her quietly, wondering why she seemed so sad. He liked her cheerful mood, but this one just made him feel sad. Sorrelwhisker perked his ears forward, listening for the slightest sound of any prey. It was unusually quiet out here today. 'I wonder why it's so quiet.' Sorrelwhisker thought. He looked over at Squirrelfire, "Have you found anything?"

[Stormsy]

The she-cat got into an instinctive crouch, scenting a mouse among the leaves. She made sure her tail wasn't brushing any leaves, then slowly crept closer to the prey, and leaped. She leaped onto the mouse, smirking to herself and snapping it's neck with her jaws. She sat up, and looked at Sorrelwhisker.

[Deku]

Sorrelwhisker smiled, "Nice catch Squirrelfire!" His yellow gaze rested on hers for a while then looked away, embarrassed. His ears twitched nervously, he had never been really good with she-cats.

He suddenly dropped into a hunting crouch and crept towards a large bush, his ears still twitching a bit. He got closer to the ground and reached his paw in a small hole in the bush and grabbed out a squirming sparrow. He killed it quickly and looked over his shoulder at Squirrelfire again.

[Stormsy]

Squirrelfire warmed at the tom's praise, smiling at him. "Thank  you," she murmured, then watched him get his own prey. "That was a good catch as well!" she meowed. The ginger cat buried her catch to collect later, then went back to scenting the air. She saw the squirrel before she smelled it, and it must have seen her too, and started running up a tree. Squirrelfire was quicker, though, and she hopped right up the tree after it, catching and killing it then dropping it to the ground. She carefully climbed down after it, smiling at Sorrelwhisker. 

[Deku]

Sorrelwhisker buried his prey then watched Squirrelfire chase the squirrel up the tree. When she hopped back down he glanced up at the tree. "Just like a squirrel. Nice job Squirrelfire." Sorrelwhisker mewed thoughtfully. "I don't think I've ever tried to do that."

He looked up and saw another squirrel sitting in the tree. He climbed almost silently up the tree and kept his eye on the squirrel. He carefully set one paw in front of the other, silently hoping he wouldn't slip.

He stopped a few paw lengths from the squirrel, when the wind started to blow. Sorrelwhisker gripped the branch with his claws, but when the wind stopped the squirrel turned around and saw him. It raced off and Sorrelwhisker chased after it. Sorrelwhisker jumped with outstretched claws and snatched the squirrel before it could jump to the next tree.

He killed it and leaped out of the tree, nimbly landing on the ground in front of Squirrelfire. He looked up, unnecessarily looking for her approval.

[Stormsy]

Squirrelfire watched the whole hunt with her eyes bright. "That. Was. AMAZING!" she yowled, and started rambling on about how it was such an intense chase and how cool it was and how 'not even StarClan cats could do that'. The ginger cat was snapped right back into her happy self, leaping around Sorrelwhisker in circles.

[Deku]

Sorrelwhisker sat down as she hopped around excitedly. He liked how she talked without stopping, even though others thought it could be annoying.

"Thanks Squirrelfire." He mewed. He felt proud, but why? He knew it was a great catch, but Squirrelfire's praise made it seem even better. He wanted to figure out what he felt, but he couldn't at the moment. Squirrelfire seemed to be one of the only she-cats he could talk to without stuttering and making a fool of himself.

He watched Squirrelfire continue to hop around absentmindly, trying to figure out his thoughts.

[Stormsy]

The fluffy ginger cat continued to leap around. "Like, when you climbed up the tree, it was like WOW you can climb, but then you killed it like MID JUMP and it was SO COOL! And I can't believe how calm you were about it too!" Squirrelfire meowed, and continued on and on like that. She purred and headbutted Sorrelwhisker's shoulder.

[Deku]

Sorrelwhisker snapped out of his thoughts and glanced at Squirrelfire gently. "Squirrelfire, can you help me with something?" His yellow eyes shone in the light of the midday sun. 'I can't believe I'm going to do this,' he thought to himself. He reached over and brushed his rough tongue over her cheek. He looked up, caught her eye, then looked away embarrassed. "I-I'm sorry...I don't know what got into me..." He began to stutter.

OOC: Lol that escalated quickly...