#darkcherry

the next chapter will come... some day lol

A simplified multicolor single flower, from warm yellow to dark cherry. Inspired by the “Lantana” plant.

This is the second design I’ve upload to RedBubble. Originally I placed it on a white background, and then did another version on a dark one with slight changes on the placement and scale of the design, for some items.

hmmmmmm im not a huge headcanoner myself in terms of the little things like "oh they like cherry tea!" BUT

Cherryfur falls first.

what, you say, but that doesn't make sense! she hates him and doesn't the pathetic wet rat man always fall in love first and that's why he's changing?!?!

okay but listen. why is Cherryfur even putting in this effort to "help" him anyway? i'm not saying she's absolutely head over heels, in fact, i don't think she's ever going to be that in love with him! she always just gets these little crushes on people that come and go and they never stick and they never make sense to her. but Darkstripe is just someone she ends up thinking about a lot, not even as a crush, but because he's just. an interesting creature. she is a scientist and he is a specimen. she can't fathom how he thinks the way he does, and so she just keeps inserting herself into his life. she CAN fix him and she is GOING to, StarClan-be-damned

and Darkstripe. well. all he's ever wanted and been desperate for is attention. so when she starts giving him all this attention, OF COURSE he falls in love her. even though he used to think she was so annoying and he hated her, now that she's all he's got left, and everyone else looks at him like he's a monster (cause, uh, you kinda are dude), she's giving him attention, and it's not always good attention, but he wants it.

really, their relationship isn't exactly. healthy. but also. would any relationship Darkstripe ever had be healthy?

in the future, as Darkstripe actually gets "therapy" it actual would get healthier and they would just immediately go straight into old married couple vibes, skipping any of that honeymoon stuff. they're not a ship that is super romantic with each other just because of how their relationship and feelings with each other came about (in their heads they little ideas like, oh, what if i gave them a flower wouldn't that be cute? but they never do it lol), they more so just realize that, for whatever reason, they like each other, and they want to spend time together

so they do :)