Come Here Whenever (short story)
“Cursekit! Cursekit! Cursekit!”
Limpetkit sobbed into his nest. The other kits had been particularly bad lately. Calling him names, mocking him for not having parents, they were the worst.
He whimpering into his nest for a long time, until a paw gently rest on his shoulder.
“Hello,” a quiet voice said right next to him. “Are you hurt?”
Limpetkit shook his head, still crying.
“That’s good. But why are you crying?” He looked up, meeting the eyes of a cat he had never seen before. He was a grey tom, with a soft smile on their face.
“F….Flig….” He whimpered, while the grey tom waited patiently. “Flightkit was really mean! He said that my parents aren’t here because I was a curse! And then Swampkit agreed with him, and Heatherkit called me a mouse-brain!” Limpetkit kept going on, and on, and the grey tom waited.
“Well that isn’t good.” The grey tom said. “They were very rude to you, from how it sounds. Were you not able to tell a fully grown cat?”
Limpetkit shook his head. “M…Mousestar always said I can’t be trusted….he’s the leader….why should anyone else think different…”
The grey tom stiffened. “The leader said that? That’s very wrong, Mousestar should absolutely not have said that.”
Limpetkit looked up with a hopeful gaze. “…Really?”
“Yes, really. Limpetkit, was it? You can come here whenever. You can even meet some of my friends.”
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Snipvoice after this: CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? THAT SPEEDING PILE OF HAWK SHIT
Claudrat: 0_0
