Rainbowlake was lying on her back, her paws up as she stared blankly at the den's ceiling. She was only distantly aware of the sound of Scarletfur grooming his paws.
"..Scarlet." She murmured, closing her eyes for a moment before continuing.
"Do you think it.. That it would be okay if i wasn't.. Normal? I don't think I really like toms, and I don't think I'm a she-cat too."
Scarletfur blinked slowly, staring at her.
"..then what do you want to be?"
"I think.. I think I want to be in the inbetween. Like saying "They caught a rabbit!" instead of "She caught a rabbit!".." They paused, flopping onto their side to face Scarlet, their gaze wide with the fear of rejection. "..does that make sense?"
He nodded. "Personally, I think you need to be worrying about the lack of a medicine cat. But.. yeah. I'll use that for you for now."
Rainbowlake let out a loud purr. "Thank-"
But before she could get a good word in, Bitternholly burst into the den, panting. The black marbled she-cat looked terrified, but when her gaze landed on Scarletfur, she seemed to relax.
The tortoiseshell's fur bristled.
"Scarlet! You wouldn't- Hah- You wouldn't belive it, I was trying to reinforce the camp walls, and a snake fell down from higher up. It's like Starclan's out to get me."
Rainbowlake watched as the ginger tom got up to comfort Bittern, as he brushed against her, resting his head against her neck and purring his apologies.
..they'd never know that the cat behind them was the one that threw the snake in hopes Bitternholly would get hurt.
The medicine den was in higher hopes, Blissfoot was standing over her former nest, newly healed tail twitching back and forth.
Raggedfog was sprawled on it, his tail curled neatly against his side.
"..I ain't no medicine cat, but you were right about the cut. It's a splinter." She mewled, gaze narrowed with annoyance.
The ginger and cream tom grumbled, his voice a low growl until he heard soft footsteps. Sprucecone.
The identically-patterned younger tom stared at Blissfoot for a single moment before talking, his gaze narrowed. "..grab it with your teeth, Bliss."
The older she-cat did so, and the pain subsided.
..two similar cats, two different mindsets. Maybe that's a common difference between loners and Clan cats.
Rainbowlake is now nonbinary!
Rainbowlake tossed a snake "out of camp".
When Bitternholly panics about something, she thinks about Scarletfur to feel better.
Blissfoot's mangled tail healed!
Raggedfoot asks Blissfoot to look at a small cut on his leg.
Blissfoot gets excellent advice from Sprucecone about something she was worrying about.
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