Tumblebrutus

Chaotic, imprudent, funny. Rp blog for the best tumbler on tumblr! :D This totally wasnt one of the reasons I wanted to make this account. . . ANYWAY MESSAGE ME IF YOU WANT TO RP!!! Personal Blog: all-alone-in-the-moonlight

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“No, you’re the best!” Pounce grinned, his happiness only increasing when Tumble kissed him. Heaviside, just what had he been so scared of?! This was all going rather well so far.

And it only got better soon when Tumble offered him first pick. “Me?! Gosh who are you and what have you done with Tumble?” He teased. He never got first pick, if anything he was usually last. “They coulda left us some good stuff..” He said, looking down and the few mice that remained, didn’t even bother saving them the bird he had so proudly caught.

He sat himself down, keeping hold of Tumble with one paw and using another to grab hold of a mouse and started eating. “So what do ya wanna do? Go explore?” He asked, mouth still full, there was no need for manners when there were no adults around to tell him off.

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Tumble rolled his eyes and giggled "Oh I ate him obviously." It was very unusual for Tumble to let anyone get first pick as it was always him snatching the best catches before the other cats got to it. He sometimes would share his food with Pounce if Pounce had got only the scraps. He was a very generous cat he admitted to himself sarcastically.

He looked at the remains and shrugged "Our hunting is too good Pouncey. Oh well this'll do us both for now." He picked up a mouse and before he could reply to Pounce's question he quickly flicked off some mouse Pounce had just carelessly spat at him.

"I would prefer to not have the insides of a mouse spat at me thanks." He grumbled "But anyway I'm not sure. Do you want to somewhere particularly?"

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Pouncival happily trotted back to the junkyard with his food, feeling a whole lot brighter than he had been before. He couldn’t believe his morning had turned round so quickly.

Although he should have expected his friends to come along and ruin it for him. When Etcy mentioned dating he watched Tumble stumble and he dropped his food on the ground. How did she jump to that conclusion so quickly?!

He stared after the kittens as they bounded away, taking the majority of their catch with them. “Oh boy.” He sighed and then glanced over at Tumble who was now curled up in a ball. “Hey…you okay?”

Pouncival settled on the floor. “Hello? Tumble? Best buddy?” He pawed at his arm. “They’re gone it’s okay. They don’t know! Wait…they don’t do they?” Still he didn’t get an answer. He huffed and poked him, this is how annoying it must of been for him earlier. “Heeeey.” He whined and nudged his arm with his face.

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He pressed his ears shut as his friend… Boyfriend? called for him. The kittens didn’t know right? Did Pounce tell them he was going to ask me out?Thoughts whirled through Tumble’s head uncomfortably until the sudden presence of Pounce’s cold little nose nudging him made him jump.

Tumble removed one paw to see Pounce’s slightly frustrated face. He guiltily removed his other paw and sat up staring at the floor. “I’m sorry I just… I don’t know… What’ll they say? What’ll we say??” he apologized scratching the ground nervously. “They won’t hate us will they?” He asked in no more than a whisper. Tumble paused and shuffled closer to Pounce and slowly wrapped his arms around him and embraced him.

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Pouncival felt his little heart breaking, poor Tumble was so worried. He had to bite his lip to stop himself aww-ing out loud. He lent on him and returned them embrace, thinking carefully on what he was going to say, he had to be an adult about this.

“They won’t hate us, no way! Might be jealous though cause you’re so awesome.” He grinned, that wasn’t exactly as adult as he had planned but it was true as far as he was concerned. “Maybe we don’t tell them anything, they can just guess. I bet you Jemmy already knows, she’s real smart.”

If Jemima did know he trusted that she wouldn’t tell the others. As well as being smart she was very kind. “Come on you silly, lets go have some fun! We’ve done the hard bit.”

Pounce nuzzled Tumble’s shoulder. Now that he’d gotten over the extreme difficulty of confessing to his best friend he was ready to go out adventuring with him or something of the sort. “You know who worries about stuff? Munkustrap.” He teased, no kitten wanted to be like Munkustrap, at least out loud.

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Tumble smiled weakly at Pounce's jokes. He was right, he shouldn't worry about this now. He'll just wait till they kittens figure it out themselves. He sniffed and wiped his teary eyes "You're the best Pounce." Tumble smiled and looked around quickly before giving Pounce a quick kiss.

He held his hand and got up pulling Pounce up with him. Tumble walked over to the remains of their catches "Since you're the best you get first pick." He offered to Pounce nuzzling his cheek gently in happiness. "Afterwards let's go do something fun!" Tumble grinned.

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Pouncival happily trotted back to the junkyard with his food, feeling a whole lot brighter than he had been before. He couldn’t believe his morning had turned round so quickly.

Although he should have expected his friends to come along and ruin it for him. When Etcy mentioned dating he watched Tumble stumble and he dropped his food on the ground. How did she jump to that conclusion so quickly?!

He stared after the kittens as they bounded away, taking the majority of their catch with them. “Oh boy.” He sighed and then glanced over at Tumble who was now curled up in a ball. “Hey…you okay?”

Pouncival settled on the floor. “Hello? Tumble? Best buddy?” He pawed at his arm. “They’re gone it’s okay. They don’t know! Wait…they don’t do they?” Still he didn’t get an answer. He huffed and poked him, this is how annoying it must of been for him earlier. “Heeeey.” He whined and nudged his arm with his face.

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He pressed his ears shut as his friend... Boyfriend? called for him. The kittens didn't know right? Did Pounce tell them he was going to ask me out?Thoughts whirled through Tumble's head uncomfortably until the sudden presence of Pounce's cold little nose nudging him made him jump.

Tumble removed one paw to see Pounce's slightly frustrated face. He guiltily removed his other paw and sat up staring at the floor. "I'm sorry I just... I don't know... What'll they say? What'll we say??" he apologized scratching the ground nervously. "They won't hate us will they?" He asked in no more than a whisper. Tumble paused and shuffled closer to Pounce and slowly wrapped his arms around him and embraced him.

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Happy Valentines Day 💜 ~ love totally not Pounce x

Awwwwwwwwwwww that's so sweet!!! 💜💜💜 Thank you totally not Pounce x XD

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Pouncival huffed, yes that is exactly what he thought. But as per Tumble’s request he didn’t answer the question. “I’m not scared of nothing!” He almost shouted, proving himself wrong. “Wh-what?! No way!” He tried to avoid making eye contact but he was too damn close. Why did he love this idiot? He was relieved when he sat up, finally he could breathe again.

“Thats a rubbish idea.” He replied, wriggling away from Tumble patting his head, but instead he lent his head on his shoulder, returning the hug. “We can just cuddle?” He asked quietly. They always cuddled but this was different.

Pounce nuzzled his face into Tumble’s shoulder and then kissed it. “Or!” He said after a minute, sitting up straight. “We could go explore and have an adventure! Cause thats what Griddlebone and Growltiger do and they are the coolest partners in the world!…so thats what we should do. Like if we’re even together I mean its okay if not I dont mind.” He trailed off and got real quiet, feeling like he’d really put his foot in it.

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Tumble nodded at Pounce's idea, grinning slightly at the last part. He elbowed Pounce "But first we have to make a stop at the junkyard to drop off all this food we collected." Tumble headed over to his pile and picked it up carefully making sure he didn't drop any. He nodded to Pounce to go collect his and and soon as they were ready they set off back home.

When they reached the clearing of the junkyard Tumble dropped his pile on the floor, removing any bits of fur or feather from his mouth. Suddenly all the kittens bounced over looking eagerly at the range of food Pounce and Tumble had caught. "Where did you go?" Etcy asked. "We went out for some good ol morning hunting because why not?" Tumble replied giggling. "That sounds like you went on a date or something!" Etcy stated and all the kittens started howling with laughter.

Tumble froze he could feel his legs going stiff and he stumbled back and sat on his tail which was flicking anxiously. He let out a quiet giggle full of nervousness but luckily none of the kittens noticed. "So can I have this?" Victoria asked holding up a mouse by its tail. Tumble snapped back to reality and nodded "Oh sure! Take what you guys want!" He pasted a fake yet realistic looking smile on his face as the kittens one by one took something and bounded off. As soon as they all left Tumble curled up into a ball covering his face with his paws.

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Pouncival ignored him for a little while until he became uncomfortably close. “Go away you dummins.” He mumbled, giving him the most gentle of pushes with his paw, which didn’t do anything at all. Why did he have to be so close? 

He had to tell him, there was no way Tumble was going to give up if he kept it secret and he didn’t doubt that he’d tell all of their friends that he was keeping secrets from him if he stayed quiet. “Fine…” Pounce sat up so he didn’t have to look at him. He promised right? He was going to forget it as soon as he said it so no harm in telling him. He took a deep breath and this time didn’t give himself the chance to panic.

“I like you, you idiot. Like, really really like you. More than a friend, even more than a best friend and it’s stupid and it needs to stop cause you’ll just think I’m weird and I won’t have a best friend anymore and I’m sorry!” He said it all very loudly and very fast before it all became too much for the little kitten and he buried his face in his arms and burst into tears.

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Tumble froze and stared blankly at Pounce in utter surprise slowly going red. After moments of silence between the two a grin slowly spread across Tumble’s face as he started bouncing up and down. “EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!” he squealed, he wasn’t sure how to feel, how long had Pounce felt like this? He giggled nervously and started tearing up. “I am NOT okay” he laughed “What am I meant to say???”. He leapt on top of Pounce “YES YES YES YES YES YES!?!?!?!?” he buried his face in Pounce’s chest shaking slightly.

Tumble continued to squeal into Pounce’s chest and wrapped his arms around him and started rocking them both side to side. “I’m so shit at reacting I’m so sorry” Tumble’s muffled voice spoke. He eventually lifted his head up, his headfur was now a mess, he wriggled closer to Pounce’s face and planted a kiss on his head with the added sound effect of “Mwah!”

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Pouncival’s tears stopped as soon as his friend squealed, he wiped his eyes with the back of his paw and stared at him. Was this a good reaction or a bad one? Pounce held his breath and was ready to run away at a moments notice, either that or pretend that it had been a joke. But before he decided on either of those things Tumble was on top of him.

“Yes?” He repeated in a small voice with a sniff, which turned into a giggle. He couldn’t believe his luck, this had actually gone well?! He held onto him tightly, feeling a rush of emotions, all of them good. “Ahh stop it!” He laughed when he kissed his head. 

“Your fur is a mess.” He commented, keeping one arm round Tumble and using his other paw to try and sort out Tumble’s head fur (although he just made it worse) “So its…okay? You know, what I said.” Despite his friends enthusiastic reaction he just had to be sure. After all he had only expected this to end badly.

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Tumble blew a bit of his fur which was hanging in front of his face. He smiled happily still not fully gripped on to his emotions "Of course it is you silly munchkin!" He giggled and he rested his head on Pounce. "What did you think I would be horrified at such a question like that and never speak to you again?" He asked before quickly adding "Wait don't answer that."

Tumble moved his head to look at Pounce "So why were you so afraid of telling me that?" He asked curiously as he fiddled with Pounce's headfur. "You're the cat who boasts about not being scared of anything on a daily basis! But hey now I know you weakness..." he crawled closer and whispered with a huge grin "ME!"

"So what now Pounce? Shall we just gather a group of cats and go fight Macavity and free trapped kittens? Because right now I feel on top of the universe!" Tumble said sitting up and pulling Pounce up with him. Tumble patted Pounce's head and gave him a big hug.

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Pouncival ignored him for a little while until he became uncomfortably close. “Go away you dummins.” He mumbled, giving him the most gentle of pushes with his paw, which didn’t do anything at all. Why did he have to be so close? 

He had to tell him, there was no way Tumble was going to give up if he kept it secret and he didn’t doubt that he’d tell all of their friends that he was keeping secrets from him if he stayed quiet. “Fine…” Pounce sat up so he didn’t have to look at him. He promised right? He was going to forget it as soon as he said it so no harm in telling him. He took a deep breath and this time didn’t give himself the chance to panic.

“I like you, you idiot. Like, really really like you. More than a friend, even more than a best friend and it’s stupid and it needs to stop cause you’ll just think I’m weird and I won’t have a best friend anymore and I’m sorry!” He said it all very loudly and very fast before it all became too much for the little kitten and he buried his face in his arms and burst into tears.

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Tumble froze and stared blankly at Pounce in utter surprise slowly going red. After moments of silence between the two a grin slowly spread across Tumble's face as he started bouncing up and down. "EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!" he squealed, he wasn't sure how to feel, how long had Pounce felt like this? He giggled nervously and started tearing up. "I am NOT okay" he laughed "What am I meant to say???". He leapt on top of Pounce "YES YES YES YES YES YES!?!?!?!?" he buried his face in Pounce's chest shaking slightly.

Tumble continued to squeal into Pounce's chest and wrapped his arms around him and started rocking them both side to side. "I'm so shit at reacting I'm so sorry" Tumble's muffled voice spoke. He eventually lifted his head up, his headfur was now a mess, he wriggled closer to Pounce's face and planted a kiss on his head with the added sound effect of "Mwah!"

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Pounce tried his best to ignore him, which wasn’t too difficult as he was thinking about how uncomfortable it was to have his face pressed in the ground like this. He blindly tried to bat him away with his paw when he licked his fur, as far as he was concerned he did not need cleaning!

Eventually he groaned and lifted his head. “Yes you are now stop it.” He huffed, hearing all Tumble’s self praise. Of course he knew how great he was, that was half the trouble.

He messed his head fur back up again to the way it was, fixing him with a slightly grumpy look the whole time. Once he was done he sat cross legged and thought about what he was going to say. “I can’t tell you, it’s a secret and you will laugh.” He was actually nervous, what if Tumble did manage to get the truth out of him? His life would be over!

“I don’t even care how much you promise cause you’ll only break it anyway.” It had only been one time that Tumble had shared a secret and that was where Pounce hid his best toys, needless to say they were all gone the following day and he had to find a new secret place after that.

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Tumble sighed whatever it was that was keeping Pounce in a tiny box of pure grumpiness was starting to get to him aswell. Whatever it was he didn’t like it and being the nosy kitten he was he had to find out or he would have to plan out his whole entire week with ways to persuade or nag Pounce to tell him what was up.

Tumble sat up cross legged like Pounce, he hated seeing his best friend all tight and stubborn like this. He took a deep breath, maybe he wasn’t approaching the subject right? Oh well. “Come oooooonnnnn Poooooouuuuuuunnnncccceeeeee” he moaned as he shuffled to the side of Pounce and hugged him.

“I swear on my life if you don’t tell me right now I’ll tell the kitten your being weird! I’ll tell George o-or Metus!” He gasped “Or ETCY!!” He grinned in delight as soon as anything was mentioned to her a full on operation would be made among the kittens to find out.

Tumble sighed “I swear I won’t laugh, giggle, squeak or tell anyone not even Munkustrap!” He confessed whole-heartedly. This is one reason why he hated Pounce because he wouls never give you a straight answer and it would take lifetimes to get anything out of him.

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Pounce couldn’t help but lean into the hug, he enjoyed cuddling Tumble more than he was willing to admit and that is exactly why he was in this mess in the first place. Although he stood up when he threatened to tell the others that he was being weird.

“No!” He folded his arms. “Don’t you dare tell anyone, especially not Etcy!” He frowned at him. What could he do? It was either keep it secret and start a chain reaction of rumours about his behaviour or tell his best friend he was head over heals for him and risk humiliation and losing him forever.

He stopped frowning and started to feel flustered. “O-okay I’ll tell you I….” He couldn’t do this. This was too much. He turned away from Tumble and balled his paws into little fists, willing himself to just be brave. “Just promise to forget this as soon as I say it okay?” He stared at the ground, he’d never felt so nervous in his life.

Then he flopped onto the floor. “I CAN’T DO IT.” The poor kit was nearly crying, he didn’t want to lose his best friend. /Stupid stupid Pounce. Why do you have feelings?!/

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Tumble wiggled with excitement and he shuffled his bum to make sure he was sitting comfortably. He looked like he was about to be told the best bedtime story in the universe. He leaned forward, eager to hear his confession. "I promise I'll completely forget what you said!" He grinned and waited in anticipation.

The kit sighed as his best friend flopped over in complete and utter failure. "It's alright Pounce" he said as he gently patted his back trying his best to be comforting although he didn't know if it was working or not considering Pounce seemed to be an over emotional ball of fluff today.

Tumble crawled beside Pounce and lay on his front on the ground with him. "Don't tell your secrets to the ground! I want to know what they are tooooo!" He whined playfully but received no answer. "So um... You having fun with the ground?" He asked as he wriggled closer so Pounce had no choice but to make eye contact with him or turn his face the other way.

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Talk to me about Carbucketty’s self-loathing

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He’s trying really hard to just be cool and liked by the other toms (also the queens, also the older cats, also everyone) but he comes off as obnoxious due to his frantic attempts to be loved, leading to everyone getting annoyed and telling him to leave all the time and it does such a number on his already low self esteem. He works for Macavity partially to see if a different crowd will love and accept him(they don’t) and partially to see if fear can make others like you(it doesn’t). Everytime he is uninterpretably a little shit he’s just acting out because everything is just so stressful. He’s trying to figure why everyone seems to hate him. He takes on multiple big projects at the same time for both the Jellicles and Macavity and never gets any recognition, and he just doesn’t even know what to do anymore. He’s internalized this idea that nothing he does is going to be recognized bc nothing he does is good enough bc he’s not good enough. He’s just tired and needs love

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Tumble loves him and shall always be there for his dear Pounce @brightpounce

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Hello, I’m brand new to the cats roleplay community! I was wondering if anyone would like to rp. I’m fairly literate but prefer longer replies. If anyone is interested, could you pm me?

[mrbroadway]

someone who has seen cats 20 times, tell me what percentage of them are gay or lebsian, i need to know if there’s enough to be suitable for my newborn daughter

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They’re all gay heterosexual cats don’t exist

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everyone knows cats cant be g*y (sorry i don t like to swear)

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ALL CATS A RE GAY

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There are such things as straight cats? *kisses @brightpounce * Did you know of this babe?

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Help a fellow fan out guys

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Pounce tried his best to ignore him, which wasn’t too difficult as he was thinking about how uncomfortable it was to have his face pressed in the ground like this. He blindly tried to bat him away with his paw when he licked his fur, as far as he was concerned he did not need cleaning!

Eventually he groaned and lifted his head. “Yes you are now stop it.” He huffed, hearing all Tumble’s self praise. Of course he knew how great he was, that was half the trouble.

He messed his head fur back up again to the way it was, fixing him with a slightly grumpy look the whole time. Once he was done he sat cross legged and thought about what he was going to say. “I can’t tell you, it’s a secret and you will laugh.” He was actually nervous, what if Tumble did manage to get the truth out of him? His life would be over!

“I don’t even care how much you promise cause you’ll only break it anyway.” It had only been one time that Tumble had shared a secret and that was where Pounce hid his best toys, needless to say they were all gone the following day and he had to find a new secret place after that.

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Tumble sighed whatever it was that was keeping Pounce in a tiny box of pure grumpiness was starting to get to him aswell. Whatever it was he didn't like it and being the nosy kitten he was he had to find out or he would have to plan out his whole entire week with ways to persuade or nag Pounce to tell him what was up.

Tumble sat up cross legged like Pounce, he hated seeing his best friend all tight and stubborn like this. He took a deep breath, maybe he wasn't approaching the subject right? Oh well. "Come oooooonnnnn Poooooouuuuuuunnnncccceeeeee" he moaned as he shuffled to the side of Pounce and hugged him.

"I swear on my life if you don't tell me right now I'll tell the kitten your being weird! I'll tell George o-or Metus!" He gasped "Or ETCY!!" He grinned in delight as soon as anything was mentioned to her a full on operation would be made among the kittens to find out.

Tumble sighed "I swear I won't laugh, giggle, squeak or tell anyone not even Munkustrap!" He confessed whole-heartedly. This is one reason why he hated Pounce because he wouls never give you a straight answer and it would take lifetimes to get anything out of him.

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Pounce let Tumble hold his paw again once they were outside, truth be told he liked it but he didn’t dare say anything. As they walked he wondered how on earth his best friend could be so frustrating, he wasn’t even doing anything. He wanted him to go away but also very much wanted him to stay and he was very confused.

The idea of a contest put a stop to his worry, when it came to Tumble he was very competitive. “You wish.” He replied and as soon as they were through the gate he darted off to hunt.

In the far corner of the park he spotted a bird, poor thing was on the ground seemingly already injured by something. Tumble would be so impressed if he caught a bird, they were hard! He didn’t need to know half the job had been done for him. He launched himself at the bird and killed it quickly. He picked it up in his teeth and started his own pile not too far away from Tumble’s just so he can see how he was doing.

He ran off again, passing a big rat but deciding to leave it be, it was a little scary looking, and instead going for a couple of voles that had been hiding under some leaves. He hadn’t been hunting long but he was still hungry and really wanted to eat. He decided to forget about the game and eat them right there and then, telling himself the bird was worth a hundred points. He brought them over to his pile of one and ate the voles, leaving the bird so he could show it off when Tumble came back. He curled up next to his kill and watched his friend hunt.

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Tumble crouched low to the ground to see if he could feel any movement or vibrations of nearby pray. His ears were like a sonar and sure enough he heard some pattering of tiny feet. He crept up slowly behind a fluffy object which he soon realised was a squirrel’s tail. He could vaguely remember the taste of squirrel but he instantly remember how fast they were.

Tumble look at his surrounding and eyed a bramble bush which would slowly the squirrel down. He turned back to the squirrel who was merrily eating nuts and Tumble bolted for him chasing him into the brambles where sure enough it’s tail got caught and it wriggled helplessly. He softly bit into it’s neck and pulled it out returning to his pile.

He spotted Pounce’s bird and gasped dropping the squirrel and looking at the lazy Pounce next to it. He picked up the squirrel and put it in his pile before crouching down and crawls his way to Pounce. He lay down in front of him staring into his eyes “So how exactly did a lazy bum like you catch a bird like this?” He asked wrapping his tail around the bird and moving it in between the two. He playfully squinted at him and pouted “I smell the scent of cheating. What say you?” He remarked shuffling closer to Pounce so that their noses almost touched.

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Pouncival kept one eye open so he could watch both his catch and his friend although he opened them both when he finally decided to join him. “I am a master hunter.” He replied confidently, staring right back at him. “And I am not lazy!” Both of those things were lies.

“Hey I didn’t cheat I caught it fair and- square!” His words got stuck in his throat when Tumble was suddenly very close. The last word came out more like a squeak than anything, he was very still for a moment and then face planted the ground. First it was the eye contact, and then that idiot decided he was going to get right up close, like kissing distance. It was all too much.

/Oh my god Pounce calm down!/ he thought to himself. But how could Tumble do that like it was nothing? Sure personal space had never been an issue before but now it was and he had to magically understand that without being told. “You’re just jealous you aren’t as skilled as me.” He mumbled into the ground.

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Tumble looked down at Pounce who's face was planted in the ground and giggled. "Oh no my secret has been found out how shall I go on." Tumble said dramatically rolling onto his back and resting with his paws behind his head. He sighed "So what should we do now huh?" Tumble let the silence pass for a few moments before rolling onto his stomach, resting his head on his paws. "Soooooooo... What's on your mind then Pouncey wouncey? He asked feeling like Etcetera for a moment or two.

His ears twitched as he waited for a response "You can tell me I cross my heart, hope to die, stick a thorn in my eye." He promised continuing the playful act. When he still recieved nothing he lifted his head and licked Pounce's messy fur to at least try and neaten and get the dirt out of it.

"Come on Pounce no one's here it's just you." He licked Pounce's head "And me, your best bud." He grinned before adding quietly "Who is awesomely amazing and fabulous in every way possible." Tumble stuck his tougue out to try and laugh at himself for making a narcissist joke.

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Pounce let Tumble hold his paw again once they were outside, truth be told he liked it but he didn’t dare say anything. As they walked he wondered how on earth his best friend could be so frustrating, he wasn’t even doing anything. He wanted him to go away but also very much wanted him to stay and he was very confused.

The idea of a contest put a stop to his worry, when it came to Tumble he was very competitive. “You wish.” He replied and as soon as they were through the gate he darted off to hunt.

In the far corner of the park he spotted a bird, poor thing was on the ground seemingly already injured by something. Tumble would be so impressed if he caught a bird, they were hard! He didn’t need to know half the job had been done for him. He launched himself at the bird and killed it quickly. He picked it up in his teeth and started his own pile not too far away from Tumble’s just so he can see how he was doing.

He ran off again, passing a big rat but deciding to leave it be, it was a little scary looking, and instead going for a couple of voles that had been hiding under some leaves. He hadn’t been hunting long but he was still hungry and really wanted to eat. He decided to forget about the game and eat them right there and then, telling himself the bird was worth a hundred points. He brought them over to his pile of one and ate the voles, leaving the bird so he could show it off when Tumble came back. He curled up next to his kill and watched his friend hunt.

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Tumble crouched low to the ground to see if he could feel any movement or vibrations of nearby pray. His ears were like a sonar and sure enough he heard some pattering of tiny feet. He crept up slowly behind a fluffy object which he soon realised was a squirrel's tail. He could vaguely remember the taste of squirrel but he instantly remember how fast they were.

Tumble look at his surrounding and eyed a bramble bush which would slowly the squirrel down. He turned back to the squirrel who was merrily eating nuts and Tumble bolted for him chasing him into the brambles where sure enough it's tail got caught and it wriggled helplessly. He softly bit into it's neck and pulled it out returning to his pile.

He spotted Pounce's bird and gasped dropping the squirrel and looking at the lazy Pounce next to it. He picked up the squirrel and put it in his pile before crouching down and crawls his way to Pounce. He lay down in front of him staring into his eyes "So how exactly did a lazy bum like you catch a bird like this?" He asked wrapping his tail around the bird and moving it in between the two. He playfully squinted at him and pouted "I smell the scent of cheating. What say you?" He remarked shuffling closer to Pounce so that their noses almost touched.

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The sun had only just risen when Pouncival woke up, usually he slept in until at least mid morning but recently he found himself waking at the same sort of time as Jenny which he didn’t like one bit. Although he’d learnt not to go and bother the adult cats as they’d just try and give him a boring job to do.

He carefully untangled himself from Tumble who had been sleeping next to him. It was nothing unusual, kittens always slept with each other. In fact it would be strange to find them sleeping alone, it was minimum two, maximum all of them. He shook out his limbs and then looked back at his friend, it was his fault he wasn’t sleeping properly. They had been friends their whole lives and done everything together but now Pounce found himself getting nervous around him and generally not feeling like himself. He did not like it one bit.

He took a moment to think about being nice and letting Tumble sleep but instead he nudged his side with his foot. “Hey wake up, I’m hungry.” He said, thinking he was actually being rather considerate. He could’ve jumped on him after all.

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Tumble felt the jabbing of Pounce’s cold foot in his side and let out a small groan and turned over using his tail to wrap his body up as much as he could. After a few moments of silence he realised Pounce was still waiting next to him. He sighed and rolled over to face him and opened one eye sleepily “Pounce your always hungry.” He commented before stretching his mouth into a big yawn and then licking his nose a few times.

He gave a small smile and extending his leg to push Pounce slowly away from him “I’ll only come with you if you let me sleep properly tommorow okay dummins?” Tumble asked and with that he sat up slightly dizzy he closed his eyes and twitched his ears why did he seem to be getting woken up earlier and earlier each day. Tumble stretched and clumsily got to his feet offering a paw to help Pounce up. “What’s on your mind Pounce? You’re normally the last to get up.” He joked.

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Pounce huffed when Tumble didn’t answer him right away, he expected him to be ready to go right then although if it was reversed he wouldn’t get up either. “Am not.” He replied, although that was kind of true too.

He rolled slowly when Tumble pushed him away and face planted the ground with his arms stretched out in front of him. “But who am I gonna talk to?” This sounded like a bad deal to him, but that was a problem for future Pounce. “Fine.” He rolled over onto his back and took his paw to stand up.

Although at the question he let go rather quickly. “Nothing! Food. Can’t a guy get up early? We keep wasting time sleeping right? Come on the early cat catches the mouse!” He said very quickly, failing to hide how flustered he was. He went around Tumble and placed two paws on his back and practically pushed him outside, this way he couldn’t see his face. He would rather be lectured by Munkustrap than tell him that he was the one on his mind.

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Tumble whipped his head left and right confused at the sudden burst of energy Pounce had. After he was shoved out he finally regained the ability to think, he gave Pounce a shifty look then took his paw and together they headed to a nearby park down the road where there were lots of bushes, tall grass, trees and plenty of places for rats, mice, birds and other sources of food to be hiding.

As they were walking in silence Tumble squeezed Pounce's paw and broke the silence by whispering "I bet you I can catch more food than you." He grinned changing the subject to let some of the sudden awkwardness go, he decided he would ask Pounce later when he felt less tense and they were alone. As they reached the old rotten wooden gate he let go of Pounce's paw and pushed the gate open with it giving a little squeak. He held it open for Pounce and as soon as they were both in he let go jumping as it banged against the fence.

He looked around and without out a word bolted off into a bush where he had previously heard a noise. He slammed his paws around a family of mice. He looked at the parent with their litter of six not big enough to satisfy any cat and then the other parent he had accidently scared to death. "Consider yourselves lucky." He whispered to them trying to sound fierce as he picked up the dead mouse in his jaws and wondered over to the little dry area under the slide, clawing a circle and dropping the mouse inside it to let Pounce know it's was his pile.

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The sun had only just risen when Pouncival woke up, usually he slept in until at least mid morning but recently he found himself waking at the same sort of time as Jenny which he didn’t like one bit. Although he’d learnt not to go and bother the adult cats as they’d just try and give him a boring job to do.

He carefully untangled himself from Tumble who had been sleeping next to him. It was nothing unusual, kittens always slept with each other. In fact it would be strange to find them sleeping alone, it was minimum two, maximum all of them. He shook out his limbs and then looked back at his friend, it was his fault he wasn’t sleeping properly. They had been friends their whole lives and done everything together but now Pounce found himself getting nervous around him and generally not feeling like himself. He did not like it one bit.

He took a moment to think about being nice and letting Tumble sleep but instead he nudged his side with his foot. “Hey wake up, I’m hungry.” He said, thinking he was actually being rather considerate. He could’ve jumped on him after all.

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Tumble felt the jabbing of Pounce's cold foot in his side and let out a small groan and turned over using his tail to wrap his body up as much as he could. After a few moments of silence he realised Pounce was still waiting next to him. He sighed and rolled over to face him and opened one eye sleepily "Pounce your always hungry." He commented before stretching his mouth into a big yawn and then licking his nose a few times.

He gave a small smile and extending his leg to push Pounce slowly away from him "I'll only come with you if you let me sleep properly tommorow okay dummins?" Tumble asked and with that he sat up slightly dizzy he closed his eyes and twitched his ears why did he seem to be getting woken up earlier and earlier each day. Tumble stretched and clumsily got to his feet offering a paw to help Pounce up. "What's on your mind Pounce? You're normally the last to get up." He joked.