Trapped in a good book

Tangle Claw and Black Nose made their way through the woods. Usually Tangle Claw was an unstoppable chatterbox but she felt like she was at a loss for words around Black Nose. Honestly, if the conversation was a living thing it would have lynched itself without bothering to write a metaphorical suicide note to it's metaphorical parents. Tangle Claw coughed.

"Um...so...um...heh...nice...uh...weather?" Tangle Claw stuttered while wishing the spell would somehow take effect and erase the memory of her ever saying that. Oh Faust. She had hit rock bottom. And it hurt. Black Nose chuckled.

"Yes, I'd say so." said Black Nose. Tangle Claw felt her heart melt. She quickly shook it off, not wanting to let this...cat gain any emotional leverage against her. Tangle Claw shuddered as she felt Black Nose's body press against hers. Black Nose blushed under his dark striped pelt.

"Uh...you looked cold." the dark gray tom murmured. Tangle Claw let a purr of pleasure escape her throat. Oh Faust. What was this...emotion?

'Hmph. If this were a musical I'm sure a quire of magically unnoticeable cats would appear behind me. ‘You're in love!’ they would sing. They would stick a flower in my fur and gradually have me falling for Black Nose...thank Faust this isn't a musical.' thought Tangle Claw. The increasing warmth against her body became unignorable.

"You're fur is very warm." Tangle Claw purred. Black Nose blushed again under his fur.

"Oh! Um...I must have inherited it from my mother." said Black Nose. Tangle Claw's purrs grew more intense.

"She must have been a beautiful she-cat." said Tangle Claw. The two cats blushed. This outting didn't seem to be about catching prey anymore. Black Nose sat down, and gestured to Tangle Claw to do the same.

"You're the one who's beautiful. Those eyes...so bright and kind...it's easy to get lost in them." said Black Nose, looking down at Tangle Claw with his own beautiful glimmering eyes, filled with luster. Tangle claw blushed.

"Is there a part of you that isn’t so attractive?" Tangle Claw murmured. She clamped her mouth shut when she realized she had said that out loud. Black Nose laughed while Tangle Claw was mortified at her slip of the tounge.

"You tell me." said Black Nose. He leaned down and delivered a gentle, sweet lick on the nose. They were both blushing under their pelts, fur prickling like little school fillies who had just heard a dirty joke. Black Nose gently licked Tangle Claw up her forehead before withdrawing his head. His eyes shone down at her with affection. Tangle Claw looked back into the dark brown shining eyes, then tucked her head under his chin. The orange she-cat gulped, she had only met him at sunrise, and she hated to admit it but those fantasy quire cats in her head were right.

She was in love.

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