~Hidden Guilt~ (Sublimeluver)

[~Ravenpaw~]

Lilystream stared at herself in the river, her beautiful yellow green eyes looked at herself, the enchanting silver grey she-cat was slender but also sleek. She loved swimming, but she just didn't want to go in yet. Her slender form didn't weight much and she was very light, she often just floated around in the water. Her long fur slightly matted, she chuckled and fixed it so it looked alot better. She liked to stay clean, if only for her father who always complained about cleaning her all the time as a kit. Her father, he had been brave and very kind-hearted, his name had been Crowfur, he was named after his dark fur. She missed him alot, he had been killed by the hige dog that attacked Mintpaw.

Mintpaw, the poor young apprentice had just been a day away from her warriors ceremony when she had been killed, Lilystream blamed herself for it, letting Mintpaw wander off like that, it was foolish... there was no way she could handle another apprentice, not after the death of her old apprentice and her father, she doubted herself to much, she just couldn't do it. For now she just sighed, she sat and stared, oh so quietly, oh so alone?

[Sublimeluver]

Brokencyde was wandering thinking about what he was going to do now. Lilydawn had left him, and he was truly alone. 'Maybe a nice swim will help me relax' he thought. Swimming was one of the many things he enjoyed. He passed a tongue through his long black pelt and padded to the river. His luminous green eyes caught sight of a beautiful she-cat. "Greetings Lilystream." he meowed with a smile

[~Ravenpaw~]

Lilystream blinked and looked up from her reflection, she gazed at him with her beautiful yellow green eyes. "Hello Brokencyde" She greeted softly, she smiled gently dipping her silver grey head in greetings. "Lovely day for a swim isn't it?" She meowed happily, she was well known for her love of swimming and could often be found by the river. She looked at his enchanting green eyes and long sleek black pelt. She smiled happily and licked her paw gently, she had just been getting ready for a swim herself, she wondered why Brokencyde was out here, if he wanted to swim she would be glad to have some campany.

[Sublimeluver]

Brokencyde gazed at her and felt himself relax. "Yes it is." he meowed with a smile. "Would you like to swim with me? Or would you rather swim alone?" he asked politely.

[~Ravenpaw~]

Lilystream smiled sweetly if there was one thing that Lilystream loved it was swimming! The beautiful she-cat could swim all day long if she really tried. She nodded her head, "I would love to wim with you" She said gently, her voice as sweet as honey. Her beautiful greenish yellow eyes looked at him gently, "Thank you very much for asking" She said before slipping into the water happily.

[Sublimeluver]

Brokencyde smiled when she said she would enjoy his company. He slid into the water and purred as the cold water met his black fur. He gazed at the silver fish in the river that darted away from the two as they swam. He gazed up to Lilystream with his eyes of green. "I like your eyes." he meowed shyly

[~Ravenpaw~]

Lilystream smiled softly, when her fur was lapped by the cold water, but she didn't care that it was cold, she enjoyed it all the same. Lilystream laughed gently when she watched the fish swim away, she loved the water, always had always will. She swiftly dove under and swam for a little bit and then came shaking off some of the water dropplets. "I like your eyes" A soft voice said, it was Brokencyde, she smiled gently and looked at him with her beautiful eyes. "Thank you" She said, "I like yours as well, they are a lovely colour" She said happily.

[Sublimeluver]

Brokencyde felt the tip of his ears grow warm. "Thank you." he meowed with a handsome smile. "But mine are just a plain green...but yours... They remind me of a sunset." he meowed shyly. He lowered his gaze to the water and held very still. His paw darted out with lightning speed and when his paw came out of the water it held a fish. He hadn't killed it. He returned his gaze to Lilystream. "Are you hungry?" he asked.

[~Ravenpaw~]

Lilystream blushed gently, 'Thank you very much" She spoke softly, her voice gentle. She blinked her eyes a bit, they were a lovely colour she had to admit. But when she looked into his, she loved his eyes, and he had the most hansom smile. She blushed a bit, "Well, I, y-yes I am" She meowed, she really was, but she hated when others went out of there way for little old her, but she found it simply sweet that he would catch something for her.

[Sublimeluver]

Brokencyde quickly and painlessly killed the fish. He set it on the ground and gently pushed it towards her. He smiled. "You're welcome." he meowed his eyes twinkled and his smile got brighter.

[~Ravenpaw~]

Lilystream smiled softly, her gaze looked towards the fish and then towards him, "Thank you very much" She meowed, "Did you want to share?" She asked making sure, she didn't want to eat it if he also wanted some, she loved to share and hated to be rude, she often asked others if they wanted something before taking something for herself, she was always making sure others were fed before herself, she even checked on the queens and elders after hunting.

[Sublimeluver]

Brokencyde shook his head with a smile. "No, I'm fine. But thank you for asking." he meowed with a gentle smile

[~Ravenpaw~]

Lilystream nodded her head gently, "Okay" she said softly, her yellow green eyes shimmering she was glad that she at least took the time to ask. She reached down softly and ripped off a piece of the fish eating it tenderly, she simply loves fish, and anything to do with swimming. She licked her muzzle and looked towards Brokencyde, she smiled sweetly, "You are very kind" She purred.

[Sublimeluver]

Brokencyde felt his ears grow slightly warm. "As are you." he meowed with a bright smile. "I've never met any other cat quiet like you....Other cats only care for themselves and their own well being....You seem to care for everyone." he moewed

[~Ravenpaw~]

Lilystream smiled gently, "I often try to care for everyone" She meowed softly, "I don't really care much for myself, but I love it when other's are happy" She said smiling towards him. "Don't you agree?" She asked curiously, it was nice when other's also thought of helping other's before themselves.

[Sublimeluver]

Brokencyde found himself agreeing with everything that she stood for. He nodded slowly. "Yes...If the ones that i care about aren't happy then i have no reason to smile." he meowed truthfully. "I hate seeing others sad...it makes me think of..." he broke off and looked away for he almost said 'it makes me think of Lilydawn...' he didn't dare say that. He dind't want to ruin this perfect moment.

[~Ravenpaw~]

Lilystream looked at him softly, her yellow green eyes shining, "I hate seeing other's sad as well, I wish everyone was happy, because when everyone is happy I can believe that my father and Mintpaw are happy as well" She said sadly, she missed her wonderful father Crowfur, he had always been making others smile his whole life, she looked up to him always. She also missed Mintpaw, her apprentice who had almost gotten her warrior name, but because of Lilystream's mouse brain actions the dog ended up killing both Mintpaw and her father, she always blamed herself for it.

[Sublimeluver]

Brokencyde thought a moment. "I just like to think that Lilydawn, Mintpaw, and Crowfur are all in Starclan...because that's where they deserve to be." he meowed. "They deserve lifetime happiness." he said softly. He sensed guilt rolling off Lilystream in waves. "It wasn't your fault accidents happen all the time...No one blames you for what happened." he meowed sincerly and softly.

[~Ravenpaw~]

"yet I cannot help but blame myself for it" She meowed quietly, her ears folded back,t he beautiful she-cat looked down gently, "Mintpaw was so young.. I should have kept my eye on her, and my father he was all I had for a family, I miss him so" Lilystream said sadly, then she blinked her enchanting green and yellow eyes, "Wait.. did you call me Lilydawn?" She meowed curiously, she had heard of a she-cat named Lilydawn in the camp, she had died a little while ago, she was never really introduced to her though, she looked at Brokencyde, she wondered if he knew her as well.

[Sublimeluver]

Brokencyde listened to her as she spoke. "I blame myself for what happened to Lilydawn...If i had been with her that night she wouldn't of died..." he gazed at her. "No..." he meowed. "Lilydawn was my mate for a long time then she died...We had been arguing a little bit the day it happened...the last thing i said to her was i need time alone to gather my thoughts...and ever since then i've been alone....That's when i learned be careful what you wish for because it may come true in the worst ways you can imagine." he meowed softly his eyes looking to the ground

[~Ravenpaw~]

Lilystream looked at him gently, her eyes shimmered softly, she rested her tail gently on his shoulder in a comforting way, she herself had never had a mate, but she knew the pain of losing someone you love. She had lost her father of whom she loved very dearly, and she had lost poor Mintpaw, Mintpaw had been like a younger sister to her, though she had no mate herself, she understood the pain of losing another. She dipped her head, "I am sorry" She whispered gently to him hoping he would be okay.

[Sublimeluver]

Brokencyde gazed at her. "It's ok...Lilydawn walked with me at night for a couple moons. She forgave me..and told me to move on and be happy." he meowed. He gazed at her. "No matter how many mistkaes someone makes all can be forgiven." he meowed softly.

[~Ravenpaw~]

Lilystream smiled gently, her eyes shimmered, "I guess you are right, time heals all wounds, and all mistakes can be forgiven" She meowed gently, "I wonder if my father and Mintpaw can forgive me" She meowed gently, she could almost picture the kind little brown she-cat with mint green eyes, she had been so sweet even her voice do kind-hearted and gentle. She could also see a dark hansom grey tom, his yellow green eyes so much like her own. She missed them both and couldn't help but picture the blood upon them, the scared look in Mintpaw's green eyes as she begged for the pain to stop, the saddness and pain in her voice caused Lilystream to shudder, but she had stayed by her side while she left this world, and her father had died quietly. Lilystream had stayed awake to take care of him after Mintpaw passed on, he died in his sleep and Lilystream couldn't stop crying.

[Sublimeluver]

Brokencyde gently licked Lilystream's head in a comforting manner. "Hey...don't think of the bad times...Think of the good times." he meowed softly. "Mintpaw and your dad would want you to remember the great times you all shared." he soothed.

[~Ravenpaw~]

Lilystream looked at him with her gentle eyes, "Thank you" She meowed softly, she nodded her head, "You are very kind, I should be thinking of the good times I had with them" She spoke with a soften voice. She missed them alot, but she had many good times, growing up, only having her father it was nice. He had always been so kind and nice, always. Mintpaw was nice and sweet, it had been alot of fun to train her, she had always listened and often got things on the first try. "Yes, the good times" She said gently.

[Sublimeluver]

Brokencyde gazed at her. "How is it..." he began. "That you don't have a mate? I mean why hasn't some lucky tom gotten the privelege of lifetime happieness with you?" he asked curioulsy

[~Ravenpaw~]

Lilystream blinked her beautiful eyes and looked at him, "I don't know" She meowed softly, curling her beautiful silver tail around her slender form. "I guess I just, just haven't found the right tom yet" She chuckled, she looked down slightly, "I never really thought about it to much" She said softly, she looked at him, she wondered why he would ask her such a question, sure toms had tried in the past, many but most got the stare from her father until they backed off, not many got past it. her father had been very over-protective, perhaps it was time that she thought of a mate, maybe kits? She blushed at the thought she couldn't really see herself a Queen, sitting about in a nursery all day long, when she could be swimming? She chuckled a bit.

[Sublimeluver]

Brokencyde smiled at her softly. "Would you..." he was suddenly too tongue tied for words. He cleared his throat. "Would you like to...." he felt his ears grow warm then hot. "Would you ever consider giving me a chance? I think you're an amazing, beautiful, and sweet she-cat and i can imagine having a beuatiful long life with you." he meowed suddenly shy.

[~Ravenpaw~]

Lilystream blinked her eyes she blushed deeply, she looked down quietly, was Brokencyde asking her to be his mate? She blushed even more deeply at the thought. Finally he spoke and asked if she would give him a chance. Could she? He was so nice, she was starting to believe that she was in love with him. She blushed gently and nodded her head, "Yes Brokencyde" She said softly, she nuzzled him gently, she was in love, she couldn't help it. She looked up into his eyes, she could also picture a lovely life with him and her.

[Sublimeluver]

Brokencyde let out a soft purr of overwhelming happiness. He nuzzled her gently and lovingly. "You'll never regret this decision." he promised with another gentle purr. He kissed her cheek sweetly.