Well... CLOSED for Blaze

Flamestripe couldn't help it but join in. He burst out laughing and, with sheathed claws, battered Silkpaw's flank with his paws in his laughter. He almost choked because his laughing closed his airway so that he couldn't breathe. The orange-striped tabby choked because he was trying to breathe while laughing at the same time. But he couldn't stop laughing, and he couldn't talk.

Flamestripe forced himself to stop laughing, though his smile still spread across his face. He stood up and licked Silkpaw on her ear.

Flamestripe shook his head. He nuzzled into her shoulder fur, too lost for words. He wanted to yowl, Specklestream was better! But he knew it wasn't true. He knew that Silkpaw was the right cat for him, though it left the orange tom pained to think of his loss of life with Specklestream.

Flamestripe sensed that Silkpaw had been about to say something he wouldn't like, but he didn't know what. He sighed and mewed, "She probably doesn't care about me anymore."

Flamestripe gave a little smile and nodded, but he could still feel the raw remembrance of his lost love with Specklestream.

The orange tabby nodded again, and mewed, "I remember playing with my siblings Frozenflame, Greenleaf, and Gentlebreeze." The warrior gave a small laugh. "Greenleaf - then Greenpaw - tripped over Frozenpaw's paw. She twisted it, sadly. Those siblings were from another litter, though. I was the only kit in my litter, as... Birchkit died...." Shaking his head to rid it of his thoughts, Flamestripe continued, snarling, "Now Greenleaf is dead, because he had gone off to his WindClan mate and got run over by a monster on the Thunderpath. Not that I care. It's his own fault." But Flamestripe hated talking about his brother that way, so he sighed and added, "It's good to have family."

Flamestripe rasped his tongue over Silkpaw's ear a few times, not wanting to say he was sorry for her, but not wanting to ignore her sadness. If he said he was sorry for her, the sad atmosphere would return again.

Flamestripe nodded. He followed Silkpaw deeper into the forest. "You find something first," he whispered, as not to alert prey.