The large, muscular tom sat at the water's edge, kneading his claws into the soft dirt alongside it nervously.
Earlier that day, at dawn, he'd asked Cherrymist with a purr if she would meet him here at dusk, licking her ear. Now his heart was beating irregularly as he thought about it.
Maybe I came off as too desperate. I hope she doesn't hold that first day we met against us. I was stupid then.
Yet he was just as confused as the first day he'd ever had a real conversation with her, that day in the Highpine. His mouth felt dry, but he was determined to go on. He'd picked this place out especially for her; although she wouldn't be able to see the beautiful shimmering of stars reflecting off the river, but he could show her the soft dirt that was always so hard beneath his paws back in camp, or maybe they could just lie beneath the moon.
Tigerblaze swallowed his fear and turned as the rustling in the bushes started, giving his white chest one more lick. His coat was sleek, stunning in the pale light, yet his own mouth dropped, speechless, when he saw the she-cat.
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