the bringer of jollity [c]

Pantherkit had realized that stepping outside of his comfort zone was the only way to regain any confidence that he had ever had. It was going to be a process that took time, but he figured that there was no better time to start than now. He couldn't be an apprentice and then a warrior who was this socially confused. He had to push himself to do things that he had deemed as uncomfortable, and today would be the day to begin.

There was a kit that Pantherkit had noticed only because she seemed to spend some time in the medicine den as well, but he had never said a word to her. That needed to change. How could he pass up the opportunity to talk to a kit that could somewhat understand him in terms of being so familiar with the medicine den? He turned his head to glance over at the kit, wanting to put on a soft smile before remembering that he couldn't. 
"Hello, uh, I don't think we've ever spoken. I'm Pantherkit. With the amount of times I see you in here, we probably should've talked before." He started, holding back a sigh of frustration.
Stars, this was torture. He had no choice but to carry on anyway.

Duskkit, so that was her name. Pantherkit made a mental note to himself. The she-kit seemed kind enough, and he found himself slowly beginning to relax as the conversation drew on. Perhaps his fears had been nonsense.

The next question struck Pantherkit hard. He had never actually talked about his reason for being held up in the medicine den out loud before. He considered it to be humiliating, especially since he had exceeded the six moons milestone and still had his kit name. Cats his age were out training and learning how to be warriors to benefit the Clan, and he was held behind all because of an immature mistake he had made.

"I fell. On my head, that is. Now my head isn't right, so I have to wait longer to be apprenticed. He said, keeping eye contact with Duskkit.
For once, he was grateful that his monotone voice wasn't able to betray his true frustration. Being told since birth that being apprenticed was one of the most important moments of a Clan cat's life and then having to wait was rather disappointing.