Sunlight, a warm glow over the room. Wait, room?
Mist took in the area around her. She felt confused and disoriented, at loss at what to do. She felt warm fur pressed onto her back. She tried to sit up, only to fall directly onto downpour. She groaned and he carefully got up and helped her to the ground, resting her head on a small pile of leaves. 241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWd0YsBcqo
"Where are we?" She managed to say.
He looked down and responded, "Back in your territory."
Mist almost leaped up and gave a yowl of agony as she fell back to the ground, her muscles screaming in pain.
"Where are we in my territory?" She groaned softly.
"A few miles from your mother's cave." He whispered, looking through the small cave window. 241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLftW9XH1j
Now that she looked around, Mist saw the where in a small cave, part underground. The only window was a small hole that barely reached the surface of the ground.
"How did you escape the tiger? More interestingly, how did manage to escape WITH me?" She asked and managed to sit up.
He looked down at her, but there was something in his eyes that Mist couldn't understand. Something deep, hidden from her and the world. The look seemed to suck her in, and she soon found herself looking at him the same way.
Their tales floated towards the other's. It was slow, so amazingly slow Mist didn't realize that her tail was even moving. The only reason she didn't stop is because it felt so... Right. It felt so right, so spine chillingly right, Mist couldn't stop. She just couldn't.
At that very moment, reality seemed to vanish. Nothing mattered, nothing was important. All that mattered was that moment, that second. The sun seemed to be dancing on their fur, almost as if they were about to fulfill a grand prophecy of the universe, as if... They were meant to be there, at that moment, at that point in time. Their tails slowly twined together, like flowers closing during a winter storm. Mist felt his soft pelt almost mend together with hers, like they were always meant to be together, forever.
She felt it again, that amazing- wonderful feeling of belonging, deep down in her heart. Their eyes were locked, and the world seemed to fade away. All the pain, all the joy. All feasts, all the memories.
And it was at the moment, that amazing feeling of belonging grew. It blossomed and bloomed into a beautiful feeling, one that Mist had never felt before. A feeling, she didn't know. A feeling, she couldn't quite put her paw on.
She didn't know how, or why. But she knew. Somehow, she had always known. She had known from the beginning, the moment she had first laid eyes on him. His spotted fur dancing in the sunlight, his gleaming amber eyes in the moonlight.
She had always known, but now- it seemed more real than ever before.
"I love you."
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