Kiss It All Better

Part of the Songfic Series, real song name 'Someone Like You'.

OA is Adele. I changed the lyrics a bit.

Enjoy!

Someone
I heard that you've settled down

That you found a tom and you're married now

At the first Gathering after the Great Battle, I see them - together, gray tails entwined and purring as though there's no tomorrow.

She could've been my mate. It would've been forbidden love, cliched, sure, but it would've been ours. Our kits would've been half ThunderClan, half ShadowClan. They would be beautiful.

I heard that you're dreams came true

Guess he gave you things I couldn't give to you

What was so special about that tom, anyway? Bumblestripe? What kind of a name is that? And he's half-kittypet, anyway. Their kits together - a fourth kittypet. Half-Clan kits would be better than part-kittypet.

Old friend, why are you so shy?

Ain't like you to hold back, or to hide from the light

I tried to seek her out - but when she saw me moving toward her, she promptly turned her back, and slipped through the crowd, ending up next to her traitor-of-a-sister, Ivypool, and chatting the night away.

The Gathering had begun, but I wasn't listening. I was watching as she was joined by her new mate - watched as their tails twined and their muzzles touched, watched as he licked her ear and she nuzzled his cheek.

Love.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited

But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it

I found myself, constantly, lingering by the border, sniffing to see if her scent was among thsoe ThunderClan scents that marked the border. Only once.

Once she saw me, I'm sure, on a border patrol. We caught each other's eye and she gave me a brief nod, but other than that she made no other acknowledgement - no falling back to chat, no stumbling and waiting for me to catch her, no moves across the border.

Nothing.

I had hoped you'd see my face

And that you'd be reminded that for me, it isn't over

TBC...