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Daypaw

Windclan Apprentice

His ember eyes watched her slightly, Daypaw felt his cheeks heating up a bit at her comment. Shaking his head, his large paw went to rub the back of his head awkwardly. “Um no, a lovely dame like you is capable of looking after herself.” The ginger tom muttered but opened his mouth slightly at his words, that certainly came out a way that she didn’t expect as he didn’t expect it as well. The Abyssinian molly could certainly take care of herself, as she had stunned Daypaw when tackling him. The Windclan tom watched her facial expression for a moment before coughing awkwardly and nodding along to her words, as he certainly wasn’t going to say anything further to embarrass himself in front of the pretty molly. Great, what a start to his apprenticeship.. The ginger tom knew that his brother was better with communicating than him, but now that they weren’t spending every moment together, Daypaw needed to learn how to not be completely awkward on his own.

Great Starclan! It seemed like he was appearing to be rude once more when looking back at his territory as Beakpaw assumed that he wanted to leave “I’m sorry, didn’t mean to make you assume that, was just thinking for a moment.” Daypaw said, as he had debated on finding the squirrel for her.. But it was probably long gone into the moors, plus he would probably get an earful from his father if the Windclan deputy learned that his son purposely chased a piece of prey back to an enemy clan for a fellow apprentice. His posture straightened as a grin appeared on his face, however his muscles felt slightly sore from that tackle “I know, I’m gonna have to get Quiethawk to check to see if I’m capable of doing my duties.. I don’t think that I’ll be the same ever again.” Daypaw lightly teased, as he didn’t seem to mind being bested by her. It was a learning experience, and it was an accident between the pretty molly and him so he didn’t take it personally.

“It’s been a good start! My mentor and I were just exploring the moors for a bit, she wanted to show me the best places to hunt along with finding the best spots to pick moss for our nests.” Daypaw grinned, as he had listened to every word that Speckledcloud had said as Daypaw wanted to be the best warrior that he could be for Windclan. The apprentice wanted to make his family proud of him, as his parents were extremely hard workers themselves “Although, it’s quite an adjustment from living in the nursery to the apprentice’s den.. But in a good way, I just need to find a new place for my collection of things.” Daypaw said with a bashful smile on his face, as he was known to be quite a collector of items that he found within Windclan camp as a kit. The ginger tom had collected small items from pebbles, to weird looking leaves. Once his father brought a couple of shells from Riverclan territory after asking a Riverclan apprentice to toss some at the Windclan border so he could bring them home to Daypaw and Pinepaw. Looking towards her, a polite smile appeared on his face “How have you been liking training? You’ve been an apprentice for long?” He questioned her, giving her his full attention.

A snort of amusement escaped him, as his ember eyes shined in delight. Beakpaw was certainly quite the personality, he liked that a lot. The molly was certainly different from other she-cats that were around their age, as the closest interactions he had from she-cats were Desertstar’s daughters who were boy-crazy like Cactuskit or extremely shy and fragile like Desertkit. “I’ll make sure if I find that squirrel that it’ll know you send your regards.” The ginger tom said as he beckoned his head towards the direction of the Windclan territory. Arching his eyebrow, he thought for a moment about his answer before nodding in agreement “It’s quite peaceful to sleep under the stars, less noise travel of the sound of snoring from my peers.” He explained, as Daypaw probably would have gone crazy with Lightpaw’s snoring if they were in the den. The silver tabby snored loudly which annoyed him. Tilting his head slightly towards her, the tom watched her for a moment “Why don’t you try it sometime? Sleep under the stars one night, I promise it’ll be worth it.” Daypaw sincerely said towards her, as he usually was very open-minded to trying new things.. Hence his overwhelming collection.

“Oh?” Daypaw said, his mouth parted slightly as he didn’t expect such a blunt question from Beakpaw. The tip of his ears were warm for a moment as he looked at her “I hope that’s not a bad thing, being too much of a gentleman?” He chuckled awkwardly but shook his head in amusement. His parents had taught him manners, mostly as he and his brother were more around their mother since their father was attending to his deputy duties. Tinyflame was quite a protective mother, as she hadn’t even let them leave the nursery when the black liquid was around the territory. Plus growing up closely with Desertstar’s children taught him to be respectful as they were always quite curious about Pinepaw and Daypaw’s antics “I was taught to treat others on how I would like to be treated, as kindness goes a long way.. My mother explained that we don’t know others’ stories, so it’s best to try and be nice until there’s a reason not to.” The ginger tom explained to her, telling her about how he grew up. His parents did tell him that it was okay to express himself, as sometimes showed that he was the child of Tinyflame and Hailgaze by showing off the fire or ice personality that both of his parents had. Listening to her name, he grinned “Beakpaw.. I like the name.” He said before lowering his head to dip his head in greetings to her, but also to prevent her from seeing the blush on his face “Nice to meet you Beak, you’re quite an adorable gal yourself.” He returned the playful wink towards her, his ember eyes shining.