Owner: Chanceuxcat
Name: RC's Partner in Crime // Valen
(His name Valen, is almost as in Valentine. It means strong and I found it fitting for this loving boy <3)Gender: Male
Prompt:Valen watched them all fall in love in confusion and a twinge of sadness. First his brother, then his two younger sisters. All of them left home with a mate and returned during the holidays with kittens. That was the life of a show cat of course, what they all expected Valen to do as well.
It's not that Valen had never been on dates. His flashy coat had caught the attention of many a she-cats. He never asked them out, but he didn't turn them down when they asked him. He thought maybe, just maybe, he would fall in love with one eventually. He enjoyed every date, and would always go on a second and third one. But then they would eventually lean in to touch noses with him in a kiss. Valen would pretend he didn't see them at first, but after several more dates, he'd have to tell them no. He didn't like them in that way. But he should, shouldn't he? Valen has to have kittens but he'll need to find a female mate for that.
His crushes made it even more confusing because they were always on... well, they were always on
male cats. His sister would remark, "that tom is pretty cute." And Valen would think,
yeah, he is. He never let them know though as there was always the expectation from his family. He would find a nice she-cat, settle down, and have some kittens.
So Valen thought love was stupid as he grew up. Because if he couldn't fall in love with a female cat, and males were out of the question, then surely it didn't exist for him. And that made him mad, but more than that it made him sad, watching his siblings all seem happier while he was forever alone.
Then he met
Casper. The ghost-like cat, fur a brilliant bright white, bumped into Valen on one of his spirit hunts. Valen was sitting, overwhelmed by his loneliness, on the top of an old stone wall. This was his favorite place to go, the old ruins of what once was a human house or a castle or something. It reminded him of himself, in a way. Broken and lost.
“Hi up there!” the white cat called. Valen snapped out of his thoughts and looked down.
“Hello. Are you lost?”
“Ha! No, I’m exactly where I want to be. I’m looking for spirits.”
Valen cocked his head, regarding Casper with a small smile. Surely this cat was joking. Well, Valen could play along.
“Oh you are? Well, let me know if you find any,” he said, about to turn away.
“Wait! You look like you could use some adventure. Would you like to come with me?” Casper asked.
Valen hesitated. Should he go with this handsome tom? He was certain a crush was beginning to form. “Sure,” he said finally. Even if he couldn’t fall in love with the tom and they would never be mates, they could still be friends. Friends… that would have to be good enough.
Although the two hadn't found any spirits that night (unsurprising to Valen), he had found something better. They continued meeting each other almost everyday and Valen grew more and more attached to the tom.
Could this be?... no. Valen dismisses the thought after several weeks. He couldn't be in love, especially not with a Tom. What would his parents think?
“So,” Casper says, after another failed (but fun) mission, “would you like to make it official? I’m free this weekend.”
“What do you mean?” Valen asks, heart pounding. Is Casper… asking him out?
Casper shrugs. “Well, I really like being around you and I get the feeling- well I get the feeling you like being around me too. So I was wondering if you’d like to go out with me.”
Valen stares at him, opening his mouth to speak. But nothing comes out.
“It’s ok if you don’t want to! I- I may have read some signals wrong,” Casper adds quickly with a small nervous laugh.
“No, it’s just that- well, I... we... we can’t be together. Not in that way. I really like you but… well, my parents expect me to have kittens. And we… we couldn’t.”
“So? I don’t care if I have kittens. Not if… well, I really like you Valen.”
Valen’s taken aback. Not having kittens… he never thought about it before. He had always thought he’d have a loveless mateship, with a few kittens just as his parents expected. But what if… what if he didn’t have to?
“You… you lo-, I mean, you like me?”
Casper smiles, a red blush appearing on his cheeks, and steps forward. “Actually, I think... I love you.”
Valen leans forward and presses his nose against Casper’s in a kiss. He feels himself smiling. Maybe this love thing… maybe it is for him. Maybe he won’t have to be alone. And maybe…
he’s in love.
“I love you too Casper.”
Love isn’t stupid anymore for Valen. He can love toms. He can love Casper. And everything suddenly seems ok, no matter what his parents might think.
He falls asleep every night curled up with Casper. With his mate. With his love.
(871 words, 920 w/song descriptions below)
Radio Friendly Pop Song <-- This song really encapsulates everything Valen feels from the beginning to the end <3 (and is just an awesome song!)La Da Dee <-- How Valen feels when he thinks about his mate <3Freedom <-- The way Valen feels finally accepting and being proud of who he is and who he loves!
Better quality? Maybe lol
