Hunting For More Than Just Birds

Tadashi stood up and stretched with his tail flicking slowly back and forth. He thought about what she was saying but he just couldn't focus on himself. For better or worse he was still going to worry about them. Secretly he was planning to just try to hide it better if he could. Not a healthy decision to be sure, but who said he knew what he was doing?

As for dealing with things on their own he wasn't a stranger to that idea. "I guess I can try to just let you deal with your stuff. But only if you promise you'll let me know if you need help." Tadashi had a determined look in his eyes. No way was he going to abandon his sibling but if they truly needed to do some things on their own he could probably accept that.

Finally Tadashi perked up at the prospect of hunting something with Shiro. Or several somethings if possible. It was hard to share a mouse between two cats. It didn't even occur to him that Shiro might not want to eat their kills. With a gleam in his eye he looked around the area they had been sitting in. His ears twitched a little and he sniffed around but alas there was no hint of prey just then. "Well looks like we scared all the stuff away. Let's be sneaky and go find some more things to chase. Just follow for now if that's what you want."

With that Tadashi turned and slinked into the bushes and grass, keeping low and quiet. Listening and looking and smelling for anything they could hunt. As always his preference was mostly for mice but if Shiro liked birds he supposed it would be ok to see if they could find any. It was night though so it wasn't likely they would find too many of them out and about

Tadashi definitely noted that Shiro refused to promise to let him know if she needed help. He was pretty sure he understood why but it still really bothered him. It meant that he couldn't just rely on Shiro to tell him if things went bad. She either didn't think she needed or didn't want his help.

For the time being though he had to just shrug that concern off and focus on having a good time. They could still do that and maybe it would help them feel more like siblings eventually too. As he snuck quietly through the grass he noticed that Shiro wasn't quiet as good at avoiding noise while stalking around. It was probably something only a cat with great senses would have noticed but it was there. She was definitely a little rusty but all in all she wasn't terrible.

Except for her occasionally batting Tadashi's tail. Rather than be upset at it though he was enjoying the playfulness. It was rare that he actually got to hunt with anyone, let alone his siblings. If he hadn't been dead set on actually scoring some prey he would have turned and tackled her. Then the game would have really been on.

After a while he slowed down and looked off to the left. Rather than seeing he was listening to the rustle of something in the grass. It smelled like.... yes a nice juicy mouse! His tail flicked a few times as he crouched and then without further hesitation he dove off into the bush. Unlike Shiro he had never really stopped hunting. Slowed down for sure with having the cafeteria for sure, but he still felt like a cat in so many ways. With precision he pounced on the mouse and it never had a chance.

Instead of eating it however he turned and offered it to Shiro. "Here, you can have this one and then I'll have the next one. You feel up to being the one to get it?"

Tadashi watched Shiro poke at the mouse before deciding to actually eat it. It was a good thing he hadn't tried to give her a live one. It would have probably got away. Still she did eventually eat it.

Even better Shiro seemed to take to hunting her own prey as well. Tadashi quietly let her take the lead and shadowed her. She was doing ok. Her stealth needed more work but it wasn't too bad. Except she missed her pounce. Then when she came back she was completely soaked.

Tadashi couldn't help but laugh at her. As much as cats hated to get wet they did always look ridiculous when they did. He was so glad he hadn't followed her blindly into the bushes. "Y-you know if you wanted to go fishing you could have said so," Tadashi continued laughing. He pulled himself together to eat the mouse though when she set it down. No reason to waste a mouse even if it was a little damp.