As God Intended

Chapter 11/ Unconditional Love

Biting into a warm and freshly cooked fish, Mikah licks his lips as he hummed with approval
"Wow Denz, even with one arm, your cooking skills ain't lacking"

The two sat shoulder to shoulder but before Denzel could eat, he watched Mikah take his first bite. Liking the compliment he received when the other looked at him. The chipmunk felt his stomach grow lighter as he instinctively leaned in and kissed Mikah's lips. The sudden action was surprising and of course made him jump but he moved his head away slowly then looked at the other with a raised brow
"What was that for?"

"Thank you for saving my life"
The chipmunk huffed as he was reminded that he was crippled at the moment but smiled since he had been wanting to repay that kiss from Valentine for awhile now.
"So...how's about we discuss a plan on finding the rest of the group, huh?"

Mikah halts himself from taking another bite from his food so he could speak
"Don't worry Denz, I'm certain them folks are fine- like I said before, we caught the worst of it"

The rodent lifted his left knee so he could rest his uninhibited arm and ponder but scoffs as he spoke again
"Doesn't quite answer my question- how are we gonna find them?"

Mikah raised a brow as he continues to eat, taking a moment while eyeing Denzel who did the same to the feline, he swallows then speaks
"For starters, why don't you worry about healing a bit more first- if they care about us, they'll come looking. Honestly I think that's the least they could do for us considering what we risked for them"

"That ain't exactly fair, Mikah"
Denzel glared but wasn't phasing the feline in the slightest as he rebuttals
"What is fair, Denz? We literally got shot at by a dozen lawmen and killed just as many... we stuck out our necks-majorly, you don't think the least they could do is come look for us"

The rodent tried to keep a calm tone but frustration was starting to show in his face
"For what it worth, I thought you were incredible"

"Don't-huh? Oh...well thank you, you weren't half bad yourself....well till you got shot"
Mikah goes back to eating after saying his piece but even after that

"Fuck you"
Denzel shoves the feline who keeps eating even after almost dropping his fish

While chewing, the feline looks down at the half eaten fish as he spoke again- spitting out a bone
"Im not surprised by your bravery, you seem like the type~ not scared at all, even when you were dying...you were smiling"

"Was I? Heheh, that's a little strange"
Denzel turned his head away, slightly sheepish but only for a moment as he hears Mikah's voice again
"Strange? No- more like frightening, I haven't heard someone laugh like that in that type of scenario since my brother"

Denzel perked up after hearing this
"You have a brother?"

The cat nods without looking at the other, finishing up his fish before tossing the stick elsewhere- spiting out a few bones before he spoke
"Twelve of them, I'm the youngest"

"Yer Parents were sure as hell busy"
Denzel getting more information on the feline was actually intriguing to say the least, the other wasn't too fond of talking about himself all too much.
"Why would you leave that much of your family behind?"

"Because my brothers were some cock suckin' bastards, trust me, our relationship wasn't like yours and Vincent's...as much as I wish it was sometimes"
The feline gets up and makes his way over to Denzel, taking a seat beside him. The two sat there for awhile in silence as they watched the fire die down until there was nothing left to burn and it goes out, smoke rising up to the air.