History HoYay / Warriorcats

* Mothwing and Leafpool, dubbed “Mothpool” by their fans, is arguably the most popular female same-sex pairing in the entire fandom.

* ''A Shadow in [[=RiverClan=]]'' gives us both Feathertail/Sasha and Feathertail/Ferncloud. The former involves the two of them bonding over feeling like outsiders in their Clan [[spoiler: and quickly falls apart when Feathertail finds out who Sasha’s former mate was]], while the latter is decidedly less angsty and just involves two childhood friends catching up with each other [[spoiler: with Feathertail even defending Ferncloud from her own Clanmates when they try to bully her over a piece of prey]].

* Tallstar and Jake, especially after Kate Cary said that Tallstar never took a mate or kits and that his heart would always belong “to his Jake.”

* Ravenpaw and Barley can very easily read as this. Victoria Holmes even stated that they loved their life together and Ravenpaw never regretted leaving [[=ThunderClan=]] to be with him.

* Leafpool has some {{Romantic Two Girl Friendship}}s with Sorreltail, Mothwing, and Cody that can easily be seen as this.
** Mothwing also has ''massive'' amounts of LesYay right back at Leafpool, as well as some with Willowshine and possibly even Leopardstar.

* [[HeterosexualLifePartners Barley and Ravenpaw]] are two toms that live together in an abandoned barn, having little interaction with other cats. When they do see other cats, they act like a married couple. The amount of Ho Yay between them can get pretty surprising, considering it's a series for pre-teens about talking cats. Even fans that ''hate'' male/male pairings ship these two, or at least recognize the possibility. That's saying something.
** It's also worth noting that the author once said that she envisions Ravenpaw and Barley like a married couple. And once remarked that they are perfectly happy without any girls to boss them around. Yeah.
** In ''Ravenpaw's Farewell'', Barley's niece asks the two if they have any kits. Ravenpaw awkwardly responds, "Er, no."
** In the same book, after [[spoiler:they fight and get separated, then are reunited]], the two act like an old couple getting over [[spoiler:a fight.]]
** ''Ravenpaw's Farewell'' is basically a beautiful, joyful, crazy tearjerking celebration of Ravenpaw and Barley's lives together and their love for each other. [[spoiler:They fight, they make up, they stand by each other, Barley cares for Ravenpaw as he's dying of liver cancer. At the end, Ravenpaw says that he regrets nothing, because his life with Barley has made him happier than he thought a cat could be. He declines a place in [=StarClan=] in favor of a place where he and Barley can be together -- and as he dies peacefully on his paw, swears they'll meet again one day.]]

* Poolcloud and Nettlespot's relationship in "Yellowfang's Secret" contains quite a bit of LesYay.
* Firestar/Graystripe; there is so very, ''very'' much of it, the final chapter of ''Forest of Secrets'' being ''especially'' noteworthy

* Brambleclaw/Hawkfrost. Brambleclaw jeopardizes his relationship with Squirrelflight because he spends too much time with Hawkfrost. And then when things get patched up between them, ''he still meets Hawkfrost in secret''.
** Unlike [[EveryoneIsRelated most of the couples here]], these two are [[BrotherSisterIncest half-siblings...]]. Yeah...

* Ah, let's face it, there is Ho Yay ''everywhere'' in ''Literature/WarriorCats''. Not in the least because the fans interpret every single [[HeterosexualLifePartners same-sex friendship]] this way.
** Hey, TruthInTelevision: Some cats are just extremely cuddly.
** Hilariously, the authors have said that the only "serious" topics they won't cover, because "they won't fit into the ''Warriors'' world very well," are [[DrugsAreBad drugs]] and...gay relationships. Uh, guys, I hate to break it to you, but...
*** What the authors meant, probably, was that they wouldn't write {{Gayngst}} or get tied up in plotlines like 'Oh, I love him! But he's a tom! ''How can this be''!'. As shown by Kate Cary's recent confirmation of [[WordOfGay Tallstar/Jake]] as canon, they're fine with portraying gay relationships, but they don't want to use being gay as a source of drama or discuss it in canon.
*** Well when someone asked Vicky outright on her facebook if Jake and Tallstar were together, she mentioned something about how there are certain things you just can't do in kids' literature in this day and age, and also basically said "I can neither confirm nor deny". Which makes it seem like yes, they are a couple, and the reason it isn't more overt is that ExecutiveMeddling will always get in the way of canon gay relationships.

* Tallstar and Jake in ''Tallstar's Revenge''. They have a lot of physical contact, especially considering that platonic friends touch a lot less in recent books, Talltail loves Jake's son as if he were his own, and [[spoiler:when he receives his nine lives, Tallstar even says that he loves Jake.]]
** It helps that one of the Erins has stated that Tallstar never took a mate or had kits and that [[spoiler:when he dies Jake is the one to guide him to [=StarClan=] when with most other cats it's a mate or family member.]]
** Not to mention that one of the Erins stated that the reason Tallstar never took a mate was because "his heart always belonged to his Jake."

** In ''Ravenpaw's Farewell'', Violet asks the two if they have any kits. Ravenpaw awkwardly responds, "Er, no." While it's presumable that she meant individually, it's understandable why Ravenpaw felt so awkward.

** ''Ravenpaw's Farewell'' is basically a beautiful, joyful, crazy tearjerking celebration of Ravenpaw and Barley's lives together and their love for each other. [[spoiler:They fight, they make up, they stand by each other, Barley cares for Ravenpaw as he's dying of liver cancer. At the end, Ravenpaw says that he regrets nothing, because his life with Barley has made him happier than he thought a cat could be. He declines a place in [=StarClan=] in favor of a place where he and Barley can be together -- and as he dies peacefully on his paw, swears they'll be meet again one day.]]

*** What the authors meant, probably, was that they wouldn't write {{Gayngst}} or get tied up in plotlines like 'Oh, I love him! But he's a tom! ''How can this be''!'. As shown by Kate Cary's recent confirmation of [[WordOfGay Tallstar/Jake]] as canon, they're fine with portraying gay
relationships, but they don't want to use being gay as a source of drama or discuss it in canon.