physiotherapy | awsten knight

7: halloween

October 31st, 6 weeks before the incident

Cosima rang the bell at Awsten's apartment at exactly 7:30pm. She wore her hair down and a thin black trench coat covered her outfit.

Awsten buzzed her in seconds later and greeted her at his door. Cosima squealed when she saw his, now silver, hair.

"That's so cool! You look so good!", she praised excitedly.

The rest of his outfit consisted of a black long sleeve shirt over a white turtleneck, paired with silver gloves, black pants and white boots. Also, the stubble that Cosima liked on him a lot, was grown out too.

"Ah, thank you so much!", he replied while he let her in.

She gave him a quick hug when she was inside and she dropped her tote bag that contained her clothes for the sleepover.

He was a little taken aback, but didn't mind it and quickly returned her gesture with a small squeeze around her waist.

That's when he got a good look at her face for the first time that night. Her cheek had silver stripes painted on it that resembled war-paint, just like Princess Kida. She undid the tie on her coat and let it flow open. Awsten briefly checked out her outfit; she wore a turquoise stone crystal as a necklace and a light blue bandeau top, like the character, and she paired it with black high waisted jeans. It was simple, but effective.

"I love the face paint and the outfit. Very nice.", he complimented her.

"Oh thanks! I originally didn't plan on wearing jeans with this but I would be afraid of getting harrassed if I wore a skirt.", Cosima laughed, only half-joking.

"I mean, I don't know all of Madison's friends, but I hope that they wouldn't.", Awsten replied and led her to the living room.

"If I learned one thing, it's to never trust men.", she stated. Awsten sent her a sympathetic look, but felt like it was his cue to drop the topic.

"You can put your stuff in here. I already prepared the couch for you.", Awsten told her and motioned over to it.

There, Jet was laying on the pillow Awsten had set up for Cosima, along with a nice blanket.

"Oh thanks so much! You didn't have to do that, I could have helped", she thanked him, "And is that your cat? It's so cute!", she gushed afterwards and carefully crouched down next to Jet.

"Yeah, that's Jet. She's my baby. You can pet her if you want to.", Awsten offered and watched as the girl softly placed her hand behind his cat's ears and stroked her.

Jet purred quietly and leaned her head stronger against the palm of Cosima's hand. She melted right there on the spot.

"Oh, she's adorable, hi angel.", she cooed.

"Honestly, she's like a dog. Most cats get moody out of nowhere, but Jet doesn't. And she loves every little bit of attention she gets. It's never enough.", Awsten told her while sitting down on the sofa and leaning over to Jet, to stroke her back.

"Oh, she's in heaven. Look.", Cosima pointed out when Jet closed her eyes and stretched.

Awsten dragged out a high-pitched aaaww and nuzzled his face into her fur and gave her a kiss on the belly.