Eunoia 2 [{V.H}]

6

Vinnie

"Mewr."

I frown in a half asleep state and rollaway from the sound of Hera meowing near by.

Of course the crazy shit head would be crying at 3 in the morning when I finally got to sleep. After Kitty fell asleep, I was able to sneak out of bed somehow, and go downstairs to sit in front of my computer. By the time I realized that I had sat in front of the screen for four hours, it was two in the morning.

Halfway through my time alone, I got a phone call from Alex; asking if Kitty was doing okay. While I talked to him, I went up and checked on Her. She was laid fast asleep in bed, Hera curled up against her side, and of course Finch was wide awake in his crate.

I took the dog back downstairs with me, and let him sit with me so he didn't want Kitty up. Honestly, I'm surprised he didn't in the first place with the way he whined when he saw me come in through the doorway.

Alex talked my ear off, telling me all about how everyone was worried about us, especially Kitty and her disheveled state, which pissed me off. At least she got dressed today, asshole.

The last couple of weeks have been absolute hell for me. Seeing such an upbeat person not wanting to even get out of bed anymore; its tearing me apart. I miss her dancing in the kitchen, the random art activities, and the wild conversations we'd have- because now she barely even speaks. But When she does, it's in short bursts, where we'll have a single conversation maybe once or twice a day, the rest is one worded answers from her and silent bodily gestures.

She's obviously not in any sort of state to do anything or go anywhere. So, I've been trying to prolong her break from doing any work, I've stalled it as long as I could- and I know Jett is trying to help as well, but I know it's only a matter of time before she's put into the new lab.

"Mewr."

I huff at the sound of my cat meowing again and fly up to a sitting position to scold her for trying to wake up Kitty, to find Kitty is already awake. Hera looks up at me from a seated position beside Kitty's face, and she meows again- making me realize it was my attention that she was trying to get.

I sit up further, and get a glimpse of Kitty's tear streaked face and wide open eyes, making my heart sink.

Shit.

I quickly turn over and switch on my bedside lamp before sitting up on my knees beside Kitty as she breathes raggedly.

"Hey hey." I greet her softly while I pick up Hera and move her to the other side of the bed. "I'm right here."

I hate this. I hate how I don't know what to do when this happens. She always looks just as terrified as I feel. It's like my subconscious is scared that she'll get stuck in that half awake state where she can't move, even though I know that that's not possible... is it?

I take her face into my hands and quickly wipe the tears from her cheeks, "You're okay. Just breathe Cherry."

Hera pushes her way into the mix again, coming over Kitty to meow over her face, but Kitty doesn't tear her wide eyes from mine.

"I love you." I whisper over her struggle, "and Youre safe, okay?"

Wait- would that grounding thing that Alex did help in a situation like this? Probably not from the looks of it. It's almost like she scared to look away from me, so maybe...

"You need to wake yourself up." I explain quickly, "So can you try to wiggle your toes?"

But she doesn't even need to, because she suddenly springs up, almost knocking me back when she crashes her body into mine.