Just A Monster (KP FIC)

5

Who knew a fight with a hound and a massacre of a slime pup would cause so much trouble?

Despite the situation both Panther and I were in, we managed to get away unharmed with the help of some other goos that chased away the slime hounds. Now we were standing above the rotted corpse of the lime slime pup I had eaten hours ago.

"Ok, I think we can guess already who did this." Kaiju uttered with a flick of their tail before turning their attention to Panther, the others following their gaze. I shifted in my standing position, sweat ran down my forehead as I looked over to Panther who stood with their arms crossed.

"What? I was hungry." They said. I hadn't expected them to cover for me just like that. If they had said otherwise everyone would start to grow suspicious yet concerned. Everyone had decided to leave the situation alone and go there separate ways, leaving me and Panther alone with the bloody mess. I stood feeling eager to ask why they had covered for me like that.

"Welp, I'm outta here. Nice knowin ya." Panther retorted. They began making their way towards caves again despite the hounds having fled deeper into it. I turn to face them.

"Wait!" I called after them. They paused in their stance and turned towards me, a brow raised. I lowered my ears and tail while standing in a stiff posture.

"Why did you uh... Cover for me like that?" I ask in a mutter. Panther lashed their tail side to side and constricted their pupils, turning their entire body to face me.

"Man I don't know." They said, a sharp tone smoothing over their voice. I gave them a confused glare. Why would they cover for me and then insist that they didn't know why? I didn't want to bombard them with multiple questions though so I just sighed and gave them a warm smile. 

"Thank you, Panther." I say at last. They only shrugged it off and left, leaving me truly alone. I couldn't even feel sad about being alone. It's what I've wanted for a while. Alas my belly feeling satisfied and those voices finally having gone, I made my way back to the cafeteria with a long smile painting my face.

~

Upon making it back to the cafeteria. Nothing crazy had happened. Just Sprinklekit scolding me again about my lack of assistance around the cafe and me disappearing all the time. I can't say it wasn't true though, this new 'diet' was making me distant to those closest to me and on top of that I had voices inside my head. Maybe I needed a therapist? I shook away the thought and continued to offer help to Sprinklekit working the cafe. All they really needed was more food from the freezer which I hated. Gootraxians nearly die when in the cold and they insist I go in anyway. I eventually brought everything they needed and slumped onto the boxes out of exhaustion.

"Tired already?" Sprinkle said likely with the most shitty attitude. I looked up at them with a feeling of paper bags under my eye lids. 

"You did make me drag 3 frozen cold boxes in here." I growled lightly before pushing my face back down onto the steel boxes. How do these things get so cold.

"And I have to sit behind a counter feeding gootraxians that can't feed themselves 12 hours a day." They were clearly being sarcastic. I rolled my eyes and turned away from them. They settled for a loud sigh before ripping open one of the boxes and throwing a bunch of wrapped treats out of it.

"I think you got the wrong box by the way." They snickered. I groaned and held my head up, spitting in their face.

"EW WHAT THE FUCK?!" They shouted while rolling over the ground and wiping it off with their hands. I instantly flipped my head back and began laughing non stop as they cried over the wet saliva dripping from their muzzle.

"THAT'S GROSS!" They hollered again. I wiped a tear from my eyes and wiped their face off with my own hand.

"There. Better?" I said with a small wheeze. 

"Fuck you." They replied with the nastiest frown on their face. Aka; attitude. I wasn't about to feed their bullshit today so I just pulled them a bit closer to me and continue stroking their face with my thumb.

"You look so cute when your angry." I cooed. They look away from me in response. Even though I was making some terrible changes in my life, I felt like everything had remained the same. I was still happily living in the cafeteria with Sprinklekit despite knowing I was destroying my trust with them bit by bit. I didn't want to think about these enticing things right now though. 

"Jeez alright that's enough!" Sprinklekit blurted while pushing me away from them. They returned to the box yet again and sorted out different meals. 

"Wipe that stupid ass grin off your face." They warned, throwing one of the ice cold treats towards me which I easily avoided. 

"Watch it! Your gonna break a bone." I refuted. They only mouthed words to them self. I stood up and nudged them a bit before leaning against the counter with multiple platters of different foods, all sorted and separated from one another. I decided to pick up a taco and grip it into my paws. I felt tempted to take a bite out of it but then again I had already switched up my appetite. I lifted the taco up to my muzzle and took a whiff of it. My nose wrinkled and my lips curled and revealed my teeth. Gross. I placed the taco back onto the platter, hesitating to slide the entire thing off the counter along with the other treats. I retreated to the darker side of the room and rested my body on the ground, a sigh of relief accompanied the wave of relaxation I had just endured. I didn't want to await until I was hungry again. things would only take a turn for the worst from there. So finally, for the first time in forever, running around killing slime pups, fighting slime hounds, and slipping on and off of crystals. I relaxed. And slept..