Eunoia 2 [{V.H}]

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This chapter is triggering.

Kitty

We both couldn't sleep.

So we sat in bed all night silently in each other's company for the first time in a long time.

All of my energy and emotions were gone and I couldn't cry anymore, I just want to lay in bed again, but Vinnie asked if he could draw a bath for me. So now im sitting in our claw foot tub, with my legs pulled up to my chest and my hair pooled down in the steaming water.

Everything I thought I knew was wrong.

I don't move when Vinnie comes back into the bathroom, carrying a towel in his arms, and he frowns slightly. I watch him walk across the room to set the towel down on the closed toilet and then he comes over to sit on the floor beside the bathtub, the heavy silence making him pick at his fingers and rings.

We sit in the quiet for a couple minutes, so I look away from him, closing my eyes to think about how he's beside me for a minute until he breaks the silence by humming softly to himself as he leans his head against the side of the ceramic tub.

I recognize the tune instantly, and turn my head in reaction, listening and watching him hum quietly until he sings out loud, "Monday, Monday so good to me."

I lean against the tub as well, and listen to him sing the entire song quietly, it being the first time I've ever heard him sing unprovoked on his own, and when he's done, he sits up off the tub and kisses the top of my head since I'm within his reach.

I turn slightly, so I can see him fully and tell him, "I love you."

He leans forward, his chest pressed against the lip this time with his face inches from mine so he can whisper his words back to me against my lips, "I love you more."

I kiss him briefly, softly, and pull away. He watches me with sad eyes, as I sink back into myself, but he doesn't initiate anything more, instead he lets me know, "I've got a zoom meeting with Kent around 6."

That's good timing.

I nod my head and turn away from him, leaning against the tub, but he continues with his mouth near my ear. "I think you should take it."

I don't look at him, but I respond with a slight hesitation, "No thanks."

"Kitty..."

"Cherry." I correct him in a joking tone but he remains serious.

"I know it was to get our attention... but you still shot a hole into our ceiling last night." He leans over the tub and moves my damp hair out of my eyes, "That wasn't... that wasn't like you."

I sigh heavily and tell him honestly, my eyes staying unfocused, "I don't feel like talking to Kent right now."

Vinnie goes quiet for a moment but then slowly asks, "Will you talk to me?"

I swallow and curl up in the water, bringing my legs back to my chest, "I'm fine."

"That's not what I asked." Vinnie responds, sounding a little more desperate and I can see him shift with anxiety beside me, "I just need to know that you're not-" he cuts himself off.

I sit up off the tub wall, and look him in the face, my brows pulling together, "Im not going anywhere." I flicker my eyes between his own, "I promise."

Emotionally or physically.

He clenches his jaw, and gives me a slow nod so I sink back into my position that I was before, finding comfort in it.