Stilettos and thigh highs

Chapter 7: fleeting love

Angels pov:

My body ached when I woke up, my bones felt bruised and beaten and my mouth tasted like vomit.
In the back of my mind I could hear light snoring coming from my bedside, I felt paralyzed throughout my body, I was tired and dazed lying in bed with no motivation left in me to get up, my eyes couldn't stay open, I felt like I could pass out at any second.
It felt as if my confidence had been punched out of my body and what was left was an empty vessel of a body.

I turned my head to the side to see a familiar feline laying on the ground with one of my blankets wrapped around him tightly, nuggets had started trying to crawl under the blanket with husk, nuzzling into the soft cats fur.

"H..usk..?" My voice was raspy and hoarse, it echoed throughout the silenced room, only being accompanied by soft snores.

"Hus..k?" My voice had cleared slightly causing the shorter figure to be startled, jolting awake at the sound of my voice.

"Fuck.. you're awake." Husk looked at me with concern, something I had never noticed before coming from him.
He rose from the floor and I heard his back crack as he adjusted his posture, I was laying on my side looking at him slowly moving towards the bed.
I flinched at the sound of my bed squeaking underneath him.

"What did you do to me last night..?"
I softly spoke, concern costed my voice as my head throbbed against my pillow, I hadn't remembered getting into bed let alone let husk into my room.

"You passed out after getting here.."husk paused.

"I.. I couldn't just leave you to rot."

"You are fucking destroying yourself, do you not care?!" Husk slightly raised his voice at me.

"Why should I care? For that matter why do you care?!" I retorted at him with all the energy I had left in my body.

"Because i can't stand to see you hurt yourself like this anymore!" Husks eyes clouded over when he looked at me, was he crying?
Husk paused Briefly "you think I don't notice that fake, cocky act you cover yourself with?!"
"Fine! What if it's an act! You do the same but I don't get on your ass for being a dick!" I blurted out.
"If you want help.. come find me you know where I am."
Husk got up from his spot and walked over to the door.
"Husk..husk wait!" I cried begging him to stay with me.
"What?!" Husk yelled from across the room.
"Please... please don't leave me!" Tears welled up in my eyes as I held my hand out to him, the others holding up the blanket to my chest, almost as if I was protecting myself with a thin layer of cotton.
Husk stopped and turned around to face me, I tried to regain balance and stand up to walk over to him but quickly fell to the floor.
Husk rushed over with a worried look on his face , offering his hand to help me get off the floor.
"I'm sorry.." I choked out in a sob.
"Get back in bed, I'll stay with you." Husk was reassuring and comforting, helping me get back in bed and covering me back up with blankets, even getting me water, I had never felt this type of affection before from someone and it felt like I was for once being taken care of instead of taking care of others feelings and well-being's.

Husk sat next to my bed in a hanging pink chair, one that me and nuggets would snuggle up in while I was doing mundane tasks.
"Husk.. can you come here?" I asked quietly, my throat still burning and hoarse.
I patted the other side of the bed with my hand and Husk shuffled over to sit down.
I gently grabbed his hand and intertwined his fingers between mine, his soft paws made me feel safe.
Slowly after I drifted asleep, put at ease by the gentle feline by my side.

When I woke up husk had fallen asleep aswell, laying beside me, almost spooning my lanky body and kneading my chest fur between gentle claw strokes.
He had soft snores like this morning that sounded so sweet and endearing, it was unusual to think of him so aggressive behind a bar and so vulnerable and cute when he was sleeping.
I payed there for what felt like hours, mesmerized by his soft purring as he slept. He looked beautiful.. I almost wanted to kiss him.

I felt troubled by myself, my thinking, I thought of him as a friend, someone that occasionally I would talk to on late nights.. but now I felt as if I wanted to embrace him and cuddle with him on those same long nights, baths together and breakfast in bed once in a while.
The last time I felt this way was when I signed the contract with Valentino, I was worried if I did any of those things with husk it would turn out the same way as what happened with Val.
He started off so nice, he took care of me, got me out of the streets and gave me a liveable income.
Everything was perfect until he started to get angry, I just believed he had a long day.. days.. long week.. until he would come home everyday like that.

He had turned into something I couldn't recognize anymore.

I was terrified husk would do the same to me, leave me when I needed him the most.

In the moment I just cherished his body up against mine, snuggling up even closer because I knew that all good things would come to an end.

Edit: that may or may not be foreshadowing
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