(Neko's POV)
I walked into the house again after an hour or so of walking around the city doing random stuff...
I walked into the living room to find everybody invested in some type of show... It's animated, I think it's called Jujutsu Kaisen, or whatever...
...
Man I'm scared.
Scared for tomorrow.
It's not that I WANT to do this, it's just a condition that I have since I'm... Neko.
See, my life has a condition, or a requirement that forces me to... End myself after a set period of time so I can switch universes.
HOWEVER... If something were to make it physically impossible for me to do such act... Well, the condition would be broken, and I would no longer have to suffer.
Although that's not happening any time soon.
Sorry, Catnap...
I somewhat expected Catnap or Dogday to look at me, but they never did... Weird...
I brushed it off and decided to head upstairs, I wanted to get a nice look at our bedroom before everything unfolded, this would be the last time I see everything after all...
...
I'm gonna miss this place.
Time Skip
After a while of taking a nap in bed, I heard the bedroom door open as I opened my eyes and saw Dogday and Catnap walking into the room.
"Hey there, kitty..." Catnap said sleepily, his eyes were half closed, Dogday laid down in bed next to me as he brushed my hair out of my face and gave me scritches under the chin.
...
don't do that...
it's just making things worse...
Catnap and Dogday looked at me lovingly, I knew they both cared a lot for me, and I probably meant the world to them.
...
I don't want to do this.
There's so much I still want to do.
So much I need to see.
But I can't change the fact that the only clue I left for everyone was a piece of paper under this bed...
Why didn't I choose something more obvious...?
"Neko? You feeling okay?" Catnap asked me as he crawled into bed and wrapped his arm around me, snapping me out of my trance.
"...Yep. I'm as fresh as lettuce..." I mumbled back, Catnap nodded softly and hugged me tightly, Dogday hugged me too, and all I could do was enjoy their embrace.
I can't believe this is the last time I'm seeing these two.
It's not fair.
It's not right.
But let's be honest...
Nothings fair in this life, is it?
I slowly fell asleep in Catnap and Dogday's arms, tuning out all thoughts in my head to form a small song I could listen to as a way to stop me from crying myself to sleep.
(not by me, that should be obvious)
I closed my eyes as I held back every urge in my body to start crying, I genuinely didn't know why I had to go through this stupid condition...
Who the hell even made this shit up...?
I mean... It's not every day that you find someone who's destined to off themselves just because some programming in their thoughts told them to...
If only everybody knew the truth... Maybe they could find a way to stop it.
As the song continued, I felt tears run down my face, I tensed up immediately as I looked up, but Catnap was already looking down at me...
My tears... They JUST hit him... What is he staring at me for...?
...
Does he know...?
Did he check under the bed while I was gone...?!
"Neko. Sit up for a moment." Catnap said softly, I did so as Catnap held me by the shoulders.
"We both know I saw that note." Catnap stated as I sniffled a bit, nodding my head slowly as Catnap held my head in his hand gently.
"Neko... Why...? Why do you have to do that...? Have I been treating you wrong...?" Catnap asked as I shook my head, Catnap held me close to him as he cradled me softly.
"It's something beyond your understanding..." I stated softly, sniffling as Catnap patted my back gently.
"I don't care... I don't care at all, even if I don't understand it, please just tell me... I NEED to know what I've been doing wrong..." Catnap pleaded, I pulled away as I wiped my eyes.
"T- There's programming in my head that... Forces me to try and off myself... But if something or someone made it impossible for me to do so, the programming would be broken." I explained as Catnap stayed seated, listening intently.
"...So if we were to all constrict you to staying in this room, you wouldn't be able to kill yourself, therefore the code would break?" Catnap asked, I nodded.
"I knew it." Dogday mumbled as he sat up as well, looking at me with relief in his eyes.
"I told you, maybe he had a type of thing going on in his head..." Dogday muttered to Catnap, Catnap sighed and shook his head.
"Look, we all have a plan, okay? Everybody to go to sleep, we'll figure this out tomorrow..." Catnap mumbled, pulling me down to bed.
He laid my head down on the pillow and stared into my eyes, caressing my cheek as he breathed softly.
"Don't cry anymore, Neko... We'll all find a way to save you..." Catnap mumbled softly.
"P- Promise...?" I asked through sniffles and whimpers.
"Pinky promise." He stated back softly, interlocking my pinky finger with his as I felt my consciousness float away into sleep.
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Smiling Students (Poppy Playtime HS AU)
FanfictionIn a small city-like town, a group of friends start a new year in high school, but almost as soon as they start their year, some new students transfer to their school, how will everyone react?
