Sleep For The Beast

9 Finale

The air was still,  dust fluttering visibly in what little light was available.  My heart couldn't stop racing after being chased.   I'm too exhausted yet can't sleep a wink.   I wish Catnap was here,   maybe then I can finally rest.    "Y/n."    My wish must've been granted since Catnap now met my sleepless gaze.   "There you are~"   He spoke as if he an angel in disguise,  melting me with a voice of warm chocolate.   It was like a switch had been flipped for him.   It feels as if this was a side of him that no one is supposed to know about.   In my state of exhaustion I didn't realize that I had been placed on Catnap's bed.   He had was slow and meticulous in wrapping himself around my much smaller form.  "Sleep now, my angel.  No one will harm you any longer~"
The aroma of Lavender and Poppies,  as well as Catnap's body heat,  was exactly what I needed.  I let my eyelids close and my consciousness slip into a weak state of slumber.

"Mmmmm~"
Deep guttural purring rumbled through Catnap who's arm and soft tail was currently draped over me,  happily grooming my otter ears.
Wait.
Arm?

He stopped grooming me once I started to shift in his grasp.   "Good morning my angel."   His gravelly but clear words were softly spoken by my ear.   A few strands of dark violet hair tickeld my cheek,  fully rousing from my light sleep.   Voile in different rich purple and silver colors decorated the walls,  and the bed that we were currently on.   A smooth hand that of a human lovingly picked up a few locks of my silver hair,  allowing Catnap to kiss what he held.   "...Catnap?"  I finally turned to look at him.   His long purple hair was messy but brushed and his eyes held a strong desire.
He looked rowdy but handsome.
(The picture above)

All of his attention was on me.  Nothing else in the room seemed good enough to him.
I reached up and scratched the base of Catnap's ear.  Instead of a paw it was a hand that touched him,  eliciting a different kind of purring from him.
"Catnap,  where are we?"   Catnap's tail excitedly swayed at the thought of where we were.  He leaned in till we were inches apart,  ever so slightly whispering as he spoke.  "A special secluded room in Home Sweet Home where we won't be disturbed."
"How long was I asleep for?  I feel like a lot happened."   His expression dropped at my question.  "A month."  His answer was curt and bland.   Catnap twitched a little after sitting in front of me.   Even with a human like body he still seemed malnourished but healthy and strong.

His twitching got worse as he slid off the bed and began ripping apart the draped fabrics.   Every now and then his claws would hit the wall,  ripping the wall paper in their wake.   After a while he stopped moving,  breathing heavily with claws lodged in the wall and head resting against the same cold surface.   "You were asleep for a week when I had finished taking care of those ex staff,  stuck in a state of unrest.   I had no other way of relaxing you when you were struggling with countless night terrors.
I had to administer Poppy gas everytime you would thrash about with fear,  it ended up being too much.    I...I put you in a coma."
I stood from the bed and walked over to him.  I slipped into the space between him and the wall to look him in his silver eyes.

"Catnap."  His gaze locked onto mine,  it was full of sorrow and that desire he still had.
"I don't care what state I'm in,  where we are, or how we are like this.  Right now I'm with my favorite cat.  That's what matters to me."   I tightly wrapped my arms around his neck and smashed my lips against his.   Catnap's purring became erratic and uncontrollable.   This must be what it means to be happy.

Short but yes.  On to finish the next book I was in the middle of,  Forgotten!