Fuck. Fuck. FUCK. I was going to lose this fight. I knew it. I took in a deep breath. By this point, our dancestors had joined in the crowd. Vriska swung a punch at me. I ducked, while it did chip my horn, and punched her stomach, feeling like I'd left mine at my hive. She stumbled, lifting her leg up and kicking me clean between the eyes. I leapt onto her, grabbing her horns, kicking her sides, pulling her hair. "What the FUCK?!"she yelled and whipped me off of her; I hit the ground with a thump and scrambled to my feet, headbutting her. She knocked into Terezi, who fell into Karkat, who fell into Sollux, who fell into Nepeta-it was like watching a set of dominos fall to the ground when pushed. She stood up, stomped to me, picked me up, and before I could fight back, she threw me to the ground. I backed up, my heart in my stomach. She stood on me, and kicked my head-then everything went black.
~later~
I woke up to see the ceiling of a cave-the cave of Nepeta Leijon. I felt a
damp rag on my head. "Nep...?" "Oh, you're awake! I was beginning to worry!" Nepeta walked to me with a smile, and took the rag off my head. "How long have I been out?" I asked. "Three days or so. Vriskers must've gotten you hard!" She said, holding a bowl of stew on a table tray. "Open." She said. I opened my mouth slightly, and she, after blowing on it some, stuck a spoon of stew into my mouth. My eyebrows raised-it was pretty good. "Did you make this? It's really good." I said once she took the spoon from behind my lips. "Yeah, thanks. Pounce De Leon helped me!" she smiled softly, and as if by hearing its name, the double-mouthed lusus rubbed against her leg, peering up at me. "Hows his condition?" she seemed to ask. "You're doing great. You have a few broken bones and your horns chipped, but you've done really well..." she said with a soft smile, pulling some cobweb based medical tape from her coat pocket, placing it over where I'm guessing she kicked my skull on my
forehead. "There." she smiled, very gently reaching down to kiss the wound. "If kisses make injuries feel better fur me, why not fur you?" She giggled, and I found myself able to chuckle. She was pretty, her eyes were little gleaming gemstones that rested on her face, and her hair was soft. I figured out a long time ago she'd be my matesprit someday. Someday. Not today, today she had an extreme crush on Karkat; it's not like she cared if I wanted her; we're probably too young
anyway for that. "You got injured really bad....life threatening even." Nepeta said, then chuckled, "What am I going to do with you, silly seahorse?"
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In your shadow (EriNep)
FanfictionWhat if Nepeta was the reason Eridan got out of so much, whether it was him being too honest, or his ego being bigger than his brain? What if, without him knowing, she was probably the reason he could still stand? That's exactly what I plan on showi...
