Phil's Last Day at the Shelter Intro 4

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I wake up in the morning to someone screaming about the food choices. "Why does he get a choice over store food! I have to eat this shit you feed us although it doesn't matter how many times I say I don't want scrambled eggs! It's bull shit. I want cereal too man!" I realize whatever neko is yelling isn't going to stop I accept I'm going to have to wake up.

"He's on a special diet that's all I have been told." A volunteer says. You learn quickly who the volunteers are you never know their name and are easily intimidated.

"Well what you were told is shit!" The neko yells.

"Stop yelling and eat your food or I will." Another neko yells. It gets a group of others laughing or agreeing.

"Good morning Phil!" The volunteer says standing in front of my door with the food trolley. "So you have some choice today. There's these different cereals you can pick out whichever you want." They take out a little box that has a bunch of individual wrapped single servings of cereal. I look them over trying to gauge which I would like before settling on the rainbow circle ones.

"Ok the fruit rounds. And of course we got your milk and fruit." They slide over my food and they must have been told not to open anything.

"Thank you sir." I reply very grateful for the sealed food. "If I may ask how did I get the sealed food?"

"Apparently it's from some guy. I don't know over heard him asking questions about bringing you food while in Rachel's office." He shrugs before going to the next room door.

"Give me the fucking cereal!" I hear the neko from before yell. I almost drop the small box out of my hands. I hear him scratching at his door and I back up further into my room deciding to abandon my cereal by the door in case he is able to break out.

"Hey no stop it!" The volunteer yells making me shrink back. "Eat your breakfast or I'll bring someone in here you don't want to see."

"Well I don't want to see anyone so it doesn't matter!" The neko's voice shakes me.

Everyone is fighting. I don't want to fight. I need to get out of this cage. They put me in here I can't fight him. Oh everyone is yelling. I need to stop the yelling. I try to block it out and it doesn't work. Nothing works. I curl up in the far corner to try and stay away.

"Phil hey can you look at me?" I hear the volunteer say. I snap my head up to behave for him. "Caroline is coming to get you ok?" I nod my head and try wiping away the tears I didn't know that fell.

I look around my room and do as Caroline says to do when I get scared. I have my soft blanket. And the tiles on the floor. 1...2... 3.... 4... tiles. 1... 2... 3... 4... 5... tiles back. My cereal is on the floor. My milk is by it. And there is an orange from earlier. The door opens. I see blue tennis shoes. Caroline is sitting in front of me.

She rubs my arm. "Hey Phil It's Mrs. Caroline it's ok. Do you want to have breakfast with me today?" She asks and I quickly nod my head.

I pick up my food and follow her out. I keep my ears and tail flat as I pass by the other neko. I don't want to fight him.

"It's ok Phil we can have breakfast here." Caroline leads us into one of the conference rooms but I'm ok with this. I sit down in one of the chairs and put my food on the table. "Sorry about that guy he's just upset over food choices too but he can't hurt you ok?"

I nod my head focusing on opening up my cereal. "I don't want to fight." I say pouring the little cereal pieces into the bowl.

"We don't do that here. And you won't have to worry about that again." She says. When I look back up she has a muffin I didn't notice she had before. It smells like blueberry and maybe chocolate.

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