Undeniable~ A Harry Hook Fanfic

Ch. 8 "Like a cat~"

Amber

"Ye are supposed to be restin'..." Harry grumbles.
I groan," I've been resting for two days!! I'm bored."

Two whole days since I was attacked. Two whole days of Harry making sure I stayed in bed, had everything I needed,  etc. Even Uma would check in on me periodically.

"I'm boring ye, eh?" Harry asks with a pout," and 'ere I thought I was doing a great job takin' care of ye."

I look at him nervous," I-I didn't mean it like that! Having you take care of me and keep me company was great! I-I just want to get up and do something..."

"Good ta know~!" He grins as he walks backwards in front of me, showing he was just picking.

I roll my eyes," you know what? You're an ass."

He chuckles as he does a short bow," thank ye~"

I push past him walking ahead. I stop dead in my tracks as I bump into someone and see it's the man who attacked me before. I take a wobbly step back. His face has deep slashes scabbed over, his clothes also sporting tears that's stained with blood. Suddenly Harry pulls me back as he steps in front of me protectively.

The man notices who we are and his eyes fill up with fear at the sight of Harry. He immediately walks off quickly.

Was the blood Harry came back covered in his?

Harry turns towards me and I look at him questioningly.

"What?" He asks.

"Did you do that to him?" I ask," was that his blood that was on you?"

He just shrugs with a smirk and puts his hand on my back to guide me forward. Not wanting to get to far from me he walks by my side. 

We come across a group of our crew who are clearly stressing over something as they bicker back and forth.

I step between them as it starts to get physical. Out of the corner I see Harry put his hand on his sword watching them carefully.

"Boys! Boys!" I shout over them," calm down!! What's going on?"

One points to a two story house," we have to steal from here but everyone who tries gets caught. He has gold! But he's mean as hell. If we don't get it Uma will be mad. We're trying to decide who will go get it."

I roll my eyes and pull up my hood," I've got this."

"Like 'ell ye will!" Harry protests.

I smirk and give him a peck on the cheek," don't worry I'll be quick and graceful like a cat! He won't even notice me!"

I use his shock to disappear into the alley next to the house, quickly scaling up the fire escape. I stop outside a open window and kneel down.
I take a deep breath summoning my power. I feel my self shrink down. I purr as I flick my tail.

Literally like a cat~

I jump in the window and use the shadows to move about. My eyes flicking from place to place. I pass by the man who's sitting on a ripped up couch asleep. I enter another room and see a small box full of jewels and gold pieces.

I turn back to my normal self and stuff it all into a bag. After I make sure it's firmly attached to my belt, I transform back into the cat. I carefully walk through the room the man is in.

"Who's there?" He growls as he stands up.
His eyes fall on me and he waves," shoo! Get out of here!"

I hiss and fly out the window. Jumping from the fire escape and landing on my feet perfectly as a human. I trot out of the alley holding up the bag.

Everyone looks at me in shock, even Harry.

"Ye ne'er fail to amaze me lass," he says in wonder shaking his head.

I grin and open the bag showing the precious loot I just obtained. I grab out a big ruby before closing it back and tossing the bag at the boys.
One catches it," shouldn't you give it to uma? You stole it not us."

I shake my head," y'all don't want to walk in being failures, take the bag and the credit. I'm keeping this though."

They stare at me in wonder as I walk away, Harry following.

"Ye really shouldn' ha'e let 'em take the credit," he tells me.

I shrug," they need the credit more then I do. It's not my ass on the line if I show up empty handed."

I pause and turn to him," catch!"
I toss the ruby to him and he catches it.

He studies the gem that he can't fully wrap his hand around, his eyes sparking over the treasure.

"That's for you," I tell him and he looks at me eyes narrowed in confusion, " for saving me the other day and helping me the past two days. And for what you did to the man. My way of saying thanks. Red is your favorite color right?"

He looks at me for a moment studying me, a look I can't figure out on his face.

He nods and smiles," thank ye!"

I smile as I go back to walking. A rule on the isle is not to say please or thank you. But I actually got one of its toughest inhabitants to say thank you. One who I idolize and adore at that. That's a win in my books, better then praise from Uma for stealing jewels. I look at what little I can see of the sky actually content with my life.

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"So then I punched him in the face, breaking his nose," I finish telling Harry as we walk into the Chip shop, "safe to say he never ever tried to bully me again, even when we got to middle school and high school."

He laughs and holds onto the door frame as he doubles over, "damn lass, even as a kid ye were tough!"

I laugh with him as Gil runs up to us. We both stop and look at him curiously because of the huge grin he's wearing.

"The guys finally stole from old Grime!" He almost shouts with excitement, "Uma is going to throw a party in celebration!"

I look at Harry a smirk on my face and he winks back.

I smile at Gil, "well I guess I better go get ready!"