Vocalization - Imagines

Eve the kitten AU - Chocolate Milk

It was a beautiful morning, just like so many others. Geoff sat up on his bed and stretched, then ruffled through his messed-up hair. It was that moment that he noticed his door being open, even if just by a few inches. So that's what woke me up... A weird clicking noise, followed by a quiet thud had pulled him out of dream land just a few minutes ago. In an effort to wake his mind up, he tried to figure out how the door could be open. He got up and got dressed. As he wanted to head downstairs, he noticed scratches on the handle. Then it all came together.

God, Eve, couldn't you have waited until I was up or something? Worried for the freshly kitten-ified girl, he hurried down the staircase into the living room and from there into the kitchen. There he found the tiny cat, dangling from one of the cupboards, trying to move something with her tiny paw. Geoff almost had a heart attack at the sight of the little furry thing dangling by nothing but one paw, carefully close to falling a distance at least five times her height. In a terrified hurry, he rushed over to the counter and took Cat Eve into his arms, just as she was about to fall. "Eve, what on earth are you doing?!", he scolded her, just as worried as he was angry. "Wait for someone to help you! You're even tinier than you used to be!" Eve just purred and nodded slightly, her eyes sparking a bit of humanoid understanding. She climbed onto her friend's shoulder and licked his ear a little, causing him to flinch. "Just because you're a cat now doesn't mean you have to be a cat." However, he wished he hadn't said that sentence just a few seconds later when he noticed what exactly Eve had been trying to get. "You wanted to make yourself hot chocolate?!" Angrily growling, he picked the little kitten up from his shoulder and put her down on the counter. Then he kneeled down in front of it, met her at eye level and looked right through her.

"Listen to me. Cats don't get chocolate. It's poisonous to them. You're a cat now, so you don't get chocolate. You're also not allowed to drink milk. Most cats are lactose intolerant." Eve looked at Geoff with pure scepticism. "Yes, I do know", he solidified his words. "I used to own a cat. So: No more chocolate and no more milk. I'm gonna send one of the guys to the store to get you some cats' milk. You can have that. But for now, just water." His usually so piercing gaze softened as he looked into the little kitten's pleading eyes. He sighed. "Look: I wish it was different. But we really need to be careful. Even if your cat body wasn't entirely lactose intolerant, you'd still not be able to drink as much milk as you usually do. And chocolate is pure poison for you now. I just want to make sure you're safe." Just now, he noticed what he was doing and got up. "Ugh, I feel so stupid talking to a cat like this - not holding it against you, buddy, I know you can still understand me."

Geoff walked up to one of the cabinets and opened it. "How about we get you a bowl of water then?" Evelynn meowed angrily. "What? You don't want water?" Eve-kitty shook her tiny head and jumped off the counter, onto Geoff's leg. "Ouch!", he yelled as the tiny little puffball clung to him, using her tiny claws as she couldn't climb as usual. Evelynn made her way up his leg and onto his shoulder. Meanwhile, Geoff tolerated this, even if annoyed. Once up there, she gestured at the cabinet with the cups, as if trying to point. Geoff sighed. "Eve... You're a cat. How are you even going to use a cup?" But little Eve-cat was having none of it. She meowed rebelliously and licked his ear, causing him to flinch again. "No- stop- Eve!" Finally, he growled angrily and filled a cup with water. He placed it on the counter, causing Eve-kitten to jump down to it. Though he was trying to look angry and annoyed, he couldn't help but smile. Meanwhile, Eve was happily drinking out of her cup, her eyes gleaming triumphantly.