Fur-al High

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Veronica tried to put all her focus on the video game that Shinzuu was playing. It wasn't very interesting to her, but it was good enough to keep her mind off of other things. Pulling her legs up onto the couch, she curled up on her end of it and rested her head against the arm of the couch. Occasionally, she would drift out of consciousness then wake back up. At some point, she had finally fallen into a deep sleep. Shinzuu had still been awake when she had fallen asleep but she had had a feeling that he would go to sleep soon too. The thought that he might fall asleep on the couch instead of going to his room hadn't even occurred to her.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

She closed her eyes, still in her dress and kicked off her shoes. They hit the ground with a hollow thud and she used her feet to maneuver her socks off as well. She wiggled her toes idly as she stared at the ceiling again. She was actually somewhat tired after such a long day. Eventually she started to drift in and out. Her phone vibrated a couple of times, but she didn't bother trying to check it. She felt as if she didn't want to move for the rest of her life and that she could just lay there for eternity like Schad would be doing underground. Eventually, she fell asleep on top of the covers and in her dress. She didn't dream.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Shinzuu awoke the next morning, but didn't want to open his eyes. He had forgotten he had fallen asleep on the couch and thought his head was on his pillow. It was strange that he didn't notice his legs dangling off the side of the couch, considering he normally sleeps on a futon and not a mattress. Shinzuu craned his neck from an awkward position and reached back to adjust the "pillow" before digging the back of his head into it. Then, something snapped in his brain and he put his hand back to feel the "pillow" again. Too firm and soft surfaced to be a pillow...

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Veronica was half asleep when something touched her butt. She didn't think much of it because she just figured her own foot had brushed against it, but when it happened a second time without her moving it got her attention. Slowly, she opened one eye and looked toward her butt. When she saw Shinzuu's head and hand on her butt, she yelped in surprise, her other eye opening as she scrambled to get off the couch, practically falling on the floor in the process. She crawled a couple feet on the floor before she got to her feet. After that, she managed to make herself stop moving and just stood there staring at the wall, blushing underneath her fur. Embarrassment was the strongest emotion in her at the moment so she didn't even feel mad about it.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

Marlowe slowly opened her eyes. It was morning already. She wanted to roll over to look at the clock, and yet at the same time she didn't. She stared blankly at the side of her phone, not even mustering the energy to pick it up to check the time. She closed her eyes again and sighed, looking down without moving her head. She had slept on top of the covers in her somewhat dirty dress, and yet, she didn't really care. She was comfortable where she was, and again the feeling of staying in bed forever swept over her until her phone vibrated. She looked at it as if not knowing what to do.

[Srgntcuddles]

Reno eventually woke up, sun sneaking in through his window. He rubbed his eyes groggily and then the drool from his face as he sat up. The Croagunk doll fell off his chest and tumbled to his legs. "Oh...this thing...I got it for Schad..." Picking it up he set it to the side and got out of bed. "I need to stop thinking about it...It's not healthy..." He went into the bathroom and did his business and washed up. Leaving it he spotted the doll in a perfect position to where it was staring at him. "Schad..." Reno walked over to it and tipped it over. "I need to get out of here...Go get something to eat...Or something." He got dressed and headed to the door, upon opening he froze. Schadenfreude was standing in front of him, smiling eerily. Reno's eyes widened and he tried to speak but couldn't say anything. She then put her hand through his chest, it passed through him like it was nothing. It didn't cause any real damage but he felt like something was crushing his organs and he fell down in the doorway managing to hold himself up on his knees. Breathing heavily he looked up to see nothing, no one was standing there. He sat there pondering what happened, clutching his chest.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Shinzuu blushed as Veronica yelped and jumped off the couch, plopping his head onto the couch. He then quickly scrambled and ended up falling off the couch, standing back up with his back to Veronica, burning just as much as she was. Shinzuu looked at his hand that was shaking and then scratched the back of his head, "I... I'm... s-sorry... I"

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Veronica heard Shinzuu fall off the couch after she had gotten up but didn't turn around as she listened to him apologize. "It's, uh...it's alright. Not like you meant to, you were asleep." She responded to him. "I'm just gonna...um...get some cereal." She went to the kitchen and looked around until she found the cereal then found the dishes and silverware, grabbing a bowl and a spoon. She poured cereal into the bowl then grabbed milk from the fridge and poured it over the cereal. After she put the milk away, she began eating her cereal right at the counter, trying not to think about what just happen as her face stayed red beneath her fur.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

Eventually, she convinced herself to move. She picked up her phone and looked at it blankly. Her dad had tried calling her for something. She wondered if he had tried to knock on her door and she had slept through it. She didn't want to, but she eventually rolled over to make sure what happened yesterday had happened, as if the dress she was wearing wasn't evidence enough. Sure enough, Schad's ashes were still where she had left them. Marlowe sat up, still feeling somewhat numb and began to make herself stand and get the gears of her routine going by taking off the dress and heading for the bathroom.

[Srgntcuddles]

Reno eventually got up an stood there for a moment. He went back inside to grab his violin case and left again. He walked to a small doughnut diner a few blocks away. He went inside and sat down in a corner booth putting his face in his hands after setting his violin case on the table. Soon a waitress came by and asked for his order. Without moving his hands from his face he spoke. "French toast, glass of milk. Please." The waitress took the order and left quickly as she came. He sat back and relaxed against the cushioned seats of the booth as he waited.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Shinzuu continued to blush but forced himself to respond, "Y-yea, good idea." Not really looking at Veronica, he went over to the refrigerator and cooked the same breakfast from the day before, except not in as high of a supply, since it's just himself, but it was still half of what he cooked yesterday. As he was managing the frying pan, Shinzuu couldn't help but look behind him and looked at Veronica's backside, his eyes slowly dropping to her posterior. His face burned up more as he quickly turned back to the food he was cooking. After he was done, he placed all the food onto one plate and ate it all in silence.

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Veronica ate her food in silence except for the sound of soft crunching as she chewed. She felt eyes on her at one point and her face heated up even more, but her expression remained the same. When she finished her cereal, she drank the milk from the bowl then went over to the sink to wash it while licking her lips. After the bowl and spoon were washed, she set them on the counter to dry. Walking out of the kitchen, she went into the guest room and grabbed some clean clothes from the box. She headed to the bathroom and closed the door behind her, locking it. She start the water then undressed while she let the water heat up. Slipping into the shower, she started to hum as she washed up. Finally she started to sing after a minute of humming, the song being "Soaked" by Adam Lambert.

"Soaked to the bone
Sink like a stone
Walk home alone
It's not the first time
It's not the worst crime
Your soul will be okay

And you've had enough
Searching for love
And you miss the touch
Of someone new

Burned by your dreams
It's never how it seems
Cold crushed esteem
Take shelter
And hide forever
Your soul will be okay

And you've had enough
Searching for love
And you miss the touch
Of someone new

And you've had enough
Searching for love
And you miss the touch
Of someone new

Soaked to the bone
Sink like a stone
I will take you home
It's not the first time
It's not the worst crime
Our souls will be okay..."

[Goblin Cat 😸]

Marlowe turned the water on, walking back to her laptop and pulling up iTunes. She searched around, finally settling on Combichrist, and blared it as loud as it would go. She returned to the bathroom and threw a towel over the bar for herself and stepped inside, not bothering to cut on the lights. She sunk down and crossed her arms over her head as the water poured down her back. She sighed, wondering what her father wanted to do or wanted from her because of what happened the day before. She still really wasn't in any mood to talk to him. After a few songs played she stood up and washed herself, then went back down to sit again. After the whole CD had played through, she got out and got dressed, sneaking past her dad's room to go out.

[Srgntcuddles]

Reno sat patiently waiting for his breakfast to get there. Looking up at the ceiling for a bit before looking back down at the table. To his surprise Schadenfreude was sitting across from him smiling her wide toothy smile. "Sch-" before Reno could say her name she crawled across the table stopping her face mere centimeters from his face. She then opened her mouth and bit into his neck. Reno closed his eyes as she did so, expecting serious pain but found nothing. Upon opening his eyes she was gone. He put his head down on the table again breathing heavily. "W-What's with me?! Why am I seeing her?! Why is she-...Why is she trying to hurt me?!"

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Shinzuu finished his food in silence and went back to his room to get dressed, but remembered that they're out of school for a while, and put on some jeans and a tank top to wear. He heard the music that Veronica was playing, but he had never heard it before, and barely understood any of the words, since it was an American song. Shinzuu sighed and put on Beautiful Fighter by Angela, waiting for Veronica to get out of the bathroom