Alley Cat (Ch 8) (Patreon)

Today I girl. Wait Himiko Toga Friend visit. Not visit all todays, or any nights. But hope! Hope nice, mean want today good. Think today good. Hope. Today. Good. Wait at dumpster home. No know Himiko Toga Friend home. Maybe Himiko Toga friend no home? No home sad. Maybe Himiko Toga Friend live dumpster home? Himiko Toga Friend, me, dumpster home. Like thought. But Himiko Toga Friend want? Maybe? Maybe not. Not ask. Himiko Toga Friend want, Himiko Toga friend ask.

I wear girl clothing. I girl today, so girl clothing. Bottom clothing open, no bottom, stop at not soft part of legs. Black. Top clothing pink. Things around neck and shoulders of clothing. Not go over arms. Things around neck and shoulders of clothing… fuzz? No. Wrong word. Word ‘f’ word. Fuck? No, Himiko Toga say fuck bad word. But not bad word like Doctor bad word. Fuck word people no like hear, make bad word. But no know strangers, so no care!

Try remember ‘f’ word later. Maybe ask Himiko Toga Friend? But want remember on own…

Shrug. Decide later, hungry now.

Go into dumpster home, go food corner. No meat in food corner, no good after day and night go. Fruit better for food corner in dumpster home. Less good, but good longer. Grab… Try remember… Name… I smile. Pineapple! Pineapple fruit!

Pineapple fruit no like eat. Pineapple fruit fight when eat! Pineapple sharp, I use claws to cut Pineapple claws! Then use own claws kill Pineapple! Cut skin of body, Pineapple blood drip. I stop. Look down at dumpster home floor. Pineapple blood sticky. No like sleep on sticky pineapple blood. Bring Pineapple fruit out of dumpster home. Nod.

Sticky Pineapple blood not get dumpster home sticky when kill and eat outside dumpster home! I smart!

Cut Pineapple fruit skin more, then tear skin off. Pineapple fruit now almost kill. Himiko Toga Friend say Pineapple blood eat when eaten. Kill Pineapple, must eat all! Eat Pineapple before Pineapple eat me! Alley Cat not lose to Pineapple fruit blood!

I eat, Pineapple blood get on face and Hall floor. Pineapple blood sting tongue, but continue eat. Eat all inside Pineapple and Pineapple blood stop, I win! Pineapple lose again! I happy!

Throw Pineapple empty skin into dark spot, watch dark spot eat Pineapple skin. Surprise when dark eat first time, but make sense. Dark speak, Dark nice. Alley Cat speak, Alley Cat nice, Alley Cat eat. So Dark eat, and dark eat!

Close top dumpster home, sit on top. Kick legs while wait.

Keep wait.

Wait more.

Look up at sky, see sun far across sky. Sun closer set than sun in top of sky. Frown. “Himiko Toga Friend not visit today.” Tail and ear droop. Sad when Himiko Toga friend not visit. Hope good when Himiko Toga Friend visit. Not good when Himiko Toga Friend not visit.

Sigh. Lay on roof of dumpster home. Not soft. Safe, not soft. Maybe look soft thing for dumpster home? Clothes things not for sleep, for wear.

Nod. Go look soft sleep thing.

Hop off dumpster home roof. Go into Hall Hall. Find many things in Hall Hall and Halls connected to Hall Hall. Many clothes things. Sometimes bad clothes things with many holes. Sometime blood around holes, sometime not. Himiko Toga Friend say not wear clothes things when blood on.

Say: Ev. I. Den. Ce. Big word, hard say. And think. Avoid blood clothes things because no want say and think word.

Look through Hall Hall for soft bed thing. No find. Maybe search Halls? But Halls have strangers. Strangers in Hall Hall few, not bother me. Strangers in Halls not same. Like bother. Sometime angry I in Hall. Say I in tear-i-tore-e. Then I leave Hall, or use dark on strangers. They no angry long after.

Shrug. I go in Hall to find soft bed thing. There strangers, I deal when see.

Hall empty. No bag. No trash. No strangers. Keep walking, legs only. Himiko Toga Friend say walk legs and hands not good when wear open bottom girl clothing. Say flash, but not what flash. But Himiko Toga Friend say not do, so not do. Mostly. Sometime forget, other time not want walk leg only.

Shake head, look around Hall. Hall end, new places leave no Hall path away except Hall path back way Hall Hall. Shrug. Turn to leave end Hall place. Stop.

Strangers stand in front of path go to Hall Hall. Block. Stranger man in front of other stranger man. Speak, I ignore. Count strangers. One, two, three… five? No, four. Four. Stranger man in front mean… five!

Nod. Five stranger men. Stranger man in front scowl. Now know five stranger men there, I listen when front stranger man talk now.

“Then what’d I say?”

Head tilt. “Not know. You know?”

Thing on stranger man head come out. Himiko Toga Friend say thing called vein. When vein come out on head, person angry. Himiko Toga Friend says Himiko Toga Friend thinks funny when happen. Stranger man face red, vein out. Agree with Himiko Toga Friend. Stranger man look funny. I giggle.

Stranger man not like giggle. Stranger man not fun. “You looking down on us!?” Stranger man yells, hands turn red. Glow and heat come from hands. I frown.

Stranger man want bother.

Dark light make using stranger man move. Smooth, look like tail. Grab stranger man arms. “What the-!? Damn bitch!” Stranger man pull arms. Not work. Dark pulls arms back, stranger man screams. Stranger man looks other strangers. “The fuck are you idiots doing!? Get h- ahhh!”

Stranger man hands enter dark. Stranger man screams loud. Other strangers move. Two strangers go stranger man, grab arms. Pull. Not work. Dark keep pull, stranger man arms keep enter dark.

Two strangers come me. One stranger hands glow… purple? Maybe? Dark color not blue, think purple? Stranger glowing hand raise, slimy looking thing come out. Comes at me. Use dark, move behind other stranger. Both strangers stop, make noise. Put claws in side back of stranger I behind. Stranger scream and turn, hand go hard.

Use dark go by new place wall. Watch as strangers panic at blood leave stranger back. Stranger man screaming sound… what word? Hmm… Oh! Stranger man scream higher pitch! Shoulders almost in dark. Strangers next stranger man panic, scream other strangers. Stranger not hurt -purple hand glow stranger- look at strangers, hurt stranger, me. Uses purple hand glow on hurt stranger, slimy looking thing cover blood spot I claw. Blood stop leaking.

All strangers go to stranger man, pull. Stranger man scream more. Strangers scream. Stranger man screams more again, then go back. All strangers fall in pile. Stranger man keep screaming, other strangers silent. Stare at stranger man. Stare at shoulders.

Stranger man no have arms, left in dark. Blood goes out shoulders and pool on floor. Strangers stare, eyes wide, mouths open. Scream. Look at me. Scream louder. Grab stranger man and stand. Try run. Trip and fall. Sounds of pain come from strangers. Strangers look at feet, see dark grab feet.

Dark pull.

Strangers scream. Scream louder more dark pulls strangers inside. Scream at me. Scream at strangers. Scream at path to Hall Hall.

Scream.

Then silent.

Dark finish pull all strangers inside dark. I stare. Wait. No sound. No move.

Nod.

Leave end Hall place, use arms and legs walk. Tail twitch happy. Head bounce side side while walk. Enter Hall Hall, go towards dumpster home. No find soft sleep thing today, but look tomorrow.

Reach dumpster home, ears go up. Smile.

“Himiko Toga Friend!” Run towards Himiko Toga Friend. Himiko Toga Friend turns. Smiles. Blinks. Opens mouth, but I jump. Hug with arms and legs. Himiko Toga Friend makes noise, fall backwards onto floor. Lets out breath.

“Heya, Alley Cat.” Voice amused. Doesn’t get up, wraps arms around. I rub head on cheek. “Sorry I couldn’t come here sooner, my ‘friends’ wanted to go to the school festival together.

What festival? Maybe ask later. Make happy noises while tail sways. Himiko Toga Friend giggles, stops hug. Frown while Himiko Toga Friend pushes up to sit. Leans against wall. “So, where’d ya go?” Himiko Toga Friend voice off. Not know how. Not matter, I answer.

“Look for soft sleep thing!” Ears twitch. “Not find. Bothers find.”

Himiko Toga Friend thinks. Replies. “You were looking for… a blanket?” Head shake. Himiko Toga Friend hums. Thinks more. “A bed?”

I think. Try remember. Bed… Bed… Beeeeeddd. Bed? I smile. Nod. “Look bed!”

Himiko Toga Friend giggles. Grabs hand and raises in front of both faces. Hand use to hurt stranger. Has blood. “I’m guessing that this is from when you dealt with the ‘bothers’?”

Smile and nod! “Bothers bother, so I make not bother!” Himiko Toga Friend stares at hand. Licks lips. See Himiko Toga Friend sharp teeth. Tilt head. “Want blood?”

Himiko Toga Friend smiles bright. Frowns. Looks sad, shakes head. I frown. Himiko Toga Friend want… But say no? Think for moment. Nod. Himiko Toga Friend looks curious, then I push bloody fingers into Himiko Toga Friend mouth.

Himiko Toga Friend eyes go wide. Hand goes to wrist. Grabs. Hesitates. Tongue licks fingers in mouth. Eyes go wide, licks more. Sucks blood off fingers. Once blood gone, Himiko Toga Friend pulls fingers out of mouth and licks blood off hand. Tickles. I giggle.

Himiko Toga Friend not notice, focused on licking all blood. When blood all gone, Himiko Toga Friend look sad. Then look at me and eyes go wide. Flinches.

“T-th-that, um. S-s-so-sorry! I, um. Uh.”

Himiko Toga Friend look scared. I frown, worry. Hug Himiko Toga Friend tighter. Himiko Toga Friend not move. Wait.

Wait more.

Himiko Toga Friend put arms around. Hugs tight. Head next to mine. Sniffs. “...You don’t think I’m a freak? I just drank a person’s blood. I enjoyed drinking their blood. My parents are always complaining about how liking blood makes me weird. How they wish I could be ‘normal’.” Himiko Toga Friend not like ‘normal’ word. Hates it.

I pull head back. Look at Himiko Toga Friend. Tilt head. “Himiko Toga Friend normal. Himiko Toga Friend like blood normal. Not weird. Blood make Himiko Toga Friend happy. Be happy.”

Himiko Toga Friend look back. Eyes wide. Then tears come out of eyes. My eyes go wide. Try think of how make Himiko Toga Friend not cry. But not know why cry.

New voice surprise both.

“Well, this is rather unexpected.”

I smile. Turn. See Dark. Smile more. Know Dark smile back under mask even though not see. “Dark!” Jump out of Himiko Toga Friend lap, jump at Dark. Hug.

Dark hug back. “Hello again, child. It’s a pleasure to see you again.” Dark look around. “Though, I can admit that I did not expect this to be where we would meet once again.” Dark look at Himiko Toga Friend, then me.

“I believe that there is much for us to discuss.”

I fully believe that someone will one day have a stroke while reading this. I felt myself twitching while writing it!

Side note: Might write a few chapters of depressive former slave femMidoriya fic within the next couple months. Depends on my mood, but I did put together the prologue for it already.