Room 220 [Sunday, Early Afternoon]

[comeoutwrong]

Being small and kitty-shaped actually wasn't so bad, once you got used to it.

A week down the line, and Effy had apparently well settled into the feline way of life, staying up all night and happily napping well into the afternoon. Later she'd probably be pissed she'd missed a week in Hawaii, disgusted at some of the things she'd sniffed and/or eaten and probably spend a lot of time glaring at Alex for all the mockery she'd get.

... But right now, dozing in a tightly curled ball on Alex's bed, it didn't seem half bad. Really fucking nice, you might say. Give her a minute to realise the sudden lack of fur was making it a little colder than she'd like, and that opinion might change.

[[Room modded with permission, and for that guy whose bed it is. Or, hey, the roommate too should he be about.]]

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[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy silently tucked her legs up under his sweater and hugged her arms around them. Not all that good at relying on other people, or being looked after, so yeah, maybe she was a little weird.

"Right," she said eventually. "Well. Thanks anyway." Not starving as a cat was something she kind of liked. Should probably thank him for that, and prove she wasn't entirely ungrateful.

"Anything actually happen?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Happen here?" Alex shook his head a few times. "Not a damn thing. I think there were many five people here total so it was quiet. I watched a lot of movies and played some games and read some books. Totally thrilling."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Kind of anticlimactic for a last spring break of high school.

"Guess you didn't miss me me at all then," Effy figured with a twitch of a smirk "I'll try not to cry myself to sleep over it."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I didn't miss you because you were here with me most of the time but I did miss your human characteristics," Alex corrected, leaning over to try and catch a kiss from her. "Welcome back, Effy. I miss this version of you."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy'd missed this version of herself too. At the time she hadn't really given it much thought, but when he presented her with the opportunity to remind herself... it had been missed.

Fingers, actually, were one of the best to have back. So she lifted her hands to feel a little of his skin under her fingertips as he kissed her.

"Better."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Flatterer," he said and gave the sleeve of the sweatshirt she was wearing a light tug. "You look really good in my clothes, you know. Comfortable?"

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy watched his fingers move for a moment before glancing back up with a slight grin. "Minute ago you didn't want to give me clothes. Changed your mind?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I didn't know how good you'd look in one of my sweatshirts," he explained, giving the sleeve another tug before reaching inside and grabbing a hold of her fingers. "I think I can take this look over naked. It's a struggle but I'm doing okay with it."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"So noble of you," she joked. It didn't look like he was having anything like trouble.

"Wouldn't be anything to do with knowing I'm wearing nothing underneath?" He was a guy, and for whatever reason, that seemed to appeal to most of them.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"And what if it did have something to do with that?" Alex wondered, raising an eyebrow. "It's not like you don't like lounging around half naked in front of me."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"And nothing." Like he said, lounging around in not much clothing bothered her about as much as it bothered him. Which it seemed, was not at all.

"I was just curious." Which might have worked better if she'd asked it as a direct question. But when did she ever do that?

About now was the time a normal person would add an, "Is it?" Where Effy just waited to see if he'd elaborate without her needing to.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, but you're too cold to lounge around in nothing right now. Maybe later," Alex said and tried to pout to show her that made him sad. "You hungry or anything?"

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy hesitated, twisting her lips briefly before she shook her head. "Think I'll be tasting tuna for another week." Which was a little offputting. Brushing her teeth would be nice, for a start.

"Could go for a shower first." Or that. Because that was something cats did not believe in. Covering herself in cat lick for a week felt kind of... nasty.

Both things that she'd like to work on.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I've got a towel and some soap you can use," Alex offered, nodding. "It's guy soap so you're not gonna be smelling floral fresh but it'll get you lean, wash the cat off you easily enough."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"All I need." And he used it, so probably wouldn't mind her smelling of it all that much. Not sure it'd do the same for him as wearing his clothes, but... not minding worked.

"Can go all floral and fresh for you another day." Right now, clean was good enough.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I knew you were a flower girl at heart," Alex said, getting up off his bed to retrieve a blue towel and some soap. He brought it back and offered it to her. "I bet you can find the bathroom. Just behind that door over there."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy rolled her eyes as she untucked her legs from inside his sweater and got up. Yeah, a few details might've been a little foggy from her feline time, but she wasn't going to get lost finding the bathroom or anything dumb like that.

Not even going to dignify that insinuation with a proper verbal response, just a twitch of a smirk as she took the stuff he was offering and sauntered off.

Maybe there was a brief glance over her shoulder as she left, if only because she was fairly sure he'd be watching, and it was satisfying if it turned out she was right.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Of course he was watching. She was slinking around in his sweatshirt and nothing else. Of goddamn course he was watching and he wasn't trying to hide it.

When she looked back, she'd find him watching with a nice, wide smirk on his face. No shame at all.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Okay, yeah, that definitely made her grin a little wider as she turned back away. Shame was for other people. Wasn't like she wasn't well aware of what she was doing, and also completely unashamed of it.

Incredibly fucking satisfying every time.

Gave him something nice to think about while she wasn't around to entertain. Wasn't that kind of sweet?

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Once she disappeared into the bathroom, he flopped back down onto his bed and proceeded to close his eyes. No, he wasn't going to be going to sleep but he had nothing else to do so he'd just rest his eyes and think about how she looked all wet and warm in the shower.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Once she was away from him, Effy wasn't really thinking much about how she looked. But you know what? It felt really, really good.

Of all things, showering hadn't been the first thing she'd thought of when it came down to things to miss. It could definitely be added to that list. He might be waiting a few minutes longer than he might've expected before she eventually emerged, with only half-dried hair and still in his sweatshirt.

Because she was giving that way.

"That bored without me?" Well. Just because he wasn't sleeping, didn't mean it didn't kind of look like he was.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Who says I'm bored?" Alex asked, opening his eyes and raising his head so he could look at her. "I'm just waiting for you. And I thought I'd do it while closing my eyes and fantasizing about you."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Her bitchiness over spending her Spring Break as a cat was slowly but surely evaporating. Obviously she was going to wander over and slide onto her knees on his bed.

"Anything specially good?" she had to wonder.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"You want to know my fantasies?" Alex asked, peering up at her. "Aren't those like wishes in that if I tell you, they won't come true?"

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Nope." Not in her world, anyway. "Other way. I'm not a mind reader. Can only get it if you tell."

"--And its not too weird." The disclaimer needed adding. It was Alex's mind they were talking about.