Like a Cat

Do you know, that emotion, when a cat decides to walk over and sit in your lap? You feel like you are the chosen one. Patty experienced something like that as soon, as she woke up today.

Two days prior:
Zeev with Romulus, were surveying their surroundings every night. They were on the lookout for the hunters and secret government officials. Until now, they were successfully hiding from them. Nobody showed up and even the old, destroyed facility was seemingly abandoned.

For the time being, they came up with the idea of reconnecting with Zeev's werewolf villagers to gain more information and check on them, how they are doing right now, in the middle of the winter.

Since they will take the journey to the father part of the mountains, they may visit a different werewolf clan to gather new information on the hunters and secret military. Zeev felt more comfortable leaving Patty for a longer time alone with Tiberius. He stopped growling and also avoided her.

She gained his trust in that matter, so they could keep calm. If there was a problem, he promised to help Patty. Romulus wasn't that keen to leave her, he still didn't trust Tiberius fully. Patty assured them both, she would be fine. They bought groceries for a whole week and she plans to work in the meantime.

As they left the apartment, everything was falling into place. Patty worked during the day, with Tiberius silently sitting in the same room, playing with his puzzles and the dog on his lap. From time to time she looked over. When she felt he was stuck, she pointed out to him what to do.

Thanks to the plush dog, she could bond with Tiberius at some level. He got used to her scent and voice. Looking directly into Patty's eyes was still a problem though, but sooner or later it would pass as well.

Patty was cooking different meals for the young werewolf, experimenting with what he liked and what disliked. She always asked him, to tell her honestly. She encouraged him to taste new foods. He had a sweet tooth, so she also made him a bunch of traditional sweet meals, which he became fond of.

When he wished to talk to her, Tiberius brought the toy wherever she was and held it in front of her. It was a coping mechanism and helped him to be able to easier communicate with Patty.

The days were slowly passing by. Everything worked perfectly. The cohabitation with a rogue werewolf boy was successful. On the second night alone with Tiberius, she suddenly woke up and felt a presence in the room. For a second she froze out of fright but took the courage to turn her head slightly.

At the foot of the bed near her legs, there he was, sleeping close to her. Patty was surprised and she didn't want to wake him up so she didn't move an inch. Not long time later, she also fell asleep.

In the morning she opened her eyes and Tiberius was gone. Was that a dream? Thanks to that, during the day, she grew bolder and interacted more with Tiberius. It seemed, that he didn't mind that at all. A huge rock fell from her heart.

As always, Tiberius walked around the apartment with his pillow, blanket, and dog doll. She asked him for the plush and he handed it over from his hand. In the past, he always placed it somewhere and walked away to create a distance. He didn't do that anymore.

Tiberius improved a lot in that short period of time. Patty took the gamble and she used the arms of the toy to caress Tiberius on top of the head. He was caught off guard at first and flinched a little. Then he realized, it felt nice and let her do as she pleased. Patty moved the arms lower and she stroked his cheeks in rubbing motions.

"You are such a good boy. See, how far you have got? Tiberius, you are amazing!" He never heard words of praise directed to him. A warm feeling flooded his whole body and he blushed with a tender smile on his face. He finally started to slowly open up to a human female by his own conditions and time. Patty stopped pushing, it was enough for that day.

Again, during the night, she woke up. This time she felt something heavy pressing on her side. After opening her eyes she was shocked, that the dog doll was staring right into her soul. The paw was held by someone else's hand.

She followed the arm to the body, just to find a snuggled-up Tiberius behind her. She was chosen! He looked like an adorable sleeping puppy. She guessed, that Zeev and Romulus will put up a fight when they returned, but how could she chase away that cute child?

Well, technically he is an adult, but he has those childlike attributes, that made her want to protect him like her own baby. She knew, that Tiberius saw her more like a mother figure than a female, that's why she allowed him to sleep like that. Who could resist his white fluffy head and those big green eyes?

This morning Patty woke up first, being held tight together with the dog plush toy in Tiberiuse's embrace covered under his favorite blanket. She didn't move, just gently made herself present to him. "Tiberius? Sleepyhead, we need to wake up. I need to work."

Tiberius woke up and he got scared so much, that he changed into a werewolf with Patty still in his paws. Same as him, she got spooked by his reaction. Patty suddenly swallowed the huge lump in her throat, as she was lying on her back staring back at the white werewolf, who was glaring into her eyes from above.

The initial shock wore off and Tiberius realized, what he had done and began to whimper. Quickly, he jumped down from the bed and ran into the bedroom on the other side of the apartment.