JP - Extra Protective

Sorley gently fussed over Gelf as he glanced towards where Evie was.

Gelf giggled softly and hugged Sorley. "It's okay," She told him.

Sorley gently hugged Gelf back. “I worry about you getting hurt.” He admitted, holding her close.

Gelf looked at Sorley. “I’ll be fine, you know that.”

After seeing how Yule was, and she looked so much like Gelf, Sorley was feeling extra protective. He gently smoothed Gelf’s hair back. “I know. Just… I don’t want you to hurt.”

“I know, Sorley…” Gelf hugged him tightly. “I know.”

Sorley hugged Gelf back, thinking she felt so delicate in his arms. He closed his eyes and breathed in her hair.

Whiskers yowled and attacked his cat carrier so fiercely it rolled over onto its side.

Gelf put a foot on the carrier and sighed as she leaned into Sorley.

Tears leaked from between Sorley’s eyelids as he held Gelf. He could feel her breathing and her heartbeat, which was comforting.

Whiskers yowled and tried to attack Gelf’s boot through the holes in the cat carrier.

Since she was wearing her combat boots, Gelf was not worried about her foot and looked up at Sorley. “What’s wrong?”

“I don’t know.” Sorley admitted, opening his eyes to look at her. He had always been worried about Gelf getting hurt or hurting Gelf himself.

Whisker got his claws caught in the bootlaces. He hissed.

“It’s gonna be okay, Sorley.” Gelf said in a soothing voice and looked down at Whiskers. “Well, maybe if you’d calm down this wouldn’t happen.”

Gregor nodded in agreement. “That would be a nice sight, actually.”

Whisker’s hissed at Gelf again. Sorley crouched down and worked on freeing Gelf’s bootlaces, getting scratched in the process.

“Whiskers, I swear I will put you in another room and lock the door!” Gelf threatened in irritation as she tended to Sorley’s scratch.

Whiskers yowled at Gelf. He wanted Evie.

Sorley let Gelf tend to his scratch, relieved that it was him and not her that had been scratched.

Gelf made sure the wound was okay and picked up the cat carrier by its handle. “Lets get Whiskers to another room where he can chill while Evie is being taken care of.”

"I don't think that cat can chill." Sorley said as Whiskers screamed.

“He’ll tire himself out eventually…” Gelf grumbled as she set the carrier down in a room and left with Sorley, closing the door behind them.

“I was hoping he would calm down after Evie was found.” Sorley said, gently taking Gelf’s hand.

Gelf nodded and squeezed Sorley’s hand lovingly. “You’d think.”

“Crazy cat.” Sorley muttered, gently squeezing back.

“Crazy is an understatement.” Gelf rolled her eyes. “That cat needs some help…”

“Yeah.” Sorley could still hear Whiskers yowling.

“That cat is going to drive me crazy…” Gelf groaned.

Sorley sighed and rubbed Gelf’s shoulders.

“I get the feeling we’re going to be staying here for a bit longer,” Gelf explained. “I want us to be able to take Evie home if she wants to, you know, come with us. I still feel so guilty about us not being able to keep them from taking her…”

Sorley nodded. “Evie’s like a sister. I hope she’ll come home with us, it never seemed complete without her… I wish I had protected her better.”

“We all wished we protected her,” Gelf admitted. “We didn’t know MegaCorp was so close and…”