Tension hung in the air, pressing an invisible weight against your body whenever your mind wandered to the affectionate boy that lived inside your phone. Kitty. You felt your stomach clench with every luminating flicker of the screen, every soft vibration that hummed through your pocket. The anticipation. The expectation. It was strange. You had never felt this way before - not toward your one and only best friend. Yet right now, the thought of returning his messages put you on edge. Perhaps it was because of the intimate conversation you had with him last night - or perhaps it was the steady acknowledgement that you'd have to justify your absence to him. The phone buzzed once again as you held the device in your hands. It was like he knew you were there, waiting. Testing you. With a self-assuring inhale, you unlocked the screen and began skimming the unending spam littering your inbox. However, before you could even comprehend what Kitty was concerned about, a new message arrived.

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Kitty You're online now? (・ω・)ﾉ

Yin Yeah, I was just about to read the seven hundred messages you sent me LMAO U might actually be insane Did something happen?

Kitty ('・ω・') How about you tell me, Yin?

Yin ??? What

Kitty What has your day been like? ( ◜ᴗ◝ ) Tell me.

Yin Why are you so obsessed about what I did today? haha

Kitty Because you ignored me (･ω･) And I was so worried (･ω･) You usually send me a text (･ω･) But you didn't this time (･ω･) Isn't natural for a friend to worry? (･ω･)

Yin You know Kitty isn't playing when he whips out the "(･ω･)" emoticon Look, I'm sorry for not texting you! I totally slept in this morning. I swear.

Kitty I know that. I believe you. I just want to know what happened after that. Please, Yin. I promise I'm not mad at u or anything ( ˘•ω•˘ ) I just want to know about your day. All the different people you've talked to All the places you visited. You're just so interesting and fun! (* ^ ω ^) I need to know how my favourite person is feeling at all times ( 〃．．) Sorry it's overwhelming.

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✧──────✧ 𝘒𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥?

✦ Tell him about Liam [Read Section A] ✦ Evade his questioning [Read Section B] ✧──────✧



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Yin Well I guess I did have a pretty embarrassing run-in with this one guy

Kitty What happened? Did he touch you?

Yin So when I slept in this morning, I tripped and my head started bleeding. And then while I was on campus, I run into this guy called Liam. I'm literally about to fall on to the ground but he catches me with ONE ARM.

Kitty So cliché What a poser (¬'‸'¬)

Yin So he should have just let me fall onto the ground?

Kitty He shouldn't have been there in the first place obviously. (◣_◢) I wouldn't be surprised if he planned it from the beginning. Guys like that are all predators. (↼_↼)

Yin Yeah idk man. I'm pretty sure it was my fault. Plus he seemed nice!

Kitty Is that so? ( ˘•ω•˘ )

Yin Yeah But then it got super awkward because he saw my wound and insisted on carrying me princess style to the nurse's office. I was so embarrassed (x_x) Ppl saw it too. I wanted to run off the face of the earth

Kitty Yin, you know that's sexual harassment, right? (◎ロ◎;) You don't lift people like that without their consent. That's actually rlly fucked up. You should report him. Σ(っ °Д °;)っ Tell me which campus you go to. I'll find the counsellor's email. We can draft the message together. (・ω・)ﾉ

Yin Hey we don't have to go that far, really!! I'm fine. I promise. He was just trying to be nice. I was about to faint. He was just worried.

Kitty My poor Yin (ó﹏ò｡) Why are you making excuses for him? ( ˙▿˙ ) I wish I could come through the screen and hug you right now. I understand it's hard to see yourself as a victim. I'm here for you. ♡ Let me help. We can get him expelled (・ω'・)✧ Right now.

Yin Kitty, it's realllly okay. I mean, if it wasn't for him, I'd be waiting forever inside the nurse's office. There was no staff there for some reason. But thanks to him, I got my wound tended to! ٩(｡•́‿•̀｡)۶ Although it was a little awkward having him apply the bandage to me. Lol

Kitty What.

Yin Yeah he even rinsed it and added disinfectant. It was kinda painful but eh whatever

Kitty YIN WHAT No No no no no no Yin, remove that bandage right now. Please. I'm begging you. That's not sanitary at all!! This is SA. He's a predator. What if he laced the bandages with something?! You can't trust guys these days, Yin!! We have to file a police report. This is too far. Yin, are you okay right now?! Do you feel weird? I can come get you if you want. I mean it.

Yin you're kinda scaring me

Kitty I'm sorry!! Did I go too far? ＼(º □ º l|l)/ Forgive me, Yin (';ω;｀) I've had people in the past get hurt because of people like that. It just sorta came out. I'm sorry. ('°ω°')

Yin It's okay. But you have to believe me when I say everything's fine.

Kitty Alright, Yin. ♡ I trust you. I just care about you so much. And I really do appreciate you for telling me about this even though I can be needy and annoying sometimes (つω'｡) It makes me so happy.

Yin =3

Kitty But I do think you should stay away from him. For your own sake. People like him are not a good crowd to mix with. I wouldn't want you to get hurt. (つ•᷄᎑•᷅(•᷄ᴖ•᷅c) Let me know if you come into contact with him again, okay? ('• ω •) ♡

Yin I guess... I mean he's pretty popular so I'm not going to mix with that group anyway. I'm fine just talking to you and the others. You don't need to be so protective over me though. I'm an adult. I can take care of myself.

Kitty I love you, Yin, so I want to protect you. ♡ So don't worry about that. („• ᴗ •„) I'm going to keep you all nice and safe from the world. ('｡• ω •｡) ♡ Forever and ever and ever

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You shivered, putting the phone down and taking a moment to catch your breath. Kitty had always been a little clingy. His affectionate personality was "part of the charm," according to members of your friend group. Just a silly little guy who loves people too hard! You wished you could see it the same way as they did, but there was a growing eeriness to Kitty's behaviour. Anytime you went AWOL, he'd haplessly beg for information on your whereabouts and whether or not you were okay. At this stage, a normal, mentally stable person would simply block Kitty and move on with their lives but you're [Y/n]. Shamelss, little [Y/n] who needs the unhealthy validation of others to feel worthy of anything. Slightly creeped out by his last message, you shut the phone off and began walking back home.

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Yin Nothing interesting happened lol. Literally the most boring day of my life

Kitty Awwww Yin~ ('｡• ω •｡) You know you can tell me anything, right? ( ˘•ω•˘ )

Yin Yup

Kitty (・ω・)

Yin Dude idk what u want from me Nothing happened.

Kitty That's okay ( ・ω・)

Yin Are you... angry?

Kitty (O.O) What makes you think that? (o_O)

Yin idk. I can just tell.

Kitty Well, I suppose you are right about that. I am angry. ( ' ω｀)

Yin Sorry?

Kitty It's okay. I'm not necessarily mad at you! ( '• ω •') Someone else actually. (╥﹏╥) I'm really really angry.

Yin Why? What happened?

Kitty Today someone touched something that was mine. They violated something that I cherish very dearly. And I couldn't do anything about it. (◞‸◟)💧 Not yet at least. (｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )

Yin Oh damn. Sorry to hear that. Maybe it was an accident?

Kitty It wasn't an accident. ( °ヮ° )

Yin Oh. What is this "thing" anyways? Did they break it?

Kitty No! That's the thing!! They're already broken. ( ;' - ';) That's why they're so fragile I don't want anyone else to hurt them!! (ó﹏ò｡) Only I know how to take care of them.

Yin Uhhh So is this like a stuffed animal or something or....

Kitty Yin, why do you hide things from me ( ' ˘ ')

Yin What Yin What could I possibly be hiding from you

Kitty I don't know

Yin Are u drunk or something Stop speaking so cryptically. Ur scaring me.

Kitty Gah I'm sorry!! ( ˶°ㅁ°) !! Yin, I really am sorry. I admit, I've had a weird day today. (,,>﹏<,,) It's kinda affecting my mood. I just feel paranoid about everything. (╥﹏╥)

Yin It's all good ig

Kitty I care about you so so much. (♡ˊ͈ ꒳ ˋ͈) You really have no idea. I love ♡ love ♡ love ♡ you! And I just wanted you to know that you can always trust and rely on me. ( • ̀ω•́ )✧

Yin Oh wow

Kitty I'm going to make things right, Yin. I'm going to keep you safe from the world. I promise. ( ' ▽ ' )ﾉ So please don't be scared of me. Be safe going home tonight. (･ω<)☆

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What...the... fuck. Instead of replying, you immediately shoved your phone back inside your bag, smearing your hands against your chest like you had just touched something incredibly toxic. Even so, you could not rub away the feeling that something was terribly wrong. Usually your conversations with Kitty left with you feeling lightheaded from all the flattery and joy, but this time, you felt nauseous. There was a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach. A gut feeling that screamed for you to block this creep and move on with your life, but you couldn't. You just couldn't. Because you, yourself, was not normal to any capacity. As much as Kitty's interrogation put you on edge, another secret revolting part of you fluttered at the idea that someone out there cared for you so intently. The constant validation, the overbearing love. It was an unhealthy addiction that you couldn't unshackle yourself from.

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