"Hey, Carm?"
Laura's voice rang out through the apartment as she entered, kicking the door shut behind her, her hands full with a small box in one hand and a grocery bag in the other.
"In the bedroom, cupcake."
She made her way over to the bedroom after dropping off the bag in the kitchen, however the small box remained in her hands. Whether Carmilla was going to be happy about the content of said box, she didn't know. That was why she stayed at the doorframe, leaning against it and inching the box behind her back slowly.
Carmilla was lay in her usual position, head propped up on a pillow, one leg crossed over the other with another novel in her hands. It amazed Laura just how quick she went through them, a day or two at the most. She only realised she was staring once the other girl's voice broke through her thoughts.
"Alright, what's up, Sundance? You look guilty."
"Okay, don't get mad," With that, Laura stepped into the room and practically tiptoed her way to the bed, sitting on the edge of it and moving the box from behind her back onto her knee. "I may or may not have got us a pet."
No movement came from the vampire other than the eyebrow raise from behind her book as if she was asking for her to elaborate.
The brunette let out a breath and tilted her head up to the ceiling, pulling a face. "You know how I am, I can't just leave an animal out on the street. I mean, who does that? Not me because every life is important and it doesn't matter whether it's an animal or not it still deserves—"
"You're rambling again." Carmilla straightened her legs and placed the novel page-down on the bed. God forbid she ever lose the page she was on. She knew it was coming, she could smell the animal as soon as the box was brought into the apartment, but she figured Laura deserved a chance to explain.
After being interrupted, she blushed. Laura only rambled when she got particularly excited or nervous about something, but in this situation it was both. She moved her right hand to the top of the box, lifting one of the flaps before reaching in and carefully pulling out a small bundle of fluff, setting it on the bed.
"A kitten? Really?" Was she jealous? Quite possibly. After all, this was her territory. Laura was her human. Who did this cat think it was trying to take those away from her? Carmilla narrowed her eyes at it as it clumsily fumbled on the bed, sinking into the sheets.
"Come ooon, cutie."
Her head shot up, looking at Laura with a glare. "Do not use pet names to make this situation any less awkward." Seeing Laura's face drop into her signature puppy dog look, she let out a huff and shook her head. "Fine, but you owe me."
Honestly, however dismayed she was to have another cat in her home, it was worth it just to see the look on her girlfriend's face.
Laura practically dived across the bed to wrap her arms around Carmilla, taking care to avoid crushing the small kitten, and rocked back and forth a little, letting out a small squeal.
"Yeah, yeah. Stop pretending you don't always get what you want, cupcake."
(A/N: this will be multichap depending on the response I get. this is just a small intro to it to see if anyone feels it. constructive criticism is highly encouraged! also, please feel free to send me any prompts you may have or any ideas for later chapters, either pm me here or go to my tumblr ( .com))