Nepeta sat in her dreambubble, painting pictures of some old friends she used to know. She and Equius had been dead for quite awhile now, so they had learned to deal with it. Nepeta painted her friends, one by one, starting with Aradia and ending with Feferi, leaving herself and Equius out, putting Karkat in at the end. She sighed.
Equius looked over her shoulder at the piece. "That's an exquisite work", he praised, "it's nice".
There was a moment of silence as she laid down her brush and picked up the paper. "it is purrty nice, isn't it?" she said, rolling her r to imitate the sound of a purring kitten.
"Indeed" He replied, with a slight smile, "Almost as good as one of my hoofbeast pieces" he said.
Nepeta got up and hung it on the wall with the others to dry. She looked over them all, some of them were of ships, others of just a single friend. Very few of them of herself. She sighed again. "do mew think they remempurr us, Equius?" she asked.
"Of course they remember us. It is rather improbable that they'd forget." he choked out, a bit shocked she had even asked.
She gently ran her fingers along the newest painting, careful not to touch the wet paint. "do mew think they miss us?"
"Of course, do...you miss them?" He replied.
"Alot, actually" She said.
Equius walked over to her, not saying a word. He gently placed a hand on her shoulder. "It's fine", He said, "I miss them too" He looked over the paintings, a specific friend in mind.
"Oh..." He muttered. "Oh my" He said when he caught sight of a perfectly detailed painting of Aradia.
Nepeta giggled as he began to sweat. "I'll get mew a towel" she said, skipping off to retrieve a towel. While she was away, he lifted his hand and lightly traced Aradia's face on the painting with a sigh. He dropped his hand as Nepeta returned with the towel.
"th-thanks" he said as he dried his face.
"no purroblem" she replied. She looked up the Aradia painting. "Mew miss her, huh?" she asked. This caught him by surprise.
"Extremely so" he said quietly, his voice heavey with sorrow.
"I miss him too" she purred out.
Equius was shocked. She had not mentioned having interest in anyone until now. "you miss who, exactly?" He asked.
"why don't you guess?" she purred.
He looked at the paintings. "h-highblood?" He asked, pointing to a painting of Gamzee.
"Nope" she said.
"the sea-dweller?" He asked pointing to a painting of Eridan.
"Nope"
"hmm..." He thought for a second. "the psi-conic?" he pointed to a painting of Sollux.
"Getting closer" she said.
He pointed to a painting of Tavros his Pupa pan outfit. "low blood?" he asked.
"Noo" she said.
"But, that only leaves. . ." He started, his voice drifting off.
"Karkitty." She said. Equius chuckled. There was no point in disaprooving anymore.
"I didn't know you-"
"I didn't tell anyone" she said sadly, cutting him off.
"not even him?", He asked, "Why not?"
There was a moment of silence.
"I was going to..." she said, holding back tears, "i just nefurr got the chance"