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Ben's Note of Less Awesome Than Normal: Ok guys, I'm back. Normally I'd take my hiatus seriously and actually take a break, but I'm stressed. And when I'm stressed, I need to do something with my life because if I don't, I have an anxiety attack. So… I wrote this! (It was between this fandom and my TD fic, and between you and me, these are easier.)

Now, I want to warn you now. This is going to be one of my darker chapters. Not the darkest mind you, just not full of cuteness and cuddles we're all used to. You'll see what I mean.

Prompt 7: Hate

Kitty was crying on her's and Alistair's bench. How could she have said that? How could she have thrown everything away?

She knew why.

It was just one of those days everything went the wrong way. Kitty felt like everything she did that day was failure after failure after failure. She knew it wasn't true, but it was just one of those days where it was blown out of proportion by the female mind.

The one highlight of her day was that she was going to see Alistair in his dorm that night for a study session. She felt that was her only grasp all day. She was sighing in relief and happiness when she walked into his room.

Alistair was waiting for her, reading a book carefully. Kitty smiled and sat next to him sighing. Alistair looked up and smiled. "There's my favorite feline," he said.

Kitty giggled. "Well, I wouldn't just ditch," Kitty said. "Trust me, I need this. My day was so bad…"

"Depends," Alistair said. Kitty looked at Alistair, somewhat confused as to why he would say that. "Sometimes we feel as if a day was bad, but in all reality, it really isn't."

"Um… sorry, but that's not how it works," Kitty said, growing a little bit annoyed.

"No, it is. Tomorrow, you'll come to me and say, 'you're right, yesterday wasn't really that bad'. It's one of those mysteries people don't realize," Alistair said.

Kitty seemed to grow more annoyed and frustrated by this. "I'm sorry, but did you constantly fall in random holes all day? Did you get an F on every test today? Were you picked on for being a complete freak of nature?"

"No, but…" Alistair started.

"My day was rotten! You can't possibly know what I felt! You aren't me! You'll never understand me!" Kitty said, her anger rising. "You think you know everything, oh so knowledgable one! YOU DON'T!"

She didn't know what made her say it. Something came over her, something deep inside herself that she didn't even know existed. Something she didn't want to exist herself.

"I HATE YOU ALISTAIR WONDERLAND!"

Silence. The words hung there on a thread. Slowly, Kitty started to realize her words. It crept up on her to realize what she had said… and the shock on Alistair's face shocked her into realizing… that wasn't how she felt.

"I… I…" she said, shaking. Without another word, she vanished.

And now she was at the bench, crying to go back and fix it.

Alistair admitted he didn't know people as well as he thought he did. It was one of his many flaws. Still… he didn't realize he didn't know Kitty as much as he should have.

Admittedly, those comments he made to her were stupid. She needed comforting, not logical fact. He realized a little too late how bad she was feeling that day. After she vanished, he took a breath and had to think.

I need to talk to her, he thought. But… maybe she needs time to cool off. Once she calm, I'll go to the bench.

So, he waited about ten minutes before standing and making the trek to their spot. He knew what he needed to say. He took a breath as he approached. Kitty was there, crying. He sat next to her and held her close. They said nothing.

"I'm sorry," Alistair said after a moment. "I thought giving you facts would make you feel better. I didn't realize that you didn't need facts. You needed me. You needed me to comfort you and give you support. I pushed you over the edge… and I'm sorry."

Kitty sniffled. "Alistair… I don't hate you," she said, tears still coming from her eyes. "I've just… I've been so worked up. My days have sucked, my nightmares are getting worse, and I only look forward to my time with you day by day. I… I don't know why I said that…"

Alistair held Kitty close to him. "It's ok," he said. "You were frustrated and it was my fault. We'll have these rough patches sometimes. Just know I love you and I'll try harder to comfort you when you need it. Ok?"

Kitty nodded, smiling just a little. "Ok."

Sometimes, we say we hate our special someone's in a time of frustration and anger. We don't truly hate them, and we feel terrible about hurting them after. Kitty learned that Alistair understands that she needs comfort and sometimes she feels overly stressed. They didn't really hate each other. And Kitty grasped on to the knowledge that Alistair would always love her.

BN: *sniffles* WAH! WHY AM I SO GOOD? WHY?! To be honest, I think this is one of my favorites. Number 68 will be my top favorite, always and forever, but I think this is probably second right now. I wanted to do two things here. 1. I wanted Kitty and Alistair to have a mini fight. Kitty is getting stressed and frustrated, and I wanted to show that they still have some kinks in their relationship. 2. I wanted to show Kitty starting to lose herself. I'll explain more when the time comes, but when it ends, expect cute bunnies and flying beavers.

Also, in case those of you are wondering, I'm thinking of going with Ben Sucks At Anime. Thank you KittyChesireluv for convincing me to go that route.

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