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Chapter 25
The sun had set hours ago and the moon had come out casting its milky glow. Kat sat by the fire reading a Stephen King book. She gave up; it was a bit too weird for her. Kat picked another book and read the title aloud, "Chicken Soup for the Singles Soul. Hn…Sounds promising." Saku looked up from her spot on the rug.
"What's wrong?" Kat asked, picking up the movement from the corner of her eye. Saku whined and stood up. "This better be good," Kat teased as she followed Saku.
Saku stopped at the door to Vash's room before wandering off again. Kat wondered what the wolf had tried to tell her. Everyone else had gone to sleep a long time ago but Kat had felt something tingling at the back of her senses and she now wondered if this was what had been alerting her.
Her hand hovered over the door knob as she hesitated, wondering what could be wrong. She doubted Saku would be this casual in the face of danger but the wolf was still just a puppy.
What if she was wrong?
Kat summoned her courage and opened the door. She searched the room without seeing, using her senses to locate the problem, but found nothing amiss. Her eyes wandered to where Vash lay and she was instantly aware of what the problem was. He lay there half asleep moaning from a night mare. He had balled up and, as a result, had dragged the sheets with him.
As Kat neared she saw he had broken out in a cold sweat. He was mumbling something as a result of his nightmare and Kat frowned as he caught the tail end of something he was muttering, "….I'll never leave you Rem! I love you!" His nose wrinkled.
Kat wondered if he was having a dream of when he was back on the ship SEEDS. She remembered that in one episode he had told that to Rem and she had flicked his nose. "Now for your turn Knives," Kat whispered taking the part of Rem in the episode she had seen.
"…I wanted to save both!" Vash mumbled.
Kat decided to end the dream before the worse parts of it came up, "Vash, wake up." Kat nudged him.
He snatched her still in his half asleep state. Kat closed her eyes a brief second from shock before going rigid. She felt his lips brush lightly against hers. Kat tried to get away but this only caused him to grip her harder. His knuckles grew white from gripping so hard.
Kat hissed loudly, "Let go."
Vash cracked an eye open and instantly dropped her hand. He sat up a bit too fast and his head hit the odd railing of the day bed. He growled in a very un-Vash-like way and shook his head.
"Are you awake now? Cause you got a LOT of explaining to do!" she hissed.
Vash avoided her gaze and remained quiet. Kat's anger ebbed away and she sat down next to Vash. He sighed and seemed to lean away from her. Kat laid her head on his shoulder and whispered, "I thought you had put Rem behind you."
He stiffened and stood up, "I thought I did too..."
He walked out of the room swaying from being woken up at such an unearthly hour. Kat followed him to the kitchen where he collapsed into a chair. His eyes closed and Kat thought he had fallen asleep.
Saku had been watching and she summoned a blanket. Kat started at the blanket that appeared in her hands before mentally thanking Saku. Kat walked up to Vash and draped the blanket around him. This woke him again and he shifted to knock the blanket off him. Kat huffed, "Stop being a baby! Now come on. I'll direct you back to your room." She made him stand up and began to walk him back.
His eyes remained closed and Kat was amazed that he had enough faith to trust her not to walk him into a wall. "Oops…!" she said as he hit a wall, "…Oh well."
Kat fixed his sheets before making him get into bed, and then she pulled them over him.
"Tomorrow… you and I are going somewhere…" he said sleepily.
Kat shrugged and went back to the couch trying to decide if she wanted to finish the Stephen King book she had been reading.
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