Hyde slammed the heavy metal door behind him, letting a long groan out. The blitzleopard cub growled and snarled, seemingly forgetting much of the events that had occurred around it. "Sit the FUCK down" Hyde snapped, baring his teeth, dragging air heavily through his mouth. The blitzleopard whined, intimidated. It complied and huddled into a corner. Hyde's expression shifted immediately from anger to guilt- he didn't intend to act negatively toward the cub, even if it had seemed like it at the time, the fight that broke out between him and Abe had riled him up, getting the short end of the stick only made him feel worse. He threw himself on the sofa in the back of the room, laid on his back staring up at the ceiling, his eye narrow, his bottom lip stuck out, daydreaming.
The light knocking on the door from earlier came around again, the same pattern, the same volume- it was her. Hyde grumbled as he'd gotten up to answer the door, staring in silence at a troubled Caira.
"What." He grunted. Caira winced, her hands holding each other. "What? Spit it out lass." He said, seemingly irritated.
"Can I come in...?" She responded quietly, the events of earlier still obviously got to her. Her eyes were puffy and tired, hands twitchy and somewhat shaky. Hyde stared at her, before rolling his eye, opening the door wider and standing to the side. Caira stood still looking at him, unsure-
"Get yer arse in here then. Bloody hell..."
Caira nodded, scuttling in and standing against the wall, thumbs twiddling. Hyde went back to laying on the sofa, ignoring the fact that Caira was even there. This only made Caira feel more awkward than she already was, she sat down near the blitzer, it responded by rubbing its face against her leg, making a strange noise- a mixture between gurgling and growling. She could only imagine being the equivalent of a cat purring. The room was silent with the exception of the blitzer making noise. Hyde continued to stare up at the ceiling, making no effort to even ask in a questioning manner- "What are you doing to the bloody blitzer..." He sighed. Caira turned to look at the lazy Hyde. "Nothing. I.. Think? It's purring?... I'm not sure, it seems happy.". Hyde sat up to lean over the sofa, looking at a quiet Caira and a content blitzleopard cub. "There's a bit of meat in the fridge. I figure it needs that more than us, we can stick to that bloody ration shit." He mumbled. Caira looked at him, and back at the blitzleopard. "Were you planning on keeping it...?" She asked curiously. Hyde responded with a grunt. She frowned, raising her voice again. "I know you're mad at what happened earlier, trust me, so am I-"
"That ponce got what he deserved, I bloody didn't. Don't offer me anythin' next time if I'm gonna get in shit for it." He interrupted. Caira's expression darkened, she responded snappily, upset.
"I didn't want this to fucking happen! It wasn't my intention!" Her voice squeaked towards the end, her bottom lip stuck out and her eyes glistened. Hyde's eye narrowed, his eyebrow raised in pity. He kept himself leant back on the sofa. "Come 'ere for fucks sake." He sighed, opening his arms out for a hug. Caira dragged her weight over, sniffling and throwing herself atop Hyde, wrapping her arms around him. Hyde grunted as she threw herself on him, wincing and wrapping his arms around her too, he placed one of his hands on the back of her head, fingers caressing her hair.
"It weren't your fault." He mumbled. Caira nuzzled her cheek against Hyde's chest, nodding.
"I know. I just... Feel at fault, you know?" She mumbled back, the two were relatively silent. Caira sighed, clearing her throat. "It's so.. Tiring, stressful. These arguments, fights, they're not going to help us on Shear. They're going to cause problems." She closed her eyes, cuddling upto Hyde.
"Ain't nothing you can do about it love, really." Hyde said with a sigh. She nodded in agreement, eyes still closed. He stared at her, his eye half open. "You gonna move then?" he asked. Caira shook her head. "Well I'm fuckin' knackered. So, 'ave fun listening to my snoring." He continued.
"You don't snore, much." Caira mumbled, a small smirk crawled across her face.
"How do you-" Hyde rolled his eye, sighing. "Whatever.". Hyde's hand fell, hanging off the sofa, his other took to his eyepatch, putting it on the back of the sofa, his hand then placing itself back around Caira, who had fallen asleep relatively quickly.