Oct 19, 2008 02:37
Clicking the door ever so quietly closed behind him, Aidan slipped the duplicate key into his pocket again. His first few times slipping in had been with a skeleton key but after making a print in wax one time while Zafer was sleeping, he had a real copy now. He set the paper bag he was carrying down on the desk, walking slowly and with the balls of his feet first to keep from making sounds on the floor. Slipping the headphones into the audio jack, he turned on the laptop before wandering over to where the tiny kitten lay on her bed. She was watching her with little eyes and gave a yawn when he picked her up carefully, scratching her behind the ears as he stepped into to kitchen area to prepare her formula. Bending over at the sound of her questioning meow, he smiled cheerfully.
"Shh, we must let your grumpy mommy sleep some more!"
Eventually he was settled into Zafer's chair, one hand holding his iPhone to read the news (the laptop was updated and now shut down again), the other cradling a now sleeping kitten with a small round belly in his arms.