The silence was loud in Lucifer’s ears. He could hear the sound of his own heartbeat, his blood rushing through his veins. When his breathing felt like it grew too loud, when everything started to add up and become too much, he slowly started to turn off his bodily functions.

You can’t be driven crazy by the deafening sound of your own heartbeat if your heart wasn’t beating anymore.

That didn’t do much to quell his anxieties though, freaked out by one too many bad experiences to last him a month crammed into one day. Sinners knowing just how vulnerable he was now didn’t exactly make his existence any easier.

 

As he considered just turning off his senses entirely for a little while, he felt something soft against the side of his face. He could hear loud purring in his ear, yelping as a raspy tongue licked one of them.

“KeeKee, stop that!”

 

KeeKee didn’t feel much like listening to him though, nibbling on the charred remains of what had once been a small wing, now nothing but twisted, burned bones. Jesus, that hurt.

 

As he gently swatted her away, rolling over onto his side, she walked around him. Her one, giant eye stared into his, closer and closer until he flipped over, turning his back to her again.

“Please KeeKee, not right now.”

 

She had never listened to him before though, why would she start now?

 

He felt her step over him, front paws on one side of his neck, her back paws on the other. Furrowing his brows, he rolled over onto his back, raising a hand to nudge her. “What do you think you’re doi-hrk!”

His words were cut off as she lay down, draping her entire weight across his throat. Had he actually needed to breathe, he would have had a difficult time doing so. She was fairly small, but she was heavier than she looked.

“K-KeeKee?”

He tried to lift her off of him, but she wouldn’t budge. Instead, her purring only grew louder.

Lucifer sighed.

Okay, he guessed he was stuck like this for a while.

 

His fingers ran through her fur, groaning as he felt KeeKee’s large tongue lap at his tear-stained cheek. Soon after, he felt her nuzzle it with her tail before feeling it wrap around the top of his head, resting against his pillows.

As he stared into the ceiling, he found that his anxiety had been shoved a little bit further away, distracted by one sentient key.

Was she doing this to comfort him?

 

He scratched her chin, seeing her eye close, purrs growing even louder, making his throat vibrate. He was choking a little bit, but maybe it wasn’t so bad. She was warm, and her purring drowned out his thoughts.

He let his hand rest on top of her torso. Taking a slow breath, he buried his nose in her side for a moment, before relaxing, letting his eyes slip shut.

He’d stay like this for just a little while longer.

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