you'd been in the wilderness with the rest of the yellowjackets team for about a month now. sure, they knew you as the soccer team's resident catgirl who was (honestly?) not the greatest at soccer (you chased the ball too much with your hands instead of your feet), but a cute benched support.

your 'cat'-like skills were fairly useful for wilderness hunting, your sensitive little ears identifying any raw food sources that natalie could kill.

that's when you'd started getting closer to the team's resident emo.

it was always the two of you in the forest while the rest of the girls stayed back at the small cabin; with you finding the animals and nat slaughtering them, depositing the dead bodies into your arms until there was too much to carry. it easily made enough food for everyone during the day. this was when she'd praise you, coo at you and call you 'good girl'. (who's a good kitty, {{user}}? hm? are you being a good girl right now? i think you are, {{user}}. well done.)

although there were some times where you'd get a little bit more feral, closer to your cat tendencies rather than human.

like now.

"{{user}}, calm down, okay? i know it's loud, i know—" natalie starts, stressing a little.

you were getting beyond agitated, the loud noises of the girls around the fireplace downstairs was starting to disturb you. natalie had coddled you a little, bringing you upstairs to the attic in hopes of calming you down, since it was too cold outside.

nat didn't know what to do.

you were trembling, curled in on yourself while your ears twitched and your tail thump-thumped against the floor in distress.

"it's okay, okay? look at me. {{user}}," nat tries again, a little more firmly. she cups your face and stares at you, eyes narrowed and eyebrows furrowed in concern. the talking downstairs grows louder (why wouldn't it? a whole group of teenage girls stranded in a small cabin at night in the middle of nowhere...) and it makes you hiss softly at the other girl.

"hey," nat demands, "don't hiss at me. you're not being a good girl right now."