[Comprehensive British and American] Plague Meow

"Cuckoo..."

The low hooting of an owl can be heard outside.

The strange thing is that this sound is different from that of ordinary wild owls. It does not make people feel noisy, but has a sense of security like being guarded.

It is the guardian of the long night, maintaining the peace and stability between the two dimensions.

The little black cat nestled next to him. Bucky, who has been single for many years, did not have the habit of sleeping with other people, so he turned slightly sideways, with half his back facing Naqi, so that the warm body of the little black cat just stuck to Bucky. The position of the base back waist.

People who have struggled in various difficult environments in the early years will not be in good health. There will inevitably be various hidden injuries in the muscles and joints all over the body. These injuries will become chronic diseases after healing.For example, Batman's kind is more serious, and Bucky will inevitably have some "professional problems".

At this time, being gently pressed against the kitten's warm body, he actually felt extremely comfortable. He couldn't help but leaned forward and pressed a little closer. Then Bucky froze, holding his breath and waiting for a while, and found that Naqi didn't move. , breathing evenly, seemed to have fallen asleep a long time ago, which made Bucky feel relieved, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

He hasn't slept so soundly for a long time, the darkness almost completely engulfed him, the sea water submerged him, and the warm ocean current wrapped him, without suffocation, without fear, everything seemed to return to the origin of all things, to the peaceful shore.

The only pressure comes from the water pressure of the deep sea.

Bucky could feel the slight pressure in his lungs as he breathed.

But that doesn't matter.

He didn't want to wake up from such a dark and sweet dream just because of this little pressure.

"Sa..."

"sough……"

Once or twice.

There seems to be some strange sounds in the depths of the deep sea.

"Sa—!"

And it's getting sharper.

Bucky saw the light.

The sun pierced the surface of the sea, and the beams plunged into the depths of the sea, awakening him.

It turned out that it was already dawn.

Bucky, who hadn't slept until dawn for a long time, wanted to stretch his waist, and then went to see what was going on with the ghostly "snapping" sound outside. He instinctively thought it was an owl playing with a bouncing ball, so it didn't matter too much. care.

That wasn't enough to grab his attention too much.

After all, Bucky has more important things to deal with now.

For example, why does he still feel a little heavy in his chest.He even felt like he was back in Brooklyn. At the carnival before the battle, on the eve of the battle, the girl's slender arms were pressed against his chest, and he was not interested in the intoxicating singing and dancing, but was concentrating on listening to his own voice through the resonance of his chest cavity. heartbeat.

That night he pushed away the crowd, stayed away from the bonfire, and walked into the darkness alone.

It is dawn now.

Bucky lifted the quilt in confusion.

"Well……?"

natch?

Bucky, of course, remembered sleeping with the cat the night before.But this is not enough to explain why the cat crawled on his chest early in the morning.And also...

Naqi's schedule was a little crooked by Stark. Bats are not early risers. After a period of time, they have developed a small problem of sleeping late in the morning. At this time, they are sleeping ignorantly. The paws were propped forward, the hind hoofs were curled up and the waist was arched, and he yawned while stretching himself, and stepped on Bucky's chest with his front paws.

Then Natch was even more confused.

The claw feeling of this part seems to be very special. It has never been stepped on so directly. After all, when jumping on Batman, there is always Kevlar fiber to protect the big bat with sharp nerves. It was the first time that Qi came into contact with such a strong chest muscle structure.

The human muscle is a wonderful thing, it is hard and strong, yet soft and elastic.

Natch stomped and stomped again.

Bucky: ...

Don't think about anything, just get up.

Bucky threw off the quilt resolutely, got up, ignored the kitten who was thrown by him and rolled directly to the floor, and went straight to wash his face and brush his teeth. Breakfast was already on the table.

In the twilight morning light, Bucky sat down at the dining table.

The warm milk made him feel like he was back when he was three years old. He stayed for a while, and then drank the milk slowly with the freshly baked milk-flavored cookies.

There was another "sough" sound outside.

Bucky got up and went out, only to find that it wasn't the Faceless Owl flopping.

"What are you doing?"

Bucky looked at Damian with a confused look as he piled up straw piles one by one, and then drew out the knife twice, and the whole bundle of hay became three knots.

"Training." Damian didn't stop turning his head.

"..."

I know you're training, what I'm asking is your training is training, why do you want to harm my hay?

"Clap" twice.

Bucky looked back sensitively, but found that it was ZKR who was nestling quietly in the kennel, welcoming Naqi.

Only then did Bucky remember that he had been making nests yesterday, but he forgot to get some food for the animals. He hurried to the warehouse to have a look, and unexpectedly found that the dry hamster balls from yesterday had been moved. In a decent acrylic hamster cage, there are also bath salts and drinking fountains for hamsters, as well as rat food.

This early in the morning, Damian really did a lot of things.

A row of nails were driven into the beam, and a long-dead mouse was hung upside down on each of the nails. The mouse's tail was tied in a knot on the nails, its lifeless body was shaking, and its eyeballs had been gouged out. There is only empty darkness inside, and it is not known whether the Faceless Owl is used to scare the Killer Rat, or it is simply storing food.

Bucky stares for a moment, then silently looks away.

Fortunately, it's not night, otherwise even he would be terrified when he looked up and saw such a row in the middle of the night.

Turning around again, Damian had finished his training and went to the kitchen to cook for the cats and dogs. He stopped by and asked, "Have you eaten?"

"Nach made breakfast."

"……Humph."

Bucky: "?"

Damian's veins and unhappiness were written all over his face.

Logically speaking, Bucky knows this situation and can deduce that Damian is jealous, because Natchy made himself breakfast, and everyone knows how strong the weird monopoly of the Batman Robinbirds is.

But Bucky still doesn't understand why Damian is jealous, just like he doesn't understand why the group of people insists on calling Natch their cat.

"Meow."

Sudden meowing.

Bucky turned his head, was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head again, and saw Naqi squatting not far behind him, with his tail curled by his side, looking at him with his head tilted slightly.

"Hungry? Damian will have the food ready soon."

Natch shook his head.

"Meow."

Bucky still doesn't understand.

So Natchy jumped onto the table next to him and gave Damian a "meow".

Damian turned around for a second, put the boneless fish maw and stick bones in the pot into iron plates of different sizes, put them on the table, left a sentence of "wait" and ran to the sofa, took He took out a tablet and handed it to Natch.

Bucky suddenly realized that Natch wanted to communicate with him, so he asked him for a tablet.

Cat's paw unlocked.

[Do you know what is the best way to deal with ZKR? 】

"what?"

[Don't let yourself 'lonely', don't be caught by fear.The biggest way to defeat them is to never fall into the abyss first. 】

Natch's statement sounds a little funny, especially to a veteran.

"I'm not a kid." Bucky smiled and shook his head.

[Fear knows no age, sometimes children are the real warriors. 】Nach turned his head slightly to look at the two-legged beast, 【The ignorant are fearless, for existence like us, this sentence may not always be derogatory. 】

Bucky was a little puzzled by this, but he seemed to understand something. He pulled out his chair and sat down, facing Naqi, and asked, "You mean, the reason why Jeff came to me is because I'm 'lonely', And into the 'Abyss'."

Natch nodded slightly.

"From your point of view, am I still lonely now?" Bucky pointed at the door, Damian ran out just now and didn't know what to do. "Look, Damian is nearby, and you are too."

However, Naqi still nodded.

For Naqi, Bucky's existence is really lonely, his soul resists everyone's approach, like a weak firefly curled up in the abyss.

But now, he was on the verge of extinction.

fragile humans.

However, these seemingly serious things are no longer fatal at this time. Naqi is confident that as long as he is here, he can cure all kinds of problems of this two-legged beast.

It's a pity Bucky couldn't communicate directly with it.

This is not surprising, people who do not have a high desire to explore on the spiritual level just have a hard time understanding them.

"Okay, it's time for me to shepherd the sheep." Bucky unilaterally terminated the conversation, and he needed a little time to digest the information he now knew.

"We agreed to let you ride the sheep, do you want to go together?" He asked Naqi while tidying up.

"Meow." Of course.

Natch jumped off the table and followed.

Go out and turn to the direction of the sheep pen, ZKR followed up halfway.

Bucky glanced back at the little white dog following him in a serious manner, and asked, "Are you a shepherd dog?"

Bai Chai seemed innocent.

The strange thing is that Bucky seems to be able to understand Baichai's thinking, he can understand the blankness, the silent abyss after the blankness, like a circus with only one clown dancing alone.

I want friends, would you like to be my friend?

Bai Chai seemed to be talking to him like this.

There are balloons floating around.

The area suddenly became foggy, and the colors of the balloons faded away, making it impossible to see them. Bucky frowned, and moved closer, trying to see their colors clearly.

"Meow."

A meow interrupted Bucky's thoughts.

"how?"

Bucky looked down at Nucky, but saw the grass close at hand, and then Bucky realized that he was squatting on the ground, and reached out to get close to ZKR's blank mask, while Nucky was standing beside him, looking at him, and There was a cry.

And he himself was very close to the mask, his fingers almost touched the mask that made people feel cold.

"Meow?" Natch asked something.

Bucky didn't understand.Fortunately, he also knew that something was wrong with this situation, so he bounced back reflexively.

It's just that his body seemed to be squatting for a while when he didn't realize it, his back was a little stiff, and he couldn't bounce up all of a sudden, but sat on the grass instead.

Naqi lightly "meowed" at ZKR again.

ZKR wagged his tail, looked at Naqi, turned his head, and looked at Bucky again.