#asha bibi

[tittyfixation]

Roisin liked to pretend she never saw it. Like the rest of her problems, her solution was always to run away physically or mentally, sometimes both. It happened too quick for it to have actually happened, right? Surely Jai wasn’t actually gone, right? It’s what she would tell herself before she closed her eyes and unwelcomed, the image would slam into her mind. 

Sometimes she felt his body weight in her arms as she closed her eyes, feeling his blood run over her hands and arms. Bruno shot so quickly, trying to aim for her and like the fucking guy he was, Jai jumped right in front of her. A smile on his face looking at her like he wasn’t bleeding from the back of his head. Curled up in her bed during the late night, Roisin bit her hand to bite back the loud sob that was forced out of her chest. Careful to try and not wake up Asha, she knew her efforts were futile as she felt her bed shift. 

Damn cat.

Asha stared at her, her expression unreadable as the only source of light from the moonlight outside. Roisin knew how red her eyes were, having lost track of how long she’s been crying and she was breathing shallowly, sniffling. Asha’s eyes darted down, biting at her bottom lip and she then opened up her arms. A very uncharacteristic but welcomed gesture. Thinking that she had no more tears left to cry, Roisin curled up in Asha’s lap as a sob suddenly broke out of her chest. Asha threaded her fingers through Rosin’s hair as she stroked her hair.

“I could’ve stopped him,” Roisin choked out with a sniffle, feeling the weight of Asha’s tail blanket her, “it’s my fault.”

“No, it is not your fault,” Asha stated, her voice soft and defeated. They both knew that nothing in Roisin’s brain could’ve made her believe that. The two of them sat in silence, the only sounds that echoed in their room being the sound of Roisin’s sobs. A vibration began to course through Asha’s body and Roisin listened to the sound of Asha purring. 

Roisin’s cries began to slowly quiet, focusing on the sound of Asha’s purring in her ear and not on all the evil thoughts in her head. She felt Asha shift as a blanket was pulled over her, but her purring never stopped. Asha scratched the back of her head and Roisin felt sleep begin to wash over her. 

Before Roisin could ask if Asha was gonna be okay, the last thing she heard was the sound of her purring before she fell asleep.

[tittyfixation]

The meowing was a distant sound yet so prominent to Rowan’s ears up in the sky, especially when mixed with the human-like cries. Despite the thousands of years they’ve spent on this planet and all the things they have seen, Rowan hasn’t heard something like this before. They began to fly down towards the source of the noise and as the crying became louder, Rowan knew that they were getting closer. With a final flap to their wings, they landed on the ground around the sandy beach.

In a brown wooden basket, a small baby was wrapped up in a blanket and holding some stuffed animal they couldn’t see. The only thing that Rowan could see of the baby was the head and small yet fluffy black cat ears, plus some collar that was around the baby’s neck. Rowan couldn’t tell what gender the baby was but on this island, it didn’t really matter. They stared into the little baby’s eyes and for the first time, Rowan heard the sound of the baby gurgling with a happy smile. Deep in this child, there was a low vibration that Rowan could only feel and hear.

Whoever abandoned this sweet thing was gonna die by their hand.

“Hey honey bunches, let’s get you somewhere warm and cozy, okay?” Rowan cooed and as they leaned down to grab the baby out of the basket, a cry mixed with a meow was punched out of them while they reached for the stuffed animal they were holding. With murmured apologies, Rowan reached into the basket and grabbed the stuffed animal in question. A fluffy little white rabbit stuffed animal with white floppy ears, Rowan letting out a giggle at the twitching tail that was triggered from the baby holding it. 

“Let’s get you cleaned up, okay? I hope I never meet who did this to you, sweet pea, because they’re going to be in a load of pain,” Rowan promised the little bundle of joy in their arms plus their stuffed rabbit. They didn’t want to think about how long this kid has gone without human contact of some kind based on how quickly they fell asleep in their arms. But that pain didn’t matter now–Rowan was going to give them the best life that they could.

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“They were found where?!” Catarina snarled as Rowan finished the story, her nails digging into her crossed arms. Rocking the bassinet as the little baby slept peacefully, Rowan could only feel rage as they thought about how the baby could’ve gotten there. Rowan closed their eyes and looked back over at Catarina, their wings fluffed out behind them and almost cupping the bassinet out of instinct.

“In a basket. Near the ocean.”

“And you, you felt the-”

“Catarina, you know how I work. For something like that, they need to come to me, even if I feel it in them,” Rowan explained with a stern voice and Catarina sighed with a nod. 

“I know, I know, it’s just…” Catarina began and she held open a collar that read Asha on the tag. “Was this supposed to be the baby’s name? Or the stuffed rabbit?”

“That I do not know,” Rowan answered with a shake of their head and then an idea popped into their head as they shifted to fully look at Catarina, “we’ll name them Asha. When they’re older and they don’t like the name, they can ask to change it.”

“That’s such a great idea!” Catarina exclaimed and she trotted over to sit on the other side of the bassinet, smiling down at little Asha inside. “Asha, Asha, Asha.”

Rowan smiled down at Asha’s sleeping form, watching them hold onto the stuffed bunny in their little arms. The logical part of Rowan knew that they may never find the people who did this to Asha, but they dreamed of the day that they could find those people. But their heart warmed when they watched Catarina hunting for different necessities for Asha–Asha was being brought into a large family that will be ready to kill everyone for them.

And Rowan couldn’t be happier.

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The angelic being stared down at each of the Fire Pirates with an intensity Johnny only remembered from Akeno. He couldn’t tell how tall they were, only that all around them they glowed like a star—too bright to be standing right in front of them. Squinting hard, he tried to perceive the creature in front of him.

“Sorry loves! I forget that regular people can’t see my true form,” the being said with a light giggle and before all of their eyes, the being transformed into a person with pastel blue skin and a set of light pink wings. Their wings were shaped like that of a bird’s. The being has long flowing golden hair, periodically being caught by the light. Johnny wasn’t necessarily sure what this creature was but he couldn’t help being entranced.

“Rowan!” Asha suddenly exclaims, trotting over with a twitch of her fluffy tail. The being, who is apparently named Rowan, was a lot taller than her but that didn’t stop them from pulling her into a hug. Rowan wrapped their wings around Asha and then they pulled her apart.

“Asha, who’s this?” Pierre asked her, seemingly curious by the open reaction.

“This is the person who raised me and changed my life. Rowan!” Asha stated, her ears flopping happily by the sides of her head. Johnny smiled as Asha’s shoulders were the most relaxed he’s ever seen them and it didn’t go unmissed how she was pacing around their legs. He bit back a giggle at the very cat-like behavior.

“We’re just needing to dock for the day so-“ Johnny started to explain to them and Rowan swooped over to take his hands into theirs.

“Oh! I can tell you are dear friends of Asha. And dear friends of Asha’s are dear friends of mine,” Rowan declared with a wide smile, their wings fluffed out. “I’ll find you the best rooms, best foods, and all the best—ah!”

Rowan beckoned all of the Fire Pirates to follow behind them and they listed off the things that they needed to get. Johnny, with wide eyes, nodded at everything as he took in everything that was said but he still kept a wide smile all across his face.

It was hard to believe that they had a Sea Demon nurturing so kindly.

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“I thought you said Gabe hated cats,” Nadia whispered to Clyde, both of them staring at the spectacle in front of them. Not even a spectacle but just this…moment in front of them. Clyde bent down to whisper in her ear, his eyes never leaving the two people in front of them.

“Normally yes, but this is…different.”

On the ship deck, Gabriel sat cross legged while the brown and black fluffy cat flopped across his thighs. The cat had his own little bed. Or her. Clyde could never tell the gender of cats. Gabriel had one of his rare wide smiles as he scratched underneath the cat’s chin. As he scratched, he felt a little collar and tag and he gently moved so he could read the tag.

“So your name is Asha, huh pretty girl?” Gabriel asked her with a coo to his voice. Clyde tightened his lips at the out of character tone, biting back a laugh along with Nadia and Naseem. He looked anywhere but at the two of them to keep himself from bursting out laughing.

Asha meowed up at him, a sweet little yes-like noise high in pitch. She bumped her head against his chest and brought her paws up to his shoulders. Gabriel scooped her up before holding her and standing up. His tail wagged at the sweet little gesture and he looked up at the three people staring at him. Asha glanced over at them and gently flopped her tail in his hold.

“Mama Gabe, not worried about a thing,” Naseem teased and Nadia glanced down at how he was holding Asha.

“Need a sling, Mama?” Nadia also teased with a small grin but both of their smiles dropped when Asha let out a low growl at them. Clyde didn’t know cats were even capable of making that noise. Gabriel scratched the back of her ears and Asha instantly curled back up into him.

“It’s okay sweetie pie, they’re just stupid, they mean well,” Gabriel cooed out, walking up to the boardwalk to walk off to the dock.