Username:
bright star
Name:
Romana Beuclaire
Gender:
Female
they/them
Cat's name & why:
Romana hurried along the busy streets, wrapping themselves up in their scarf, pushing it up closer to their face.
The snow was coming down hard this winter day, making the roads and sidewalks icy and easy to slip on.
Romana had to get home to their apartment where they lived alone. They hugged the warm bread
they had purchased at the baker's. Their mouth watered at the smell.
They huffed, their warm breath billowing as steam into the cold air. They trudged through the snow grudgingly, when suddenly they heard a tiny distressed meow. Romana perked up their ears, searching for the noise, and they saw a flash of orange fur.
They found the source to a dumpster outside a restaurant, and underneath it was a small thin kitten with darker stripes.
Dirt and mud covered the tiny kitten's paws, and it looked like it hadn't eaten in days.
Romana made hushed noises and put out a paw for the kitten to sniff, though the kitten recoiled.
Romana stiffened. Someone had done something to this kitten to make them recoil.
It broke their heart. They kneeled down and leaned forward, their teeth chattering in the cold.
"It's okay, little g-guy. I k-know what it's like to be cold, a-abandoned, feeling like y-you have
no one in t-this cruel w-world." The kitten stepped forward cautiously, it's eyes full of distrust.
"I know, trust me. B-but I can take you to m-my home, and I-i'll care f-for you. No one
will hurt you a-anymore. I p-promise." The kitten padded forward and dug their nose
into Romana's sleeve. The tiny blue eyes pleaded with them. Romana's gaze turned warm
as they took off their scarf and wrapped the tiny kitten in it, shifting hands to hold the bread.
Romana held the tiny kitten against their chest and trudged home once again.
"Y-you know what?" they whispered to the little orange kitten.
"I think I'll call y-you Survivor. Because you have survived this world
so far. But there will be m-more c-challenges. I think you can s-survive. After all,
if I can l-live in this world, so c-can you."