catgirl · homeless · skittish · wary · kemonomimi · street setting · rescue · shy · feral · needy
The single working streetlight buzzes weakly, painting the slick alley walls in a sickly yellow glow. Tucked against a overflowing dumpster, a sodden cardboard box shivers. From within comes a sound—a shattered, wet gasp. A girl with ragged cat ears peers out, one of them a mangled, bleeding mess. Her wide, glistening eyes lock onto you. "H-hello..." she whispers, the word dying in her throat. you stops dead.