章節 37: 37 Picnic Lunch
"Yes, it is emotionally painful. The first losses I experienced were that of my parents. There is a little emptiness but it's not actually physical pain. Just the emotional feeling of deep loss. Like something that was there is now missing." She tries her best to explain how it feels. "This is my first opportunity to talk about this with someone else. Another way I can think to explain it to you is if you were to lose me, how would your heart feel? That is almost the same as it will feel for me when I lose my people."
"Okay, I understand better now Kitsune. You will not be alone and I know that you and the baby will be safe." He sighs and finally begins to calm down. "I won't be able to do much to help them but I will do whatever I can. I do however need to know will the…..will the chemical effect me?" He hesitantly asks.
"It won't affect you at this time." She pauses, "it will after the baby is born but nothing will happen to you if you come in contact with the chemical in a few days." She looks out the window mournfully. After staying quiet for a little bit and watching the scenery roll by she begins to get drowsy. Her head rests on the side of the van and she drifts into slumber.
He looks back at her in the mirror and smiles. 'I don't think she realized how tired she really was.' He lightly shakes his head and continues the drive. After about thirty minutes of silence, he pulls over. Rather efficiently he hooks his phone to the radio and turns on some classical music. He gets back on the road and continues the drive.
Cindy saw the van pull over so she pulled up behind them but no one got out. 'I wonder if something is wrong?' Just as she is about to get out the van starts to drive again. 'Maybe it was a phone call?' She pulls out and follows the van.
Leo pulled over into a rest stop that had picnic tables after roughly five hours of driving. He turns the van off and gets out. He stretches and then goes to the door that Kitty is not leaning on. He opens the door and starts pulling out lunch and the drinks. He walks to a picnic table that is close and starts to set everything up.
Cindy pulls into the rest stop and parks behind the van. She is relieved to have a break and she hops out and brings her lunch over with her and goes and sits down at the table. "How's the drive for you guys so far?"
Leo looks up at Cindy and replies, "it is going well so far. Kitty explained how the fox demon race is connected. I would like to request that you take care of here while I am away. Not that you wouldn't before but I want to request it from you. She means so much to me. I will request that from Luke as well. That kid doesn't have school at the moment so he can prove himself by helping me out." He finishes setting up the table.
Cindy looks at Leo smiling. "I will always help out. Kitty is important to both of us. I am looking forward to meeting this 'son' of yours." She giggles and starts to open her lunch up. 'They really did a great job on the sandwiches and all the baked goodies.'
Leo walks back to the van and opens Kitty's door. "Kitsune," he whispers in her ear then reaches and touches her fox ears gently. "Wake up and come have lunch."
Kitty stirs from her slumber and groggily looks at Leo. "Mmmmm." She unbuckles the seatbelt and transforms before stepping out of the van. She grabs onto the sleeve of his sweater and walks toward the table. 'I am so drowsy. Maybe it is because I have been going nonstop for the last few days and I have been using my powers too much, so now it's starting to catch up with me.' She sits down next to Leo and starts to eat the sandwich Leo handed her.
Leo sits down next to Kitty and hands her a sandwich and grabs one for himself. "Cindy, will you be able to last driving another five hours? There is a motel that we can stay at overnight then continue the drive in the morning." He opens the coffee up and pours some in a cup and starts drinking it.
"That works for me. It's only another five hours of driving then we can all sleep in real beds and get up early in the morning to continue the drive. After we leave the motel how long will it take to get to your place?" Cindy also drinks her coffee and watches Kitty closely. 'She seems really tired. I wonder if she is okay?'
Kitty grabs a bottle of water and starts to drink it then she slowly eats her sandwich. "I'm just more exhausted than normal. I will be alright after I get enough sleep. I'll just keep napping in the van during the drive. Sorry to worry you two." She continues eating and drinking her water looking as if she could fall back asleep at any time.
"We're going to take a short break here but if you are tired you can go to sleep. Then again you must be hungry as well. Sorry love, next time we'll plan this out better. I don't want you to have to move next time." He stops eating and looks into her eyes.
"Another one? Don't you think we should worry about the little one that is still developing? I am going to be happy that I don't have to move around so much though. Staying in one place normally is not something that is possible for the clan leader." She finishes off her sandwich and slowly sips on the water. "I think I am going to go back to sleep. Thank you, darling, for waking me up." She gets up and kisses Leo's cheek.
Leo wraps his arms around her waist. He kisses her belly then releases her. "First we will worry about this one and we can talk about having another one later on. Have a good sleep. I'll wake you up when we reach the next spot for dinner and rest." He picks up his coffee and starts drinking it again.
"I will try to. I'll see you both later." She gave a little wave then turned and went back to the van. She opens the door and sits down and makes herself comfy and falls back asleep.
Cindy looks at Leo, "are you trying to make me busier?" She had watched Kitty leave and then started eating again. "I wonder if using her powers as much as she had is what has made her as exhausted as she is now?"
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Shirokitsune “What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more' ... Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: 'You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science
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