Neko!Sweden x Reader Chpt 3

    It had been a long month of work and enjoying your time with the cat. Elizaveta had come over to your house bringing another cat along that was going to be adopted soon. She was taking care of it personally since it had an injury. So while Berwald played with the little kitten, more like the kitten messed with him while he napped, you and Elizaveta got some things for Berwald's birthday. You figured he deserved some kind of little kitty party or something. He'd put up with your shenanigans for a long time and it was time to give back. So you and Elizaveta were out picking up a nice salmon for him to eat and birthday decorations. You two even bought him gifts as well, as if he was a little kid more then just a house pet.

    "I'm sure he'll be so surprised by this! This will be the first time anyone has celebrated his birthday." Elizaveta cooed as she pushed the bags over her shoulder. You smiled at her as the two of you walked back home.

"Do you think he'll hide?" you asked looking over to her.

"Ja, he probably will~ He's such a shy cat." she giggled

The both of you giggled as you thought of how Berwald would respond to the birthday party set for him.

    Once home you pulled Berwald and the kitten into your room and closed the door. Berwald didn't take this well and ran to the door. Something like this had happened before. Even with your smiling face he still felt as if something bad was going to happen. Were you going to leave him? No... He looked back to see the kitten sleepily walking over to him and lazily playing with his tail. You two wouldn't leave him and the kitten alone would you? The kitten was to be adopted and if anything... you would have certainly only left him in your room. Staring up at the door he was leaning on he dropped down his front paws and picked the kitten up. Leaping onto your bed he circled your pillow and laid down with the kitten close to him. Your smell and the kittens soft purrs lulled him to sleep. He'd try and calm down. He had too.

    Though while Berwald panicked in your room, you and Elizaveta set up your little party favors. Placing your gifts in bags that Berwald could tip over, making fish shaped cards with each letter of his name along with Happy Birthday on a large fisk fish. The two of you giggled together as you finally finished the preparations and stood up to look at your work. It was great! Everything was set and you could finally let him out. Placing a finger to your lips you winked at Elizaveta while she gave a nod and a giggle of understanding. You quietly crept to your room and opened the door. Upon not seeing Berwald on the floor with the kitten you became worried and looked around. There on your bed were the two snuggled up on your pillow napping. You gave a small warm smile to the two before creeping back into the living room. The Hungarian looked at you confused before you placed a finger to your lips once more and made a small 'shhh'ing sound. Giving a small smile the two of you headed over to the tv and quietly watched it while waiting for the two to wake up.

    It was only about a half an hour before Berwald had gotten up. Though how could he sleep when the two of you were giggling your heads off about what was on tv. Feeling something brush up against your leg you looked down and smiled at him. "Hey Ber~" you purred picking him up and hugging him close. He looked up at you expectantly with a paper fish in his mouth. You held in your laughter before placing him down and standing up. With you and Elizaveta's help you picked up the long string that held the fish banner up. In unison you both wished him a happy birthday. His face darkened and he dropped the fish before trying to hide under the sofa. You laughed and picked him up.

    "Hey, me and Elizaveta worked hard on this. No reason to be shy about it now. Now why don't you have some of your salmon that I bought you and then you can open your presents." you teased placing a finger to his furry white chest and scratching it. His face never lightened, only darkened. You had done this for him? He was just a cat.

    After his thoughts were interupted by you placing him down, you went to the kitchen to grab his fish and place it before him. This of coarse is when the kitten ran to the fish and started to nibble it. You and Elizaveta laughed while Berwald stared at the kitten.

    "You can share a little, right Berwald?" you asked tilting your head. The cat looked over at you and back down at the kitten before eating a bit from his side. This only made you smile as you saw he had no qualms with it. Besides, you did have more of the salmon for him. After the two had their fill of salmon it was time for Berwald to open presents. He seemed confused why the small gifts were placed in front of him. The kitten however wanted to play with them and was about to before Elizaveta took him in her arms.

    "That's enough little one. This is for Berwald only ok?" she said wiggling her finger in front of his face. This made the kitten only mew and bat at her finger trying to capture it in his paws and nibble on it. After which you looked over to Berwald who raised himself enough to peek into the bag. Seeing what was inside he looked up at you. You weren't sure if he was pleased or confused by this and you just motioned your hand as if you were pawing at something. He on the other hand stuck his head in and tried to pull the item out. At which the bag got stuck on his head. You giggled and gently pulled it off him while cooing so he would stop panicking. Though when he panicked he usually just stayed as still as a statue.

    After opening a few more of the little bags, the kitten was let go and started to play with some of them while Berwald had obtained some new things in the colors of blue and yellow. He seemed happy about them in either case. Walking over to you as you played with the kitten he nuzzled his head against your leg. Blinking you leaned back and smiled at him. He gave another of his strange little meows and you picked him up. He hadn't expected that and his face darkened. You could easily tell he didn't like to be picked up, though that never stopped you. Placing the large grey tom in your lap you petted him. This made him calm down immensely and nuzzle into your lap in content. He was the happiest he'd ever been in a long time. It was weird... his happiest moment was being in your lap as a cat. When he thought harder on it, he curled his head under your leg. His whiskers twitching slightly due to the fact he was blushing, though you would never have known. Berwald... the man who was taller then just about everyone was sitting in some girls lap.

    Matthias would surely have a field day with that. Thinking of someone he knew, Berwald only glared at the dark space his face was hiding in. He hadn't known he had released his claws and started to claw into your leg. You flinching, he didn't take notice of it while still seething about the person he deemed as an idiot. If it hadn't been for him messing up Lukas... he wouldn't be in this situation. That drunken ba-

"Ow!"

    He pulled his head up and retracted his claws to look up to you. You rubbed the area near his claws and gave a sympathetic smile. "You ok?" you asked him softly. He looked down at his paws, a claw still revealed before he returned it back again. He felt terrible for hurting you in his seething rage. He slowly crept out of your lap and into your room. You of coarse quickly fallowed him along with Elizaveta. You only saw his tail flicker under your bed before seeing him curl up beneath said item and out of your reach. His face to the wall and his head between his paws. He was ashamed of himself, punishing himself for hurting you. The two of you looked at each other giving worried glances before she left. You tried your hardest to reach him, to tell him everything was fine and you knew he didn't mean it.

    Though he never moved an inch. How could you know he didn't mean it? Not that he was mad at you or anything... he was just so confused. You were so kind to him, and here he was being such a horrible pet. You even celebrated his birthday and bought him gifts. As this all went through his mind he continued to punish himself. He wasn't worthy of being near you... nor even you loving him. He wasn't worth anything to anyone.

    After a while you couldn't really do much to try and get him to come out. Seeing as he was either too angry at you for something or too upset about something, you just let him be. You just hope that by tomorrow or after dinner, he'd crawl into your lap and cuddle with you again. Leaving some salmon on a plate, you headed back to the kitchen to make yourself some food. You just hoped that your little Berwald would return to you again.