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Bringing out her keychain, she hit the button and adjusted in the seat as a human before leaving her head back to look up at him. “Just for a bit until the timer goes off.” Tapping the start on it, she went to touch the keys of the piano and felt her skin crawl as the sound that came out was not what she was used to. “Ah! What’s wrong with it? Oh no, is it broken?” Trying a bit more while keeping her taps very light, it still sounded off but if she kept quiet with it it wasn’t as bad on her ears.

“You can sit next to me? Just on this side where I can see?” She didn’t like it when things were on her blindside. Not that she was worried about them doing something but it was just a habit by now.

The song she played was one that she’d heard Aloysius playing, something slow and sort of simple. It always made her a bit sleepy but at least she had figured it out easily enough. It was nice being able to play, even if she still couldn’t wrap her head around reading the actual sheet music.

“Oh, we can wait then. I don’t want you getting hurt trying to mess with it. I’m sure Aloysius knows how to fix it and I think he probably wouldn’t want us messing it up more.” Sighing she tapped the keys a few more times before closing the lid walking over to the other instruments and looking them over as she held a hand over her mouth so as not to breathe in too much more dust. Tracing her hands over the wood of the tall stringed instrument, she plucked at its strings and found that it didn’t sound off and wonky like the piano. “I don’t think I’ve seen one of these before. I’ve seen his viola and the piano… oh and this odd little thing of his he kept beneath the pillow of his cot. I don’t think I’ve seen it since he moved up to the other room though.” She hadn’t felt it when sleeping on the bed when he laid down for a few minutes here and there between things. Looking over at Liam she smiled as she plucked a few more strings until she had some semblance of a melody coming from the thing.

There was a sound a bit farther off, something she heard and tensed a bit from. “Oh, I think someone might be here or at the door.” Breathing out, she walked back over and picked up the phone just as it was about to buzz and let her human form disappear as she hopped back onto the bench as a large black and white cat. “Fish?” Trilling a bit at the idea that they would be away from the dust and eating soon. “Maybe Aloysius will be back soon too?” The time on her phone was close to when they had said they’d be home so maybe the weather was what was causing the delay.

Desiree followed the other into the kitchen and hopped back onto the counter to settle in and watch Liam cook. “Seered maybe would be easier for you and crabcakes next time.” Purring as she watched the filets come out of the bag aside all manner of ingredients and drinks. “He used to make all sorts of fish and crab things and let me have some. I think it’s nice that you cook too, he always pushed too hard to make sure he cooked all these grand meals on top of everything else he was doing.”

Flicking her tail as she watched, she was amazed at how quickly the kitchen had gone from barren to full. Everything from fresh food to spices and drinks was unloaded and put away. “After all this, you’re going to have to settle down some more or Aloysius is going to be upset but I won’t tell on you. I like being busy, even before I came to be like this I was always squeezing in and out of that window in the kitchen to venture around when he had students over for tutoring. At least it’ll stay quiet here other than the other Sharp coming over.”

“However he made them, I’m not sure. He probably has a recipe for it from that big book he kept in the drawer.” Moving about the large counter, she trilled again as the fish cooked in the pan. Whiskers twitched as she sniffed about at the nice smell that was coming along from its cooking. “Again, a good egg. Looks like you upgraded from taking care of children to taking care of the Sharps though.” It was working out well though so far for things if he had really gotten the sister to stop showing up randomly as well as getting Aloysius to eat and take care of himself a bit more again. “You’ve helped him a lot, he’s lost a lot and been hurt a lot.” She felt a bit bad still about everything that had happened but it was good that things had gotten better.

There was a sound, like a key in the door and her ears flicked towards the direction of the noise. “Ah, he’s back. Remember, I was watching you and didn’t let you work too hard.” She winked and hopped down to walk towards the door, casting another glance around to make sure all the bags were put away. If needed she would explain that she helped while being human to try and keep them from worrying.