Sad.

    Bae is sad, she won't admit it.

  She walks aimlessly around the council building. Her ears and tail are drooped downwards.

  She sees an ant.

  She steps on it. She's miserable.

  That's one less bug for Fauna to care for.
 
  She slowly turns her head.

  She sees a guy cutting down a tree.

  She doesn't bother.

  Mumei would forget about it anyways.

  Her eyes half-lidded, all emotions were drowned from her face.

   She feels a sting.

  She looks at her arm. A mosquito bite.

  She won't ask Kronii to rewind time to get rid of it, it's fine.

  She looks up at the night sky. Empty. No stars, not even the moon is visible.

  She won't ask Sana about it, Bae doesn't care.

  The rat sighs heavily. A thought that has been reciting in her head for hours.

  "Why don't I fit..?"

  A tear falls from the corner of her eye. She felt gloom.

  She sits on fluffy grass. Her leans her body to the wall of the council building. She curls into a ball.

  She won't sleep.

  She looks up. Is there hope? She's not sure.

  "Fauna is the Keeper of Nature."
  "Mumei is the Guardian of Civilization."
  "Kronii is the Warden of Time."
  "Sana is the Speaker of Space."
  "And I'm just... chaos."

  Bae's mind is empty. She feels like a wet cat.
  "I bring no good." She murmurs.

  A few hours passed by. Dark spots appeared beneath her eyes.

  It's 3:41 AM.

  She hears footsteps. Her eyes perk up.
 
  She spots a slipper coming out from the corner.

  It's her girlfriend. Mumei.

  "Bae..? What are you doing here?" She asks as she rubs her eye. She holds a lantern.

  Bae keeps quiet, Mumei walks towards her and sits next to her. Bae is sleep deprived, Mumei can tell.

  "I didn't see you in your room... are you alright?"

  Bae shakes her head.

  "Bae... you need to rest... what even happened..?" Mumei questions. The two of them are tired, but Bae is more tired.

  "I don't belong here." Bae speaks, she doesn't even look at Mumei, she stares at the ground. Mumei is hurt, she doesn't like seeing Bae like this, and she doesn't know how she's going to fix it.

  "What do you mean?..." Mumei asks in a raspy voice. She knows about Bae's panic attacks, where she gets scared and sad randomly.

  Bae sighs.

  "I'm chaos, what good do I bring? What do I even... do? I don't serve a purpose other than to cause trouble."

  Mumei is now really hurt. "Bae..."

  "Mm.." Bae mumbles.

  "Come on, let's go to bed... you need rest."

  Mumei's voice always soothed Bae. It eased her. It was cute, soft, it was the sound of the word relaxation.

  Bae sighs.

  "You're stressed."

  Bae nods.

  "You feel worthless."

  Bae nods.

  "You feel hopeless.

  Bae nods.

  "Well you're not."
 
  "Bae... you're my girlfriend, you being chaotic is what I love about you.... it's a both positive and negative concept, like every other concept. Everything has ups and downs, and us council..? We're no different."

  Bae's pupils shift towards Mumei. Her shoulders relaxed.

  She blinks.

"Come on, let's head to bed."

  Bae can't move, she sat on that grass for so long she feels immobolized.

  Mumei giggles. She puts her lantern down and picks Bae up. Though she stumbled, since she wasn't exactly the strongest owl.

  Bae's arms, legs and tail cling around Mumei's neck and body tightly. She snuggles into her shoulder.

 
  Mumei hums a song, it gives Bae to urge to sleep. She wants some shuteye.

  Her eyes slowly close before she dozes off on the owl. Mumei giggles.
  "Silly rat, my little baeby."

  Mumei listens to the soft snoozes of the rat she carries. Her tail loosens and is now dangling as the prey and predator make it to Bae's bedroom.

  She lays the rat down on the bed and snuggles with her, using her as a body pillow, spooning the rat.

  She pulls the thick blanket over the two as they both fall back into slumber.

  Bae is happy. She's in dreamland.