Cheshire Short

"Hey! Wait up!"

Groaning to yourself, you glanced back over your shoulder as you walked, adjusting your bookbag on your back and bracing for what was to come.

"Were you really trying to leave without me?" Her wide grin made it hard for you to suppress your own, the shorter girl having caught up to you as the two of you began to walk together on the sidewalk. "In a rush or something? Got something important to do at home~?"

Her emphasis on the word 'important' and subsequent drawling out of the sentence made you blush, a fuzzy purple-black paw grabbing onto your forearm.

"You know I could always help with that~"

The cat-eared girl disappeared in a puff of purple smoke as you swatted at her, your hand cutting uselessly through the air as she appeared a good ten or so feet ahead of you on the sidewalk, pouting. "Aw, you're never any fun..."

"Just leave me alone, please..."

Every day, every single day this Cheshire Cat would follow you home from school, teasing and messing with you, grinning and laughing at you all the while. It didn't help that she lived just a few houses down the street from you, either, so oftentimes she would just randomly teleport into your room to continue with her annoyances when you were trying to do your homework.

In a poof of smoke, she was back by your side, latched onto your arm. "But what would be the fun in that, nyaa~? Besides, the look on your face when I said that was just priceless!"

Attempting to tug away your arm proved fruitless. Despite her being quite a bit shorter than you, she had no problem clinging onto you as she pleased, sometimes the Cheshire even teleporting herself onto your shoulders and telling you to carry her home.

Grumbling and saying nothing, you resided yourself to your fate, the catgirl holding your arm beginning to blabber endlessly about a run of things, you not paying it any mind. Just one foot in front of the other and soon enough you'd be free of her torture.

"Are you even listening?"

Don't reply, just keep walki-

A sudden tickling sensation in your side caused you to yelp and jump away, the Cheshire beginning to giggle to herself maniacally at your reaction. "You're so ticklish!" She teased, holding up a paw and waving her fingers at you, her tail twitching behind her in glee. "But that's great to know for future uses~"

Cussing to yourself and not paying her any mind, you doubled up your pace, not looking back to where the grinning Cheshire was standing, her shrill voice calling out to you. "Where are you going!?"

Suddenly, she poofed into place just in front of you, the purple-haired catgirl reaching out with her fuzzy paws. "You're not getting away that easily~"

Her soft paws latched onto your sides again as you attempted to backpedal, the Cheshire beginning to tickle you yet again. You laughed and yelped uproariously as her soft paws dived beneath your shirts, running over your skin and tickling you as she pressed herself as close as possible, giggling.

"St-Stop!" You demanded through your laughing, the catgirl not letting up her assault. She pushed you back and back and back, her giggles mixing in with your laughs and paws keeping her close to you.

Suddenly, your heel struck something as you walked backwards, sending you tumbling onto your back and onto the grass, the Cheshire following suit and landing heavily on your chest. With the wind knocked out of you, you groaned and struggled to breathe, the weight of the catgirl not making it any easier as she refused to move.

Finally having your breath under control, you opened your eyes and came face to face with her, her eyes just inches away from your own as she stared down at you, her signature grin having disappeared from her face. Cheeks flushed, her hot breath rolled over your skin, the Cheshire's pupils dilating and blush deepening.

In a sudden puff of smoke, she was gone, reappearing upright back on the sidewalk, fussing over her skirt and fixing her hair. "I-I can't b-believe you'd come onto me like that!" She chided you as your coughed and waved the purple smoke away. "Pervert!"

You stared up at her as she crossed her arms, her tail flicking nervously behind her as she scowled at you. "Are you going to apologize?" She demanded, standing above you.

"S-Sorry..." You managed to get out, though you weren't sure why you were the one apologizing, pushing yourself back to your feet and dusting yourself off.

Feeling a sensation on your leg, you looked down to find her tail wrapping itself around your thigh, the end flicking idly as she used it to hold you close. "L-Let's just go home." She stuttered out, beginning to walk off and dragging you along with her tail, and you couldn't help but notice her sly grin beginning to return.