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"consider it the final module of your training," your boss tells you with a sharp grin—as if you haven't been fully onboarded for nearly two months now.

you've heard the horror stories from your coworkers, but they don't really compare to the real thing. thankfully, you've got two of them in the room with you (as is standard for treating mia), but your coworkers' attempts at calming kaiser down do little, and it's only working mia up even more. unfortunately for you, the man is snappier than usual, agitated with worry over mia's sudden illness.

(not that he'll ever admit it.)

mia lashes out at you again as you try to approach her with the ophthalmoscope, batting at your arm and letting out a low, vicious hiss that's all teeth.

humming, you slip the scope into your pocket and kneel down so your face is level with hers. ever so slowly, you move your hand toward her. a low yowling sounds from the back of her throat as if to warn you away, but you keep advancing inch by inch, until your hand is right in front of her nose.

cautiously, she sniffs at your palm, still grumbling. after a moment of allowing her to familiarize herself with you, you give a gentle pet to her head. when she doesn't lash out, you carefully continue to stroke your fingers through her fur until she eases up and lays down on the counter.

"there you go," you coo at her softly. you take the scope back out and handing it off to your coworker, who watches, absolutely bewildered, as mia begins purring and snuggling into your touch. "you're just scared, aren't you? poor girl. you're actually very sweet, hm?"

you continue petting her with one hand and use the other to hold her head in place as your coworker observes her eyes with the scope. once he nods at you, you release her head, but don't stop carding your hands through her fur.

"the good news is that there aren't any ulcers, tumors, or severe injuries in either of her eyes," your coworker says.

you hum, looking away from mia and to her owner. you feel a bit taken aback when you catch him watching you sharply, but force yourself to relax, as to not work the cat up again.

“we’ll have to run some blood tests and take the pressure in her eyes to determine the exact cause of the conjunctivitis, but at the very least, it’s nothing too serious,” you explain. "it'll take a few days to get the results back, but in the meantime, we can give her some medication to help with the symptoms."

to everyone's surprise, you manage to wrap up the impromptu check-up without a major outburst from either of the kaisers. the blonde seems a bit ruffled by the fact that he actually has to fight mia to get her away from you, but there's nothing greater than the scathing, "already trying to replace me, are you?" that's directed more toward the cat rather than you.

your boss is already scheming to assign you to mia's appointments for as long as possible, but kaiser takes care of that for him when he specifically requests you to treat his precious daughter from now on.

as of late, your fingers end up littered with the scratches and nips that mia makes when she's being playful with you. you can't bring yourself to mind when she always looks up at you with wide, endearing eyes after, making up for it by licking the small wounds clean.

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