[FadingEchoes]

Essie dipped her head in farewell, dashing away to her nest and sliding through the kitty door. She meowed to her housefolk, trotting over to her bowl and purring as her housefolk obeyed in giving her food. She then took a thorough bath and went to sleep, the handsome tom inhabiting her dreams.
(We can time skip.)
Later that evening, Essie sat on the windowsill, purring as she thought on the earlier events, As the sun began to set, she stood, slipping out of her kitty door gracefully. She trotted out to her garden, sitting patiently as she waited for the handsome tom to arrive. She licked her paw carefully, drawing it slowly over her head in a hurried, final attempt to fix herself.
(Sorry it's so short, writer's block.)
@Constellation