"What happened to the cat?" (KiraMidnight/Yoshii-baka)

[Yoshii-baka]

 

 

Sasaki Ichirou was an average university student, he came from an average family of average intelligence; nothing of importance or extraordinary ever happened to the nineteen year-old. He was ignored while he was in high school, easily blending in with the back ground. Most of his classmate didn't even notice him in class, nearly half of the kids he grew up with since grade school didn't even know his name. In his senior year, Ichrou was rejected by his high school crush of two years, she didn't really know who he was or what school he went to despite wearing the same school uniform. No one noticed him as his looks were average, short black hair and narrow black eyes behind thick, black framed glasses. Ichirou never got his hopes up and never thought that things would be different when he entered university; he sat in the back of the class, taking his notes, completing is lessons, riding the train home in silence to his quiet and very tiny apartment.

 

But something changed out of his average life, while he was walking from the train station to his apartment. A couple kids were throwing rock down an alley, Ichirou wasn't going to stop them, it wasn't he business. But when he heard a small cry from the alley, the man stopped and chased the rotten children away. In a pile of trash was a small, filthy kitten. It was scrawny, its ribs, hips, and spine sticking out in unhealthy ways; it also was bleeding from being struck by jagged rocks. It cried again when Ichirou picked it up by the scruff of its neck; after a quick check, he discovered it was a boy kitten. The little guy cried again when the man cradled the kitten in his arms and exited the alleyway. He didn't really have a plan, but he had a neighbor who had a couple of cats, maybe she could take the kitten in. The small feline purred all the way to the apartment.

 

His neighbor couldn't take care of the kitten, she had too many on her plate to deal with it as it was, but she did give him some supplies he would need to care for the baby. She showed him how to clean the kitten, bathe him and where to put a litter box for him easily access it. It was a lot of information at once, and Ichirou wasn't entirely confident that he could care for the small living creature in his arms. But when tiny eyes looked up at him, the man gathered his resolve to nurse the cat back to health. Two days later, and the baby cat was looking much healthier, his coat was clean and shinier, his eyes clearer, and over all had a lot more energy than when Ichirou first found him.

 

The kitten didn't have a name yet as Ichirou wasn't sure if he was going to keep him. Once the kitten was better, he thought it was best to find it a better home. He couldn't just release the kitten outside, two days with the baby and he knew that the sweet, gentle cat couldn't survive the alleyway again. But having the unnamed kitten around was nice, he always looked up at Ichirou and for the first time in a long time the man would smile back. It became habit for him to take the kitten to bed and lay him on the pillow beside his own head. But on this particular morning, when Ichirou's black eyes pealed open in the morning light glistening through his window, what was lying beside him was something he had never even dreamed of.

 

"What the h-!" Ichirou exclaimed in shock. He ripped the blankets away form the bed and, in doing so, he flung himself to the floor with a tremendous thud. "A-a man.....ears....tail....." he stammered to himself, trying to convince himself that he wasn't seeing a naked guy in his bed. With cat ears. And a cat tail.

 

 

[KiraMidnight]

The young cat boy slept calmly in the bed. His tail wrapped around his waist and his ears down. He had a slender build but that was because he just needed to be fed as a human would be.

 

He woke up quickly with all the commotion and panic that Sasaki caused when he got out of bed. The boy sat up on the bed like a cat would sit up and he yawned. His dark eyes shining as he stared at the man on the floor

 

"Mew??" He made a small cat noise though with the fact he was human now it didn't sound like it, but it was still innocent sounding as he tried to figure out what had startled his friend. He looked around the room to try and find the answer

[Yoshii-baka]

The naked male figure perched in his bed said 'mew', just like a cat. Or rather, like a human trying to imitate a cat. Ichirou's black-colored eyes were as wide as saucers as this, so-called cat, with cat-like eyes, scanned the bedroom around him. It was dark, he couldn't completely see the person in his bed, but he could distinguish the outlines of the ears atop his head and the tail wrapped around his lithe waist. Even in darkness, his eyes were glowing softly as they darted about the small room. Either, this intruder wasn't human or he was an extreme cosplayer. He couldn't fathom that a stray cat, tiny from malnutrition and dirty from living on the streets, could have magically transformed into a human being. 'That's impossible,' Ichirou thought, placing the back of his hand against his forehead to check if he was feverish. 'This isn't an anime.'

 

Quietly, and while trying to not make any sudden movements, the man stood to his feet. Trying to stave off an attack from a wild animal, he held his hands out in front of him for defense. The young man sitting, naked, on his bed looked harmless enough, for a guy in cosplay, but Ichirou wasn't going to take any chances with his intruder. When he gathered enough courage, he dashed out the bedroom door, slamming it hard against its hinges and raced for the living room, where he had left his phone. Shakily, he managed to dial the police, but when asked what the problem was he froze. What was he going to say? There's a man-cat in his bed? Suddenly, at the absurdity of the whole situation, Ichirou broke out into manic laughter as he disconnected the line from the police and tossed his phone to the floor. He collapsed onto the couch, still giggling at his scenario. He lost it. He was positive he was going crazy.

 

[KiraMidnight]

The young cat boy sat on the bed, his tail coming from around his waist and swaying from side to side. He watched with curiosity as the panicked man bolted from the room. The neko was confused and lost, 'why was he running?' He thought as he sat there in the dark room.

 

Finally when he heard the crazed laughter of man he stood up, falling hard back to the floor because he hadn't yet learned to walk. He got up on his hands and knees and crawled to the door gently head butting it and making meowing noises as he did so, wanting to make sure his Master was alright