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Chapter 35 - Little follower

Sat. cont.

Takeshi wanders the streets until darkness covers the city. He stops at a small park and sits on a bench before letting out a long sigh and leaning his head back to look up at the stars. After a few minutes of sitting like that, something small rubs against his ankle. He quickly sits up, startled, and looks down to see a small cat with medium long white fur standing between his feet. The cat looks up at him, revealing the silver gray fur markings that covered its ears and nose. Its light blue eyes study him before it lets out a small meow.

"Um… hello there?" Takeshi lets out a small, confused laugh. The cat meows again before jumping up onto his lap.

"Wow, um, hi…" he laughs. It begins to purr and rub its head against his hands. Takeshi smiles and softly pets it, causing the cat to purr even louder.

"You're pretty young, aren't you? And, pretty thin too," he says as he notices that the cat is underweight. "Are you a stray?"

The cat lets out another meow, almost as if it was responding to him, causing Takeshi to laugh.

After another hour of sitting there, Takeshi begins to yawn.

"Ok little one, I'm headed home. Be safe, ok?" He looks at the cat who was now laying on his lap, half awake. It opens its eyes as he speaks and stares at him.

"C'mon little kitty," Takeshi begins to pick it up to move it off of his lap so he can get up. It lets out a small meow before yawning and staring at him.

"Bye little one," he stands up and begins to head to his house.

"Welcome home Takeshi," Arhiyan is standing by the stove as Takeshi walks into the house.

"Hey," he sighs as he closes the front door.

"Who's your new friend?" Arhiyan points near his feet.

"Wha..." Takeshi begins before looking down and seeing the cat sitting by his feet.

"Just make sure you clean up after it," Arhiyan laughs before turning back around and continuing to cook.

"You're one sly cat," Takeshi stares at the cat before walking over the front door and opening it.

"Go kitty, go," he motions out of the door but the cat just sits there and stares at him.

"C'mon. Go," the cat just continues to stare.

"Maybe it's hungry," Arhiyan chimes.

"It followed me here from the park," Takeshi stares back at it.

"Well close that door, you're lettin the bugs in," Arhiyan turns to look at him.

"I don't know this cat," Takeshi looks at her.

"Let it stay here for tonight. We can feed it and give it some water. Maybe in the mornin it'll wanna leave," Arhiyan shrugs.

"I don't have cat food..." Takeshi looks back at the cat.

"Just give it some of that turkey from last week. It's supposed to expire this Monday," Arhiyan motions to the fridge before turning back to cook.

"Ok, fine," Takeshi grabs the turkey out of the fridge, grabs a small plate, and puts the plate on the floor for the cat with the turkey on top. The cat stares at Takeshi for a few seconds before walking over to the plate and sniffing the turkey. It glances at Takeshi before beginning to eat the food slowly, almost as though it wasn't that hungry to begin with. He lets out a long sigh as he starts up the stairs towards his room. As soon as he reaches the top of the stairs, he hears the small pitter patter of small paws running up the stairs towards him. Takeshi turns and looks down before letting out an annoyed sigh at the sight of the cat at his feet again.

"Seriously?" He nearly laughs. "You stay out here," Takeshi sighs as he steps into his room and starts to close his door.

"What's with the cat?" Maiman is sitting at the desk in his room in her human form.

"I have no clue," Takeshi starts.

"Is it just a cat?" Maiman looks at him after glancing at the cat.

"Yeah. It's just a cat. A weird cat," Takeshi sighs.

"It's kinda cute," Maiman smiles.

"Annoying. It's annoying," Takeshi grumbles.

"No, it's cute Takeshi. I wanna keep it. Can we keep it? Please?" Maiman stands up and approaches the cat who has now entered the room and is standing by Takeshi's feet again.

"Maiman… it's a cute cat and all but, how are we supposed to take care of it?" Takeshi lets out a long, annoyed sigh. She shrugs as she crouches down to pet the little cat.

"It can stay for tonight at the very least, cause, I want to sleep and I don't want to deal with it right now," Takeshi yawns before starting towards his closet.

"I really think we should keep it, it's so sweet," Maiman smiles as she pets the cat.

"I'll think about it. Now, I'm going to go change," Takeshi starts off into the hallway towards the bathroom.

"Thank you!" Maiman replies happily and then laughs as the cat quickly follows Takeshi.