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A Special Present

The cabin was situated on top of a mountain like any other, with forests and lakes and rivers, snow making most of it look like powdered sugar was on top. Inside the cabin, however, was the same level of technology one would find in a city or village, with lights and appliances, the only difference being that there was log instead of concrete. The majority of it was in warm colors, with carpet and cloth-covered furniture, a couch here and a chair there, the doors were all open. No reason to hide any room so long as someone was living alone, after all.


In her bedroom, however, Saphire noticed that there was a very big box with a gold ribbon and bow on it. Sitting on her bed. Where she had been planning to lay down after eating. One eye twitched, her walk having ended in this surprise. What was a box doing on her bed? And how had she missed the transport that undoubtedly had left just before she arrived. It was nestled there, right in the middle of her small army of plush toys, dragons and unicorns and normal animals, and she didn't even know how it had gotten there! Should I open it? I could, but... maybe I should get on my laptop and search for what it might be... WHY WAS IT IN HER HOUSE?! And right across from her desk, too, instead of ON it.
 
The box, with all it's fancy trimmings and golden ribbons... shakes. Actually moves, by itself, as if alive. Something knocking about inside as the lid shudders and something that sounds like...a... mewl? Sounds from inside the box. After a moment, the lid suddenly pops open and a head peers out. A boy... erm.. cat... cross. His ears flattened down by the lid and there is a similar golden bow tied around his neck as if he were a present. His soft brown tail swishing behind his as he blinks, another golden ribbon tied around his tail near the end, and he looks around the room. His eyes falling on Saphire and he ducks back down a bit, his eyes just peeking over the edge of the present and his tail still. "Mewwr?" he tilts his head curiously, not quite meeting the annoyed girls' eyes until he spies the plushies and everything goes to hell....


The cat-boy, who turns out to be completely nude, pounces out of the box at one of the unicorn plushies. Meowing loudly and excitedly as he pounces on the plushie, biting it's neck and perking his ears up as his tail swishes wildly back and forth. He claws at the plushie as he bounds off the bed, curling up on his back and bites one of it's legs off as it noms on it. Coughing at the stuffing and... before he very eyes, the kitten ends up covered in stuffing and the remains of one of her plushie unicorns before he blinks up at her. Tilting his head and gently mewling "mewwr?"
 
A twitch. Then a second one. He wasn't even wearing clothes? And he'd just killed one of her unicorns! She tried to hold back the urge, but it didn't last long. She let out an exasperated shout, grabbing a set of clothes, and dragged the cat over to her. "You, cat-person-whatever you are! YOU are going to get dressed. And then we are going to talk about WHY you do not destroy my plushies." She wanted so hard to just punch him on the head, but that would NOT fix anything... Oh but I would love to do it. THIS IS WHY I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE!


((
xD I hope this works? First clothes, then clobbering/other ways of being mean.))
 
The cat-boy yowls as she grabs him and whimpers, his ears ducking low to his head as his tail curls around waist protectively like a belt. Dragging his palms against the floor and leaning back against her pulling before he pouts and hisses at her. Sniffling and yelping as he is suddenly forced into itchy... stuff. Something that went around his body all weird-like. He blinks at the odd itchy things and sniffs at them, tilting his head in a confused fashion and he sniffs Saphire's hand. Before sitting in front of her and purring, swishing his tail behind him before he licks the back of his hand and rubs it against his cheek to clean himself. He blinks up at her with wide, ocean-blue eyes and purrs, and she notices a note beneath the bow on his neck.


It reads "Your last assignment, take care of this new 'project' of ours for a year, then your files will be delivered to you to do with as you please."


Signed,



- M
 
Last assignment? She had to take care of THIS person?! Still, at least once he was wearing clothes he was ok with it. So, she was stuck with a person-cat-whatever she was gonna call him. And... and... he needed a name, didn't he? Idiot? Jerk? Dumbbell? No, none of those were even real NAMES, let alone reasonable ones. I'll figure that out later.... "So, have you eaten? At all?" At the very least she would keep the idiot alive long enough to give him a name.
 
The cat-boy watches her curiously as Saphire seems to grumble to herself, going from irritated, to puzzled, to exasperated, and then a mixture of all three. Merely blinking at her internal monologue before trotting over and rubbing himself all around her legs, making sure to get his scent on her so every cat that was (NOT) around knew, she was HIS owner. Once he is done he sits directly in front of her, purring and smiling up at her, gently rubbing his hand down her leg in an obvious ploy for attention.
 
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What was he doing? This made NO SENSE! There was a twitch in her eye now, she was certain, but she just shook her head. "You are going to eat." Besides, it was breakfast time. There was plenty of food for the two of them, at least. that must have been why there was so much food last time they delivered. She stood up, giving him a go-on movement with her hands, trying to herd him into the kitchen area.
 
The cat-boy tilts his head at her curiously when she speaks, incapable of understanding her in the slightest as she shoos him towards the kitchen. He mewls and obediently bounds into the kitchen... or... starts to. Then his eyes widen as he spies some a string hanging by the window and yowls as he runs on all fours towards it. Said string attached to the shutters but... he did not know that, how could he? Anyways, the kitten meows happily right before jumping into the air, gripping the string... and pulling her shutters down out of their place, making a rather large clacking sound and mess as he does so. Then a low, repeated whine fills the room, as the support for the shutters had fallen down and bonked the kitten on the head and now he sits, string in one hand and the other rubbing at the tears in his eyes, and cries. "W-Waaaah!!" sniffle sniffle "Waaahhh!!"
 
Gosh darnit... he was... really loud! And really, who grabbed shutters like that? "Ren! You... you..." She sighed, naming him out of complete and utter impulsivity and frustration, before walking over to him. On one hand, he was acting completely stupid, but... she had to be better than this. "Hold on, let me check your head." She bent down, hand gently touching his head, looking for any serious injuries... even as she wondered if the 'fly away' pain song would work.
 
The newly-named Ren continues to cry and rub his head, his ears twitching as he flinches at her touch. Sniffling and he grips his tail nervously, glancing up at her. His head was definitely hurt, a small goose-egg of a bump showed prominently between his two light-brown fuzzy ears and he winces whenever she touches it. Sniffling and he gently nuzzles his cheek into her palm, mewling and perking his ears up just a little bit. Biting his lip with his small fangs before doing something... surprisingly human. he wipes his eyes and... reaches up for her with his hands, like a child would when injured. Mewling a soft "M-Mewwr!" he sniffles, then continues as if speaking "Mmewwr mewwr rewrr ammeewrr!!"
 
This was... remarkably adorable. Ignoring the rapidly forming blush, she grabbed him in an awkward hug, not sure what to do. "There there...?" SOO awkward. She patted his back, softly of course, "You're going to be ok. We just have to get some ice on the bump. This is why you shouldn't chase things unless I say you can, understand?" She winced, without moving, and just tried to comfort him.
 
Ren stares at her blush, confused and he gives her cheek a little sniff, then whimpers when she hugs him at first. After that Ren embraces the hug rather readily, sniffling and nuzzling her cheek against her neck gently. Her pats on his back helping in that it helped so the his constant hitching sobs that rocked his small body. He hiccups softly, tilting his head curiously at her as he pulls back and perks only one ear up, the opposite of the direction he tilts his head. Then, he nods, very slowly and wraps his arms around her neck, nuzzling softly and then... he yawns. The thought possibly occurring to Saphire of... How long was he in that box until she got back? Or even before that?
 
"Ok, we're going to get some ice for your head, and then you're going to sleep." She nodded seriously, standing up again, holding her hand out to him, without meeting his gaze. They kept what was, essentially, a young child in a box... for what could have been anywhere from one to two hours, and possibly even before! And he hadn't slept? How was that taking care of your charges?!
 
Red gently takes her hand, nodding sleepily and very softly whimpering "M-Mewwr...." he yawns, stretching and arching his back as his tail arches out and his ears jut up. He pouts and gently touches the injury on his head, wincing and standing slowly. Lacing his fingers with hers slowly and looking up at her as he follows her and watches her take out the ice, pausing as he bites his lip before stammering "I-.. I-Ice?" he points at the tray, tilting his head curiously.
 
She took out one cube, lowering it so he could see, and pointed to it. "This is "Ice", Ren." He was actually going to learn the language? Well, he was at least half-human. Probably he'd never escape the cat-like tendencies, but... that was to be expected from a half-cat like himself. "And this," here she showed him the container, "Is an "Ice Tray"." With that she set the rest of the ice into a small rag-like bag, before handing him the bag. "It goes on the bump, ok?"


She felt oddly comfortable with this part of the interaction. Teaching him would be fine, she hoped, so long as he wasn't an idiot. Well, more of one than he already was.
 
Ren blinks, shaking his head in confusion and mewling, purring a bit as his tail swishes in effort and he furrows his brows. "I-Ice... Ice.. I-Ice tr-eww!" he mewls, his words slipping into a meow and he actually pouts, frowning as he lowers his ears and crosses his arms, harrumphing and looking down at his feet stubbornly. His tail flicking in aggravation "I-... Ice..... tr....Ice..tay?" close, but not quite and he hisses in frustration, taking the sack and putting it on his head. Plopping down on the floor and moving his mouth in slow movements "Iiiiii-.. Iiii... Ice..." he nods, he knew that one. "Ice... tr-... tr,," he inadvertently purrs and groans, shaking his head "Ice.. tr-... tr-r-r-r-r-raay?" he purrs in the middle of saying it but he got it right.
 
She actually smiled when he managed to talk, "yes, that's right! Ren, you might actually be very intelligent." He was still kinda reckless, but at least he could learn quickly. She knelt down to him, and pet him just slightly at the back of his head, a sort of reward for trying so hard. Darnit, he was too cat-like for his own good, she was thinking about seeing him as both cat and person, and that was kinda weird... he was a person, after all! She shook her head slightly, this time herding him back into her room, "You can use my bed tonight, We'll see about getting you one of your own later, but first you need to sleep."
 
Ren jumps a bit at how enthusiastic Saphire was and blinks at her at first, then smiles proudly. Her petting making him asp and purr loudly, his tail beginning to swish as he shudders and closes his eyes, arching his back a bit. Blinking and frowning up at her as she stops the petting and he mewls as she begins to shoo him towards her room, bounding ahead of her a couple feet, then will look back at her, ears perking up to make sure she was following, repeating this over and over again until he reaches her bed. He hops into her bed and freezes, crawling up to Saphire's pillow and sniffs it, then blinks and bounds back to the end of the bed and sniffs Saphire's belly. Blinking again and then smiling up at her, mewling loudly as if declaring he had made the connection on his own. He even goes to the OTHER side of the bed and sleeps on that side, rather than take her. Curling up on the pillow before perking his head up and stare at her expectantly. His ears drooping as his lower lip juts out and he gives her a questioning "Mewwr?"
 
Saphire let out a tolerative sigh, before nodding. "Alright, I'll join you for a nap." And then getting into the bed. At least he was smart enough to know NOT to sleep on her side, though to be honest she wouldn't have cared at first. Only when she had gone to sleep would she have minded, but...well... ah, darnit she'd just let out a yawn. One hand reached out from under the covers to turn off the light, the room falling into darkness as her curtains were drawn. This had better not be some random ability of the cats, because she was absolutely certain she was wide awake earlier...


(( xD She's really tolerant for a Tsundere. I think I messed up...))
 
When next Saphire wakes up, she is aware of a pressure on her chest. Curled up there is none other than Ren, his tail tucked peacefully beneath him as he snores softly. Purring happily on her chest as he yawns, stretching and swishing his tail all but in Saphire's face, the rumbling of Ren's purring only drowned out by the occasional the kitten's stomach give and he whimpers each time. Shifting a bit in his sleep and even causing his tail to occasionally tickle Saphire's nose. One other sound does.... occasionally garner her attention as well. Every so often Ren will take a deep... sniff... smell... of her and let out a small, shaky sigh and a smile will briefly appear on his face. That was the night of May 8th, Ren's first night with his new owner.
 
(( xD So, until May 8th again she has to take care of this animal...))


Saphire twitched, several times. This kitten, for kitten it was somehow, was sitting on top of her... and asleep? She could shout, of course, but he was so adorable... Darn me and my weakness for cats. Especially young ones... And with that she gently moved the cat onto her pillow, so that he wouldn't loose his ability to scent her, because honestly that was just too adorable... and went into the kitchen. What could she make... well, there was fish. She could see if fish would have the same effect on him as a kitten... so she'd make some sushi with leftover rice, and sashimi out of the salmon and tuna.
 
Ren mewls a little as he is moved from Saphire's warm body to her pillow, taking a deep whiff of her scent and he rumbles happily. Taking a deep inhale before letting it out in a fluttery sigh accompanied by a small, adorable smile. However even this peaceful nap yields to the smell of food and Ren's eyes shoot open as his tail poofs out. He sniffs the air and shudders, ears perking up and his tail swishing wildly. Before he bounds into the kitchen like a rocket, purring so loudly she could HEAR him coming and he almost crashes into her legs. Sitting by her legs obediently and staring up at her as he licks his lips, gently caressing her calf with his hand in a pawing motion and giving a soft "Mewwr?" to beg for the fish. Though his eyes do flutter a bit and he nuzzles her side, inhaling her scent and letting out that same, shaky exhale as before "Nyyaaah! Mmm..." he gives three chime-like purrs and does... one of the most adorable tings ever. He meows a little tune, as if in song, closes his eyes while sitting and sways his head back and forth, his little ears drooping and perking in rhythm with it. When he swayed to the right, his left ears would perk and his right ear would droop and so on. Apparently the smell of her scent and fish was... too much for the poor kitten.
 
Gah! Too much adorable... it was very lucky she had just finished a plate of food for him, so she walked over to the table- which she had always wondered why it had two chairs -she set down his plate, first, and pulled out a chair. For today she'd let him eat it in whatever way he wanted to, but really... that had been so adorable... she shook her head slightly, she was supposed to hate people! And then began to eat her own plate as well. Saphire managed to cross her arms, giving him a look. Her eyebrow rose, even as she looked down at him. "No, stop that. Stop it. It's not like you acting like this is going to get me to do anything, ok? So you may as well stop." No, stop, do. not. blush! Bah, it was too late. "I-I mean, it's not like I'm having any trouble resisting the k-kitten eyes your giving me, or anything!" DARNIT! She couldn't hold it back, and ended up bending down and petting him, careful not to look directly at him. "T-this doesn't mean anything, ok?!"
 
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Ren blinks, his eyes wide and entirely unaware of what she was even saying. He does, however, notice her face turn a soft pink and the petting makes him purr proudly. Arching his back a bit as he smiles and scoots closer to her, his ears twitching a little before he nuzzles her neck gently with his cheek. Taking a deep breathe of her scent and sighing softly in that little voice he does whenever he sniffs her scent. Doing that cute little swaying as well before he bounds over to the stove, mewling and reaching up for the tuna. Then.. something terrible happens. He slips a bit and his arm touches the stove, making Ren cry out in pain and flail as he tries to bound away on his hurt arm. Crying and sniffling as he curls up on the floor and cradles his burnt arm. "W-Waahhh!!" he sniffles "Waaaah Nyaaaahhh!!"
 

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