"Master? Master!?" Apple yelled as she worriedly walked around the bakery. I woke up with a start and sighed. I got out of bed in the back room and walked out the door slowly. "Whats wrong Apple?" I said while rubbing sleep from my eyes. "I cant find my ball..." She said quietly, now embarrased that she woke me up. "Where did you have it last?" Apple shrugged, her dusty rose colored ear flicking. Her tail, ears, and hair that was almost as long as her body were all that color, but I didnt want to call her rose, so I choose apple. It is a dark red color as well. "Go look in my room now that im awake, and ill make breakfast for both of us." Apple nodded and walked off to my room. meanwhile I turned the stove on and started making some simple eggs and bacon for both of us. When I was almost done when I heard a quiet thump in my room. "Oof!...Found my ball!" She yelled to me. "Where did you find it?" I asked, wanting to know what happened to her. "Under your bed." Apple told me as she came walking out with the ball in her mouth. I smiled. "Sit down, we have a workday ahead of us." I put the plate down on the counter as she placed the ball on the sofa and sat down to eat. "Ok master!" While we were eating I thought back to when I first found Apple. She was a stray when I was shopping for my mom. She was really hungery and couldnt speak human yet. But I knew what she wanted and bought her an apple. That was also why I named her that. I smiled a little bit as I ate remembering that day. Now she was around 16 in human years. But she doesnt act like a normal 16 year old human. I find it cool that catgirls can live as long as humans, it gives them more time to be with us. She has acted the the same the whole time i have known her. Cute and silly. "Done master!" She handed me her empty plate. I took hers and mine, then put it in the sink. "Now that my neko has eaten lets go give you a bath before you change into uniform." Apple sighed quietly. "Last time you gave me a bath i got soap in my eye..." I patted her head with a smile. "That wasnt my fault, you kept fidgeting. Now come on, we dont have much time left."