Hello readers. Long time no see. I've been very focused on my own novel, I haven't really had time (or interest, to be honest) to write fanfiction. However, I'm cleaning out my computer and some of my old blogs, and I found some one-shots that I never published here. So, this week, I'm going to be publishing a one-shot a day. They're not by best pieces, but I hope you enjoy regardless.

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Sun streamed through the bay window, basking a young feline in warm golden rays. Lying on a plush red velvet pillow, the golden brown cat sleep peacefully in the sunlight. Ears twitching softly, the feline stretched and blinked open his golden yellow eyes, staring up at the sky. A low purr rumbled in the tom's chest as he flexed his paws, his luxurious tail swishing back and forth.

Arching his back once in a great stretch, the adolescent cat sat with perfect posture; paws tucked neatly under his large tail. He licked his white booted paw and rubbed his eyes, clearing them as he blinked away sleepyness.

"Hibi-chan!"

His ears pricked as he heard his master call out his name. Turning toward the voice, he saw the young human child running toward him. She was dressed in a lovely nightgown that billowed at her feet, and her blonde hair was pulled tightly into a bun on her head with a flower poking out the top.

"Hibi-chan, come down! It's time for breakfast!" she cooed, stepping up carefully onto the step ladder and reaching for him. Hibiya – or Hibi-chan, as his master liked to call him – hopped down from his high place and padded along the windowsill so she could reach.

Yowling a bit as she grabbed him around the middle, he purred and let the young child carry him into the kitchen to set him down on the tile floor. The tom walked over to his silver bowl, and sat patiently beside it. He knew that his meal would come soon.

In no time, the child ran over and poured a generous amount of tuna into his bowl and patted him on the head. He arched into her touch as she ran a small hand along his back and down his tail.

"Good Hibi-chan! Eat it all up!" she giggled as she sat beside him and watched him eat. Hibiya took his time, lapping up all the juices as his ears twitched and listening to all the noises around him.

He heard his owner's parents come down the stairs to scoop her up and give her breakfast, before preparing her for school. Once he was done with his breakfast, he hunkered down low, wiggled his haunches, and leapt up onto the counter to watch his human masters go about their day. They occasionally acknowledged him and patted him on the ear, or rubbed him behind the ear. He purred contentedly, and mewled as they bid him a farewell.

He waited tolerantly, longing for the moment that he was alone. He had plans to finish. Places he needed to be, and feline's he needed to see. He yowled in annoyance when his masters were taking a bit longer than usual to go to work. They chuckled and tossed one of his catnip filled toys across the room, but he wasn't interested. He just swayed his tail lazily over the edge of the counter, and watched with narrow eyes.

Soon, but not soon enough, the house was empty. Hibiya was alone to do as he pleased, and he planned on doing just that. He turned and looked out the window, gasping in surprise when he noticed the time of day. He was late!

He hopped down from the counter and dashed for the back door. He hopped up onto the chair near by and batted at the handle on the door. He huffed a bit as he struggled to open the flimsy door. He had seen his humans do this all the time! But now they changed the door because he kept getting out.

You see, Hibiya was meant to be an indoor cat. But he managed to sneak out of the house late one night, and had been roaming around. From that moment, he knew that he loved being outdoors. As much as the safety and comfort of being an indoor cat was, he couldn't help but want to get out and see the world!

Growling with distress, he hunkered back and leapt with all his might, tackling the handle with his body. He hooked on it and rebounded off. But his weight had pushed the handle down and shook the door from it's place. Skidding on the ground, he slammed himself into the heavier door, and forced it open before it could close again.

He slipped out, tucking his tail quickly so it wouldn't get caught, and dashed across the yard. Hibiya flexed his claws and hurdled himself into the small fig tree in the yard, climbing up it's branches with ease. He jumped down onto the brick privacy wall, and trotted along the edge toward his destination.

He knew this path well. He took the same route every day in the morning when his masters were dropping off their single child at the school. He only had a small amount of time to get to the house across the alley.

Picking up his speed, the golden tom ran along the edge, zigzagging his way through yards and fences, and soon found himself in the familiar alley. He carefully padded his way through the alley, keeping an eye out for alley cats and strays, and soon found himself staring up at the brick wall that divided the street from the home of the white tom he visited daily.

However, this time it was different. When Hibiya hopped up onto the wall, he was met with an obstacle he never thought he'd have to face.

It seems that the humans who lived in this house had put up a strip of spikes along the edge. He sat and frowned, curling his tail around him as he eyed the spikes carefully. It seems that he was too loud during his visits, and the humans were tired of it.

Huffing defiantly, he stood proudly on the top of his perch, staring at the strip of thorns. "No measly stripe of needles will keep me away from my love! I will persevere, and show that pure bred royalty can face any obstacle and prevail!"

Tentatively, he touched a single white paw to the thorns, and flinched. They were quite sharp. But not sharp enough to keep him back! He took a deep breath, and firmly placed a paw down, flexing his claws to try and protect his paws. However, the spikes drove deep, and Hibiya yowled in pain. But he pressed another paw down, determined to make it across.

Stretching his toes, he maneuvered his way slowly through the thicket of thorns that laid in his path. He bit back another hiss as his fur caught stuck on some of the sharp points. His tail lashed about as he continued to make his way across.

After a few more painful steps, he was outside of his mate's window, peering in with wide eyes. He let out a soft mewl, signaling to his lover who was no where to be seen.

"Hibiya!"

The golden tom turned a bit, to see the sleek white as snow tom hurdling himself across the yard and up onto some crates that were stacked along the inside of the wall.

"Delic!" Hibiya mewled happily, tail swishing back and forth and ears perked up with happiness. The larger white tom bounded up the crates to press his nose against Hibiya's, purring deeply as they butted heads against each other. Delic pawed gently as Hibiya's face, drinking in the sight of the younger tom.

"I thought you wouldn't come. My master's put this up because we're too loud at night…" Delic gasped with surprise, thrilled to see his mate once again. Hibiya scoffed, fur bristling.

"That's your own fault. Making me yowl out such things."

Delic purred happily, a slight chuckle in his voice, "You like it that way, Hibi-chan~" Delic hopped up onto the ledge, wincing as the thorns bit into his paws. He sat beside Hibiya, tail wrapping around his soothingly as they faced the sharp needles to be with each other. The pain didn't matter. All that mattered was that they were together.