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Pets are your best allies when it comes to love.

In this world every human born receives a new partner before they reach the age of 5. This partner however it's not a human, it's in fact an animal that it's connected with them by blood and can't be separated from the owner, the animal it's a guardian that helps the owner (human) in their social development as a human being. They play a large role when the human meets their fateful mate.
Sometimes the animal makes it impossible to search for the soulmate of their owners as they try to look for their own happiness as well, but even if they find it, it's the same as the human. In other words, if the pet finds the human soulmate of their owner, the pet of the other human is the soulmate of the pet as well, if they don't find it because of distance or death it's very likely that the pet will notice, they are forced to wait until their fateful partner will born again , but of course the age that divides them is unknown and may cause the situation to turn difficult for the two destined soulmates.


Since he was a little boy Takaba Akihito was a smart kid, but had a big lack of capability to sense danger, it wasn't because he's not intelligent or something like that, he is someone that is really fond of criminal photography, but his sense of justice and danger is not quite the best combination. His kind personality is what makes him a great person . His parents are as lovely and kind as he is, even if he loved justice and adrenaline, his soulmate and himself were reckless, both of them are adventurous, curious and with a strong sense of will.

When Akihito was 3 years old (which is the standard age for someone to get their soulpet), He was sleeping in his small bed when suddenly there was a shiny hazel light in his little hand. Three minutes later there was a baby cat with hazel eyes, his fur was a light beige with hints of light brown, and his paws were white as snow. When Akihito woke up the next morning he was laughing and hugging his new friend with a big smile on his face, the little cat immediately recognized his owner so he started to lick the tiny hands of the baby thinking "what a beautiful owner I have", when Akihito's parents saw the beautiful image of their son and his new pet they took a picture as a reminder of the first day together. The two friends were going to be together from then on. They were almost identical to each other. The hazel eyes on the baby were exactly the same as the ones that the small cat had.

When Akihito was 7 years old he decided to call his pet "Haruki", which means "shining sun" in their language, Haruki grew up being a lovely pet but he was taking on more of his owners personality each day that passed, he started with being very adventurous and eager to learn new things, both of them were (and still are) stubborn so they always find themselves in situations that are dangerous for them but try to look at the bright side of the situation, because that was what makes them unique (Haruki thought).

Haruki always makes Akihito his top priority and is always taking care of him, but not spoiling him too much and sometimes even scolding him by scratching his hands (and face if Akihito it's more stubborn) because his owner seems to constantly get into dangerous situations and Haruki always got involved. It doesn't matter when or how they got into those dangerous situations, Akihito's parents always scold them but even if that was the case Haruki never left his side.

"Haruki don't scratch me! it wasn't my fault that those punks started a fight with me." Said Akihito holding a bag of ice and pressing it on his face, he was good at fighting at least. "They asked for it anyway..." muttered the young blonde looking at the scolding eyes of his soulpet. Haruki only stared at him with a look of anger but at the same time licking his wounds, even though it is not the same as a dogs tongue, the saliva of the small cat seems to be special because of the bond between owner and soulpet. A young Akihito was a more dangerous Akihito, his owner and his two friends were definitely 'punks' in middle school.

When Akihito reached the age of 20 he decided to follow his dream by becoming a criminal photographer, so he decided to move to Tokyo along with Haruki. Akihito started to wonder when he would meet his soulmate even though he was patiently waiting, there was a feeling that he might be closer to his soulmate by moving to Tokyo and apparently Haruki was thinking the same because of his behaviour when they first went to the area where they were going to live. There was a sudden feeling that he might be closer to his partner, even if he couldn't figure out where it was or when he would meet his soulmate. Akihito always thought that he would be fine with both genders, but he was more popular with men and his former relationships were with more boys than girls, but he can count them with one hand. He was popular with everyone but above all his passion resided on his cameras and photography. The possibility of finding his soulmate was exciting, he was only hoping that said person were kind and a good person in general.

Time passed and Akihito and Haruki were living in a small apartment, it was more than enough for his pet and himself, it's a small room with the essentials and nothing seems to go wrong while living alone. Akihito got the chance to be in a newspaper as a photographer, that's was one more step to following his dream, apart from being a criminal photographer he always wanted to be a famous person in one of the best magazines of photojournalism. His father was on the list of the best photographers and he was looking forward on being in that list as well. Akihito at his 24 year was more than happy with his cat and his childhood friends Kou and Takato, he lived alone with Haruki but his friends followed him to the city and hung out together as always. Akihito sometimes called his parents which he went to visit on holidays, above all being a photographer was a busy job even if the payment was a little harder to receive each time, but he has never regretted the decision to make a living with his cameras and pet.


It was Monday and Akihito was in the office of his editor Hannase-san, which was his superior and as well the one in charge of the scoops that come and go in the busy life of Shinjuku Tokyo.

"Takaba-kun I have some good news for you and it's something I know you can't refuse" said Hannase.

"Come on boss you say that all the time but you always give me the most boring jobs, last time I had to spend like 5 hours outside a hotel for something that was not even important and Mitarai always has the best scoops about drug dealings" Akihito said pouting a little.

"That's why I want to reward you by giving you this. It might be a little different though, I have the information of a reunion that will take place at one of the warehouses close to the old hotel that was closed a few streets from here, and as far as I know it's a very important man but I don't know his name yet, I think that it will probably be dangerous but believe me, if you get good photos of this I'll give you a very good amount of cash so you can pay your rent for almost 3 months." Hannase said studying Akihito expression, he liked that expression on his subordinate.

"Ok I'll take it but I'm not leaving Haruki again, last time he was meowing at me almost the whole week for leaving him in the house and all because you ordered me to." Akihito said with confidence in his voice, he always had the confidence to talk with him after almost four years of working together.

"Ok do what you wish but I hope he doesn't get you in trouble again Takaba, by the way when are you going to find your soulmate? It's getting annoying to have your cat following you around like this because of sexual stress, don't you think?" Said Hannase a with a little mocking in his tone. "Above all it's so obvious in your scent, if you don't find it soon I'll take care of you, what do you think?", Hannase said mockingly and with a kind tone of voice. Akihito was afraid sometimes that his boss might actually make a move on him, it wasn't a bad person but Haruki told him that his editor was not his soulmate and he wasn't going to force a relationship that it's not meant to be (even if that was selfish on his part).

"Yeah I know and I'm not stressed damn it… but hey as far as with Haruki everything it's fine so I'm not worrying about it, but thank you Hannase-san" Akihito said with sarcasm in his voice on the name of his boss, even knowing that his manager was not trying to do harm with his words.

Akihito was walking to his apartment thinking about what to do for dinner today, when suddenly in the street he smelled a sweet scent coming from far away but he didn't pay any mind. However, the smell was strong and it smelled like nothing else he had smelled before, like something sweet but at the same time it was not food nor anything like it.
" Forget it Akihito you are just imagining things again just keep walking… ugh... shit why am I feeling dizzy? And why the hell am I half-hard?" Akihito was trying to keep walking straight but his knees were given out and he was panting harder with each step he made, his body was starting to feel hot against the fabric of his clothes.

"Shit am I getting sick again?" he thought, but suddenly the scent wasn't close anymore and he could pull himself together. For the first time in his life Akihito was aware of his body and sense of smell, he kept walking with the nagging feeling on his mind.

Late at night he was in his home eating some ramen with Haruki, he lost his appetite after he smelled the strong scent this afternoon. His mind was in another place wondering about what happened.
"Am I feeling lonely again? I don't need anybody and I'm sure as hell I'm not sexually frustrated. Stupid Hannase... but the feeling this afternoon it was as if I had been close to my soulmate, could it be? Should I tell Haruki? No no... I'd rather that he doesn't know that right now.. It's not the time and he has been feeling unwell these days…".
"Haruki... how are you feeling buddy? The doctor said that it's something normal because… well, I'll make sure to buy you new meds ok?."

Akihito knew that the lack of a partner for his pet was affecting him because even if Haruki were fine only being with Akihito he is smaller than any other cats, and that can make it more difficult for him to do the simplest actions. Haruki could get weak but wouldn't die.

When Akihito was about to go to sleep he kept wondering about the new scoop tomorrow, even when his mind was thinking at the same time that something important may happen soon. He decided to just take a rest and wait for tomorrow, however even if he tried to sleep 2 hours had already passed since he went to bed, and he couldn't sleep because his mind wouldn't forget about the sweet scent he smelled in the street.
It was so unique and at the same time smelled so strong, as if it was going to swallow his mind and body completely. The scent almost made him pass out after a few seconds, and making him aroused by it was something he has never experienced before, he decided not telling Haruki because he thought that it was pointless. What if it was his soulmate? Apart from sweet and strong it was dangerous, adrenaline with a hint of dominance. It doesn't seem to be a common scent, it was way too exciting and his mind was filled with lust and uneasiness.

Akihito found himself hard again, "how can I get aroused just by thinking about it?... Well it's been a long time since I had done it myself… maybe I'm actually stressed… but fuck it! It's been a while so it's ok…". Akihito put his hand under his briefs, taking out his half-hard erection as he thought about the strong scent from this afternoon. It took less than ten minutes for him to come, the feeling of relief and the strong scent in his mind was enough to make him sleep immediately.

The next morning the first thing Akihito noticed was that his hand was in his briefs, with a lot of dried, white, sticky liquid in his hand and on his sheets. The amused mocking look that Haruki was giving him with his small hazel eyes filled Akihito's face with a deep shade of red that covered his cheeks and ears.

"Don't look at me like that dummy." Haruki only meowed at him loudly, maybe his small pet didn't like to see Akihito so excited without him knowing why.