'Flour, eggs, sugar, vanilla essence and milk'
Akaito listed the ingredients in his hands again just to make sure he hadn't forgotten anything. He planned to make vanilla muffins for Rin and Len's birthday tomorrow and he needed to get them right… or Rin would go psycho at him again. The red haired voclaoid strode comfortably through his dodgy neighbourhood. The house in which he lived was large and cheap but it required him to live were muggings were daily and gun shots were as common as bird songs in nicer places.
He didn't mind though. He himself was tough, unlike his first model, Kaito. The blue haired vocaloid was easy going and much softer in personality. He wouldn't last an hour in this place without peeing himself. Akaito laughed at the though and continued his walk home.
He was only one street from his house when he heard yelling from up ahead. A small gang war had started and unfortunately it was blocking Akaito's way home. Sighing he looked to his left then right and grinned to see an alley leading to the street up from his. He started up the alley without a second thought and was glad to hear the sound of the war getting quieter the further he walked.
'Hope the milk doesn't go off'
He was halfway through the alley when something tugged on his scarf. Akaito stopped and turned to see nothing but darkness in the alley behind him. The scarf seemed to be attached to something behind the trashcan. With another sigh Akaito walked towards the trashcan annoyed that his scarf had been caught on something. Just before he got to it the scarf fell limp onto the ground. "Strange…" Akaito murmured. This didn't stop him from trying to find out what had grabbed his scarf in the first place however.
It seemed that every step he took the closer the more the trashcan moved. Frowning he stepped in front of it and peered into the darkness. Something was there that was for sure but Akaito couldn't figure out what it was. He could feel it looking at him but he couldn't pinpoint where it was. "Hello?" He whispered but he got no response. Akaito waited for a few minutes to see if what ever it was would show itself but a noise got his attention.
The fight that had been happening down the road had spread and was heading towards the alley but now there was gun shots as well as yelling and the sound of people beating each other up. Akaito new it wouldn't be good to stay there any longer and he turned to start walking again. He'd only moved a few metres when he felt his scarf being tugged at again. Akaito turned immediately to catch who was doing it but saw no one. He looked down at his scarf and blinked. A small cat was clawing at the end of his scarf and as pulling out the stitching.
"Hey!" He yelled. The cat looked up, slightly scared and mewled. Its eyes were big and turquoise and it looked starving. Akaito couldn't keep angry at the cat, especially when it looked that hungry. He bent down and picked the cat up and held it up into the light of the moon.
The cat was strange. It's fur was short and flat till it reached the tail, where it puffed out and reminded him of a squirrels tail or a fox' tail. However that wasn't that strangest part. Not only was its eyes turquoise but so was it's entire body. Akaito had never seen a cat like this before in his life. It looked like it had been photoshoped in real life. The cat mewled again and licked his nose. Akaito blinked and blushed. "Ok... I guess I'll have to take you home then" He smiled and cuddles the cat.
The sounds of the fight were getting closer and reminded Akaito that he had to hurry. He held the cat against his chest with one hand while the other held his shopping and he walked briskly form the alley and into the next street. From there his house wasn't too far and he'd successfully avoided the gang war.
When he opened the door to his house the cat leaped from his arms and ran off to explore its new surroundings. Akaito watched the cat till it disappeared around the corner before he locked his front door (A very important thing to do) and went to the kitchen to put away his shopping. There was one message on his answering machine and he clicked play when he walked past.
Luka's voice sounded on the machine. "Hey Akaito sweety, I was just letting you know that I'm coming to stay with you for a few days after the 21st, my boyfriend is being a dick and I need out for a little while, ok bye honey!" The machine clicked and the messaged ended. Akaito sighed. Luka lived in the same neighbourhood but somehow she got into more fights then he did. Of course if she was staying he'd start getting strange visitors again.
He put away the shopping and put the kettle on. He didn't mind Luka coming by but he wished it was because she wanted to and not because she and Gakupo were fighting. He pulled out a cup and filled it with a hot chocolate mixture. A small mew below him made Akaito look down to see the cat rubbing against his legs. The turquoise cat mewled and continued to rub against Akaito's legs till he picked it up and placed it on the counter.
"What about you?" He asked the cat. "Are you here cause your fighting with your boyfriend too?" The cat mewled and sniffed his hot chocolate. Its tail swept over the counter top and flicked the empty packet on the floor. Akaito smiled and bent over to pick it up before putting it in the rubbish. "Of course you did! Even Rin came here when she had a fight with Len… They always come here when they've had a fight with a boy" Akaito stroked the cats back and smiled when he realised this. The cat purred and arched its back into Akaito's hand.
The kettle clicked and steam poured out into the kitchen. Akaito took his cup from the cat and filled it with hot water. Pulling out a spoon from the drawers he stirred the brown mixture till it looked like proper hot chocolate. The cat mewled as he started to walk towards the living room. "Ok fine" Akaito smiled and picked the cat up and took it with him. He placed the cat on the couch and sat down beside it. The clock read ten thirty which meant he hadn't missed the adult cartoons they played on channel twelve.
Akaito lifted the cup to his lips and drank deeply from it. Even though it was hot he could handle it, he had the opposite of a cats tongue. The cat sniffed eagerly at his cup and Akaito held the cup in front of it. "You want a taste? Careful it's hot" He watched the cat sniff and then lick the edge. Its ears flattened and it moved back again. Akaito laughed. "Well I'm not surprised you have a cats tongue" He commented and continued to drink his hot chocolate.
Akaito finished his hot chocolate sooner then he though and blamed on the fact that he hadn't eaten since breakfast that morning. The last time he checked the clock it said one thirty two.
'Ok yesterday morning'
Akaito yawned and lay down on the couch unable to keep his eyes open. He vaguely remembered turning off the TV before something walked onto his chest. The sound of purring reached his ears and he felt the cat curl up on his chest. Akaito smiled and petted it once before sleep enveloped him.
