KITTY LOVE
Relena walked down the street, her mind wandering back to the war only a few days past. It was dark out, though the stars were high in the night sky. Two nights ago was her last night in the castle; she hadn't been thrown out, she had just been moved to a safer location until it was decided that all of the left-over followers of Mariemaia had been taken care of. She had disobeyed her orders to stay hidden for a while and went out for a long walk, now she was in a town that was a few miles away from her new home. Zechs had taken over in her position as Vice Foreign Minister, until the investigation was over, and she was moved to a house out in the country where it was sure that no one would find her. But she was sure that no one would even dare to bother her if she was with Heero.
Heero... he had saved her again. Duo had told her that the moment he had heard that she had been kidnapped he immediately set out to get her back. He had also said that Heero had done almost the same thing when they were in the first war and she was on Libra. The memory of that conversation and of all of those times made her heart flutter. Did he care about her? Or was he just saving her because he knew she was important to the survival of peace and the union between the colonies and earth? She wasn't sure. She wasn't sure about anything anymore.
Reaching into her shoulder-bag she pulled out a small plastic bag. Inside was sliced pieces of orange that she had brought along as a snack. When a rattling noise caught her attention, she froze and reached a hand back into her bag, her fingers entwining around the semi-automatic that she now carried with her. A cat jumped out from behind a trash can and mewed. Sighing in relief she relaxed.
"Are you lost?" She asked the cat and walked towards it. It eyed her orange slices hungrily. "Are you hungry?" She asked as she bent down and broke off a small piece of a slice, offering it to the cat. It slowly came up to her and sniffed at the citrus fruit before quickly taking it from her fingers and backing up a few steps. When it finished Relena held out another piece and it took that too. She sat down and watched the cat, amused, and took a few bites of her own. The entire fruit was soon devoured between one teenager and one very hungry cat.
"Sorry, but I have no more," Relena said as she got up and began to walk away, but the cat followed her. "You have to go, I have to go. I don't want the others to find out that I'm out. They have a way of learning things, and I wouldn't be surprised if they learned about this. And if I know Heero, he'd throw a fit about how I could have gotten myself killed by disobeying orders."
"Mrow"
"I'm sorry. Listen, I'm sure that if you keep looking, you'll find someone else that will be willing to help you out. This is a nice town, there must be someone. Until then, I have to go." With that, even though she knew the cat probably didn't understand her at all, she took off running back to her home. When she looked back it was following her. She sighed and stopped under a light post. "Why are you following me?"
"Mrowrow." It answered, stopping a few feet away from her.
"I'm sorry, I have no more food, and I'm a long way from home."
The cat looked up at her with intense blue eyes, as if it was seeing right into her soul. It had nicely groomed, though slightly messed, dark brown fur and Relena was positive that it was a male because of its masculine frame and obviousness. Its body seemed to be very well built, too well built. This was no typical cat.
Relena stared back at it and noted that it had no collar. "You don't have a home, do you? But if you don't, then why does your fur look like it's been groomed." She asked and the cat just stared up at her, his eyes fixated onto her own. /Cat's eyes aren't normally blue.../ she thought as Heero entered her mind. /Why does this cat have Heero's eyes? The same shade, the same intensity, the same intelligence. Cats are intelligent, but not like this.../
"Leave me alone," she finally said firmly and turned around. But the cat jumped in front of her, blocking her path.
"Mmrrooww." He growled in a low warning, refusing to let her pass.
"I'm serious, if Heero finds out what I've been doing he'll be pissed."
At that, the cat took a few steps back then lunged at Relena, the impact causing her to fall to the ground. She looked up and came face to face with a cat's only inches away from hers. He wasn't growling or snarling, just staring at her. Relena was mesmerized by the cat's eyes, so blue.
The cat moved his head closer to hers, looking deep into her eyes, his own softening slightly. Then suddenly his ears perked up and he jumped off Relena, sitting only a few feet away. She sat up only a few minutes before a car passed by. The cat got up and followed the car a few steps, as if making sure it wasn't going to turn around. He was a few feet behind Relena and she saw her chance. She quickly, and silently, got up then dashed down the street. The cat spun around a few seconds too late because by then Relena was a good distance away. He took off after her but she soon disappeared from sight.
Relena ran into her home and slammed the door, locking it.
/That was weird. That was too weird.../
Just then the telephone rang making her jump and she got up to answer it. "Hello?"
"Relena? It's Quatre. Listen, have you seen Heero at all?"
"No, why?"
"Well, we can't find him at all. There haven't been any missions lately, and we finished the investigation for today. In fact, he hasn't been here for a few days."
"He hasn't?!"
"No. But the strange this is, his car is still here along with all of his clothes."
"Are you sure you have no idea of what might have happened to him?!"
"No. Listen, if you hear anything –"
"– I'll call you, you don't have to worry about that..."
"Thanks."
They hung up just as Relena heard the sound of a door opening; the back door. She reached into a drawer and pulled out another gun, then looked into her kitchen and saw the door wide open, but no one there. In fact, there was no sound of anyone rummaging through anything. She went in and looked around, but no one was there. As she walked over to shut the door a cat jumped onto the counter that was like an island between the kitchen and dining room. Relena backed against the sink and quickly aimed at the cat and he froze, looking from the gun to her eyes and back again.
"Why are you following me? You scared me half to death," she said in a trembling voice but still aimed at the cat's head.
He backed up a few steps and almost lost his footing off the back of the counter.
"Mew."
"Listen, I told you to leave me alone! Go home!!" She said strongly.
The cat looked at her, his eyes glistening with a strange light and he cocked his head to one side taking a step forward.
Relena lowered the gun. "What am I doing? This is a cat, a stupid cat. It can't do anything."
The cat jerked his head back slightly and looked her over, taking another step further. And as if he were correcting her statement, he took a running leap and actually flipped in the air to land on the counter beside/behind Relena.
She stared in shock. "I've heard of cat's landing on their feet, but that was ridiculous!!"
"Mew." He answered as he took a step forward, still staring deep into her eyes.
Relena sighed and set the gun down. "Why don't you go home?"
He just stared at her.
"Right, yet again I'm talking to a cat who probably doesn't even understand me."
"Meow!!!"
Relena jumped. "Do you understand me?!"
He glared at her, somehow obviously annoyed with her question. "Meow."
Relena stared in shock, her eyes going wider. She lowered her head to be level with the cat's eyes. "Meow twice."
"Mrow. Mrow."
"Meow once."
"Meow."
"Meow tree times."
He cocked his head. "Meow... Meow... Mrow."
Relena gasped and took a step back. "You can understand me!!"
He nodded his head; a cat nod, but a nod none the less.
"Great. So now I suppose that you don't want to leave, right?"
He nodded his head again.
Relena sighed. This was going to be a long night. "Alright, you can stay for a few nights. I'll put out a notification that I found you and perhaps your owner wou –" She stopped herself as realization dawned on her. "Kuso!! I can't!!!"
The cat jerked his head back, surprised at her words.
"I can't tell anyone that I'm here!!" She sighed again and placed a hand on her forehead. "Okay, if anything comes up about a lost cat, I'm sure I can arrange something then. But until that time, I can't just call you 'Cat'. It's been done before, but the name doesn't suit you. Do you have a name?"
The cat nodded his head and then sat down.
"Okay, first off, are you a boy or a girl? Meow once for a girl, meow twice for a boy."
It meowed twice, annoyed at Relena's sudden naivety to the obvious.
"Boy. Okay, now what names would suit you?" /Heero would. No! Not for a cat!!/
Relena took a good look at the cat, thinking hard. She turned back to the cabinet that he originally jumped on and propped her head up with her elbows on the other side, still staring at him. "Chuck is just not right."
The cat got a disgusted look as if agreeing.
Relena laughed. "Okay!! Chuck it definitely is not!! Hm... Zeus?"
The cat thought about it, but then violently shook his head.
"Obviously you like that name, though it wasn't yours." Relena then tried a few more times, but none of the names were any good. Finally she gave up. "That's it! I can't think of any more names except this one... Heero..."
The cat jumped to his feet, very excited.
"Heero? You like Heero?"
He nodded vigorously. "Meow!!!"
"Are-are you sure, I mean..." Relena was speechless. What would Heero say if he found out that she owned a cat that was named after him? "N-no... I can't. He would most definitely kill me for that."
"Mrowrowrow!" The cat shook his head violently once more.
"But I can't call you Heero... It would be too awkward. I just... can't..." Relena whispered as she looked away.
The cat looked at her, concern evident in his eyes. He jumped across to the counter and brushed up against Relena's arm. She looked down at him, at tear streaming down her cheek. Seeing this, the cat reached up with his head and brushed it away, then looked at her again. Relena smiled.
"You act like him. You look like him even. The same hair, the same eyes..." She sighed again, "Alright... Heero it is." When she reached over to pet him on the head, he jerked away instantly. "Alright, alright, no petting. Now, since you obviously can understand me, we have to set a few rules. Not many, though. One: I'm not having a litter box, so you're going outside, understand?"
He nodded and Relena continued. "Two: I can't have you following me everywhere. So when I say for you not to, you don't. And a few rooms will be off limits, mostly the bathroom and at times the bedroom, okay?"
Heero-neko nodded again.
"Okay," she yawned and glanced up at the clock. It read 12:30. "Well, time for bed."
When she walked out of the kitchen and into her room Heero stopped at the door.
"Smart cat, wait here," she said, then closed the door.
He waited only a few moments before the door was opened. Running in immediately he jumped onto the bed, not wasting a second to get comfortable. When he turned his head towards Relena his eyes actually widened. Relena had shut the door and was walking back to the bed; she wore short, loose shorts and a white spaghetti-strap shirt. She sat down next to him and scratched under his chin. Like all cats, he leaned into the touch, and then licked her wrist softly.
Relena giggled and changed to the other side of his head. "So you like this, huh?"
Heero-neko leaned over so far, in complete and total pleasure that he fell over the side of the bed. Relena laughed as he shook his head like he was snapping out of a trance before he jumped back onto the bed and moved further into the center. Relena laughed again softly as she picked him up and placed him at the foot of the bed. "If you sleep in the middle, I'll have no room!"
Heero-neko growled his annoyance, and tried to go back, but Relena slipped under the covers and he ended up on top of her legs. She stuck her tongue out at him and clapped twice. The lights in the room immediately shut off. Then she slid further under the covers. "Well, good night Heero," she said before drifting off to sleep.
Heero-neko watched her for a while before he walked up to her and stood over her, watching her sleep. Then he leaned down and licked her lips once gently before turning and lying down at the foot of the bed.
In the middle of the night Heero-neko woke for the fifth time. He looked over at Relena before getting up and walking up to her head. After staring down at her for a few minutes he slid under the covers and turned around, forcing himself under her arm and lied next to her. The force of the pushes caused Relena to wake up and she smiled before she began stroking Heero-neko's fur. After a while she slowly drifted to sleep once more to the sound of soft purring next to her.
Relena walked down the street, her mind wandering back to the war only a few days past. It was dark out, though the stars were high in the night sky. Two nights ago was her last night in the castle; she hadn't been thrown out, she had just been moved to a safer location until it was decided that all of the left-over followers of Mariemaia had been taken care of. She had disobeyed her orders to stay hidden for a while and went out for a long walk, now she was in a town that was a few miles away from her new home. Zechs had taken over in her position as Vice Foreign Minister, until the investigation was over, and she was moved to a house out in the country where it was sure that no one would find her. But she was sure that no one would even dare to bother her if she was with Heero.
Heero... he had saved her again. Duo had told her that the moment he had heard that she had been kidnapped he immediately set out to get her back. He had also said that Heero had done almost the same thing when they were in the first war and she was on Libra. The memory of that conversation and of all of those times made her heart flutter. Did he care about her? Or was he just saving her because he knew she was important to the survival of peace and the union between the colonies and earth? She wasn't sure. She wasn't sure about anything anymore.
Reaching into her shoulder-bag she pulled out a small plastic bag. Inside was sliced pieces of orange that she had brought along as a snack. When a rattling noise caught her attention, she froze and reached a hand back into her bag, her fingers entwining around the semi-automatic that she now carried with her. A cat jumped out from behind a trash can and mewed. Sighing in relief she relaxed.
"Are you lost?" She asked the cat and walked towards it. It eyed her orange slices hungrily. "Are you hungry?" She asked as she bent down and broke off a small piece of a slice, offering it to the cat. It slowly came up to her and sniffed at the citrus fruit before quickly taking it from her fingers and backing up a few steps. When it finished Relena held out another piece and it took that too. She sat down and watched the cat, amused, and took a few bites of her own. The entire fruit was soon devoured between one teenager and one very hungry cat.
"Sorry, but I have no more," Relena said as she got up and began to walk away, but the cat followed her. "You have to go, I have to go. I don't want the others to find out that I'm out. They have a way of learning things, and I wouldn't be surprised if they learned about this. And if I know Heero, he'd throw a fit about how I could have gotten myself killed by disobeying orders."
"Mrow"
"I'm sorry. Listen, I'm sure that if you keep looking, you'll find someone else that will be willing to help you out. This is a nice town, there must be someone. Until then, I have to go." With that, even though she knew the cat probably didn't understand her at all, she took off running back to her home. When she looked back it was following her. She sighed and stopped under a light post. "Why are you following me?"
"Mrowrow." It answered, stopping a few feet away from her.
"I'm sorry, I have no more food, and I'm a long way from home."
The cat looked up at her with intense blue eyes, as if it was seeing right into her soul. It had nicely groomed, though slightly messed, dark brown fur and Relena was positive that it was a male because of its masculine frame and obviousness. Its body seemed to be very well built, too well built. This was no typical cat.
Relena stared back at it and noted that it had no collar. "You don't have a home, do you? But if you don't, then why does your fur look like it's been groomed." She asked and the cat just stared up at her, his eyes fixated onto her own. /Cat's eyes aren't normally blue.../ she thought as Heero entered her mind. /Why does this cat have Heero's eyes? The same shade, the same intensity, the same intelligence. Cats are intelligent, but not like this.../
"Leave me alone," she finally said firmly and turned around. But the cat jumped in front of her, blocking her path.
"Mmrrooww." He growled in a low warning, refusing to let her pass.
"I'm serious, if Heero finds out what I've been doing he'll be pissed."
At that, the cat took a few steps back then lunged at Relena, the impact causing her to fall to the ground. She looked up and came face to face with a cat's only inches away from hers. He wasn't growling or snarling, just staring at her. Relena was mesmerized by the cat's eyes, so blue.
The cat moved his head closer to hers, looking deep into her eyes, his own softening slightly. Then suddenly his ears perked up and he jumped off Relena, sitting only a few feet away. She sat up only a few minutes before a car passed by. The cat got up and followed the car a few steps, as if making sure it wasn't going to turn around. He was a few feet behind Relena and she saw her chance. She quickly, and silently, got up then dashed down the street. The cat spun around a few seconds too late because by then Relena was a good distance away. He took off after her but she soon disappeared from sight.
Relena ran into her home and slammed the door, locking it.
/That was weird. That was too weird.../
Just then the telephone rang making her jump and she got up to answer it. "Hello?"
"Relena? It's Quatre. Listen, have you seen Heero at all?"
"No, why?"
"Well, we can't find him at all. There haven't been any missions lately, and we finished the investigation for today. In fact, he hasn't been here for a few days."
"He hasn't?!"
"No. But the strange this is, his car is still here along with all of his clothes."
"Are you sure you have no idea of what might have happened to him?!"
"No. Listen, if you hear anything –"
"– I'll call you, you don't have to worry about that..."
"Thanks."
They hung up just as Relena heard the sound of a door opening; the back door. She reached into a drawer and pulled out another gun, then looked into her kitchen and saw the door wide open, but no one there. In fact, there was no sound of anyone rummaging through anything. She went in and looked around, but no one was there. As she walked over to shut the door a cat jumped onto the counter that was like an island between the kitchen and dining room. Relena backed against the sink and quickly aimed at the cat and he froze, looking from the gun to her eyes and back again.
"Why are you following me? You scared me half to death," she said in a trembling voice but still aimed at the cat's head.
He backed up a few steps and almost lost his footing off the back of the counter.
"Mew."
"Listen, I told you to leave me alone! Go home!!" She said strongly.
The cat looked at her, his eyes glistening with a strange light and he cocked his head to one side taking a step forward.
Relena lowered the gun. "What am I doing? This is a cat, a stupid cat. It can't do anything."
The cat jerked his head back slightly and looked her over, taking another step further. And as if he were correcting her statement, he took a running leap and actually flipped in the air to land on the counter beside/behind Relena.
She stared in shock. "I've heard of cat's landing on their feet, but that was ridiculous!!"
"Mew." He answered as he took a step forward, still staring deep into her eyes.
Relena sighed and set the gun down. "Why don't you go home?"
He just stared at her.
"Right, yet again I'm talking to a cat who probably doesn't even understand me."
"Meow!!!"
Relena jumped. "Do you understand me?!"
He glared at her, somehow obviously annoyed with her question. "Meow."
Relena stared in shock, her eyes going wider. She lowered her head to be level with the cat's eyes. "Meow twice."
"Mrow. Mrow."
"Meow once."
"Meow."
"Meow tree times."
He cocked his head. "Meow... Meow... Mrow."
Relena gasped and took a step back. "You can understand me!!"
He nodded his head; a cat nod, but a nod none the less.
"Great. So now I suppose that you don't want to leave, right?"
He nodded his head again.
Relena sighed. This was going to be a long night. "Alright, you can stay for a few nights. I'll put out a notification that I found you and perhaps your owner wou –" She stopped herself as realization dawned on her. "Kuso!! I can't!!!"
The cat jerked his head back, surprised at her words.
"I can't tell anyone that I'm here!!" She sighed again and placed a hand on her forehead. "Okay, if anything comes up about a lost cat, I'm sure I can arrange something then. But until that time, I can't just call you 'Cat'. It's been done before, but the name doesn't suit you. Do you have a name?"
The cat nodded his head and then sat down.
"Okay, first off, are you a boy or a girl? Meow once for a girl, meow twice for a boy."
It meowed twice, annoyed at Relena's sudden naivety to the obvious.
"Boy. Okay, now what names would suit you?" /Heero would. No! Not for a cat!!/
Relena took a good look at the cat, thinking hard. She turned back to the cabinet that he originally jumped on and propped her head up with her elbows on the other side, still staring at him. "Chuck is just not right."
The cat got a disgusted look as if agreeing.
Relena laughed. "Okay!! Chuck it definitely is not!! Hm... Zeus?"
The cat thought about it, but then violently shook his head.
"Obviously you like that name, though it wasn't yours." Relena then tried a few more times, but none of the names were any good. Finally she gave up. "That's it! I can't think of any more names except this one... Heero..."
The cat jumped to his feet, very excited.
"Heero? You like Heero?"
He nodded vigorously. "Meow!!!"
"Are-are you sure, I mean..." Relena was speechless. What would Heero say if he found out that she owned a cat that was named after him? "N-no... I can't. He would most definitely kill me for that."
"Mrowrowrow!" The cat shook his head violently once more.
"But I can't call you Heero... It would be too awkward. I just... can't..." Relena whispered as she looked away.
The cat looked at her, concern evident in his eyes. He jumped across to the counter and brushed up against Relena's arm. She looked down at him, at tear streaming down her cheek. Seeing this, the cat reached up with his head and brushed it away, then looked at her again. Relena smiled.
"You act like him. You look like him even. The same hair, the same eyes..." She sighed again, "Alright... Heero it is." When she reached over to pet him on the head, he jerked away instantly. "Alright, alright, no petting. Now, since you obviously can understand me, we have to set a few rules. Not many, though. One: I'm not having a litter box, so you're going outside, understand?"
He nodded and Relena continued. "Two: I can't have you following me everywhere. So when I say for you not to, you don't. And a few rooms will be off limits, mostly the bathroom and at times the bedroom, okay?"
Heero-neko nodded again.
"Okay," she yawned and glanced up at the clock. It read 12:30. "Well, time for bed."
When she walked out of the kitchen and into her room Heero stopped at the door.
"Smart cat, wait here," she said, then closed the door.
He waited only a few moments before the door was opened. Running in immediately he jumped onto the bed, not wasting a second to get comfortable. When he turned his head towards Relena his eyes actually widened. Relena had shut the door and was walking back to the bed; she wore short, loose shorts and a white spaghetti-strap shirt. She sat down next to him and scratched under his chin. Like all cats, he leaned into the touch, and then licked her wrist softly.
Relena giggled and changed to the other side of his head. "So you like this, huh?"
Heero-neko leaned over so far, in complete and total pleasure that he fell over the side of the bed. Relena laughed as he shook his head like he was snapping out of a trance before he jumped back onto the bed and moved further into the center. Relena laughed again softly as she picked him up and placed him at the foot of the bed. "If you sleep in the middle, I'll have no room!"
Heero-neko growled his annoyance, and tried to go back, but Relena slipped under the covers and he ended up on top of her legs. She stuck her tongue out at him and clapped twice. The lights in the room immediately shut off. Then she slid further under the covers. "Well, good night Heero," she said before drifting off to sleep.
Heero-neko watched her for a while before he walked up to her and stood over her, watching her sleep. Then he leaned down and licked her lips once gently before turning and lying down at the foot of the bed.
In the middle of the night Heero-neko woke for the fifth time. He looked over at Relena before getting up and walking up to her head. After staring down at her for a few minutes he slid under the covers and turned around, forcing himself under her arm and lied next to her. The force of the pushes caused Relena to wake up and she smiled before she began stroking Heero-neko's fur. After a while she slowly drifted to sleep once more to the sound of soft purring next to her.
