A/N: Sorry for not updating ABC Kisses, just not motivated enough. During my long absence I have written quite a few oneshots concerning the little kitty. It's all a matter of me having the time to type them up. Maybe I'll upload one before I return to school. Got the idea to produce these collection of Haru/Kyou moments from a story I read last night, "I Love Him, I Love Him Not" by sweet-and-simple, a Katekyo Hitman Reborn fanfic. Please read and review! Thanks!

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"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." ~ Anais Nin

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They were never meant to be loved. Wasn't that the reason why the curse of the zodiac were placed on them? They were the spoils, the bad seeds, sent to Earth to be taught a lesson. That was all. Each and every one of them, were meant to be . . . hated . . . alienated . . . alone.

"Look, it's the cursed cat," a voice bellowed out from the darkness. Invisible orange cat ears lay flat against his head, as the little boy cowered in the corner.

"Don't mind him, he's nothing. He's not one of us," another voice replied calmly, almost like a sneer.

"He's the same as us, besides weren't you the one who asked me to go with you to see everyone?" the first voice wondered.

"And? I didn't mean the cat. I meant the others, the ones who are like us."

"You are too reserved for my taste. This is the reason why everyone likes you for your face and not for your heart. It's always covered in ice," the boy huffed. The cat zodiac sat huddled in the dark corner, crimson eyes staring with confusion at the two standing not two feet away, bickering.

"If there were actually ice around my heart, ahoushi, then wouldn't I be dead?"

"Don't twist my words! Anyway, it seems like he's the only one in the mansion at the moment and it's boring between the two of us," the first boy said.

"Hmph, last week you said it'll be fun with just the two of us and now you're bored? You really are a greedy cow."

The cursed cat gasped at the realization that the two in front of him were the cursed zodiacs and one of them was the Ox.

"You know I love you," the Ox said and he turned his attention to the shivering cursed cat,

"Come. Step out into the light with us."

The cat looked at the pale hand thrust in front of him. He looked up tentatively at the owner before traveling to the uncaring face of the friend. Rolling his eyes, he said haughtily,

"No thanks."

"What'd you say?" the friend of the Ox said.

"I bet if I follow you like an obedient member of this cursed hell hole, you'll turn your back on me and make my life even more miserable. Am I right?"

The Ox laughed, "I assure you kitten, that we're not at all like the Head member of this mansion."

"Then what are you like?" the cat shot back.

"We're not getting anywhere with him and the light's dimming. It's a waste of time," the friend huffed.

"Come on, and if we happened to do something that is not to your liking, you can kick our butt," the Ox smirked. The cat looked to the friend, but all he got was the side of his face.

"Really?" the cat asked.

"Really. Right, Yuki?" the Ox said.

"Whatever. I doubt he can lay a hand on me anyway," Yuki said with confidence. The cat balled his hands and shot up from his spot on the ground,

"You sound so confident, are you sure you have proof to back it up?"

"Oh? So the cat does have some fire left in him," Yuki mocked, "It would've been boring if we had to lug around a sorry excuse for a cat with a dead look in his eyes."

"WHAT?" the cat roared. The Ox held him back,

"Calm down, it's Yuki's way of acknowledging you."

"That's an annoying way to do it," the cursed cat growled, still straining in the Ox's arms.

"Do we have to put a leash on him? Didn't know he was secretly a dog inside," Yuki said and turned around to walk back the way he came. The cat growled even louder,

"Let me at him! Let me at him! Damn it, you stupid cow! I said let me go!"

"Nope, not until you calm down. Now, let's go. The sun's not going to wait forever for us." the Ox pulled the cat with him. It was a start of a strange friendship, that had the three of them tied together even few years into the future.

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A/N: There will be 11 more quotes, so don't think this is the end. =)