Chapter 1: Special Delivery
"Yuki, I don't think I want to go." Kaname Kuran said rubbing his temples. He had been in the middle of going over some paperwork when his overly cheery younger sister barged in.
"But onii-sama, it's been over a month since you have last been to Takuma-sempai's house."
Yuki gave a pout as she stared at her brother leaning back against his chair behind his desk.
"You've been cooped up in this office long enough and I even bet that you haven't even been to your house since then either?"
Yuki looked to the corner toward where her brother had a black leather couch leaning against the far wall and just as she suspected on the couch was a pillow and a blanket. Yuki turned to face her brother with a gaze Kaname knew all too well. It was worry mixed with sadness. It was a gaze he hated to watch unfold onto her delicate face, because it pained him that he was the one who caused it to appear. So with a tired sigh he agreed making that worry look on her face disappear just as fast as it had appeared and the next thing Kaname knew he was standing outside his childhood friend's home with an excited Yuki standing next to him.
"Go on onii-sama, open the door." Yuki urged her brother.
"Shouldn't we knock first?"
"Its fine, he already knows we're coming."
"Yuki, did you plan this?"
"Just be quiet and open the door already."
'Geez, somebody's in a rush.' Kaname thought turning the doorknob. The inside was dark. Not one light was on which was really surprising since this wasn't like Takuma, especially when he knew he had guest coming over.
"Are you sure he's even here?"
"Yes, he is. So just go on." Yuki answered annoyed.
Kaname groaned as he moved his hand along the wall, feeling around for the light switch. As he was doing that his hand went from the cold feel of the wall to something warm and soft, making Kaname stop in his tracks. For some funny reason, Kaname felt this before. He didn't remember when but he did and out of habit he squeezed, causing whatever he touched to yelp.
"Onii-sama, what was that?" Yuki asked turning on the lights.
Her face went from happy to shock as she looked at the scene before her and she wasn't the only one, as all the color from Kaname's face drained as he looked at the thing he touched. Cupped in his hand was the left side of an older woman's breast and when I mean older women, I meant a granny about the age of sixty. Her face was just as shocked as Kaname's and Yuki's was.
After a short second of silence, a female's voice came from beside him. "Um…Kaname-sama. Why are you holding my grandmother's boob?"
Kaname turned to see Rima looking at him, probably waiting for an answer to her question. Kaname was about to before his eyes caught movement from behind Rima making him look past her only to see a room full of people looking both shocked and speechless. They were even some who were trying their hardest not to laugh, even Takuma who was standing next to Yuki by the light switch was trying his damn hardest to stop by putting both his hands over his mouth.
Kaname looked back at the crowd, finally noticing the banner hanging over their heads that read: Happy Birthday Kaname.
Kaname wanted to die. He wanted to be anywhere but this exact spot. This was the most embarrassing thing that had ever happened to him and because of that he wanted to die. Dig a hole in the ground and stuff himself inside where he can stay there until this whole thing had been blown off but that was a wish he knew wouldn't come true. He was Kaname Kuran and embarrassing moments like these came once in a life time, so he knew that his friends will never let him live it down, at least not for a while.
"Kaname-sama?" Rima spoke, still waiting for her answer.
Kaname snatched his hand away, cradling it to his chest.
"I-it's not what you think, Rima. You see I…I was looking for the light switch in the dark…a-and then I was feeling on the wall for it then your grandma's boob…I mean breast, touched my hand." Kaname tried to explain but Rima was still giving him an expressionless face making it hard for Kaname to understand what she was thinking.
There was a giggle coming from Kaname's right making him turn to look to where he saw the old lady giggling into her hand.
"Don't be so harsh Rima." The lady looked at Kaname. "You, my dear boy, made my day. You are the first man to touch me that way since my husband died ten years ago."
Kaname wanted to run to the bathroom and throw up or maybe even wash his hands to rinse away the feel of an old women's breast on his palm. Oh god, did he want to but instead he just stood there not knowing what to do, traumatized beyond belief that Takuma had to cut in.
"Let me apologize Ms. Touya-san in behalf of my friend here who's probably very shocked to have his surprise party begin on the wrong breast…I mean, start. So how about we all put this matter aside for the rest of the evening and get to the celebration we are all looking forward to."
The silence was erupted with loud cheers as music began playing and people went about doing their own thing, already beginning to enjoy themselves all except for Kaname who was traumatized by the whole event. Takuma led Kaname toward a table in the far side where all their closest friends were sitting.
"Well if it isn't the old lady groper." Akatsuki Kain teased. "Were those puppies hanging down low?"
"That's not funny, Kain." Takuma said all the while trying his best not to laugh about it.
"You know, you can all laugh your asses off. I really don't care, as long as it's you guys?" Kaname admitted sitting down on a chair across from Takuma, snatching away Kain's drink and drowning it down in one whole gulp.
"No of course we won't laugh about it, Kaname." Takuma tried to say, but it only went in vain as Yuki and Sayori came to the table laughing their heads off.
Kaname gave a look that showed he really didn't care anymore, causing everyone at the table to look at each other before erupting in laughs and giggles as well, while Kaname dranked another mouthful of liquor.
"You should have seen the look on your face when you realized who it was." Kain said in between laughs.
"If you thought that was funny, then you will get a kick out of the way Touya's grandmother looked when she saw it was onii-sama." Yuki giggled.
Kaname rubbed at his temple feeling his head throb indicating that the liquor was taking effect. "You guys are really cruel."
"Sorry onii-sama, but you did say that we could laugh."
"Well, I take that back." Kaname murmured.
"Once you say something Kaname, you can't take it back." Kain pointed out, his laughing cooling down a bit.
In the distance a song played making Yuki excited.
"Ah, I love this song! Come Sayori, let's dance."
"But Yuki, I'm too tired." Sayori complained.
"Well to bad, because you're going to dance with me." Yuki said dragging her friend with her and waving at her brother as she left.
Kaname waved his hand at her as he took another sip of liquor.
"Geez, Kaname you sure are drinking a lot. Is touching an old lady's boob really be that disturbing for you?" Takuma asked after knowing Yuki was far enough away.
"Honestly, I really don't care about that anymore."
"Then what is making you drink heavily then?"
"It's Shizuka." Kaname whispered.
"What? You're still complaining about that again? Dude, it's been a whole three months since she left." Kain said annoyed at hearing the same thing.
"Yea, but I can't believe she left me. I mean, I was planning on marrying her someday."
"Like when Kaname? The day that pigs fly?" Kain toward Kaname. "Face it Kaname, you focus more on your work than you do on your love life. That's why she left you."
"Now Kain, your being way too harsh now. Can't you see our friend is suffering?" Takuma patted Kaname's shoulders. "It'll be okay Kaname; you will find a new person to love."
"Personally, I think he's better off with a pet for the moment than a person." Kain suggested.
"That's actually a good idea Kain. Kaname, go and get a pet. Maybe a dog would be nice for you."
"Are you forgetting that dogs need to go out for walks and with Kaname's busy life, I doubt that he will have the time for that?"
"True…" Takuma pondered before it came to him. "What about a cat, Kaname? They are very independent and can go to the bathroom in a kitty litter box. The only work you have to do is remember to feed it and that's all. So what do you say?"
Kaname shrugged his shoulders. "I guess that's fine with me."
"Fine, then it's settled. Later on this week the three of us will visit an animal shelter and look for cats. Got it? So don't make any plans." Kain and Kaname nodded. "Good, now let's enjoy the rest of Kaname's party in style."
All three boys hollered as they took shots of vodka.
The rest of the night went exactly as Takuma said it would. They danced, sang and drank the night away that Kaname had to have someone call him a taxi. Kaname had to leave both his car and his presents at Takuma's house, because he was way too drunk to carry them a single step without wanting to fall flat on his face. Kaname had to have the assistance of a bell boy to direct him up to his apartment suite.
After giving the bell boy a hundred dollar tip without knowing, Kaname closed the door leaning his back against it. Kaname looked around dazedly at the room. It was quiet, just like it had been the day Shizuka left. Seeing the place just made Kaname sad that's why he had been sleeping in his office for the last mouth and using the showers in the boy's locker room at the gym that was located in the basement area of his company building and whenever he was hungry he would have his secretary/body guard Seiren order him some take out. But now he was back to an empty home with an empty heart to match it.
Kaname remembered the talk he had with Takuma and Kain earlier about him agreeing to adopt a cat, so it could keep him company. But seriously, how the hell was a normal cat going to do that. Kaname didn't know, but the more he thought about having another living being in the house living with him, the more he didn't seem all that lonely anymore. With every strength he had, Kaname made his way to his Mac laptop that was sitting on the coffee table. He sat down in front of it waiting for the laptop to turn on and after it did, Kaname clicked on safari. His Google homepage came up. Clicking on the browser Kaname quickly typed in the words - cat adaptation and pressed search where about 4,660,000 results came up. Kaname scrolled down looking at different links when an unusual ad popped up on his screen.
Are you desperately craving for a companion to fill in the empty spot where a lost love had once been? But don't think a normal pet will do the trick? Then be the very first to own your very own exotic pet! Ones with so much human qualities and emotions that they practically are.
Don't believe us? Then try it for yourself for a whole month free and if you don't like it after one month, feel free to return it back.
For more about this great offer and about our exotic pets, please click the link below Kaname Kuran.
Click Here
Kaname stared speechless at the advertisement. He didn't know how the hell it knew his name, but he will admit it did peak his curiosity, that without stopping himself he clicked the link which led him onto a new window, revealing the most weirdest website Kaname had ever seen. There were floral designs all over the page and at the top in bright yellow font color written in bold letters was the name: Cross's Exotic Pets. Below that was a smaller heading that read: To begin creating your exotic pet, click here. Kaname did and watched as the page changed, revealing some sort of survey asking for information about himself.
Kaname thought this was stupid, but obliged anyways, answering silly questions like what food he liked or what does he do for fun. These questions went on for a total of ten minutes before the most important part finally appeared.
What color hair?
An image of Shizuka popped in Kaname's head. He loved her white colored hair, but if Kaname was to have his cat have the same color hair as Shizuka then he would probably feel depressed, so instead Kaname typed in silver, a color that was close to white but not exactly.
What eye color?
Kaname was going to choose blue, but then that wouldn't be much of an exotic animal, so he picked lilac his favorite color.
What skin color?
Kaname raised an eyebrow at that question before just dismissing it off as being the color of the skin underneath the cat's fur. Pearly white, Kaname typed before moving onto the last question.
Male or female?
Without hesitation Kaname typed male. He didn't want to have a female anything around him, because he was fearful for the fact that having a female cat will just remind him of Shizuka.
Kaname gave a tired yawn as he glanced at the time on the corner of the screen; it was two fifteen in the morning. Kaname was grateful that he didn't have to go to work in the morning, so sleeping in wasn't a problem for him. Giving another yawn, Kaname turned his head looking at the message written.
Your order has been placed; delivery will take about one to two business days. So until then have a lovely day and thank you for your time.
-Cross
Kaname didn't know why, but that name seemed familiar to him somehow but he just couldn't place where in fact he had heard it from. After a minute of trying to guess Kaname gave up and closed his laptop, leaping onto his couch that was just behind him. As soon as Kaname's head met the pillow, sleep took over, sending him immediately to dreamland.
-0-
Kaname woke up to someone knocking at his door. At first the knocks were soft, but after a second they started to become louder.
Giving a groan of annoyance, he sat up and yelled. "Hold on, I'm coming!"
Kaname pushed himself up off the couch and wobbled his way to the now quite door. When he opened it, Kaname was greeted by a huge long right side up box standing in front of him.
"What the hell?" Kaname murmured.
"Um…excuse me." Kaname looked around for the deliveryman who had dropped off this box to him, but as he looked around there was no one there not even down either hallway.
Kaname looked back at the box where he spotted a paper with his name on it. He grabbed it in his hands where he began to open it, reading it to himself.
Hello Kaname!
You must be wondering who the hell this is, aren't you? Well I must keep my identity a secret for the moment; mostly because it makes our first meeting that much more fun…hehe. But as an apology, I decided to send you your marvelous pet early, so I hope you can forgive me which I think you might once you get a good look at what I created for you. VERY sexy, if I do say so myself.
But enough rambling here, because I must tell you two things. One being that what you have as a pet is one of my most rarest animals on the market, not to mention that it's very popular and expensive, so keep in mind that this is only a free month trial you have with him, so I don't expect only harm to come to my creation because you will surely be responsible for all damages. I will come personally after the trail is over to ask you if you want to buy him which you can if you want, but it will cost you. And if not, then I will take him back without you paying a single penny.
Now onto the second thing I must tell you. Inside that box is not only your pet, but there is also a manual book that tells you do's and don'ts about talking care of your pet and you have to go by chapter, so don't think about going ahead or skipping chapters because serious stuff could happen if you do, but no pressure of course.
Well that's pretty much all I have to say, so please enjoy and come to love your pet, because he was made especially for you.
-Cross
P.S.: His name is Zero by the way.
Kaname stared at the letter for a moment before folding it up and putting it in his pocket. He didn't really get most of the things this Cross guy said, but some of it made Kaname want to see exactly how his furry little friend would look like. Kaname pulled the box in and closed the door to his apartment behind him.
"For a small furry cat your box is really heavy and big." Kaname said grabbing onto one side of the box. "Well let's take a look at how sexy you really are." Kaname pulled at the side hard enough that he was able to break apart the box, but the small furry cat Kaname had expected to leap out from the box was actually totally different.
Kaname landed on his back as whatever it was that jumped him was straddling him with either leg on either side of Kaname's hips.
Kaname eyes widen as he noticed that the boy he was staring up at had a head full of silver hair that reached about the middle of the boy's neck and on either side of his head was silver cat ears. The boy was naked from his neck down to his toes that Kaname was able to see a tail sprouting out just above the boy's butt and like his ears and hair; the boy's tail was a silver color too.
A grin appeared on the unknown man's face as he leaned down toward Kaname's lips. "It's nice to meet you Master. I'm Zero, your new pet neko."
TBC…