Living With A Mutt
Redone By: Arctic Kitten
Can Loneliness Be A Disease?
Misa pushed open the doors to a low-class veterinarian hospital. Raito was being cradled in her arms. He was purring loudly, louder than he had ever done before. Dr. Kona was waiting for her when she walked into the waiting room.
"This way." He ushered Misa into another room. Misa placed her beloved kitty on the examining table and stepped back worriedly.
"Dr. Kona, is he going to be okay? Is Misa's kitty going to be okay?" Misa wiggled around nervously. Dr. Kona tested Raito for everything but he didn't appear to have any of the illnesses that he had worried about. "Dr. Kona….?" Dr. Kona looked up from testing Raito's heart. He pulled away and smiled.
"Well he isn't in any harm from being sick, Misa. However I would like to talk to you about something…" He said as Raito pushed up against him. Misa cocked her head to the side with a questionable look.
"Like what?" Misa asked as she put her finger to her lip and her large eyes starred innocently.
"Well," began Dr. Kona, "he is the only humanoid you have, right?"
Misa nodded. "And he is 18 years in his human form right?"
Misa nodded again. "You've never seen him act like this before, right?"
Misa nodded for the third time. She tilted her head to the side,
"What are you trying to get from Misa?" Misa asked.
"Well, it appears to me that he is lonely…"
Misa's brows forwarded.
"But Misa brings Raito everywhere Misa's goes!" cried Misa as Raito pawed at the stethoscope around Dr. Kona's neck. Cringing at the loud pounding in his ears, he removed the object down and placed it down upon the examining table. Only for it to be tackled by Raito. Dr. Kona watched the playful act with complete shock. He looked at Misa, still wearing the shocked expression on his face.
"What I mean is that he needs another hybrid to play with. Even if he doesn't play, it will feel better for him to have another like him around. He might be able to speak to the other more easily. I know he goes to you for everything, however, he does have things he might want to talk to with the same gender at times. Males normally have things too speak about that shouldn't really be spoken with the opposite sex." He said before Misa could eject. Misa pouted. Her Raito was always so helpful when a boyfriend broke up with her. Or when a
boyfriend wouldn't go into the store to get Misa some pad's (You know what I mean) because Misa was too ill to do it herself, Raito would go in for her. She loved him for it. She loved everything he did for her. She was very grateful to have found a pet like him. Misa looked up at the doctor.
"So the main reason Misa's Light isn't acting right is because he is lonely and needs another friend?" Dr. Kona nodded.
"It will do him some good, and you never know, Misa. You'll be able to go to places you normally never got to go because of having a single hybrid…" Misa's eyes started to fill with tears. Raito suddenly fidgeted. He was perched on the edge of the examining table. Before Dr. Kona could even flinch, Raito leapt clear across the room into Misa's un-expecting arms. With a squeal Misa, and Raito, were on the ground. Dr. Kona watched astonished as the sound of purring filled the room. Walking over to Misa, he crouched and stroked his head.
"I know it might feel nice to suddenly have a cuddly hybrid to yourself, Misa… However, his condition is only at level two. If he hits level three… You will not be able to touch him…" Misa lay there on the checkered floor stunned still, but the words had punctured her heart.
"Mi-Misa… Wo-nt li-like that." She said through soft gasping breaths. Dr. Kona stood and got some paper work out.
"I have another question, Misa…" Dr. Kona smiled as he saw Raito starting to lick Misa's nose. She didn't seem to enjoy it very much. Raito's tongue was rough! Misa glanced over to Dr. Kona.
"You're the only one he has ever shown his human form to, right?"
Misa nodded. "Okay…" he scribbled down something on the paper work. "Has he ever been around other hybrids for a long period of time?"
Misa nodded. "Has he ever shown aggression to things he doesn't like?"
Misa nodded so fast that she became dizzy. Dr. Kona blinked. "How much aggression?"
"A lot." Misa muttered. "There was this one time where Misa took Raito to a show, where all of the other hybrids were being shown. Of course Misa wanted to enter Raito… SO Misa did!" Dr. Kona raised his eyebrow. His hand scrabbling away at the paper work. Misa pulled herself into a sitting position, forcing Raito into her lap. "So Misa left Raito in the dressing room." She became sad. "When Misa returned, she found Raito and the room covered in blood." Dr. Kona had started to nibble the pencil when he heard that, the pencil dropped from his mouth to the floor with a thunk. Misa seemed to have not noticed this because she continued with the story. "Raito had stated that there was a hybrid who tried to kill him.. But instead he killed the hybrid." Misa stroked at Raito's head, slowly. Raito seemed pleased with what he had done. Dr. Kona stared, eyes bulging out of his head. "The blood was everywhere there was a leg-"
"Tha-that's enough… I got enough info, thank you." Dr. Kona stated briskly pulling the papers together. Misa closed her lips.
"But do you know what?" Misa whispered. Dr. Kona was afraid to ask.
"What?" he hopped he wouldn't regret asking later.
"Misa's Light was disqualified.. Because of his aggressive behavior and killing another hybrid…" Dr. Kona sighed.
"Well after hybrids show that type of emotion people tend to shy away… he shouldn't have killed him anyway." Misa glared.
"But it wasn't Light's fault. He was defending himself!" cried Misa. Standing up. Making Raito dangle from her shoulder. He worked around her so that his two hind legs were perched on either side of her shoulders and his paws where on her head. Dr. Kona looked down.
"He might have been defending himself Misa, but he killed another hybrid. He would have been put down if it wasn't for the fact that you're his owner." Misa blinked. Her face paled, eyes became duel, bottom lip trembled. Dr. Kona hadn't realized what he had just said… He stared at Misa as she turned and started towards the door. Before she exited, Misa turned and looked back at the bewildered doctor.
"If Misa gets another pet, will Light be back to his normal self?" Dr. Kona nodded.
"Yeah he just needs-" but he never got to finish his sentence because Misa closed the door.
Dr. Kona flopped down onto his wheelie chair and pushed his glasses up so he could rub his eyes. Then all of a sudden, something that Misa had said made Dr. Kona stand up, he stood up so fast that his chair was flung back and fell over. "How many times has this happened?"
The one thing that ran through his mind as he went to the phone was the sentence that drew his attention. "There was this one time where Misa took Raito to a show, where all of the other
humanoids were being shown." He picked up the phone and dialed. 'How bad is his diagnosis?!'
Kitten: I finally got to fix up this chapter, I changed humanoid with hybrid and reread the chapter. It's somewhat changed but not much. Just a tad bit.
Request: I would like the reviews to hit 15 before I post chapter 2 because that really boosts my stamina to type of these stories!
Chapter Two: Picking The One
