Wow…I got lots of reviews on the first day…I should really stick with this one! smiles

Okay, the reason I haven't updated 'Disabilities' is because I just started getting into 'Full Metal Alchemist' and I realized how much that story connects to mine and I didn't want to get a flame saying that I stole an idea.

Now, I know a lot of you have read lil'mi1's story 'Hybrid,' and trust me…I did not get the idea from her, nor intended to have Eiji in the same form…so please don't say I plagiarize.

This chapter has much FLUFF!!! Now I am not sure if this will be an Eiji/Oishi love-type relationship, or a special bonding friendship…with FLUFF!!!! So people who disapprove of shounen ai, this shouldn't be offensive…I mean, Eiji doesn't know how to act human…

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LAST TIME:

Eiji curled up and rested his head on his arm, but still kept his eye on Oishi. He may have been acting nice, but this boy was still a human, and Eiji didn't like humans.

About half an hour later Eiji fell asleep.

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When they arrived at the campus it was dark. Oishi looked at the digital clock. 10:26. Many students that were currently on the campus are usually inside by this time, but just to be safe Oishi reached back to the back seat and pulled a bag forward. He opened it and pulled out something that, to Eiji, looked like a giant hairball until Oishi unfolded it.

"Here, wear this." He said. "The house is right here, but if anyone saw you without clothes on, we'd get in a lot of trouble." Eiji cocked his head.

Oishi helped wrap the robe around the boy's naked form, which was pretty hard considering he was still crouched and refused to have any physical contact with the human. After Oishi did as much as he could he reached back in the bag, pulled out a baseball hat, and put it over Eiji's ears. Eiji hissed as his ears got smashed under the cap.

When Oishi thought Eiji's appearance was good enough, he opened his door and got out. He went around to Eiji's side and opened his door. Eiji backed away from the door, like he had done when Oishi first discovered him, but this time he put his hand on the steering wheel. All of a sudden, Eiji heard a loud noise. The noise was coming from the car and it scared Eiji.

Eiji quickly leaped out of the car in freight and landed on top of Oishi.

"Hey! Get off!" he exclaimed to Eiji. "Come on, get off of me! It was just the car horn!"

Eiji quietly jumped off of Oishi and stood on his haunches.

"Nya?"

Oishi got up and closed Eiji's door. He locked the car, deciding that he could take his stuff out later, and that taking care of Eiji was his top priority.

He walked up to the house, which was a mere ten meters away from the car, with Eiji following close behind. He opened the door and they walked in. when Oishi turned on the lights, the first thing Eiji noticed was the very large fish tank. Wait, make that two very large fish tanks. And he saw a brown and white cat sitting on the couch. Eiji looked around the house and noticed that the entryway was connected to a large room with two large sofas two chairs and a bean bag, a television and a coffee table. A kitchen was next to it and it had a bar and a small pantry. There was a hallway on the opposite side from the kitchen. He followed Oishi down the hall. There were many doors, but Oishi seemed to know just which door he wanted to open. He walked into the chosen room and turned on the light.

It was a bedroom. It was simple, but it fascinated Eiji, mainly because he has never seen an actual bedroom. It had a bunk bed, a desk with a chair, a lamp, a bookshelf, a dresser and a closet. Eiji saw that on top of the dresser was a very small bowl with a pretty blue fish with red streaks and big fins on it.

Eiji pulled off the robe and the hat and let them drop to the ground. He went over to a corner and curled up with his tail around him, observing the room from that angle.

"You can sleep up there if you want." Oishi said, pointing to the top bunk. Oishi went to his dresser and fished out a large T-shirt and threw it to Eiji. "And you can wear this to bed."

Eiji looked at Oishi, confused. He unscrunched the shirt and held it up sideways. Oishi chuckled at Eiji's antics. He went over to where Eiji was and reached for the shirt, lifting it up and was about to put it on Eiji. Eiji's eyes widened and he hissed at Oishi, who quickly moved his hands away.

"Okay, alright. Just calm down." Oishi soothed. Eiji gave him a low growl. Then he made another growl, but this one wasn't from his mouth but from his stomach. "So you're hungry! That's probably why you're in such a bad mood."

Eiji watched Oishi leave the room. Somehow it felt weird. He had spent almost the entire day with this human, and now when he left the room, it almost seemed like he didn't want him to leave. Eiji shrugged it off and followed the human to the kitchen, where he was currently searching through the fridge.

Eiji decided to watch the fish. Why on earth would someone want two different tanks? Actually the tanks looked alike, but the color of the gravel, the plants and even the fish were different in each one. One tank had fish with shiny scales and were many pretty colours, most of them having larger fins than their body. The other tank had fish that were black, grey and silver-like, and they all had small fins, even though they had longer bodies.

(a/n: Tropical fish and saltwater fish)

Eiji was especially interested in a fish that was long and silver with a black mark on his top fin. He didn't look like the others…he seemed more flat…or skinny…or something. He watched as it swam a different way than the other fish.

"Oi, Kitten," Oishi called to him. "Look what our neighbor left for us!" He pulled out a large container and went to sit on the couch. "If you even think about touching my fish, you're sleeping outside, clothes or not." Of course he was only joking.

(Oi: hey)

Oishi motioned for Eiji to join him up on the couch. When Oishi opened the container, the smell of fish overwhelmed Eiji. Remembering the fish he had eaten earlier, he quickly jumped up on the couch and looked at the meal. It was small strips of fish on top of some white stuff. Oishi was reading a note from Sakuno. It read:

'Hey Oishi. I knew you'd be back today so I left this for you. Karupin was really good while you guys were gone. I'll stop by tomorrow to check on things!'

Oishi smiled. Sakuno was the best pet-sitter he knew. He looked at Eiji and smiled at his desperate expression as the red head looked at the sushi.

Oishi picked up a particular red sushi, salmon, and gave it to Eiji. Oishi saw Eiji suddenly smile as he happily took the food. He popped it in his mouth and ate it. When he swallowed it he looked to Oishi for another piece. Oishi smiled and picked up a different kind and let Eiji try it. Eiji's smile now practically covered his face. Oishi ate one and then gave Eiji one that looked very different. It was like an upside down pocket with rice and sesame stuffed in it. Eiji sniffed it.

"That's inari sushi." Oishi said. "It doesn't have fish in it, but it's still considered a type of sushi." Not understanding a word Oishi just said, Eiji took a nibble and soon stuck his tongue out. Oishi laughed and took the inari from him and replaced it with another salmon sushi. Eiji smiled and ate it.

Soon, Eiji was full. He stretched in a very cat-like way and then curled up close to Oishi, resting his head on Oishi's lap. Oishi was surprised to see Eiji act like this after going through the whole day without touching even once. Eiji rubbed his cheek into Oishi's leg.

Oishi couldn't take it anymore. He reached over to Eiji's head and started stroking his hair. He felt Eiji flinch a little when his hand touched the boy's head, but he soon relaxed. Oishi then moved his fingers over the edges of Eiji's ears. They twitched when the fingers reached certain ticklish spots. Oishi then moved his fingers to scratch the triangular ears. Eiji purred in delight. A funny feeling shot through his body, and he didn't want the feeling to go away. He snuggled into Oishi more.

Oishi looked at the boy's body. He had bruises all over and small plasters over, what he suspected, cuts and abrasions. What really made Oishi frown was the long, red mark that went from his left shoulder down to his right hip and came around the side a few inches. He new the only thing that could cause such a mark, was a whip. It was recent, too. Not over about two weeks. Oishi imagined that it must still be a little sore, so he avoided touching it. He decided that he would have to clean up all of his wounds in the morning, seeing as to how late it was.

Oishi suddenly remembered the collar and with his free hand he reached for it. It was black leather and looked like it was specially fit to him. There was no latch, and it couldn't stretch. He wondered hoe it was put on. It looked old, as if he's worn it his entire life. There was just enough room between the material and the skin of his neck to fit a few fingers. It did however have a small ring that looked like it was meant for latching him to something. It bore no address, just a name.

"Eiji…" Oishi read. Eiji looked up at him when he heard his name. "So your name is Eiji. Who could do such an awful thing to a defenseless creature? Collars are not meant for this type of purpose." He looked at the collar closer and found something else engraved in it. He had to squint his eyes a little before he was able to read it, and when he did, Oishi froze.

'Experiment #1128'

"Y…you're…you're an.. experiment…?" Oishi was so shocked by this, he could barely speak. Many things were going through his head now. 'An experiment?' Oishi thought. 'Is that why he was so scared of me at first? Were the people who took care of him mean to him?'

"Nya?" Eiji mewed. "Unya." He started to nuzzle Oishi's hand, which had stopped scratching him. Eiji didn't like the look on Oishi's face. He looked…sad. Eiji didn't want this human to be sad. He liked him. He was the first human he has ever started to trust. Eiji then realized that Oishi had become sad when he read the collar. Was that what was making him upset?

"It's okay." Oishi said, a small smile creeping its way across his features. "They won't find you. I'll make sure they don't ever harm you again."

"Nya." Eiji smiled at him. He was able to understand enough to know what Oishi meant.

"Let's go to bed, shall we?" Oishi said, looking down at Eiji who was on his legs, preventing him from getting up. Eiji wasn't about to give up his comfy spot. "Aw, come on, Eiji. I'm tired."

"Hmph." Eiji snorted, before climbing off. Oishi got up and put the container in the kitchen. He went to his room and Eiji followed.

When they reached the bedroom Oishi closed the door and got changed into his pajamas. He saw Eiji playing with one of his socks, so he sat on his bed to watch the cat-boy.

"Okay, Kitten. Time for bed." Oishi said after a while, but Eiji didn't listen. "Eiji…You're going to rip my sock." Eiji looked at the raven haired boy when he heard his name. The red head smiled and bounced over to Oishi.

"NYA!!!" He yelled as he jumped up on the bed with Oishi and curled up on his lap.

"Wha…?…Hey!!! This is my bed! You sleep up there!" Oishi pointed to the top bunk. Eiji only curled up even more. Oishi sighed and pushed the smaller boy off of his lap, resulting in him being on the pillow. "Fine…I'll sleep up there."

Oishi got out of the bed and climbed up to the top bunk but before he could get there, Eiji had jumped up and was sitting there waiting for him. Oishi could only stare in disbelief at Eiji. Eiji grinned in a way that meant he was searching for attention.

"Indecisive much?" Oishi asked sarcastically. "Make up your mind already."

When it looked like Eiji was staying, Oishi slowly climbed down to the lower bunk. When Eiji made a motion to come also, Oishi told him 'No.' Eiji seemed to understand 'No' because he stopped moving after that.

When Oishi laid down in his bed and looked up, he saw Eiji's head was sticking over the side, watching him.

"Bed." Oishi said. Eiji quickly disappeared to his bed.

Eiji laid down and snuggled into the covers and pillows before drifting off to sleep.

Then Oishi remembered something…he forgot to call Tezuka.

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EWWWW!!!!!! Inari!!!!! That tastes like…soggy, gooey bread…shivers

YUP!!! Sakuno is in this story, too…she will be of minor importance, but she is still useful.

If you don't think it can get any FLUFF-ier than that…your wrong!!! Next Chapter: Bath time, clothes, and kitchen chaos!!!

Okay, so I haven't written it yet…but I have it all planned out in my head…which just so happens to be very tired right now…

I'm not sure when the next update will be, but I will try and get it to you as soon as possible! I am in a tennis tournament this week, so please be patient! (Note: Yay!!! I won my first game in all of my events! (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles))

Please Review!!!!!! You people are my inspiration!!!!!!!!!!!!

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