Chapter 2: ~Home
By the time they got home, it was already 6:46 P.M. and Kami's father was rushing to get out of there. He put the cat kennel by the door, told Kami to be careful, and ran to try and catch his meeting.
Her father ran a big law business and was out a lot. She would normally stay home with her mother, but not anymore, her mother wasn't coming home anymore.
Kami stood looking at the door after her father left and sighed. She turned to look at the cat through the bars. It was sitting all the way by the back of the cage, looking dead ahead. When she bent down to get eye level with it, it jumped to look at her.
"Aw, it's ok sweetie, I won't hurt you." She smiled sweetly and asked, "Do you want to come out now and see your new home?" she unlocked the cage and opened the door.
The cat stayed for a minute but soon it stood and, very slowly, walked out. The whole time it never took its eyes off of Kami.
Now, the cat stood in front of her and was looking at her, eyes level.
She stayed, bent down, smiling at it. "So, do you want to play?" she asked it. She was only stared at.
The cat sat down looking at her intently. She smiled even wider, and stood strait up walking into the main room. "Come on! Let's go in my room! I have some toys we can play with."
She ran to the stairs to realize it wasn't following her; it was staring at the front door when it was picked up from behind.
It meowed in surprise and Kami began walking up the stairs. "That's right you don't know your way around. So I'll take you to my room myself." she said as she walked up the stairs.
The stairs looked like they were made of a very expensive oak wood. And the tiles on the ground were white marble.
The cat moved a little in her arms and got in a more comfortable position. It looked up to see a crystal chandelier hanging over where it was standing.
Kami opened a white door with painted red roses coming from the bottom, and walked in. the walls had clouds painted all around them, with one big fairy tale castle dead in the middle of her wall. She had one window with white frilly curtains, a really big closet, and a whit carpet.
She sat on her bed, which was a medium sized, purple covered bed that had a laced white and purple curtain over it!
She looked at the white cat and smiled bigly at it. She said. "So, this is my room, but we're going to share it. But now we have to name you." She stopped to think.
The she smiled and asked, "How about Krystal?" the cat's head went back as if it didn't like it.
Kami tilted her head to the side and said, "Ok, not Krystal hmm ok how about Kilala?" now it looked like the cat was just scolding her.
"Well…*sigh* let's see I want it to start with a 'K' and it has to be nice. "She thought a little longer. Then, she smiled and said, "How about Keyn?"
The cat jumped a little, blinked, then its tail started wagging. She smiled, "Do you like that name? Good up can be short for Keyna. She got up and ran out of the room, closing the door.
The cat's body slumped like it had given up and its head was looking down. It was so tired from the previous homes that it didn't even try to get out of this one. It was adopted for those families then was kicked out when they found out its…secret.
She sat the bowl of milk on the ground and want over to it, sitting next to its sad looking form.
"Are you alright, Keyn? Do you not feel well?" she gently put her hand on its spine making it jump and looked at her.
She just smiled down at it warmly. 'Why does this girl care so much?' It thought and, like a 'normal' cat would do, it cuddled into her hand then began to purr.
Kami picked up the milk and gave it to the cat; it smelled it then started to drink it.
There was a knock on the door. "Yes?" was Kami's response, and a gray haired man with a black suit walked in. He looked like he was in his 50s but he was also looked quite healthy.
"Lady Kami, dinner is ready now." He told her then saw the cat under her hand. "Lady Kami is-"
But before he could say anything else, Kami said, "Father got it for me Miles." She had a tiny smile on her innocent little face.
"Ah, of course, well then I shall prepare something for this…um…" he looked at the cat then at Kami.
She looked at it then smiled at Miles, "Keyn." Is all she said, standing up.
Miles bowed and walked out to make the cat and her some supper.
"Come on Keyn, we're going to eat now." The cat didn't budge so Kami said again, "Keyn? Let's go…hmm ok how about I just carry you." She lifted Keyn from the bed and walked out.
When she walked into the kitchen, Miles had a black apron on. She smiled to herself and set the cat down on the table next to her food, which she started to eat mannerly.
Miles set a bowl of creamy, chunky, white liquid, type of stuff, next to them. "Cream of milk for the new household member." he said.
Kami smiled and said, "Thank you, Miles you may go if you'd like." And with that Miles walked out after bowing.
She looked at Keyn, who was just sitting there looking down at the bowl. Kami pet his head and continued to eat. The cat then began to drink at the milk more hungrily.
Kami tilted her head to the side and said, "Keyn? Are you that hungry?" the cat had already gotten the bowl clean and was now staring at Kami. 'This girl is so strange…but this milk is good.' It thought. Kami stood up with her plate and Keyn's bowl and put them in the sink.
She got eye level with the cat. "Ok, now there's a doggy door on the back door. So, if you need to go to the bathroom, just go out there, but I do want you to come back, please."
Kami picked him up, getting a kitty groan, and walked up to her room. She said loudly to the back room, "Miles we're done with dinner, thank you very much," she walked to her room after hearing a, 'You're welcome' and closed her door.
She sat him down on the bed and walked to her drawers. "Keyn I'm gonna take a shower so you can wait right here, I won't take long, I promise." She said and pet it, walking to and attached room, with a pair of panties.
'…ok then, now to get comfy for a while.' The cat thought then turned to its other form. While Kami bathed, it stayed like this.
After about 15 minutes, the water turned off and Keyn's head shot up. It turned back into a cat quickly, but it left smoke going everywhere.
Kami walked out in a towel and started coughing. "K-Keyn! What *cough* happened?" she was having a coughing fit when it subsided.
Keyn saw her sitting on the floor holding her throat. It jumped off the bed and walked over to her. It rubbed against her leg and waited for her to calm down.
She panted and opened her eyes, which had tears in them, and held Keyn. 'Oops, looks like I shouldn't cause that much smoke to come out anymore…' it thought.
"Why was there smoke everywhere Keyn?"
It just looked up at her and said nothing, obviously. She sighed and got up, leaving Keyn on the bed, and walked over to her drawers again to find a night gown.
She felt confused and kinda scared from all the smoke that was just in her room.
She dropped the towel leaving her naked, except her panties, when she heard a hiss. She quickly turned around to see a bump under the covers, Keyn.
"Keyn? Hehe why are you hiding under my blanket?" she giggled.
Nothing moved but the blankets seemed to have a lot of air under them. The bump was way bigger now!
Kami slowly walked over and grabbed the blankets, not noticing the smoke. But before she could pull them down a voice said, "Stupid human girl! Get some damn clothes on will ya!"
Her eyes went wide and she dropped the covers, screaming. She ran over to her closet and closed the door tight.
She hid in the corner with her arms over her chest and her head on her arms. She was sitting there shaking when she heard Miles call out, "Lady Kami! Lady Kami? Where are you? Are you alright? I heard you scream!"
Kami looked up and said in a quite shakey voice M-Miles? I-I'm in t-the closet." She looked back down when the door opened.
"Lady Kami!" the man said, "What happened? There's smoke everywhere and why are you sitting in your closet, naked, Lady Kami."
"I h-heard a voice out there a-and I ran in here, b-but had just g-gotten out of the s-shower." She was shakey but still managing.
Miles took a look behind him, but all he saw was the cat sitting on the bed, looking very innocent.
"Lady Kami, on one's in your room but your cat and me. You're in your closet."
He went over to her bed and pulled a blanket off the foot of it. Miles put it around Kami and picked her up.
"Lady Kami. I think it's time for you to rest." He laid her on her bed, under the covers, and turned the lights out. "Good night Lady Kami, I'll explain why you're in bed so early to the master." And with that, he closed the door, leaving Kami alone in the dark.
She looked around and her eyes landed on a pair of yellow orbs, glowing in the dark. "K-Keyn?" she shakily asked the cat. "W-was that you who talked to m-me?"
The cat stayed still for a moment before she saw the cats eyes go up then down…like a nod.
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