'Something heavy is lying on me'

The sun came in through the open window, piercing and bright. Akaito covered his eyes and waited till his mind became fully awake before he moved. A bird was singing outside his window and he smiled. The sound of a bird was rare around here and he did miss it. Somewhere in the kitchen he heard his phone ringing and he reluctantly sat up. The boy lying on him stirred but didn't wake up. Akaito scratched the boys head and gently pushed him off. The turquoise haired boy smiled in his sleep and hugged the pillow that had been on the couch. Akaito removed the scarf from his neck and draped it on the couch before walking into the kitchen to pick up his phone.

Kaito's nervous voice sounded from the other side. "Akaito!" He yelled. "Where are you? You were meant to be here half an hour ago helping me and Miku set up!" Akaito winced and rubbed his temples.

"Sorry Kaito I haven't finished Rin and Len's cupcakes yet… Can't you get Meiko to help?" He suggested the she man to Kaito because even though she liked to drink, she was known for the strength. He could hear Kaito worrying over the phone and sighed. It was too early for this. "Look, I haven't actually started the cup cakes so if you don't want a pissy Rin let me go and cook please Kaito? Meiko won't mind helping and get her to call me if she does have a problem. Ok?"

Kaito didn't answer for a few seconds and Akaito considered hanging up but didn't. "Ok, Miku's calling her now" He said, his tone sounding slightly less worried now.

"Good now I'll see you there, Goodbye Kaito" Akaito said firmly. His first model said bye and hung up to go help some more. Akaito put his phone back on the hook and started to pull out the ingredients for the cup cakes. Akaito was glad that he had a recipe to follow this early in the morning (ten o'clock) or he would have no-doubtedly screwed it up somehow.

The red head cracked the eggs into the bowl and added the sugar and vanilla essence before mixing it all together. He placed the mixture in patty pans and put three batches in his oven; timed it for thirty minutes and started to make the icing. He stuck with white and yellow icing with hundreds and thousands to decorate with. The cup cakes only had another five minutes on them left when he heard footsteps. At first he didn't think anything of it and assumed Luka had come early.

"Those smell nice" He heard a boy's say.

'A boy's voice?'

Akaito whipped around to see a young boy smiling at him but there was something familiar about him.

"What is it?" He asked. "Cat got your tongue?"

Akaito stared, unable to say anything. The boy who stood, naked, in front of him had turquoise eyes and hair just like the cat he'd brought in. The Cat! Akaito had almost forgotten. The boy looked just like the cat but in human form. However he still had the small fluffy tail Akaito remembered and two cat ears on the side of his head. The boy looked like he was getting uncomfortable with Akaito staring and he flinched under his gaze.

"Who are you?" Akaito asked, suddenly getting defensive. The boy held Akaito's scarf I his hands.

"My name is Mikuo" He smiled and flattened his ears to the side to show he meant no harm. "Thankyou for taking me in last night" He bowed deeply to Akaito and hugged his scarf. Akaito didn't know what to say to him but he didn't know if he could trust Mikuo just yet. The boy in questioned sneezed and hugged the scarf tighter. Akaito's caring instinct kicked in and he held up a finger to the Mikuo.

"Wait here" He said and walked upstairs. He came back with one of his coats and handed it to Mikuo. The cat boy smiled and donned the coat which was ridiculously too big for him. "I'll find you something smaller later but for now that will do" He looked Mikuo up and down. The boy smiled and did a twirl in his new coat.

"It's nice and comfy!" He grinned and wrapped the scarf around his neck. "Look! Now I'm you!" He giggled and Akaito smiled a little. The kid was quite cute but that didn't change the fact that he was a complete stranger. Well not a complete stranger seeing as he knew his name and had spent the night with him. Akaito looked at Mikuo again trying to figure out if he was related to anyone he knew. Mikuo was looking around sniffing. His nose twitched several times then he turned and said something to Akaito. The red head blinked.

"What was that?" He asked.

Mikuo huffed. "I said I smell burning" The cat boy pointed to the oven.

A look of panic crossed Akaito's face and he dove for the oven door. A little bit of black smoke billowed out of the oven and into the kitchen. When it reached the roof it spread and was caught by the smoke detector. "Oh no" Akaito muttered before the siren started. Akaito grabbed an oven mitt and pulled out the trays and placed them on the counter; while Mikuo had ducked down on the floor covering his ears. A few seconds later the sprinklers turned on and started to soak everything.

Akaito stood in the middle of the kitchen as the siren wail and the sprinkles put out an imaginary fire.

'Why me?'

Kaito checked his phone for the fifth time that minute. "Why isn't he here yet?" He whispered to Miku. She shrugged and went to give Rin and Len their presents from her. Kaito hopped from foot to foot and in the end decided to ring again. He was after all, two hours late.

The phone rang several times before Kaito heard it click but no one spoke on the other line so he started. "Akaito! You're two hours late! What's keeping you? The Rin is getting restless and so is Len"

Silence.

Kaito heard someone on the other line take a deep breath before a long string of swear words erupted and he took his ear away from the phone. Everyone at the picnic stopped to listen to the yelling on Kaito's phone which lasted a good few minutes. When the line went dead Kaito stood stock still, confused beyond belief but glad he wasn't in front of Akaito at this particular time. Who ever had pissed off Akaito was in for a world of hurt.