Thank you to the reviewers whom made me want to upload another chapter a tad bit early, tee hee XD
Okay, so I've counted the semi-slow chapters. Chapter Five is where the fun stuff begins, so please, please bear with me ... this stuff is actually important (in my head, anyway) to explain or describe why Lovino acts the way he does and what not later in the story lol
anyways, here's some fun stuff~ enjoy~!
NekoRoma
Chapter Three: One Step Forward ... Three Steps Back?
Lovino glared from his bed. Feliciano was currently curled up on Antonio's lap, purring loud enough for Lovino to hear it from across the room. The human scratched the cat's ears and watched the movie playing.
Feliciano had fallen asleep half way through the movie, but Antonio continued running his hand down the younger cat's back. Lovino growled to himself, but could not help but feel a sharp pang in his heart. He curled up on his little bed and finally forced himself to sleep.
When morning came, he found Feliciano sitting in his spot on the counter, eating up bits off of Antonio's plate. Another sharp pain hit him and he leaped onto the counter and kicked his brother off. Feliciano plopped onto the ground.
'Only you are stupid enough to not land on your feet.' Lovino hissed. He felt a hand on his back and he hissed again, swiping at Antonio's hand. The human yelped in pain, his middle and ring fingers sporting bright red and partially bloody scratches.
"Lovi~! That hurt!" he walked to the sink and ran his fingers under the cooling water. Lovino flattened his ears against his head and laid down lowly on the counter, keeping his eyes on Antonio. While he'd only recently let Antonio pet him and hold him, it had been sometime since he'd actually bitten or clawed the man.
Antonio grabbed a few bandages from the kitchen drawer and smiled, putting the tomato patterned bandages around his wounds, "There all better. Are you mad at me, Lovi? Am I not allowed to pet you anymore?"
Lovino looked away. He felt Antonio's hand on his head again, but instead of claws, he enjoyed the feeling. Only for a moment, though, since he was still incredibly angry with Antonio. He hissed and growled until Antonio stopped, then the cat leaped back to the floor and went to under the couch.
His human watched him sadly, "I'm sorry, Lovi … I don't know what I did to upset you again." he sighed and grabbed his keys from the bowl beside the door and smiled at Feli who was rubbing on his legs again, "Why are you so cute~?" he knelt to pet Feliciano, "Maybe a bit of your kindness will rub off on Lovi?"
Lovino hissed and sunk further inside the seclusion of under the couch. Antonio shook his head and left.
He closed his eyes and decided on a short nap. That is … until Feliciano discovered his favorite hiding place.
'Ve-meow~! Lovi! Why are you under here?' he mewled softly, knowing his brother was in a delicate mood. Lovino looked up and hissed, before turning his head away.
Feliciano crawled further under, 'Ve-meow … are you upset at me? What did I do wrong?'
'Just go away, damn it!' Lovino growled. Feliciano crawled right next to his brother and began licking his ear in apology. Lovino closed his eyes, already having forgiven his brother. It wasn't his fault. It was Antonio's for paying too much attention to Feliciano.
The cats fell asleep for a mid-morning nap. They awoke and Lovino decided to show his brother around the apartment to places other than the bathroom, living room and kitchen.
'This is just a closet. That bastard keeps his jackets in her for colder months.'
'This door leads to the small balcony. That bastard won't let me out here.'
'This is his bedroom. That bastard sleeps here at night.'
'Ve-meow~ I know that one~! I got to sleep in here last night~!' Feliciano bounced around. Lovino's ears flattened against his head and the sharp pain came back.
'You … got to sleep in here?' he, himself, only got to sleep on Antonio's bed once, and that was only because he'd managed to open the door by himself and Antonio hadn't made him leave.
Feliciano didn't notice his brother's mood, 'Yeah! He let me sleep at the foot of the bed~ Luddy won't even let me do that! So I have to sneak into his bed after he's asle-' he was tackled to the ground and yowled in pain when Lovino sank his teeth into his brother's shoulder.
He bit down on several more places on his brother's front leg, before letting go and running off to the under the couch. His heart raced in both satisfaction and guilt and Feliciano limped to a spot in the living room the nurse the now bleeding bites.
A few more days passed quickly and Lovino remained under the couch at all times, except to go to the litter box or eat. Antonio occasionally tried to coax him out with treats, toys and even bits of tomato, but Lovino would only hiss and growl. Feliciano avoided his brother to the best of his ability and slowly over took Lovino's place in Antonio's heart, or so it seemed to the tabby under the couch.
A week later, on the last day of Feliciano's visit, a knock came at the door and Antonio looked up from his game with Feliciano and smiled, "Well, Feli, ready to go home?" he opened up the carrier and then answered the door. Ludwig walked in.
"Hello, Antonio. How was he? Not too much to handle, right?" Ludwig knelt to the ground and Feliciano came running really fast, leaping into the German's arms and nuzzling his face.
Antonio laughed, "No, he was an angel~! I'd be happy to watch him anytime if you need me to~!"
Ludwig nodded and put Feliciano into his carrier and began loading up his toys and bowls into the bag, "And … how's the other one? Still giving you hell?"
Antonio looked at the couch and Lovino could be heard hissing and growling, "I thought we were doing good … but he's meaner than ever. I don't suppose we could trade, right?"
Lovino felt a sharp pain in his heart again, and his ears flattened again. He scooted as far back as he could go. He didn't need this … the only human he had ever been nice to and this is how he was repaid.
The humans said some other stuff that Lovino didn't want to hear and laughter was heard before Ludwig and Feliciano went home. If cat's could cry, Lovino was sure he'd be sobbing. He'd never felt pain like this before. Why would Antonio want to trade him? Was Feliciano really that much better? Of course … why else would he have already been abandoned by one family while they kept Feli?
He laid sulking, while Antonio did what ever it was he did when not fawning over the cuter, sweeter, nicer, playful cat. "I assume you're not going to come out? Lovino," the cat winced. Antonio never called him that, "I just don't know what to do with you."
Maybe … maybe if her tried a little harder, like before … Antonio wouldn't trade him away.
Lovino crawled out from under the couch and looked around. His human had already gone to his room, albeit and hour or two before he usually did. The door was shut and probably locked. So how else was he going to get Antonio out here?
He looked at the TV and grinned. The remote was lying on the couch so Lovino just hit the power button. It was already on the show they sometimes watched before bed, yet Antonio still wasn't coming out of his room, and there was absolutely no way he was going to beg like some stupid dog at the door.
The cat growled, wondering what else he had to do. He looked over the remote and found a button Antonio occasionally used to make the things the people said louder while Antonio went into the kitchen or something. He hit the button and at first, the noise went down, but after shifting his paw a bit the noise became louder and louder and louder until it hurt his ears.
Antonio came running from his room to grab the remote and hit another button which silenced the TV without turning it off.
"Lovi? What the … what are you doing turning up the volume like that?"
Lovino turned his head away stubbornly.
His human looked at the TV and smiled, "You wanted to watch this show? How about we watch it together?" the man turned off the TV and threw the remote to the couch. Lovino stared at it confused.
Antonio leaned down and gently wrapped his hands around Lovino, lifting him up. Lovino began to panic. He didn't like being picked up. The cat didn't want to dig his claws into Antonio, but he certainly did not like being where he was.
The man carried the cat to the bedroom, and shut the door before setting Lovino on the edge of the bed, "I'll be back, Lovi~ you watch TV, okay?" the man gathered up somethings and walked to a small door and went inside. Lovino managed to catch a glimpse of the large white water bowl that Antonio used as a litter box, before the door was shut. He heard water in the room and hissed lightly. He hated water and he hated baths. Antonio learned quickly that Lovino did not want a bath. Ever.
He got comfortable in the middle of the bed and lazily looked around before dozing off. The water noise stopped and Lovino opened his eyes to see the human walk in with a towel around his waist and water dripping down his back and chest.
Lovino watched curiously as the towel was tossed aside and the man dug through his drawers to find clothes. The cat looked his over and shook his head. Humans were such odd creatures with only fur in certain places and their … dangly bits. The man dressed and hopped into the bed, to catch the last few minutes of the show.
Not long after, Antonio was asleep. Lovino took the time to approach the man. His eyes roamed over his face and the cat climbed onto his chest to sleep as well, but not before gently touching his nose to Antonio's cheek: one of the forms of kitty kisses.
The cat's eyes widened at what he'd just done and he backed away quickly, hoping the man did not wake up. Lovino curled up and buried his face under his left paw and surely, if he'd been human, his face would be red.
I love kitty kisses ^_^ my sister's cat recently woke me up by pressing his nose to mine and began purring loudly, staring, until i woke up. It was cute later, but that kind of thing scares a half asleep person XD
anyways, tell me what you thought~! good or bad! and like i said, the stuff you probably came for starts up in chapter five, so be patient ^_^ this is important stuff, too!
And~~ I'm deciding to go with a reward for my reviewers~ I'm thinking I'm going to be giving oneshots to every five or ten reviewers, depending on how the review ratio stays. I'm definitely giving one to lucky reviewer 15 and one to a certain reviewer.
~Lady Pyrien
OH, i think i might have confused some of you. This story is most definitely not beastiality ... i could never condone something like that! animals are really hurt by that kind of thing, so i apologize now if that's what you came for, but this is not that -_- You'll just have to keep reading to find out the story ^_^