I'm sort of debating on something on the other small story I'm planning on doing in this AU for Romantica...

But I think it'll be okay. I just love imagining feeding little chibi Misaki cream puffs and seeing him get full and he's so cute...! *cuteness overload*

Weeks later...

"What's wrong?" An shakes out of her small daze to look at her friend Saeki. "You've been out of it lately..."

"Oh, it's..." An frowns a little. "My parents have big news for me, but I don't think I'm going to like it. They've been bringing up England randomly too..."

"Ehhh..." Saeki droops in posture. "You're going to move?!"

"No, I'm not."

"The signs An! The signs!" Saeki then pouts. "Poor little Ritsu... that other little guy isn't going to take it well either..."

"His friend? He'll be fine." An brings her books together on her desk.

"Friend?!" Saeki says in disbelief before asking. "You mean, you don't see it?"

"See what?"

Saeki rolls her eyes at the density of her friend's perception. "They're almost stuck to the hip with each other. You know, they mated?" She pauses as An blinks in confusion, and explains promptly. "Few days back when we found them in the library napping really close to each other, and their clothes were all messy?"

"Rough play," An says, like it was the obvious thing.

"No, An..." Saeki groans. "They did it. Together. Probably behind a curtain or something. And seeing that you kept sending me cute pics of Ritsu sleeping and napping everywhere they probably did it a lot. I mean, An, I got to carry the other one. He let me pet him and everything- so tired and cute at the same time!"

"B-but then..." An put her stuff up, troubled. "What should I do? The other one has owners, I think."

In the library, Ritsu watched as Masamune looked down at the book they were reading with a grim expression. [What's wrong?]

Jolted out of his darkening thoughts he responding without eye contact. [Nothing. My owners have just been fighting too much lately.]

[Oh.] After a bout of fidgeting at a loss, Ritsu goes to lean against him. [You can tell me. I want to try and help in any way I can... I-if that's alright.]

"Ritsu!" Their eyes perk hearing An. "Let's go home." Seeing his little ears go down, An turns to Masamune. "Do... do you want to sleepover?"

The two little chibi neko people cock their heads at the invitation. They haven't heard much about what that is. An caught on to their confusion.

"It's when you sleep over for the night. You guys can sleep on Ritsu's bed together."

[Ah, I get it!] Ritsu says excitedly, before seeing the look on Masamune's face. [If you don't want to, it's okay. I wouldn't want you to get in trouble.]

Trouble with them? The thought brought Masamune turning a cold shoulder to that. He didn't want to go back home currently, and he didn't want to see his owners. They wouldn't care. He'd rather stay where Ritsu was instead of home that didn't feel like home. [...I'll go.]

...

An felt a little stiff as she walked home with her two tiny passengers in her school bag.

First of all, the sleepover was not-called for. Once she saw how close her little Ritsu was to his... mate, she melted a little. Also, she remembered some few nights when she watched Ritsu curl up on his bed looking lost and sad for some reason. He must have been missing Masamune.

Now then, will her parents be okay with this? Wait...! They're going to be out to a dinner and concert! An sighs in relief. It'll be okay.

Once the freshman got home, she called out to an empty household before heading up to her bedroom to change into her casual wear after letting Ritsu and Masamune free from their ride.

"So..." An began, looking down at her buddy and guest. The guest in question was gazing around curiously. "I guess we'll make dinner first? And then I'll finish my homework while we all eat dessert and then we can take a bath and get ready for bed. How about that?"

Ritsu mewls happily before jumping onto her shoulder, with Masamune looking on after, shuffling slightly. He probably felt out of place, something An assumed, and she holds her hand out for him to get on. Once he got on, she set him onto her shoulder next to Ritsu. She giggled a little as Masamune latched on to Ritsu for dear life as she walked, not used to it.

Something bugged her as she went through math, pencil tapping as she stared and stared. Meanwhile, Ritsu ate alongside Masamune as they went through the chocolate macaroons. Minutes later, Ritsu sat back with a plop, giving up in finishing. He was too full at this point.

Masamune snickered, feeling the need to show off to Ritsu as he ate his and Ritsu's leftover of macaroons whole. However, it was too much for him, and he fell back trying to pull through his sugar intake. He most likely could have gone through a dessert induced coma if it weren't for Ritsu tipping some cold water down his throat.

Shivering, the older continued to lay back, his eyes drooping. [Ritsu...]

[What's wrong?!] Ritsu faltered, grabbing his hand. [Do you need medicine?]

[I...] he coughs. [I need CPR... I can't-] he coughs again before gasping, and with no hesitation Ritsu went forward with his mouth.

It was until he was pulled onto Masamune he understood what was happening. With a breath he pulled away, huffing adorably as he bonked Masamune on the head and stomped off with his tiny self.

An wondered what was happening. She watched as Ritsu secluded himself to the farthermost corner of the dining table, sitting down at the edge with a big huff. Masamune mewled apologetically after him.

To her surprise, Ritsu batted his little fists on his mate as he sat close to him. She's never seen him angry like that, but the anger soon disappeared as Masamune bowed his head in sorry, and Ritsu immediately forgave him with a nip to his mate's ear.

Ah, that's right, An thought, remembering something she read about them. Little chibi neko people tended to get a little too emotionally expressive, seeing that they couldn't contain most of it in their small bodies. Whereas An can hold in her tears whenever she gets sad, etc., the smaller cannot.

One thing though, also, was that they tended to be very simple about things sometimes, seeing that Ritsu easily forgave his mate. Then again, he probably wasn't that angry to begin with, but An was still surprised. She really hasn't seen him that angry, even if it wasn't full on angry.

Masamune stared at what seemed like and endless ocean in terms of what was under it.

He never had an opportunity to swim before. He always just 'showered' in the bathroom sink. Would it come naturally to him? An watched questionably as Ritsu floated next to her in the bath, waiting. They were already technically clean from the earlier shower, so now it was supposed to be time to relax.

"...You can't swim, huh?" Masamune ducked his head in embarrassment, and An tried to coax him into the water. "Uh..." She pushed Ritsu's little behind foward to swim to him. "See, watch Ritsu."

He tried to watch, his mind trying to memorize Ritsu's back leg movements. Swallowing, he went in, immediately drowning until An held him up so Ritsu can grab his hands and instruct him.

Whenever he managed to get the hang of it, An relaxed back as Ritsu decided to swim away from Masamune. Wanting to not get separated, Masamune tried to catch up to him, and little feet flailed about as they ended up playing tag.

...

"All right..." An sighed as she managed to dry her hair. Putting her towel up she looked over at Ritsu's little house room; she had angled it so if her parents peeked in, they would see just Ritsu.

Amusedly to her, they had already fallen asleep exhausted from their bath time. Nestled comfortably against each other, An can hear soft, barely audible purrs coming from the both of them. Smiling, she turned off her lights and settled into bed after taking a picture and sending it to Saeki.

Little did they realize that things were going to change. From the window sill, a flower had bloomed from Ritsu's growing bud.

Aww, the next chapter... But it must happen. Stay tuned!