"Alright, after this we only have one store left." Kanda announced and Allen nodded as he hugged his new stuffed animal close to him. Kanda had bought it for him after he saw Allen staring at through the store window. It was a yellow ball with a long tail and wings and Allen had named it Timcampy. It was his first present that he had ever received from anyone before.

"What are we getting here?" Allen asked as he saw all the assorted products specialized in humanoid products. He never knew that humanoid pets needed so many things before.

"Shampoo, soap, vitamins, medicine and Lavi mentioned catnip." Kanda said and Allen tilted his head in confusion.

"What's catnip?" Kanda rubbed the bridge of his nose, his pet's ignorance of even the basic things getting to him. He was about to explain it to Allen when a voice interrupted him.

"OH! It's a humanoid snow leopard!" Allen jumped before he instinctively hid behind Kanda's leg, making sure his claws didn't come out this time. A man walked up to them, an excited grin on his face. He had bushy brown hair tied into a ponytail, big wide glasses that took up half his face and he wore a white lab coat that made him look like a scientist. "Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you. It's just, this is my first time seeing such a rare breed of humanoid before."

"How can you tell its breed?" Kanda demanded crossing his arms.

"Oh, by its white hair and fur with its grey eyes. You see, even the rare white humanoid cats have different color eyes but only snow leopards have grey ones." The man said as he tilted his head, trying to get a better look at Allen who nervously glanced up at him but not moving from his spot. "Wow, I heard there's only been 5 successfully bred in the entire world. You must have paid thousands of dollars to get this little guy."

"I was a stray, Kanda picked me up and let me stay with him." Allen said, hiding his head when the man gave him a horrified look.

"You? A stray? With your rarity not to mention your obviously docile personality?" The man asked with awe.

"Look, we have some shopping to do so if you don't mind." Kanda snapped as he dragged Allen away from the man and into a random aisle. He didn't like how the guy talked to Allen not mention he had raised some very important questions. If Allen was so rare why didn't someone try to get him after his first owner died? Surely the company that sold Allen would've tried to get him back so they could sell him again.

"Kanda, he was only curious!" Allen whined but Kanda just rolled his eyes before he began to grab the things they needed. They got tuna flavored vitamins, medicine, vanilla scented shampoo and lavender soap. The store didn't have any catnip but Kanda did find salmon flavored toothpaste which he got. He liked hygiene.

After they finished purchasing their things, Kanda brought Allen to the last store they needed to go to but Allen couldn't figure out why. It was a jewelry store and an expensive one at that.

"They better have it ready. I called them yesterday." Kanda muttered but Allen didn't ask him what he meant. He left Kanda's side to look at all the different displays. There were so many different diamonds, crystals and different colored shiny stones displayed on a variety of different jewelry. Maybe it was because he was part cat but he couldn't help but be fascinated by all the shiny things that sparkled in the light.

Suddenly he felt something wrap around his throat and he panicked, thinking that he was being strangled but when he turned his head he saw that it was Kanda. He tried to look down to see what was being wrapped around him but it was too high on his neck. Whatever it was it was a little heavy but not too uncomfortable. Kanda finished buckling whatever it was around his neck and stood up admiring it.

"Kanda what did you put on my neck?" Allen asked, his head tilting in confusion.

"Look." Kanda directed Allen to a mirror and the neko gaped when he saw what was around his neck. It was a collar. And not a simple band like Lenalee's but an expensive one. It had a velvet black band with sapphires embedded in it and at the end, resting on the hollow of his neck was a golden plate with Kanda's information on it. Allen swallowed as he gently ran his paw around the band, not completely sure that he wasn't just imagining things. "It's a collar so people know that you have an owner."

To his absolute horror, Allen started crying. At first the neko didn't even realize it but when he felt something wet run down his cheek he looked in the mirror and was startled when he saw tears coming from his eyes. He sniffled and roughly rubbed them but they kept coming. Kanda quickly grabbed a couple of tissues and he pushed Allen's paws away and began wiping the tears gently.

"Why are you crying? If you don't like the collar then I can get you another one." Kanda said and Allen shook his head quickly.

"It's not that, not that at all," Allen whimpered. "I guess it's just that I've never had a collar before. Even Mana didn't give a collar before he died." Allen explained but it wasn't the full truth. The other part was that the collar finalized the fact that Kanda was his owner and it made him so happy that words couldn't even describe the feeling.

Kanda sighed before he picked Allen up, holding him close before he walked out of the store, having already paid for the collar, and began to walk back to the parking lot. He felt Allen press his wet face against his neck but he didn't say anything. By the time they reached the parking lot, Allen had fallen asleep. Kanda rolled his eyes before he set Allen in the back seat. Before he went to the front he watched Allen sleep.

The neko was curled into a ball like a cat, vaguely like he had when Kanda had first found him except this time he had his toy in his arms. He looked peaceful despite the tear tracks left on his cheeks. Allen made Kanda scared, although he would never admit it. He had never taken care of anyone before, not even an ordinary cat or dog. The most he had ever attempted to look after was a plant and that had died the next day. Allen deserved to be happy but Kanda wasn't sure if he was capable of taking care of the neko.

"But I have to try." Kanda whispered as he stroked Allen's head, smiling ever so slightly when the neko purred. "Although I'm not sure how much he'll like me after his checkup."