A/N: 21 REVIEWS IN 1 CHAPTER?! I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH! Thank you!
BTW, I did kinda leave everyone in a cliffy last chap eh? With the whole 'impregnated' thing… No worries! All will be explained in this chapter!
Warnings: Possible potty mouths, light BL harem moments, and un'beta'ed.
Disclaimer: Kuroko no Basuke/黒子のバスケ © Fujimaki Tadatoshi, special thanks to yokai. Com.
"Kuroko-kun, I fear you may have been impregnated with the essence of a nekomata."
With that said, the dam broke.
"A nekomata?!" Midorima reiterate with the look of pure shock on his face.
"Kurokocchi is p-p-p-p-PREGNANT?!" Kise screeched in horror. "HOW? BY WHO?! TELL US ASAKURA-SAMA! PLEASE!" He demanded further.
"Atsushi, please restrain Ryouta now."
"Yessir Aka-chin~"
"Hey!"
"Someone dares to touch Tetsu?!"
"Huh?!"
"What?"
"HOW CAN THAT HAPPEN?!"
The usual 'ehhhhh!' from Seirin.
And then, there's Takao Kazunari.
…"Ummmm, I may not be much of believer unlike Shin-chan here but…what's a nekotama?" Takao was at a lost now with his hands in a 'I-give-up' gesture. He wasn't exactly freaking out like the rest.
"Nekomata, Bakao." Midorima corrected him.
"Oh really? Tee hee!" The Hawk Eye bearer proceeded to do a 'silly-me' gesture by lightly knocking his own head with his tongue cutely sticking out.
"Anyway, like what Takao-kun said, what is a nekomata?" Mibuchi inquires the burning question.
"I-it's a yokai." Koganei answers, albeit stuttering.
"A-a-a y-y-yokai?!" Aomine shrieks almost unmanly-like.
Yes, a yokai is a spirit in Japanese mythology.
"Yōkai or ghost, phantom, strange apparition are a class of supernatural monsters in Japanese folklore. The word yōkai is made up of the kanji for "bewitching; attractive; calamity" and "apparition; mystery; suspicious". They can also be called ayakashi, mononoke, or mamono. Yōkai range eclectically from the malevolent to the mischievous, or occasionally bring good fortune to those who encounter them. Often they possess animal features, such as the Kappa, which is similar to a turtle, or the Tengu which has wings, other times they can appear mostly human, some look like inanimate objects and others have no discernible shape. Yōkai usually have a spiritual supernatural power, with shapeshifting being one of the most common. Yōkai that have the ability to shapeshift are called obake." Koganei explains in an unusual monotonous voice for someone as peppy as him.
"Japanese folklorists and historians use yōkai as 'supernatural or unaccountable phenomena to their informants'. In the Edo period, many artists, such as Toriyama Sekien, created yōkai inspired by folklore or their own ideas, and in the present, several yōkai created by them, for example, Kameosa and Amikiri, are wrongly considered as being of legendary origin." The teen continued further, with the rest staring at him in awe.
Did he read this out of Wikipedia or something?
"Um, Koga…?" Izuki interrupted him when his explanations were getting a little too lengthy. "…We know you're an expert when it comes to these kind of things and how easily you get excited over it but I think we should let Asakura-sama said something."
Koganei comically shrinks down. "Wahh! I apologise Asakura-sama! I didn't mean to interrupt you."
The elder man chuckled. "It's alright, Koganei-kun but I'm impressed at your extensive knowledge of the yokai."
Asakura fixes his clothing a bit before clearing his throat again. He gestures for them to follow him to the door which led them to a spacious but empty room except for some sitting cushions, bonsai trees and a medium-sized closet. "Please have a seat my children. This is will be a much better position to tell a tale." The elderly man sat in a seiza positon on the cushion that was slightly bigger than the rest and was the only one at the front and the teens mimicking the same.
"The nekomata are a type of yokai that dwells either in the forest or among us humans. There are two types of nekomata, the beastly ones which are very dangerous because they, like most yokai, love to eat humans."
"EHHHH!" The teens were now actually scared of Kuroko who was still adorable by the way, but not if he eats them! They stared at the sky-bluenette. Kuroko's right ear merely twitched with his infamous blank stare. Clearly, he's wasn't amused by what he's hearing right now.
"And then, there is the domesticated ones." They eased up a bit at that.
"Nekomata are found in cities and villages, transformed from ordinary cats. They are born in the same way as other bakeneko, though only the oldest, largest cats with the longest tails, thus more power and intelligence, become this powerful variety. When these cats transform from ordinary animals into yokai, their tale splits down the center into two identical tails. These are the monster cats most likely to be seen walking about on their hind legs and speaking human languages."
The two scaredy-cats of the group, the Aces of Seirin and Touou, Kagami's face had pale several shades in fear while Aomine tried keeping his usual scowl, the huge sweat droplets on his face says otherwise.
"But do not fear, unless anyone of you possesses the special ability to see and converse with the world of spirits, you are very unlikely to see them as most yokai prefer to live in nature and far away from any human contact. And while not all bakeneko are malicious or violent towards their masters, but beware, most and perhaps even all nekomata certainly are."
Again, faces paled.
"Asakura-sama, why is that?" Midorima inquires with great interest despite his voice remaining normally composed as usual.
"They look upon humans with contempt, and are often responsible for summoning fireballs that start great conflagrations, killing many people. They frequently control corpses with their necromantic powers like puppet-masters, and they use their powerful influence to blackmail or enslave humans into doing their bidding."
"Ehhh?!" The 'ehhh' was becoming too frequent among them…
"But again, there is no fear. The most dangerous and powerful nekomata live deep in the mountains, in the shape of wild cats like leopards and lions. These wild monster cats grow to incredible sizes, many meters long."
Everyone breathe sighs of relief again.
"…and prey on other large animals, such as wild boars, dogs, bears, and of course humans, if they ever have the chance to meet one."
"….!"
Asakura turned to stare at Kuroko who tilted his head. "Asakura-sama?" The boy asks.
"I'm actually surprised about you Kuroko-kun."
"Eh?"
"The essence of the nekotama you have within you…is that of a very powerful one. I am unable to understand how a spirit of this high-class power would give you its power so willingly…"
"I am not sure myself how I got these when I woke up this morning." Kuroko stroked his tail.
"Kuroko-kun, did anything weird happen?" Riko asks.
"Define 'weird', coach." Hyuuga countered her question.
"I don't know, maybe some ghostly encounter? I mean, how else did the nekomata come in contact with him?!"
"Maybe it likes Kuroko?" Kiyoshi unhelpfully added.
"That's not the point, Kiyoshi!" Izuki rebuke.
"Maybe Tetsu-kun just happens to pass by it?"
"But that doesn't explain it Satsuki."
"Anyway,…" Akashi cuts in. "…Tetsuya, did you come into contact with any sort of feline that you are not familiar with during the weekend? I know it's not Shio or Kousho."
"Shio (salt)? Koshou (pepper)?" Takao blinked.
"Why are we suddenly talking about condiments, Sei-chan?" Mibuchi was confused as well.
"Ah no Mibuchi-san. Shio and Koshou are my cats."
"Cats?" All, except the Generation of Miracles, Momoi and Kagami, asked at once.
"Yes, besides Nigou, I have two other cats at home and he gets along well with them." Kuroko gave them a feline-like smile, which made their hearts pound against their ribs a little faster.
"Ahh no wonder you didn't complain about him, even when you had the cat ears." Koganei guessed.
Kuroko nodded. "Yes, Nigou is tolerant of other animals, even cats. He did not even bark at me."
"Tchh, that mutt likes Kuroko no matter what. At least Shio and Koshou aren't devils in disguise."
"And it's no surprise that Momoi-san and the Miracles know but you too Kagami?" Hyuuga jeered at his Ace.
Kagami scratched the back of his head. "Well, I've been to Kuroko's house before so that's how I met Shio and Koshou."
"You've been to Kuroko's house before us?!" Hyuuga asked-yelled.
Kagami tried to scoot away from his upperclassman but since they were sitting on cushions, it was hardly even a move. "W-we had a project to settle! That's why I went to his house two Fridays ago and last Friday as well. Oh by the way, Kuroko,.." Kagami wanted to change the topic from him going to Kuroko's house because he forgot how the rest of their teammates could get jealous whenever he and the sky-bluenette spent time alone together. "… what happened to that one you had brought home? The one cat with the orange and brown spots. I nearly forgot about him after a week ago."
"Oh that one." Kuroko had this sad expression on his usual blank face after the redhead Ace mentioned about it. "It died yesterday morning Kagami-kun." Kagami's eyes widened a fraction.
"Wait what are you guys talking about?" Fukuda wanted to know, the others mirroring the same look.
"Oh right… we never told you guys… ?"
"HELL NO!" The rest of Seirin screamed at their Shadow and Light duo.
"Even you're keeping secrets from us Kagami?!" Tsuchida bellowed him as the rest of the seniors gave him the 'stink eye' (namely a certain brunette coach and a certain glasses-wearing captain).
"Story time! Story time!" Takao clapped his hands in a childish manner.
"OK OK it's like thois; Kuroko had picked up a stray cat almost two weeks ago when we were going back from Majiba." Kagami recalls what subject of what they were talking about.
~~~Flashback~~~~
Kuroko and Kagami walked in a comfortable silence after leaving the burger shop when a small, almost inaudible mew resonated from the shrub. The redhead jumped in slight surprise but the sky-bluenette stepped closer.
"Kuroko, what the hell are you doing?!"
"I'm investigating?"
"I can see that but you have no idea what kind of thing that's hiding behind that bush!"
"That's what 'investigating' is for Kagami-kun." The smaller boy stated as-a-matter-of-factly. Kuroko stooped down on his knees to have a better visual. Moving the thick the leaves aside, and there it was; a small little cat.
"Kagami-kun, come look at this."
"W-what is it?"
"It's a cat."
A sigh of relief. "At least it's not another dog. What about it Kuroko?" Kagami also stepped lower to have a look.
The little feline had white-coloured fur but with orange and brown patches in some areas of its body. It looked like a young cat because it was quite slinky and smaller compared to the adult alley cats. But strangely, it looked really limp, as if it was…
"Kagami-kun, its injured." Kuroko pointed out.
Kagami bent lower as well to have a better visual and saw it, a large slash wound on its back and hind leg.
"Woah it is. Poor little guy."
The sky-bluenette stepped further into the shrub but only for the animal to be woken by the rustling sound of the crunchy leaves. The two boys saw the animal getting up a little too fast, it arched its back as if it was in immense pain before almost falling on the grass. The cat hissed at them.
"Wow, its pretty feisty despite being hurt." Kagami remarked.
Kuroko didn't advance any further towards the frighten animal but merely stood at his position. He smiled at it. "I apolgise if we scared you, cat-san but we saw that you are injured so I can't help but worry." Kagami knew how soft-spoken and polite his best friend is but hearing Kuroko's gentle and soothing voice was like a pleasant melody to his ears. And while he wasn't fond of animals (dogs the most), Kuroko loves cute animals and seems to have a talent with them as well.
The feline was still on high alert with its ears evened back, tail up high and its fur was stood on ends.
"Please let us help you. In your state in this weather, you will surely die. May I offer you my help?" Kuroko kept trying to coax the animal out. He held his hand to it but didn't try to touch the cat for it might mistook it as a threat.
'Somehow, it feels like I'm watching a remake of the scene where Hiccup befriended Toothless…' Kagami mentally said to himself as he watches Kuroko talk to the cat.
The feline slowly relaxed as it approached the outstretched hand though its eyes were trained on the two teens but then before it took a few more steps to Kuroko's hand, the animal collapsed onto the grass.
"O-oi!" Kagami shouted. "What happened?!"
Kuroko cradled the cat in his arms but was gentle enough not to worsen its injuries. "It suddenly fainted."
"Huh? Its not dead?"
"No, I can still feel a heartbeat Kagami-kun but…"
"Ahh that's good but wha?"
"Its body is really cold. As if it has no heat at all." Kuroko held the cat closer to his uniform but couldn't feel any warmth whatsoever.
"Really?" Kagami puts a hand on its stomach as gently as his massive ones could do, the redhead flinched slightly. "Woah, you're right. So what are you gonna do with it?"
"I will take him to my home for tonight."
"You sure? I mean, what about Nigou and your other cats?"
"It's alright, I can leave him in my room for now."
"Ok then if you say so… but seriously, don't let them know."
"Of course.'
"Then, so I'll see you on Monday then Kuroko."
"Yes." Both parted ways with Kagami accompanying the sky-bluenette to his house before heading for his apartment.
"So I guess I should you continue it, Kuroko."
"Ah okay."
As soon as Kuroko reached the front door of his home, he quickly took the injured cat to his room without rousing any suspicion in his family as well as the pets by simply hiding it in his uniform shirt under his school gakuran. Because his school uniform was already stained by the cat's blood, he had to avoid them as much as possible for fear that too many people will scare the cat even more.
While Nigou is much more tolerant of other animals towards his master, Kuroko knew how possessive Shio and Kosho are over him whenever any other animal tries to get close to him. It happened before when he had introduced the Alaskan Malamute puppy to the white Turkish Angora cat and the black Maine Coon cat. They weren't fond of the canine at all but then, they became best friends… after a while…
The cats love him a lot, that's why.
The cat was still passed out cold so it was an easy task for the sky-bluenette in cleaning it up, treating the wounds, bathing, drying it and then putting it in a basket with an old blanket as a bed for the animal. It amazed Kuroko that the animal didn't even move an inch when he was doing all those and he knew it was still alive because of the slow heartbeat inside its chest.
While waiting for it to awaken, Kuroko took a shower himself. His clothes were stained by the blood so in order to bypass his mother's (or his whole family for that matter) radar of constant worrying, he washed them by hand himself in the bathroom.
Looking at the blood, it was an odd shade of dark red and it felt colder than usual blood. "What a colour." The boy said to himself in amazement. But there was nothing strange about the cat. It looks like an ordinary cat and behaves like one…
But if the colour of the blood is anything to go by, it's the lack of body temperature from the feline is what's baffling him. Cold as if it was already dead but the laboured breathing and slow heartbeat rationalises that.
Kuroko didn't think too much about it afterwards as he wanted to tend to the animal. When he got out of the bathroom, the cat was awake. But it looked a little disoriented and very weak. "Ah you're awake."
The cat look to Kuroko but this time, it didn't hiss at him. It remained calm. Kuroko took it as a good sign so he took out a packet of soft cat food from his drawer. "Are you hungry?"
The cat stared at Kuroko with his captivating emerald green eyes but it showed no malice. However, distrust was still there as the cat watched the boy's every move. As both continue to what it seems to be observing each other, the boy noticed more markings on the animal's fur that he didn't earlier. Swirl patterns were seen on the hind legs and an unfamiliar cloud mark on its forehead.
After a full five minutes of a stare down (luckily Kuroko is very patient and gentle, the sky-bluenette then took out a small bowl as well and scooped out the wet food into the bowl. "Here."
The cat was still staring at Kuroko, its gaze unwavering. It didn't bother the boy much but what was bothering him was the fact that the animal wasn't eating the food in front of him. "It will get bad if you do not eat it, cat-san."
Kuroko sighed and went to change into his nightwear to get ready for bed. "If you do not like cat food, do wish to have some real fish?" The sky-bluenette crouched down to the cat's level. He hear the feline growl a little but he only smiled. "I know you may not trust me for now. But I must change your bandages again. You're bleeding a little again."
True enough, a blot of red liquid was starting to form on the white bandages, indicating that the wound must have reopened itself.
"Would you let me?"
Of course the animal wasn't going to answer him but he needed to change that wound fast because it has lost too much blood before so this may worsen it. And it may be his imagination but did the cat just…nodded…at…him?
No, it can't be!
Shaking the silly thought from his mind, Kuroko immediately changed the bandages but not without the feline hissing in pain once in a while. It was really surprising how the animal didn't attempt to inflict any sort of harm in the form of defence towards Kuroko as he tended to the injuries.
The feline wasn't as hostile as it appeared before but it was possibly just instinct that took over before.
But then…
"Tet-chan!"
He heard his older brother's voice calling him from below.
"Yes Onii-san?" He called to him but before he could receive any form of answer, his door swung open by a powerful force. And in came a young man of nineteen years old with blue hair that is slightly darker than Tetsuya's and he is much more built than the younger Kuroko's petite frame.
Kuroko Kazuya barged into his little brother's room without knocking as always, carrying what it appears to be a cake box. Though their parents had educated them to be polite and that includes knocking before entering rooms but that is unnecessary between the two brothers who share an unbreakable bond. So here where it starts. "Yo Tet-chan, I got a gift for you! It's a -…"
Kazuya left his sentence hanging when he spotted the little guest in the basket next to his little brother's bed. So in the end, Tetsuya had to explain everything to his family and they let the feline stay until it recovers fully, being a family of animal lovers and they felt sorry for the little guy. Yes, they finally knew that it was a 'he'.
And as expected, Shio and Koshou weren't fond of the new arrival at all and it felt the same way. And because the two cats love sleeping with Tetsuya in his room, he can't had to keep him in an unused room that once belonged to his late grandfather so the two family cats would not try to pick a fight with him. The sky-bluenette also wanted to name him 'Nyanko' because the cat's colour reminded him of the yokai 'maneki neko' from an anime.
Tetsuya carefully cared for the feline, tending to him, feeding him and tried to get Nyanko to trust him. And it wasn't a complete failure as Nyanko was slowly let the boy close to him.
Sunday, that morning, he looked over to Nyanko and he appears to be peacefully sleeping away. Thai is, until Tetsuya realised that he wasn't breathing…
The boy jumped out of bed in a panic and woke up his older brother first. Kazuya tried to resuscitate it but failed. They came to a conclusion that Nyanko had passed away in his sleep over the night and decided to give him a proper burial in their mother's flower garden.
Tetsuya was the most upset over his new friend even though the time they spent was short. The boy placed some flower petals from the garden on top of Nyanko's grave and paid his last respects to the cat.
"And that was about it." Kuroko simply summarised, blank-faced and tail flicking.
"Wow that was very kind of you Kuroko-kun." Mibuchi smiles at the Phantom Player in admiration to which the younger boy reciprocates.
"So that was the story about the cat you saved but was it relevant to your current situation?" But at the same time, Midorima was thinking about the connection of the story to Kuroko's problem now. But was it a possibility…?
"Do you think that cat had something to do with this?" Himuro piped up.
"Eh, why's that Himuro?" Kiyoshi asked, quite not catching the story.
"Think about it everyone. Kuroko-kun had helped this cat but when it died just yesterday, he had the new assets this morning. What a coincidence, or is it?"
That got them thinking. But it can't be possible!
"Hey that's not a bad one Tatsuya! I mean like what Asakura-sama said, some nekomata and bakeneko do live among humans…." Kagami supported his brother's deduction.
"And that they can also take on forms of a normal cat…" said Momoi.
"…and not all of them are hostile towards humans…" Furihata murmured.
"So as a conclusion…." Murasakibara said without food in his mouth for once.
"So are you saying that Kurokocchi was taking care of a yokai this whole time?!"
"Ahhh!" All, sans a few, yelped suddenly. "That could be it!" Aomine was unexpectedly enthusiastic.
"OHHH! That's so cool! How come you always get the best situations, Kuroko?!" Koganei's eyes had sparkles in them.
"Is it a possibility, Asakura-sama?" Akashi turned to the old priest.
"Well I believe that may be the only explanation. It seems you've not only had gained the cat spirit's trust so quickly but because it was able to rest in peace and move on to another life later on, it has given you the gift of its essence."
The teens looked at the old man and then at each other, clearly not understanding in what he said. Though some were still smarter than others.
"It means that Kuroko-kun here has been given the animal spirit's feline essence as a token of gratitude for taking care of it in its final hours of its life. Is that correct, Asakura-sama?" Riko supplied Asakura's answer.
"Yes, Aida-san. It is a truly rare gift."
"Oh so Kurokocchi's not pregnant? Thank goodness!" Kise had tears of alleviation running down his cheeks in a comical way.
"Yes Kise-kun, when I meant by 'impregnated', Kuroko-kun was imbued with the essence of the spirit. Not impregnated by it."
"So, spirits CAN die?" Kise couldn't believe what he was hearing.
Asakura merely nodded. "Of course, in a sense. But the only difference is that once a spirit 'dies', it will be reincarnated once more. The cycle of life is endless, Kise-kun. It is just that we humans are clueless to it."
"W-w-wow…" The blonde was awe-struck by the elderly man's words.
"So Asakura-sama…" Momoi said and stopped while the old man hummed in response. "May I ask how can we at least hide Tetsu-kun's, umm, ears and tail? If we cannot get rid of them, we can at least help him blend in normally again."
Asakura raised an eyebrow at that. "But you told that many have seen them already, there should be no problem if they are not hidden, am I correct?"
Akashi steps in. "Even if many of the others from the schools have seen the pictures of Tetsuya with his ears and tail, they are most likely going to pass it off as fakes."
"And I'm pretty sure that the general public aren't gonna take it so seriously…" Kagami backed Akashi's statement. "Besides, if they see Kuroko the next time, I'm pretty sure they must've thought they were dreaming or cosplaying or something…"
"But even so, they're most likely to want to see Kuroko again." Midorima countered. "Did you not saw the gazes everyone had on him?"
"Yeah, very perverted gazes…" Riko hissed and grinds her teeth together. Of course she saw the looks her underclassman was getting up until now and by some of the same people here! Like hell she's going to let anyone harm her junior! And she knows the rest of her boys will protect Kuroko-kun as well!
The brunette got even more pissed when everyone suddenly feign innocent and whistling away.
"Hehe, Kuroko's cuteness level sure is high when he has those ears~!" Takao smirked childishly as he pounced on said boy as he had the advantage of sitting next to him, angering the rest of Seirin and the Miracles, and stroked his cat ears.
Kuroko flushed at the contact, his tail swishing and ears perking up. "Takao-nyan, p-please stop…"
Everyone froze. All eyes on Kuroko.
Did Kuroko just say Takao-nyan….?
The raven-haired point guard of Shuutouku snaps out of his daze and smirks dangerously at Kuroko. The latter didn't feel easy about that smile…
"Ne Kuroko, say my name again~"
The sky-bluenette shook his head furiously, cheeks slightly pink.
"Hmm~ stubborn~" With that, Takao went for Kuroko's tail and squeezed it with slight pressure that was more than enough to make the sky-bluenette mewl.
"Nyyyaaa~!" The sudden pleasure and shock caused Kuroko's cheeks to dye a bright shade of pink with small tears forming at the corner of his eyes. "T-Takao-nyan…" He whimpered out by accident when he actually wanted to reprimand the Hawk Eye bearer.
"KYAAAAA~!" The two females squealed out loud at the scene just now and the other males' faces were painted in bright cerise. Luckily, no nosebleeds yet. If there is any, poor Asakura might have some difficulties in cleaning later on.
"So cute~!" A satisfied Takao cooed but his delight didn't last long when his partner hit him upright on his head. Hard. Making him yelp in pain and automatically letting go of Kuroko.
"Leave him alone, you idiot." Midorima scolded his partner as he held the sky-bluenette protectively in his arms, the Hawk Eye bearer still rubbing his bruised head.
"Wahh Midorimacchi, gimme Kurokocchi!"
"I want to hug Kuro-chin too~"
"Oi Murasakibara, you already had your turn with Tetsu!"
"I wanna hug him~!" Mibuchi cooed.
Some of Kuroko's upperclassmen went into their 'protective mode' and tried to pry their junior away.
"T-that's true…" Riko blushed, scratching her cheek as she watched the third chaos that one Kuroko Tetsuya . Damn, this boy would be the death of everyone here!
"Tetsu-kun has always been cute before but now…! His cuteness and moe are off the charts!" Momoi squealed her heart out though inside, she was still upset about not getting a turn with her crush.
"Kuroko seems to show more emotion as a cat, don't you think?" Kiyoshi points out.
"Hmm, now that you mention it, he kinda does." Izuki agrees as he and the Iron Heart watch a clingy Takao hugging the death out of Kuroko's abdomen while Mibuchi was hugging the sky-bluenette from behind. The Miracles looked murderous, especially Akashi and Midorima because it was their teammates that were doing it.
Asakura watched the teens with the look of pure amusement on his aged face. "Well it appears Kuroko-kun is popular with the ears and tail of the nekomata…"
"Perhaps I should call upon a 'friend' of mine for this matter."
"A friend?" Aomine was bear-hugging his former Shadow when he finally got the chance with his childhood friend whining at him to let her have a chance.
"That is correct. Madara-san, you may come out now."
Strong, enigmatic burst of winds blew in with the windows wide open, surprising everyone because of the sudden intrusion...
A/N: I wanted to update Darkness in our midst before this but the ideas for this story is flowing while I have none for DIOM for now. I'll get on that sooner or later.
BTW, can anyone figure out the references I've put in this chapter?
Review please? :3 Coz you guys are my motivation, my muse and my spirit lifters!
See you next chapter~
