Izaya was eating the food in his bowl and ate about half of it. Everyone had already left for work and school, which meant he and Shizuo were the only ones at home. Izaya went into the living room and was greeted with a very charmless noise. Was Shizuo snoring? Izaya jumped onto the couch where he had seen the golden cat sleep earlier. Shizuo probably hadn't even noticed the humans had left. Izaya sat down by the golden cat and stared at him. 'Shizuo?'

The golden cat's whiskers twitched as he nuzzled his face into the soft cushion. The light snoring continued.

'Shizuo.. Shizu..chan. That works.' He said to himself and giggled. 'Wake up, Shizu-chan!' he chuckled.

There was no response from the golden cat.

'Shizu-chan~?' he tried again, poking the other cat's side with his paw. 'Good morning~.'

"Meow~." Shizuo mewled and stretched his body, front and back legs. He opened his eyes and yawned. 'What do you want?'

'How mean..' Izaya pouted. 'There's breakfast in the kitchen. By the way, about what happened yesterday, I was thinking we could just forget it and start anew.'

'Hrrn…' Shizuo purred. 'That's probably for the best. But how the hell can you be so female-like?' he asked, still laying on the couch, ready to fall asleep again.

'How am I 'female-like'?'

'The way you walk and clean your paws all the time…' Shizuo mumbled.

'Walk? I don't walk like a female..' Izaya pouted bitterly.

'Oh yes you do.' Shizuo purred and licked his paws.

'Do not…' he leaned down and licked the back of the golden cat's neck, washing him.

'What are you doing?' Shizuo purred and closed his eyes, enjoying the attention.

'Your fur is a mess back here.' He said and continued to wash the other.

"Mhmm.." Shizuo hummed. 'Just keep going.'

Izaya smiled at the obviously satisfied golden cat. 'You like it?'

'Yeah..' Shizuo was in complete bliss. Oh, he could fall asleep in any minute.

Izaya went down the other's back, washing the soft fur.

'Mmmhh..' Shizuo softly purred.

Izaya sat upright and giggled; he began cleaning his paws.

'Hm?' Shizuo hummed and opened his eyes. 'There we go again.'

'Hm? What?'

'Washing your paws again.' Shizuo sat up and pushed Izaya's head away to lick his paw for him.

Izaya watched the other cat in surprise. [I thought he was mad at me.] Izaya thought as he removed his paw and replaced it with his head, placing it before the blonde's head; he began purring.

'Hm?' Shizuo hummed.

Izaya nuzzled his cheek against Shizuo's and then moved back before his head; his own head bowed.

The golden cat purred and began licking the other's head.

'Mmm..' Izaya purred at the gentle sensation.

Shizuo pulled back. 'Is this the reason why you woke me up?'

'No,' Izaya started disappointed, 'I already told you that there's food in the kitchen. They put out a bowl for you to use until they buy one for you later today.'

'Ah, okay.' Shizuo jumped off of the couch and sprinted towards the kitchen. He immediately ran to the food bowl and began eating.

'Wow… He must be hungry.' Izaya thought out loud and followed the other cat. He couldn't help but chuckle at the sight of the other eating. 'Beast.' He smiled.

'Am not.' Shizuo pouted and looked back at Izaya.

'You eat like one.'

'Tch..' Shizuo resumed eating his food.

'I have some left in my bowl.' Izaya suddenly said. 'If you're still hungry.'

'No, it's okay. I'm not hungry anymore.' Shizuo mumbled and went to drink some water.

'Alright.' Izaya smiled and went into the living room. He began scratching his claws on his scratching board.

Shizuo entered the living room short after. 'Having fun?'

'Not really~.'

'Right.' Shizuo sneaked up behind Izaya and jumped on him, playfully nibbling at Izaya's ear.

'Eh? You wanna play?'

'Maybe.' Shizuo mumbled.

Izaya rolled over to lie on his back and laughed happily as he tried to push Shizuo off with his back legs.

Shizuo pushed himself down against Izaya and playfully placing a paw on the other's face.

'Ah! Shizu-chan!' he complained, laughing like crazy.

'Why are you calling me Shizu-chan?' Shizuo mumbled, not moving his paw from Izaya's face.

'I like saying Shizu-chan. It's cute.' He smiled, giving up on trying to push the other off.

'Cute?' The golden cat frowned and removed his paw, seeing a smiling black cat.

'Yes. Don't you think so?'

'No.' Shizuo said bluntly. 'But if you're going to call me that, then I'll call you a female.'

'That's so unfair! I mean well when I call you Shizu-chan.. I'm not trying to mock nor irritate you..' Izaya pouted.

'Well, you are irritating me with that nickname.' Shizuo mumbled. 'Anyway, I'm going back to sleep..' Shizuo jumped off of Izaya and went up to the couch.

'Aww, come on… Can't we play a bit?' he pouted. He hadn't played with another cat since he was a kitten and playing with the humans in the house just wasn't the same.

'Nope.' Shizuo yawned and lay himself down.

Izaya followed the other cat and lay down beside him. 'Can't we do something?'

After giving it some thought, Shizuo felt like playing anyway. 'Sure. Okay.' Shizuo stood up again and jumped down from the couch. 'Alright… Come let's do something then.'

Normally, Izaya wasn't the type to play a lot but Shizuo made him want to. 'What do you want to do?' Izaya asked and followed the other.

'No idea.'

'Hmm.. Maybe we can.. I, umm..' Izaya mumbled. Like he mentioned, he hadn't played with other cats since he was a kitten and.. well, it had been quite a while. He couldn't really remember what he had played back then and the only other things he played was with small balls or teddy bears he was given.

'What? We can what?' Shizuo turned to look at Izaya. 'Hm?' the golden cat teasingly poked at Izaya's head with his paw.

'I don't know..' he smiled wryly.

'Play... catch?' Shizuo removed his paw from Izaya's head and ran away from him. 'You're it!'.

'Eh? Catch?' Izaya blinked in confusion.

Shizuo looked behind him and noticed that Izaya hadn't moved. 'You're supposed to catch me..'

'Eh? Oh!' Izaya exclaimed and ran towards the blonde, trying to catch him.

'Geez, fast aren't we?' Shizuo chuckled and ran into the kitchen and up onto the table, looking down at the black cat.

'Ah, Shizu-chan, we're not supposed to be up there!'

'Well, they're not here... so they won't know.'Shizuo rolled his eyes.

'Maybe they'll find out..'

'How will they find out exactly?' Shizuo tilted his head, questioning the other cat.

'I... I don't know.'

'Tch, they won't find out..' Shizuo sighed and jumped down onto a chair and then down onto the floor, slowly making his way over to Izaya. 'You wouldn't survive a minute outside of this house.' the golden cat mocked.

'Yes I would.' he pouted. When Shizuo was close enough, he jumped at him, making both cats roll around onto the floor until Izaya jumped over Shizuo and began running away. 'You're it!' he giggled.

'Sneaky little..' Shizuo grumbled and chased after Izaya.

'You're too slow!' Izaya mocked and ran into Mai's room; onto her bed.

'No, I'm not.. I'm going easy on you!' Shizuo followed Izaya onto the bed and jumped at him, but the black cat managed to slip away from him.

'You are?' he chuckled and ran out the room and back into the living room. He jumped onto the back of the couch.

The golden cat mewled as he jumped up onto the couch and touched Izaya's tail. 'You're it!' the golden cat set off from the couch and sprinted out of the room.

Izaya ran after the blonde and saw him sitting in the sink in the bathroom. 'Eh?'

'What?' his tail was hanging lazily over the edge of the sink, and his paws were placed on the edge too.

'We're not supposed to be there either.' he chuckled.

'I won't fall for that again.' Shizuo slowly wagged his tail back and forth.

'I'm serious. We're not supposed to be there nor on the kitchen counter or kitchen table.' He explained and left for the living room, feeling content with the playing they had already done.

'Boring~.' Shizuo mewled out loud and laid himself down in the sink.

Izaya stopped dead in his tracks when he was referred to as boring. 'I'm not boring.' he muttered as he ran right back into the bathroom and jumped into the sink, landing on Shizuo. 'You're it!'

'Ouch!' Shizuo complained. 'Hey!' he growled and lashed a paw out at Izaya.

'Ow!' Izaya exclaimed as the paw hit him right in the face.

Shizuo pushed Izaya off of him, using his back legs. He nuzzled his head into Izaya's side, making him lay down. As the other male cat lay down, he did so too, placing a paw on the other's back as he began licking the other's cheek.

Izaya instantly closed his eyes and began purring, leaning in to the gentle yet rough tongue.

Shizuo teasingly nibbled at Izaya's ear and gently pulled at it.

'Ungh.. Shizu-chan..' Izaya chuckled.

'What?'Shizuo continued and teasingly placed a paw on Izaya's face; right on his nose.

Izaya moved his head, shaking it violently. 'I can't breathe!'

'Part of my plan.' Shizuo chuckled and laid himself closer to Izaya.

'No fair!' the black cat complained.

'Shh..' Shizuo sighed and closed his eyes.

Izaya tried his best to breathe, but in the end Shizuo let go and Izaya smiled, laying himself closer to the blonde cat. They cuddled up like that, both ready for a nap. 'Good night, Shizu-chan.'

'Night? It's in the middle of the day.' the golden cat mumbled.

'Same difference.'

'Tch, whatever. Night..' Shizuo mumbled and accidently touched Izaya's nose without meaning to. His eyes shot up and he quickly pulled back, ears back, as he laid himself down, closing his eyes again.

Izaya smiled and simply moved closer.

Shizuo noticed the movement but did nothing about it.

'Sleep tight.'


Signe: So.. this will be the last chapter of AFL ^^ Hope you liked it ^^ Oh, and in case you can't tell, the last line is said by Izaya :P
Christine: Grawwwr.. so cute! Sequel, sequel, sequel! No wait..