Nagisa woke up with a weight on his chest. Something heavy sat on his chest, putting pressure on his bruises from yesterday. He didn't move. For some reason he felt like the weight would just become heavier if he moved.

He peeled his eyes open. Blue eyes met deep green eyes and Nagisa realized what the weight was.

There on top of him laid Karma's cat, Jinx. Just sitting there as if she was laying on her own personal bed. Staring him straight in the eyes.

Nagisa, not being aloud to have a pet as a child, was uncertain of what to do.

If he touched her would she scratch him? If he moved would she get angry? Could he pet her? Was she friendly, she was friendly enough to take a nap on his chest.

Nagisa looked to his right to ask Karma, but the red haired boy was no where to be found. His bedroom door was somewhat ajar so he must have already gotten up.

"Karma!" Nagisa tried to shout but at the same time tried not to be too loud so he wouldn't scare the cat in front of him.

"Karma!" He tried again a little louder, but that only got him an offended look from Jinx.

After a few minutes Nagisa decided he was already bruised and scratched up so what was one more scratch worth. He slowly pushed himself up and, to his relief, Jinx did not scratch him. She did however jump off him and onto the floor.

Nagisa got up and squatted next to the cat.

"Sorry." He muttered. He put his hand forward and she slowly approached it before rubbing her head affectionately against it.

Nagisa pet her head and she was practically on top of him again.

He timidly reached over to try and pick her up. Again he was relieved when she allowed him to.

Nagisa carried her down the stairs. He walked slowly trying not to trip over Karma's long sweatpants.

As he began to reach the bottom of the stairs he heard Karma's voice in the kitchen.

"No my parents are on a trip. They won't be back til next week."

There was a pause as the person on the other line spoke.

"No, I haven't seen him." Nagisa crossed the living room which transitioned into the kitchen.

"Last time I saw him was at school yesterday."

Karma stood behind the island, leaning against it, his back to Nagisa. He walked into the kitchen shivering when his bare feet touched the tile.

"Yeah, I'll make sure to call if I hear from him. Ok. Bye." Karma hung up the phone and turned to Nagisa already knowing he had been standing there.

"Hey." Nagisa said as he held Jinx to his chest and Karma had to admit the sight of Nagisa with bed head, in his clothes, squeezing Jinx in his arms was pretty darn cute.

"Hey, your finally up." Karma said as he walked around the island to stand in front of the shorter boy.

The fluffy cat in his arms meowed at the sight of Karma. He chuckled and stuck his head in the cats face. Nagisa watched in horror as Karma meowed in the cats face. Then he almost lost it when the cat meowed back.

Karma grabbed Jinx from Nagisa and stepped over to the counter. As soon as Jinx saw the canned food she jumped out of Karma's arms to sit by her food bowl. When it took Karma too long to open the can, she began rubbing against his leg affectionately.

Nagisa bent down and petted her head.

"I never pegged you as an animal person."

"I'm not really fond of animals, but cats are easy to understand." Karma replied.

Nagisa thought back to his previous encounter with Jinx this morning and decided the only explanation is that cats are as unpredictable as Karma.

Nagisa stood as Karma fed Jinx. When he had disposed of the can he moved to the fridge to find them something to eat.

"Karma..." Nagisa hesitated to ask him the question that had been bugging him since he got downstairs.

"What?" Karma asked as he took a carton of orange juice out of the fridge.

"Who were you on the phone with?"

Karma paused as he reached for two cup in the cabinet.

For a second Nagisa thought he wouldn't answer him, but as Karma began pouring them juice he spoke.

"Your mom is looking for you." He said.

"Was that her." Nagisa asked.

"Yeah. She said she was going to call everyone you knew and then call the police."

Nagisa ran a hand through his hair.

"This is kinda serious..." Nagisa mumbled. He turn away from Karma trying to figure something out.

Suddenly Karma was behind him, his hands on his shoulders, his mouth next to his ear.

"I'll hide you. You don't have to go back." Karma whispered.

Nagisa considered the idea. He didn't want to face his mother. The idea of staying here and hiding from her felt like a dream. And it would only be a dream.

Eventually he'd have to go to school his mother could find him there. Or eventually she'd call the cops and they'd probably find out Karma was hiding him.

As much as he wanted to stay in this dream forever, Karma couldn't hide him forever.

Was it a better choice to just go home? To prevent all this from going too far.

"Nagisa." Karma spun him around hands on his shoulders. "Listen to me. Don't over think this. Just answer the question. Do you want to go home?"

Nagisa watched the passion in Karma's gold eyes and his mind went completely blank. Without thinking he slowly shook his head.

"Then I'll hide you." Karma insisted. He pulled Nagisa against his chest holding him close, but Nagisa shook his head.

"I have to go back at some point. I can't break free of her." Nagisa said lowering his head.

"Do you think things will change if you go back?" Karma asked in a harsh tone. "You have a choice! You can stay here." He yelled shaking the smaller boys shoulders.

"Karma." Nagisa said in a low mumble.

"Things won't change if I stay here. I don't have a choice."


CAAAAAAT!

Karma's cat is based off my friend's cat.

Kinda short. Sorry.