Day6
Day 6: Benevolence!
Summary: Souda finds something unexpected on his journey home, and there is only one person he can think to go to about it.
Rating: K+
Word Count: 1,955
(Soudam is my OTP. this could have been really gay but I stopped myself XD)
Souda was on his way back from a mechanic job he'd been called out to do, just a simple engine job on a car nothing too difficult.
His idea of become a free-lance mechanic was a stroke of genius in his opinion. He'd made enough money to get his own flat away from his father, and people where hearing about how good he was and hiring him like crazy!
It was quite late when he was walking back from this particular job, it had taken slightly longer to fix than he had anticipated- mostly because the lady who wanted her car fixed kept offering him cans of Pepsi, how could he say no?
Souda wasn't the biggest fan of the dark so he was in a bit of a hurry to get home.
But he stopped dead in his tracks when he heard a strangled screaming noise coming from down an alleyway.
It didn't sound human, but it certainly did sound frightened, and the pink haired mechanic couldn't just leave whatever it was in a state of fear- he knew all too well what it was like to be afraid.
He tugged his beanie down a little bit further and took a deep breath; he went down the alley and turned the corner.
The scene his eyes had been met with wasn't quite what he was expecting.
A gang of about six cats cornering one thin and week looking cat (in fact it looked so small it could have been a kitten).
Souda gulped, he knew how violent cats could be sometimes.
Backing round the corner slightly Souda took his shoe off, "Man, I hope my aim is good..." he whispered under his breath before lobbing his shoe at the gang of cats.
Souda thanked his lucky stars that his plan had worked and the cats had dispersed.
He hopped over to go and collect his shoe which had saved the day, when he noticed the small cat that had been cornered was still there, shivering slightly.
Souda popped his shoe back on then knelt down to the cat.
"Hey there little Guy." he stated softly- slowly reaching out a hand to the cat.
"This is what you're supposed to do right?" he thought to himself "let the cat get your scent or somethin'..."
The cat looked at Souda's hand then to Souda.
It hesitantly moved forward and sniffed his hand.
Souda moved his hand up gently and petted the cats head as lightly as he could, the cat was so small he was worried he could hurt it "wonder why those mean cats were after you..." Souda said to himself. The cat gave a quiet meow in a reply of sorts and began to purr, enjoying the mechanics touch.
"Oh man, you're cute aren't ya?" Souda smiled, glad the cat liked him. But what was he supposed to do now? He couldn't just leave it here; the gang of cats would surly come back with a vengeance.
He sighed when he realised the only thing he could do was take the cat home with him.
Moving carefully, Souda lifted the cat up and in to his arms- the cat made no movement to reject to this, it actually purred more against Souda's body heat.
Souda didn't live too far from the alleyway, so by walking quickly he made it home in about 2 minutes.
Whist he made his way up the stars to his flat he looked down at the cat cradled in his arms. He could see it a lot better now, before the only light he had was a dim street light or two, but in the lighting on the stairs it was much clearer how in need of care this poor cat was.
It was thin (that much was obvious from the start) It had a few scratches on its body which had not been treated correctly and lastly it's fur was very discoloured, perhaps this was because of the malnourishment it had gone through?
"Life ain't been easy on ya, has it?" Souda said quietly as he got the keys for his front door out of one of his overalls pockets.
When they had entered the flat, Souda had put the cat down on the corner of his sofa and he'd run off to the kitchen to find some food for it.
He rummaged through his cupboards which were mainly filled with instant noodles and random tins; eventually he found a tin of tuna. "Fish! Cats like fish." Souda exclaimed as he opened the tin and drained the water out.
The cat had dug strait in to the tuna as if it had not eaten for days, although Souda wouldn't have been surprised if that was the case.
"Slow down a little!" he joked happily as he watched the cat go. "I suppose I need ta name ya... Wait are ya a boy or a girl?" he didn't expect the cat to reply but he didn't particularly want to check either.
It was a girl he concluded after quickly looking under the cat once it had finished eating.
"What the hell do I name a girl- Sonia?" he grinned. The cat had no reaction. "Alright alright... how about..." he looked around the room for inspiration.
His eyes fell on some designs on his desk, he was pretty good at art and Aoi had asked him to make her a box with a doughnut pattern on to hold her doughnuts in. So there was an A4 sheet of paper on his desk covered in little doodles of all kinds of doughnuts.
"I've got it!" he said triumphantly "Your name will be sprinkles! That's a cute girly name for a cat, its perfect!"
The cat meowed and rubbed its body up against Souda, the mechanic guessed that meant sprinkles liked her name.
The room was silent for a while apart from sprinkles purring as Souda petted her head when suddenly the mechanics stomach rumbled angrily "I guess I forgot to eat again" he laughed "A man can't live off Pepsi sadly."
This was wired; he was talking to himself wasn't he? Cats don't speak English, and yet he found himself chatting away to a cat as he made himself some instant noodles.
Sprinkles fell asleep on the sofa next to Souda whist the pink haired man ate his dinner.
He looked at the sleeping cat with a frown, he needed to take her to the vet but there is no way he could afford it.
Then a little light bulb switched on in his head, which he quickly stamped out.
No.
He was not going to ask that stupid animal breeder for help.
His gaze was drawn back to sprinkles "But she really needs help..." he said, voice laced with annoyance.
The mechanic cursed quite violently out loud as he picked up his phone and dialled the number of Tanaka Gundam.
It rang a few times before Souda heard the booming voice he despised on the other end.
"Yes? Why do you call me at such an hour pink haired one?"
"Look Hamster. I found a stray cat on my way home today and she needs a vet or some shit-"
"I will be right over." Gundam cut Souda off in a very serious tone "I pray that you have taken proper care of the creature thus far. Now, where do you take residence?"
"Huh? Where do I take what?"
He heard Gundam mumble something along the lines of 'foolish mortal' before saying "Where do you live?"
About 5 minutes later Gundam arrived at Souda's apartment, dressed in his usual strange attire and carrying a case with him.
Upon entry Gundam had commanded to know the whereabouts of the cat, and as soon as he knew the animal breeder had rushed off.
The animal breeder woke sprinkles up gently then began to inspect her wounds.
Souda watched closely the whole time, he was pretty impressed with the way the taller man worked- it was almost graceful the way he cared for the little cat.
Neither Souda nor Gundam had spoken a word to each other for at least 10 minute; but there was no tension in the air between them for once. It was almost like they were friends! But that would never happen.
After a while Gundam spoke up "How did you come across this creature?"
"I was on my way home from a job an' I heard herd this crazy loud screeching down an alleyway so I went ta investigate, she was cornered by a buncha mean cats so I threw my shoe at 'em and they ran off... but I couldn't just leave her there! So, here she is." Souda gestured to the cat with a small smile.
Gundam nodded, seeming to approve of his story "Have you chosen a name for her yet?"
"Sprinkles" Souda coughed to hide his embarrassment; it sounded like a stupid name didn't it?
The animal breeder nodded again "A fine name for a creature such as herself." he finished wrapping the last bandage around one of sprinkle's legs. "Do you have any more sustenance for her?" he asked pointing to the empty tin of tuna.
Souda scratched the back of his head in thought "I'm not sure... I might have some more tuna somewhere."
"You are not prepared for the arrival of such a creature at all." Gundam said as he took a few packs of cat food out of his case and left them on the side for Souda "I trust I can leave the rest to you?" he said as his got up from the floor "I must return to my own animals before the miss my presence."
"Yeah I got her." Souda smiled warmly towards sprinkles who had fallen back to sleep the moment Gundam had stopped working, she must have been really tired.
"She likes you very much pinked haired one. Rescuing her was a most noble thing to do and I not only commend you for it I also applaud you – I am most impressed." Gundam had said the last bit quietly and hid his face behind his scarf.
"Uh- thanks..." Souda started, a very discrete blush forming on his cheeks "and uh- y'know, thanks for helpin' her out... how much do I need to pay you for all this?"
"I require no payment, other than the promise that you will take proper care of her."
"I will, don't worry about that!" the mechanic grinned. He never had a pet before, but had always sort of wanted one, so this was great for him.
"Good. I shall take my leave then" Gundam walked to the door and Souda followed him.
They had said their goodbyes and then the animal breeder left; Souda had shut the door and walked back over to sprinkles.
"Maybe Gundam isn't such a bad guy after all..." Souda said to himself, thinking back to how they had actually gotten along for once.
As it turns out, that night had been the start of Souda and Gundam's close friend ship. They visited each other's houses a lot more often and got along extremely well, (as long as no one mentioned Sonia).
With Souda making cages and toys for Gundam's pets and Gundam taking care of said pets; the mechanic and the animal breeder were a surprisingly good team.
Also, Together, they had gotten sprinkles back to full health.
Who would have guessed a little cat could have stated such a close bond.
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