I don't know what has possessed me to start wearing dresses, strapless summer dresses at that, but that is a random thing going on in my life now. Yeah, kind of pointless to the update but mehh. Happy reading. C:

Light tightened the hold he had on his arms across his chest. His mind was racing at the thought of Ryuuzaki withholding information from him. He had graciously let the man into his home and now, not even twenty four hours later, he was saying that he decided to keep something from the chestnut haired teenager? Unacceptable.

The 19 year old looked at the near shaking older male and felt a prickle of guilt. Was it really his place to demand that Ryuuzaki give up all of his secrets? He bit his lip, about to apologize. Before he could though, Ryuuzaki plopped down in the floor. This action made Light's eyebrow arch in confusion. He tilted his head and glanced at the soon to be 24 year old.

Light cleared his throat, deciding to be the bigger man. "Ryuuzaki, if this secret," He couldn't help that the word tasted dirty on his lips, "is that petrifying to you, I don't want to know. I just met you, but I don't like seeing you so upset. Please, get up, and let's go to the movies. It might cheer you up."

Light offered his hand to the now visibly shuddering older male. Ryuuzaki took his hand and Light couldn't deny the electric shock he felt as the lithe one gained his balance. What the hell was that? He looked down into the dark hue of the male's eyes and swallowed harshly.

"N-no, I need to tell y-you if I'm going to continue staying h-here…" Ryuuzaki pressed his right thumb to his plush bottom lip as a nervous habit. He looked up at Light to see his reaction.

Light nodded. "Sure, don't force yourself though…" His voice was definitely more gentle than it had been in the last five minutes.

Ryuuzaki took a step back from the male and continued to worry his thumb with his teeth. "I-I…" he blushed softly and reached into his hair, removing a few clips from each side of his head. He blushed when he noticed Light's eyes trailing every movement he made. Light noticed the soft sigh of relief leave the older male's lips. When he looked at Ryuuzaki, nothing looked out of place or different… until his eyes traveled to the black terrain of hair…

Two rather large, furry, inexplicably real ears, kitten ears to be exact, were perched on the sides of his head in a somewhat drooped manner. Ryuuzaki's eyes were looking everywhere except for at Light and it made Light feel incredibly bad for the other male. He reached out again, noticing Ryuuzaki's flinch, and petted the ears. Dear god, the fur was the softest thing he had ever in his life felt between his fingertips.

Regaining composure, Light cleared his throat. He was honestly unsure of how to even approach this. He chewed at his bottom lip and a thought suddenly crossed his mind. "You lied about your age. You're not 24 at all, are you?"

Ryuuzaki rubbed his arm, seemingly incredibly interested by the carpet between his toes. "N-no… I'm not… a-and I'm a cat… so you know… meow."

Light couldn't help but laugh at that. Despite everything, Ryuuzaki was still adorable. As soon as the words "I'm a cat" sunk in, other things Ryuuzaki had said started to make more sense. For instance, why he sat that way… was it because he had a tail and the jeans made it feel uncomfortable to sit and lay on it? And… had he really almost said "owner" earlier?

Light grabbed Ryuuzaki's hand again, ignoring the electric shock this time, and guided him to the couch and prompted him to sit. Light watched to male get comfortable in his usual crouch and Light chose to sit cross-legged. He looked at Ryuuzaki and wasn't even sure if that was his real name anymore…

"Tell me everything. If it is too painful, you don't have to go into detail, but I want the basics." Light was irritated that he had been lied to, but other than that, he thought the neko had good reasoning to keep his-self hidden. But if Ryuuzaki was going to still live with him… he had a sort of right to know, didn't he?

Ryuuzaki played with his toes and to anyone not paying great attention, he seemed like he was completely shutting out everything; even Light. The amber eyed teen could see it, though. He could see the black furred neko's mind whirling… trying to decide if he wanted to tell the truth or if he wanted to make up a conceivable lie, no doubt. Ryuuzaki looked up at the younger(?) male and blinked solemnly. Light couldn't swear to it, but he could see a shimmer in Ryuuzaki's eyes. Where they tears?

The leaner male of the two shuffled his feet and moved toward the male on his right. Ryuuzaki liked to face people when he spoke. "Where do I begin? I didn't expect to tell you all of this so soon… I wanted to stay with you and see if I could trust you with everything first…but you seemed to take my…ahh…ears rather well and you have been so nice to me… I want to trust you."

A warm feeling of pride spread through Light's chest and he smiled, feeling like he wanted to just hold the little neko. "Thank you for that, Ryuu-"

The kitten shushed him. "My name is L. L Lawliet. I didn't mean to deceive you… but it was necessary. You may still call me Ryuuzaki or any other name you wish, but my given name is L." He took a deep breath as he started to tell his full story. Light rubbed his arm in a sort of protective way. Seeing that the eccentric male was a neko somehow made Light's heart melt.

"I am only 17 years old but I tend to use my intellect to make it seem like I am older. I am a half British half Japanese male bred with a pure bred British Shorthair cat. My tail and fur are both black, probably because of my heavily hued and naturally black hair. I am…currently unowned, my old owner Quillish Watari told me that he was physically unable to take care of me anymore due to stress from work and he felt that it was unfair to me. The man told me that he would still support me financially but wanted me to live on my own or with a trusted roommate and he would insure that we would be fine… but he wants me to have a…full life. New experiences, you know?"

Light wasn't sure if the now younger male beside him had taken a single breath in that entire speech. He looked at L and tried to muster up the ability to stay irritated at him. He had lied but it seems like the poor thing had been uprooted from the only home he'd known and told to experience the world. Light found it hard to be on his own even when he had willingly left… L was all on his own and he didn't have a choice.

Light patted L's head softly. Damn those ears were soft. "Come on then, Lawliet. Let's go to that movie. You need a good laugh. Or maybe I do. Let's go." He smiled.

L looked up at Light and smiled softly. Light had the chance to see that boy smile a real smile three times in the last day and it still seemed so foreign on the kitten's face. Though, it was still breathtaking. "Okay."

:D yay. There is the update. I'm trying to get them out faster now. And yes, yes, it was pretty obvious our little L was neko. :P But don't worry, I have a larger plot in mind. I just needed to get the obvious out of the way. Please review? It would make my day. :D