"Hmmm"
"Well, Azuki?" a gentle voice chimed, causing the leaves around them to rustle.
The short catgirl she was talking to took the pair of binoculars off of her brown eyes. She turned to Cinnamon who was kneeling beside her and was leaning so close by.
She swore that the big catgirl would eventually lose stability and crush her under her weight. Their body types were vastly different in size after all.
"Oi Mon-Cinna, back off will ya? They've been doing the same thing since ya asked me ten minutes ago!"
With exaggerated hand gestures, Azuki continued, "They're just sitting there. Talkin'. That's. It."
The Periwinkle-haired catgirl mewed in response, "Nyaa~ Sitting is just one of the things, Azuki-chan! What else, what else?"
She prodded her sister, nudging her insistently – to her annoyance.
"They could be holding hands. O-or crossing their legs together, or May-chan could be leaning on his shoulder, or! OR! They could be making lewd faces to each other, it's just that we can't see it!"
At this point, the drooling catgirl was all over Azuki, making a very smutty and aroused face.
The Munchkin Cat began to feel rather uncomfortable with her dazed behaviour.
"W-WAH! Mon-Cinna! Get a grip of yourself! Pull-May ain't that kinda catgirl. Of all us here, I thought you'd know better!"
The small catgirl squirmed and thrashed in despair, "AH! MON-CINNAA! Back off I tell ya! Arh! NUTS! HELPPPP!"
Cinnamon decided to take matters into her own hands and was now attempting to steal the binoculars from her elder sister.
Threatening to completely roll her over, Azuki called out for help and tried very hard to snap the dazed catgirl out of her blind, desperate pursuit.
Meanwhile, their younger sister sat unhappily behind them.
A few leaves and tiny twigs were sticking to her long, messy white hair. Some were even latching on to her clothing and the rest of her body. She squirmed in unease as a result. Crunching her lips, she looked at her sisters with watery eyes.
Coconut had pretty much been whining the entire time that they had spent in that bush.
Before that, they stood around the open promenade grounds leading into the jetty like they always would when they came to the park and were waiting for everyone to come together.
Normally, Maple would join them after she had her alone time on the jetty and both Kashou and Shigure would drop by once they had bought them their snacks.
However, an acute Cinnamon had noticed that her best friend was not alone the whole time.
"Eh?" she wondered out loud.
Cinnamon twitched her nose and turn around and around, trying to look for something.
Once she had caught the whiff, her eyes widened and she turned her gaze straight to the jetty.
"Mon-Cinna, what's gotten into you? That's kind of a creepy thing to do," Azuki commented with a puzzled expression.
The catgirl pointed at the two distant figures which Coconut and Azuki struggled to see. She explained that Maple was not actually on her own; there was a man with her.
"Wah?! You can see that far?!" Coconut exclaimed in shock as she strained her amber and blue eyes.
Azuki had a palm over her eyes as she peered.
"I don't see- ARH!"
With sudden strength and determination, the soft-spoken catgirl carried the two of her unsuspecting sisters into a shrub located at the edge of the park. While Coconut was gasping in surprise at Cinnamon's sudden strength, Azuki squirmed in panic in her tight grip.
Maple and the unknown man were seated at the jetty a good distance straight in-front of the bush they were in.
No one knows where did Cinnamon get the pair of binoculars from but somehow she managed to pull it out of nowhere.
Not wanting to delve into that mystery much, Azuki merely nodded.
The trio made sure to put it to full use nonetheless.
Azuki and Coconut confirmed that Maple was indeed accompanied by some unknown guy at the jetty. For close to 10 minutes now, they have been planted within that bush and were spying on the two.
Nothing much actually took place though.
They were giggling, snickering and smirking to themselves as they looked on – except for Coconut, Coconut just felt out of place in the small bush.
"Nyaaaa," the tanned catgirl cried expressively
"Azukiiii, Cinnamonnnn can we get out of here now? These leaves and twigs are making me all itchyyyy!"
The commotion between her two elder sisters distracted them from her pleas.
"Azukiii! Give me the telescope please~!"
The eldest catgirl couldn't help but respond in a choked voice.
"Gwah! Mon… Cinna! I would give it to ya, I swear! It's just…" she heaved a deep breath before yelling at the top of her lungs.
"CAN YA PLEASE GET OFF OF ME SO THAT I CAN MOVE AND BREATHE?!"
If she weren't pinned by her sister, she would have been thrashing about fiercely right now and unleashing hell upon the stubborn catgirl on top of her.
Unfortunately, she can do no such thing from where she was.
Coconut yelped in surprise from an issue unrelated to that happening to the other two.
"U…UWAHHH?! AZUKIIIIIII! I FELT SOMETHING CRAWL UP MY LEG."
She froze; her long and furry white tail stood up on its ends and shivered.
Then, whatever it was tickled her again.
"NYAAA! BLSKILPILAPIDSHKEDEBB!" the large catgirl pounced onto Azuki and Cinnamon in panic.
She continued her frightful cries as she tried to nuzzle herself into Azuki as much as possible.
Unfortunately, this did not bode well to the short-haired catgirl who was practically buried under her sisters.
She let out a soul-less plea as she was shoved face-first into the dirt, "Gwek! Mon…. Cinna...! Nuts…. Damn….it!"
"Wahh! Their takoyaki tastes wonderfully great today, nya~!" Chocola cheered melodically with a wide smile
The brown-haired catgirl was skipping happily alongside Kashou and Vanilla, holding their hands tightly as she pranced about.
"Chocola, careful now. You keep moving about, I might drop all these takoyakis."
"-And if he does, master will have to walk all the way back to Milk's takoyaki stand and get our sister's portions again."
Vanilla tilted her head and thought about what she said.
"Actually, that's not really a bad thing, huh?"
"You're a sadist, Vanilla…" he said in a hopeless sigh.
The catgirl he spoke to forcefully turned her head away from him.
"Hmph!"
"Well, I don't have to do that kind of thing though, don't I?"
Vanilla looked at him with sharp, blue eyes. Her expressionless face seemed to be judging him critically.
"You underestimate how disappointed we catgirls can get if we don't get what we expected."
Hearing her say that in such a straightforward manner made him swallow a lump.
His sister, Shigure, who was to his left giggled and nodded in agreement to Vanilla's statement, "Well, Nii-sama. Azuki, Maple, Cinnamon and Coconut do get quite upset if they don't get their food."
"All the more reason not to let me drop it…" he said, laughing nervously at the end.
Kashou, together with Shigure and his two catpanions, Chocola and Vanilla, were just on the way back from the takoyaki food stall.
At first, they were walking alongside the elder Minaduki catgirls save for Maple who decided to visit the pier. Halfway through, they decided to head back to their meeting point first while himself, his sister, Chocola, and Vanilla made their way to Milk's food stall.
Having done this almost every time they visited the park, Kashou and Shigure have memorised exactly what takoyaki flavour each of them would want.
They were walking on the last stretch of the park pavement leading to their meeting point.
To their left was the open sea and to the right was the park with its trees and thick greenery. The blue lamp lights glowed faintly, illuminating their path ahead in fixed intervals. The jetty Maple was on was in view but it was too far out that no one in their group could make out whether she was still there or not.
Vanilla fed her sister with another bite of a takoyaki ball. The bright-eyed kitten hummed happily in delight to its savoury taste.
Suddenly, they heard some rustling in the bushes.
Surprised, Chocola pressed herself against Kashou while Vanilla jumped back with a snarl on her face.
"Uwah! Monster!" Chocola shouted in despair as fear filled her eye.
"Master! Help!"
The catgirl pleaded as she buried her face on his side.
Meanwhile, Vanilla adopted a less docile reaction. She was hissing at whatever was moving about to their right.
"Hsss! Who's there?! Come out! Hsss!"
Kashou was dumbfounded. The way his two catgirls were behaving was distracting him from thinking through his actions carefully. He still for a moment and stared at the direction the sound came from before shouting after his catgirl.
"Vanilla! Careful! Come over here now!"
The catgirl refused to budge, still standing in a battle-ready posture.
Chocola reached out for her sister and pulled her in.
Vanilla continued to glare with threatening eyes as she brandished her sharp teeth and reached out her palms with nails ready for action. Her sister hugged her tight. Vanilla was pretty much squeezed into Chocola now.
Whatever had made that noise was moving about again, causing the leaves to rustle loudly. The four of them could faintly hear a muffled commotion.
Kashou felt someone tugging at his left shirt sleeve. Not knowing better, his sister Shigure spoke softly with a shaky voice, "Nii-sama. Do something!"
He held her close to him. At this point, the three girls he was with were stuck close to him, with one threatening to fight back while the other two cowered in fright.
"U-um! Just hold on! We'll just take a step back okay?"
As Kashou said this with a confused stammer, he noticed something in the darkness of the bushes, something really out of place. So out of place, in fact, that his nervousness and edge were completely tossed out of the picture.
From a particular bush that was shaking vigorously, he saw three… tails (?) sticking out of it.
He loosened his tight grip on Chocola and Shigure and began walking to the bush, more curious than scared. As he neared it, the tails became more apparent.
Something was definitely inside that bush, one tail was slender and stripe, the other was a furry lavender blue while the third one was the furriest of them all – it was blonde coloured.
The tails flicked around as the occupants of that bush moved about. While he was shocked at first, he soon came to a conclusion as to what could those tails possibly belong to. With such a variety of colours, he could easily guess who they were.
Having obtained what she wanted after ravaging Azuki for so long, Cinnamon took hold of the binoculars and squealed in joy.
Meanwhile, her eldest sibling lay motionless on the ground; her face was pretty much buried into the dirt at this point.
Azuki groaned and twitched for a bit before she pushed herself up from the dirt. She spat out some grit that was forcefully shoved into her mouth and took a deep breath of fresh air.
"Wahhhh~ I... I'm alive!" she exclaimed in relief.
Coconut got off Azuki before Cinnamon did. She held, in her hands, a stick which was now hovering up and above her head threateningly. She was looking out for whatever was creeping around them and climbing over her a while ago.
She frowned sharply as her amber and blue eyes darted about with extreme focus and determination. Noticing Cinnamon getting off of Azuki and now holding the binoculars in her hands, Coconut reached in to yank it off of her.
"Nyeh!" she grimaced in anger.
"Can't we just stop our spying for a moment and leave this bush?!"
As she expressed her frustration, she waved the binoculars in frenzy. Unknowingly, her hands slipped and it ended up hurtling out of the bush.
THUD! They heard a loud sound from just outside where they were. Then, shortly after that, there was another loud bump.
Azuki, Cinnamon and Coconut ceased their bickering immediately and popped their heads out to check out what had happened.
Kashou lay on the asphalt floor with a throbbing pain in his head.
His eyes spiralled in a daze as he groaned in pain. Everything happened in a flash; he was standing at the edge of the pavement and looking at the suspicious bush before something came zooming out of it and hitting him square on his forehead – before he knew it, he was on the ground.
The suddenness of this sprang the other three into action.
Shigure reeled back in surprise while Chocola jumped high in shock at the sudden object flying out of the bush. Vanilla couldn't contain herself at this point and just dashed to the bush, hissing.
"HSSS! I GOT YOU N-"
Then,
in an instant, she caught a whiff of the scent coming out of the bush and was immediately pacified.
"Oh. Azuki, Cinnamon, Coconut. What're you doing in there?"
The once angry-looking catgirl now stood there calmly. Her hands rested on the centre of her skirt, clasping each other. Her fury-filled eye-slits gave way to her usual innocent looking blue pupils. From said bush, the sisters she called out to popped out and walked over to the pavement.
"Oh. Vanilla." Coconut called out as she dusted the leaves off of her arms.
Meanwhile, Chocola shrieked in worry.
"NYA! Master! Master, are you okay?!"
The catgirl cladded in her red dress was knelt next to Kashou, pushing him softly at his side to break him out of his daze. Shigure was opposite to her, rubbing his forehead.
"Something hard must've hit you, Nii-sama," she said in a serious tone.
Shigure looked around and noticed a pair of binoculars lying nearby.
"EH? Kashou?!" Azuki cried out in shock after noticing the man sprawled on the floor and groaning shakily in confusion and pain.
"Kashou-san!" Cinnamon, too, called to him.
Azuki, Cinnamon and Coconut scurried over to his sides. All of them had a look of concern on their faces. Vanilla stood right behind where his head lay. She leaned over to look at him too.
"Master, you okay?"
Kashou's eyes were still spiralling but he blinked hard and snapped himself out of his state of astonishment. He sat up with a groan.
The catgirls gasped. Chocola and Shigure grabbed hold of his upper arm and supported him while Vanilla pushed on his back.
"Damn… what just happened?" he muttered in pain. He tapped lightly on his forehead and winced.
As he looked on at the slowly rotating Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris Wheel shining brightly in the distance, Miyureno picked up from what he and Maple were talking about.
"So, if you really are facing similar problems that I am facing," he began.
"Then you must have the same thought gnawing at your mind huh?"
He turned to the American Curl sitting beside him before he continued.
"That you go about doing what you do today knowing that you could instead be out there chasing your dreams."
Maple gave him a small smile and nodded her head.
"But what can we do?" she sighs.
"The reality of things is that we are what we have to be, whether we like it or not…"
He understands. The way she put it made it sound so one-sided and extreme but he understands how she feels.
"Is it that impossible though, Maple?"
She gave him a puzzled look.
"Why don't you just up and chase after it, I don't see anything stopping you."
She crossed her arms and frowned lightly, "I would if I could but we catgirls are not really meant to go big."
"What?! Where did you hear that from? That is not true!"
"Just look around, Miyureno. Do you see any catgirls capable to achieving the things I dream of?"
"There are though! There are those catgirls overseas who are part of a famous runway fashion show!"
"That's because their owners own the clothing line."
"Then… then there is also that one catgirl who appears in popular films too!"
"Yes but look at her behind-the-scenes and red-carpet appearances, that catgirl is always following her more-famous, more-respected man she is a catpanion to."
Before he could make another suggestion out of nowhere, Miyureno stopped his argument short and took a thoughtful look at the responses Maple was giving.
It appears that all of his examples involved catgirls whose effort and talents were shadowed by their owners – an occurrence that he soon realised was not isolated to those two sets of catgirls he had just mentioned.
The one catgirl known to be good at ice-skating has an owner that is not as good as she is but is still well-recognised for training the catgirl to do such tricks.
The catgirl famous for her eye-catching dance moves receives a lot of fame and fan-love but her owner who talks about how he has cultivated her talent and groomed her to be the dancer she is today gets even more attention and applause.
"You see," the girl beside him said with a hard, matter-of-factly tone.
"Us catgirls, no matter how good we are, will never gain full credit for our own success."
Miyureno kept his curious gaze to Maple who looked out to the glimmering lights ahead of them as she spoke. Her lips curled into a sad smile and her half-lidded eyes looking fatigued and forlorn.
Her down-casted expression resonated within him after seeing her that way. He could feel her sadness.
"People may get very impressed with what we do and send praises and cheers but, in the end, one question will always, always hang over their heads."
"Who is the owner of that catgirl?" Miyureno guessed.
She nodded her head slowly.
"And what did he or she do to groom his or her catgirl that way. For every great catgirl, there will always be a better owner."
He averted his attention to the ground, looking glum.
What she says is true and near impossible to avoid. Society does not view catgirls as equal to humans. Due to their cat-like nature and inability to control their instincts, they are often seen as needing a human to look over them.
As much as the catgirl bells gives them freedom, it also reflects that said catgirl is 'owned' by someone. After all, the bell and the certificate accompanying it has to be signed by a human guardian to the catgirl. This agreement for the human to take care of the catgirl is also reviewed regularly.
What this means is that; catgirls will always be bound to a human no matter what and the way that Maple perceives this in terms of achieving her dreams is that…
"So… I will never truly achieve what I want because of me, and me alone."
His heart sank at that comment. It sounded as final as it can ever be; like her destiny and fate was sealed in timeless amber.
Is this really enough to discourage her from even trying? He asked himself.
If you have an ambition; a desire to be someone, to be remembered for something, it's a matter of uniqueness.
The person who has achieved stands out from everyone else.
For human beings, that is.
Whatever Maple has her eyes set towards, she knows that she may hold a trophy or touch the hearts and minds of millions but not because of her sole effort.
In the end, she won't stand out as a single, talented individual but someone well supported by others.
Maple is a strong, independent catgirl, that much is true. Miyureno has observed her behaviour time and time again.
Naturally, the answer would be,
Yes.
To know that you won't be recognised for your effort and success, to share your achievements with others when it was really your own blood, sweat and tears, is really discouraging to the dreamer.
To an ambitious catgirl who wants to stand up for herself, it's a dream-crushing reality.
"Maple, I'm sorry to hear that," he spoke out in a soft mutter, his eyes still glued to the floor. His words were genuine and the disheartened tone laced with it was too.
"Don't be. As I said, I just have to deal with it."
To live everyday of your life knowing that you will always be dwarfed by others is not something you can just 'deal with'…
Maple let out a sigh and chuckled lightly.
She stood up and leaned on the railing ahead of their bench. With her back to him, she spoke in a happy tune.
"Don't be sad for me, Miyureno. It's my own life and I will learn how to manage."
He looked up at her as she twirled around, her face bright and optimistic.
The glow of the Ferris Wheel encapsulated her like how it did moments ago when she was singing. She looked like she was shining as if the glow was supporting her attempt to look happy.
"I have been coping well so far, right? I've kept this secret to myself since childhood!"
Miyureno merely chuckled. Maple was clearly troubled by it but if she is trying so hard to see things in a more positive light then he should too.
In the end, this topic should be continued on another day; they have been at it with the deep conversation for a while now and he needs time and space to think.
He heaved and stood up as well. She shifted to her left to make space for him as he, too, leaned on the railing.
"I suppose so Maple. If everyone were to look at you and see how you are day-to-day, they wouldn't have guessed that you had these kind of worries."
He then turned to her.
"But still…"
Miyureno laid a hand on her head and patted it.
Maple scrunched up her face and recoiled at it before standing straight up again, looking up at him with a light smile and glimmering emerald eyes.
This catgirl, he couldn't help but smile whole-heartedly at her even after the solemn conversation they just had.
Maple really is some personality. What he used to know as a strong, collected catgirl, he now saw riddled with weaknesses and vulnerabilities all around her. There she stood, showing strong expressions and emotions that he is not used to seeing from her before.
Even if what she has shown so far were insecurities and doubts in herself, he adored her even more so than before this talk.
Through what she has said, she has shown mature and composed thinking. Showing happiness and sadness in the way she did meant that she was all the more human than robot. She just keeps it tucked away from others.
He ruffled the hair between her two blonde curly cat-ears, eliciting a giggle from her.
"But still," he repeated.
"Don't keep all these thoughts to yourself. You're independent and cool, I know. Even after what you've said, you still are. So don't feel like telling me anything you feel sad or troubled about is going to make me look down at you further."
"Miyureno…" she simply said with wide eyes transfixed at him.
"I adore you, Maple; And I admire your dream. As impossible as it seems and even though I can't really offer much help, I'd be sure to help you deal with your troubles about it if you so need any help. That's what friends are for, right?"
"…Miyureno…" she continued, flabbergasted.
With a slowly growing smile, her eyes widened and became more so gleeful.
She grinned and nodded happily, "Right!"
The two of them laughed lightly together. Miyureno stopped petting her head and shifted his hand away.
Maple quickly sighed, this time, happily.
"You were right about what you said that day, when you talked to me about Azuki and Coconut's fight; having someone to talk to helps even if there are no actual suggestions given."
She closed her eyes and lowered her head with a smile, "Thanks, Miyureno. Really."
He smiled back at her and nodded curtly.
She looked down at his torso with content eyes and a small curl of lips which emanated the joy she had inside.
"It's getting late and the rest are probably wondering where I am."
"Oh, right! Your sisters are here too, huh?"
"Yup… Kashou and Shigure too."
"Then you better go before they start getting suspicious."
"Tsk."
Maple gave him a smirk and walked away.
Taking a few steps further from the bench and Miyureno, she stopped and tilted her head to the side.
"Oh yeah," she said.
The American Curl turned around, her long blonde hair and plaited skirt flowing along.
"Are you going to be coming here anytime soon?"
"Hm? Yeah, sure!"
With a twinkle in her eye, she replied, "Then, let's meet up here again the next time you do?"
She looked out to the sea to her right.
"Tonight's talk was enjoyable… and I hope we can have more."
Miyureno smiled at her request. The delight he was feeling at hearing how much she appreciated their conversation surprised him. He doesn't know why but knowing that Maple found it all okay made him very much happy as well.
"O-of course! Same time?"
She giggled at his stammer and nodded, swiping a flying hair strand behind her ear.
"Goodnight Miyureno," she finally said before she turned around and continued walking away.
"Goodnight Maple!" he called out in a wave.
"Reaaally now?" Kashou questioned as he scratched his chin.
Having recovered from his dazed concussion after being hit by a literal bullet hurled by a particularly strong (and angry) Maine Coon – who has repeatedly pleaded to him for an apology – Kashou, Azuki and Coconut were out on the promenade grounds again.
They took a seat at a bench far away from the jetty entrance, out of view from Maple and the 'guy'.
While his sister and his two catpanions followed Cinnamon to 'spy' on Maple, Kashou was lying on the bench the whole time and only came to a few minutes ago.
Azuki had just explained to him why the three of them were hiding in the bush just now and what observations they made.
"Do you guys really have to hide in that bush though?"
Azuki pumped a fist to her chest and leaned to him.
She replied with great determination, "O-of course! It is of utmost importance to gather information on Pull-May's private activities!"
She then muttered under her breath, "…'cus it provides great blackmail material…"
"That's disappointing… for a second there I thought you were going to say something so sisterly…"
"H-hey!" the Munchkin cat glared.
"Blackmail is not all I'm looking out for okay, I'm concerned about Maple's safety too, ya know."
"Uh… right, okay."
Before the small catgirl would literally burst into flames before him, Kashou quickly turned his attention to Coconut who was sitting to his left.
She sat with droopy ears and sadness in her eyes as she nibbled on her takoyaki ball.
"Like it?" he asked.
Coconut simply nodded, still looking glum.
"Hey, don't worry about it okay. I'm all fine now and it was just an accident!"
The large catgirl simply nodded and whined a weakly, "Mhmm~".
Kashou chuckled as he patted her back encouragingly.
He then heard loud footsteps approaching from across the open promenade, it was the rest of the catgirls and his sister. They ran straight to them with smiles on their faces. The catgirl's tails stood on end as they giggled out loud.
Kashou raised a brow questioningly at them.
"She's coming back!"
Oh…
"Nyahaha!" Chocola laughed as she ran ahead of the rest and aimed for him.
"Master! You're okay!"
He smiled and stood up, opening his arms in preparation for an embrace from his catpanion.
Chocola leaped into his arms, nuzzling against his side.
"Of course I'm okay. The bush-monster isn't going to get me that easily!" he joked.
As he looked up from Chocola's brown hair, he felt another thud impact on him. He noticed that Vanilla joined in the embrace, her face was also planted into his shirt. The only thing he saw now was her white hair and ears.
"Stupid Master…" she said in a muffled voice.
He smiled warmly at her and patted her head.
"Nii-sama!" his sister shouted as she slowed to a halt.
"You should have seen it! Maple is on the jetty with some man!"
"Yeah I know, Azuki and Coconut have just told me."
"The guy was touching her!" Cinnamon said with lustful eyes and a flushed face.
"Wha-what?!" Kashou yelled in shock.
"Cinnamon-oneechan... he was just petting her," Chocola said after letting go of Kashou.
"Oh. Well you should've made it clear, Cinnamon. Don't go around spouting things in such a way."
Vanilla seemed to be against him, her sharp eyes looked at him fiercely.
"Actually, Master. It doesn't sound so dirty, it's just that your mind has automatically made it seem dirty."
The white catgirl shook her head disapprovingly.
"You naughty pervy pastry puffer…"
Kashou merely sighed, not willing to put up an argument at the moment. He focused back on the subject at hand and began questioning out of curiosity.
"So did you all get a good look of this guy?"
Cinnamon shook her head with a sad look in her eyes.
"It was too dark."
"That's too bad," Kashou scratched the back of his head.
He peered around Cinnamon's shoulder and saw Maple approaching from the other end.
The lone catgirl waved a hand lightly, her back was straightened as she walked with a dignified stride.
Nothing seemed unusual there.
The guy she was with was nowhere to be seen now.
"So, are we going to tell her? Or keep it a secret?" he asked the girls around him.
"Heh! Ya kiddin'?!" Azuki snickered.
"We're going to bug her to no end!" Vanilla added.
Cinnamon chimed happily as she imagined her sister's reaction, "No way, Kashou-san! This is our only chance to make Maple speechless and nervous!"
"Nyahaha!"
Even Coconut had sinister thoughts about it.
"Teasing Maple-oneechan is quite hard, yeah? So successfully doing it just makes it so so rewarding!"
Kashou's eyes averted from the grinning Maine Coon and shifted to Maple.
The unsuspecting catgirl is in for a world of annoyance and teasing soon, he could tell.
He sighed to himself as he braced himself for the commotion that was to come.
A/N
TaRouTaRhoe, 8 June 2018
Hello! Another chapter done!
Unfortunately, the upload schedule is catching up too fast to me so expect a few delays to the next chapter!
Will be on a short holiday too! On the bright side, it'll relax my mind so that I can churn out better quality chapters!
Or that's what I'm counting on anyways. Haha!
Until next time!
