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September: Curiosity

Egoist

Hiroki walked in the door, and paused at Nowaki not greeting him in some way or another. The man usually was plotting something if he did not bound to Hiroki, so he sighed and took his shoes off. Walking to the living room, he spotted his lovers handwriting on a small piece of paper, taped to a door.

"Hiro-san, please do not enter the spare bedroom until I get home from work tonight. –Nowaki"

He sighed again and proceeded to wonder what on earth the doctor was thinking, telling him not to enter the other room. They didn't even use it for anything. The last time they used it was for when Hiroki's parents visited town.

He sat down and flicked on the TV, not really paying attention to the program. "What could he possibly be hiding from me?"was playing through his mind constantly. "Probably something weird, or perverted," he mumbled to himself.

After watching mindless TV for hours, at least trying to, Hiroki finally got fed up and stalked to the door to the spare bedroom and grabbed the doorknob. Feeling like a child about to be caught doing something he shouldn't, he slowly opened the door and blinked. There, where his random books would usually be, was a little white fluff ball, with cat toys and food in the room, scattered. It had deep blue eyes, and was looking at Hiroki like he was Satan himself for disturbing the nap it fell into.

"Hiro-san, I'm home," was hollered down the hall, and Hiroki ran to greet Nowaki, pretending he didn't peek. He met the giant in the kitchen, and smiled shyly.

"What was in the other bedroom?" he asked innocently.

Nowaki looked down in surprise, then smirked, meeting his boyfriends eyes. "You peeked, didn't you?"

Hiroki balked. "I did not!" he shouted, angrily. His arms crossed his chest defensively. "Why do you think that?"

Nowaki leaned down to the ground, and came back up with the white fluff ball of a kitten in his hands. "She couldn't possibly open the door herself, could she?" Nowaki asked innocently enough, despite the huge Cheshire grin on his face.

Hiroki froze. He didn't close the door! Blushing like mad, he mumbled, "I was curious and you took so long."

"Well, she was going to be a present for you, for us being together for ten years today." Nowaki smiled before continuing. "Do you like her?"

Hiroki thought about the day, and realized it was ten years to the date when he and Nowaki started officially dating. And knowing he wouldn't get anything fancy, since Hiroki would hate it, he got a kitten, that wouldn't make much noise, and would not require frequent outings for "potty breaks."

"What's her name?" he mumbled, red-faced at the thought his love put into this.

Nowaki smiled sweetly and scratched the kitten's ears before setting her in Hiroki's hands. "I was thinking of naming her 'Novella' since you like literature, and she's cute and little, like a little novel. Just like a novella."

"Sounds cheesy," Hiroki muttered, smiling at the name. It was really cute, and Nowaki obviously thought about this for a while. "I-I like it," he stammered, trying to hide how he really felt.

As he set Novella down, she scampered away from the men's feet and onto Hiroki's laptop, then lied down and fell into a quick nap.

"And just like her name, she gets in the way of your work, ne Hiro-san?" Nowaki asked, hugging him.

"Yeah, but I don't mind." Hiroki hugged his love of ten years and buried his face in his shoulder. "I need you to warm me up for now."

Crap ending but I don't care. This was just to be sweet and cute. Good thing he liked the cat. (p.s. I would totally name my cat that since nobody would really understand that here.) I am trying to get this finished, but I need input peoples. I have and will read all comments. Cookies for ideas!

Peace, Annabelle