A/N: Heyy theerree...
look I know it's a late update. but at least it hasn't been a whole entire month!
(wait a minute, today's the first day of February isn't it... crap.) Eh-heh... ^-^;
Requested by Destinies Entwined... who I'm guessing loves jealous Tomoe as much as I do ;)
Okay let's all just own up to it. Jealous Tomoe is a favorite.
Jealousy
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Nanami wasn't used to Tomoe's jealous side too much, because it didn't really come out that often.
But judging by the way he was glaring at the kitten she'd just spotted, he was, somehow, envying the other creature.
She let her fingers trail along the stray's matted fur, which was a nice dark brown color tinted with red. She giggled when the small animal purred lovingly at the touch, back arching slightly against her hand.
"Nanami, we have to get home. It's about to rain." An impatient and -cough cough- jealous Tomoe spoke up.
The land god glanced at her familiar, who had now crossed his arms and was tapping his food on the steps leading up to the shrine. He looked really peeved about the current situation, and she withheld another giggle when one fox ear twitched in irritation.
"Okay," She murmured, and cuddled the small kitten up into her arms. "Let's go-"
"What are you doing?" Tomoe sounded completely irked.
She blinked over at him. "What am I-"
"He can't come with us." Tomoe glared pointedly at the small brown cat, who was now licking Nanami's arm affectionately.
"Oh? And why can't he?" Nanami challenged, moving her fingers to scratch the adorable animal's head. She giggled when its tongue moved to then lick her wrist.
As it started to rain a little bit, the drops that hit Tomoe seemed to sizzle out at his burning temper, making it so that steam started to billow around him in small clouds. Nanami noted that it reminded her of a steamed vegetable, and then her stomach was growling.
"Let's go eat, and get out of this rain, Tomoe." She offered, innocently starting to walk away-
He grabbed the collar of her shirt. "Put him down." He ordered her.
"I don't wanna!"
Tomoe's eyes zeroed in on the little attention-hogging kitten in his master's hands, which was now glaring right back at him, it's head laid close to Nanami's chest.
'Nanami~ Nanami~ Nanami~' was what it seemed to purr against the girl's skin, and Tomoe swore inside his head, getting all the more pent up with rage and envy.
"Tomoe."
Suddenly, his amethyst eyes snapped back up to hers.
"If you don't let me save him from freezing to death out here, then you can both freeze together." Her tone was getting more and more cold. "If he stays outside, you stay outside. Understand?"
Tomoe's nose twitched, and his face was about to pull into one of extreme hatred towards the animal, but then Nanami said it again.
"UNDERSTOOD?"
"..."
And thus, with flattened ears, Tomoe followed his master back into the shrine as they finished climbing the steps and hurried out of the rain- the small stray still cradled into Nanami's arms as they went.
tick, tock, tick, tock...
The sound of the clock on the wall made both animal's ears twitch, but neither one let their eyes even so much as blink.
tick, tock, tick...
Both animal's heads shot up to look at the door as a new sound became apparent.
drip, drop, drip, drop...
Nanami walked out of the bathroom, a towel hugging her small frame and her hair dripping droplets of water onto the floor. She made a surprised noise and stepped back when, upon opening the bathroom door, she saw two watchful pairs of eyes, one a bright amber color surrounded by a mass of dark fur, and the other a dark lavender surrounded by ivory-smooth skin.
Tomoe stood, leaning against the wall across from the bathroom, his arms folded casually, but his eyes on the alert. Standing next to him was the little stray cat, and both of them had their ears perked upwards, and their eyes zoned in on her.
"Uhhmmm... hi guys." She muttered, looking between the two awkwardly. For some reason, the atmosphere felt strangely tense. "What are you... doing?"
Tomoe felt himself blush slightly from embarrassment, and quickly looked to the floor at the feline animal, with a glare. Neither one of them were going to say a word to Nanami about their little competitive staring contest.
"Nanami, get dressed, dinner's in the kitchen." Tomoe said, walking past her with a swish of his tail, a slightly annoyed look on his face as he went.
"Okay, I'll be right there..." He heard her mutter, and then he tensed. Wait a minute, where had that cat gone off to...!
Whipping around, the fox was just in time to see Nanami opening her bedroom door, and the brown tail that disappeared behind it with her.
Barging into Nanami's room in less than a milisecond, Nanami was screaming, and the small brown rival was hissing.
"Tomoe! What are you doing?! You can't watch me undress! Baka, get out!"
Tomoe looked between the two, from the unwanted stray to Nanami, his master, not that foolish cat's. He huffed, trying to look less annoyed about the situation, but failing miserably. "I'll stay in here with you too."
Nanami opened her mouth to argue, but then she cocked her head in confusion. "Too?"
Tomoe felt his cheeks reddening. That damn cat! He folded his arms, giving Nanami a pointed look. "Well, you said it earlier. Where he goes, I go, right? So if he comes in here to watch you while you dress-"
"Watch me? Tomoe, he's just a cat! It doesn't matter if he watches me!" Nanami said, exasperated. What was wrong with Tomoe?!
"If I stay outside, he stays outside." Tomoe commented stubbornly, sounding much like Nanami had before when they were out in the rain.
"Well," Nanami smirked, and Tomoe didn't like it. "You're going to have to get used to this, if we're going to keep him."
At this, the fox familiar tensed up completely. His tail even puffed a little, flying around behind him in complete agitation. "WHAT?!"
Nanami folded her arms across the towel around her. "You heard me."
"He can't stay with us!" Tomoe's ears twitched, and his eyes fell on the mass of fur that had curled up, watching the argument from the floor with curious amber eyes. "Just look at how lazy he is! We already have Mizuki, we don't need another unhelpful bastard in the shrine!"
Nanami again opened her mouth to say something, but paused. Was she imagining things? Or was the oh-so-great-and-powerful fox demon really shouting insults at a stray kitten? "Tomoe-"
"Nanami." The man looked livid. "He is not staying here with us."
The look he sent her made it clear enough to her. He wasn't budging.
"...Fine!" Nanami sighed, unsure of what more she could do at this point. "I'll ask Ami or Kei if they want to keep him, I guess." She said this begrudgingly, feeling bad about her decision, looking at the cat with 'I'm sorry' eyes. Tomoe was being weirdly serious about this matter, wasn't he? After all, what harm could such a cute little thing like a kitten possibly do?
Tomoe huffed, trying to calm himself, and then he grinned slightly, happy he won the argument. "Good."
And as he reached over to help Nanami with her towel, there was a slight hissing sound, making him jump as a small flash of brown silk ran past him and started rubbing up against Nanami's legs in an affectionate, possessive manner.
"Aawww! But look at how cute he is, Tomoe! Can't we keep him, pretty please?"
Ears flattened, a scowl on his face, Tomoe grabbed the small animal, placing it quickly on the shelf behind him. Then, he grabbed Nanami and pulled her into a warm, possessive hug of his own.
"Stop paying attention to other men, Nanami..." He mumbled, cheeks flushing in slight fury. (and jealousy) He threw the cat a very rude, meaningful look that obviously screamed 'back off!'
"But Tomoe, he's just a cat-" She mumbled into his chest, but he just pulled her back and harshly kissed her before she could finish.
As he pulled back his eyes narrowed. "You're my master, and nobody else's."
There was a hissing sound at these words, and Tomoe smiled triumphantly at the small, scruffy animal, before kissing Nanami again, this time for much longer, and much deeper, taking more and more pleasure from it as the animal behind them continued to hiss disapprovingly, while Tomoe's mouth melded with Nanami's.
And all the while, all Nanami could think was: Kei and Ami better really want that cat...
A/N: I've decided I'm giving the stray cat in this chapter away, since obviously Nanami can't keep him.
Who wants him?
CK :*