Chapter 10

Pandora awoke in Gordon's arms.

The first thing she noticed was his arms wrapped tightly around her, her head cuddled into his fluffy chest, gently moving against her as he breathed, his heart-beat a wonderful melody for Pandora to hear in that morning. She looked up at him. He was still asleep, but smiling as he snored slightly.

Pandora smiled, not able to resist nuzzling deeper into his chest and fur, the warmth of his body drawing her in more. She loved him, and he loved her. It may have only been discovered last night, but Pandora could feel this feeling would never end. It would always last between Gordon and her.

Gordon flinched.

Pandora looked up at him as eyelids began to flutter open. The first thing he saw was his dear Pandora. He grinned.

"Good mornin' lass..." He purred, gently nuzzling her nose with his own. She giggled.

"Yoi asa, Gordon-san..." He smiled at her and shuffled closer, sitting up more in bed.

"Sleep well, me wee bonnie lass?" She giggled and cuddled against his chest.

"Hai, watashideshit. I did. What about you...?"

He pulled her closer, gently brushing his forehead against hers "Very well, knowing that you love me..." He purred as she blushed, smiling up at him.

"I love you, Gordon-san..."

He grinned, pressing his nose against hers.

"I love ye too, my Pandora..." Both shared another kiss. Unknown to the two cats, something was approaching and fast. It silently stopped outside their room. The handle turned.

"HI SLEEPY HEADS!" Waffle chorused as he suddenly burst in.

Gordon and Pandora were in so much shock that they didn't move. They sat there, eyes wide as they locked on Waffle, their lips still pressed firmly together.

Waffle looked at them. No expression was noticeable in his face as he stared at the bright red cats.

He screamed, "AHHH! GORDON'S TRY 'NA EAT PANDORA!" Gordon and Pandora looked at each other in confusion as Waffle continued screaming, leaping down the stairs towards the kitchen.

Blik was already up, reading his paper in the kitchen, enjoying the silence in the house. Well. Most of it.

Waffle came crashing in, bouncing around as an uncontrollable grey blur, knocking chairs, pans, pots and plates over as he continued to scream. Blik simply rolled his eyes, trying his best to ignore the chaos Waffle was creating in his once silent world. Waffle rushed up to him, panting, and grabbed him by the shoulders, shouting some something that Blik couldn't understand.

With a small growl, Blik smacked him and stood over him on his chair, to make up for the loss in his height. "WAFFLE! You pudding filled sock puppet! Can't I read my paper in peace, without YOU ruining everything!"

Waffle jumped up and waved his arms frantically, jumping up and down on the spot. "GORDON'S TRY 'NA EAT PANDORA! GORDON'S TRY 'NA EAT PANDORA!" He screamed, still bouncing. Blik gave him his usual 'what the heck?' look. His eyes slowly widened as he finally put everything together.

"OH, NO THEY DIDN'T!" He snarled as he stomped out towards the stairs case Waffle had come tumbling down moments ago. As Blik stormed up the stair case, fists clenched, Waffle trotted after, now suddenly his calm, innocent self again.

Blik gave no warning. He slammed the door open with his fist, and glared with a snarl at Gordon and Pandora, sat up in bed cuddling. Gordon instinctively pulled Pandora close, his arms around her protectively.

"Blik!" He gasped in shock and faint annoyance.

"Mr. Blik-san!" Pandora also gasped, gently pulling away from Gordon, her paws still gently placed on his chest.

Blik growled. "What... is going on here!" Gordon and Pandora looked at each other, a small blush present on both cat's faces.

Gordon coughed, "Umm... W-We were just cuddling... After all... We are basically a couple now-"

"COUPLE!" Blik snarled. Gordon's ears flattened back as Pandora pulled her paws up to her chest. Blik narrowed eyes widened slightly, "D-Did you two do...?"

Gordon blushed madly, "We just cuddled! That's all!"

Waffle tilted his head in confusion and looked at Pandora as Gordon and Blik were arguing. "What do they mean by 'do', Pandora?"

Pandora blushed. "Umm... It's nothing you need to concern your elf with Waffle-san..." She sighed and slid off the bed as Gordon and Bilk continued arguing. She walked out of the room, Waffle followed like a lost little puppy as both walked out into the sunshine of the bright morning. Pandora sighed and settled down on the grass, her tail wrapped around her waist as she looked up at the bright sky. Waffle copied her.

"What a beautiful day..." Pandora sighed, staring up at the clouds. Waffle nodded, also staring up at the clouds.

"Yup! It always is in Bakersfield!" He grinned. Pandora smiled.

"I gathered..."

"...Pandora...?"

"Yes Waffle-san?"

"...Will you be staying with us?"

Silence...

Waffle looked over at Pandora. She looked ahead with slightly worried and sad eyes. "I... I don't know Waffle-san... I mean, I love it here, I really do... but..."

"Yo, Pandy'! Waffle!"

Both heads turned to See Katilda stray of the path to the house and straight over to them. Waffle grinned and waved frantically, "HI KATILDAAA!" He chorused.

"Ohio, Katilda...!" Pandora Greeted as Katilda sat by her. Katilda grinned.

"So Gordon found ya last night?" Pandora nodded.

Katilda grinned. "Did he take my advice and tell you he likes...?" She trailed off, nudging Pandora playfully. Pandora blushed and nodded slowly.

Katilda grinned wider, "Perfect! I always knew you two deserved each other!"

Waffle watched the two girls talking, not entirely sure on what to say. For a while he sat there until something caught his eye. He wasn't sure what, but his curiosity pulled him away from Katilda and Pandora and led him to the stone wall of the garden. He pulled himself up and pulled himself up with ease, his head looking out across the road.

Of all the people he saw walking by, there was the one thing that caught his gaze. A cat. He couldn't help but get a vibe that she looked like Pandora in so many ways, only smaller, pointy ears, lighter brown fur, and fascinatingly odd, dark brown, star patters tipped on her ears. He watched her, mouth slightly a gap.

She tugged on a passing mans coat and held up a picture, "Excuse me sir, please! Can you help-" The man snarled and kicked her with the side of his trainer to the floor.

"Sod off, cat!" He walked on, leaving the cat girl to pick herself up. She sobbed slightly, brushing down her fur. The paper slipped from her paw.

"NO!" She gasped, immediately chasing after it. It danced into the strong breeze across the road straight to where waffle was. Waffle leapt over the wall and yanked the paper out of the air just as the cat girl came running over to him, gasping for air.

He grinned down at those fantastic blue eyes. He handed the picture out to her, "H-Here you go..." She smiled sweetly and gently took the picture back, holding it close to her fluffy white chest.

"Oh, T-Thank you ever so much, Mister...?"

"W-Waffle! Waffle Cramdilly...Your welcome m-miss...?"

"Evangeline Kurro... Or 'Eve' as everyone calls me..." Waffle grinned, his eyes half-closed.

"That's a very pretty name, Eve..." He sighed. Eve giggled, blushing.

"Oh, thank you, Waffle-san..." He smiled.

"Oh, Waffle? Do you think you could help me?" Waffle nodded instantly.

"Sure, Eve! What's wrong?"

Eve held up the picture. Waffle looked at it.

"This is my sister... Me and my family were moving from Japan when she suddenly went missing! H-Have you seen her at all?" She had a small glint of hope in her eyes.

Waffle looked closely at the picture for a while. Eve became scared he had frozen. She waved her paw in front of his face.

"Umm... Waffle-san?"

Waffle looked up, "yeeeaaahhhhsssss?"

Eve frowned in worry, "Have you seen her?"

Waffle frowned and shrugged, "I'm not sure... My brother's might though! C'mon!" She blushed as he gently took her paw and lead her to the open gate and up towards the mansion. "I'm sure they will know if I've seen her! They know everything!" He grinned as Eve looked up in awe at the mansion.

"Y-you live here...?" Waffle nodded.

"Yep! Me and my brother's inherited it when our owner, Mrs. Cramdilly passed on... But she left us rich with our own butler and everything... Hey, do you like Newts?"

Eve nodded, "Yeah! But I have some pet's froggies. My favourite is Siebel!"

"Sweet! My favourite Newt's called Gomez!"

The two walked slowly, still deep in conversation, fascinated by each other.

Pandora was still sat with Katilda, both chatting away, until Katilda's gaze caught on Waffle walking towards the house with another cat.

"Hey..." She pointed in their direction, "Who's that with Waffle?" Pandora looked.

Her face went pale as all her ability to speak left her. She gasped as she stood up, staring towards the cat girl. A small tear trickled down her fluffy, white cheek.

"I...I don't believe it..." Katilda stood up her.

"Pandy'? You okay...?"

Pandora smiled widely, tears now streaming down her face.

"I-I-It's my little sister, Eve!"

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