Chapter 12 is here! I never thought i'd write for this long but I'm glad I did. I'm sad I didn't get to finish this sooner but I was busy. This might end up being the only chapter I publish for today maybe.
Some Notes I should have mentioned earlier but forgot: kitten!Sealand/Myrddin is the way he is because he wants to show he's independant, despite being so young and small. (like how Sealand wants to be recognized as an independant nation)
Vodka walked down the sidewalk hoping that his next door neighbor could help him with his problem. Shou Mian (also known as Panda) was very knowledgeable in Chinese medicine and hopefully he would have something to cure him of his sickness. Vodka jumped on top of the fence separating his home from Shou Mian's. Shou Mian's owner had turned the entire yard into a Chinese garden, as a way of making him feel more at home, complete with traditional Chinese architecture and a koi pond. It took him a few moments to scan the garden before finally spotting him on the bridge above the pond. Seeing his neighbor, Vodka jumped down to the grass below, making his way through the vegetation and décor.
"Shou Mian!" called Vodka, immediately getting the cats attention.
Vodka had to be careful to let Shou Mian that he was there before approaching him. It wasn't because he was dangerous or anything, but he was slightly paranoid around the Russian feline, especially since he use to spend hours spying on him.
"Stop calling me that, aru! I'm Panda, aru!"
Vodka could never understand why he preferred to be called Panda.
"Why do you keep telling everyone to call you 'Panda', da? Isn't the name your master gave you, Shou Mian?"
"Yes but Panda is so much cuter, aru! Plus I like Panda's, aru! Why are you even here, aru?"
"I got sick and I was wondering if you have anything to cure me, da?"
"What, you're sick, aru? I better not catch your sickness, aru!"
"Will you help me Shou – I mean Panda, da?"
Panda looked at Vodka suspiciously, "All right I'll help, aru." He then walked towards his house, signaling Vodka to follow him. Inside Panda lead him to a room full of books. Immediately Panda jumped on top of a desk and opened a large worn book. Vodka jumped on to the desk also, sitting next to a lamp.
"You need to tell me your symptoms and when they occurred so I know what to treat you, aru."
"It started when I met this cat yesterday, da."
"A cat, aru? What cat, aru?"
"A female, da. She's kind of strange and very energetic. She woke me when I was taking a nap under some sunflowers, da."
"Wah! You didn't hurt her, aru! You can be very scary when you're mad, aru!
"No, it turned out to be a misunderstanding, da. After that, she then asked me to play at her house. We had lots of fun, da."
"What, aru! A cat that wasn't afraid of you, aru! She must be very brave, aru!"
"She is, da. After I met her, that's when I got sick and started doing strange things, da."
"Strange things, aru?"
"When we started playing tag she got tangled in some string when I chased her, da."
"You chased her, aru!"
"That's how you play tag, da." Vodka looked as if he was spacing out. "She looked so cute being helpless in all that string, da. I couldn't help but lick her and she started to purr, da."
Panda looked at him as if he couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Uh…What other strange things did you do, aru?
Vodka thought a bit harder before answering. "I went to go see her earlier and found her asleep, da. She reminded me of a sunflower, so much that I even called her a 'sunflower' too, da."
Panda listened to Vodka's words carefully, saying nothing.
"She looks even cuter asleep, da. I couldn't help but lick her again and when she murmured her friends name in her sleep I got very angry, da. I got even more upset when I thought that a regular cat could have her kittens. She's my friend and deserves the best, da."
Panda started at Vodka before jumping down to the floor. Vodka then jumped down after him.
"Hmm? What's wrong, da?"
"It seems your sicker than we thought, aru."
"Wah, what kind of sickness do I have, da?"
Panda looked back at Vodka. "Isn't it obvious? You're love sick, aru."
Cat!China, aru! He's finally gotten in the story. Sorry if the name sucks. I don't know alot about China and couldn't find anything good for a name, really so I decided to give him one name but everyone calls him another name instead.
Story Notes:
1. Shou Mian (寿面) is literally chinease for 'noodles of longevity'. They're symbolic of long life and good health according to Chinese tradition. I gave Cat!China this name because china is considered imortal and has had a 'long life'. Plus the first thing I think about the Chinease is noodles so I decided to go with that.
2. Cat!China likes to be called Panda because he loves them. alot. I liked the name Panda alot for him but I couldn't use them because he looks nothing like a panda so why would he be called that? so I decided to make him want to tell everyone to call him Panda instead.
3. I made Cat!China good at traditional chinease medicine because Vodka thought he was sick so why not got to his closest neighbor China since they got alot of info on medicine and stuff?
4. Just like his owner, he likes cute things.
