JUNJOU TERRORIST

V

THE FUNDATION OF LOVE:

COMMUNICATION

Miyagi looked at his laptop, his email open in a permission letter he had never ask for, "Dear Professor" it read and he knew with that that it was not coming from his daring assistant, he hated him enough to call him just "Professor". He continued on reading the script and felt his brows furrowing, "I spoke with your assistant about your day and he confide on me your working schedule of the last couple of years", the word "years" had being highlighted, this couldn't be good, "It seems to have become. quite a habit of yours to not take your vacations, since 3 years ago. Taking that in consideration, and the recent events of course, I have decided to grant you 15 days leave, starting today. You must return to work on the 10th for the beginning of the term, thankfully you have no classes or lectures scheduled so it wont be of any difficulty for you or your beloved students and assistant professor." Miyagi felt like snorting at the comment.

Deciding there was nothing to be done he graciously accepted the vacations offer, he took off his neck the tie, the fabric landed on the sofa, crushed and wrinkled just like his shirt, he had slept with them. Walking in to the kitchen he found the place rather empty and wondered if he could easily run to the closest supermarket and buy the necessary, he walked to the corner and found Shinobu cradled, a brown fabric between his claws. "Damned brat!" he thought recognizing his brown "" suit, he had left it on the sofa last night. Walking the towards the kitten he bent and tried to pry the claws away from his work suit but the kitten cried and clawed at it harder, tears daring to fall, shining between the dark eyelashes, Miyagi instantly gave up.

Turning his computer on again he used the online applications to purchase a good amount of supplies, knowing he was missing probably 3 weeks of grosery shopping he clicked many times on the items listed, beer, tuna cans, rice, sugar, eggs, flour, onios, tomatoes, he made a long list of vegetables and meats, but then glancing at the sleeping kitty he searched on the "pets" section, clicking on many other items he found. Hearing a low stomach grumbling he opeened yet another window on his internet brownser, and ordered healthy take out for him and kitten, he should be able to eat it, he thought looking at the picture of a kittie and the sign of aprooved. "pet aprooved" he thought and finished paying his orders.

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Using the time while the kitten was sleeping, he took the oportunity to clean the house, his apartment was a real mess, how had he managed to wrack it while barely being there was a mistery, and he didn't care to find out, he just worked his way through the rooms, swipping and moping, dusting and placing everything in order as best as he could, he had being living alone for so long he was able to handle the cleaning at least, cooking, was another mistery topic he cared not to uncover yet.

45min passed and his doorbell rang with their meals, he took them smiling and put them on the kitchen table, he cleaned the table, but looking again at the kitten he decided it was best to continue on eating at the low coffee table, until the feline felt more used to the house and confident enough to sit down in the sofa or the living room. He was starting on the salad's box when the door bell rang again and he opened it for the super market employees, it had being such a large order they had to put it in boxes instead of plastic bags, he felt his heart sinking, a long sight escaping his lips. "Thank you" he mustered and closed the door behind the employee, who was sure thanking the kamis he was not on the same situation.

Miyagi started cleaning the kitchen, a two hour job he defiantly hated, the cabinets were greasy and dusty, filled with empty boxes and rotted condiments, there were some spiders but at lest there were no cockcroahes. His brows twitched when he opened the refrigerator, it was a death sentence, he breathed in deep and started piling the garbage bags. When he fihnished the cleaning he dediced it was time to leave the apartment, he couldn't help taking the garbage out, it was bad for him already, he dint' want to imagine how bad it would be for the feline delicate senses. He watched the lithe frame warely and took his keys, he didn't want to do it, but he took the bags out, opened, closed the door and locked it. He practicaly run through the hallways to the garbage storage, the truck would be taking it soon enough, he turned back and run again, he cursed the slowness of the elevator, but in his stressed hands the key didn't work, he breathed in and then he heard the hissing, he heard the gasp and the hard thud against glass, with that, he felt his heart froze. The door openend and he entred "Shinobu-chin!" he called as loud as he could over the desperate growl, the kiten was trying hard to break the balcony's glass door. "Shinobu-chin is me, Miyagi!" he closed the door and walked in to the living room, to let him see him completely. The kitten slowly turned.

At seen him Shinobu felt the desire to run to the men's arms, but a strungling fear would not allow him to move, he touched the cold glass and felt like crying, Miyagi walked step by step closer to him, slowly. "Shinobu-chin please don't do that, you can hurt yourself," Miyagi extended his arms, palms up to show him he had no weapon with him, "I just went out to throw the garbage," he was so close Shinobu could feel the stress the man was on, his shoulders were squared, his brow knitting together, "I'm sorry" he heard and he launched himself against the hard chest, burying his face against the soft fabric of Miyagi's shirt, "I'm sorry, I dind't want to scare you" Miyagi said again petting him gently, "I tried to be quick, I'm sorry" Shinobu felt tears and heard his own body trembling with the strenght of his cries. "Dont leave me! Don't leave me please!" he cried in his mind, and as in response Miyagi's arms surrounded his back tenderly, patting circles between his shoulder blades, "It's okay, I'm not going anywhere, you're safe now" And Shinobu cried even harder, how long had he searched for safety?, how long had he craved for someone to protect him?, someone who could stay with him, and not leave him?. He cried for his tired legs and his bruised skin, he cried for his scarred ears and tail, the fear in his soul, the memories and pain gripping tight at his heart, he cried for all of that until no more tears could fell and his body stopped trembling.

Miyagi never let go, he carried him to his bed and sitting down by his side he petted him softly, Shinobu bite him at his hand and growled, but instantly licked it to clean it safe, "I know, I'm sorrry," was Miyagi's only response, no hatred in his voice, no ire, no cruelty. Shinobu bit him again, the last tears rolling down his cheeks, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry" Miyagi reapeated like a spell.

It was a rumbling that separated them, almost 15 minutes after the trembling stopped, when the rumbling sounded again Shinobu sit down on his bed and instantly looked specntantly at Miyagi. "Just in time I guess" he said, moving away from Shinobu in to the kitchen, "I ordered some real food" he said opening their plastic lids, Shinobu's noistrils flared, his stomach rumbbled even louder and Miyagi felt like laughing, "You want to eat?" he asked and the kitten's tail swished happily, he never moved from his made-bed thought, miyagi knew it would take him some time, specially after the horrible waking up. So he sighed, and taking their breakfast placed it at the coffe table. "Hold tight" he then said, taking one side of the made-bed and pulled it close to the table, Shinobu gasped and looked worriedly at Miyagi, but holding with his claws the material he got closer to the food, his mouth watered.

"Itadakimasu" Miyagi said again like last night, sitting down and taking a ham and cheese sandwich, Shinobu looked at his meat and egg sandwich with desire, barely sniffing it he took it between his paws and ate it, alternating with full glasses of milk. Miyagi again, felt like laughing at the cuteness of the kitten. "Eat properly brat" he said instead, sipping at his coffee mug, the only thing he could do, even blindfolded, in his kitchen.

Taking a late breakfast on the first day of vacation seemed nothing wrong, but not working at all felt completely wrong, so Miyagi decided to sit down and do some research, at least he could help a little his poor professor, he chuckled at the thought, the young assistant was so repelent of relationships, not as gruff as him but defiantly grumpy. A pet seemed the right thing, he thought for amoment, but looking at the lithe kitten he wondered, would the Devil Kamijou take care of a poor pet?, looking again at the kitten at the floor he smiled, "Maybe..."

Little by little he managed to clear some lines of his to do list, pilling and unpilling books in the small table . But never as much as he would, if he hadn't had a certain feline in his house, for he couldn't help stilling glances at Shinobu every now and then, to ease his mind that the feline was fine, and to enjoy the advances he was doing. Cause at first, sedated by the food he had laid curled in his bed, but digestion took only half an hour, snuggling another 30min so when the clock stroke 1:45 his ears perked and stirred with every sound coming from outside, his tailing swishing whenever Miyagi moved to take another book.

At 2:23 Shinobu stood up and wincing streched his sore muscles, Miyagi looked attentivaley at him, a bath was in order he knew, looking at the dirty mup of hair, the stained and ruined shirt and pants. But that would have to wait, water was a serious issue when it came to feline pets. Shinobu moved his right paw and steadily licked a large sore, it covered most of his grist, like a band or bracelete, Miyagi could tell how it hand being inflicted. "Shinobu why don't you let me help you?" he asked and Shinobu looked at him squinting his eyes, Miyagi pointed one finger up "One moment" he said and Shinobu saw him move away into a room and out with a white box in his hands, he had seeing something like that in the clinic, the doctor had something like that. His tail swished in broad circles, his ears perking forward.

Miyagi bent slowly down and sat on his knees in front of shinobu, the possition was uncorftotable, but taking in consideration what was about to happen he thought it better for the kitten to be more comfortable than him, "This will burn a little, but it'll help the wound heal" he said hoping Shinobu could understand his words, he took one swap and wet it with the alcohol. The moment he put it on the damaged skin Shinobu cried and hissed, trying hard to pull his hand away, but Miyagi didn't let him, he hold still pressing the swap hard enough for the alcohol to wet the wound through, and then he moved it, carefully over it. "Shhh it's okay, it won't be for too long" he said and Shinobu closed his lips, looking away, tears in his eyes. When the cleaning was done he put on some scaring ointment and dressed it carefully. "Now the next the one" he said seriously, taking Shinobu's right arm, a road of scraps lined from his shoulder to his elbow, he grimaced at the sight, "this will hurt, be brave kit" he said and wetted another swap repeating the same work, Shinobu pressed his eyes close tightly breathing in hard, it burned his skin but he knew something worst, he knew real burning pain.

His tail puffed up and rattled, but Shinobu closed his lips tight so not to hiss. "We're almost done" said Miyagi moving on to Shinobu's legs, he tried to work as quick as possible but he couldn't believe how much damage had the kitten stand, the skin broken, scared, infected and tattered in his ears and tail, large bruises and deep cuts in his arms and legs, even bold spots in his muddy fur, he felt his eyes burning with angry tears. How much had Shinobu suffered? The more he cleaned and bandaged the more Miyagi felt glad about deciding against the kennels. "Mmmm..." Shinobu moaned at a specialy raw patch of skin on his ankle, the joints were swelled. Miyagi stiffened and held the leg, trying hard not to moved unnecessary, when he aplied the swab he felt the whole body shaking, and he bent close to the wound to blew softly over it, "better?" he asked and Shinobu nodded, Miyagi continued on cleaning, the dressing made Shinobu gasp and bit again at Miyagi's arm, but this time it was a barely a nibble, never sinking his teeth, Miyagi just petted him softly "I know, I'm sorry"

"Okay, I'm done" Miyag called loudly closing the wooden lid, turning to the kitten he ruffled his fur "Well done" Shinobu's eyes sparkled, his ears perking proudly, as if he had never voiced any complains, Miyagi chuckled, "You're such a brat" and then, Shinobu mewled, "Meoooorrrw" it went with a rising note, the sound high and sweet.

"Shinobu?"

And then again the mewled was repeated laced with a purr at the end, the notes vibrating in his chest. Miyagi frowned trying to understand the meaning but not knowing. "Moooooowwww" the mewl stressed on a high note, always with the purring behind, Shinobu's eyes looked at him intently, he was about to ask when Shinobu's stomach rumbled, Miyagi looked at the clock, it was already 6:13 not too late for a light snack, "Okay, okay I get it" he said, straightening up and walking towards the kitchen. Shinobu looking at him expentently, his tail moving contently. Miyagi found the food he ordered for lunch and heated it on the microwave, that's something he would never do wrong.

Another loud mewl and Miyagi chuckled hard, "Just a sec" he said taking some bread slices. "This meat it's good enough for a tea break, put it on your bread" he said while walking towards the living room, again placing the food at the low table, Shinobu accommodated himself straigh, Miyagi showed him first how to do it and the kitten blinked, then watching Miyagi eat he tried copying the man, taking 2 slices of bread, putting some lettuce and tomatoes, putting a good layer of brown juicy meat on top, he closed the bread with another slice and gave it a big bite. He felt the crunchy green, licked the salty and sweet mixing of juice from his lips and an apreciative small mewl sounded, making Miyagi smile broadly. Shinobu didn't look directly on to the smile thought, feeling his ears warming.

"It is nice to have vacationes from time to time"

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Author's note: So we're getting in to the good terrorist moment's... hope you love the new arrangements... I'm certainly loving them... : 3