A/N: An interesting, fun, and really cute little pairing! For CulinaryChef. I hope this is something you'll like!
Words: 300
Characters: Megumi, Kisa
Time: Anytime
Genre: General, Humor
Disclaimer: Everything you recognize belongs to Takaya Natsuki, not me.
Megumi didn't even do a double-take one chilly winter afternoon even when he noticed a strange-looking cat following him home. Living the way he did, he was used to strange things – normal people, after all, couldn't control people based on their names. Normal people didn't wear only black or have sisters who could sense electromagnetic waves in the passing air.
So this not-normal cat – it was stockier, pale orange, and striped – didn't give Megumi hardly a second's pause.
Only when Megumi returned to his familiar house and familiar room and the cat was still behind him did he frown. Stranger still, the cat immediately scrambled under a black blanket that had fallen on the floor.
Then Megumi blinked – and all of a sudden, there was no cat at all, but a blanket-clad, ginger-haired girl smiling up at him.
"Um, hi, I'm – I'm Kisa!"
Unusual though he was, even Megumi's jaw dropped; red cheeks flamed against the black décor of his room, standing out almost as brightly as her shiny, pale orange hair. Her cheeks were pink, too, but based on the pounding in his heart and the stammering he heard emerging from his lips, Megumi knew her blush was as nothing compared to his.
"I just… needed somewhere to warm up," the girl explained. "Somewhere safe… and you seemed nice, so… I followed you…"
Megumi nodded dumbly.
"Um… don't tell anyone, okay? Promise?"
"I – well…"
The girl bounced to her feet, rushed towards him, and kissed him on the cheek. "Please?"
Stunned, Megumi could only stutter. "O-okay…"
"Oh, thank you!"
With that, she was gone, taking the blanket with him. Megumi stared at the door, thinking hard through his numb mind, touching his cheek gently. Kisa…