The first person to apply to babysit Hirei was a tall, brown-haired woman
who introduced herself as Milly Thompson with a bright smile and a strong
handshake. Kuroneko already had high hopes as he led her into the house.
"Well, miss Thompson," he said, looking around the living room which was practically empty still, and ducked into the hallway leading to the bedrooms. There, looking through a door that was slightly ajar, he saw Hirei sound asleep and snoring slightly.
Turning back to Milly, he motioned for her to come closer, and leaned toward her. "My daughter is a little...Ah... Odd. I hope you're willing to deal with her, but if anything very bad should happen, you can just go get me. I'll be at the bar.... Okay?"
Milly nodded, wondering what could possibly go wrong with babysitting any sweet little girl, even if she was a little eccentric. Kuroneko grabbed his jacket and was halfway out the door before she could even comment on this belief, and mumbled something about being back at ten or not letting the house explode or something like that.
Walking to the room Kuroneko had been peering into before, she saw Hirei asleep on her bed-a little five year old girl, sprawled out, wearing her daddy's sleeping robes. She looked adorable and sweet, of course. Milly had a strange urge to pet her, probably because of the fluffiness of her hair and the cat ears that sprung out of them. Then she started wondering about the ears. Were they real? She couldn't tell, and she couldn't see if either Hirei or her dad had regular ears as well, because both had long hair covering the place where normal ears would be.
Slipping through the door and looking down at the sleeping child, she leaned over quietly, inspecting the ears closer. Finally, she put her hand on the top of Hirei's head and scratched her gently behind the ears. To her surprise she heard purring, and she petted a bit more, smiling. Cat people- it was kind of an interesting and new concept for her.
Trying to decide whether the ears were real even though the purring should have made the answer obvious, she tugged one of them a little... Very slightly, but the slight tugging was enough to wake Hirei up and start her on a seriously painful screaming bout. Milly held her ears begging for a quick death.
Hirei finally ran out of breath and stopped, sucking in a lungful with an exaggerated wheezing sound, and one of Milly's ear-protecting hands was slapped across her mouth before another scream was started.
"It's okay! Don't scream! ... Don't cry either!" She said, somewhat whiny and trying to smile at Hirei as she started to sob hysterically. "I didn't know it would hurt you..."
Hirei blinked away the tears unnaturally quickly and shrugged. "I' kinna hurd bu' ahm jus mah da' da-ee lef' meh" (Translation: It kinda hurt. but I'm just mad that daddy left me)
"Well... You didn't have to scream or cry..." Milly said, removing her hand so the kid could speak something closer to Engrish.
Hirei sat for about half a second calmly, then bit Milly's hand, drawing blood with sharp teeth, and ran out of the door of the room. Milly took a moment to realize what had happened before screeching out loud and chasing after Hirei.
"What did you do that for!?" She said, waving her hurt little hand around and looking at Hirei, who was knocking stuff down as she crawled over the shelves in a really bad attempt to stay undetected.
Hirei took another deep breath, letting loose that death-causing scream that rattled the windows again. Milly automatically slapped her hands to her ears, wincing from the pain it caused, both from the sound and from the fact that the movement hurt the bite marks on her hands a lot. There was a short mental conflict between her ears and her hand, and the ears won. By the time Hirei ran out of breath and skittered to the kitchen, Milly had a streak of blood down the side of her face, though she didn't even realize it.
Hirei sat quietly inside a cabinet, just sitting, and Milly walked in, looking around.
"Oh Hirei..." she said, looking inside random cabinets. But before she got to Hirei's hiding place, she found a more interesting substance... Pudding.
So smiling brightly, she carried the bowl into the living room and sat down at a table, taking out a spoon to eat with. But, before she even got the first spoonful to her mouth, Hirei tore into the room, almost like a tornado, and jumped onto the table, eating all the pudding in one tremendous slurp before jumping off the table, crushing it under her, and jumping to random corners of the room. Wings had sprouted from her back from nowhere and there was fire flying everywhere...
Two hours later, Kuroneko came home to find Milly outside on the front porch, cowering, and the interior of the house completely ruined.
Kuroneko-sama nyaa'd. One down...
"Well, miss Thompson," he said, looking around the living room which was practically empty still, and ducked into the hallway leading to the bedrooms. There, looking through a door that was slightly ajar, he saw Hirei sound asleep and snoring slightly.
Turning back to Milly, he motioned for her to come closer, and leaned toward her. "My daughter is a little...Ah... Odd. I hope you're willing to deal with her, but if anything very bad should happen, you can just go get me. I'll be at the bar.... Okay?"
Milly nodded, wondering what could possibly go wrong with babysitting any sweet little girl, even if she was a little eccentric. Kuroneko grabbed his jacket and was halfway out the door before she could even comment on this belief, and mumbled something about being back at ten or not letting the house explode or something like that.
Walking to the room Kuroneko had been peering into before, she saw Hirei asleep on her bed-a little five year old girl, sprawled out, wearing her daddy's sleeping robes. She looked adorable and sweet, of course. Milly had a strange urge to pet her, probably because of the fluffiness of her hair and the cat ears that sprung out of them. Then she started wondering about the ears. Were they real? She couldn't tell, and she couldn't see if either Hirei or her dad had regular ears as well, because both had long hair covering the place where normal ears would be.
Slipping through the door and looking down at the sleeping child, she leaned over quietly, inspecting the ears closer. Finally, she put her hand on the top of Hirei's head and scratched her gently behind the ears. To her surprise she heard purring, and she petted a bit more, smiling. Cat people- it was kind of an interesting and new concept for her.
Trying to decide whether the ears were real even though the purring should have made the answer obvious, she tugged one of them a little... Very slightly, but the slight tugging was enough to wake Hirei up and start her on a seriously painful screaming bout. Milly held her ears begging for a quick death.
Hirei finally ran out of breath and stopped, sucking in a lungful with an exaggerated wheezing sound, and one of Milly's ear-protecting hands was slapped across her mouth before another scream was started.
"It's okay! Don't scream! ... Don't cry either!" She said, somewhat whiny and trying to smile at Hirei as she started to sob hysterically. "I didn't know it would hurt you..."
Hirei blinked away the tears unnaturally quickly and shrugged. "I' kinna hurd bu' ahm jus mah da' da-ee lef' meh" (Translation: It kinda hurt. but I'm just mad that daddy left me)
"Well... You didn't have to scream or cry..." Milly said, removing her hand so the kid could speak something closer to Engrish.
Hirei sat for about half a second calmly, then bit Milly's hand, drawing blood with sharp teeth, and ran out of the door of the room. Milly took a moment to realize what had happened before screeching out loud and chasing after Hirei.
"What did you do that for!?" She said, waving her hurt little hand around and looking at Hirei, who was knocking stuff down as she crawled over the shelves in a really bad attempt to stay undetected.
Hirei took another deep breath, letting loose that death-causing scream that rattled the windows again. Milly automatically slapped her hands to her ears, wincing from the pain it caused, both from the sound and from the fact that the movement hurt the bite marks on her hands a lot. There was a short mental conflict between her ears and her hand, and the ears won. By the time Hirei ran out of breath and skittered to the kitchen, Milly had a streak of blood down the side of her face, though she didn't even realize it.
Hirei sat quietly inside a cabinet, just sitting, and Milly walked in, looking around.
"Oh Hirei..." she said, looking inside random cabinets. But before she got to Hirei's hiding place, she found a more interesting substance... Pudding.
So smiling brightly, she carried the bowl into the living room and sat down at a table, taking out a spoon to eat with. But, before she even got the first spoonful to her mouth, Hirei tore into the room, almost like a tornado, and jumped onto the table, eating all the pudding in one tremendous slurp before jumping off the table, crushing it under her, and jumping to random corners of the room. Wings had sprouted from her back from nowhere and there was fire flying everywhere...
Two hours later, Kuroneko came home to find Milly outside on the front porch, cowering, and the interior of the house completely ruined.
Kuroneko-sama nyaa'd. One down...