This was never supposed to be in the original story it was just something I toyed with for my own demented entertainment.

If you like kittens, good.

If you like sweet well-meaning idiots, better.

If you have enjoyed my sense of humor so far, then you've come to the right place!

I promise that no Shuichi's were hurt in the making of this fic…. Oh wait, I take that back. That's actually a lie, but it's nothing a few band-aids and peroxide can't fix, I swear! Honest!

The kitten.

It was Saturday and Yuki didn't want to do anything today. The only activity he did have planned was wallowing in bed for as long as humanly possible. Shuichi had already gotten up and left to hit the gym. This was a good thing, because that meant Chris had to go with him, which also meant Yuki had the apartment, and the bed, all to himself. Oh yea. But it turns out that on this fine morning, Yuki's contentment was to be short lived. He woke up to muffled sounds coming from the bathroom. He grumbled as he covered his head with Shuichi's pillow. They were back already?

He could have sworn he distinctly heard a tiny mew. Oh no, what were those two bananas doing in the bathroom together? They were obviously trying to be quiet, and they were unsuccessful to say the least. This meant they were doing something on the sly, something they didn't want Yuki to know about. The feeling of jealously reared it's ugly head like a cobra readying for a strike. If that guy thought he could take his Shuichi away he had another thing coming.

All those casual glances, the fooling around like two kids. Yuki knew what was going on behind those innocent green eyes. It was lucky for Chris that Shuichi was too stupid to notice and too loyal to betray him, or Yuki would have had to take matters into his own hands by now. Yuki got up and put his ear to the door.

"Ow, Chris, help me pull him off. That hurts."

'Him?' Yuki wondered.

Chris was stifling his laughter "but he likes it there."

"No, he's stuck. Pull him off. How can something so cute smell so bad? Pew."

"MEOW." A cat, Yuki realized what the secret was. They were breaking rule #1,242 (No pets.) Those two morons found a kitten and Yuki would bet money on the odds they had plans on keeping it. Yuki groaned as his mind ran through the arguments he was going to need to convince them to get rid of it. Oh no, too loud. He heard Chris's voice, "Did you just hear something?"

"Shhh, no, but if you don't keep quiet you'll be hearing Yuki yelling at us for waking him up." Shuichi hissed.

"Ick, he does stink. He smells like a port-a-potty on a hot day. I guess we should give him a bath."

"I thought cats washed them selves."

"I don't think a spit shine is going to do the trick Shu. This little guy is filthy. It looks like oil. You don't want him licking oil. It isn't good for him. He already puked on Yuki's laptop once."

"What? Oh no."

"Don't worry I cleaned it up, he'll never notice."

"Ew, do you think we should tell him anyway?"

"Nah, what he doesn't know won't hurt him."

Yuki cringed, he so wanted to give them a piece of this mind, but he didn't want to reveal himself, at least not yet anyway. He knew enough about cats to know that what they were about attempt was going to be entertaining to say the least. He heard the water running.

"Ok that looks good. Shindou, don't you have any other kind of shampoo? It's a boy kitten. I don't think he appreciates smelling like strawberries.

"Why not? I'm a boy."

"No your not. You're a queen." Chris laughed.

"I am not! I'm more man than you can handle." Yuki cringed at his lover's threat.

"Ew, Dude, you are one step away from growing your own set of ovaries."

"Meow!"

"See the cat agrees with me."

"No he doesn't. Do you Ryuichi baby."

"You named him Ryuichi? Why do you get to name him? I wanted to call him Ozzy."

"What kind of a name is Ozzy?"

"What kind of a name is Ryuichi? Forget it, just hold him in the water while I scrub."

Yuki could hear grunts and splashes coming from the bathroom and then an unholy shriek. It had to be the most frightening sound he had ever heard uttered from a living creature, and the kitten was freaking out too. There were crashes and thumps punctuated with foul language and utterances of pain. Yuki figured the kitten was winning. Yuki was right. Apparently tiny animal was a black belt in the marshal art of pain.

"Hey, watch Shindou he's heading for your hair.."

"Get it off! Get it off! OW! OW! OW!"

"Wait, this works now hold still. I just need to rinse him!"

"No wait don't.."

"Roooower." Yuki wasn't sure, but the thought that noise came from the kitten.

Then he heard large amounts of water hitting the floor. Then another screech, Yuki barely had time to get out of the way, as Shuichi burst through the bathroom door screaming. He was drenched, and Yuki noticed a spot of orange buried in his pink hair, a spot that clung on dearly with sharp kitten claws dug in as deep as they could possibly go. The both of them were howling like banshees. Chris ran after them with a towel. "Shindou, where are you going we gotta' dry him off." Chris threw the towel over both singer and cat and rubbed.

It took about a half an hour before they were able to finally pry the kitten off of Shuichi's scalp. It took even longer for Yuki to control his laughter. Shuichi had never heard Yuki laugh like that. He wasn't sure if he should be offended, amused, or call 911. Even three hours later Yuki was still breaking into fits of laughter whenever he looked at Shuichi. On the bright side, Yuki had forgotten all about talking them into getting rid of the cat, for the moment anyway.

When Yuki found the kitten again, it had finally gotten over the indignity of being bathed and had curled up contently on Shuichi, who was napping on the couch. Yuki he looked down on the both of them. 'Don't get to comfortable." He grumbled at the kitten.

The kitten looked up into Yuki's eyes. It stared at him as if to look through his soul, easily reading his thoughts. Yuki reached down and scratched the kitten's ears. It burst into a loud rumbling purr. It was hard to believe such a loud purr came from such a tiny body. Yuki pulled away the kitten looked at him again, this time with a pleading stare. "You're cute, but forget it, you're not staying." Yuki grumbled again.

That's when the kitten gave him the heart wrenching 'silent meow'. It's a tiny plea, so small it's never heard, but it makes the sound of a thousand hearts breaking. It's a move that causes utter devastation to all those who witness it. Even grumpy novelists are instantly turned into puddles of useless goo by this attack. Yuki didn't know what hit him.

'Maybe, having a pet wouldn't be so bad after all.' Yuki thought to himself.

Enjoy this last bit of fluff. Now that you have been warned, you can proceed to your regularly scheduled chapter "Monsters Rising"