Disclaimer: I get tired of putting disclaimers on everything, but I'd rather not take any chances. I'm not eager to be sued, you know. Anyway. I do not own anything in here. This is just the roamings of my little mind. If you have issues with it, you can just ignore me.
Dedication: This chapter is dedicated to St Earns, my favoritest and most dedicated reviewer. Yay St Earns!
Hyde A/N: With luck, this chapter will be posted by me myself and not Ais! No, my computer is no more reliable than it was before. But I have discovered that if I use the computers at school, it can be done! Except for some reason won't always come up on the school computers. It makes no sense. Faugh. That's all I have to say about that.
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Amon woke the next morning to behold not his bedroom ceiling but a white blob with black eyes. He shot upright and Cream Puff, who had been perched on his chest making a detailed investigation of her new owner's nose, tumbled down and landed half under the covers. She emerged, shook herself, kneaded her paws on Amon's leg, and cleaned a small spot on her tail. Amon shook his head, muttered, and crawled out of bed, trying to forget the adorable creature thereon.
Just then, the phone rang.
"Greetings, Amon. Mightest thou take me on a date tonight? Thou and I hath not been alone together in many a night."
"Mutter mutter."
Touko took this as an acquiescence. "Pick thou me up at the stroke of seven. I eagerly await thy arrival, as doth Abigail the Breadmachine. Farewell, O Amon."
"Mutter."
"Yowlk!" said Cream Puff in his ear. Unnoticed, she had clambered up to his shoulder, intending to resume the investigation of his nose that he had so abruptly put a stop to.
"Mutter," Amon said darkly, no doubt intending to convey the pain in his eardrum along with his desire not to have a small white kitten on his shoulder, however impossibly adorable.
Cream Puff jumped down and strolled over to the kitten food bag, rubbing her silky cheek against it. "Mreeeew!" she said plaintively.
Amon reluctantly poured some food into the small Hello Kitty dish (picked out, of course, by Doujima).
He looked at the clock. Too early to leave for work. Oh well, he could always go to Harry's first. The abundance of cuteness in his apartment was starting to wear on his Dark Ominous Nerves.
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The first thing Doujima did when she bounced in (late as usual) was to loudly exclaim, "How's your kitten, Amon?"
Slam! Just like that, Amon was suddenly nowhere to be seen.
"Amon has a kitten?" Sakaki inquired dubiously.
"Yes, a small white one."
"Doujima," said Karasuma, "How many times have a warned you not to drink tequila in the morning? You know what it does to you."
Doujima glared at her. "It's true!"
"Yeah right," said Michael.
"It's true," Robin put in softly. "I saw it."
Sakaki's jaw dropped. Then he and Michael simultaneously burst into laughter.
"Shut up, guys," said Karasuma. "Amon will gun you down if he hears you. Seriously."
"Where…ha…did he get…haha…a kitten?" Michael inquired between lingering chuckles.
"I don't know," said Doujima.
"He's coming back," said Robin, who had wandered to the door, her mind on what Amon must be thinking right now.
Amon opened the door on a quiet room. Too quiet. He stalked to his desk and flipped angrily though a file. Curse the Great Mother Goddess!
Suddenly, his witch hunter senses tingled and he dove aside, just in time to avoid being smashed by a very heavy box that fell from a high shelf.
Robin watched curiously as Amon sent a Sullen Glare Intended To Sauté All Vengeful Goddesses In The Near Vicinity into space.
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Amon and Touko sat in an anonymous fancy restaurant and sipped respective beers and margaritas.
"Amon, thou my dearest, shall we now repair to thy apartment and have a cozy evening chat?"
"We could go to your place," he said.
"No, Robin shall be there, and I desire not to disturb her. Thy place wouldst be better."
Amon sighed inwardly and muttered to himself under his breath.
"Didst thou speak?" Touko inquired.
"No."
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Amon approached his apartment with Touko on his arm and serious misgivings plaguing his mind. Touko chattered lightly as he flipped on the light.
Suddenly, there was Cream Puff at her cutest.
"Awww, a kitten!" said Touko.
"Mreew!" said Cream Puff sweetly and adorably.
"So…cute…" said Touko, and overwhelmed she sank to the floor in a genuine swoon.
Amon caught her and carried her to the couch. Cream Puff climbed up and sat on Touko's arm. Amon was just considering fetching a stagnant Bepsi to hold under her nose in lieu of smelling salts when she stirred.
"PrewEEK!" said Cream Puff sweetly and imploringly.
"Ah…" Touko had no sooner opened her eyes and beheld the adorable ball of fur when she fainted again.
Amon glared at Cream Puff and went for the stagnant Bepsi. He popped open the can and held it under her nose. She stirred.
"Amon…? What…" Just then Cream Puff let out an adorable "Mroww" from his shoulder and she was gone.
Amon reached up and flicked Cream Puff off his shoulder. She began to cry loudly.
"MROW! MREEEW! MREEEEEW!" Amon would not have been surprised to hear reports that the crying had been heard in Luxembourg. He glared at her, but she ignored him.
Touko stirred. "Amon…what…that noise…" She sat up. Spying Cream Puff, she cried out, "Oh Amon, she weepeth!" Then the adorableness of the crying kitten overwhelmed her and she fainted once more.
Muttering under his breath, Amon grabbed a box that had been sitting randomly in the corner and upturned it over Cream Puff, effectively muting her so that her cries could no longer be heard outside of Japan.
He then scooped the unconscious Touko up in his arms and carried her out the door.
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Well, as usual the next chapter has taken forever. Someday maybe I'll actually start posting new chapters within a reasonable time. Heh. Maybe. I am an incurable procrastinator, even about fun things like writing chapters. I don't know why. Oh well. Cream Puff is adorable, and that's all that matters.
May you never find that your worst enemy has filled your refrigerator with spoiled cheesecake,
Hyde