I kinda struggled with this one a little. I hope you like none-the-less. Oh and may I remind my one shot readers to please give my story a chance :3


"Well, at least you never have to worry about Vivaldi wanting to behead you." Alice, who was holding back a laugh, smiled teasingly as she gazed at the pile of gifts in Boris's arms. The Cheshire Cat's ears flattened against his head as he stared at the mountain of canned cat food he was carrying.

During a visit Alice was having with Vivaldi, the Queen of Hearts, Boris had decided to show up unannounced. He thought it would be a fun game to try and sneak around without being seen. Unfortunately, instead of the normal guard he'd normally run into, Boris accidently interrupted Vivaldi's tea party. Luckily, much to Alice's relief, the Queen revealed a vast interest in cats and allowed him to join them. Peter hadn't been too happy about it, however, and insisted the queen punish him for trespassing. Although, in the end, Peter was ordered to shut up and Boris was given countless cans of cat food in apology.

Now, as noon turned into dawn, the two of them were walking home. Or, Alice was walking back to Clover Tower and Boris was following her. She still didn't know where Boris was living since the land shifted from Heart into Clover. All the girl knew was that Boris was living somewhere in the woods but she had doubts he'd be living outside. Even though Boris claimed to be a cat and flexible about where he lived, it seemed he preferred a warm bed over a tree branch. Though, instead of heading home right away, Boris decided to follow Alice.

"It's not that I dislike the Queen of Hearts, but I do wish she'd realize I am not that kind of cat." He complained, pouting as he shifted the canned goods in his arms "I don't even know what to do with all these." He wined, a frown taking over his face while his tail twitched side to side. Alice finally let out a small chuckle and sympathetically patted his arm.

"Don't worry, Boris. I'm sure Grey could use that food for all those cats he's keeping." She tried to cheer him up. A smile lit up Boris's face and a chuckle left his lips as he remembered the ex-assassin's collection of cats.

It was strange to think that a once great assassin like Grey had such a soft spot for cute things. It was almost like he was a completely different man when confronted with something he found cute. The difference in his aura was so great that people often mistook him for someone else; only to be shocked when they realized who he was. Boris was an example of this, having not recognized Grey one time when he and Alice were out shopping.

"I never would have thought someone like the cold hearted Lizard would have such a soft spot for cute things. It's kind of funny, actually." Boris said with a bright grin lighting up his face. Alice, who never really seen Grey's assassin side before and always thought of him as a nice guy, tilted her head slightly in confusion.

"Funny? Why would it be funny for a guy to like cute things? I think it's cute." Alice replied innocently, an innocent matching smile on her face. Boris simply chuckled and, leaning in more towards her, gave her a one of his famous grins.

"You're cute when you're naive, Alice." He teased with another laugh. Wishing he could poke at her blush, but unable to with the cans of cat food in his arms, Boris leaned back up as the two finally left Castle Heart grounds and entered the forest.

"It's funny because the Lizard used to be an assassin; he even tried to kill Nightmare when he was a child. I'm not too sure what happened to make him stop but, somehow, the Lizard became the incubus's assistant instead." The purple, punked dressed, cat explained. At hearing this new information, Alice's eyes widened and Grey's smiling face flashed through her mind.

True, Alice had heard rumors that Grey had once been an assassin, but not that he tried to kill Nightmare. Not to mention that he tried to kill him while Nightmare was just a child. So what could have happened to stop Grey from going through with it? If Nightmare was just as sick as he was as child as he is now, maybe Grey couldn't bring himself to kill a sick child. Grey was just too much of a nice guy; Alice couldn't see him harming anyone let alone Nightmare.

"But Grey's much too nice to have tried something like that." She denied, frowning as she refused to believe what Boris said was true. The cat boy simply chuckled and winked over at Alice.

"Oh well, you'll find out truth sooner or later." He grinned teasingly just as the sky above got darker. Luckily, the two of them where close enough to Clover Tower to worry too much about it.

"Well, that was sure a short evening." Boris commented before turning to look at Alice with an innocent, excited, smile, his tail twitching side to side. "Looks like I'll be spending the night with you." He purred happily.

A light blush instantly lit up Alice's face as the two of them reached the enterance to the Tower of Clover. By that suggestive tone he spoke with, she would have thought Boris was wanting to share an actual room with her. That was the last thing that Alice wanted to do, even if she did like Boris. The thought alone was embarrassing and she couldn't imagine sharing the same room, let alone, the same bed with someone. The only person she has ever slept in the same room with was Ace and that was in a tent and against her will.

"No, Boris, go home." She ordered, giving him a hard, though weak, shove to the side. Boris barely even stumbled as he pouted, flattening his ears against his head and dragged his tail on the ground in a sad manner.

"Oh come on, Alice; it's dangerous to wonder Wonderland at night. Please let me stay? As long as I come in with you Nightmare won't care and neither would the Lizard." 'At least I think.' He added in thought as he gave Alice his best kitty pout. The brunet balled her hands into fists and thought up a response as she did her best to resist falling for his cute act.

"But, you're a cat, aren't you? Shouldn't you be safe wondering around in the dark?" She asked, a slightly smug smile taking over her face as Boris's kitty pout turned into a more, natural, pout. Heh, got you, kitty boy.

"You're cruel, Alice; I was really wanting to spend more time with you." He complained, causing a ping of guilt to go through Alice's heart. Maybe she was just a little too harsh on him; maybe she should apologize and let him stay after all.

"Oh well, you can make it up to me tomorrow." He's voice suddenly chirped and, leaning down, Boris placed a gentle kiss on her cheek. For the third time since leaving Castle Heart, Alice blushed, causing Boris to chuckle teasingly.

"Bye bye, Alice~ make sure to give those to Mr. Lizard for me." Boris cried in a sing song tone, already running back towards forest path and disappearing in the darkness. Noticing that he wasn't holding the cans of cat food, Alice looked down to see that Boris had, at some point, put them all on the ground at her feet.

A smile instantly found its way on Alice's face as she leaned down and picked up one of the cans. It had been pretty amusing when Vivaldi forced the cat food on Boris. At first it had only been one can but, after being forced to eat it, the Queen was under the impression that he actually enjoyed it and forced a dozen or so more on him. Alice had done her best not to laugh at his distressed expression but, remembering it now, Alice couldn't help but let lose a few giggles. Poor Boris. Using her apron as a basket, the girl piled in as many cans that she could carry and entered Clover Tower with the pleasant thought of spending time with Boris in a few time change.


I do have more ideas for Boris, it's just I need ideas on how to start those ideas. Remember, I will take requests on who you want Alice with and situation you want them in.