Kid straightened his hair once again, and walked up to the huge, symmetrical heaven that was his house. It was a normal day; he'd gone out with his one friend, Maka, to get a drink in town, as he always did on a Saturday, and the weather was sunny as usual... Nothing was different. Just the same cycle called life, going round and round. Since Maka had come into it just a month ago, however, it had been less tedious and appeared to have more of a purpose... He still had a few small issues of his own, personal issues, but mainly his life wasn't too bad. It wasn't as awful as it could be.

He came to a sharp halt at the large double doors, and was about to push them open; but he then noticed something. There was a note taped to his door, unmistakably his father's handwriting. His eyebrows raised a fraction, expression still calm and somewhat bored, and he removed the note from the door to read.

'I got you a present, Kiddo, I hope you like it!'

Kid immediately opened the door in curiosity as to what this present was. Or, more accurately, how symmetrical it was.

But when he saw what it was, his golden eyes widened in shock.

"A cat?" He said loudly, as the doors closed behind him. He stared down at the large cage in front of him, and suddenly frowned upon realising why his father had got him this. A few days earlier, he had finally confronted his father about how he got lonely, relieving him of that stressful burden slightly- and, though he apologised, he explained how there was nothing he could do. Kid already knew this, and as usual his father wouldn't provide him with any useful information... But, was this cat really just a pathetic apology?

He groaned quietly, and took a deep breath. This cat wasn't exactly anything special, not anymore. It was just a bad attempt at an apology.

Bending down in front of the cage, Kid sighed, and removed the blanket half-concealing the feline below. But, when he did, he came face to face with possibly the tiniest, most adorable kitten he could ever imagine. Even Kid couldn't prevent a smile creeping up his lips. His gaze softened slightly, although this was only for a split second, before he immediately went back to frowning. It was cute, and it was perfectly symmetrical- so, he shouldn't have had a problem with it- but it was still no excuse for his father never being there for him. Sometimes Kid wondered why he'd ever wanted to be a parent at all, if he couldn't even be around him... But, he'd learned to ignore this over the years, and simply try to adapt. This was life as Death's son.

Tossing this thought aside, he let the cat out of the cage, and allowed it to walk out, long white tail swishing behind. It's big, blue eyes were looking up at Kid, and the long, light fur spread out around the cat's face like a lion's mane, somehow made the kitten's face look smaller and cuter.

He seemed to want something, although seeing as Kid had never had much experience with cats, he wasn't entirely sure of what this was. Nor did he know why the cat had suddenly meowed.

"What do you want?" He asked coldly, yet quietly, as if not to startle it. Obviously, he received no reply, and so he decided to simply feed it instead with a packet of biscuits by the cage.

He somewhat hesitantly held his hand out, a generous amount of small biscuits rested on his palm, and let the kitten eat from his hand. All that was running through his mind was, 'I'll need to wash my hands after this...'

And so, though the first encounter wasn't the best, the cat (who Kid had eventually decided to name Death The Cat) later became a slightly bigger part of Kid's life. At first, he'd strongly disliked it, but as the weeks went by his hatred towards it weakened. And, eventually, he grew fonder of it. So he wasn't entirely alone now... But for what was next to come he'd wish he was.

Cliffhanger sort of..! Yeah sorry if this chapter was kinda boring, but I sort of felt like Kid is a cat person and I wanted to put that in. I dunno if he'd call it Death The Cat (don't ask) but he seems like he'd have a cat, ish... As usual, thanks for the reviews and etc, it means a lot to me- and also feel free to comment any ideas you have, and I'll do my best to include them! Awkward Neko out ^^