Chapter 3: Don't feed a Neko Catnip!

"~Kaname" Zero called to the sleeping brunette all warm and snugged in his large king size bed. Yet, Kaname was unmoving, deep in his sleep like a hibernating bear.

Zero stared for a moment before leaning closer and stopping just above Kaname's left cheek and without hesitation licked from Kaname's jaw line right up the edge of his ear and within an instant, Kaname jolted awake, face flushed like a ripe tomato.

"Morning Master~" Zero smiled.

Kaname's face flushed a deeper red when he realized that Zero was straddling his hips with no article of clothing on. "Z-Zero, where are your clothes?"

"Oh, I took them off." Zero answered in a completely normal way.

"W-Why?" Kaname asked, his eyes were staring at the limp muscle between Zero's legs with caution as well as curiosity.

"Because I always sleep naked."

Kaname didn't know how to react to that but he was lucky that he was able to convince Zero to sleep on the couch that night, since god knows what Kaname would have done to a defenseless Zero.

"Um Zero…" Kaname started, moving awkwardly beneath Zero to an angle where the silver haired neko wouldn't notice a slight bulge in the sheets underneath him.

"Yes…" Zero smiled again.

'Damn that smile.' Kaname thought before speaking. "Could you get off me?"

Zero stared at Kaname closely, that smile on his face never disappearing. Kaname felt that Zero was somehow reading very thought in his mind. Yet, something like that was impossible…right?

"Alright," Zero finally answered as he got up.

Kaname visually sighed in relief when the weight of Zero's body was off him and he didn't waste no time quickly gathering up his towel and heading toward his adjoined bathroom, but before he entered he turned to Zero once more.

"Ah, Zero"

Zero looked up toward Kaname with innocent eyes. "Yes?"

"M-Make sure you put something on, okay?"

Zero nodded and watched as Kaname closed the bathroom door behind him. Zero stared at the door for a bit before his smile turned into a smirk. "Next time Master, you won't get away from me so easily." There was a playful mirth in Zero eyes as he hoped from Kaname's bed and made his way to the kitchen to cook up a breakfast that his Master would have dreams about.

Once Kaname had finished his shower and gotten dressed in his usual business wear, he made his way over to the kitchen where he was surprised to see Takuma, Kain, and Aidou all sitting at his kitchen table. Around the table itself was a feast of western style breakfast delights. Kaname found it rather odd that his friends appeared earlier than usual but he didn't question the matter as the delicious aroma of blueberry muffins on the table hit his nose and with one bite, Kaname was in heaven. The taste was amazing and the blueberries were fresh, Kaname couldn't remember the last time he had a homemade meal.

Kaname looked up over his muffin to survey his friends who were oddly very silent and staring off in the same direction. Kaname, bewildered as he was, turned to the direction his friends were staring off into and what he saw –literally- made Kaname choke on the piece of muffin he still had in his mouth.

Zero, who was in the kitchen frying up some eggs, was in a frilly apron. Yet, that wasn't what had all four adult men red as an apple, what did was the fact that Zero had nothing underneath. So, when Zero turned his back to them you could see the round plumpness of his ass.

Zero turned toward the males after feeling their eyes on him. Zero saw the flushed faces and smiled as innocently as he could as he extended out his hand that had the plate of eggs. "Would anyone care for seconds?"

All four men quickly adverted their eyes. "N-No thank you, we had our fill."

Zero shrugged his shoulders and merely went back to cooking in the kitchen.

Kaname sat down on one of the kitchen table chairs with a sigh. "So, what's on today's agenda?"

Takuma cleared his throat before answering. "Well we have a brief meeting with T-Corp. this afternoon, after that we have to review the stocks from last and this month. Then we have an important dinner meeting with Gin Tomoki at six."

Zero's ears perked at that and a frown appeared on his lips. "Master is having dinner outside?"

Kaname turned to Zero. "Why are you upset for Zero?"

"I wanted to surprise Master with a homemade dinner tonight."

Kaname felt a sudden surge of guilt hit him when he saw Zero frown. Kaname rubbed the back of his neck and sighed. "I may not be able to make it in time for dinner, but if you were to make me some dessert then I guess that will be okay."

Zero's face immediately perked up at that and Kaname couldn't help but smile at that look on his face. In fact, Kaname couldn't help his eyes from traveling all about the young silver haired neko's frame.

"Earth to Kaname" Kain called to his friend, whose eyes traveled down to the small nubs clearly visible beneath the white fabric of Zero's apron.

Kaname blushed slightly before cooling his features to stare at his friend. "Yes?"

"If we don't hurry, we will be late for work."

Kaname immediately started when he realized the time and after stuffing as much as he can of the muffin into his mouth, he rose to his feet. "Zero, I want you to behave while Aidou watches you while I'm at work."

"What!" Aidou shouted in shock.

"Today is your day off isn't it Aidou?" Kaname asked.

"Yes, but why do I have to watch him?"

"Because out of us, you are the only one with experience in dealing with animals." Kain added.

"Kain, you're really not helping." Aidou spat at his lover who merely shrugged his shoulders. "I may have had one or two cats, but I never once dealt with a neko."

"I'm sure it's not so hard." Takuma reassured.

"Says the people who think they know it all." Aidou murmured to himself, then looked over to Kaname again. "What am I suppose to do with him all day?"

"You brought the things I told you to, right?" Kaname asked.

Aidou nodded and looked over to the small bag of cat toys and treats he brought from his family home at the request of Kaname.

"Then use that and your all set."

"But…" Aidou started but his pleas were falling on deaf ears as the trio bid their goodbyes and left.

As soon as the trio was inside Kain's car, Takuma looked over to the passenger side where Kaname was sitting and spoke. "You think it's okay to just leave Zero in Aidou's hands?"

"Yea, I don't see the harm in it."

Kain shook his head. "You really give my cousin to much credit."

"That's rather mean to say about your lover Kain." Takuma pointed out.

"Not if you know Aidou like I do." Kain answered honestly. "I love the guy but he can be rather clumsy if left unattended."

"But, how bad can he be when he is just watching Zero." Kaname inquired.

"I don't know but if you come home to a bizarre sight, don't say I didn't warn you."

Kaname and Takuma exchanged a worried look amongst themselves. Kaname, most of all, was concerned about the possibility that he had made the biggest mistake of his life by leaving Aidou to watch over Zero.

-0-

Aidou and Zero stared at one another in silence. Both were sitting across each other at the kitchen table. Zero was still in his apron but this time he had the modesty to put on one of Kaname's button up shirts and boxers underneath his apron. Yet, even with Zero's modesty there, the two were still very awkward around the other.

Aidou looked from his tea cup to Zero then back again. "You-ah…make great tea. Did you brew it yourself?"

"Not really, its only instant tea." Zero answered.

"I see…" There was another awkward pause before Aidou started again. "So, um…this maybe kind of awkward but have you and Kaname-san…well, you know…"

"Had sex?" Zero finished for the blonde haired boy.

Aidou blushed out of embarrassment before nodding.

"No, we have not."

"Do you want too?"

"Of course. I want to ravish his body until he is weeping and beg-"

"Alright, that's enough." Aidou interrupted as he covered his ears with his hands.

"You wanted to know."

"Yea, but not in detail."

There was another pause before this time Zero spoke up. "What's in the bag?"

"Oh, this?" Aidou questioned as he brought the bag onto the table. "It's just a few cat toys and treats I brought from home."

"Can I have a look?"

"Yea, sure." Aidou handed Zero the bag for him to look through. Inside was several small balls with tiny bells in them, a long wand with a string at the end, a fake mouse toy, and a bag of treats.

"What's this?" Zero asked pulling out the bag of treats.

"That's cat treats with catnip inside."

"Catnip?" Zero titled his head a little and stared at the treats for a bit then looked up at Aidou. "What's that?"

"It's a plant that cats usually like to nibble on."

"Is it good?"

Aidou shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know, it only works on domestic cats. So, I don't know if it'll work on you too?" 'Even if you have cat genes in you.'

"Can I try one?"

"Sure, what harm could possibly happen?"

Zero smiled as he opened the bag of treats and almost as soon as he opened the bag, a sweet aroma assaulted his nostrils and began making his mind go fussy.

"Ah, Zero…" Aidou called. There was something odd about the way Zero was looking now.

Yet, before Aidou could even think about stopping Zero, he had already consumed the entire bag of treats and after a few seconds of utter silence, a smile came across Zero's face as he stared in Aidou's direction.

"Hey, Aidou?"

Aidou swallowed. "Y-Yes…"

"Let's play Cowboys and Bandits." Zero spoke. Face flushed like a cherry tomato, words slurring like a drunken old man. "I'll be da Cowboy and you'll be da Bandit. So, ya better run or I'll get ya."

"Oh, shit…" Were only two words Aidou could utter silently to himself before he ran like hell in the opposite direction, a drunken silver haired neko eagerly chasing after him.

TBC…

Poor Aidou, he's going to suffer greatly at the hands of a silver neko high off of catnip *smiles evilly*...anyways, all I wanted to point out in this chappie is the clear chapter title change, which I changed it from cat food to catnip -mainly because cats really do get high off of catnip, plus it makes perfect sense this way-

So, please enjoy this chapter as much as you can and look forward to the next update, which is Chapter 4: Never leave a Neko near a Fish Tank!

As always please drop a review and tell me what you think.

~Dia