Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts.

Rating:K+

Warnings: Unless you're afraid of fluffy things…

Spoilers: Uh, no? Well uh actually yeah but if one reads fanfiction one should be prepared for spoilerage.

Type: One-shot (almost 2,000 words!)

Now everyone who hid last chapter, you can come out now. This one is safe. And I forgot to put this up – like twice.


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Kairi liked cats more than dogs. Sora and Riku liked dogs more than cats.

Two against one. Right?

"Awe look at this one Riku!" The excitable brunette said, lifting up the furry creature.

"Me-row!"

"Sora you're suffocating it." The silver-haired one said plainly, watching his friend and lover embrace the kitten much like a worried mom would after her child had been missing for a year or two. He knew how that poor cat felt.

"But look at it! Look!" Sora said, shoving the cat in Riku's face.

The cat was giving him a pitiful look that was just oozing the words 'save me'. Riku took a step back. "I can see it."

"Kairi'll love it!"

Riku tilted his head, skeptical. The little fur ball was white with black strips, similar to a zebra he supposed. And it had gold eyes. That little creature would be wandering around in the house at night, light glinting off the eyes. He could already picture it: he would wake up one night to pee or something and stumble upon these yellow glowing eyes; in the next instant, that cat would be dead, spine crushed by his keyblade.

Of course, Sora didn't see that. All he saw was the fluffy fur and a cute face. Riku sighed and then smirked. "He looks like a cross between a nobody and a heartless. Let's call him Noless."

"You're mean!" Sora said, bringing the cat against his chest protectively. "So is that a yes?"

He took one look at Sora and knew no matter what he said Sora was getting the cat. He recognized that look, that fierce determination that took down walls and heartless and an overbearing princess or two. He sighed. "Sure, why not?"

"Yay!"

As they were walking away from the pet store, kitten in hand, Riku couldn't help but ask, "Why are we doing this again? We don't even like cats."

"Because it's Kairi's birthday and she does." Sora responded in an exasperated tone that implied he had answered this more than once.

"It's not my fault you forgot and had to half-ass an idea."

"Hey, this is not half-assed! It's brilliant, she'll love it and you forgot too!"

"I didn't forget I was just… busy." Riku said, letting his eyes wander to the grass.

Sora bent over looking into his eyes, a playful smile on his face. "You forgoooot." He taunted.

Riku glared. "Oh shut up! And give me that cat before you crush it into mincemeat!"

"Never!" Sora danced away. "Mr. Fluffelkins is mine!"

"Mr… What?!"

"Well, that's a girly name right? And since Kairi's going to name him it'll probably be that and I might as well get used to it now."

Riku's jaw dropped open in horror. "No, I refuse to have a cat be named something so... cutesy! It should have a cool name! Like Scythe or Killer!"

Sora chuckled. "You're joking right? Those are lame."

"Fine," Riku snapped, suddenly grabbing the cat from Sora's arms, "Hello Noless."

"Riku!"

Of course, Kairi loved their gift. And Riku became well acquainted with the litter box and the food bowl while Sora's best friends were pieces of string and toy mice and Kairi spoiled the poor thing to death with cat treats galore.

He knew they should have gotten a dog.

He supposed it wasn't that bad. Only when their little bundle of joy decided he needed to sharpen his claws on the new furniture, or wanted to mark his territory on the nice carpet or needed something to hunt and decided a sleeping Riku's hair was appropriate.

A nice Labrador would have been nice. Obedient and easily trained not to pee in the house.

Yes, he could be the sweetest little thing, when he wasn't scared of the sound of thunder and decided hopping onto the book shelf and knocking down picture frames would save him or that he was just so bored he needed to chase birds that were outside by climbing up the blinds and curtains.

Ok, how about a German Shepard? At least they're fierce and protective and probably wouldn't cause any damage!

It was true that he could be the most calm tempered cat unless of course, he decided he wanted to take a nap in the middle of the hallway during the night when all the lights were off and Riku – being, well, Riku – woke up before the sun came out and accidentally stepped on him and he got prissy with you for not seeing him.

Just a little Chihuahua then? They could tie it up outside and he'd never accidentally step on it.

Words like, "Oh, he's the best cat ever!" could possibly become a reality it he didn't leave painful scratches down Riku's arm when he tried to stop the evil animal from attacking his shoe laces or didn't shed black and white fur all over his nice clothes, especially prominent on important days like job interviews. What was he applying for? Animals-R-Us? Yeah, right.

He saw a wonderful hairless terrier for sale not to long ago. If they hurried, she might still be available and she wouldn't attack anything that moved in a pendulum motion.

He was so cute to when he didn't try to claw up your leg to get to his dinner faster, or decided he was unhappy at you for not sharing your steak or chicken with him and was set on glaring and growling at you for the rest of the night, only feeling like he got his rightful revenge once he's peed on your side of the bed.

Maybe he could barter with King Mickey for his dog. Pluto was always happy to see you and would settle for any old scraps, even just the bone.

At least when night fell, after a nice round of sex, all was quiet. There was one advantage to not having a dog and that was nightly barking. The three lovers would be asleep and their little devil ball of fur would prowl silently around the house until he, too, collapsed for a four-hour nap.

Of course, all was well until:

"Awe Riku, Sora help! Heartless!"

He was half-awake; already Sora was jumping out of the bed, nearly sending him tumbling out by the rough motion similar to an earthquake. "What where?! Hold on Kairi!"

Riku could already see the blinding light of the keyblade brighten up the room, stronger than any sun. The silver-haired man could only groan and shut his eyes tightly, but of course he could still see it from behind his eyelids. The keyblade should be banned from light. Sure, it looked cool, appearing with awesome array of circles and colors and falling glittery pieces that mimicked shooting stars right before you went unto a serious fight that quiet possibly you might never come back from, but at night, when he was attempting to get at least the eight hours of sleep he never seemed to get anymore, it should just go to hell.

He turned over, shoving the blanket over his face and called out, "It's just Noless. Go back to bed!"

And he thought he was going to be the one having trouble adjusting.

"Oh yeah…" Sora said sheepishly, scratching the back of his head. "Sorry Riku."

He glanced back, letting only his eyes show, as he responded. "Just get rid of that." He pointed to the soul-bonded nightlight.

"Oh, right!" The keyblade disappeared, with – Oh, guess what! – another display of light and Sora got back into the bed.

"You're just a little trouble maker aren't you Noless." Kairi said, as she walked back into the room. It wasn't long before she settled back down as well. Minutes passed, and it wasn't long before Riku heard both of them breathing evenly again.

But, naturally, after being so rudely awakened, he couldn't sleep. He turned on his side, seeing Sora and Kairi across the bed, resting peacefully. He sighed and was about to get up, knowing it would probably be hours before he did fall back into his dreams, when suddenly he felt a small disturbance at the end of the bed which he knew could only be Noless. (Hey, at least he got to name the damn thing and Noless was a cool name, if only because Kairi, Sora and he were the only ones who understood it. Noless was just one more thing that connected them.) Riku didn't dare move, knowing Noless' tendency to spring on anything that shifted under blankets, which led to having a lot of sex on-top of them. It wasn't very arousing to have claws being stuck in your feet. Trust him, he knew.

The cat demon began to walk up the bed, so quiet and lightly that not even the springs made a noise. He was walking between himself and Sora. He waited as the cat became level with their heads. Noless sniffed the chosen Keyblader's cheek, whiskers tickling his face. Sora just mumbled some gibberish and turned his head away. Then Noless turned his head and Riku became locked in a staring contest with the devil himself. Their cat didn't move for a few minutes, and then he took a few steps closer and settled down next to Riku.

He sighed again. Looks like he was stuck here until – Wait, what was that? It was an odd, rumbling like noise that should have been horribly alarming but was oddly comforting. Noless was… purring? He knew cats could purr, but ever since they had gotten this cat, he had begun to believe that Noless had been born without the right muscles in his voice box.

Riku shut his eyes, listening to the alien noise. It was such a strange sound, but it was easy to like. He'd heard a lot about a cat's purr, how it was often used to make tense people relax. He doubted it was true though, it wasn't making him feel any different. He knew those science experiments were all a bunch of rubbish.

When Riku opened his eyes again, sunlight was streaming in through the window, he could smell breakfast cooking wafting in from the kitchen, as well as very light humming and Kairi was snuggled up against him, dozing. Noless was gone. With a glance at the clock he saw that it was already well into the morning and he had, amazingly, gotten almost eleven hours of sleep.

Maybe having a cat wasn't so bad after all.

"Ah, Noless!" Sora suddenly cried. "Stop it! An apron is not for playing with!" Riku couldn't stop the grin coming to his face. It looks like their little devil pet has decided to find a new human to torture.

No, having a cat was perfect.


A/N: Do I even have to tell anyone this was dedicated to my cat? She's quite evil truthfully but I still love her anyways. (Now how it got to be from my cute gray girl cat to a black and white boy cat is… questionable.)

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