Everyone turned their heads to the stairs. There, hitomiko stood, with arms cross and glaring at the children.
"Why aren't you guys in bed?"
"ah...w-we're"
"well..." Hitomiko smirk. A red vein has already popped on her head.
"ah..." everyone moved their eyeballs away. Avoiding the glare. Cause, the glare will definitely make them confess.
"I'm waiting.." to bad luck was not on their side. Looking away from the glare worked, but the tapping was another thing. They have to confess.
"h-hitomiko-san..." Clara step out of the group.
"We went shopping the whole day." Rhioone said.
"without notifying?" One of Hitomiko's eyebrow went up. The rest back away. She was getting mad. Everyone gluped. Gazelle went forward.
"uhm..."
"I've never heard of a new orphan coming here. Who are you?" Hitomiko asked. Her anger subside.
"ah...o-ore wa..." Gazelle could feel his legs shaking. He did not know wheather to tell this woman, who everyone feared, about his true self. A voice came from somewhere in the group.
"Gazelle is a neko-mini!" Burn stepped forward. Hitomiko, even more confused, questioned,
"Neko-mini?" Burn looked at gazelle. He stared at him back. Then, nodded. Gazelle popped his ears out of his hair and lift up his shirt to reveal his tail wrapped around his waist. He uncoiled it and put his shirt down.
"I-I used to be the neko which Reize took to the orphanage. The next day, I found myself to be a neko-mini. Everyone went out to buy for me clothes to wear. I'm really sorry for the inconvenience."
"so...let me get thius straight. You are actually a cat. Somehow, you transformed into a neko-mini overnight." Gazelle nodded.
"I have no idea why I believe this." Hitomiko mumbled to herself, but gazelle heard it with his cat ears.
"Don't worry! I won't give much trouble! It's the girls who you should be angry with!" Gazelle told her with a smile on his face.
"the girls huh?" Hitomiko smirk again and turned her head to the girls. This gave the girls goosebumps.
"g-Gazelle-sama!" They shouted.
"Sorry, I know you've been good to me, but honesty is the best policy." Gazelle looked at them with puppy dog eyes. He even gave out his cute voice.
"so cute." The girls fainted again. Hitomiko sighed. Looking back up at gazelle. She questioned,
"well, do you have a place to stay?"
"uhm...i.." the neko-mini stuttered.
"he doesn't." Burn spoke. Why is he always the one to speak up for gazelle! The boys thought.
"well then, you may stay here. Since we've already adopted you."
"Thank you!" Gazelle brighten up, "ja, where do I sleep!"
"uhm...We could set up a new room for you. You guys." Hitomiko called the boys.
"h-h-hai!" they straighten their posture.
"get ready-"
"We'll do it! Madam!" With that, they dashed up the stairs to an empty room.
"wow..." Burn mouth hanged open. Hitomiko smirk.
"That's years of taking care of them." She grined. Gazelle and burn looked at each other. Gazelle gulped. His life would not be so easy with hitomiko taking care of him.
Midorikawa had just finished putting on the cover of the pillow.
"Done!" He grined. He place it on the bed, "finish!"
"of course you'll finish earlier than the rest. You're in charge of the bed!" hiroto complained. Midorikawa grined again, giving hiroto the thumps up. Hiroto pouted and turned back to folding the clothes and placing them in the cardboard. At that time, burn and gazelle opened the door.
"Gazelle-sama!" Midorikawa ran to him and took his hand, " please try the bed." He pulled gazelle towards the bed.
"lie on the bed, gazelle-sama!" He gave gazelle a friendly smile. Gazelle was already getting crept out by midorikawa's hyperness. The too many smiles that was widen to from ear to ear. The smile that when shown by a torch under the chin. You would get crept out.
Gazelle shivered. He sat on the bed and laid down. Slowly, his eyes closed and he fell into a deep sleep. He turned his body. His back facing the window. Gazelle purred.
"Wow...what a fast sleeper." Midorikawa said.
"lets leave this room. We don't want to wake him up." Burn commented. Everyone nodded. Heat and nepper opened the toilet door and came out.
"whew!" Nepper wiped the sweat on his forehead.
"What were you two doing in the washroom?" Diam asked.
"hehehe...n-nothing!" Heat and nepper answered.
Neither the children want to know nor find out the answer. They sweatdropped and left.
Burn was one of the last person to leave. Standing near the doorway. He turned his head back to face the sleeping neko. Burn smiled for real for the first time. Seeing a peaceful neko-mini smiling in his sleep. He was super cute in his position. Giving on last glance, he closed the door without a sound and walked down the hallway.
Gazelle's eyes fluttered open. He sat up and rubbed his right eye. He turned his head side to side. Wondering where he was. Oh yea. I fell asleep in this room. He glance at the floor. There were a few shopping bags filled with clothes left on the floor, sockets unplugged and the air conditioner's cover was place on the table beside it. A rug hanging on the air-con.
They must have left when they found out that I was asleep. Gazelle feel embrass. He stood up and went to the toliet to wash his face, but decided otherwise when he stepped into it. It was far more worst than the room. Toothpaste were all over the place. In the toilet bowl, the bathtub, on the celling even on the mirror. In short, everywhere. Gazelle's temper started to boil and 3...2...1.
"AHHHH!" He screamed. Everyone stopped eating at the dinning table and ran upstairs to gazelle's room. Burn slamed the door opened.
"w-what! What is it!"
"t-t-this!" Gazelle pointed at the toilet. Everyone rushed to it and,
"wa!" Everyone excliamed.
"This must've been the new record!" The boys exclaimed except for nepper and heat, who were standing at a corner looking guity. The boys turned their heads and pointed an accuse finger at them. Gazelle turned his head around. His face turned red. His tail waved up and down. Gazelle looked up and gave nepper and heat a death glare. Nepper and heat gulped.
"bye! We have to go now!" They said and rush out.
"NEPPER! HEAT!" Gazelle chased after them.
"Stupid nepper and heat. In just a few minutes i've lost you two. Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid!" Gazelle mumbled. Somehow, nepper and heat got away from the chase. Now, gazelle was walking down the hallway looking for them. Opening door by door, in hope to find them, but no.
Burn, at that time, too was walking down the hallway. He was actually asleep but woke up by gazelle's screaming and rushed out. After gazelle chased nepper and heat out, he went back to bed to get some sleep.
No, he's awake. Yawning each time he past a door. Dam, he was tired. He only got two hours of sleep. Which, to burn, was not enough for him. He rubbed his left eye. All of a sudden, he saw a figure peeking into a room. It's tail waving up and down could easily tell that it's gazelle.
"Gazelle!" He called. The neko-mini turned his head to look at the person calling him.
"Burn!" He ran towards him, "What are you doing here?"
"I took a few winks. You?"
"You know the answer." Gazelle put his hands into his pockets. He pouted. Burn grined at this.
"Still trying to find nepper and heat?" burn just could not stop smiling at this. It's cute that gazelle was really trying to find nepper and heat. Gazelle did not know that nepper and heat were really good at hiding. He laughed. A red vein poped on gazelle's head.
"What's so funny!"
"y-you're so dumb." Burn wiped a tear froming at the side of his eye. Gazelle pouted and turned his head away. A "hump" sound came from his lips. "Gomen. Gomen. I take back what I said. Ok?" He tried to persuded him. Gazelle "hump" again and crossed his arms.
"Ja, if you really, really hate me. You can hit me if you want." gazelle ignored him. Burn tooked gazelle's wrist and started using gazelle's hands to hit his head, "I'm meant to be slap! I meant to be slap!"
"h-h-hey!" Gazelle pulled away, "ok. Ok!" He turned his head away and walked forward. "I forgive you." That made a smile on burn's lips.
"alright. Since you can't find nepper and heat. Lets have a rest. I bet you're tired after all the walking and looking."
"ok."
Done!