"Don't you have anything better to do?" she hissed.
"He does now," the boy from earlier spoke from behind the dog demon. The dog quickly turns around to land into the boy's fist. He grabbed the dog by the hair and throw him away from the girl. "Beat it mutt." The dog demon wimpers, not wanting to deal with the boy again. The girl looked at him.
"Thank you…again," she said. He smiled.
"Come on…I'll take ya in."
"Why?" she smiled curiously. He smirked back and began to walk back to the apartment.
"Because I'm tired of saving your tail," he replied smartly.
"I don't ask you to save me…" she answered as she follows him, transformed back into a small kitten.
"No…" he replied. "But what would have happened after the fact he caught you for once?"
"They've already caught me before…" she said, looking away.
They arrive at his apartment. He unlocks the door and lets her in first. She goes inside and immediately changes into her true form. He looks at her.
"You might want wanna lose the ears and tail, or change back…" he suggested. "This isn't the garden of edan."
"Right…" she said as she concentrates hard. Her tail and ears disappear. "Better?"
He flings his jacket over her naked body.
"Now it's better," he smirked.
"Hey!" she blushed angrily. "I've been a cat for the longest time! I didn't think there was a point in carrying around my clothes. Besides, it would look weird if a cat was carrying around a backpack anyways!"
"Do you want to expose yourself?" he asked as he covered her mouth gentally.
"Sorry…" she said quietly. He shook his head.
"Now…you were saying?"
"I have a backpack with my clothes in it."
"And you're sure it's still there…?" he asked, looking at her.
"Yes," she nods. "It's where nowhere humans go."
"For now, use a robe I have in the closet there," he said as he pointed to a door. She walked to the closet and pulled the robe around her. "Now…where are your clothes…?"
"There's an abandoned building downtown. It's off limits for humans for some reason. There's DO NOT CROSS TAPE all over it. Something about being hazardous. In the second room on the right…there's a hole in the wall."
"Second room on the right…I'm on it," he said as he opens the door, then turns to her. "Just don't get into trouble?" She smiled and nodded and he left the building.
"Well…it's better than a tree…" she sighed as she sat on the bed and looked around. Suddenly, there was a pounding on the door.
"Hey Roger! Where's my rent? It's due day today?"
The girl looked around frantically, not knowing what to do. The poiunding continued.
"Come on kid, what's taking so long?"
She gritted her teeth, but stands and goes to the door, opening it and smiling sweetly.
"Hello."
"Uh…" an older man, partially bald and on a heavier set, is caught off guard. "Hi…and who are you?"
"I…um…my name is Kayame," she answered.
"Uh…yeah. Is the kid home?" he asked, with a light Italian accent.
"No, I'm sorry. He ran out for a minute to grab some things. He'll be back soon though."
"So…" he leans on the door frame. "You his girlfriend or something…? He asked, looking her up and down.
"Um…" she said, fighting back a laugh. "Not exactly no…I'm just a friend of his."
"Uh-huh…look kid, I don't mean to 'intrud' on anything but is there any possibility he left some money laying around for rent?"
"Um…" she thought for a moment. "No. I don't think he did. He has it with him."
"Alright," he sighed in frustration. "And hey…uh…if you even need a 'room' here's my card." He said as he flipped her a card and walks down the hall.
"Well…" she looked after him, then the card, closing the door. "He was….nice…"