The next morning, Alan awoke to find himself lying alone in bed again. Figuring Fangurl was up already, the neko got out of bed as well and walked into the living room. He found her standing in the kitchen looking out the window and watching it snow. Alan strolled over to his owner and wrapped his paws around her waist.

He felt her gently place her hands on top of his paws as he buried his face in her neck. "Do you hate me for what I did Fangurl?" Alan asked.

"Why would I hate you for what you did?" Fangurl wondered.

"Because I kissed you and touched you," Alan replied as he nudged his face against her shoulder.

Fangurl turned to Alan and placed a hand on his face. She stroked his fur before whispering "You think that just because you kissed me that I would hate you? Alan, you are my neko, and I love you. I don't care if you want to have feelings for me."

"But I want you to love me as much as I love you," Alan muttered as he ran his paws through Fangurl's hair. He leaned forward and kissed her lips gently. Pulling back a little, the neko continued "You don't know how long I've been in love with you, and how long I had to wait to be able to do what I did last night."

"How long have you been in love with me?" Fangurl wondered as Alan ran one of his fingers over her lips.

"Ever since I first met you; back when you were eight years old. I've been in love with you for ten long years, waiting and hoping for a moment when I could tell you that I truly loved you more than just a neko. When Claude took me away from you, I cried every night because I missed you so much. Then when you found me again and told me about Ronald, it hurt my heart because I wanted to be the only one who got the privilege to love you. I know I'm just a neko, but I promise to give you all the love I have inside my heart," Alan explained.

Fangurl said nothing for several moments. Alan figured that she would want to send him to an adoption center now that she knew her neko loved her more than just in terms of a pet-owner relationship.

Looking at Alan, Fangurl stroked the fur on his chest before reaching down to take one of his paws in her hands. The neko watched as she traced one of his scars with her fingers. Alan remembered getting that scar; that one was from when Claude had cut him for writing Fangurl's name on the floor near his bed.

Fangurl took her neko over to the couch and sat down. Alan seated himself on top of her lap cautiously, before feeling the girl's gentle hand stroke his back. The neko rolled over onto his back so he could look up at his owner. Fangurl glided her fingertips over Alan's abdomen and heard him begin to purr loudly.

She moved to let Alan lay on the couch underneath her as she continued to rub his stomach. Fangurl then pressed her lips against the neko's as she kissed Alan lovingly. He ran his paws over the girl's back in a similar way she had done it the previous night.

Fangurl then lay down beside Alan and laid her head on his furry chest while the neko kept his arms tightly wound around her. "Alan, you must understand that I love you so much, but I don't know yet whether or not I love you like you love me," she whispered.

Alan closed his eyes tightly and asked "Will you ever?"

"I don't know," Fangurl honestly answered. The neko allowed two tears to slip out of his eyes and roll down his fur.

"Why didn't you come look for me during those five years I was gone?" Alan wondered.

Fangurl looked up at him. "Alan . . ." she started.

With his eyes still closed, the neko said calmly "Just tell me why Fangurl."

"I did come look for you. I wanted to find you and bring you home so that I knew you were safe with me," she replied.

Opening his eyes up, Alan said with tears forming "Fangurl I needed you and you weren't there. There were times when I would cry for you and scream for you to come help me, but you never came. There were nights where I cried myself to sleep and called for you quietly to hold me and tell me you loved me, but you never came."

"I know Alan, and I'm sorry, I truly am. I know Claude hurt you, but I will never let it happen again, I promise," Fangurl responded quietly as she stroked the tears off of the neko's fur.

Alan turned over and faced away from Fangurl as he continued to cry. "I needed you. He tortured me and hurt me, and I would scream for you to come and save me. You must have been too occupied with your boyfriend to even care," he cried before running into the bedroom.

The neko fell onto the bed and curled up. For one moment in his life, Alan didn't care if Fangurl came and lay by him or not. Images of his owner with Ronald began to circulate through his mind and it made him cry harder.

It felt like hours had passed before Alan stopped crying. He lay there in bed was about to fall asleep when he felt warm arms wrap around him. Turning over, he hurried closer to Fangurl's body. The neko began to cry again as he whispered that he was sorry to his owner. Fangurl simply quietly shushed his tears, as she gently stroked his fur.

"Alan, listen to me," Fangurl softly said. The neko quieted his crying as he felt Fangurl scratch behind his ears. "You must understand that I looked for you as long as I could, but after two weeks, Uncle Will made me stop looking. I wanted to find you, but I was forced to stop. I love you so much and would do anything for you, please believe me." Alan closed his eyes and buried his face into her shirt.

"I do believe you," he muttered. Fangurl lifted his face up and kissed his lips. Alan felt a purr grow in the back of his throat as he lip locked his owner.