LITTLE FELIS

Collar


Saturday was a total day-off for Namine. It was a day when she could be free from all those brain-killing activities she had gone through days before, the day when she could finally get herself some peaceful rest, the only day when there was no college, no assignment, and no patience-taking costumer she had to deal with. It was her responsibility-free day.

At least, it was supposed to be.

"What about this?"

"Too big."

"This one?"

"Too weird."

"Then this one?"

"Too expensive?"

"How's this? I think it looks cool."

"Sora, that's a cone."

"I know. Just making sure that you actually look." The brunette grinned. "Wait here. I'll go looking for some others, okay?"

Namine sighed tiredly, slumping herself down on a nearest paw-shaped bench in the pet shop.

It was Saturday. It was her supposed-to-be day-off. But when a certain brunette came to her apartment and rang her bell repeatedly at nine in the morning with "I come to pick you up so we can buy a collar for the cat" and a puppy-look, she just couldn't refuse.

Namine groaned when she felt her stomach grumbling. She looked at her watch. It was half past two. It had been four hours since she had left home without breakfast and now she was at the verge of being hypoglycaemia.

She decided to call the day off and started to look around for her cousin. That was when her eyes laid upon a collar placed on the small counter at the far back of the store.

The collar was made of nylon with a traditional buckle that held it together. An identification tag and a strange-shaped star made of silver were hanging on an end. The collar itself was actually pretty simple with its black and white checker box pattern. But, somehow, something about it caught her eyes.

"Hey, that one's pretty good," Sora said, suddenly appearing beside her out of nowhere.

Namine slowly nodded. "It is good."

Author's Note:

Elizabethan collar, or sometimes called cone, is a cone-shaped medical device worn by animal that is used to prevent the animal from biting or licking while their wounds heal. Check google or wikipedia to see the picture of it.

And, yes, Roxas is a kitten, still. But he'll eventually grow up in the next few chapters.