Chapter 3: Sleeping

Ichi went to the bathroom and brushed his teeth. He was staring at his brothers' toothbrushes. They were clean. It felt pretty awkward to brush his teeth without his brothers doing the same thing. He continued brushing while looking at himself from the mirror. The brothers waited in the living room lying on the floor and resting peacefully. He looked at himself in the mirror and scratched his messy hair. He spitted the toothpaste and drank some water and spitted it also. After finishing teeth brushing, he went to the living room to look at his brothers. When Ichi saw their calm and sleepy and also super cute cat faces, he couldn't resist that look at all. Ichi was blushing a little but then it suddenly disappeared due to certain things that are unacceptable and also... pretty awkward. He went silently to the sofa next to them.

Ichi sat down on the sofa and looked at them with a calm and carefree face. He yawned and decided to get some sleep. After all, it was already ten o'clock. He went to the closet and took his sleeping bag and decided to sleep with his already sleeping brothers. He yawned again and set his sleeping bag on the floor.

Ichi got inside his sleeping bag and tried to close his gloomy eyes. Outside the house, there was a clear sky full of twinkling stars and a crescent moon. The moon shining light went through the window and made Ichimatsu to look at it. He looked at the shining light of the moon view seconds and closed his eyes again. Ichi was still thinking this days events:

"This has been a bizarre day for me. I wonder what I'm going to do with them from now on, because I do hope they aren't causing any problem. Though I have never thought that cats could be a burden to me, not to mention the ESP kitty. Let's see if I come up with something tomorrow."

Ichi's mind went black and finally got some sleep.

Ichi slept quietly through the whole night while his brothers were turning and rolling around like they were bored or something. Jyushimatsu was the one who was rolling the most, while the rest of them were touching each other with their paws. Jyushi kept rolling and rolling and suddenly stopped. He was sleeping next to his big brother who was sleeping quietly. Jyushi opened his eyes and looked around. He saw his brother sleeping and decided to sleep on his chest. Jyushi climbed on Ichi's blanket and landed peacefully. Ichi didn't feel a thing. Jyushi took the best spot while others were sleeping in a circle like format. Ichi started to move around while turning his hands from the left to the right. Jyushi was a sturdy fellow and was still sleeping in the same spot. Jyushi's mouth was wide open while sleeping. Suddenly Ichi set his hand on Jyushi's fur. The spot where Ichi touched was furry and warm. Jyushi started to drool while Ichi pet his fluffy fur.

It was morning. It was sunny and kinda chilly out there. It was 8 o'clock and Ichi opened his eyes. They were the same as always. He didn't see quite well because something was wrong. Someone was in front of him. He saw a cat's face. It was Jyushi's face. Jyushi held his paws on Ichi's nose. Ichi couldn't breath and was stunned by the awkward situation. He tried to rise up but his younger brothers attached to him like a parasite. This "parasite" was still sleeping and Ichi took him to his hands. That fur made him feel very comfortable and was delighted to see Jyushi's normal sleeping face. This was one those miracles that are often seen in fantasies and dreams. This cat loving person was satisfied to live a life like this.

"I guess, this is how it guys, for real…", said Ichi quietly to sleeping Jyushi and laughed a little. It wasn't an evil laugh but a warm and kind one.

Ichi went to the balcony with his sleeping younger brothers whose drooling had stopped. Ichi pajama was covered in sweat and drool... caused by Jyushi.

He opened the balcony door and the fresh and chilly air was released. Ichi didn't care about how chilly it was, because he was sweaty and the warm of Jyushi fur kept him warm enough to resist the chilly atmosphere. Ichi looked at the their neighborhood and felt the voices of the city. He saw four swallow flying above him. Suddenly Jyushi opened his eyes and looked at Ichi and said "meow". He probably said: "Good Morning, Ichi!"

"Hey there, Jyushi, did you sleep well?" asked Ichi with a smiling face.

Osomatsu,Karamatsu, Choromatsu and Todomatsu walked to the balcony to see Ichi who was carrying Jyushi, who just woke up. They looked pretty grumpy and pissed to see, why does Jyushi gets the special treatment instead of Ichimatsu giving the same to them.

Ichi looked at them smiling and went inside with them. It was breakfast time already. Ichi decided to eat the leftovers from yesterdays stuff. Ichi had an idea and was looking forward to it since his brothers are still cats. He made an evil grin while petting Jyushi with a peaceful attitude.