YAAAAY the Romantica chapter! :D

hope you like it ^^

(apologies for mistakes and possible Akihiko OOC)

Aikawa burst into the apartment and was about to have another go at the author when she saw him asleep on the sofa with the kitten tucked in his arms, resting peacefully on his chest. Her anger died down a little and she crept towards Akihiko, pulling out her phone to snap a picture before scribbling a quick note and leaving the apartment.

Misaki woke to the sound of the apartment door closing and quickly opened his eyes, worried that his new owner had left him. The cool hands on his body reassured him that he hadn't been abandoned and his green orbs studied his new owners face, he was a handsome man with his chiseled features that seemed to somehow soften as he slept. Misaki tried to wriggle from the man's arms but got his tail caught and tumbled onto the sofa with a cry. Akihiko started awake, feeling something wriggling against his leg he jumped from the sofa only to see the kitten had got itself tangled. The author reached down and gently lifted the kitten up, Misaki instantly stopped struggling as Akihiko held him up and as they stared at each other Misaki felt a strange sensation in the pit of his stomach. He looked down just as he began to pee all over Akihiko's shirt. The man jumped back in surprise and dropped the peeing kitten onto the floor, covering both of them in the stinking liquid.

Misaki dipped his ears and looked down at the now ruined floor in shame, he hadn't meant to pee all over the man, he just hoped he wasn't too angry. His bushy tail wrapped itself around Misaki's legs and small, sad mewling sounds filled the apartment. Akihiko quickly pulled off his shirt and looked down at the obviously embarrassed and upset kitten. He sighed and walked over to the bin, throwing his shirt away, not wanting to wait for the cleaner to collect it. "Misaki."

The kitten's head slowly looked up at the sound of the man's voice and he bent down to pick up the damp kitten. "Let's get you washed."

At the sound of being washed Misaki felt both nervous and excited, he'd seen other kittens being bathed and they seemed to enjoy it. As Akihiko set him down on the closed toilet seat, Misaki watched in fascination as water began to fill the tub, he wanted to jump straight in but knew he shouldn't. He'd already caused Akihiko enough trouble.

The author didn't fill the tub very deep and made sure it wasn't too hot before lifting Misaki up over the water and hesitating. Cats didn't like water, did they? Would Misaki react badly? He looked at the kitten and saw his ears twitching in interest, nothing about him seemed nervous so Akihiko slowly lowered him into the water. As soon as Misaki's paws touched the surface of the water he began to wriggle, eager to play in the water. Akihiko took his wriggling as a sign that he didn't like it so quickly pulled him away, but as the wriggling increased Akihiko tried to soothe the kitten. Misaki heard his owner making soothing noises and looked up in confusion. Was he upset? Did Misaki wriggle too much? The kitten quickly stopped wriggling and pressed his nose to Akihiko's chest, in his own way of apologizing for being so troublesome. Akihiko smiled down at him. "Good boy. Let's get you clean now." Akihiko, even slower this time, lowered Misaki into the water.

Misaki stayed still this time, not wanting to annoy his owner, but still just as eager to get in and play. Once Akihiko had let go Misaki began to splash around and he leapt around in the tub, making happy, chirping noises. Only then did the author realise he had nothing to clean the kitten with, he only had human shampoo but he suspected he shouldn't use that. He fished his phone from his pocket and called Aikawa, demanding that she bring him loads of cat supplies if she expected him to look after the damned cat. Misaki stopped playing at the author's words and looked up, hurt and confused. What had he done this time to deserve being the 'damned cat'?

The silver-haired man slammed his phone shut and put it back in his pocket only to notice Misaki was staring up at him, his ears drooping and his eyes looking sad. "Don't you like the bath?" Seeing the concerned expression on his owner's face, Misaki decided to push away the feelings and he began splashing around again, soon lost in the game. Akihiko rolled his eyes and sat down on the tiled floor to watch the kitten tirelessly play the same thing over and over, though somehow Akihiko realized he didn't find it boring at all.

"Sensei! I brought the supplies now get to work!" Akihiko looked round and saw Aikawa breathing heavily, carrying three full bags of cat stuff. He reached out for them and Aikawa handed them over, he quickly found the shampoo and squeezed some onto his hand, not entirely sure what he was doing but how hard could it be to wash a cat? "Misaki." The kitten paused in his game and saw the author's hand coming towards him with some weird white stuff in his palm. The kitten backed away and tried to run but slipped in the water. Akihiko rolled his eyes and set a folded towel in his lap, lifting the kitten out of the water and onto the towel. Misaki shook his fur and suddenly something cold was bring rubbed into his damp fur, he yowled and tried to run away but Akihiko held him in place, making sure the smother the kitten in shampoo, avoiding his ears and eyes. "Sensei you should be more gentle with him. No wonder the poor thing's scared."

The author glared at his author and placed Misaki back into the tub, ignoring the upset mewling from him. "He's fine. He's just having a tantrum."

Aikawa raised her eyebrows and laugh. "So it's true that pets resemble their owners." Akihiko splashed some water behind him, not even bothering to look.

"Get out. I'll call when I've got the manuscript done."

Aikawa wiped water from her face and scowled. "You better get it done because my neck is on the line and this just lowers your reputation."

His owner began to rub the strange smelling stuff off of his fur and he felt more relaxed, he looked up and began to purr happily. Misaki pressed against Akihiko's hands and was again lifted from the tub, only to me wrapped up warmly in a fluffy towel and patted dry.

Still in the towel, Misaki was carried under Akihiko's arm as he also took the bag Aikawa had left him. He sat the bags on the table and placed Misaki down carefully on the sofa. "Here's your bed." He pulled a small cat bed out from a bag and set it down on the floor by the sofa. The author unwrapped Misaki and set him down in the bed. After that he began to search through the bags to see what else Aikawa had bought for him. Misaki watched his owner with minor interest but before long his eyes began to droop and he soon fell into a deep, peaceful sleep.

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next chapter is up to you either Egoist or Erotica - YOU CHOOSE! ^^

ta-ta for now :)