The next morning Lovina groggily rolls over in her sleep. She didn't want to get up, but she had a shift in the afternoon, and being late meant getting lectured by Mr. Beilschmidt, and then Gilbert being an ass to her and boasting about how he was more "awesomely professional". For some strange reason she didn't want to leave her bed. It felt extra warm, and even more comfortable than usual. She shifts in her bed and feels something soft, and moving closer she cuddles into it. She was nice and relaxed until she felt something stroking her hair which is if wasn't creepy and so sudden she might have enjoyed it.
Lovina slowly opens her soft amber eyes and is met by a pair of soft blue ones and with a scream she moves back, covering her chest with the comforter. "W-who the hell are you..." she looks around to find Americat. "And...where's my cat!" she tries to move back but went too far and nearly fell off the bed. She closes her eyes expecting to fall on the floor, but instead a pair of arms wrapped around her waist, saving her. She looks up and the stranger is making eye contact with her again. This time, he gently smiles.
"Lovina...?" he looks down at her with a soft smile. He lifts her up, sleeping her cuddle into him. She tries to punch him, but he stops her. "Relax...it's ok~ This angel appeared and now I'm just like you~ except...he looks down at his male human form. "We have differen-"
"Don't you dare go there" Lovina turns dark red. "Just...stop where you're going with that sentence" She tries to squirm out of his hold. Unfortunately it's all for nothing.
"Who are you?" she frowns at him.
"I'm your cat, Americat~ " he chuckles. "Don't you remember when I was a kitten and would curl up on your chest?"...hey wait...where are you going?"
Lovina gets the phone and calls in for work, before dialing another number.
"Kiku?...It's lovina...I don't know who else to ask this, so can you get over here? Something happened, and I don't know what to do...and...could you pick up male clothing?" she turns and eyes the one who claims to have been her cat. "just a baggy t-shirt some jeans and underwear...no not used" she sighs and gives what she estimates his measurements to be.
After that she hangs up."How did you know all that?..." she blushes remembering that Felicia was the only one who knew that she fell asleep with Americat in the room. He smiles at her with a weird twinkle in his eyes.
"Because that was me~"
Kiku and Heracles walk to the door, and without knocking Lovina opens the door. "T-thank you..." she steps out blushing. "I...I...I don't know what happened...I fell asleep with Americat in the room, and then when I woke up some guy was in my bed claiming to be Americat." she cringes, feeling violated. "I-I'm not going back there until he's wearing clothing" she blushes.
Heracles shrugs before going into the apartment with the bag of clothing and within a few minutes walks out.
"He's dressed...don't worry..." Heracles yawns. He opens the door more to reveal "Americat" in a t-shirt and jeans. He smiles at Lovina before jumping over and hugging her. Kiku looks over at the two in a confused way. Yes, he had read manga that had this, but never did he expect to witness a scene where a real life cat became human. His mind wanders to the many possibilities as to how this could have happened. He then clears his throat before looking over at the blonde male.
"It's...unusual for this to happen..." he pauses and looks at "Americat". He definitely has all of the featured the cat had, like the blue eyes, the ahoge, and even the glasses corresponded with the weird marking under the eyes. "But...it might be likely..."
"W-what?" Lovina looks at the male and then Kiku. "N-no...w-why now?" she starts to tear up. Not only did she just go through a break up, but now her cat was human? She didn't know how to feel about it all.
"I'll make tea..." Kiku walks into the kitchen space while Haracles, Lovina and "Americat" go into the living room and sit down. Lovina sits in a chair, Heracles on the couch, and "Americat" almost sits on the floor but goes to a recliner instead. Americat looks at Lovina with a small hurt expression.
He had hoped that when he became human, he could take her in his arms, and everything would end well. Instead, they awkwardly sat in the living room, while Kiku made tea.
"Here...this will help" Kiku hands Lovina a small cup with steam coming out of it. She nods her thanks and takes a slow sip. "Now...I really don't know how to help out" paused to look at Americat. "What happened to you?"
"Oh well last night I made a wish crawled back into Lovina's bed, and then woke up like this" Americat chuckles while trying to get comfortable on the seat. He didn't like how he couldn't curl up anymore, and his legs felt rather awkward. After all how could someone used to walking on all fours get used to walking on two legs? "I saw this angel who explained to me what I had to do to stay this way~" He smiles more. "And as the hero I plan to stick to it~"
Lovina facepalms, wondering if her cat really was this weird.
"Now Lovina-chan...what do you think would be best?" Kiku clears his throat, and looks over.
"Uh...well..." she frowns. "D-damn it...how are we supposed to keep him around...he has no birth certificate, or ID for that matter..."
"I...know someone..." Heracles speaks up in a sleepy tone. "He'll make...an ID...and certificate..." he yawns cuddling into Kiku. "We could...see him...later" he turns over and closes his eyes.
"But what about now?" she frowns.
"Perhaps you could get him some clothing?" Kiku looks over at Alfred who is boredly scratching at the seat, even if his fingers were less sharp than his claws. "And help him learn how to be more human?"
This was going to be a long day.
Lovina walks down the sidewalk while holding her former cat's hand. He stares at everything as if the public world was something new. His blue eyes filled with the curiosity of an explorer, as Lovina helped navigate them through crowds of people who gave no second thought to them.
"You're really good at this Lovina~" he smiles at her causing her to blush. "W-wait...Lovina wait" he stops and looks at a display at what appeared to be a military themed store. He looked in at the bomber jacket the way a child looks at a desired toy. "I-I...I really want that" He turns to Lovina and gives her the biggest pout he could.
"It's warm out idiota" She rolls her eyes.
"But Lovina~" He whines. "It looks like the ones in those shows brother and I watched when you were away~" Lovina facepalms realizing why the television always was on the history chanel when she left the kittens home alone. "Please~" he begs.
"We'll see the price, ok?" She sighs and he drags her into the store.
"Woah~ this is like the history chanel but better~" he looks around at the various trinkets and clothing items. "Oh right~ the jacket" he smiles and goes over to it.
An older woman walks out of the back of the store and notices Lovina and then him.
"I see you're interested in that." She has a small forced smile. "That was my husband's back then." she moves closer tears starting to build up. "He was a really great soldier...fought in both theaters...god rest his soul" she sighs before trying to smile. "Do you like it?"
"Yeah~" Americat smiles at her. "I think it's really cool~"
She softly smiles at him. "How about this, if you promise to treasure it, then you can have it, no charge, but do promise to visit."
"Will you tell his heroic tales?" his smile grew as he looks at the jacket that was now his.
"Of coarse dearie" she starts to feel cheerful now. "You know...you remind me of him...when we first met. He was such a sweetheart, even though he grew up during one of the worse economical disasters...he was always smiling." she looks at Lovina. "Feel very lucky to be with a man like him, alright honey?"
Lovina starts to blush more. "W-we're not dating..." she bites at her lip and looks away.
With a smile Americat slips on his new jacket, and thanks the old lady with a hug. She smiles at him, before offering to tell him more about the heroic things her husband did, however Lovina said that they had to go for now.
"Come on" she drags Americat out of the store. "We have to go find that guy who'll help us..." she sighs and starts to walk to the one place she never expected to go to.
"Look...we need identification for him...can you do it?" she nervously looks at Morgens, who was most likely checking on one of his more suspicious profits. He looks at Lovina before raising an eyebrow.
"Can't Antonio help you?" he coldly asks before going back to his business. Lovina starts to tear up, feeling like her voice would break.
"N-No...he..." she sniffles and looks away.
"He's a bastard who cheated on her with his best friend's sister."
Morgens lets out a small laugh as he looks at the former cat. "Fine...but don't think much of it..." he stares at the two in an intimidating way before setting up his laptop and a camera. "Now smile..." He smiles and the picture is taken. "The name you want? "
Americat pauses to think. "...Alfred" he smiles remembering hearing that name once. "Alfred F..." he trails off.
"Jones..." Morgens completes the thought. "It's a more common last name. "Harder to specifically tack down. Now...your birthday?"
"July fourth" Alfred grins, remembering that day on the history chanel.
Morgens nods and fills out the rest, deciding that Alfred was going to be born in a town that recently lost all its records in a fire. He may have been a drug dealer, but Morgens wasn't stupid, in fact he could be pretty sly when given the opportunity. He knew that if they checked they wouldn't be able to prove or disprove that Alfred was born there, and so it was the perfect plan.
When he was done, he hands Lovina the documents. With a small frown she leans up and quickly kisses his cheek. "G-grazie...idiota..." she sighs.