"Sorella~ Sorella~" Felicia runs into the apartment with an excited look. "D-did Antonio do it yet...?" she was oblivious to them breaking up. "S-sorella...ve? who's that guy?" she looks at Alfred who grins at her.

"uh...that's Alfred...a...friend..." she blushes while looking at Alfred.

"Come on dude, I totally used to be your cat~" He laughs while patting Lovina's shoulder. "Yeah, I used to be that cat,but an angel let me be human~" he laughs when Felicia lets out a confused 've'.

"Stop confusing her, idiota" she frowns at him. "Look, sorella...it's a complicated story..." she sighs and tries her best to explain how their cat was now human. She left out the part where she broke up with Antonio, and the parts she was crying. After all, Lovina still had her pride left.

"But...why?" she tilts her head in confusion. "Why did Americat want to be human?" she looks over at the smiling male before starting to blush. "I-I mean...I don't mind you're human too b-but..." she was trying to figure it all out. "Isn't being a kitty fun~ Sleeping in, rolling around and playing with other kitties?"

"That was fun~ but I love being human too" Alfred chuckles. "I get to enjoy more food, and best of all~" he smiles and wraps an arm around Lovina. "Nobody is going to mess with her now~" In the past, when someone upset Lovina in front of Americat, he tended to scratch them at the very least. One time he bit Francis, but that was it. He is just that protective of Lovina.

She sighs before pushing him away. She just wasn't fond of physical contact like that. Felicia was the giggly, bubbly and very cuddly type, but Lovina wasn't like that. After rejecting his hug, he holds her closer, despite the small subtle protests (plus he wasn't too great at reading the atmosphere sometimes). "Alfred...no."

"But Lovina~" he pouts at her in that cute little way. Felicia lets out a small happy 've~' but it silenced by a swift but effective glare Lovina gives her.

By the end of the day, Lovina was exhausted, and all she wanted to do was lie down in her bed. The cozy tomato sheets were calling to her, and she got into her pajamas, and slipped right in. She desperately was wishing that she could fall asleep, and what happened would just turn out to be a dream. Yeah...she wishes and wishes, but try as she may it was all real.

She sighs and tries to get comfortable, failing to realize the second body next to her, until she roll onto his chest.

"A-alfred...?" she looks up to see his smiling blue eyes. "What are you doing?..."
"I'm tired, and I usually sleep here..." he smiles at her more. He didn't get that as a human it is awkward for him to sleep in the same bed as her. "Come on Lovina~" he pouts, and pouts more when she says no. "Please~?"

She sits up and blushes. "Then I'm sleeping on the couch." She glares at him one last time before storming out of her room, and slamming the door.

Alfred frowns as she walks out, wishing that he could cuddle with her the same way as before. He had wished to be human just for her, and it seems like no matter what he did for her, she would always be mad at him. Feeling rejected, he sulks in her bed, hugging one of her tomatoe plushes close to him, and even if his sense of smell was dulled down, he could still somewhat take in her scent, something that still comforts him.

Lovina stares up at the ceiling, with a small glare. 'How dare he take the bed from me...that perverted bastard' she tries to get comfy on the couch, but it was too small for her liking. She didn't like the feeling of having to curl up on a small couch, as if she's a small child. She has curves, and wasn't some petite little twig of a woman, thank you very much. She tosses and turns, until she falls into an uneasy sleep.

She tosses and turns in her sleep, which nearly causes her to fell off the couch several times. With a soft sigh, Alfred scoops her up, and carries her back to her room. As a hero, he refused to let her fall asleep on something so uncomfortable. He gives her one last look, before retreating to the cold angry couch. He didn't want to sleep on it, because as a human, it felt uncomfortable, but he would do this, if it meant Lovina was able to sleep comfortably.

After minutes of trying to fall asleep, he gets bored, and pokes the remote control to turn it on. The first chanel he went to was the history chanel, and immediately became glued to the current special: the possibility of Aliens. His blue eyes fill with a child like sense of wonder as he gazes at the screen, and each word is touching a more personal level. No, he can't say he had an alien encounter, but he wishes he did.

"That's so cool..." he smiles, and laughs at the various theories that scientists were presenting. He leans forward and accidentally presses a button. "Ohmygoshdudeno" he jumps back as he had just changed the television to a chanel, which was currently playing the original Nightmare on Elm street. "W-what...nooo...don't get him in his sleep...dude...why" he starts to hold the pillow close to him, crying.

"What are you doing..." Lovina walks in sleepily rubbing her eyes. "You're kidding me right?...this old crappy movie..." she sighs, and changes the chanel back to the history chanel. "Just...stop...I'm trying to sleep" she frowns at him. "Let go of me damn it..." she blushes when he embraces her again. "All I did was turn that lame movie off...nothing to crap yourself over..."

"Wait...Lovina..." he looks over at her. "Please watch this with me?" His blue eyes start pleading her to sit down next to him. He shifts the blanket so that he could share it with her. Lovina lets out a small sigh, and sits down next to him, blushing when he wraps the blanket around her form. She thinks herself crazy, when it feels like he was almost trying to pull something on her, but a half second later, her rational side tells her that he would never think of her in that way.

With her luck, she thinks he's just going to leave and find some stupid ditzy blonde girl. She bites at her lip, feeling a small pain, but knows one day she'd have to accept his departure. Setting aside all this, she keeps wondering why she even cared. He was supposed to be her cat, maybe at most friend or acquintance, not anything romantic.

He grins at her, then goes to wrap an arm around her shoulder, and cuddles into her. "I'm so excited Lovina~" he laughs. "We finally get to see this new special together~" he is oblivious to how that sounded to the Italian, who starts to blush a million shades of red. "Except...the guy they're interviewing is creepy as hell...I bet that Anya chick's related somehow, since they both are scary..." he frowns as the announcer, does a brief into on the soldier, who spoke with a very think accent. Alfred frowns at him, as he talks about what his part in the second world war was, and what he did in both theaters, but barely talks about when he went home.

Alfred zones out, and cuddles into Lovina until they start talking about something that interest him more. Then his attention is drawn to a few of the tales from some American soldiers who had served.

"Lovina?" He looks up at her with a soft smile. "Don't you think it's great what they did? Well not the creepy guy...but the heroes~" he grins. "It's more than the metals and the awards...it's seeing the smiling faces of the countless people who got saved."

"You're kidding me, right?" she frowns at him. She can't believe how childishly naive he's being right now. Plus, most, if not all of her family was from Italy, hell, her grandfather's side could be successfully traced all the way back to the days of the Roman Empire. The point in all this was that a few of her family had died in that war, and him saying they had to die to keep some of the most annoying people she had ever met alive, had rubbed her the wrong way. She crosses her arms and turns away from him.

"Lovina?" He hugs her feeling bad now. It took him a long time to be able to do, but as a cat, he was able to tell when she was upset. Those "senses" may have dulled down a little , but to some degree he was still able to do it.

"Look...Now's not the time...let's just got back to sleep...I have work tomorrow, and Kiku is being nice and letting you stay with him."

"Got it~!"

The next day Alfred goes with Kiku and Heracles to their place. Yes he had been in a car plenty of times as a cat, but now with sitting on the actual seat, and wearing the seat belt, something Kiku insisted on, Alfred felt really weird about it all. He looks out the window in an excited way.

Heracles chuckles at his cat-like sense of wonder, but dozes off as he enjoys the nice warm rays that the sunroof of Kiku's care let in.

When they get there, Alfred smiles at the house. It was the perfect combination of both of the couple's tastes. There was a small pond, with koi fish in them, and adorning the bamboo groves were some columns and a few ancient Greek-inspired statues.

"Dudes...this is amazing" Alfred smiles and looks around.

"Thank you Alfred-san." Kiku softly smiles. "Heracles, I'm going to prepare some tea, make sure Alred-san doesn't get into any trouble out here."

Heracles nods and kisses Kiku's forehead, before going over to Alfred.

"Hey...I know the perfect spot...nice to lying down...and relaxing..." He guides Alfred to a small grove with a large tree. "Have you...heard some of the stories...?" he lies under the tree and gestures for Alfred to join him. "This fruit...it's said that..." he trails off and yawns under the warmth that he was getting from the sun. "Persephone...was tricked...into eating the fruit...from this tree" he gestures up to the fruits that hang ready for picking. "But...that meant she was to be stuck with Hades...however...a deal was made...and she only stays with him...for a few months...winter...when she returns to her mother...then that's when spring begins..." he yawns and stretches, before fully relaxing.

"Just a fruit...wow that sucks for her..." Alfred muses out loud, as his hand brushes against one of the fruits. "But why her?...didn't she have a hero?" he couldn't help but ask this. He looks over and sees that Heracles is already napping, and a few kittens have decided to sleep on his chest. He smiles at the kittens, and relaxes, finding the warmth of the sun too relaxing.

After a while of napping, Kiku comes out and brings them tea. He was with Heracles for a very long time, and so by then he full well knows all of where his love would be. He smiles and places the tea down, causing Heracles to wake up.

"Hey...I was...showing Alfred...some nice resting areas..." He smiles and nudges Alfred awake.

"Dude...this is the best sleeping spot ever" Alfred sits up and rubs his eyes, before putting his glasses back on. "Thank you" he accepts the tea, and drinks some of it, immediately burning his mouth.

"Careful Alfred-san, I just made the tea, and so it's very hot." Kiku nervously smiles.

Alfred nods and lets the tea cool down, then he's able to fully enjoy it. "So anyway, you guys have an awesome place~" he smiles.

"Ah...thank you Alfred-san. You see, Heracles and I have worked very hard for it. I design games, and help do translations, while Heracles goes overseas, and helps with excavations." Kiku looks over at Heracles, who is sipping his tea.

"Are you two mates?" Alfred bluntly asks.

"H-hai..."

"It doesn't bother you two, that you can't have kittens of you own?" he asks, with curiousity.

"W-well..." Kiku trails off feeling uncomfortable.

"Alfred..." Heracles begins. "Kiku...and I...we both know that it's...frowned upon...but...we couldn't careless..." he yawns. "Sometimes...things just happen...I met Kiku when I was with...family."

"Yes, I was studying abroad..." Kiku adds while blushing.

"We...bonded over architecture, and soon that friendship...bloomed into something else...but I have no regrets...I don't care what anyone thinks...they can all...go with Saqid...to..." he trails off yawning, and falls back asleep.

"Sorry dude, I just...but I'm glad you two are happy~" he smiles.

"Thank you Alfred-san. Would you like to come in for snacks? Heracles is going to be napping for a while, and Lovina-chan wouldn't be happy if I let you sleep all day."

"Sure dude~" and with that they went inside of the house.

The house was like a perfect compliment of the yard, once again combining both cultures in a perfect harmony. Alfred looks around, but stops when he sees a case on the table. One of Kiku's games? He looks at it, and sees what appears to be a woman. However, she was in a very provocative pose, skimpy clothing that barely covered her bust and curved form, and parts of her had to be covered with a little black bar. Alfred blushes and puts the game down, before sitting on the couch and spotting a book.

"Hey dude?"

"Could you please call me Kiku-san?" Kiku blushes at how informal Alfred is being.

"Sorry...Kiku-san?" Alfred was confused now.

"My apologies, it's just where I come from...Japan, it's not respectful for strangers to act so informal, I do wish to be friends with you Alfred-san, but I'm not too comfortable with the western's lack of honorifics."

"Don't worry too much~" Alfred laughs. "I understand~" Kiku lets out a sigh of relief. "In fact, I don't really mind at all, not even the shoe thing." Earlier he was told to take his shoes off, which as a former cat, Alfred didn't mind. He prefered to feel his feet on the ground anyway. "Just..could you tell me what this is?" He points to a manga.

"Tokyo Mew Mew?" Kiku blinks. "It's about a girl named Ichigo, who one day is asked to help protect the world. She can transform into a cat...wait...you should watch it...would you like to Alfred-san?" Kiku softly smiles.

"Sure~" Alfred grins back, and Kiku gets out a dvd set, and sets up the series.

"I have to warn you...the western translations took out the name puns. Ichigo means strawberry where I come from, and so many of her attacks had the word strawberry in them, but, sadly her name was changed to Zoey. anyway..." Kiku gets some snacks for them. "I hope you enjoy this Alfred-san, and maybe you can visit more, and we can watch more anime?"

The show starts, and Alfred watches; he becomes instantly hooked as soon as the action starts, watching Ichigo and her friends. Occasionally Kiku explains what was lost in translation, like Zakuro, aka Renee's original mew mew weapon, or one of the many name puns the show has. While watching Ichigo and Masaya's weird romance, Alfred can't help but feel like he can relate somehow.

They continue to watch the series until Lovina comes back to pick him up. She shakes her head, not expecting to see anything less than what she walks in on. Alfred gives her a hug, and then thanks Kiku and Heracles before saying that he wanted to see the rest of the series, and then many more series.

As Lovina drives back to her apartment, she listens to alfred talk about the shows that he and Kiku watched, and for once she smiles about how much fun he had. When he goes to bed, she takes a moment to think about what was going on. Alfred was no longer a cat, and making friends quickly, but did this mean that one day he was going to forget about her and leave?

She felt a pain in her chest, and a tear stings her amber eyes, but she grits her teeth, and bears the pain, because deep down she didn't expect him to stay with her.

A.N Finally an update *sigh of relief*...and this hit over 3000 words 0w0

well enjoy~~