JUNJOU TERRORIST

VI

THE KISS

One morning Miyagi dropped the "I think you should take another bath" comment during breakfast, and Shinobu's tail lowered down around his leg. "I don't like bath" he murmured back, looking at his plate, licking the jam from the corner of his mouth. But after taking a nap and while Miyagi worked in the living room, Shinobu inspected on his own the white tiled room. He opened the door and sniffed the humid air, he touched the soft towels and proceeded to run and sit at the floor next to Miyagi.

After he petted him softly, Shinobu went back to sniff the bottled shampoo and conditioner, running again to Miyagi's side for some petting and like before, after some couple purrs he continued on with his inspection. Turning the facet on he let the water run, it was warm and wet as he remembered. "It's not that different" he thought, comparing it to the small pots with water for Miyagi's plants. "Anyway, this can't be that bad if Miyagi does it every day".

Shinobu's ears twitched, Miyagi, he could hear, was engrossed in his work. "Fine..." He went back to close the door, he looked at the lock, pushed it, but a second later he changed his mind and turned the knob to unlock it. But then he locked it again, to finally unlock it yet again. "...who cares!" He grumbled, moving onto undress while the water heated up in the tub, then, copying Miyagi's steps he scrubbed himself with the soap, massaging his scalp with the shampoo. Strangely it didn't feel like when the old professor had done it, "-Hmm... Am I doing it wrong?" He wondered trying to move his hands like him. "It didn't look so hard when he did it...mmphmp" he pouted and grumbled deciding to just rinsed it off. Slowly, he pressed the hose switch, the water came down quickly wetting his toes first, making his whole fur stand on end. But he couldn't let the soap dry on his skin, so he gritted his teeth and bare with it.

The moment he was finished he run to the bathtub and plunged himself deep inside. "Cooooorlld" and he stayed there, remembering Miyagi's caresses. Part of him wanted to call him, his other side shut his mouth with prideful cheekiness. "I don't need his help" he thought stretching his long legs. But the moment he tried to get out the chilled wind threatened to break his resolution. He tried many times, the cold room only proving too much for him. "Mmooooooorrr meeeeeeeoooooowwwwrrrrr" he mewled loudly, over and over again till the door opened and Miyagi appeared as angry as possible. "Why the hell are you...?!" He growled, but stopped the moment he saw nothing but a pair of ears peeking from the bathtub "Shitty brat, what do you think I am?"

Truth to be told, Miyagi's heart had never being so elated. "How much cuter could the kitten get?." So he took a towel and surrounded the kitten's lithe body with it. But, when he turned around to leave another mewl called him, "carry me!" The kitten demanded, a vein popping up instantly in Miyagi's forehead, "walk! You have legs"

"No!"

"Walk right now!"

"Hisssss" insulted Shinobu moved out of the tub and walked to Miyagi's room, tail rattling indignant, he climbed to the bed and shaking the water off, he wet completely the covers. "You freaking brat!" growled behind him the old professor.

Seconds later Shinobu was dry and clothed in his pet bed, laundry drying in the balcony. "Forget about your treats, today you'll have none" Miyagi growled, Shinobu wrinkled his nose but never looked at the professor's eyes, his tail still fluffed up. But as the time pass by his sensitive ears would twitch and turn following the Professor's activities, his tail between his legs, listless.

Miyagi was focusing so much on his work he jumped in surprise when something soft and warm brushed against his knee. Looking down he found the kitten, pouting, brows furrowing and tail switching slowly, repentant. "I'm hungry" he murmured, surrounding Miyagi's leg with his tail. "... I'll make dinner in a moment" Miyagi's heart ached deep inside and he wondered if it was because of the kittens sad face or his honest tail. "Go put the table and pick up the laundry". "Okay..."

Miyagi followed him with his eyes, the kitten did as told, putting the plates, taking the laundry in and folding it carefully to finally sat down in his chair, waiting for his food, still quiet with his tail listless. "Dinner will be ready in a moment" he said lifting himself from the sofa and moving to the kitchen, there was beef and potatoes with avocado salad, he heated it up and served in two plates. Turning he saw the brilliant gray eyes, tail shifting in broad circles, expectant. He passed the plates and sat down, the kitten still waited, his nostrils flaring at the tempting smell, but he remained still in his sit. "Itadakimasu" the professor said clapping his hands two times, the kitten copied him properly and then started to eat, devouring with gusto the juicy meat.

"Hey kiddo since I already bought you some clothes why don't you stop using mine?"

"Mmmm" Shinobu's ears twitched and his nose wrinkled

"Come on, finish your meal and go change, you'll feel better on those ones and I bought them specifically for you so..." Miyagi said moving his hand to emphasize it.

The kitten finished his meal, cleaned his plate and went to the bathroom to brush his teeth. Then he moved in to Miyagi's room and took the plastic bags with name tags spelling "Shinobu" there were 5 plastic bags and 3 shoe boxes. He was already using his slippers, the other two shoes where out waiting for him to need them to go out with Miyagi again. For a moment he wondered what had happened with his other shoes and his ripped pants, but the thought vanished quickly, the bright colored bags drawing his attention.

Back at the dinning room Miyagi was finishing his meal. "Cheeky little Brat" Miyagi thought hearing the loud purring coming from his room, he lifted his plate and moved to the living room to continue on with his work, but the moment he sat down a half naked kitten came running to his side. It took Miyagi a few minutes to realize there was a problem with the jeans, no hole for his tail basically. So they cut a slit for his tail on each one of the the jeans.

It took them 2 hours for Shinobu to try all the clothes, playing with the combinations and Miyagi cutting, attaching fabrics and teaching him how to put on shirts and shoes, Shinobu had being using only t-shirts for all that time so he didn't know how to do buttons.. By the end Miyagi picked 1 outfit for him and he put all the others in Miyagi's empty side of the closet. Shinobu new the emptiness was a rather new situation, he had seen Miyagi put everything on boxes labeled "Risako" he didn't know why but he dislike it even thought he couldn't understand what that meant exactly.

Returning to the living room Shinobu jumped on to the couch, "Thank you!" he beamed hugging Miyagi as tightly as he could and kissing him full on his lips. The kiss was short and innocent, Shinobu just pressed his tender lips against Miyagi's smoky ones, the sensation thou, sent shivers all over Shinobu's back making him close his eyes and blush lightly, tail curving towards his back.

Miyagi too felt a shiver running through all of his spine, Shinobu's kiss was rather innocent and inexperienced, but he still felt his heart burn and electricity run through all of his body, making him for a second think what he wanted to do to the kitten, what he desired. Shocked he pushed the kitten away from him, Shinobu's eyes were clouded, his cheeks rosy, his ears laid down and his tail listless. But then noticing Miyagi's reaction he tensed up.

"What the hell was that?" Miyagi spat angrily

"A kiss" retorted Shinobu trying to sound indifferent, his heart trembling

"And why the hell did you do it?" Miyagi tried to calm himself but the thumping in his heart was not helping

"Stupid, Pets do it" responded Shinobu sitting down straight, in the sofa, Miyagi looked back at him shocked "What?"

"I saw it! On the tv!" explained Shinobu pointing at the television "It said Pets are lovers, I thought you…""No! Don't think, I'm not going to!" interrupted Miyagi shouting

"Why?!" questioned Shinobu turning to see him, his voice betraying his feelings

"Why what? You're a kid it's stupid to even think…"

"I'm not a kitten! doctor said that I'm growing up quicker than others" interrupted Shinobu this time his fists clenching at his knees, his brows furrowing deeply, his tail standing on end, desperate

"You're a boy!"

"I'm a pet!"

"I'm not using you and that is final!"

"Why?! You're my owner right? You must! Or are you going to leave me then? Are you going to leave me behind?" cried Shinobu standing up, tears clouding his eyes

"No its not, I'm not your owner, the Dean is… I'm not…" Miyagi felt his heart tighten at the sight of Shinobu's tears, he wanted to take care of the kitten and he had wanted to say that he was never going to leave him behind, but it was true, Shinobu's was not his.

"But you promised!" cried out Shinobu and run in to the bathroom locking himself inside, Miyagi sighed, the moment was completely ruined. Miyagi bite his lower lip

"Shit!" he wanted to hit the wall, the sofa, everything around him but most of all he wanted to kick himself; the teary face, the desperation and sadness in Shinobu's voice he would not be able to take them out of his mind.

Authors note: See? Still working on it : D Hope you are in for some drama cause the next chapter(s) will have a fair amount of it, hehehehe D