Hotsuma's kitty-cat tales: Kittens ...
Okay, I know you probably saw this one coming from a mile away which also means I don't have to tell you where my inspiration came from. Yep, these four sweeties:
In the back we have "Hail". Up front starting left to right (so start with the kittens with the white paws and chest) "Thunder", "Lightning" and "Rain". To be able to call them something during the week they were here we had to of course name them something. My brother called them after the weather phenomenon in which they had been brought here (yep, during a thunderstorm)
Disclaimer: I don't own Uraboku. This is just fan fiction.
Kittens …
“Oh my God! They are so cute!”
Hotsuma huffed. He didn’t see at all what was so great about the bunch of fleabags that had followed him home. Tsukumo, Toko, Shusei and now also apparently Lia thought differently if the girl’s scream was anything to go by. He watched how Lia picked up carefully one of the kittens, brought it eye level and then booped her own nose against the tiny animal’s nose. The white kitten released a soft mewl and reached out with one of its front paws for Lia, making both Lia and Toko squeal.
Hotsuma rolled his eyes. Girls, they were such easy targets.
Sairi kneeled down on one knee near the two tiger striped playing kittens and softly caressed their fur. One of the kittens immediately ceased its attack on its baby brother and hopped over to Sairi. It sniffed for a second at Sairi’s pants and then jumped and started to climb up Sairi’s leg.
Hotsuma grinned. Now the tiny devils had done it. There was no way in Hell Sairi ever let anyone ruin his designer clothes. A while back they had been up against one though Duras and it hadn’t been looking good for them, but then suddenly the Duras had managed to slice Sairi’s shirt after which the tall blond had gone into a frenzy and had as good as pummeled the Duras on his own.
Hotsuma started the countdown in his head. Three. Two. One.
Sairi bent over and plucked the tiny kitten of his leg. He brought it up and Hotsuma nearly felt his eyes bulge out of his head as instead of a stern lecture and a punishing slap, Sairi tickled the kitten’s tummy and called it with an endearing voice a tiny devil.
Hotsuma gritted his teeth. It was clear that the kittens possessed some kind of demonic force. How else would they have been able to seduce everyone at the Twilight Mansion this easily? Toko and Lia he could understand cause they were girls and Tsukumo adored animals but the rest of them? Tooma had run around like a headless chicken to only serve the kittens the best food in the nicest little bowls the resident cook could find. Aya had thrown the contents of a storage closet on the ground without a single care just so she could find the most soft and fluffy blanket to put in the kittens’ basket. Tachibana was currently parading around with one of the kittens sitting on the large rim of his hat and Shusei was sitting on the couch, reading a book whilst contently stroking the fur of a kitten that had the nerve to climb on Shusei’s lap and fall asleep there.
Hotsuma bristled. Little Devils that was what they were. And clearly he was the only one to see through their disguise. Well, he’d show them. He would save everyone at the Mansion. His tail flicked left and right over the ground as his eyes spat fire at the kittens that had the audacity to ignore him.
A low, menacing growl bubbled up out of Hotsuma’s throat but instead of the war cry a yelp of outrage left his mouth as one of the kittens had suddenly dug its small but razor sharp claws into his tail.
Hotsuma leaped to his four paws, turned around and hissed at the offender. The tiny black kitten tilted its head curiously to the right slightly and then straightened up and hissed back at Hotsuma.
“That’s so adorable!” Toko squealed, running over to the little puffed out ball of black fur and scooping it up. She gave the kitten a little peck on its head before her expression turned stern as she leveled Hotsuma with a glare. “Don’t frighten them, Hotsuma. If you didn’t want them here, then you shouldn’t have brought them with you in the first place.”
Hotsuma balked. He hadn’t asked the kittens at all to become the newest residents of the Twilight Mansion. They had just followed him home and inside, no matter how many times he had tried to chase them away by hissing at them during his trek back to the house.
“Don’t be so harsh, Toko,” Tsukumo’s calming voice sounded. “After all Hotsuma did bring them with instead of forcing them to fend for themselves out there.”
Hotsuma’s angry thought paused. He had completely foregone this simple fact. It was true that when he had come across them, they had all looked very hungry and ungroomed and there hadn’t been a single full grown cat in the vicinity.
Hotsuma’s entire posture sagged. How could he have been so horrible? All the kittens wanted was someone to love them and take care of them. Hadn’t he at some point craved the same thing? His golden cat eyes travelled over to where his partner was still reading contently on the couch. If it hadn’t been for Shusei …
Hotsuma shook his head. It was time to step up to the plate. Now it was his turn to create a home for those in desperate need of one!
A determined fire started to burn in Hotsuma’s eyes that all of a sudden widened as razor sharp teeth clamped suddenly down on one of his nipples.
“Oh my God!” Lia squealed. “It’s looking for milk! It must think Hotsuma is its mother.”
“That’s probably why they followed him home too,” Toko added.
Hotsuma however didn’t care. Gone were all his kind thoughts about the kittens and his good intentions. This meant WAR!
Fun fact: Despite male cats not needing nipples for nursing their offspring, they do still possess them. Both male and female cats possess the genes for nipples and since there are no real negatives to having nipples, evolution hasn't erased them for the male population. Yes, this also means male cats can also fall victim to breast cancer, but this only happens on such a rare occassion that for evolution it isn't enough of a reason to let male cats be born without nipples. Just like evolution doesn't care that the nipples for male cats are basicaly just useless :-)
In the back we have "Hail". Up front starting left to right (so start with the kittens with the white paws and chest) "Thunder", "Lightning" and "Rain". To be able to call them something during the week they were here we had to of course name them something. My brother called them after the weather phenomenon in which they had been brought here (yep, during a thunderstorm)
Disclaimer: I don't own Uraboku. This is just fan fiction.
Kittens …
“Oh my God! They are so cute!”
Hotsuma huffed. He didn’t see at all what was so great about the bunch of fleabags that had followed him home. Tsukumo, Toko, Shusei and now also apparently Lia thought differently if the girl’s scream was anything to go by. He watched how Lia picked up carefully one of the kittens, brought it eye level and then booped her own nose against the tiny animal’s nose. The white kitten released a soft mewl and reached out with one of its front paws for Lia, making both Lia and Toko squeal.
Hotsuma rolled his eyes. Girls, they were such easy targets.
Sairi kneeled down on one knee near the two tiger striped playing kittens and softly caressed their fur. One of the kittens immediately ceased its attack on its baby brother and hopped over to Sairi. It sniffed for a second at Sairi’s pants and then jumped and started to climb up Sairi’s leg.
Hotsuma grinned. Now the tiny devils had done it. There was no way in Hell Sairi ever let anyone ruin his designer clothes. A while back they had been up against one though Duras and it hadn’t been looking good for them, but then suddenly the Duras had managed to slice Sairi’s shirt after which the tall blond had gone into a frenzy and had as good as pummeled the Duras on his own.
Hotsuma started the countdown in his head. Three. Two. One.
Sairi bent over and plucked the tiny kitten of his leg. He brought it up and Hotsuma nearly felt his eyes bulge out of his head as instead of a stern lecture and a punishing slap, Sairi tickled the kitten’s tummy and called it with an endearing voice a tiny devil.
Hotsuma gritted his teeth. It was clear that the kittens possessed some kind of demonic force. How else would they have been able to seduce everyone at the Twilight Mansion this easily? Toko and Lia he could understand cause they were girls and Tsukumo adored animals but the rest of them? Tooma had run around like a headless chicken to only serve the kittens the best food in the nicest little bowls the resident cook could find. Aya had thrown the contents of a storage closet on the ground without a single care just so she could find the most soft and fluffy blanket to put in the kittens’ basket. Tachibana was currently parading around with one of the kittens sitting on the large rim of his hat and Shusei was sitting on the couch, reading a book whilst contently stroking the fur of a kitten that had the nerve to climb on Shusei’s lap and fall asleep there.
Hotsuma bristled. Little Devils that was what they were. And clearly he was the only one to see through their disguise. Well, he’d show them. He would save everyone at the Mansion. His tail flicked left and right over the ground as his eyes spat fire at the kittens that had the audacity to ignore him.
A low, menacing growl bubbled up out of Hotsuma’s throat but instead of the war cry a yelp of outrage left his mouth as one of the kittens had suddenly dug its small but razor sharp claws into his tail.
Hotsuma leaped to his four paws, turned around and hissed at the offender. The tiny black kitten tilted its head curiously to the right slightly and then straightened up and hissed back at Hotsuma.
“That’s so adorable!” Toko squealed, running over to the little puffed out ball of black fur and scooping it up. She gave the kitten a little peck on its head before her expression turned stern as she leveled Hotsuma with a glare. “Don’t frighten them, Hotsuma. If you didn’t want them here, then you shouldn’t have brought them with you in the first place.”
Hotsuma balked. He hadn’t asked the kittens at all to become the newest residents of the Twilight Mansion. They had just followed him home and inside, no matter how many times he had tried to chase them away by hissing at them during his trek back to the house.
“Don’t be so harsh, Toko,” Tsukumo’s calming voice sounded. “After all Hotsuma did bring them with instead of forcing them to fend for themselves out there.”
Hotsuma’s angry thought paused. He had completely foregone this simple fact. It was true that when he had come across them, they had all looked very hungry and ungroomed and there hadn’t been a single full grown cat in the vicinity.
Hotsuma’s entire posture sagged. How could he have been so horrible? All the kittens wanted was someone to love them and take care of them. Hadn’t he at some point craved the same thing? His golden cat eyes travelled over to where his partner was still reading contently on the couch. If it hadn’t been for Shusei …
Hotsuma shook his head. It was time to step up to the plate. Now it was his turn to create a home for those in desperate need of one!
A determined fire started to burn in Hotsuma’s eyes that all of a sudden widened as razor sharp teeth clamped suddenly down on one of his nipples.
“Oh my God!” Lia squealed. “It’s looking for milk! It must think Hotsuma is its mother.”
“That’s probably why they followed him home too,” Toko added.
Hotsuma however didn’t care. Gone were all his kind thoughts about the kittens and his good intentions. This meant WAR!
Fun fact: Despite male cats not needing nipples for nursing their offspring, they do still possess them. Both male and female cats possess the genes for nipples and since there are no real negatives to having nipples, evolution hasn't erased them for the male population. Yes, this also means male cats can also fall victim to breast cancer, but this only happens on such a rare occassion that for evolution it isn't enough of a reason to let male cats be born without nipples. Just like evolution doesn't care that the nipples for male cats are basicaly just useless :-)