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tooru gasped softly at the honest admission, his heart skipping a beat and his face feeling hotter than before.
oh.
tooru gasped softly at the honest admission, his heart skipping a beat and his face feeling hotter than before.
oh.
kuroo shrugged again. "very few people know, i can never be sure how they'll react you know."
tooru hummed and let him continue.
"and… i'm not really fully conscious when i'm in my cat form —
kuroo shrugged again. "very few people know, i can never be sure how they'll react you know."
tooru hummed and let him continue.
"and… i'm not really fully conscious when i'm in my cat form —
"you're a cat!" he exclaimed when he heard kuroo putting the blanket back on himself.
kuroo snorted, "yeah."
"how?!"
he shrugged. "dunno. i've just always been one."
"you're a cat!" he exclaimed when he heard kuroo putting the blanket back on himself.
kuroo snorted, "yeah."
"how?!"
he shrugged. "dunno. i've just always been one."
tooru blinked and his body froze for ten long seconds. then,
/"holy shit!"/
the cat meowed again and then kuroo reappeared out of thin air.
tooru blinked and his body froze for ten long seconds. then,
/"holy shit!"/
the cat meowed again and then kuroo reappeared out of thin air.
kuroo removed the blanket from himself and tooru quickly turned his head away, the back of his neck burning at the sight of a naked kuroo.
"look," kuroo said.
tooru choked on his saliva. "i'd rather not."
'meow.'
kuroo removed the blanket from himself and tooru quickly turned his head away, the back of his neck burning at the sight of a naked kuroo.
"look," kuroo said.
tooru choked on his saliva. "i'd rather not."
'meow.'
tooru blinked and chuckled awkwardly. is kuroo crazy?
kuroo snorted. "no, i'm not crazy."
tooru blinked and chuckled awkwardly. is kuroo crazy?
kuroo snorted. "no, i'm not crazy."
"the cat is me."
"huh?"
kuroo closed his eyes and sighed again.
"the cat is me."
"huh?"
kuroo closed his eyes and sighed again.
"where is the cat? is it yours? i tried to bring it back to you yesterday night but you weren't in your room so i let it stay here for the night."
kuroo shook his head. "here."
"where is the cat? is it yours? i tried to bring it back to you yesterday night but you weren't in your room so i let it stay here for the night."
kuroo shook his head. "here."
"what?"
"let me in."
"you-"
"the black cat," kuroo interrupted.
tooru shut his mouth and squinted at him. "how do you know that?"
now that he thought of it, he didn't see the cat yet.
"what?"
"let me in."
"you-"
"the black cat," kuroo interrupted.
tooru shut his mouth and squinted at him. "how do you know that?"
now that he thought of it, he didn't see the cat yet.
oikawa blinked. "you're kidding me, right? i definitely don't remember letting you in yesterday, so you definitely broke in."
kuroo hummed and bit his lip for a few moments, looking unsure. tooru held his breath.
oikawa blinked. "you're kidding me, right? i definitely don't remember letting you in yesterday, so you definitely broke in."
kuroo hummed and bit his lip for a few moments, looking unsure. tooru held his breath.
"i. um-" kuroo chuckled, visibly embarrassed +
"i. um-" kuroo chuckled, visibly embarrassed +
kuroo blinked once, twice, three times, before tooru's registered and he looked down on himself.
kuroo blinked once, twice, three times, before tooru's registered and he looked down on himself.
/"what the fuck."/
kuroo's eyes snapped open then. his eyes landed on tooru and he jolted in turn, effectively falling off the bed. /"what the fuck?!"/
/"what the fuck."/
kuroo's eyes snapped open then. his eyes landed on tooru and he jolted in turn, effectively falling off the bed. /"what the fuck?!"/
"ouch. /fuck!/" he groaned loudly, pressing a hand on the spot that surely would become a bump.
another groan sounded then.
"ouch. /fuck!/" he groaned loudly, pressing a hand on the spot that surely would become a bump.
another groan sounded then.
tooru's brain completely short-circuited when his eyes properly opened.
tooru's brain completely short-circuited when his eyes properly opened.
he hummed happily when he found a comfortable position and closed his eyes, the purring of the cat on the pillow next to his was what made him drift off to sleep.
•••
he hummed happily when he found a comfortable position and closed his eyes, the purring of the cat on the pillow next to his was what made him drift off to sleep.
•••
tooru closed his textbook and made his way to his bathroom to quickly wash his face and teeth. he changed into a large shirt and his sleeping shorts +
tooru closed his textbook and made his way to his bathroom to quickly wash his face and teeth. he changed into a large shirt and his sleeping shorts +
tooru left it to sleep and went back to his homework.
tooru left it to sleep and went back to his homework.
the cat didn't react much, though. in fact, tooru realized that the cat had fallen asleep. uh. so maybe it's not kuroo's, then.
tooru sighed and went back to his apartment.
the cat didn't react much, though. in fact, tooru realized that the cat had fallen asleep. uh. so maybe it's not kuroo's, then.
tooru sighed and went back to his apartment.
"are you kuroo's cat?" tooru asked.
the cat meowed again. mh. not much information. tooru lifted the animal in his arms and went back inside his apartment to make his way to his front door.
"are you kuroo's cat?" tooru asked.
the cat meowed again. mh. not much information. tooru lifted the animal in his arms and went back inside his apartment to make his way to his front door.
he used that opportunity to check the animal's collar for a pendant with a name or phone number but he couldn't find anything. that wasn't very smart, tooru thought.
he used that opportunity to check the animal's collar for a pendant with a name or phone number but he couldn't find anything. that wasn't very smart, tooru thought.
he caressed the small, black fluffy being and smiled when it purred.
he caressed the small, black fluffy being and smiled when it purred.