Puss, Puss-Chp2

After reaching a compromised price with Mitsukake, Tasuki was allowed to take the man-kitten home. On his way home, the man-kitten was so excited he couldn't keep his cool. He kept bouncing here and there, mewing happily and drawing quite a number of unwanted attention. Tasuki kinda got sick of it and knelt down before the man-kitten.

"Look here, you baka neko!" Tasuki growled. "I've bought you and I'm taking you home. Isn't that what you want? Why can't you just keep still already?!"

The man-kitten stared at Tasuki for a while, then smiled and jumped onto Tasuki's back wityh a gleeful mew. Tasuki yelped and reached out his hands to the back, trying to grab him.

"Get off me, you little baka neko! Get the hell off me! Baka neko!"

No matter how he reached, he couldn't seem to get to the man-kitten. When he tried to reach from under, the man-kitten scurried upwards and when he tried to reach from the top, he scurried back down. It was as if he was trying to toy with him, refusing to be touched by him. Finally Tasuki got so sick of playing catch with him that he grumbled and straightened himself and said, "Fine! If that's what you want, then so be it! I don't wanna care about you anymore!"

Whether it was Tasuki's words or because his body was too steep to cling on, the man-kitten slowly inched his way back up to his shoulder, purring and rubbing his cheeks lovingly at Tasuki's. Tasuki sighed and picked him up in his arms, saying, "You just be a good kitty and stay put, OK? We're gonna be home soon."

The man-kitten purred with his smiley face at him and nuzzled into Tasuki's chest, absorbing whatever smell that, to him, was pleasant. And he was as good as his word—he stayed still in Tasuki's arms throughout the rest of the journey back to Tasuki's humble home. Once they reached there, Tasuki woke him up.

"Here ya go, neko-chan. Home sweet home."

The man-kitten looked up and saw himself staring at an apartment, old-looking but still pretty much intact. There was a sign at the entrance bearing the name of the Apartment: Rekka-Shin Apartment. The man-kitten stared at it, slightly interested, his face showing a look that said 'So, this is where I'm gonna live for the rest of my life, huh?' Tasuki noticed and grinned as he ruffled the man-kitten's blue hair.

"Yup, neko-chan. This is exactly where you'll be living, so don't try and break anything in my home, alright?"

The man-kitten just mewed with his smiley face at him. Tasuki wasn't even sure whether he understood or not. As he made his way to the lift, he was greeted by a shrill voice at a distance.
"Konbanwa, Tasu-chan!!!"

Tasuki sweatdropped. He dreaded hearing that voice and he sure didn't want to ever associate with this person for as long as he lived, but he had no choice—he was his landlord.

"Konbanwa, Nuriko-san."

The resident transvestite bounded happily towards Tasuki. Nuriko was the owner of Rekka-Shin Apartment and lived, unfortunately for Tasuki, just a few doors away from his home on the same floor. He was a transvestite and in the middle of undergoing a sex change surgery to make himself a 'real woman'. Nuriko had taken a fancy for Tasuki ever since he came in and rented the apartment. Never a day went by without seeing Nuriko coming to his home bugging the lights out of him. Tasuki always wished that he could just kick him out of his house and slam the door at his face but Nuriko was well-known for being a strong body-builder and quite ruthless when things doesn't go his way, so if he were to offend this guy, either he would end up being thrown out of the window or his rent would suddenly increase to an alarming rate.

"What do you have here now, Tasu-chan?" Nuriko took a peek at the man-kitten he was holding in his arms. The man-kitten mewed in response and nuzzled his nose at Nuriko's finger in a friendly way. Nuriko grinned and said, "Kawaii-ne! I heard about you. You're the new man-cat breed everyone's been very hot about. What's his name?"

"I haven't exactly thought about it yet," Tasuki said as he entered the lift. Nuriko entered with him as well.

"He looks so cute and chibi, just like a little baby," Nuriko commented as he tickled the man-kitten's neck. "He should have a cute name, you know. May I?"

"Go ahead," Tasuki said, wondering secretly what name this twisted transvestite would give.

"Well, you're too cute to be called Chibi Tasu—doesn’t suite you. My Tasu-chan is far too gallant to be considered kawaii. Let's see, you have got to be called Chibi something...Hmm...Chibi...Chibi...Chiri...Chibi Chiri..." Nuriko considered before a name suddenly clicked in his head, "That's it! Chibi Chiri! Now that's a cute name! We'll call it Chibi Chiri! What do you think, Tasu-chan?"

"I think it suits him pretty fine," Tasuki replied as politely as possible, so as not to offend him. He could tell from the slightly less smiley face of the man-kitten that he didn't like it.

"Chibi Chiri it is then! Hello, Chibi Chiri! My name is Nuriko, but sooner or later you'll be calling me Mrs. Tasuki!" Nuriko said without any feeling of embarrassment. Tasuki felt as if he wanted to throw him to Timbuktu.

"Please, not in front of the kids," Tasuki muttered and stepped out of the lift as soon as it stopped at their floor.

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. But you know, Tasu-chan," Nuriko said as he put on a serious face, "You're not exactly allowed to have pets in my apartment."

Tasuki became blue with trepidation. That serious face meant something. He braced himself, preparing for the worse. Suddenly, Nuriko's serious face popped out a smile and said, "But for you, I can make an exception. You take good care of our lil' Chibi Chiri now, OK?"

With that, he bounded off happily towards his home, giving him a flying kiss as he went. Tasuki muttered "Good riddance" before rushing off to his own home, locking the door behind him. He set the man-kitten down and walked over to the fridge to get himself a can of beer. The man-kitten surveyed the place and noticed that it was quite homey for a bachelor boy who worked in a construction site. He had expected his master to have careless heaps of clothing and papers or garbage everywhere, but this was the least he had expected. He was impressed. He jumped onto Tasuki's sofa and rolled happily on the cushions.

"Like my place, huh?" Tasuki said as he sat down beside the man-kitten. "I always try to keep it as tidy as possible. You might not when I'm gonna bring home a gorgeous gal to spend the night or for the rest of my life with. It's possible, you know. Even my good looks are able to attract someone like that Nuriko fellow there. There's no doubt I'll be the ladies' man someday. Besides, it was that Nuriko pervert who called in a housekeeper for me to clean the house, and it's under his expense, so I wouldn't want to miss out on free service now, would I?"

The man-kitten continued to stare at him with interest. Tasuki noticed and asked, "What? What are you looking at, Chibi Chiri? Gee, Chibi Chiri sure is a corny name, isn't it?"

The man-kitten purred in reply.

"Yeah, I think it's really lame. I actually haven't figure out a name for you yet, but I don't wanna offend Nuriko by simply changing it. Maybe I could twist it a little. Let's see, Chibi Chiri. Well, you won't be chibi anymore once you've come of age. So Chibi is out of the question...Hmm Maybe I could throw away the word 'Bi' and make it to...Chichiri. How does that sound? You wanna be called Chichiri?"

The man-kitten mewed and leapt onto Tasuki's lap, reaching over to lick Tasuki. Tasuki chuckled and stroked the man-kitten's blue hair, "Alright then, Chichiri it is. And now our Chichiri here needs a bath."

At that word, the man-kitten—now called Chichiri—went helter-skelter all over the place trying to get away from Tasuki. Like cats, he hated baths and it took Tasuki a great effort to haul him to the bathroom and dip him into the bathtub. Chichiri hissed and mewed for dear life to get out of the water that felt like poison to him. Tasuki took off his work clothes and went into the tub with him to bath him.

"Now hold still, you little baka neko! You've been in that pet shop surrounded by flea-covered felines and I'm not letting you go another step around my house carrying whatever you have brought in from that pet shop! Stay still!"

After much struggling, Chichiri finally got tired and stayed put while Tasuki ran the lukewarm water over him. He winced once in a while as Tasuki scrubbed him with the soapy sponge and shampooed his blue hair. When he reached over to scrub his 'down there', Chichiri practically stayed stock still, his face suddenly gone all red. Tasuki continued to scrub it while saying, "We better get every inch of you clean now, shouldn't we? Goodness knows what kind of germs lurks in that pet shop of yours, and I don't wanna risk you catching an infection. Men's most important part of the body is 'down there', if you know what I mean. I ain't gonna be blame for making you infertile, I can tell you that."
After the bath, Tasuki rubbed him dry and blow-dried his hair and his tail and within minutes, was all squeaky clean. As Tasuki knelt beside the very clean Chichiri inspecting his work, he rubbed his chin thoughtfully and said, "You know what? You look even cuter now that you're all high and dry. You actually look quite handsome now."

Chichiri went slightly pink listening to his master's compliment. Tasuki came closer to smell him and grinned in satisfaction. He had used cinnamon and peach fragrance shampoo on Chichiri and strawberry fragrance body bath on Chichiri (courtesy from Nuriko, which Tasuki had never used until now) and he had to admit, Chichiri smelt heavenly. He picked Chichiri up and nuzzled his nose on his, smelling the nape of his neck. He tickled and fondled with Chichiri's body playfully, making Chichiri mewed in delight. Moments later after he set him back down on the floor, Tasuki touched Chichiri's 'down there' lightly and commented, "Hah! Mine is way bigger than yours! I gotta get some clothes for you to wear. Looks like it's shopping for me tomorrow, or maybe I could get it from free again from Nuriko. He seemed to have a liking for you too..."

Chichiri blushed even redder as Tasuki continued to leave his finger on his 'down there', contemplating whether to spend the money or get free service from the tranvestite. Not only that, his fingers continued to travel around that area. Chichiri didn't know why, but he suddenly was breaking into cold sweat as his temperature went higher and higher to the point he couldn't control...

"That's it! I'll go and buy it instead!" Tasuki suddenly exclaimed, taking his hand off abruptly from where he was touching, breaking off the steam Chichiri was feeling. "No way am I going near that tranvestite and have any further ties with him, not even for the gold in the world! Gee, I gotta bath. I smell like heck!"

Chichiri pouted and curled up on the sofa, offended that Tasuki who had just got him into the 'mood' broke it off so abruptly without any warning. For the rest of the evening, Chichiri refused to acknowledge Tasuki, which baffled him a little, but not taken seriously. When it was time to hit the hay, Tasuki called Chichiri to come to the room, but Chichiri refused to budge from his place. Tasuki was annoyed at first, then shrugged and went into his room, snoring almost immediately when his body came in contact with the soft bed.

Slowly, the man-kitten could be seen crawling into the bedroom. He mewed a little and Tasuki grunted groggily, reaching down absentmindedly and scooped Chichiri up onto bed. He muttered, "Oyasumi nasai, Chichiri. Sleep tight."

Chichiri licked his nose in reply.