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“Shoot, are you okay?”
Ace was looking at you with concerned eyes, though you could see some fear in them as well.
Deuce smacked him on the back of the head.
“Ace, if you hadn’t knocked over half of the ingredients, they wouldn’t have been turned into a cat!”
You stared at your ‘best friends’, though they didn’t feel like it at the moment.
They’d had a mishap during potionology that resulted in you being turned into a cat.
You hissed at them, and they stopped arguing.
“Uh, you good?”
You rolled your eyes—you didn’t know cats could do that.
Deciding that it’d be best to leave the idiots to fight it out, you started running from them.
They shouted and tried to chase after you, but you ducked under a fence in Heartslabyul that they couldn’t jump easily.
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You were padding down a familiar hallway; the pathway to Ignihyde’s lounge.
It was a place you visited often, you’d always wait there and chat with Ortho before Idia—his tablet, of course—met you there.
He always greeted you via tablet before you ‘snuck’ into his dorm.
No one ever noticed or cared that you were constantly in Idia’s room, Ortho was just happy to have a “future sibling-in-law!”
“Oh, a cat?”
You glances up and saw Ortho staring at you.
He gently lifted you and flew to Idia’s room, knocking on the door and throwing it open without a response.
Idia shrieked.
“GAH! ORTHO, PLEASE GIVE ME TIME TO RESPOND!”
“Oh, sorry, big brother!”
Idia sighed, then paused when he saw you cradled in Ortho’s arms.
“Aw, a kitty?”
“Yes, I found them in the lounge. I have no idea how they got there, but they seemed to know the way.”
Idia crept over to you, lifting you from Ortho’s arms and slowly petting your head.
“Thanks for bringing them here, Ortho. Maybe they’re someone’s pet.”
“Actually, Idia, my scans say that they’re-“
A crash echoed from some hallway.
“Oh, I’ll go check what that was!”
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Idia sat on his bed, you were curled into a ball on his lap.
“Now, kitty, what’s your name?”
He scratched at your neck, and you purred.
He practically had heart eyes, he adored you so much.
You wondered how he’d feel if he knew that he was cradling his partner and not a random stray.
“Hm, you’re so soft. You must have an owner, there’s no way a stray could be so neatly groomed…”
You think that was a compliment. You decided to take it as one.
There was a knock at Idia’s door.
“Big brother, may I come in?”
“Yes, Ortho!”
Ortho carefully opened the door, not wanting to spook you.
“As I was saying earlier, that’s not a stray.”
“Yes, I’m aware… is there a ‘but’ to this situation?”
“That’s your partner, big brother.”
Idia’s hair started to tint pink, then suddenly exploded into bright magenta hues.
“Eh?”
“I asked Ace and Deuce if they’d seen them, and they said there was an accident in potionology. Plus, my scans kept saying that the cat was them.”
“…oh.”
Idia looked like he was going to die of embarrassment. A drop of sweat made its way from his temple to his chin, more following its path.
“W-well, I suppose we should bring them back to Grimshackle, right?”
Ortho nodded and hummed, reaching to pick you up.
You felt bad about doing this, but you swatted at him.
Idia’s lap was comfortable, and you loved seeing the relaxed side of him. Therefore, it only made sense to stay exactly where you were.
“N-Name! You can’t just do th-that!”
Idia scolded you, but you started to creep even closer to him, rubbing your snout on his chest.
His hair turned bright red and his hands shook a bit.
Ortho smiled and left the room, picking up on the hint.
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It was late at night, and Idia was playing a visual novel game he’d heard you recommend a few weeks ago.
He’d ask you what choices he should make, and watch you bat at the mouse to move it to the choice you liked.
You kept pranking him by choosing the flirty options. It was hilarious to watch him have to stand and pace around the room before sitting back down.
“So, which option do you think we should choose?”
You were about to bat at his mouse when you feel a tingling sensation all over your body.
You hopped onto the ground, the sensation growing.
It was almost unbearable, then suddenly, you were back to your normal self.
“Oh! Finally, that took forever.”
“EEK!”
Idia put his hands over his face, his hair glowing pink already.
“Idia, love, I’ve been here all day. Did you forget I wasn’t just a cat?”
There was a silence slightly too long to be innocent.
“Idia!”
You slapped his arm teasingly.
He looked at you with wide eyes, then stood from his chair and hugged you. His face was buried in your neck, and his warm hair caused a slight flush to rise, just from the heat.
“Love, can we sleep? I’m tired.”
Idia hugged you tighter, which you took as a yes.
He let go for a second, and you grabbed his hand, dragging him to the bed.
You stopped at the foot of the bed, pushing Idia onto it.
He landed with a light thud.
You crawled onto him, laying your head on his chest and sprawling out.
His hair continued heating and growing red, but he wrapped his arms around your waist anyway.
“Idia?”
“Yeah?”
“Can I take a picture of us?”
“U-uh, sure. But why?”
“I wanna send it to Ace and Deuce. They tried to protect me while I was a cat but they just let me run off.”
Idia nodded, shifting so that his face wouldn’t be visible in the picture.
You pulled out your phone and turned to take the photo.
The only part of Idia you could see were his arms around your waist. You showed him the photo and he smiled, approving it.
“Let’s see…”
You opened your group chat with Ace and Deuce.
You typed a passive aggressive message and sent the photo.
They replied almost immediately, saying that they were glad you’re okay—Ace didn’t apologize for losing you, but Deuce did.
“Idia, look.”
You showed him the chat, snickering at Deuce’s desperate plea for forgiveness.
He chuckled, that smirk that you loved so much appearing.
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The two of you eventually drifted off, cuddling throughout the night.
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