Meow For Me | h.harem

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"Take a picture! Take a picture!"

"Give me a second! I gotta get to my camera!"

"Shit, he's waking up! Go back to the table!"

Shouyou slowly cracked his eyes open, groaning softly into Kaori's lap before slowly bringing himself into a sitting position and rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

A flash turned his attention to one of the tables in front of the managers' table, and he saw a blond-haired male quickly tuck away his phone while someone similar looking cussed at him.

Shouyou yawned and stretched out over the manager's once again, his claws tearing at the bench beneath them. "I'm sorry I fell asleep on you. You're just so warm..." The ginger wrapped his arms around Kaori, who blushed at all the cuteness and pulled him into a tight hug.

"It's not a problem! Not a problem at all!"

"Where's Yukie-Senpai, Yachi-San, and Kiyoko-Senpai?"

"They left to put the dishes away."

"Oh..."

When they pulled away, glares were sent toward her, but Shouyou was oblivious. Just as he was about to fall back asleep against her, he was pulled upward and into the arms of someone else.

For a moment, panic flowed through his system, and he was ready to scratch and run, but stopped upon viewing the person responsible. "Daichi-Senpai..." Shouyou muttered, waving sleepily to Kaori as Daichi walked away. She waved back with a soft smile.

"I wanted to hold him longer, hmph!" She pouted, crossing her arms and going to help the other managers finish up.

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"Hey, Shou, can I ask you something? You don't have to answer if you don't want to, but we're just... curious..." Shouyou nodded his head before resting it on his folded arms on the table.

"Er, do you like... boys or... you know... girls?" Tanaka stuttered out, scratching at the back of his neck bashfully. The question didn't seem to faze Shouyou, who only smiled. "I like whoever gives me attention," he stated as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

The team all mentally cheered. "Really!? Is that so?!" Tanaka couldn't help but bubble out laughter in joy. It was a stupid question. Shouyou's a cat- well, half-cat- of course, he'd love whoever gives him attention.

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Shouyou wobbled to his room with droopy steps as he rubbed his eyes. He had hardly gotten any sleep the night prior due to excitement, so, right now, all he wanted to do was find his room and fall asleep.

He had heard Ukai and Takeda talking about them mixing up some of the players in the rooms, so they could make more friends or something, but Yachi was petting him, so he hardly heard a thing.

When he got to the right number, he opened the door, slipping his body in and closing it softly. "Hmm? Oh, hello. You must be our other roommate. I'm Iwaizumi. Nice to meet you."

Iwaizumi awkwardly stepped out of the bathroom doorway, gripping the towel around his neck with a lopsided, 'I'm trying to be friendly' smile. No doubt that he was glancing over Shouyou's added features. curiously.

He held his hand out for a handshake, and Shouyou gulped. The ginger took his hand, the small pads on his palm and fingertips probably drawing in Iwaizumi's attention more. "Um, the-the showers open, if you need it. The other two are in there if you want to drop in."

Iwaizumi motioned down a small hallway, and Shouyou could barely see feet hanging off one of the beds. "I'll go say hi to everyone else! Ah, my name's Shouyou, by the way!"

With a small wave, Shouyou skipped into the other room, the strong, radiant aura drawing the other male's attention from their phone screens to the ginger. "Oh!" One of them exclaimed, Shouyou's eyes formed into a glare as his ears fell against his head and he took a step back.

Iwaizumi, who was standing behind him to watch the interaction, caught him, confused by the sudden change of mood. Shouyou ducked behind him. "Wait, no! I won't grab you again, honest! I'm really sorry for earlier!"

Bokuto slipped off the bed and bowed to the growling ginger, who very hesitantly relaxed. "Um, I'm sorry for scratching you... it's just, er, there's a lot of nerves in my tail, so it's really sensitive."

Shouyou crouched in front of Bokuto and bumped his head softly against the taller male's before pulling away and making his way to the other person in the room. He held his hand out. "Hello! My name's Shouyou!"

The person looked him up and down, a smirk appearing on his face. He sat up on the bed, taking both of Shouyou's in his and bowing his head to rest his forehead on them. He lifted his head, his smirk widening.

"You can call me Tendou~ I've heard a lot about you, so it's nice to get a close-up view." The suave way Tendou's words slipped off his tongue caused a slight blush to rise to Shouyou's cheeks. "I-I'm not... sure what you're talking about..."

"I'm back~" A voice shouted from the doorway, closing the door with a bit too much force and walking into the room while drinking a bottle of water. The second his eyes landed on Shouyou, he choked and ran to the bathroom, not-so-gracefully coughing it out.

When he came back out, he looked disheveled. "It's you!" He randomly spouted, pointing at the ginger, and causing him to awkwardly cower back. The blond-haired male crouched down, holding his arms and wiggling his fingers.

"Psst, psst, psst..." The sound caused Shouyou's ears to twitch and he made his way to the male, his attention hooked. Everyone in the room gaped at the blond, who chuckled and scratched beneath the ginger's chin.

Shouyou melted into the touch, lifting his head higher as his tail slowly laid itself onto the floor. He began rubbing against the male's hand, only to lift his head back up and allowing him to scratch him again.

"How'd you..?" Bokuto's question fell short as Shouyou dropped himself into the male's lap, purring gently. "Me and 'Sumu have a few cats at home," Atsumu stated simply, rubbing his hand down Shouyou's side with a smug grin.

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