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Meteor's Shower

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"I didn't expect anyone to actually text me." "You wrote your number on the men's bathroom stall. What did you expect?" Áurea Nikiforov Reyes always knew the story behind her parent's everlasting love. A simple text at three in the morning. Since sh...

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O4 | kuroneko-sama

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by selchies

by selchies

[BATHROOM DUDE]

Guess what I'm about to get?

[ÁUREA]

On my nerves?

[BATHROOM DUDE]

Well, besides that...

I adopted a neko today!

[ÁUREA]

You did what?

[BATHROOM DUDE]

Long story short, a kuro neko showed up outside my office building and followed me until I took her home.

I think this is a sign that I'm going to have good luck.

[ÁUREA]

Well, now I'm concerned.

For the cat.

[BATHROOM DUDE]

Hey! Kuroneko-sama is going to have a full life with me.

[ÁUREA]

Kureneko-sama? Do not tell me you named the cat 'black cat'.

[BATHROOM DUDE]

I'm not going to say that I didn't.

[ÁUREA]

Jesus Christ, you can't just name a cat after its literal coat color.

[BATHROOM DUDE]

Why not?

[ÁUREA]

It's not humane! Name it Kage or something.

[BATHROOM DUDE]

Well, that's a stupid name.

[ÁUREA]

I never said I was good at naming cats.

My parents had to name mine.

[BATHROOM DUDE]

What's its name?

[ÁUREA]

He's a white cat named Artemis.

[BATHROOM DUDE]

Oh! Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn!

[ÁUREA]

Bishojo what now?

[BATHROOM DUDE]

Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn... Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon?

[ÁUREA]

Never heard of it.

[BATHROOM DUDE]

Sad Naruto Flute.

We'll I'll name my neko Luna then in memory of Luna.

[ÁUREA]

I guess that's acceptable.

She's your little moon now I guess.

[BATHROOM DUDE]

You're so kawaii.

[ÁUREA]

What does that mean?

[BATHROOM DUDE]

Nothing. Don't worry about it.

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Áurea looked up from her phone to look up at Ai and watched her giggle into her hand. She wasn't going to get a response from her. Instead, Áurea opened her contacts app and scrolled until she saw Bathroom Dude. Tapping on his name, she hovered over his contact profile until she found the 'edit name' option. With nimble fingers, Bathroom Dude contact was no longer. She had bestowed the name Cat Daddy.

"You think you are so funny, don't you?"

"I am, aren't I?"

Ai hopped off the edge of the couch and grabbed her laptop from her Versace purse. Áurea follows Ai's movement curious, about what she's doing. Moving to the dining room, Ai powered it on and opened a Google Doc.

"Keep that same attitude when you work on your little project with Mr. 'I've never had a good haircut a day in my life'. We'll I, on the other hand, work with Mr. Dreamy McDreamy Hoshino."

"Fuck you."

▐ AUTHOR'S NOTE

Word count: 394

Since I left Finland I haven't felt inspired to write, but I'm slowly getting back into it. This was a fairly short chapter, but since I made this I really wanted to give Hanzo a short-haired black cat to be the counterpart to Áurea's long-haired white cat. The next chapter will be in Hanzo's POV because I completely forgot since the first chapter that I can switch POVs lmao. I was planning on this not to be a short story, but it probably will end at 10-15 chapters cause I have no idea how to continue it.

Story translations:

neko ⏤ cat

kuro ⏤ black

Sama ⏤ honorific that you add to an ending of a name to be respectful

Kuroneko-sama ⏤ Ms. Black Cat or Lady Black Cat

kage ⏤ shadow

Story references:

Kuroneko-sama ⏤ An alien cat from the anime Trigun.