Tom had been at a neko adoption center for years his parents hadn't wanted him, and couldn't afford to keep him anyways. They weren't sure how two normal humans had created such a monstrosity as Tom's mother had called him. The neko's were kept in cages and treated horribly. Beaten, starved, and many other horrible things. The owner of the orphanage, David Newmen, seemed to take a strong disliking to Tom more than any of the others, which didn't make any sense because Tom acted just like all the others if not more behaved.
Tord may have been the leader of the world, but that didn't mean he wasn't lonely. He had thought about getting a pet for a while, but always told himself that he didn't have the time to take care of one, and that it would get lonely when he was working. That is until he found out that neko's were real. He had seen neko's in his hentai before (Yes the leader of the world watches hentai.), but never new they were real until he found an ad for 'neko underwear' on youtube. (Apparently they were made with a tail hole built in or something like that he didn't really understand that or look into it for he didn't have a tail to worry about) So after this discovery and plenty of online searches he decided he was going to adopt a neko. He spent hours finding out how and where to adopt such a pet and found a nearby shelter named 'Alley Neko's Allies'. He was still a bit skeptical about them being real since when you're the leader of the world you're told a lot of things you have to question since anyone will say anything to have you on their side.
Upon arrival he was greeted by the owner of the place (apparently the only one who worked there due to bad pay and horrible working situations) and shown all the different neko's. Mr. David pretended to be very polite, and acted like he actually cared about the neko's and their well being when really he couldn't care less. But you have to put a happy face on in front of the customers especially one with such power.
Tord noticed the man had been avoiding going by one of the cages, but he heard small whimpers from it. He walked over to it ignoring the owners protests, and saw a little neko with a blue hoodie curled up asleep. Tord reached into the cage and gently pet Tom's head. Tom purred and slowly woke up. He sat up in the cage and looked to Tord "h-hello?" Tom asked looking at the red leader. He seemed to be scared when he saw Tord and didn't seem to understand why he was petting him. He didn't know who the man was, but by his uniform he must be someone important Tom guessed.
"Hey there little one" Tord could get lost in Tom's black orbs they seemed to sparkle and were filled with so much emotion. Tom was special Tord could feel it and he wanted him, and Tord always got what he wanted.
"H-hi" Tom looked down and blushed. He wasn't used to people talking or even looking at him. Any contact he was used to would be painful and made him want to pull away from Tord, but he didn't wanting to give the strange looking demon? Yeah, that's probably what he was with those spikes on his head. The benefit of the doubt. Tord noticed the bruises that littered Tom's legs. Tord looked at him in a caring loving manner, and Tom gently smiled at this though fear was still clear on his face.
Tord knew he had to have Tom. He went to pet Tom's tail, and by instinct Tom clawed Tord's hand and pulled back into the corner of the cage only putting about two inches more between them. It wasn't till now that the small neko realized that Tord's hand... wait no whole arm was made of metal.
Tord seemed a bit angry from Tom's action, but it didn't show in his voice as he spoke. "I'm sorry, did I hurt you?" Tord didn't exactly understand why Tom had pulled away from him nor was he used to apologizing so the whole sentence felt a bit weird for him, but that didn't stop him. See when you're the ruler of the world you have to learn that apologizing shows your weak and if you apologized every time you did something someone didn't like you would be apologizing almost all of the time.
Tom came out of the corner a bit, and looked nervously at Tord. "N-n-no... I'm s-sorry....... I'm not used to having my tail touched.." he looked away now blushing a deep red with embarrassment for his actions.
Tord changed the topic realizing he didn't know the black eyed neko's name, "What's your name little one?" He pet Tom softly while talking this time not even trying to touch his tail.
"Thomas.." he started to purr quietly the redness fading from his cheeks slightly, and he moved closer to the red leader.
"Tommie" Tord whispered
"Yes?" Tom whispered back
"I'm taking you home with me" when Tord said that Tom's eyes got big, and he looked extremely happy. Tom never thought he would get out of here! What would it be like outside of this cage? out of this small gloomy building? He hoped Tord would never bring him back here...He had heard of owners bringing back misbehaving neko's.
Tord filled out the paperwork and then took Tom on a leash to his car opened the door and put him in. Tom had never been in a car before and didn't really understand what was happening, but didn't dare ask questions. So far Tord had done nothing to hurt him and seemed to like him, but Tom wasn't going to take any chances. Tord did Tom's seat belt for him and shut the door before getting in himself.
As Tord drove he asked Thomas a few questions about himself, and Tom answered to the best of his ability. Tom wasn't used to talking too anyone so this felt extremely awkward for him and made him anxious. He decided he didn't like questions they were hard, and made him have to think a lot which he didn't like since he was used to mostly being ignored and napping all day.
