Neko: My Kitten

3- Don't close that eye, please don't close that eye

Even if it was just a short time together, Felix was growing attached to Chan. He liked it, but also didn't. Mostly due to the fact, he was scared of being abandoned again...

Once he finished showering, he wrapped himself in a towel to step out, only to realize he didn't have any clothes to change into.

"Chan...!" He yelled from the cracked bathroom door.

Immediately Chan came running to him.

"Felix? What's wrong?!" He asked out of breathe only a panic.

"U-um nothing...I was just...wondering if you had any extra clothes...?" He asked shyly.

"Oh! Um, ya. Hold on!" Chan turned around to go to his closet, Felix watched him as the older went into his large walk in closet to go through some drawers. Chan came back to him with a pair of sweats and sweatshirt.

"They might be big on you, but will these work?" He asked as he handed them to the boy.

"Yes, these will. Thank you Channie" he said with a wide smile before closing the door.
Chan was just left at the door staring at it, running through the thoughts playing in his head.

He's so fucking cute... how could anyone be awful to him....?

Chan didn't realize he was slowly becoming infatuated with the hybrid. Afterwards, he made his was back to the kitchen to finish up cooking in the meantime.

Felix however was changing into Chan's clothes, taking a slow time as he was sniffing them all over. It had a nice musk scent that he started to like. As soon as he slipped them on, he continued to sniff his sleeves, pretty much intoxicated with Chan's scent.

He smells so...GOOD...

He continued to breathe in the older's scent right before he was called back to his senses when Chan yelled for him to come eat.

Felix's tail twitched a few times as his ears perked up, now practically rushing out the door to go eat. He hasn't eaten properly in weeks so he was beyond famished.

As he scurried his way to the kitchen, he was met with Chan plating their foods.

"Hey Felix, food is ready" he said with a smile as he brought the plates to his dining table. Felix ran over to the table, staring in awe at how the food looked and smelled.

"I-is this all for me..?" He asked with big eyes.

After setting the plates down, Chan moved to pull Felix's chair out for him to sit.

"Well of course, there's no way I can eat everything " he chuckled.

*meow*

"R-really? Thank you Channie!" Felix meowed as his tail continued to twirl around. He finally sat down to eat as Chan seated himself across from him to eat as well.

A few minutes into eating, Chan noticed how the boy was scarfing down his food rapidly.

"Hey Lix, you don't need to rush. There's more food" He chuckled as he drank some water.

Felix became embarrassed as he place his fork down, looking down into his plate.

"I-I'm sorry..." he said in a sad tone, which Chan didn't realize he made the hybrid feel bad.

"No, no Felix. I didn't mean it like that, I was just saying you don't need to rush. It's alright, eat as much as you like" he said calmly to him.

Felix nodded before responding.

"I-I'm sorry... I just haven't eaten in a while... "

"Wait...Lix... you haven't been eating? At all?" He asked with worry.

Felix looked up a little before looking down to play with the hem of Chan's sweatshirt.

"N-no...."

"Didn't they feed you at the shelters?"

Felix became even sadder as he replied.

"T-they did... but... one time... someone put poison in my food... and made me sick. I went to the hospital... and the doctor told me someone did it out of spite... probably because of my eye..." he finished as he felt a few tears in his eyes but blinked them away.

"S-so since then... I stopped trusting people... with food..." he muttered before finally lifting his head to look at Chan. Out of reflex, he closed his left eye. Covering it with his small hand.

What Felix expected was probably a " I'm not surprised" as when he had mentioned it to anyone else. But instead he was faced with a sorrow Chan, a few tears peeking at his own eyes.

"Felix... they...they did that to you?" Chan could barely speak out as his heart completely shattered at what Felix told him. He got up right away walking over to Felix.

"I-I'm sorry! I-I didn't mean to ruin your dinner! I'll leave if you want me to-" Felix panicked as he apologized to the older, only to be cut off as Chan picked him up and squeezed him into a hug.

"C-Chan...?"

"Felix, no one should ever treat you like that! You don't deserve it..." he mumbled against the boy's kitten ears as he held him close.

*meow*

"I'm so sorry you've had to deal with this..." he began to tear up as he held Felix in his embrace. Felix on the other hand was in shock that Chan was sad for him, anyone for that matter. No one has ever been this concerned for him.

He slowly reached his small hands up to Chan's back, hugging him back and purring against his chest. Being this close to Chan put him at ease, he wasn't sure how, but it just did. His scent was also calming the him as he breathed it in.

Finally Chan pulled away to cup Felix's cheek.

"Felix, no one should have treated you like that. Trust me, if I was there I would have made sure someone was dead if they tried that again" he said looking into his eyes. He let out a sigh before continuing.

"You should never feel you need to hide or close your eye, it's beautiful. It's different. It's just like mine, please don't ever feel you need to close your eye when you're around me"

Felix just nodded as he continued to purr in Chan's hold.

"Lix, I know you just met me, but there's no way in hell I'm gonna let you back out there, in the streets, anywhere alone for that matter"

Felix just looked at him in surprise, he didn't realize telling him his experience would affect the older this much.

"Chan...."

"Felix, I want you with me from now on. Will you stay with me?"

Felix blinked a few times before realizing what Chan had said.

"Y-you want to keep me?"

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