I Want To Be a Cat

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>Hello there.

>Ah.

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>I wonder if I spooked her...

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>We meet again.

>You're not gonna run away today, huh?

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>Where do you come from~?

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>You want this?

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>Looks like you were hungry, huh?

>Hiss!

>Sorry~!

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>You remind me of Nicocchi...

>Alright, I'm naming you Nico!

>Nice to meet you, Nicocchi

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>What are you playing at, naming cats after other people like that?

>Nicocchi!?
>What are you doing here...? Were you... following me!?
>Like hell I was...

>We ran out of soy sauce so I went out to buy more.
>Oh, I see~ So it was a coincidence.

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>So, what's so Nico-ish about this cat?

>Hmm~, well, you can see it has black hair and a red ribbon.
>Is that all~? Kinda simple.

>Also, she doesn't take to people that much...

>Wasn't she just cautious about being approached by such a shady person~?

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>Hiss!!

>...
>Ahaha. She got upset at you too, Nicocchi.

>You gonna get yourself a pet?

>Nah...
>I'm not confident I can look after it...

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>Yeah, I think raising a living thing might be impossible for someone as lazy as you~.

>Then maybe I'll take Nicocchi as my pet~.

>Isn't the cat already someone's pet?
>It's wearing a collar, after all...

>Not her~ The human Nicocchi.
>Huh!?

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>You know how to cook, so even a lazy girl like me can raise you, don't you think?

>>smile

>Kuro~!

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>There you are~ I've been looking for you~!

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>So she was just lost.
>It's a good thing her owner found her.

>I guess you're right.

>Nozomi.
>Hm?

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>Wanna eat at my place tonight?
>You were probably just gonna have frozen udon, right?

>...Alright. I'll take you up on that.

>What's on the menu~?
>Fried chicken.
>Yay, meat~.
>You sure do love meat, huh...