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Polly opened the door, and the tiny creature lunged at her, meowing frantically. “Oh, hello, little man. Did you keep Nari up?”
Nari’s light flicked off. Polly chuckled, carried her bags to Minoru’s room, showered, changed, and crawled into his bed. She put her head on the spot where Minoru laid his head, and Jiji curled into the front of her body.
Once settled, she called Minoru. He answered and frowned. “Why are you home so late?”
She chuckled. “Mama Tsubaki made me come over for dinner, and some of your other relatives brought me another kimono. I am out of storage here, so I had to bring it to Loki’s.”
He growled. “Let Nari know, and she will have more storage installed.”
“Dude, I don’t want you to fill your house with my stuff.”
“We are getting married. That is the idea.” He smiled. “I will send Nari a note. How many is Loki storing for you?”
“Uh, seven? Maybe eight.”
“Well, that is impressive.” He looked surprised. “Is my little guy there?”
She angled the camera down to show Jiji curled up against her chest. The kitten mewed and batted at the phone.
Minoru grinned. “Did you have a good day?”
“Asking me or the cat?”
“The cat.”
She chuckled while Jiji rubbed up against her phone and purred. Minoru purred back.
They chatted for a bit and then switched to a voice call. Polly put him on speaker, and he purred her to sleep. It was a weird ritual, but it was theirs.
She woke up when her phone alarm went off, and she stretched. Jiji attacked her fingers but was careful to bite with delicacy.
She got up and cuddled her little buddy as she headed for breakfast, and Nari handed over Jiji’s breakfast, so Polly set him on the floor with his snack. “How has he been with Minoru gone?”
“A little moody. He wants a lot of attention.” Nari nodded. “It is a good thing that sir is going to be back in a few days.”
Polly looked at her. “Is he?”
“He doesn’t tell you?”
“I don’t ask.”
Nari blinked. “Really?”
“I don’t want to turn into a nervous wreck.”
“He makes you nervous?”
“He reminds me that the wedding is coming up, and I only have a few moments to finish finding people to invite. I have Maura, Aggie—who is going to be there anyway—Liirel and Kell.”
“What about Sura?”
“Oh, right. Sura.” She smiled. “Right. So, a handful of people compared to Minoru’s hundreds. Including you.”
“It doesn’t matter. After the ceremony, his people become your people.” Nari smiled. “Sit and eat.”
“Yes, ma’am.” She sat at the island and ate the breakfast that Nari had prepared. She checked her schedule, ruffled Jiji for a moment, kissed her boy on the forehead, and then he walked her to the door.
Having him returned to the shelter had been a suspicious stroke of luck, but the look on the face of Minoru as his present hissed and growled at him had been priceless. She had giggled for ten minutes before Minoru had taken them both into the bedroom and stroked them until they calmed down.
