Hello! This is the companion fic (and sort of sequel) to 'These Tiny Little Things'. This time we focus on our dear couple Romantica!

Don't worry, the Sekaiichi Hatsukoi characters will still make a presence, as I said on the last chapter of that story. This story will be a short story as well.

For new readers, I will mostly use the term little chibi neko people, or tiny chibi neko or chibi neko... blah blah blah... Tiny little chibi bodies and cat/etc. ears and tail. They can fit in your shirt pocket and all that jazz.

P.S. Kyou isn't the main main, he's just showing some backstory.

Sometimes, Ijuuin Kyou didn't understand how fate worked. When everything seems alright and the world is in order, half the time it's just not meant to be. That's how it felt 10 years back when he met his little companion, and then a few years back when he met the love of his life. He couldn't have both the way he wanted.

(Cue flashback)

Kyou cringed due to thunder along with his assistants as they drove along the mountain side facing the ocean. They were heading to a location to find references for the next volume of his recently released manga that a lot of people seemed to enjoy. Some have told him he didn't have to go since the weather was predicted to get bad, but he wanted to go. He wanted the experience.

Eventually they found solace at a cliff side resort and hotel, and when the weather looked to be okay enough in the evening he went to explore. The forest was close by leading to a small river and there was no danger in particular so he felt free to go as far as he could.

"...myew." He paused his footing at the sound. "...myew."

Finding no sign of a cat he kept walking, and a minute later he found his path blocked by a fallen tree. That's when he heard the small sounds of a cat- no kitten, again. It sounded weak; he looked around again on the ground, hoping he wouldn't unintentionally step on it. He'd seen strays around, so he wondered if any of them couldn't make it to shelter on time. "Myew..."

He actually wouldn't mind taking a cat home. It was lonely living by himself.

When he stepped closer to the tree to investigate, the mewls turned into whimpers, and he startled, scanning the ground around his feet carefully. Towards the end of the tree, that's when he spotted it.

A tiny little kitten thing that lay weakly, it's tail having been stomped on with the fallen tree. Kyou went in close, confused by the human features he could now see clearly. It looked like a tiny person- a child, with cat ears and tail. It looked like it was wearing a shirt and pants, but now it was all dirty and battered due to the surrounding conditions.

Kyou remembered hearing something about this on the news. Beings like these were popping up occasionally, though their origins remain a mystery. Just like this one. "Mew..." It meowed weakly, and when it turned slightly it began trembling seeing the outstretched hand heading for it.

"It's okay... I won't hurt you-" He flinched as he felt it bite him, and looked in astonishment seeing that it still had some fight left in it. He can feel it trembling through it's bite, fearful. "It's okay," he coos seconds later, using his hand to lift its small body, "I'll take you somewhere safe."

However, he found trouble taking the small thing away from the tree with its tail being trapped. And when he realized that only tugging the small creature caused it to cry instead of being carried up at all he found himself frowning in worry.

...

"Is it okay?" Kyou asked to the emergency doctor, having urgently left the cliff side with someone's car (he asked for permission of course) to the closest hospital.

"We don't normally get cases like these. We weren't sure how he would respond to our anesthetics, but we think he's okay."

"...he?"

The doctor nods, "Follow me."

"We gave him only a little, and it seemed to be enough," The doctor begins, showing Kyou the tiny human neko inside a small incubator, a bandage around the small tiny stub that was left of his tail. "He was out like a light and we had to remove most of his tail. He had probably gone a few hours with the nerves dead at the end that got crushed."

"Will that affect anything?"

"Probably his balance. My friend's cat had something like this happen. It couldn't jump or run properly for a few weeks until it got used to it. This little child will be fine. Do you want to take him back with you?"

"Shouldn't you keep him overnight?"

"I had thought that too, but as we stitched his tail it already showed signs of healing and hair growing back. These kinds probably heal quickly."

...

"It's so cute! It-"

He shushed one of the overly excited assistants, putting down the little creature on the table with blankets all around it. "Let it sleep," he says, leading everyone out of his hotel room.

While everyone went to eat for dinner he snuck back to his room to see if the small neko child was okay. When he saw that it was still sleeping he breathed a sigh of relief. Hearing a tiny cough, he looked back down to it, eyes widening as the tiny thing yawned and blinked his eyes open.

"..." he said nothing as those green eyes stared at him in bewilderment.

Eventually, those eyes glanced around at the changed environment before tears sprung up and he cried, his high pitched mewls only heard from the only man inside the room.

"Don't cry, uh..." Kyou tried to reach out and pet it, only to have the small neko child escape from his blankets to run and trip. Scared, the little chibi neko started to cry even more.

'What should I do?' The mangaka looked around before remembering that it was dinner time. "Are you hungry?" he asked him, moving his hand forward to help him up.

Seeing the hand the child stood up as fast as it could without any help, and retreated back to his blankets.

Sighing, Kyou stared at him until he heard the faint sound of a hungry stomach. He noticed then the child pouting and digging back deeper into the blankets.

"You're hungry?"

The little neko tilted his head, confused. "Uumumu?" he tried to repeat. When Kyou laughed at that he pouted, tears now threatening to fall in humiliation.

"Don't cry..." Kyou went to carry up the bundle of blankets holding him, and the child protested until he walked out of the room. Now he curiously peered about, and all Kyou heard until he reached the dining hall was tiny little mewls of awe at every statue and painting they passed by in the halls.

Stopping here! The flashback will continue next chapter.

This might be a little longer than the first one... maybe I should add more extra chapters to the first story?

If you're curious and haven't read 'These Tiny Little Things', go read it, if you please! The introduction to this story is in the latest/last chapter. (Guess who the Egoist couple belong to? Xd)

For those who came from 'These Tiny Little Things', what do you think?