"Karma-kun! I'm home!"

The cat boy eagerly ran to his owner at the sound of his name. He hugged the small girl, his body towering over hers. "I missed you Manami-sama!" he exclaimed as he nuzzled the top of her head against his cheek.

The girl laughed at his affection. "I was only at school, Karma-kun."

"That doesn't mean I wasn't lonely while you were gone," he whined, "How was school?"

"It was pretty tiring today," Manami replied, wriggling free of her pet's embrace. She headed to the kitchen with intent to get a glass of water, but when she got there, the sight before caused to to drop her bag with a thud.

"Karma-kun! What did you do!?" she yelled.

"Do what?" he responded, feigning innocence.

Her arm gestured towards the mass of dirt and broken clay that littered the kitchen floor. "Why are all of my plants destroyed!?"

He pursed his lips together, turning his nose up to the air. "I was bored. It's Manami-sama's fault for leaving me all alone."

Manami stood with her mouth agape. All of the time and money I put into growing those herbs… gone.

Karma's red tail swished back and forth from his seat on top of the kitchen counter as he watched his owner sweep the dirt from the floor. It was silent between the two of them. It was common for the duo to spend afternoons in silence, enjoying each other's company, but this silence was different somehow. He didn't know why, but this silence made him uneasy.

His red ears folded downwards. "I'm sorry, Manami-sama."

Her sweeping stilled and she gave a forgiving smile. "It's alright, Karma-kun."

I feel like I made them a little OOC, but hope you enjoyed! Just to clarify, I used '-sama' instead of 'Master' just because I liked the sound of it more. This is definitely the type of fiction where you don't want to think too much while you read. Lol

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