Your Life As A Neera Chp 2

You stood, alone and afraid in front of the giant Neko with no hope of escape. You silently wish that you hadn’t of tried to scavenge today. You wish that you made your mother do it, as harsh as that sounds. You were probably going to die today…

You walk over to the Neko, not hiding your fear from your predator. You eventually make it to her hand where you step on; she moves her thumb into an upright position. “Hold on!” she instructed, you did just that. The Neko picked up her purse with her left hand, standing up afterwards. She moved out of the kitchen and into the living room, bringing you along for the ride.

The Neko plopped down on the sofa and brought you up to her face. Her expression changed from happy to concern in an instant. “On no! What’s wrong little one? Why do you look so upset?” she asked, noticing your fear.

“I- I’m never going to see my family again… a- am I?” You asked, a feeling of dread washing over you.

The Neko’s expression turns to sadness, “what? Why? Are they ill or something? If you bring them here I could see if I have any medicine…”

“You’d just eat them too!” You yelled, right in the face of the Neko. She was trying to get you to bring your family to her and you weren’t having any of it. They weren’t even ill! You didn’t say that! “Eat them?” The Neko giggled. “No way, I won’t eat them. I won’t eat you. I promised you I wouldn’t” the Neko reminded you.

You turned away, “Yeah right…” you muttered, not believing the Neko’s candy-covered words. Why wouldn’t she eat you? The Neko sighed, leaning in, she planted a friendly little kiss on the side of your head. “Now, if you’re finished being upset, I’d like to ask you a few questions. Then I can let you go” she informed. “Question number one. Why don’t you like me?” she asked, you laughed at the preposterous question.

“You’re a Neko!” You replied.

“And? Is that it? I can’t help what race I am sweetie…”

“You eat my people!” You retorted, angrily this time.

“Nuh-uh! Not all of them, I let lots of little Neera take food and leave without a scratch” she replied. You scowled up at her. “Lying won’t make me like you. You’ve eaten loads of men and women!”

“Yes, I have. But I have eaten no children. I have even kept a few young Neera as pets before, feeding them and looking after them if they’re poorly before I let them go” she replied. You were shocked, if she was telling you the truth, then people had been grossly misinformed of how evil and dangerous this particular Neko was. In truth, you’d never heard of Natalie being a child eater before… but then again Neera wouldn’t mention that in horror stories told around campfires.

“Suppose I did believe you” you began, “what’s going to stop you from eating me?” You asked, crossing your arms and raising an eyebrow. The Neko giggled. “Your fifteen! A cute lil’ Neera once told me that as soon as a Neera hits sixteen, they’re considered an adult. I don’t nibble on children, and right now you’re a child! My maternal instincts are going wild from just being around you! And all I wanna do is cuddle you and kiss you and nuzzle you and tuck you away between my boobies to make sure no other Neko gets their paws on you…” she informed, nuzzling you and purring loudly because of it. You stood dumbfounded by the Neko’s response. You had no idea that a Neko could be so… friendly… or alluring.

“Well… maybe I could do with a cuddle right about now… I’m still a little scared…” you informed, nervously looking around to be sure there were no people watching, furry or Neera. Natalie cooed. She brought you up to her cheek and held you against it, rubbing your back with her thumb. She then pulled you away and placed another little kiss on your tummy. “Now sweetie, maybe we’ve gotten off on the wrong paw. My name’s Natalie” she informed, you smiled.

“I know” you replied.

Natalie cocked her brow. “What? How did you know?” she asked.

“Many Neera tell stories about you… but, I think that’s all they are, stories” you replied. Natalie smiled.

“Aww!! Sweetie, that’s the nicest thing a Neera has ever said to me! I wish I could just keep you here with me… you’d make such a good little buddy to snuggle with…” Natalie sighed, nuzzling you. “But I suppose you’ll be wanting to get back to your family now… And I promised I’d let you go after you’d stay for a little while…” she sighed again. You couldn’t help but feel sad for the Neko.

“Maybe I’ll come back tomorrow. If you don’t mind. I’d like to get to know you a little better…” you replied. The Neko’s eyes lit up like a kittens and she squealed in glee, kissing you all over. “Yes yes yes!” she replied, “I’d love it if you could visit me again! Maybe we could make it an every other day kind of thing?” she asked.

You chuckled at her excitement. “Whoa! Don’t get ahead of yourself Natalie!” Her expression changed from utter happiness to its opposite. Sadness filled Natalie’s eyes and she nodded. “R- Right… silly me…” she replied, sighing. “I guess it was a stupid idea…” she sighed again, nuzzling you one last time before she stood and moved over to the crack in the wall. The friendly Neko set you down on the floor and turned to move away. “W- Wait! I didn’t mean for it to come out like that!” you exclaimed, the Neko turned and looked down at you.

“Don’t worry about coming tomorrow sweetie… I know you don’t want to… And I’m sorry I managed to ruin our friendship before it even started…” she sighed.  She then left the room without another word, moving into her bedroom. Or what you believed to be her bedroom. You looked back to the crack. You were exhausted, hungry and wanted to see your family. But you wanted to see Natalie even more, you decided to leave her home and come back tomorrow…