It was Sunday around 9 pm, Logan sleepily walked down the stairs wearing his blue shorts and a pink t-shirt that I bought him yesterday.
I found Logan asleep in his room yesterday so I just left him be.

"Morning sleepy head." I said typing on my laptop. He didn't answer, not that I expected him to. "There's eggo waffles in the fridge. Want any waffles for breakfast?" He looked at me and nodded. I got up and made him waffles in the toaster; once they popped out I plated them for him. I saw him sit down on the floor looking up at me with big eyes. "What are you doing?" Nothing. "Get off the floor come sit at the table." He flinched and got up quickly stumbling a bit. He quickly sat at the table and I put the plate of food in front of him. Why'd he sit on the floor? Is that what they make them do at the shelter? I guess they would since I don't think there'd be a bunch of tables. It's an animal shelter not an orphanage. I waited for him to start eating but he just looked up at me. "What's wrong? You don't like waffles?" He nodded. "Well if you like them start eating." He still just stared at me. "Eaaaat." I drew out the word. He flinched again and started eating. 'Jeez, what's wrong with him?'

I sat at the other side of the table and continued with my work. I was doing some work at home today and I had a lot to finish. The boss gave me a task and she said I need to have it done by the end of the day tomorrow or I'm fired. She was tough like that, get your work done on time or you lose your job. I can't afford to lose this job, I'm this close to being flat broke. Now that I have Logan I can't be broke, it's not like he can get a job...or...can he? Allison did say he was smart.

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I never had waffles before, but boy were they great!
I finished eating the food, so what do I do now? I sat at the table for a while. I wondered if I was supposed to ask to be excused or if I could just leave. At the shelter they told us that we always had to have good manners or our masters might get mad and return us! I looked at Master David, and he seemed to be occupied, so I decided to excuse myself. I put the plate in the sink, I thought it wouldn't be nice to make him clean up after me so I washed all the dishes in the sink.

After that I got bored so I went upstairs to play with Hannibal. That's what I named my stuffed hippo. Hannibal the Hippopotamus. It suites him.

After about an hour of playing I went downstairs to see what Master David was doing. I saw him doing something on a computer I think. I wonder if I ask really nicely if he'll play with me. I crawled over to the table where he was sitting and looked up at him, he seemed to be very focused on what he is doing. After a really long time he finally noticed me. He looked at me and then back at his computer. "What d'ya want? I'm busy." I grumbled.

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He just stared at me without looking at me, it was getting on my nerves. "What? Why are you staring at me like that, what's wrong with you?" He still didn't say anything. "Why aren't you saying anything? Speeeeaaak." I put my hand on his face and stretched his cheeks. They were really soft and stretchy. "I'm busy, if you're not going to tell me anything then leave me alone." He frowned a bit. I let out an annoyed groan. "You like T.V? Wanna watch T.V?"

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Is that a question or a demand.

I don't know! I don't think he likes me at all!

Maybe I should try to say something to him?

"D-do you w-want me to go watch T.V?" My voice came out stuttery and dry since I hardly ever use it. My voice was very high pitched and soft. Is that really what I sound like?

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My eyes widened. That's the first time I ever heard him say something. His voice was very high pitched and silky, almost like a girls. I just noticed that he's also very feminine looking. Is think he was a girl if Allison didn't tell me his name was Petey. When I adopted him he also came in a pink sweater and short shorts.

"Uh..um. I asked you if you wanted to watch T.V. You don't have to if you don't want to, it's not an order or anything."

"Oh...o-ok." He said softly. I got up and went to turn it on for him. He followed me to the living room.

"You can go sit on the couch." He did just that and sat nicely on the couch. I turned it on for him and explained how to use the remote to change channels since he didn't seem to know how.

After that I left him and went back to finish my work.

~oOo~
Time skip

About two hours and 3 cups of coffee later I finished all of my work. I turned my chair around to get a view of the living room to see what Logan was up to. He was still staring at the T.V with a sleepy expression on his face. I got up to go look at what he was watching and it looked like some kind of space documentary.

"Did you know Venus has the most volcanoes than all the other planets in our solar system? That's a lot of volcanoes." He said sleepily.

"No, I did not know that."

"Yeah it looks like an apocalyptic waste land made of volcanoes and lava." He yawned. "Isn't that cool?"

"Uh huh, you look sleepy, maybe we should get you to bed." He nodded cutely rubbing his eyes with his tiny baby hands. I picked him up and carried him to his room. He was very very light, I made a mental note that I might need to feed him more.

I gently placed him on his bed, he was already out like a light. I tucked him in and went back downstairs.

I saw the list Allison gave me yesterday about how to take care of Neko's. I had just skimmed it and tossed it as dude because everything on the list seemed so obvious. Feed him, put him to sleep early, but him clothes dot dot dot. But I never really read it over so I picked it up to get a better look at it. Noticed that it was folded backwards and that the list was actually much longer than I thought. I groaned and started to read the list.

-Feed them healthy foods at least 3 times a day ( breakfast, lunch and dinner with some snacks in between.)
Do not over feed or they will get upset stomachs or sick!
- buy them plenty of clothes. Start out with at least 3 pairs of pyjamas, 6 underwear's or diapers if not potty trained. A sweater, and a few pairs of home clothes
-They are used to taking naps in the afternoon so they will most likely be very sleepy around noon.
-give them plenty of love and attention
-play games with them
-make sure they're happy but don't spoil them
-give them a list of rules to follow
-don't leave them unattended for long periods of time, they cannot take care of themselves
-reward them when they have good behaviour
- Neko's like plenty of milk and pets behind the ears

That's doesn't sound to difficult. But this sounds like how'd you treat a child. That reminds me, I never asked how old Logan was. I'll ask when he wakes up. Do I need to treat Logan like a child? He seemed smarter than that. I found him watching documentaries. I'll see how he acts when he wakes up.

~oOo~
Another time skip

I watched a comedy show on the T.V while I waited for Logan to wake up from his nap. He was sleeping for 3 hours now so I thought I'd go upstairs and check on him.

As I got closer to his room I heard him talking to himself, which was kinda weird. I slowly opened the door.

"Hey, Logan?" He turned and looked at me. He was on his bed playing with his hippo which I must admit was a really cute sight to see. I sat on the edge of his bed. "Whatcha doin'?"

"I'm playing with Hannibal." He said with a smile.

"Hannibal?"

"That's what I named him." I mouth the word 'oh'. He couldn't have named it anything else like Hally, or Henry...or Bob?
But it's his stuffie so I guess he can name it what he wants. Number 5 on the list said to play games with them.

"You want me to play with you?" His eyes widened and then me nodded quickly which was really adorable.

We went outside in my small-ish backyard and played with the ball I gave him. It was actually kind of...fun.

After about half an hour of playing catch we just laid down on the grass together. He rested his head on my lap while I played with his hair and ears. They were really soft and fluffy, I wondered how he got it this soft. He purred contently while I pet him with his eyes closed. I thought now would be the time to ask him.
"Hey Logan."

"Yes Master David?"

"...Just David is fine."

"Okay just David." I chuckled softly at his goofiness.

"How old are you exactly?"

"Around 18, I'll be 19 soon." Man, he's small for 18!

"19 soon huh? When's your birthday?"

"I don't know exactly. They said they found me on September 5th, so they made that my new birthday. I don't know how old I was when they found me, they said I was a baby and I was really small."

"When they found you? What happened?"

"They said they found me in an old cardboard box near a garbage can. It looked like someone just left me there."

Someone threw him out like trash?!

"That's horrible!"

"It's ok. They said I was dirty and starving and crying when Joyce found me and put me in the shelter so someone can adopt me. But no one ever did." He said with a small frown.

Now I feel really bad. I'm not good at comforting people in these situations. What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to say? I can't just sit he and do nothing.

"Uh...do you need a hug or something?"

"...a hug would be nice." He sat up so I could hug him. He placed him in my lap and held him in my arms. That's really terrible. How could someone do that to him? Where was his mother? Did she put him in the trash?

He felt really small and fragile when I held him in my arms like he needed to be handled with care.

"I'm so sorry."

"It's ok. At least you adopted me." I held him tighter, but not too tight.

"How about we go inside, yeah?" He nodded and I lifted him back inside the house.

~oOo~
Time skip again

It was 7 pm and I thought it would be good if I made dinner now, since the list said that Logan needed to get to bed early.

"We have ravioli and we have chicken strips, what do you want to have for dinner?" I asked him.

"Whichever you like is fine."

"No, I asked what you wanted."

"Hmm." He thought about if for a second. "Ravioli!" I smiled and started to make the cheese and spinach ravioli with canned tomato sauce. About 40 minutes later the food was made and plated at the table. He sat down across from me and smiled at his food.

"Welp. Time to dig in." I started closing down on the pasta since I was starved. He copied my action and started to dig into his food. By the time he was done eating he had sauce all over his mouth. He laughed and gently wiped his mouth with a napkin. It was kinda cute, and funny and gross at the exact same time.

We were done eating around 8:30.

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The list said to give him some rules, so I thought of some rules.

"Logan." He looked at me cutely with a smile on his face. "I'm going to give you some rules ok?" He nodded. "Hmm..ok. Oh! One, you're not allowed to leave the house without somebody I know and trust with you. Two, when we go outside the house, like to a store or something you're not allowed to walk off without me or you can get lost. Three, try not to make a big mess, and if you do clean it up after. And four, when you're home alone, don't leave the house and don't answer the door or phone for anyone. If it's important they'll call or come back when I'm home. Got it?"

He nodded. "Got it."

"Good." I check the time and it was nearly 9:30, I decided that he should go to bed now since it was getting late. I thought since I had nothing to do I'd just go to bed with him. He got into his pyjamas and brushed his fur and teeth before crawling into his bed. I tucked him in and kissed him goodnight on the forehead. Not even 5 minutes later he was lights out. I smiled and went over to my own room with was right next door. I smiled to myself as I close my eyes.

'I could get used to having him here.'