Kitten Philia

For as long as he could remember, Yuuma was like a slave at the tailor shop.

"Go do fundraising. If you don't there'll be no dinner."

The owner of the shop, a woman masked and kitten-eared, issued demands from up on her high horse.

"I want that thing you're wearing. Take it off and place it there."

It was beyond reasonable, yet Yuuma bent quietly to his neko mistress. This was the "world of cats", where humans daren't disobey. They were not equals here; they were far beneath the ruling cats, who do as they please.