Dinka ran through the isles of the store frantically, checking under cat beds and under piles of toys and such that little kids probably yanked from the hooks and let them drop. He suddenly saw a cat, but it was a black one, not his precious Nickie that he sought after.

Just then, he heard the jingles of a toy, and he bolted to the toy isle. After p*censored*ing all the frisbees and balls he came across the familiar ivory cat, rubbing himself on some toy that looked like a mouse. Dinka sighed and shook his head. "Jeez, Nickie. You gave me a heart attack. What if some wierdo took you away??" He asked, trotting over to him. He didn't seem to be paying attention, so he walked over to him and read the label hanging from the mouse toy. 'Cat Nip: Food for the senses!'

Dinka smiled, shaking his head. "You like that, huh? I guess you've never been around cat nip before. I guess that'll be on the shopping list. He picked Nickie up and plopped him into the shopping cart, putting down the cat nip induced mouse toy next to him. "There. Now to pay for all this stuff.."

Nickie settled down with his beautiful mouse. There was really nothing else he could do. His body felt weak and numb from the beutiful mouse and everything wouldn't stop moving around him. But he was happy, loud purrs escaped from him every few moments but would only last a short burst and then die away. He was on a kitty cat nip mouse induced high.  

Dinka pushed the cart towards the cashier, who smiled at Dinka and Nickie. He reached over to bring the items over and scan them. Once he did all the small items like food and toys, he grabbed the scratching post and the litter box, as well as other things. The last item was the cat nip mouse, but Nickie had a giant grip on it.

Dinka smiled and picked Nickie up, plopping him on the counter. The cashier scanned the mouse while it was still in Nickie's grasp, then patted him on the head, putting him back in the cart. He waved the cashier goodbye, and sighed once they headed for the car.

"Damn... that was expensive. $250 dollars." He muttered, pulling up to the car and unloading the shopping bags and such. "Well, this should last us a long time. And at least lil' Nickie's happy." He stated, picking Nickie and the cat nip mouse up and putting them in the p*censored*enger seat once more.

(Should we wait a little while before Nickie changes or do it like we planned?)

Nickie emitted a small growl at the thought of anyone taking his prized and precious mouse away. So he continued to hold onto it and refused to let the cashier have it. It was his, he had decided. He continued to hold it even when Dinka picked him up and put him on the check out to buy the mouse. Once that was over he settled back down into the cart.

Outside Dinka put Nickie into the car and he settled down in the passenger side seat quietly, cat nip mouse clamped firmly between his sharp teeth, and curled his tail delicately around his paws as he waited for the car to start. His cat nip hig had passed by now, so he was able to drop the mouse onto his paws without going into a crazy frenzy once again. 

[ I think that once they get home, Nickie plays with all the new stuff until night time? Then he transforms-- I think that would do ]

Dinka blew some pink strands out of his face. He put the key in the ignition and put the car in reverse. Unfortunetly, there was a crash, which ment a lot of traffic. Dinka preoccupied himself by stroking Nickie's head, tugging his tail and singing along to the radio. By the time the traffic cleared up, it was already 4:00.

Dinka sighed as he put Nickie inside of the house. Opening his bag, he set down two new bowls. He poured milk into one, and then some premium cat food in the other. After this, he threw the can away. "I'm going to be upstairs setting up the scratching post and such, when you're done, come upstairs, ok?" He stated even though cats would normally not understand.

[Zee lurker, she bumps zee thread. o3o]

Nickie watched dinka go before he pranced over to the two bowls that h'd set out for him and settled down in between the two of them and curled his tail delicately over his paws. He began eating, his stomach sudden;y felt as if he hadn't eatin in forever when in reality he'd actually had a decent sized meal yesterday. So this is what is felt like to have an eating schedule. He hadn't had one in so long that he'd forgotten.

Once he was finished he straightened up and stretched thoroughly before he settled down oce more and began to lick himself clean. He did this for a while until he deemed himself presentable and stood up and scrambled up ther stairs where Dinka had disappeared. "Human!" He meowed, walking into the room that he had slept in the night before with the human.

Dinka smiled widely as Nickie joined him. He looked up from his peice of work to look into big, blue  almond eyes. "Ah- so the pretty kitty decided to join me?" He asked with a grin. Grabbing Nickie swiftly, he pulled him to his lap and gave the cat a noogie. He grabbed a black collar with a cute little silver bell on it and tied it around Nickie's neck.

Then, he set him down, looking him over. "Someone looks handsome!" He said, nodding at the collar. He turned back to the things in front of him. "Well, what do you think?" He asked, repositioning a few items. "If I was a cat, I'd love to have my own little corner to lay around and play with stuff lazily. Being a cat must be so cool." He said, closing his eyes.

"Actually, being a cat is not as good as it seems." Nickie responded, jumping out of Dinka's arms. He sat down beside his head instead and began to lazily lick himself. "You see, now I have to lick myself clean." He told the humn. "And then I eat a lot of hair all the time and have to get sick to get rid of it. And I'm really short now, I can't see veery far ahead of me." He continued, just meowing away. 

"Im trated like an animal and no one understands me anymore. I can't remember anything and i have to use a litterbox now." He told the human, putting his paw down and picking up the other one. "I hate dogs and water. And rain and anything else that is wet or makes a lot of un needed noise." He looked at the hum. "Doesn't sound so fun huh?"  

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