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“Rui, you really need to clean your room more often,” Nene states, trying her best to tiptoe her way around the random estranged parts and wires on the scratched-up wooden floor of his garage. A greyscale rug lays overtop the flooring in an attempt to cover up many of the marks that has come from the purple haired’s experiments, but does not do a great job with its similarly tattered and worn state.
The perpetrator of aforementioned scratches and marks trails behind Nene with slumped shoulders. “But, Nene, if I were to do that, then I wouldn’t know where anything is!” Rui whines out like a little kid being forced to do chores.
“Or, maybe you could organize all your things, and you wouldn’t have this problem,” the minty haired girl quips back with a passive-aggressive tone in her voice, shoving a pile of cluttered parts on his jean couch to the side.
“Yoyoyoyo, but that’d take so much time!” He leans his lanky body on Nene’s side, dramatically placing a hand on his forehead. The shorter of the two pushes him off, causing Rui to unceremoniously crash on the floor.
“You’re a big kid, figure it out.” Rui groans, wailing out a “You’re so cruel to me, Nene,” in response. She ignores his childish antics and sits on the jean couch (or as Mizuki likes to call it, a jouch) in the corner of his room, crossing her arms and looking down upon him like an emperor would to their loyal subject. “Why’d you call me over again?”
At the question, Rui immediately lit up, turning his pouty expression into one of manic, the mood switching instantaneously. He scrambles off of the floor, dusting himself off, and speed-walks to the other end of the room, pushing a tall machine with a red velvet cloth draped on it with a grating metal noise, making Nene wince, towards the couch.
Standing beside it, Rui grinned like a madman, his hand gripped on the cloth. “This is my latest invention! Behold,” he exclaims, tearing the fabric off of it dramatically, “The animal transformer!” The extravagant machine in question had a sleek, metal frame that looked like a metal detector at an airport, with a multitude of different colored buttons and knobs on its side, a wire from it connected to a comically large red button on the floor.
Nene blinks, taking it all in. She slowly nods her head, pretending she knows what he’s talking about. “Uhuh. And what is it supposed to do, exactly?” She skeptically asks, crossing her legs.
“Well, if you were to press this button,” he pointed at the button on the floor, “and stepped inside,” he says, walking into the proclaimed animal transformer, “You would turn into any animal of your choosing!”
“Any animal?”
“Mhm!"
Nene hums in understanding, eyes still fixed on the machine. “Have you tested it yet?”
Rui shakes his head. “No. I’m waiting for some parts to come in to make a reverse function, so in the scenario that it does work, the person could be transformed back into a human.”
“Cool,” she says blandly. Nene leans over to rummage through her bag, pulling out her Switch. She adjusts her position so her back is resting on the armrest and her legs are curled into a ball. “In that case, have fun doing… whatever.”
Rui smiles to himself. He rolls the machine back over to his desk, sliding into his chair and turning on his soldering iron. Time passes by, the two friends get into their usual rhythm whenever they hang out: Rui tinkering, and Nene playing games, only the quiet silence of clatter and noise from the console filling the air.
Knock knock knock!
Both Nene and Rui jolt, turning towards the garage door creaking open. Rui’s mother peered through the crack of the door, a suitcase behind her. A neck pillow rests around her shoulders, and a backpack slung over one shoulder.
“Rui, sweetie, I’m leaving to head off to the airport.”
Rui places his soldering iron back into the holder, lifting up his safety glasses and spinning his chair to face her. “Oh, I thought your trip was next week?”
Rui’s mom carefully steps over the giant mess on the floor, making her way over to his desk. “It was, but then some last minute changes came up, so I have to be there earlier than I thought,” the woman explains.
She kisses his forehead, ruffling his hair. “Be good, don’t burn down the house or create the apocalypse– you know the drill,” she says, waving her hand as she walks towards the door.
She pauses at the door, before snapping her fingers and turning around. “Before I forget, I need you to do the dishes, and clean the garage. It looks like a tornado hit this place.” And with one last air hug, she shuts the door and disappears, the sound of plastic wheels against the floor
Nene snickers in the corner. “Yeah, Rui, clean your room.”
Rui gets up, dramatically putting his hand on his forehead. “Oh, woe is me Nene! How da–”
He's suddenly cut off as he trips on a wire and lands face-first into the floor.
He rolls over, to see Nene leaning over his body, a smug “I told you so” look plastered on her face.
Rui lets out a long, defeated sigh.
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In the end, Rui enlists Nene’s help in doing chores around the house. They decided on having Rui do the dishes, and Nene organizing his room.
Rushing water from the sink fills the room, with the occasional clatter of glass against the rack of the dishwasher, the purple haired boy quietly humming the chorus of “Becoming Potatoes”.
CRASH!
Rui jumps, startled by the loud din. He leans back, trying to peer down the corridor that leads to the garage.
“Nene? Are you alright in there?” He calls out.
He calls out for her once more, but only silence meets him in return. Rui feels his body paling, as he frantically sets down the plate in his hand and hastily rushes back to the garage, anxiety plaguing him.
Rui reaches the garage and slams the door open, peering inside.
“Nene?” He asks softly, scanning the area. As he tentatively takes a step forward, Rui feels something under his foot and a yowl, causing him to step back and snap his head down to look at the cause of the noise.
“Huh? How’d a cat get in here?” The inventor mutters to himself, staring at the pearly white cat in question.
He scoops the cat into his arms, petting it as an apology. The cat swats at his face and jumps down. It sits on the ground, staring up at him, tail flicking angrily from side to side.
Rui’s eyes travel down to the heap of clothes that the cat was originally sitting in the middle of. Upon further inspection, Rui realizes that those same clothes were the same ones that Nene was wearing earlier. The cat nudges the clothes out of the way, pawing a big red button that was connected to one of his many machines.
Suddenly it all clicks. Rui squints at the cat. “Nene?” The cat nods, meowing in agreement.
Rui’s signature evil cat-like smile forms on his face, as he giddily giggles in excitement. “Fufu~ I was going to get Tsukasa-kun to try out my newest invention, but it seems you beat him to the punch.”
Nene just meows as furiously as a cat can in response.
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Rui arrives at the Wonder Stage, Nene riding along in his arms. In the distance, Emu is happily chatting away with Tsukasa, her legs swinging back and forth on the edge of the stage. The blonde man next to her has his arms crossed, an annoyed expression plastered on his face.
Emu does a double take as she spots Rui and the cat in his arms. Nene watches as a pink blur surges forward, tackling Rui in a hug, squishing Nene in the process, who lets out a weak mew.
“Wonderhoy, Rui!” She says, beaming up at him. The energetic girl suddenly spots the cat in Rui’s arm, looking at it curiously.
“Hm? Who’s this?” Emu asks. Nene jumps down from Rui’s arms, immediately rubbing up against Emu’s legs. She picks up the feline friend, bringing her close to her face. Nene licks the unknowing girlfriend, causing her to giggle.
“That’s Nene,” he says.
“Eh? You named the kitty-cat after Nene-chan?” She asks, scratching underneath Nene’s chin.
Rui chuckles, “No, that is Nene.”
“YOU TURNED NENE INTO A CAT?!?!?!” A booming voice from behind screeches. Nene’s ears flatten at the familiar voice.
“Oya? Tsukasa-kun! How nice of you to join us!” Rui ignores the rhetorical question, and languidly walks over to his boyfriend, slinging his arms around his shoulders. He puckers his lips, leaning in to kiss his cheek, but to his despair, is met with a hand to the face pushing him away.
“RUI!!!!!!!!! WE HAVE A SHOW IN A WEEK!!!!!!! WE CAN’T HAVE THE MAIN CHARACTER TURNED INTO A CAT!!!!!!! THIS SHOW IS ABOUT AN EVIL DOLL WHO DOES RANDOM STUFF!!!!!!!! NOT A CAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU BETTER KNOW HOW TO TURN NENE BACK INTO A HUMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Tsukasa yells, shaking Rui’s shoulders. Rui just simply grins.
“Don’t worry, my star. I already have some parts coming in that I’ll be using to turn Nene back to normal.”
“AND HOW LONG IS THAT GONNA TAKE!?!?!?!?!”
“Two days.”
“GAAAH!!!!!!!!!” Tsukasa runs his hands through his hair, continuing to scold Rui as Emu slowly retreats backstage, leaving the Wombo Combo to bicker. The faint sounds of Tsukasa yelling fade into the background, allowing the two girlfriends to settle down into a comfortable spot in the backstage area.
Emu uncovers Nene’s sensitive ears, moving her hands to scratch underneath her chin. “Rui-kun really did turn you into a kitty-cat…” She mutters to herself, as the snowy white cat makes a “Prrbbtt”, leaning into her girlfriend’s hand more.
“Hehe, I think I know someone who would like to see you like this!”
Nene tilts her head in confusion as Emu rummages through her pocket and pulls out her phone. She lifts it high into the air, aiming the camera at her and Nene. “Say cheese!”
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mizuki❤️❤️❤️❤️
Today at 3:16PM
You
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[The image shows a selfie of Emu and a crystal-white cat on her lap. Emu is sticking out her tongue playfully, whilst the cat is staring into the soul of the camera.]
mizuki❤️❤️❤️❤️
ehhhh???? who r these cuties :33
You
Its Nene-chan!!!!!!! Rui-kun went powwowowow POOF (*＾3＾)/～☆ and turned her into a kitty-cat!!!!
mizuki ❤️❤️❤️❤️
he did WHAT
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weirdo inventor guy
Today at 3:19PM
You
KAMISHIRO WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY GIRLFRIEND
weirdo inventor guy
Oya? whatever could you be talking about? :3
You
IF U DONT TURN HER BACK I WILL FORCE FEED YOU VEGETABLES
weirdo inventor guy
Mizuki… my bestie, my partner in crime…….. You surely wouldnt do this to me
You
oh yes i would
weirdo inventor guy
3:
You
i hope you trip on a rock
weirdo inventor guy
D: