It occurred to me a few days ago that it's somehow been almost 2 years since part one of my Neferpitou story. So I dedicated some time to writing this one!

This one-shot is dedicated, in part, to NightTheDemon1's absolutely insane dedication to the first part. I hope you enjoy it if you're around to see this.

This isn't anything crazy, but I had a good time with it! I hope you all enjoy it, too!

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Business was booming more than ever. When word of a cute cat girl made its way around the block there was an absolutely insane surge of new customers coming to Papa's Pizza, all just to see her.

That cat girl in question was, of course, the Chimera Ant, Neferpitou. In her first few weeks of working, she was often behind the counters and making food, following (Y/n)'s footsteps with a precision that was otherworldly.

But after the manager caught a whiff of some extra money being spent just to liter around the shop, Neferpitou's job quickly changed. She became a pseudo face of the small business, greeting customers with a cute meow and some cheesy line like, "The pizza may cost you, but I'll be happy to stick around for free!"

So yeah, she was quickly becoming a mini celebrity. That came with its own fair share of ups and downs, but one of the biggest things was the pay raise. The manager, just to make sure Neferpitou didn't think about going somewhere else or starting her own sort of business, paid her far, far above what a newly hired employee would earn.

But what did she do with all the extra money?

Well, she bought what she thought she needed most.

"(Y/n)?" Neferpitou slowly called out to her closest confidant. Without him, she'd have no idea if she'd have any sort of living arrangements that weren't preconditioned by bizarre demands or... degenerative desires that she had no intent on fulfilling.

(Y/n) peeked out from the store's back room. He was on the closing shift, so it was his job to do whatever last minute touch-ups were needed. Neferpitou just decided to stick around, even though she absolutely could've left. "Yeah? ~( °٢° )~."

"How much should I buy to be special to you?" She asked blankly, scratching the side of her face with one of her now less-than-razer-sharp nails.

(Y/n)'s expression morphed into one of pure confusion. "( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡° ) What?"

Neferpitou huffed and turned her head away. "Nothing."

(Y/n) stared for a moment before shrugging and getting back to work.

Currently, she was trying to buy (Y/n)'s attention. Despite offering her so much like a living, a home, and essentially a relaxed life beyond working, he didn't really... do much with her.

No taking walks, or playing games, or fighting together, or giving head pats, or hugs, or... anything.

(Y/n) seemed to live solely for his job, then when he left his job, he sorta... meandered around until he had to work again. Over, and over again. The cycle didn't really change even when Pitou came into the picture.

So Pitou wanted to be important enough to change that. Just like how Komugi changed the King. Perhaps... even more so than that.

But nooooo, (Y/n) just droned on with work like a robot.

Neferpitou huffed louder, and the shuffling in the closet stopped. (Y/n) peeked his head out again, his eyebrows raised. "( ͡° ʖ̯ ͡° ) What is it?"

Pitou swung her legs and looked around the pizza place. It was now a familiar sight for her, but that didn't necessarily make it a welcome one. "Doesn't all of this get... boring?"

(Y/n) scoffed. "Hell yeah, it's boring. It's kinda part of the whole... life thing."

"Really? Everyday is a day that you work under someone else's rule that you don't even like and then you pay other people that you also don't like, just to sleep and wake up to even more work... forever?" Neferpitou asked, her mouth hanging open in utter disbelief.

(Y/n) bobbed his head back and forth before nodding. "Yeah, essentially." And then, like it was nothing at all, he just got back to work.

Neferpitou huffed again, but this time she received no major response from (Y/n). "Do we just... do this forever?"

"ಠ ಠ Until I die, and you go somewhere else, yeah, probably."

(Y/n) didn't quite remember putting anything down or being straddled with Neferpitou's hands gently caressing the sides of his face, but immediately after his words that was his position. With her atop him, his face reddened, and no words would come out of his mouth.

Neferpitou leaned in close enough that a kiss seemed more like an inevitability than a possibility. Her words were gentle, but unbelievably fierce. There was an infernal fire in her eyes. "You will not die. I will make sure of that."

(Y/n) expected Pitou to pull back, but there was no such movement from her. Instead, she just spent the moment staring directly into (Y/n)'s eyes. He didn't need to raise his voice at all, so it came out as a somewhat low, breathy tone. "I... appreciate the gesture, but we are really... really close here. Doesn't it, uh... bother you?"

Pitou shook her head. Her feline eyes peered into him intensely. "I like it. This feels like the first time I've actually gotten to see you. If we have to continue this boring life, I need this."

(Y/n) glanced away, but Pitou's hand guided his face back to hers. "So, you need us to be this close if we have to keep coming to work?" Pitou nodded, and (Y/n) gently sighed. "Then, if you really want to stop all of this, my Nen Contract with the Yakuza needs to be broken."

Pitou leaned back, frowning. "You can't leave?"

Although Pitou was still thoroughly mounted atop (Y/n), the bit of additional space helped him breath and relax his unconsciously tensed muscles. "Yeah, it was a bad set of circumstances. I can only extend my Nen in unique situations, like yours. Generally, though, I can't leave the city without permission or my heart'll... well, pop like a balloon."

Pitou's face slowly morphed into a small, thin grin. "One moment."

And then she was just... gone. Poof.

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The Yakuza managed to keep a low profile in Swardani City by not being too bold. Their head was a fighter on the level of the Zodiacs, so it was generally accepted that the Yakuza wouldn't be easily destroyed without an accompanying fight.

Neferpitou couldn't give a shit.

She barged into the underground headquarters and simply stared down the men standing in her path.

One of them, a spiky headed, light-skinned man, scoffed. He waved at Neferpitou with a grin, looking at his associates. "Ay, look here! The pizza girl is here! Did y'all order anything, hahaha!"

Pitou was still wearing her uniform, the intimidation of her presence alone was incredibly lacking. However, she was still a Chimera Ant, and a damn strong one at that.

"Where's your leader?" Pitou asked, opting to take a page out of (Y/n)'s book. If bloodshed wasn't necessary, she would try to avoid it.

"Our leader? Why would we tell you about our leader, eh? Now, why don't you turn your cute little self around and go back to making pizzas?" The Yakuza henchman laughed, and his associates began to laugh with him.

Pitou grinned without worry. She straightened out her fingers, her nails beginning to grow into the sharp claws she was used to. She fluttered her eyes with all the innocent positivity she could manage. "Are you sure I can't see him?"

"Hahaha, hell no, kid!"

Pitou began laughing with the Yakuza member, but when the Yakuza member stopped, she did not. The eeriness of her laugh caused the group of men to nervously step back. Pitou finished laughing and glanced over the Yakuza.

"( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° ) Too bad."

It was a bloodbath.

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Not even fifteen minutes after Neferpitou disappeared, (Y/n) felt the Nen Contract on his very being fading away. Nen couldn't just be erased through death, so Pitou had either convinced the Yakuza Boss to rescind the contract or did something with her own abilities that was out of (Y/n)'s scope of information.

Either way, the Nen Contract was gone, and (Y/n) could leave the city whenever he felt like it.

"How do you feel now?" Pitou asked (Y/n), suddenly by his side.

(Y/n) leapt up, his heart almost leaping from his chest. When he realized it was just his trusted confidant, he took a deep breath and relaxed. "Jeezums, did you go and do that? ('⊙ω⊙')!"

Just looking at the woman, (Y/n) saw the blood dripping from her fingertips casually. However, the cute expression she wore was just totally opposite to the casual display of brutality. He sighed as Pitou just lightly laughed. "We can leave now, right?"

(Y/n) let out a heavy sigh, his hand on his head. "That's... we can't just get up and leave this all, Pitou! It sucks but it's life!"

Pitou grabbed the sides of (Y/n)'s face, shutting him up. Blood ran down his cheek. "You look really good. And I like you. Can we have a journey together?"

(Y/n) stared at Neferpitou in muted shock. "I... What?"

The Chimera Ant rolled her eyes and pulled (Y/n) in for a kiss. Pitou's soft lips pulled (Y/n) in and the kiss lasted for far, far longer than expected. When (Y/n) gently pulled away, Pitou met his eyes and smiled. "Let's leave and have some of our own fun."

(Y/n) nodded hollowly. "Yeah. Let's... let's do that."

Neferpitou giggled. "There'll be a lot more of those, too. I've waited far too long for those, so I'll be taking plenty."

(Y/n) felt a blush rising to his face. "What have I gotten into?"

"Hopefully me. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )."

(Y/n)'s mouth hung open.

The journey that Pitou waited so long for finally began, with blood staining her hands and marinara sauce staining the floor.