I looked around me, cowering in fear. We were all crowded into one room. People around me were sobbing and crying and trying to comfort each other. At least they had bathed all of us sp we weren't all grossly smooshed up together. But that didn't make my situation any better. At least it was better than the cages.

I was dressed up in my lingerie with my hair and makeup done. I didn't want to be here, I wanted to go back to my parents, I wanted my mom and my dad and my brothers and sisters so badly. But I was just the runt of the litter and there's no point in keeping the runt so they sold me instead. They sold me to the people who brought me here, they were going to auction me off to some stranger who would be my owner.

"Gerard Way!" A loud voice shouted.

The door to the dark room opened and everyone shrunk back. I cried as two men pulled me forward, dragging me out of the room.

"Act cute, make yourself look buyable," One of them ordered. "Ears up and tail out. I don't think we'll have a hard time selling you, everyone wants a little virgin kitten."

I was put onto a stage and looked around at everyone. I let my black ears stick up on my head and my tail lift up in the air behind me, I was too scared of what would happen if I didn't do what they told me to. Tears rolled down my cheeks as I let out a quiet sob. The lights made it hard to see, I was blinded slightly but I didn't want to put my hands up to cover it in fear of getting in trouble. People cheered and cat called immediately as my lip quivered.

"Gerard Way, age seventeen," the speaker said. "He's four feet ten inches and one hundred and twenty-seven pounds, he's the small runt of the litter, still only a kitten, he's male, never had a previous owner and he's a virgin. Bidding starts at seven hundred and fifty thousand."

I listened to them do the bidding but I tried my best to ignore it. I didn't want to pay attention to how my life was going to be ruined. Someone grabbed me and I shrieked, trying to pull away. He dragged me over to a man standing at the back of the room. The man was taller than me and he had dark, shoulder length hair and a lot of tattoos. The guard pushed me forward into his chest before walking off. I sobbed, cowering back in fear.

"Let's go out to my car," the man said.

He lead me out, keeping a hand on the small of my back. We got to a very nice, very expensive looking car. He opened the door and I whimpered as I looked over at him.

"Don't be nervous," he said with a small smile. "I won't hurt you."

I got in and he got into his side. The man drove and I frowned in confusion when he got to an ice cream shop. The sun was just starting to set around us, filling the sky with a pretty color. Usually pretty sights like these help me to relax but I was still just terrified.

"Other nekos have told me this place has the best ice cream," he said. "They use a lot of milk in it."

I followed him out to the window where some lady was waiting.

"Hello, Frank," she said as she smiled. "Chocolate as usual?"

"Yes please," The man--who I now knew was named Frank--said. "What kind would you like, sweetheart?"

Frank looked at me and I just looked down as my eyes watered.

"He'll just take vanilla," Frank answered.

We got our cups and he wrapped his jacket around me, covering up my scantily clad body. The two of us sat on a bench and I ate quietly as I sniffled.

"My name is Frank Iero," the man said. "Don't worry, though, I won't hurt you at all. I buy nekos from these awful places and I help them. I help them move on and learn about society so that way you'll be able to go out on your own to get your own houses and apartments and you can fit in with other people."

"S-so I'm nots gonna be staying with you?" I asked.

"Only for a little bit," he said. "Just as soon as you think you're ready to go out on your own. And I'll help you do all of that, I'll help give you a life."

"Thank you," I said quietly. "You've done this before?"

"Yes, there have been nine nekos that I have helped before you," Frank said. "Trust me, you're gonna be just fine."

"Where they now?" I asked.

"Well, two of them are together and have their own family," he said. "One of them is...reporter, I think, or maybe  it was photographer for the newspaper. Two are currently in college, I'm helping to pay a bit of their tuition. Three are back with their families again and the last is just hanging out with friends and living life."

"They're all okay?" I asked and he nodded. "And I'm gonna to be okay too?"

"Of course you are," he said. "I'll get you clothes and keep you fed and cleaned and you can just decide what you want to do with your life."

"Anything?" I asked.

"Yes, you can do anything you choose," he said. "Where were you before you were sold?"

"I was living with my brother," I said. "He took care of me but we mostly stayed in hiding. B-but then he gots sick and he had to go to see a special neko doctor across the country but while he was there my parents had to take care of me because I'm still only a kitten but I'm only the runt of the litter so no one really liked me that much so they sold me to a man to be auctioned off and here I am now and it's scawy."

"I'm sorry, Gerard, none of this stuff should've happened to you, you're so sweet," Frank said. "Maybe we can try to find your brother. What's his name?"

"Mikey Way, I like to call him Mikesy a lot but he don't like it," I said. "W-well, I guess the hospitals would have him as Michael Way, I don't know what hospital he's in. I-I don't even know what state he's in, is he even in a hospital? He doesn't know I was sold, he's gonna come home and I'm just gonna be gone."

"Hey, don't worry," Frank said softly, wrapping an arm around my shoulders. "We'll find your brother and let him know you're alright. You can go back to living with him."

"I love my brother, I love him so much," I said. "But he shelters me a lot, he came from a litter before me so he's bigger and very protective of me. And I love being with him but I know that one day I'm gonna have to live on my own with my own family so I'm gonna need to learn about real world things, even if I wish I didn't have to, I wanna be a little kitten forever."

"I'll help you," Frank said. "Anything you need and want I'll help you. I'm here for you now."

I smiled softly and nodded my head. We finished up our ice cream and got back into his car.

"Take a nap, I'm sure you're tired," he said. "It'll be a little while until we get back."

I nodded, curling up into a little ball in my seat. I was so tired, I haven't been sleeping at all recently since I was so scared. But the car was so comfortingly warm and his jacket was so soft, it wasn't long before I fell asleep.

I woke up to someone carrying me and I looked around. It was dark out as Frank carried me into the house. It was so big and fancy, how did he not get lost in here? I yawned, resting my head on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry, Gee, I didn't mean to wake you," he said.

"Gee?" I asked softly.

"Sorry, I give nicknames to people a lot," Frank said with a small chuckle. "I'll just call you Gerard if you'd like."

"No, I likes Gee," I mumbled.

We go to a bedroom and I looked around. The place was nice with a big white bed that looked like sleeping on a cloud. There was a fireplace with a tv over it and there was a couch in front of it. Frank set me down, going to the big walk in closet.

"Are you hungry?" He asked.

"No, just tired," I said quietly.

"I have a couple clothes," he said. "What kinds of clothes do you like to wear to bed? Or just in general?"

"For bed can I just have some panties and a t-shirt?" I asked. "And I like to wear more feminine clothes."

"Alright, I can go out and get you some clothes," he said. "Do you think you're okay staying here alone for a bit?"

'Yeah, I'll be sleeping anyways," I said.

"Alright, there's a phone in your nightstand, it's already programmed with my number in it," Frank said.

He just stared at me for a moment and I frowned in confusion.

"I'm just trying to guess your size for when I'm buying clothes," he said. "I'll be back in a little while, okay? If you need anything then there's a bathroom through that door and a kitchen down the hall. Help yourself to anything, my house is your house."

I nodded and Frank walked out, shutting the door behind him. I changed into my pajamas as I heard the car outside drive away. I cuddled up in bed and smiled.

"I was right, it is like a cloud," I whispered sleepily, quickly falling asleep.