Mesugaki and the Cat "Neiro, Give Paw!"

I held out my palm toward Neiro like I was asking for her paw, and she tilted her head, staring at my hand for a moment. Then she licked it with her rough tongue.

It tickled...

"Gyaak!? Neiro, ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠that tickles."

"Miyaaong...!"

She kept licking my hand relentlessly, and it was so ticklish my body started shaking side to side on its own. Her tongue was subtly rough yet soft and warm, making me ridiculously sensitive to it. Neiro must've noticed me trying to pull away, because she pinned my hand down tight with her front paws and kept on licking. It was like she was marking her territory, letting everyone know it was hers.

-lololol

-That's a person, duh?

"Hey, why's everyone ganging up on our Neiro~?"

The viewers had suddenly turned aggressive toward Neiro, so I tried to calm them down.

"Aeoong~."

"Whoa!? Hey, not there!"

The cat who'd been nestled in my lap suddenly slid down, flailing her paws and starting to lift up my top. In the old world, this might've been a wardrobe malfunction, but here it could mean an exposure ban, so I had to be careful.

That's right! Keep lifting! That big-tits sis... felt like an axe had slammed into my foot, but stopping Neiro came first. I tried pulling her black paw away from my shirt, but she kept resisting...

What the hell is this girl trying to do, being so stubborn?

I had no idea what Neiro was up to, but I had to handle it without messing up the stream.

"Miyaaong!!!"

"Neiro!!"

She suddenly let out a big yowl and started thrashing. I wrapped my arms around her gently, trying to hold her back. Neiro seemed to think I was hugging her now and stopped lifting my shirt... instead...

"Puhahaak!! That tickles, Neiro, stop!"

Neiro burrowed into my shirt, rubbing her body against me in hidden spots. Her fur was impossibly soft—not like a stray's—and her bold moves crashed into me, creating total chaos. It tickled like mad; I tried holding back the laughs spilling from my mouth, but I couldn't stop. When I reached in to pull her out, she'd lick my belly, blocking me completely.

"Puhaha, what the—kuhuhuuk!!! Hey, don't lick there!"

It wasn't just tickling anymore; her rough tongue glided over my skin, delivering next-level torment. I couldn't stop her, laughing till tears streamed from my eyes, my face a total mess.

"Aeoong~!"

"Haa, haa... this is too much...."

Couldn't even breathe right from the tickling; my breaths came ragged. My body went limp, slumping into the chair, face muscles relaxed from laughing so hard.

Make a V-sign with both hands in that state.

"Haa, like this?"

I panted, forming a V with my fingers.

I couldn't understand what all the fuss was about. Neiro was still inside my shirt, slowly crawling up... then...

"Aeoong!"

She poked her face out at my neck, looking totally comfy. My body heat and the shirt wrapping around her must've felt cozy. Back in the old world, she'd look like that big-chinned dude from Original X who'd eaten two people, but Neiro was so cute I let it slide.

(A video of someone reacting to the clip.)

[Kyaaahuk...! Neiro, stop!]

[Whoa... what's that person's name?]

I couldn't watch the video closely, but someone must've clipped what just happened and donated it to another stream. Money's money, so whatever, but the spreading rumors bugged me a bit—I needed to rein it in. But with my whole body drained, I had no strength left; I just tilted my head and watched the clip.

Look at these creeps ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠jumping straight to sexual harassment the second I look drained... I wanted to stop them, but with Neiro in my shirt, even slight movements rubbed her fluffy fur against my chest, tickling me senseless and sapping all my strength. Totally trapped. And this girl, after doing all sorts of weird stuff to her potential owner, was now trying to nap peacefully.

"Neiro, wake up... I gotta stream."

"Aeoong...."

She couldn't fall asleep... but seeing her drifting off made me sleepy too. Was it the arcade trip earlier, reacting in someone else's stream draining my stamina, or Neiro's warm coziness? My eyelids felt like lead; hard to keep them open.

No...!

"Kuuul... Ku...."

They both look like cats like this; so cute.

Jaejun with the cat-ear headset and Neiro, face poking out from his chest, both passed out—it was overwhelmingly adorable. The little boy and the cat napping together. Viewers screenshotted it en masse, and as the photo spread online, it kickstarted their fame.

The ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠legend of Neiro and Meki began.

(Meme of Meki and Neiro asleep.)

Fuck, this is so cute I'm going home to fap like crazy to Meki.

Just looking at the pic gave me the vibe. This guy's a virgin.

While the community was buzzing about Meki and Neiro, the streaming scene was seeing the same hype. Like Hayun, who'd collab'd—not collab'd—with me earlier that day.

"Huh, what's this video?"

(Video of Meki and Neiro asleep.)

"Oh, cute... ah, no! I mean the cat's cute! Don't force a ship!"

Today's collab and all the weird linking with that guy today made me warn against forced shipping just in case... but people were haters, saying no one's shipping but she's chugging kimchi soup first. Like I'd drink it if I didn't want to.

I sighed, staring at the monitor. There was the boy, cat tucked in his chest, sleeping blissfully.

"Still... cute..."

"What's wrong with me!!! I'm loaded and... uh?"

"Haa fuck... Puffy sis!"

She made good money and wasn't bad-looking, but her path through all-girl high school, engineering dept, and military left her a virgin who'd never dated. Earns well but no love life? Peak "puffy" optimization girl.

"I... don't do dishes..."

Puffy Hayun... no, not me.