*As I got positive reactions to this story I thought to submit it here as well, even if it's not erotic. But since Sheep and Wolf was well received too I didn't want to withhold another romantic comedy involving anthro girls for those that like the theme.
With one extra, it's a real harem. ;-)
So let me know in the comments if you want to read the next chapters and I'll submit those too.
*Literotica rules apply (all who matter are obviously adult)
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Rock music on, something strong to drink, the green cursor waiting inside the text editor for the start of a night of writing. Guy sat back with his laptop on his knees and got ready to write down his thoughts when he heard knocking on his door.
"Blast." he thought. "Always when I'm in the mood for writing."
Another double knock.
'Hai, hai.' he said with a sigh, put his laptop aside and went to the door.
Before he reached it it opened and in walked a white feline anthro in dark blue dress suit. 'How rude to keep me waiting when I'm expected.' she said, frowning at him.
Surprised, he watched her looking around, scrutinising his place with her blue eyes.
'And what is this place? It's so small.'
'Excuse me?'
'Ah. My luggage's at the door. Be careful with it.' she said and passed him into the room. 'Don't tell me this is all.' Her white bushy tail twitched left and right.
He turned back. 'Excuse me.'
'Yes, yes.' she said and waved him off. 'You're excused.'
'Hold it!'
She looked back at him.
'Who are you?' he asked, annoyed at her haughty attitude. 'And what are you doing here?'
'Silly.' she said and sniffed once. 'I'm Feli, the special envoy here on cultural exchange.'
Guy frowned in confusion. 'Gomen, but, I have no idea what you're talking about.'
'The cultural exchange between humans and felines?' she said, raising one eyebrow. 'You had been chosen to host the representative from our people, which is me.'
He pinched the bridge of his nose and took a deep breath. 'There must be a misunderstanding.' he said, looking back at her. 'I've never heard about this.'
She pulled out a letter and held it out to him. 'This is the official confirmation of the exchange.'
He took it, saw the official logo on top and read it. 'It's all here,' he said after a moment. 'this is the address but the name's not right. Okayado is not my name and it's not even the name of the previous tenant.'
'What do you mean?'
'The address they have sent you to must be wrong.' he said, giving the letter back.
'Are you sure?' she said, reading the letter herself once more.
'If I had participated in any of this I would surely have remembered it, even if I had been drunk at the time.'
She looked up at him, the stern look in her eyes gone. 'So, I'm not supposed to be here?'
'Looks like it.' he said, unsure of what to do next.
For a moment she looked at the letter again, pocketed it and bows. 'Gomen, it was not my intention to disturb you.' she said and went back outside.
'It's okay.' Guy said, following her. 'I'm sorry you had come to the wrong place.'
She took her luggage. 'Thank you for your patience.' she said, bowing quickly once more and walked down the stairs back to the street.
'No problem.' he said as he watched her leave, closed the door, walked back to the cushions and sat back at his table again.
He put his hands on the keyboard, stared at the screen but couldn't gather the ideas in his head to write them down. After a minute he got up again and made himself a big sandwich with meat and cheese. He put the plate next to his cushion and then realised it had started pouring down outside. He enjoyed the sound of rain and opened the door to the small balcony, leaned outside and let the raindrops fall on his face.
The streets were quiet but for the sound of rainwater flowing down pipes and the drainage down the street. He took a deep breath of the refreshing air through his nose, then heard a sneeze. Leaning out further he searched left and right down the street and found Feli hiding under a shade from a store. She looked cold with her arms wrapped around her and he could see the short shade didn't shield her much from the downpour.
'Maybe I'll get a story out of it as well.' he told himself, went to the door for his shoes and umbrella, then went out onto the street, heading for Feli.
'Hey.' he said as he found her pressed against the wall and peeking up at the night sky, her ears flattened and her wet tail tucked between her legs.
She looked quickly at him, then down. 'Hey.' she said softly.
'You have no place to go?'
She shook her head. 'I would only meet the agent in charge of the exchange tomorrow. I have no contact info with me.'
'Right then.' he said and picked up her luggage.
'Wait, what are you doing?'
'You're staying at my place tonight.'
'But?'
'You want to spend the night getting even wetter here?'
'But, I wasn't really nice to you.'
'Forget about it.' he said, hooked her arm in his and pulled her along. 'Let's just get you home and dry and tomorrow we can sort things out, find out where you were really supposed to go.'
Back upstairs he gave her a big towel and pointed her to the shower. 'Get the cold water out of your fur before you catch a cold.'
'Arigato.' she whispered as she went into the bathroom while he stashed away her wet luggage. She let the hot water run through her fur until she felt warm again.
Guy knocked once on the shower door. 'Since all your luggage is wet I put your clothes in the dryer and I've left a large sweater of mine out here for you with a couple more towels.'
'Arigato.' she said, rinsing her tail.
While he was looking for something warm to drink he heard her get out of the shower. 'Feel better now?'
'Much. Thank you.'
'Would you like some tea or warm milk or something to-' he asked while turning around.
She saw him staring at her. 'Something wrong?' she asked, checking herself to make sure she wasn't dripping water on the floor.
He shook his head. 'No, gomen. You look real good.' he said with a little smile, admiring the way she looked in his black wool sweater coming down to halfway her thighs.
He saw her shocked expression and realised what he had said. 'Gomen! I meant you look better now that you've gotten dry again!' He turned back to the kitchen counter to hide his blush. 'So what would you like to drink?' Her stomach rumbled a little at that moment. 'Or maybe you'd like something to eat?'
She looked away, fiddling with the hem of the sweater. 'I don't want to cause any trouble.'
'No trouble. I made myself a sandwich just before I saw you outside. Would you like one? I've got cheese, beef, lettuce and tomatoes on mine.'
'Yes please.' she said softly with a little nod.
'Have a seat, it'll be right there.' he said, giving her a gentle smile as he gestured at the cushions against the wall.
She sat down in one corner, looking around at the room again. This time she felt more appreciation to be here.
He handed her a plate with a thick sandwich. 'Oh yeah, what do you want to drink?'
'Warm milk please.' she said, smiling gratefully at him.
'Okay.' he said and returned to the counter.
He sat down to start on his own sandwich after setting down two cups of warm milk on the table. 'What's this exchange anyway?' he asked after swallowing down the first bite.
'It's meant to get to know each other better since there's only been high level contact between our species.' she said, happy to explain her presence more properly. 'If there's anything that clashes between our cultures it's better to find out first before we start mingling any further.'
He nodded. 'I see. So how did you end up here?'
'I was top of my class and I was curious.' she said, chuckling a little at how true the second reason was.
'But then you unfortunately ended up at my place.'
She sat up straight quickly. 'It's really not bad!' she said. 'They said it was going to be a luxurious place with a wealthy family and..'
He laughed. 'No worries. You belong at a more appropriate place than here. All I've got here are books, movies and my work.'
She relaxed a little and looked around again. 'What do you do?'
'Writing.' he said, nodding at his laptop. 'I write short stories for a weekly scifi and fantasy magazine while I work on my novels.'
'You're famous?'
He let out a short laugh. 'If I was I would live in a bigger place than this.'
'Gomen.'
'I make enough to get by and keep having fun. I don't mind because I don't need much to satisfy my life.'
She yawned and he remembered he needed to get her a place to sleep. His apartment wasn't big though and the only free space was in the middle where he always slept. There was no choice, also because he had no spare futon. At least it was big enough for two.
'I only have one large futon, so if you don't mind sharing?' he asked with some embarrassment.
She shook her head. 'I don't want to bother you any further.'
'You're no bother.' he said. 'In fact, I enjoy this opportunity to have met you. Seems not many people get it and it gives me something new to write about.'
'Thank you.' she said softly.
He laid out the futon in the room after putting away the dishes and Feli curled up with an extra pillow while he turned off the light.
'Sleep well Feli.' he said.
'You too.' she said, her eyelids getting heavy. 'Thank you for everything.'
***
Finding Feli sleeping next to him was proof for Guy hadn't dreamt the whole thing last night. She looked serene in her sleep and he refrained barely from touching her creamy white fur and pet her like a pet. He got up and told himself to write something about this for next week's short story.
The weather was nice with a clear sky so he opened the balcony door to let fresh air in. Outside were just a few people at the early hour and he enjoyed the quiet street.
'Nice.' Feli said as she came up next to him a moment later.
