Bun's Best Friend

Tsubaki could feel her eyes growing heavy as her exhaustion worsened. She had been staring at document after document all day long. Reading, signing, printing… running a business was hard work, and she couldn’t afford to slack off when it came to paperwork. 

Thankfully, her newly adopted imp that she named Ren had been reminding her to take breaks. The Furdin would periodically jump up on her desk or rub against her leg to get her attention, which would remind her to both feed it and give it affection. She didn’t know if the imp was doing it for its own wants or for her sake, but either way, it helped. 

Ren jumped up on the desk once more. Tsubaki was expecting it to just want some pets as it walked close to her hand. She dropped the pen she was writing with so she could do just that, but instead of letting her pet it, Ren snatched the pen and ran off. “Hey, give that back!” Tsubaki jumped to her feet and ran after it. 

Ren ran out of her office and down the hall before taking a turn into Tsubaki’s bedroom. Perfect; she could easily corner it in there. When she finally made it to the room, she had been expecting Ren to hide from her, but instead, it stared at her from her bed. Ren was curled up in its usual sleeping spot and stared at her expectantly, as if bidding her to join it. 

Glancing at a nearby clock, Tsubaki realized that this was usually the time they had gone to bed ever since she adopted Ren, and the Furdin must have stolen her pen to remind her of such so that she would sleep with them. “Fine, you win.” Tsubaki sighed and flopped in bed next to Ren so that they could cuddle.