"Here here, a little mackerel for youu~" sang the yellow clad matsu, tossing a few dried pieces of mackerels to the gray short hair in front of him. A little mew of appreciation was its reaction and it nibble at the food with comfortable contentment. Ichimatsu watched his younger brother pet and feed the multiple cats that had gathered in the nearby alley way he usually frequented.
A question popped into his head, "Hey, Jyushimatsu...aren't you more of a dog person?"
Jyushimatsu's lengthy sleeve touched his chin in thought, "Hm...yup!"
This made Ichimatsu confused, "So then why are you here with me playing with cats?"
"Ahh, well I don't dislike cats," the younger replied, lazily swaying his sleeve. He tapped his fist into his hand suddenly, "Plus! They're important to Ichimatsu-niisan, so they're important to me too!"
Ichimatsu choked at the sentiment, the nicety being initially overwhelming, but then deflated into touched delight. Digging into his pockets, Ichimatsu handed Jyushimatsu a can of wet food.
"Here...I usually do this, but maybe you can feed them the wet food this time."
In his excitement, Jyushimatsu almost flung the can into the sky, but managed to compose himself just enough to get it open and spread it out on a plate for all the cats to enjoy. A cacophony of hungry mewls and scratchy meows sounded at the clicking open of the can and when the plate was set, they all came running to eat.
"Ohhhhh! Ichimatsu-niisan they really like that food!" he exclaimed waving his arms with glee. Within moments, a small calico kitten approached the fifth brother, purring against his leg as a thank you for its dinner.
"Ah, seems like they also like you," Ichimatsu said, tone a little lightened with pride. Jyushimatsu's eyes grew sparkly with tears of adoration, "Look at this one, it's so tiny!"
Ichimatsu let out a quick laugh, watching his sibling fawn over the kitten with such innocence, "It is sure is."