Three.

Elijah POV.

The name is Elijah, a classified daddy, I'm twenty-three and alone. It's not that I don't want a little but none seems to work well with me, some say I'm too strict, others say I wanted something else than what they could offer.

I never understood what's wrong with me, I loved babies, like really littles littles but they didn't like me back. We never clicked honestly, then the older littles say I'm too strict. Maybe it's just I haven't found my perfect match, that's what I keep telling myself.

I work in a police station, not the perfect place to meet a little. It's why I went to Isabelle, she could find a match for people who are having a hard time, not just the littles the daddies, and mommies as well. She said I had good potential but still couldn't find me a little, that was three months ago.

This morning she called me saying that she found a little for me but he was hurt. I hurried toward the hospital not caring that I was still on duty or that I was dressed in my uniform, I did call my friend who was happy to say he'll cover my shift.

I went into the room to see people I don't recognize until I saw Belle sitting on the bed with a little guy in her arms.

"Elijah this is Toby, he's a mixed classification he's a kitten," she says and my mouth falls open.

Does she think I can be with a kitten? A Neko who's a little, I never saw or interacted with anything like them. The only Neko I know are pickpockets theifs, he stirred in her arms making my heart skip a beat.

"How about you come sit" Belle suggests and I do that, she moves the little to my arms.

"Toby is going through his change, he doesn't like the pain, they had to pump him with pain killers" she explains.

Toby was so small in my arms, so light and precious, he stirred a little cuddling closer to me before falling asleep.

"This is Blake, the kitten's older brother, Elijah the dom for the kitten" Belle makes the introduction.

I shake hand with the brother, the doctor came and check on Toby's progress saying the tail and ears are starting to show, by the end of the night Toby will be a full Neko.

"I have to go guys or Heath would call a Twitter army on me," Belle says before leaving.

Her love story with Heath is very famous, he got a dom arrested once because he wanted his mommy back. Seven years later and the people still want to catch up with the couple, we said our goodbyes.

"I need to get Kayla home, she's pregnant and can't take much exhaustion," Blake says before he too left.

He might be Toby's brother but right now I'm his destined dom and daddy, I'm the one who should take care of him. The nurse came and checked on us again, she said Toby can stay in my arms as long as I make sure he doesn't pull on the IV.

The night was extremely long, we had to take all of Toby's clothes and get a cold compress over his face and body, he was running a fever.

I kept changing the compress over and over again, the nurse helped me a bit but she had work to do. Toby was crying and whining even under the effect of strong medication, he pulled on his IV a few times but it didn't come out thankfully.

At three am, his tail had fully grown, it was brown matching his hair, his ears were now showing too. It's not a smooth transition as everyone thinks, it takes some time of pain for the little. Once they had fully appeared the nurse told me it was safe to get him in a hospital gown, keeping in mind his new sensitive tail.

I set him sideways in my lap and closed my eyes for a minute. I woke up to some light hiccuping, looking down I saw Toby crying.

"Hey baby what's wrong" I asked my voice still rough from sleep.

He looked at me and went back to crying, he doesn't know who I am, he woke up in a total stranger's lap. Way to go with the first impression Elijah, I pulled myself up and set the little on his own still minding the tail.

"Hello Toby, my name is Elijah, I was called yesterday because a little was in pain. So I came here as fast as I can and held you so you won't be in any more pain" I explain to him.

"You a daddy?" he asks in his cute voice, it's his little voice, filled with curiosity even while crying.

"Yes, I'm a daddy. And if you let me I'll be your daddy" I say in explanation.

It's instinct for us to search for our partner, people can't live alone anymore. It's how the whole classification came to life, we need a partner who would fulfill everything we need to live happily.

"You police?" he asks and I remember I'm still in my uniform, I didn't even think about taking it off yesterday.

"Yes baby I'm a police officer," I say and that earned me a toothy smile from him. He thought about it for a minute before asking me again.

"You drive a police car?" he asks and I nod yes.

"Ride with you?" was his next question.

"Yes you can ride with me," I say and that was the end of his interview.

"Yes I want you to be me, daddy," he says, look like I got the job.