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kittensavior:

     You are currently covered in kittens, to be specific a whole box full of kittens. Is this some kind of heaven you’ve just wandered elbow deep into? It sure feels like it with the soft little nose of the precious little things pressing up against you as they crawl over each other fighting for attention. You’ve already acquire several small scratches on your hands and arms from the darlings but you hardly notice that sort of thing anymore— something that makes Equius particularly fussy over you when you come home. Oh well, you just can’t help it~. This brand new litter was found abandoned nearby roadside and you’re already looking forward to getting them fed, warm, and soon safe with their own families. Maybe even taking home yourself the one disgruntled black kitten with the warm-mahogany (almost red) colored eyes! You knew you had quite enough cats at home to watch over and that Equius always gave you that disapproving-but-not-quite weary look when you brought another home…

You broke the fourth string on your guitar this morning. Straight away after doing a little tuning while sitting on your bed you picked the first riff of Heart’s ‘Crazy on You’ and SNAP. Shit’s dangerous…You can literally take your eye out with that kind of accident, however you were lucky enough to just get a thin line of a welt on the top of your hand. Still, ow.

Any practice you were intending on doing has been completely suspended until you fix that single fuckin’ string. It took some breathing exercises to calm yourself down and stop yourself from literally throwing your guitar. You weren’t planning on even going out today, polka dot Pyjama bottoms slung low on your hips and hair mussed beyond bedhead…Hibernation head.

It takes a bowl and a bowl of cereal before you’re dressed and out the door, face paint, denim and hair up in a baby ponytail.

Fucking hell it’s hot out, as soon as you step over the threshold your skin is dewed and sticky from the humidity of summer in New York. You catch the lift, pushing a sweat-damp piece of hair behind your ear. The music supply store is a short walk away (just past that cafe that Kar likes.) and you’re thankful for that because your v-neck is already glued to you.  With enough money in your pocket you get moving.

It’s not long before you pass the cafe, your eyes drift over the back of a pretty black-haired girl’s head who’s sitting in the window. She’s drinking a godknowswhat flavor of over-priced laté, from what you can tell. You can also see that she’s sipping carefully to avoid getting a nose full of foam.

Jesus, you’re high.

Before you know it you’re three quarters of the way there, moseying a lot slower than you think.  You’ve been watching your feet and your attention gets mildly throttled when the glare off another storefront window piques your line of sight. At first you think it’s your reflection, but you don’t have big. Green Eyes. You know this girl… You think. A wry smile cracks your face because that’s not your line. Karkat knows her (again you think).

You give a little wave.

“O-oh.” All of the sudden you’re more than aware of the awkward situation you’ve put yourself in and you flush nervously as the boy waves at you. Your eyes dart away for a second but then you decide this is just a purrfect opportunity presenting itself! Muffling up your courage, you excuse yourself from the shelter for just a ‘few minutes longerrr’ (much to the disapproval of your co-worker) and stride into the heat of the day to meet the boy face to face. “Hi! Uhm we haven’t met before, but I’ve seen you around lots before around here or at the cafe…” Oh, was that creepy uhh… Well, too late to back out now! “That is, I’ve been wondering if you or maybe that tired-looking boy you’re always with, would be interested in a adopting a kitten! I know you guys have never stopped by the shelter before, but we just got some really nice new kittens in a-and…”

 You were rambling as you often did and just now you realized you had brought up the other boy far too soon to be appropriate. Dumb Nep! This dude was going to think you were some weirdo yourself and then tell the tired boy and he’d never want to adopt a kitten from you and… It seemed that he really couldn’t care less about your rambling. You suddenly notice a slightly familiar smell emanating from the boy and his friendly demeanor makes a little more sense… Oh geez, oh well… You weren’t going to let something like that dissuaded you!

Instead, the social norm of society and how you’re supposed to interact with people when meeting them for the first time suddenly reared its head. Actually, normally, you’re not supposed to force people into meeting you in the first place… You were bad at this normal behavioral thing, still you tried your best. “Anyyyways, my name is Nepeta. May I ask for yours..?”

You were starting to really feel unsure about this encounter you threw yourself into. You kinda didn’t want to actually give the guy time to answer any of your questions now. Maybe this was what Equius meant when he said you often didn’t think much before acting, instead following your initial feelings and thoughts… They just always seemed so good when you first thought them! But here you were standing on the sidewalk, in the heat, talking to (and most likely bothering) a stranger… again. Purrhaps you were more than bad at this heheh…“You know what? You’re actually probably heading somewhere right? Actually, just forget everything about this encounter! Especially the part about me asking about your friend, eek! I’m sorry if I got in your way!”

You actually squeaked when you realized what, or rather who you brought up again as you began to back away towards the shelter. There was a reason you mostly associated yourself with cats and you were fine with that! Completely fine haha! Ha… You would be okay with this and the hole you just presently dug yourself into while this odd stranger watched in 5 minutes. 10 minutes tops if the cats were being particularly fussy when you got back. You were okay with just having to watch the boy you had been admiring from afar. Life was just like that sometimes! Even if sometimes you wished it wasn’t.

     You are currently covered in kittens, to be specific a whole box full of kittens. Is this some kind of heaven you’ve just wandered elbow deep into? It sure feels like it with the soft little nose of the precious little things pressing up against you as they crawl over each other fighting for attention. You’ve already acquire several small scratches on your hands and arms from the darlings but you hardly notice that sort of thing anymore— something that makes Equius particularly fussy over you when you come home. Oh well, you just can’t help it~. This brand new litter was found abandoned nearby roadside and you’re already looking forward to getting them fed, warm, and soon safe with their own families. Maybe even taking home yourself the one disgruntled black kitten with the warm-mahogany (almost red) colored eyes! You knew you had quite enough cats at home to watch over and that Equius always gave you that disapproving-but-not-quite weary look when you brought another home…

     But still, the kitten reminds you of the cute sleepy boy who you never see enough to your liking… but purrhaps this time you’ll be able to find a home for one of these adorable fella’s with the boy himself! Then maybe he would come in more often to ask your opinion on how he should be raising the kitten properly and other stuff like that! Sigh… You could only hope. The boy always seemed very indifferent to the idea of adopting a cat when you saw him at the cafe next door. You often stopped by trying to get people to come visit ASPCA and find new homes for the cats you worked with. Of course you would mention the dogs too… but you were far more interested in the felines and that was your specialty at work~!

     The thought though… that someone would just leave these defenseless, ADORABLE, cuties behind on some side of the road to be harmed or worst… dampened your mood. The person who abandoned them could of just brought the babies here if they didn’t want to bother with taking care of them! You really didn’t understand how people could be so dispassionate sometimes… But! you quickly cheered up at the thought that you would just have to do your best to find these kittens the most loving homes you could! Gently examining the kittens for any obvious injuries you nimbly picked up the box from the front counter to bring to the to the back for further examination.

     Just as you were about to turn and be on your way though! A certain familar face-painted individual caught your attention out of the corner of your eye just about to pass by the building! Excited now, you quickly placed the kittens into the care of a startled co-worker coming out of the back room. “I’ll be right back, kitties!” Before the person could protest you were already at the front of the building again, peering out of one of the large windows and (in what could be considered a rude manner) obviously staring expectantly at and around the boy. Usually! Whenever you saw this weird dude! You almost always saw the tired boy nearby! They were good friends, you could tell for sure~. So you always made a point of taking the time to scope the scene out when that dude was nearby for the other boy you were a little more than fond of. “OH GEEZ, where is he? I haven’t seen him this week at all! Not even a passing glance!”

(Source: kittensavior)