aceofcrows | Cat Cafe AU

I bet they owned you, didn't they? Like, you would sit in the same spot for an hour even though you really had to pee because one of them fell asleep in your lap.

[he laughs sheepishly]

Yeah... Kuroko let me handle them before they even opened their eyes. I couldn't just...

[clears his throat]

Ah... did.... you want a coffee?

Sure. I like it with milk but no sugar.

Wait, I don't have to take a cat home if I get coffee, right?

Latte or milk coffee? [heading back to the bar] And no, the cats don't get adopted that easily. [blinks] You... have you never been to a cat cafe before?

I'm pretty sure my last question answers that. I didn't even know there were any around here.

... Milk coffee, please.

[He sits down at a table and starts taking in how many cats are around.]

They won't try to drink my coffee, will they?

Asami might. She's the little calico manx. If she tries, just scoop her up and set her on the floor. She's mostly just curious about things.

[he points and goes about making the coffee]

[He sees the cat in question and addresses her the way most people would another human being.]

Hello, Asami. It's nice to meet you. Please, order your own coffee if you want some.

[she opens her eye to look at him before turning her head with a flick of her ear dismissing him

Asahi just chuckles as he sets the coffee on the bar counter]

She shouldn't have any. Caffeine isn't good for them.

Fair enough, I already don't want to share.

... Why do you serve coffee here if the cats can't have any? Wouldn't it be better to just serve different flavors of milk? Then everyone can have some.

Milk isn't good for cats either. They'll drink it if they can, but it's hard on their stomachs.

Really? But... I thought that's what you fed them.

[He's watching a chubby grey cat very closely, like he can read its mind from afar.]

Ah they're carnivores mostly. They eat grass or catnip sometimes, but they prefer meat.

[He offers his hand to a cat that's sniffing him curiously.]

Huh, I guess I never thought about it, but that makes sense. They eat mice and bugs and stuff, right?

Mice, bugs, birds, lizards, rodents... they're the best hunters in the world.

[he smiles and leans against the counter watching him]

[He manages to get the cat to let him pat it on the head and he's just delighted by it.]

Ah! They're so soft!

They are. That's Kichiro. He's very friendly. When he gets a little more familiar with you, he'll probably decide to curl up in your lap.

Then he will have to come home with me, right? Typically when a boy sits in my lap I take him home.

Ah... you could. He's one of our adoptables, but there's an application you'd need to fill out and there's a home visit and adoption fee.

A home visit?

[He's scritching the kitty's head absently, like he's always done this.]

Oh, yes. The owner is very serious about placing the cats here in good homes. She goes to visit the applicants' homes to make sure they will not treat the cats poorly and have a good, clean space for them.

The owner does them? You don't do house visits?

[He is not paying attention to the cat, this will not end well for him.]

I haven't been certified for that yet.

[from the twitching of the cat's tail... yeah it won't]

You need a certification to visit people?

[And with that the cat has had enough and he swipes at Oikawa's hand.]

Eee! [That was a surprisingly high pitched sound for Oikawa, who draws his hand back in alarm.]

Ah! Are you alright?

[he hurries over and scoops the cat up, depositing it on a cat tree a few feet away]

Did he claw you?

Yes. What did I do to him? I was just petting him!

[He's taking this very personally.]

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