Cat Cafe AU

[aceofcrows]

Welcome to the cat cafe -- Coffee and Cats!

It's a quiet, well-run cat cafe featuring a half dozen permanent residents and another half dozen adoptable cats. The coffee is good, fresh, and prompt, and the sole employee is ... well... he looks a bit like he should be in a gang with his height, long hair, and goatee. However, he's incredibly gentle, shy, and absolutely wonderful with cats and small children. (Even if he's afraid he will break something.)

Come in, find a seat, and enjoy the atmosphere. Open from 11am to 2pm and 6pm to 9pm every day.

Comments

[shootykawa]

Lead the way.

[He's happy to follow along next to Asahi despite really wanting to hold his hand. That's a lot to ask so soon.]

How was work? Any more attacks?

[aceofcrows]

Attacks? Oh! The cats. No, they were good for the rest of the night. How's your hand?

[shootykawa]

Of course they were good for you...

My hand is okay, but it won't really feel better until I get a kiss.

[He's flirting so hard, Asahi, you have to be able to pick up on it.]

[aceofcrows]

Not at all. I'm very confident of my first aid skills.

[shootykawa]

That just takes care of the injury, I won't feel better until I get a kiss. I will accept a kiss to any part of me, by the way. My hurt hand, my good hand... my lips.

[He shouldn't have to try this hard, what is happening.]

[aceofcrows]

Ah... oh... um...

[flushes hotly, looking at the sidewalk]

[shootykawa]

I know, I know, I should at least buy you dinner first. But later?

[aceofcrows]

I... I don't know...

[shootykawa]

We'll see then.

[He gives Asahi a curious look. He can't figure out why Asahi agreed to go out with him if he wasn't interested but he'll get to the bottom of it.]

... This is a date, right?

[aceofcrows]

U-um... I... maybe? Is it?

[shootykawa]

I intended it to be...

[aceofcrows]

[still blushing, but slight smile, though he doesn't look at him]

A-ah... I... guess it is then...

[shootykawa]

Good. I would still have dinner with you if it wasn't, but I really do want a chance for a kiss at the end.

[aceofcrows]

[rubs the back of his neck]

Don't you have others who could... do that?

[shootykawa]

I have a lot of fans, and if I really wanted to I could go to a bar and pick someone up for the night. But I wanted to go with you. A tall, hot, sweet guy who likes animals and hasn't told me to go screw myself already. And you play volleyball, which is a big plus.

[aceofcrows]

Even if you didn't remember I played volleyball at first?

[glancing at him curiously]

[shootykawa]

I recognized you, I just couldn't place where I knew you from. Could have been college classes, could have been volleyball, and luckily it was the latter.

[aceofcrows]

Ah... did you not enjoy college?

[shootykawa]

[His demeanor closes off some.]

I'm glad to be done with it.

[aceofcrows]

Ah... sorry.

[shootykawa]

Not your fault. [He waves it away.]

So where are we getting dinner?

[aceofcrows]

[He nods up the street where a diner is still lit up on the corner]

They're open late, and the food's good.

[shootykawa]

Alright, sounds good. [Heading that way a little faster, he is so eager right now it's almost palpable.]

So how did you get a job in a cat cafe?

[aceofcrows]

The boss was doing a lecture at the local library about how to rescue newborn kittens. I was there to study, but... I got completely distracted, and afterwards I helped her carry everything to her shop. She said I was a good helper and if I wanted a job after finals, I could come back by. I worked there that summer, and then just... kept working there.

[shootykawa]

So you must like it as much as they like you.