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]

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.

[aceofcrows]

[he pinks and scratches his jaw sheepishly]

I like being able to take care of them...

[shootykawa]

Do you like taking care of things? Are you a mama bird? Or I guess mama cat in this case.

[aceofcrows]

[laughs quietly and opens the door of the restaurant for them]

It's... nice.

[shootykawa]

Having always been on the other side of that I couldn't really say, but I'm glad you like it.

[He finds them an out of the way table and sits across from Asahi, still smiling at him like he's the most interesting thing in the world.]

[aceofcrows]

[he blushes and picks up a menu to have something to look at, even though he knows it mostly by heart]

[shootykawa]

What do you recommend? I don't want anything too sweet or too spicy.

[He's not daunted yet by the hiding, he knows Asahi is shy.]

[aceofcrows]

[he lets out a soft breath and smiles, pointing out some of his favorites fitting Oikawa's likes]

[shootykawa]

Excellent.

[He orders when they're ready and then puts all his attention on Asahi.]

Do you still play volleyball?

[aceofcrows]

A recreational league at the park, only. I help the coach out sometimes too.

[shootykawa]

What sort of help? I never got the sense that you were the mastermind behind any Crow tactics, but that might be because the only time I saw real tactics from you they were almost certainly coming from Kageyama.

[The way he says "Kageyama" makes it clear there's still some resentment there.]

[aceofcrows]

[he shrugs, flushing as his smile falters]

Spiking, receives, serves. Anything I can. I may have graduated, but... I'm still close with the team and the school.

[shootykawa]

I do seem to remember you have a mean spike, I should watch out for your team.

[He's trying to recover that. His weird jealousy issues with Kageyama shouldn't ruin a nice conversation.]