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

[aceofcrows]

Of course he is!

I-I just mean... w-we didn't... it wasn't... fast.

[shootykawa]

I get it. You're like a particularly good dessert, you want to eat it up as fast as you can, but it's smarter to go slow and savor it. I've never been particularly good at that though.

[aceofcrows]

I'm not a dessert!

[shootykawa]

Are you sure? You're sweet and you look good enough to eat.

[aceofcrows]

Yes!

[shootykawa]

For you, I will be patient. You don't want to know how it was for Iwa-chan...

[aceofcrows]

[his mouth shuts with a snap]

[shootykawa]

[He laughs, but doesn't elaborate.]

[aceofcrows]

[kind of at a loss... so he'll take a small sip of tea instead, not able to look at Oikawa]

[shootykawa]

[Oh, he ruined things. Oops. Good job, Shittykawa.]

Sorry, I didn't come up to tease you, I'm just bad at being a decent person. Maybe I should go? And I'll see you Wednesday?

[aceofcrows]

Ah... you could stay, but if you need to go, I will see you then.

[shootykawa]

You don't have to try and make me feel better, the one really good thing Iwa-chan used to do for me was tell me when I was being an ass.

[aceofcrows]

I... I'm sorry.

[shootykawa]

Why? I'm the one who made this awkward.

[aceofcrows]

It's not a problem... to talk about him. I... just don't know what to say. I don't want to hurt you.

[shootykawa]

I don't think you're in any danger of hurting me. I can talk about Iwa-chan without being hurt.

[That is such a lie, like he doesn't even manage to make it sound believable to himself.]

[aceofcrows]

[he reaches over and squeezes Oikawa's hand]

It's... okay.

[shootykawa]

What is? That I'm a mess and none of this was stuff I was supposed to talk about or show you?

[aceofcrows]

[he shakes his head]

It's okay to show me. I didn't know him like you do so I don't know how to talk about him. I can't live up to him either, but... you can talk about him whenever you need to. He was your friend as well as your lover right?

[shootykawa]

We've been best friends since we were born, basically. And I'm not looking for someone to live up to him, he and I were bad for each other. We were totally co-dependent and I don't want that anymore, I want a real relationship. With someone honest and kind who doesn't yell at me in public. Even if I deserve it.

[aceofcrows]

Ah... I... didn't know.

[shootykawa]

I should probably confess something. I walked by your cafe a few times and saw you talking to people and I always thought you looked so... kind. I couldn't stop thinking about it, so I made myself go in and talk to you. I guess I kind of recognized you from before too, but I didn't just "stop in" today. I was thinking about it before... because I've been looking for someone more like you.

[aceofcrows]

Ah...

[well that's new, but still...]

I'm... glad to ... know that it wasn't simply spontaneous. [he rubs the back of his neck] You're... a good guy, but... it is a little surprising to be approached so suddenly. I'm... glad it wasn't just a whim.

[shootykawa]

I want to say it was fate, but that sounds silly.

[aceofcrows]

A little, but... kind of romantic too.