fatemeter: (really now)
白鐘直斗 ⋅ Naoto Shirogane ([personal profile] fatemeter) wrote in [community profile] shoutfire2014-08-02 06:07 pm

cats to meet you

For a humble family-run business in the middle of nowhere, Tatsumi Textiles houses a surprising variety of things if you turn up at the right time - particularly recently, as its side trade in knit toys, phone accessories and other fluffy knickknacks has taken off. Naoto is aware of this. She's also aware that, nevertheless, ceiling-to-floor piles of adorable fuzzy kittens are not usually among them.

Yet here she stands as the door slides shut behind her, with a chorus of mews filling her ears in surround, and a rapidly growing apprehension that she should have told the senpai squad she was busy after all.

"Excuse me?" she ventures, after what seems like a very long while.
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[personal profile] realmenknitplushies 2014-08-02 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Kanji's never had pets. The store being what it is, having animals running loose around it could easily result in problems: after all, who wants fur shedding on their expensive fabric?

As such, he's torn. He knows he should be trying to shoo the cats out that'd managed to get in - how? What are they even doing here? But...

Kittens. Come on. He's just about entranced by the way they seem to have wormed their way into every available spot. Unfortunately, he's not quite the kitty-whisperer some of their group might be, but he's found a couple who are happy to indulge his tickling and scratches...

It takes him a moment to realise there's even anyone else there, and barely avoids treading on a tail in surprise.
realmenknitplushies: (Awkward....)

[personal profile] realmenknitplushies 2014-08-02 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahem. Yes. Let's - let's try this whole 'talking to her' thing. Right, how does this go again? Can he manage to engage his brain in a way that doesn't involve - oh, look at that tabby!

"Uh. M-mornin'," he manages to get out, or a faint squeak that sounds something like it. Never mind faint blush, he's just about radioactive right now...
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[personal profile] realmenknitplushies 2014-08-02 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"N-!" Allergic? Gah, why is she asking that? "Y- you don't- I ain't...!" Damn it, damn it, why can't he just get the words out straight? He holds his hands up a little defensively. She doesn't have to do that for him, especially when it's not actually a problem, it's just, it's just - argh!
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[personal profile] realmenknitplushies 2014-08-02 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
And he's gone from making strange sounds to making even stranger noises before he manages to actually speak up.

"S-sorry, Naoto-kun. Just... these guys..."
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[personal profile] realmenknitplushies 2014-08-05 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Whoa, whoa, don't you-!" he starts as he notices the little scuffle starting up, but - dammit. He can't bring himself to shout at kittens. There are many things he can yell at, sure, but cats aren't included in that number...