middaeg | Intro Log: July, Overflow

[She fixes him with a lingering, incredulous stare before giving it one last ditch effort, stretching on her tiptoes and feeling even more ridiculous doing that. Clicking her tongue, Lightning drops her hands to her sides and hops down from the stepladder.]

What, you afraid you're gonna drop me or something?

Probably not. [He said with underlying confidence. Then added:] But it's not worth you falling and getting us both hurt.

[Rude looked down and around for a moment. Eventually he found what he was looking for: a cat toy with some feathers sticking on the end.

He reached up with it and enticed the kitten on the top shelf to be distracted by the wiggling manner in which he waved it around.]

[That ruffles Lightning a little.]

I can handle myself...

[It's more grumbled under her breath in protest than openly at him, because why be so concerned about her? It's not like they know each other, or that the kitten is that much higher than what the stepladder would have gotten her, but she isn't sure what to do with herself in those few seconds before he's dangling the toy at the kitten.

It mewls, its eyes going wide with excitement, and it swats at it a little before it disappears, reappearing again clinging to the sleeve of Rude's suit with one set of claws, the other drawn to catch the toy.]

[She reaches over to grab it, and then...]

Well. Kudos to you for getting it down.

[... drapes it over his head.]

["I'm sure you can" were the words on the tip of his tongue after her muttered comment but he reigned in the desire to say them out loud. She looked like a fighter. He admired that, but it also reminded him of someone else and that person was a little less...

The kitten's antics thankfully cut off that train of thought and his mouth thinned as he tried to keep his calm. Yet again the feline really wanted to ruin his expensive wardrobe that he couldn't replace since it was unique in this world. The tailors here just weren't on the same page as the one's back home.

He started to actually reply to her sarcastic congratulations when he was surprised by the wiggling kitten...on his head??

He stared at Lightning and blinked. He wouldn't have expected that from her--then again, he reminded himself, he didn't actually know her.]

I-- yeah.

[He genuinely didn't know what to say. He silently reached up to steady the kitten instead.]

[Lightning bites back the urge to smile at the sight. Maybe this is payback for earlier, or maybe this is just playing a friendly prank on him. Who's to say... She's full of surprises today!

The kitten mewls and licks the top of Rude's head, its tongue scraping against the skin as it gets to work on cleaning him, making sure to get each and every spot, never missing one.]

Think it's safe to say he likes you.

[He was a good thing he was used to keeping a non-reactionary demeanor most of the time because that was certainly an odd sensation! It sent a shiver down his spine that he thankfully kept to a minimum--fearful that if he shook his head the kitten would fall. Still, he frowned, unappreciative of the cat licking his head.

He refused to say anything though. He wouldn't give the other the satisfaction of him agreeing with how unappreciative he was of the feline licking him. A hand or an arm was one thing--even his beard as the cat's tended to like to groom for him--but licking the top of his head was just awkward.]

...I guess so.

[He agreed simply instead. He tried to get it interested in something else like, say, his finger with a waggle of it in front where the kitten could see it.]

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