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"Okay, remember. She should be asleep by 8PM.. but, because you're probably gonna tell her something like 'oh well your mama ain't here'. She NEEDS to be asleep before 10 alright? Her schedule is all messed up because of new years, and I really don't want her to be out of sorts for when she goes back to school"
Caitlyn listed the details, handing Vi a piece of paper. She held Isha in her arm, the airship toy swooshing as she played.
As Caitlyn continued to talk, Vi looked at Jinx with an eyebrow raised in question. The girl merely shrugged before giving her big sister to big thumbs up.
"Caitlyn! She's got it handled, she used go take care of me and my brothers all the time and we turned out amazing!"
Jinx set her hands on Caitlyn's stiff shoulders.
"She's got it handled babe."
"I know.. I know."
Caitlyn put Isha in Vi's arms, who immediately started kissing the girl's forehead.
"We're gonna have so much fun you little monster"
Isha made some sort of disagreeing whine but eventually relented her face to being kissed.
Caitlyn reluctantly left them behind. She held Jinx's hand tightly as the walked away from the last drop.
"You're worrying way too much."
Caitlyn walked in silence, looking down at her hand. Sometimes during days like these she got herself excited thinking Jinx was going to propose, but the girl never did.
"I'm not worrying too much, we're leaving Isha at a bar."
"At my father's bar."
"Your father isn't even there!"
"My sister is, and she isn't going anywhere."
Caitlyn continued walking, she tried to get ahead of Jinx but the girl ran forward.
"Ohhhh no, you're gonna follow me. Okay?"
"I was following you"
"No, you were walking ahead of me."
"Alright, alright. I'm following you."
"Promise"
"What?"
"Promise me"
"Okay okay. I promise I'm following you"
"Good! That wasn't so hard, was it?"
"You're impossible.."
Caitlyn watched as Jinx walked backwards for a few steps before twirling around and grasping her hand again.
"Where to then?"
"First.. we're going to.."
Jinx pondered for a minute, tapping a finger to her chin.
"We're going to go out for coffee first.. and then- well it's a secret!"
Jinx grabbed Caitlyn's full arm and started running. Dragging Caitlyn along.
-
Caitlyn walked up to the glass window, little cartoon paw prints all across the glass.
"Jinx are you-"
Jinx pulled Caitlyn inside and bounced up to the counter.
"Hi. We'll be here for... 45 minutes."
The girl handed the man at the front 2 vouchers while Caitlyn looked around the room. There were a few tables, seemingly they just opened for the day because nobody else was here. The last thing she noticed, was the crowd of cats dispersing and laying down.
"Jinx is this-"
"Cat cafe! Cute huh?"
Jinx walked towards a table, pulling the sit out for Caitlyn to sit down.
"I'll order what you like."
Jinx guides Caitlyn to her seat and walked off to the counter.
Caitlyn stared at a tiny black cat that rubbed its cheek on her ankle.
"Hey there little one.."
She leaned down to pet him, but the little cat scuttled away. Caitlyn felt her face drop quickly.
"Oh.."
She watched as the tiny cat hid behind a chair. Caitlyn let out a sigh as she leaned back in her chair and watched Jinx skip back, holding a cat in her hands.
"Alright!"
Jinx sat down, setting the orange cat down. The cat quickly rolled around on the table and onto Jinx's lap.
"He's hyper"
Caitlyn grabbed the drink that Jinx some how held with the cat. She brought her straw to her lips.
"Mmm.. no cats want to cuddle with you?"
"Oh I don't want to force any of them.."
Jinx sipped loudly from the straw.
"Okay.. well! I think this would be a great way to live, being fed in a warm house where pretty ladies grab and prod at you every day!"
"That's your dream?"
Jinx shrugged.
"Well it wouldn't be a nightmare."
Jinx smiled and scratched at the hyper kitten's cheeks. Watching as he swiped playfully at her fingers.
"I don't think just 'ladies' come her Jinx."
Caitlyn looked down at her dark coffee and sipped again, smiling at the encounter Jinx was having with the cat.
"Well.. still, it'd be worth it if someone like you pet me"
"Someone like me?"
"You"
Caitlyn laughed, hiding her mouth behind her straw.
"Well I'm sure that can be arranged"
Jinx let the cat jump away.
"Are you going to tell me what else we'll be doing today?"
"Ohhhh.. come on, that's no fun."
Caitlyn took another sip of her coffee when she heard a trill from a cat. She looked down at her feet and saw a soft furred grey cat who holds her head high. The cat looked downwards at Caitlyn's foot, her face seemingly regal.
Caitlyn contemplated the cat and looked back to Jinx who was smiling wide.
"Okay.."
Caitlyn leans down and rubs the cat's cheek, being rewarded another trill. The cat quickly moved close to her arm and rubbed its cheek to her hand.
"She wants you to pick her up"
"That's nonsense.."
"Come on! Try"
Caitlyn sighed and picked the cat up, holding it to her stomach before laying it down to her lap. The cat laid down and trilled one last time before taking a nap.
"Ohhh! So cute!"
Jinx giggled and leaned across the table, the regal cat jumped up and ran away. Caitlyn laughed softly, covering her mouth.
By the end of their coffee date, Caitlyn walked back to the counter. The man informed her of the adoption goal of the cafe, they pick up stray cats and try to get customers to adopt cats. She asked about the two cats, Rice Ball and Princess. Caitlyn turned back to Jinx who was holding the door open for her. She signed the paper and agreed to come back later.
-
Jinx brought Caitlyn to some sort of museum about invention history in Piltover. Caitlyn took her time at each spot, inspecting each and every part. One hallway holds every advancement in hextech, from a small replica of a rigid and dangerous gemstone, to the smooth and spherical gemstone by the end.
Caitlyn admired her friend's dedication and journey through the invention. It was inspiring.
Caitlyn took long looks at every painting, statues, and other arts. She admired the careful taxidermy of animals, maps of the world, maps of Piltover, maps of even Zaun. Jinx clung to Caitlyn through out the entire event. Clearly bored by the silent habitat. The longer it went on, the more of her own body that was held against Caitlyn's.
Caitlyn brought the pair to a bench to rest, bringing a water bottle to her lips.
"You alright Jinx?"
Jinx laid down her head on Caitlyn's lap and curled up so she doesn't fall over the bench. Caitlyn's hand subconsciously lands into Jinx's hair.
"Nothings wrong"
"Good, can we talk about some of the exhibitions?"
Caitlyn smiled at the subtle sigh from Jinx.
"Shoot"
"Well, the hextech exhibit was really interesting to me. I mean, I know Jayce personally but I wasn't with him every step of the away. Especially after the big accident.. seeing the way the museum interpreted stuff he said in interviews and other editions of the power source.. but there is this one project Jayce told me, about being able to use that power for more things. Like practicality."
Jinx listened to Caitlyn carefully, feeling the gentle massage against her scalp. She feels her eyes slowly drift down.
"Feeling tired? Why don't we go to the next thing you had planned"
Jinx jumped up, her energy back into her body.
"Ooh! Okay okay, come on. You'll like this one. I know it!"
-
Jinx skipped along the Zaunite streets as she lead Caitlyn along. They had been walking for quite awhile until they finally arrived at some sort of arcade.
"There's some pinball machines, little toy shooting galleries, and all that fun stuff!"
They ended up being the only adults there without children, and Caitlyn hardly cared. She walked up to the shooting range and pressed the button. The lights sprung to light and targets started moving. Jinx ran next to her and raised both guns, handing one to Caitlyn.
"Here, watch and learn"
Jinx beat Caitlyn over and over again. Caitlyn was never the best with pistols, and Jinx loved them.
"This is getting tiring"
Caitlyn's score was gradually lowering.
"Come on! One more round."
Jinx looked up at Caitlyn, her eyes wide and pleading.
"One more round. But you better let me win, it's my birthday"
Jinx cackled and pressed the button one last time, aiming her gun upwards and shooting quickly. Jinx preferred to hit the targets closer to rack up momentum and points quickly, while Caitlyn shot the further away targets worth more points.
When Caitlyn reached down to reload, jinx wrestled her arm laughing while grabbing the ammo. Caitlyn groaned and reached further away for more ammo. By the time she reloaded, the round had ended.
"I win!"
Jinx raised her hands and hugged Caitlyn, wrapping her arms around Caitlyn. The tall woman leans down and presses her nose against Jinx's.
"You cheated"
"Did I?"
Jinx let her hands fall backwards, and behind her back.
"You did"
Caitlyn is unaffected by Jinx's childish attempt.
"Come on! There's more to play!"
Jinx drags Caitlyn along, bringing her to a pinball machine. That a kid recently abandoned. Jinx quickly started the game and pressed the buttons. Jinx moved her body as she played, jumps and shakes and cheers as the ball moves. Caitlyn watched her girlfriend play the simple game. The girl is excited, and good.
Caitlyn pressed her palms to Jinx's hips and leaned over her shoulders, and watched the ball fall into the whole.
"Hey!"
"Mmmm you've got it"
Caitlyn pushed her arm past Jinx and pulled the next ball into play for Jinx.
The ball went up and bounced around, before Jinx quickly reached to the fall. This went on, the ball goes up, falls down and is shot back upwards by Jinx's Grade A reaction skills. Caitlyn brought her fingers up to her torso and moved her fingers gently across the skin.
“S-stop”
Jinx giggled, bending her back forward as she tried to get away from Caitlyn’s fingers.
“You’ve got it Jinx..”
Caitlyn pushed her index finger further and Jinx started to laugh louder.
“Aw. You messed up again.”
“I’ve got on more!”
Jinx pushed her elbow back and hit Caitlyn in the stomach.
“Alright alright, shoot the ball Baby.”
“I’m gonna hit you..”
Jinx launched the ball up and took careful watch of it, until Caitlyn kissed the back of her neck. Both women watched as the ball fell between the bumpers.
“Damn!”
-
After being kicked out by the arcade security for inappropriate conduct, Jinx and Caitlyn made it all the way back to the Piltover for a dinner.
Jinx pulled Caitlyn’s chair out and bowed her head.
“How polite”
Caitlyn bowed her head as well and sat down.
“I’m the most polite, baby.”
Caitlyn grabbed the menu and started reading everything. Most of it was Piltover cuisine, but there were a couple of dishes from Noxus and Ionia. She slowly went through the options and ended up deciding on some sort of Salmon dish.
“What do you two want?”
“I will.. have the Chicken strips.”
Jinx smiled wide, turning to Caitlyn.
“I’ll have the pan seared Salmon, and a glass of water please.”
She closes the menu and hands to the waiter.
“Isn’t this romantic?”
“Oh yes.. very romantic.”
Caitlyn smiles softly, and nods.
“This is very polite of you Jinx, thank you for brining me here.”
Caitlyn blew air out, hiding a sigh from her girlfriend. She looked at Jinx’s hand, trying to trick herself into believing that Jinx might actually propose. But no amount of believing made it true.
As they waited for the food, Jinx talks about some birthday stories from her childhood. Caitlyn just loved listening about Jinx, even if the stories weren’t always positive.
When the food finally came Jinx quickly drenched her fries with ketchup before eating them fast. Caitlyn slowly cut a piece of the pan seared salmon, before bringing it to her lips and tasting the food.
“Is it good?”
Caitlyn nodded, cutting another piece with her knife and piercing it with the fork. She brought it up to Jinx’s lips and Jinx happily ate the piece.
“That is good!”
Jinx quickly ripped a piece of her chicken with her fingers and handed it to Caitlyn. The woman took Jinx’s wrist and ate the piece from her fingers. Caitlyn ate most of the fish, while Jinx gulped in her entire dish.
Caitlyn watched as Jinx ate, smiling softly at the childish way her girlfriend ate. She brought a napkin to Jinx’s lips, wiping the ketchup away.
“Careful there darling”
Caitlyn looked down at started cutting the salmon more, she brought the next piece to Jinx’s mouth. The smile Jinx gave her, incited Caitlyn to give her more pieces until she ended up giving half of the fish to Jinx.
“You haven’t ate very much Cait.”
“I like to watch you eat..”
“That’s very creepy.”
“Is it?”
Jinx nodded, eating the last piece of salmon with a wide smile.
“Alright alright. I’m going to go pay, don’t you dare worry about the price. I won’t even let you read it”
Caitlyn raised an eyebrow. The menu had the prices, and she could do math. Even with both of their meals, it wasn’t a surprisingly expensive meal. But Caitlyn figured that expensive for her, might be different for Jinx. So she just nodded.
“Thank you darling”
-
Jinx went to go pick up Isha while Caitlyn brought her impulsively adopted cats. Princess and rice ball. They didn’t seemingly get along, Princess sat all regally on the couch while riceball played with a blinds string. She sighed.
She sat with the cats for a while, she rubbed her palm against Princess’ cheek. The slim cat trilled and rubbed against her hand.
“Okay okay..”
She brought her other hands and scratched the cat’s entire face.
She heard the door opening but Caitlyn continued to scratch the cat.
She heard a gasp and when she turned her head, Isha had run up to the couch and was inspecting the cat. She didn’t move to touch the cat, but she clearly wanted to.
“Here.. she likes her cheek scratched. But be gentle, she’s smaller than you.”
Isha moved a finger to Princess’ cheek and the edge of her nail to the cat’s skin. The cat trilled and stepped closer to the edge of the couch for Isha to pet.
Jinx sits down next to Caitlyn, catching the jumping orange cat and playing with rice ball.
Isha gasped again and nearly tripped over herself to check out the orange cat. Jinx presented the cat with much bravado.
“Sure! She looks cute.. but be careful..”
Jinx pressed her finger gently against rice ball’s paw, pushing the claws out.
“This Tiger’s got claws!!”
Isha giggled and moved back with mock fear.
Caitlyn smiled at her two favorite girls play with the hyper kitten. Her finger kneading at Princess’ cheek as the two pristine women sat with much routine.