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Mizuki and Mafuyu were in the living room, the silence between them was only broken by the tapping of Mafuyu’s keyboard and the occasional clacking of Mizuki’s nails against her phone screen. Mizuki was upside-down on the sofa, which Mafuyu did advise her against, but quickly gave up trying.
“Hey, Mafuyu?” Mizuki looked to her boyfriend, who turned his attention away from his laptop and towards her, “Yes?”
“Do you think we’d ever get a pet one day?”
Mafuyu shrugged, “Maybe. We’d have to discuss it with Ena and Kanade first. There’s also a lot of other factors that go into it, one being money. Pets are expensive.”
Mizuki huffed, “I guess that makes sense. I was just thinking about it.” She pulled herself up, sitting on the sofa normally, “You had an aquarium though, right?”
The lyricist nodded, putting his laptop onto the coffee table, “I did, but it was for aquatic plants. I didn’t really want fish.”
Mizuki made an “Ohhh” sound as she stood up, “How busy are you today?”
“Considering I'm home, I'm not very busy. Why?” Mafuyu saved whatever he was working on and shut the lid of his laptop.
Mizuki twiddled her thumbs, swaying back and forth on her feet.
“Wanna come to the park with me? I'm kinda bored and wanna get out.”
Well Mafuyu had nowhere better to be, and university did keep him away from his lovers longer than he liked. He agreed, to Mizuki’s pleasure. The pinkette excitedly ran off to her bedroom to change. In turn, Mafuyu went to his own room to change.
Even if it didn't physically show, Mafuyu was also excited to go out. Dates in relationships like N25’s tended to be movie nights or cafés if they had the time. It was nice to be able to just go out casually.
Not that Mafuyu minded movie nights or café dates. Hell, he loved them more than anything. They held some of his favourite memories with his partners. But he also loved just getting out. Learning to love and appreciate the environment around him rather than it just being nothing more blank slate to him. He had his lovers to thank for that.
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The pair walked to the park together, hand-in-hand. It wasn’t far, hence why they didn’t drive. Mafuyu also enjoyed walking, admittedly. It was a nice routine to clear your head, and it was even nicer with his partners.
They sat at a bench, having brought some chips to snack on in the case they got hungry. They mostly talked about university and personal projects, the subject of pets long forgotten by now.
It was peaceful. The two basked in each other's presence. Distant sounds of dogs barking happily and rustling of leaves in the cool breeze filled as comfortable background noise.
Mizuki was right in the middle of explaining the plot of the new anime she'd found the previous week when she felt something soft brush against her leg, accompanied by a soft “mmrp!”
Both Mizuki and Mafuyu looked down, met with a cat at Mizuki's feet! She was half gray-half white, most of the white being on her front, whereas the gray was mostly located on her tail.
The pinkette immediately started gushing over the cat, leaning down to pet her. Of course not before receiving a sniff of permission! (As per Mafuyu's instruction)
“Yuki~! Look, she's so cute! And cuddly!” Mizuki cooed, scratching the back of the cat's ear. The cat responded positively, meowing and purring while still rubbing against Mizuki's legs.
“She is.” Mafuyu replied, hand stroking Mizuki's shoulder blade, squeezing the top of her shoulder slightly. A stress response, really. Mafuyu wasn't afraid of any animal, really. Especially not cats. Unfortunately, though, there was a time where animals were afraid of him. Mafuyu had gotten better since those times though. Sure, his expression was still mostly blank, but it was easier to express.
He remembered when street cats ran away from him. What if this one did too? Would Mizuki be upset? What if she got angry at Mafuyu? What if she hated him? What if—
“Mafuyu?”
“Yes?”
“Nothing. You just looked out of it. You wanna try petting her?” Mizuki gestured to the cat, who was now… sitting in Mizuki's lap? When on earth did that happen? Not only that, but she was now staring right at Mafuyu.
Mafuyu hesitated, “I— I shouldn't. She might not like me.”
Mizuki's expression softened, “Yuki, I'm sure she will. Just be yourself, yea?”
The animator took Mafuyu's hand, gently pulling it closer to the cat.
“Mizuki, wait— what if she gets…” Mafuyu was interrupted by a cold feeling against his knuckles, the cat's nose bumped against his hand as she sniffed him.
“...scared?” he finished, watching the cat finish her mini-inspection and rub her head against Mafuyu's hand, purring loudly.
Mizuki's face looked smug. Soft… but still stupidly smug. Mafuyu couldn't help the small smile creeping to his lips.
The more attention Mafuyu gave to the cat, the more she wanted. She climbed from Mizuki's lap to Mafuyu's, sitting there and accepting more pets than a needy kitty like herself could ever want!
After a while of fussing over the cat, she seemingly got bored, sitting up, scratching behind her ear and leaping off, walking away from the couple.
“Awwe noo sweet kitty come backkk!” Mizuki cried, making grabby hands to the cat - who in fact, did not come back.
“Mizuki, I think she's done stealing our affections.” Mafuyu dragged Mizuki's hands back, positioning them into her lap.
Mizuki whined, but quickly got over it; the pair packed up to leave, Mizuki began to get bored, so she was eager to get home and wait for their other lovers so they could have a warm welcome.
They talked about whatever came to mind - what to have for dinner, the cat, the many pictures Mizuki took with the cat and of Mafuyu with the cat that she insisted Kanade and Ena would be seeing when they returned.
Returning home, they kicked their shoes off and moved to the sofa, where Mizuki climbed on top of Mafuyu, who let her into his arms and lay there peacefully, turning the TV on for some background noise; neither really cared for whatever was playing.
Though, something felt missing to Mizuki. Sure she was in Mafuyu's arms, but she wanted to be fussed over more! She wanted Mafuyu to play with her hair and give her forehead kisses!
So why not ask for that…?
Lifting her head, Mizuki looked at Mafuyu with a playful smile on her face, “Y’know, Yuki~ you were being sooo sweet with that cat just earlier, it kind of makes me jealous~” she huffed dramatically, burying her head in Mafuyu's shoulder.
“You want me to pet you or something?”
“No! Well— yea but don't say it like that! I just want you to play with my hair, y'know?”
Mafuyu did just that, Mizuki humming contently. As if she were trying to purr.
“Hmmh, she's kind of like a cat when you think about it.” Mafuyu thought. Mizuki was clingy, moody, needy, and most importantly of all, cute.
“Mmm, ‘Fuyuu~” the pinkette whined, causing Mafuyu to turn his attention to her, “Yes?”
“Can I have kisses please?”
Yep.
Mafuyu held Mizuki's face in his hands, and began to pepper her with kisses as she requested. Mizuki giggled, gracefully accepting all of the love!
They didn't need a pet,
Mizuki is definitely a cat.