sliceitwithwind | Aya AU: meeting Cat

"Oh, she's up there in ugliest cat ranges." Dilan says with perfect honesty, "But she's my ugly cat, and I love her."

"She can still be adorable." Aya assured easily. "Just look at her..." tiny, soft, friendly, fuzzy...the list could probably go on.

"You're a good pet owner." she chuckled, the petting pausing just long enough for a quick kiss.

"Mmm." Dilan sighs happily into the kiss - the man likes the way women taste - and then says, "I try. She knows I love her, she loves me, we work it out together. Want to hold her?"

She liked how Dilan was enthusiastic about kissing without being...idiotic. It could easily grow addictive, that combination. Something like shock ran across her face at the offer though. "...may I?" she wasn't certain if she was asking Dilan or Cat that.

"She won't...run away or anything?"

"Sure." He reaches up and hefts his cat, she could comfortably sit in his cupped palms, to offer, "And no. She knows where her carrier is, if she gets tired of being out she'll just head right back into it. She's not a terribly curious cat."

"I thought curious was part of defining a cat..." Aya mused, voice just a little nervous as she carefully scooped Cat from Dilan's hands. If it was any consolation she'd been like this the first time she held a kid too. She'd get over the 'I'm going to break this thing' stage eventually.

Once Cat was safely cradled against her chest, Aya beamed...and risked a glance away from the feline and back up at Dilan.

Dilan is smiling down at both of them softly, "Eh. Cat had a hard kittenhood, I think she's done with poking into dangerous things."

"Hey, that's a very good reason." she sighed, some of the smile fading in favor of a very soft, protective look. "Smart girl..." she assured the top of Cat's head.

"I knew she was the kitten for me from the first time I looked into her big, yellow eye." Dilan agrees, reaching under Cat's chin and petting her.

Purring! Okay, she should have expected it but...a cat cradled against her chest and purring! "And you've obviously done well by each other" she managed at last. She was obviously distracted as she said it but...purring!

"Aya, babe, just ignore me while you suffer kitty-love. I don't mind." Cat reaches up and pats Ayas face gently.

"Thank you" she sighed softly up at him...then allowed Cat to have her total attention. She wasn't even doing the cop 'one eye on the surrounding' thing. Or even caring that they were still standing outside the precinct on the steps.

Oh...

...

...

Yeah, Aya was in love. Totally and utterly in love with soft little kitty paws. "Sorry love, wasn't ignoring you..." she laughed at the face pat...then carefully freed one hand to tickle under Cat's chin.

Dilan grins and shifts Aya out of the way of people walking down past her. It's adorable, but he's not going to tell her that.

Until he figures out a good synonym.

Years of training meant that sometimes her feet knew their job better than she did. Which meant, more or less, she managed not to fall on her ass while being guided around by Dilan. Had she even really noticed? She might have been proud of her dexterity.

But...but...oh god, little kitty paws, and a tiny kitty nose and a teeny pointed chin...

And licking, yes. Cat licks Aya's cheek gently.

She'd honestly probably never smiled so much at once in her life. But, it felt like...well, warm soft sandpaper. The description was an oxymoron, yes, but soft and sandpaper!!

...and maybe there should be sitting. Yes, sitting was good. It gave her a lap! Laps were wonderful places for cats so she could have both hands free for petting!

Dilan settles down with them and wraps his warm around Aya's back, letting her lean against him. Cat, well. She sniffs Aya, and Dilan, and walks back and forth over both laps.

Aya snuggled back instinctively and watched, nearly transfixed, as Cat paced and hopped across laps. Eventually, after a bit more petting and playing, she managed to tear her gaze away from the feline and grin up at Dilan once more. There were things she wanted to say, like 'Thank you' and such.

What came out was "She's a kitty!"

Dilan blinks down at her for a moment and then cracks. the fuck. up.

"Yes, yes she is. She's a good kitty."

There was a moment of blinking, then Aya was joining in the helpless laughter and hiding her face in her hands. Really. Just...shoot her now. She could die happy at least?

Cause...kitty.

"Very good kitty" she mumbled between her fingers.

Soft sandpaper on her fingers, as Cat attempts to see what's wrong. Dilan kisses Aya's head, chuckling into her hair.

Well, at least she was in company that would forgive her? She was still laughing as she lowered her hands, but it was a bit more controlled. "I'm okay..." she assured Cat. "For a given definition of okay." she was probably insane?

She got to cuddle Cat though. And be cuddled by Dilan. This worked! "Oh god, nobody followed us from the precinct did they?!" she knew the boys.

Dilan looks up, then down at Aya, "Babe, I'm sorry, but you never got away from the precinct." She got distracted by Cat pretty much at the bottom of the stairs. They are now sitting on the stairs. Yes.

"....hell." she sighed mildly, scooping up Cat to cuddle her face in the cat's fur. "I'm going to have to do something drastic to get my reputation back." she laughed.

Totally worth it.

Totally.

Cat snuggles up into the cuddling and purrs like a motor.

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