Back to Room 308 - The Wee Hours, Monday Night

[the_merriest]

Hey, 308. She was home again.

Mel wasn't dead. Rikku was very glad Mel wasn't dead, since Mel being dead would be bad.

Her room was empty. That was because Hermione left. And her arm was naked, because she'd put her Godhand back in the weapons locker. Should've cleaned it. Didn't.

Petey was twining around her feet. Okay. Hi, Petey.

Rikku picked up her phone and dialed Reno's number. No answer. She was pretty sure she left a message. Good.

Shower. She was gonna shower. She needed one.

(for one. follows this.)

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[the_merriest]

Reno was perfect for sprawling on. She followed bonelessly, curling in against him.

"Feels stupid. Hitting the down from it. I got to kill stuff. That part rocked."

There was a slight pause after that, followed by a very out of place abrupt giggle, and Rikku sitting up and dragging a mrowling kitty back down with her.

"Petey," she announced, dangling him over her face. "No eating my toes."

[raspberryturk]

Reno grinned up at the cat, and then curled back against Rikku with a chuckle.

"Aw, be easy on him. I happen to know you got very tasty toes."

[the_merriest]

"Have you ever been woken up because someone thinks your nose is tasty?" Rikku giggled. "I think maybe there's something terribly wrong with Petey, yoto."

Petey mrowled happily and wriggled. There was! He was dumb.

[raspberryturk]

"He's a real special cat," Reno decided. And if there was extra emphasis on 'special,' that was totally coincidence. Really. "Not too bright. But he's a good cat anyhow, yo."

[the_merriest]

"He is," she smiled, letting Petey's feet dangle enough so that he could get his bearings and scamper out of her grip. He hopped over to sniff Reno's goggles. Mmmm. Goggles.

"There were these crazy people in town, and they left, and I think they forgot they had a cat? I kinda ... picked him up. It was when everything was sucking and he was just chirpy and weird and I thought ... that might be a nice way to wake up, with a hyper strange little cat meowing at you. He's so snuggly."

[raspberryturk]

Reno's goggles were goggle-scented.

"Worked out pretty well then, huh?" Because Reno happened to know that Rikku was pretty snuggly, herself. And maybe a little bit of a stolen kiss would help with all the snuggling there was to be done.

Just a little one. On her cheek, there. She had cute cheeks.

[the_merriest]

Reno's goggles were also kinda chewy. Score!

"Yeah," she nodded, pressing her face in against his skin. "He was kinda ... just what I needed, right when I didn't expect him at all."

That seemed to happen to her a lot.

[raspberryturk]

"Well, lucky for the both of you then, yoto."

Petey really was a good cat. Even if there were going to be little cat-teethmarks on his goggles. Goggles were replaceable. Peteys weren't.

Stupid cat.

[the_merriest]

Petey was mrowling at the goggles. And then leaned over to check out Reno's forehead. It should get a lick or two. Hi, Reno!

"Sorry," she laughed softly. "He's ... weird like this. Uh. If we stay here, you might wake up being chewed on."

Petey was a world-class chewer. He could chew in the Olympics. Unless he flopped over and fell asleep when the starting gun went off.

[raspberryturk]

"That doesn't surprise me," he decided. "He's already samplin' me for later. See if he's got the proper spices or whatever. What goes good with ginger?"

[the_merriest]

"Mice?" Rikku suggested. "Cardboard? He likes cardboard. Well, no, he doesn't. He thinks he does, he tries eating it, and then he remembers he hates it and coughs it up again."

[raspberryturk]

"No cardboard, then. I ain't cleanin' it up, yo." As the feline attentions continued, Reno decided that perhaps a diversion would be in order. So he reached up with one hand, pulled off his goggles, and dangled them nearby.

They has a flavor.