Maybe a bunny some other time.
Who: Kitty, Xi'an, Fluttershy, and the twins What: Can you really say no when those identical faces are begging? nope. Where: Fluttershy's Petshop When: Like a day or two ago, after Satele and Rowanne were in the shop Status: Complete Rating: G for Bunny Situations.
Kitty had made the mistake of mentioning the possibility of a kitten to the twins, which had pushed up any 'looking at cats' up from 'sometime' to 'rightnowrightnowrightnowrightnow.'
Leong and Nga were very excited about this. And had promised Xi'an they would pull their weight in taking of it.
Kitty pulled up to the pet shop, and glanced at Xi'an sheepishly, "Me and my big mouth, huh?"
Xi'an just chuckled. "It's okay. Just don't do it all the time."
Kitty got out of the car, and walked into the pet shop. That was a metric ton of rabbits!
It was a huge amount of rabbits, and Fluttershy was really kind of getting tired of people mentioning it. It had been an exhaustingly long day, and she hadn't really been able to do much to alleviate the rabbit situation.
She was feeling defeated and sad and was feeding Angel a snack in the hopes it would lift her spirits, as Kitty et al entered.
"Woooow." Nga stared at the rabbits. Leong had not seen that many rabbits. Ever.
While the twins were distracted, Kitty quickly slipped an arm around Xi'an and kissed her cheek, before pulling away to kitten-hunt.
Xi'an smiled and kept an eye on the twins.
"There you go, Angel... isn't that the most tasty carrot with cream cheese on it ever? I made it just for you..." Fluttershy trailed off as she noticed people had entered, and forced a smile onto her face, "Oh hello... Yes that is a lot of bunnies in my front window. Did you maybe... hopefully... come here to buy bunnies?"
Kitty looked over at the bunnies. They really were adorable..
"They're all females right now, so you don't have to worry about ... uhm... having too many bunnies, yourself." Fluttershy added, helpfully.
One of the bunnies cuddled up to Nga's hand.
Nga went 'aww' and petted the bunny.
Tearing herself from the bunnies, Kitty peeked at the kittens, looking for any with personality!
She was drawn towards the silver tabby.
Fluttershy patted Angel on the head, then headed after Kitty. She smiled at the kittens and reached down into the pen to throw one of the jingle balls around so that they'd play more.
"These are just old enough now to be away from their mommy cat, but you won't have to worry about getting them neutered for a few more months... the silver one is the most playful. The two white ones are just... so fluffy and sweet."
She looked at the black one that was sleeping in the corner, "The black one is... a little skittish, but he has the loudest purr."
"Not sure about the skittish thing," Kitty replied. "Playful might be best, but I like sweet too." She'll have to see how the other three react to the kittens, and vice versa. Assuming bunnies haven't consumed them all.
"Well... if you don't mind my saying, that is... You've got those two children, and you probably want a cat that will put up with them. They all love to be held and played with, but the black one will probably run away a lot, so... there is that, yes."
Kitty waved Xi'an and the twins over, "Kitties, not bunnies that poop everywhere!"
Xi'an chuckled and herded the twins over to the kittens.
"Oh but... excuse me... no, they don't poop everywhere, I'm sorry but that's not really true... I litter trained them, you see... like I trained Angel..."
Fluttershy trailed off and ducked her head, "But yes... kitties are great and so soft and they purr which is a plus."
"I like purring." Kitty gently picked up the silver tabby, "What do you think, guys?" He squirmed in her hand, like FREEDOOOOM.
"He's adorable!" said Nga. Leong grinned and reached over to stroke the squirmy kitten. Xi'an smiled. "He's a cutey, all right."
Fluttershy giggled, "He's lively... You'll need lots of toys with him, I think."
She was still kind of sad that they weren't bringing home a bunny.
Kitty had always wanted a silver tabby. The kitten batted at her hair. She was feeling squishy enough it wouldn't take much more to talk her into a bunny though.
"This little guy, then?"
Nga and Leong looked pleadingly up at Xi'an. Xi'an smiled. "Yeah, he's the one."
Kitty was also looking pleadingly at Xi'an. She burst into a grin, "Say it with me. Yay!"
A resounding "Yay!" came from the twins.
"Yaay!" The yay came out at just a few decibles over a whisper, but the shop owner looked ridiculously happy anyway, "You'll need a litter box... I used feline pine, so that's what they're used to at the moment. It's great, you know, because... well it's flushable, and natural, and good for the earth. And of course kitten food, and toys, and... Oh! I can get you a coupon from my vet so that neutering him doesn't cost so much..."
Fluttershy trailed off and smiled? at them, "... It's so sad to do that to them, but it's the responsible thing to do..."
Kitty exhaled slowly and nodded her head, "Okay. Lets not go too crazy with toys. Give a cat a cardboard box and that'll entertain him for hours." She paused, then added, "But balls and those little dangly string things for sure."
"Oh... oh no, I didn't mean to, you know... pad the bill or make you pay more than you can afford or anything. I try to be very reasonable about all of that... they do love all kinds of nonconventional toys, that's very true."
Fluttershy went from looking very worried that she'd somehow offended the customers to happy again, probably at the visual of cats playing with unconventional toys.
"You could probably get by with just a few jingly balls and one of these feather things... I uhm, don't really reccomend catnip."
"He'd probably chase a flashlight circle on the floor, too," Leong said.
Kitty grinned, "I have one. And one of those laser pointers!"
"Cats love laser pointers! And flashlights!" Fluttershy nodded her head a bunch of times.
Xi'an grinned. "That's a great way to get him some good exercise," she said. And the flushable litter sounded really awesome.
"Maybe we can train him to use the toilet." Kitty lifted the little tabby up and squinted.
"There's links to that on the internet," Fluttershy nodded, "I've never tried it myself, I have my hands full with litter training my rats and rabbits and things... but I think he's maybe smart enough. You could try it!"
"That could be useful," Xi'an said, nodding. And it would be something the twins could help with.
Kitty covered her eyes as she swiped her card.
It wasn't really that bad. Fluttershy packed everything up into a bag for them, then looked between the four of them, "Do you want a box for your new friend? He'll get scared in the car and may claw you if you don't have a box for him, but kittens tend to hate being in boxes more than .... just about any other pet."
"We'll need a carrier anyway, I think. Maybe if he's going nuts we can let him out." Kitty looked at the Kitten.
"I have a very inexpensive carrier, it should suit your needs for now... oh and here's that coupon. This vet, she's very nice. She takes care of a lot of my animals."
"Thanks," Xi'an said. "We really appreciate it."
"Thank you." That woman deserved the award for most adorable woman ever, Kitty decided.
"Oh, thank you for stopping by," Fluttershy smiled, and waved at them, "Come by anytime for... you know... I make cat collars and things, or supplies, or... if you decide you want a bunny."
Kitty giggled, "Maybe a bunny some other time. I'd get one as a pet for a friend but he'd be terrible." Like transport it to the moon or something.
No transporting bunnies anywhere! No bunnies for science!
"Okay, who wants to play with a kitten in the car?"
Both twins raised their hands!
"Oh... oh my... well maybe they could take turns." Fluttershy was starting to think that maybe they should have gotten a kitten for each twin.
Kitty wasn't sure they could handle TWO kittens. But she was starting to think the same thing.
Fluttershy glanced at the asian woman, who she figured was the decision maker of the pair.
She's also starting to wonder if her shop is a lesbian attractor for some reason or another
Maybe its the bunnies
Xi'an took a deep breath. "If you promise to do most of the clean up after them and chip in on food with your allowances...then I think we can manage two." Xi'an couldn't believe she just said that.
Kitty squeed. Then covered her mouth.
Fluttershy squeed a bit, too, though it came out more like a whisper squeak, "One of the orange tabbies would probably get along great with the silver one..."
Kitty brought the silver tabby over, and let HIM pick his partner, then returned with both cats under her arms!
Fluttershy rang up the second kitten, and added an extra coupon!
Kitty mouthed to Xi'an' 'we're insane.'
Xi'an nodded.
"Okay..." The twins could name the kittens. Kitty just wanted to get him and play with kittens eat, do some work, and cuddle on the couch.
Cuddling would be nice. And the twins would be occupied.
"Thank you for shopping here... I hope you do okay with the kittens, uhm... you can probably contact me on that net thing if you have ... questions. I guess." Fluttershy checked the time, "I uhm, don't mean to rush you but it's almost closing time."
"Thank you." Kitty smiled at her, and then led everyone out!