fandomtownies | Luke's Diner, Thursday

After a very frank discussion with Genghis, King of Kittens, about the state of her schoolwork, Sakurazaki realizes that she really should get started on her (grumble, mutter) required submission to the Student Art Fair coming up, and her, Genghis, and his mewing, clinging feline entourage head to town to grab some supplies.

She passes by the diner again, and, again, it isn't busy. And, again, it's being worked by someone she knows, although a different person she knows. She quickly backtracks; the kittens rush after her, thinking she was trying to escape.

"Hi, Jude!" she says brightly as she enters the diner, but then stops, looking down thoughtfully at the kittens. "Um, can I come in here with these? I can't exactly get rid of them."

Genghis, the cat on her head, lets out a long yawn and lays down, paws drooping over Sakurazaki's forehead.

Jude peered over the counter. "I guess so, bra, just make sure they don't shed in anything." He blinked. "Where'd you get them all, anyways?" He grinned. "Oh, and hi, Setsuna."

Carefully avoiding tails and wee kitty bodies with her feet, she delicately walks over to a stool and takes a seat. "I have no idea," she responds, looking down at all the kittens jumping up at her feet. A few manage to dangle from her shoe. "After I got out of the shower this morning, they were there. They're everywhere, too. You guys should be having a special on Chinese food or something." Sakurazaki grins.

"This one, by the way," she adds, pointing to the black and white kitty on her head, "is Genghis. I don't know the names of any of the others because he says it doesn't matter, because they're just insignificant pawns."

Jude tossed off a small salute. "Yo, Genghis," he greeted the overcat mellowly before chuckled. "Dude. Chinese food. Haaaarsh." He considered. "Yet funny. So how's it hangin', other than the feline 'festation?"

Did the cat lift a paw and wave it dismissively at Jude as it yawned again? Why, yes. Yes it did.

"Things are well," she says, with a careful nod, keeping Genghis on mind ~~lol pun~~. "Came into town because movement satiates their desires to attack bare legs and because I actually have to be artistic and make something for the art fair, so, yeah. I need supplies." She smiles. "I didn't know you worked here, though. I ran into Tim working here the other day, too."

"Yep," Jude nodded. "I'm actually kinda bein' respectable and stuff. 'Sides, never been without a job for very long. Whadda ya gonna do for your art project?"

A wee kitty had broken away from the swarm and was trying to investigate the counter. Jude scooped it up and tucked it in the crook of his arm to keep it out of the way, absently stroking its head.

Sakurazaki's shoulders shrug up slightly as she smiles brightly, because Jude and insessently mewing kitty is just too cute.

"Well, I'm not sure how it's going to turn out because, yeah, I'm not an artist, but I want to make a really cool set of posters resembling the covers of pulp samuarai novels and films." She gestures slightly with her hands as she explains, making little boxes with the thumbs and forefingers of both hands.

"That sounds awesome, bra," Jude grinned enthusiastically. "I'd love to see it when it's finished. I'll even help if ya need it it."

Another wee kity was trying the same thing. Jude scooped this one up, too, wincing a little as he got a bit of claw before getting it settled.

Sakurazaki also winces, partially because the kittens seemed to have remembered her shin, partially because, yes, it seems that the wee kitties were spreading. "Maybe I should get going?" she suggests with a frown. "I don't imagine having these guys around will make work very easy."

"If you wanna . . ." Jude said reluctantly, using his foot to deflect yet another kitty determined to go where kitties really shouldn't. It was insistent and he did a bit of kitty juggling before he had a kitty in each cargo pocket, dragging his baggy shorts down a little more, still holding one in his arm.

Sakurazaki raises a hand to cover her chuckling. That was a very clever idea. She doesn't have any pockets, but she does have arms, so she slides off the stool carefully for a moment, kneeling down to sweep up the remaining three kittens in her arms. She returns to the seat; the kittens instantly start clinging to her blouse, one starts chewing on her tie. Genghis suddenly blots up, looking very displeased by this arrangement. "That should hold them for a little longer," she says with a smile, although, ow, claws. "Good thing I didn't come in because I wanted to get something to eat."

"Not enough hands or afraid they'd eat it all before ya got to it?" Jude chuckled, leaning on the counter and grinning at her while keeping an eye on the rest of the kitty horde.

She chuckles slightly, grinning back. "A little bit of both, I think. This is kinda crazy..."

"Kinda?" Jude shook his head, smiling. "Just seems like a normalish say in Fandom."

"True," she says, taking a moment to nuzzle her cheek into the head of one of the kittens trying to crawl up to her face. "But at least they're cute."

Genghis lets out a very annoyed mew, objecting to being called "cute." He starts batting at Sakurazaki's ponytail spikes in warning they, hey, she better watch those kittens. Social mobility still has another few hundred years to hit this kitty society.

"Many things can be forgiven on the basis of cuteness alone," Jude nodded, watching the cat bat at her ponytail. "Didja know it's a built-in survival method for babies? 'Cause if they're cute people wanna take care of them."

"Really?" she arches an eyebrow, with a thoughtful-like grunt. "But then what about ugly babies? Is their ugliness a sign of eventual rebelliousness because, somewhere biologically, they feel the need to not be cared for? Or would that just be a sign of eventual strength?"

Briefly, she wonders what she would have looked like as a baby, although she's pretty sure that cuteness would not have been a helpful factor in that situation. At all.

Jude shrugged. "Dunno, bra. 'S called the Kewpie Doll Syndrome that's all I really know. Kinda cool t' think about, though." Jude had been a pretty cute baby. Slept a lot, though.

"You've got to be making that up," she says after a moment longer of assessment, giving him a skeptical smile.

Jude shook his head emphatically. "Nah, bra, totally true! I learned it in this course I took on human growth and development. It was actually kinda interestin'."

"Huh," is all she can really reply. Crazy human biology. She skritches at one of the kitties' ears while the other two seems to be trying to undo her tie, but she doesn't really notice.

Pervy little kittens trying to undress his girl. That wouldn't do. He gave the kitties a stern little look. The kitties ignored him.

With a demanding look on his face, Genghis starts to mew repeatedly, his wee tiny limbs spaced in what he thinks is a very intimidating pose. Foolish mortal woman slave, Genghis is hungry! Genghis requires food! Provide for Genghis, or I will demolish you and eat the spirits of your ancestors!

Sakurazaki giggles slightly at his mewing, still not understanding cat talk. "He's cute, isn't he?"

Also having no understanding of cat, Jude just chuckled, nodding. "He's adorable." He reached over and scratched Genghis on the head, behind his wee kitty ears. Of course, this just brought Jude closer to Setsuna. Oh well.

Genghis is very confuses and startled by the hand suddenly coming toward him; he back up slightly, scowling as they come near, and lifting a wee tiny paw in preperation. He only gets a few gentle bats at Jude's hand before his head is being scritched. He frowns for a moment, but then settles back down on Sakurazaki's head with a yawn, leaning into the scratches. Well played, humans.

Sakurazaki, meanwhile, suddenly finds herself blushing. This would be such a perfect opprotunity, even with kitties hanging everywhere, to...but, no, she couldn't do that, could she? It would be totally inappropriate. Wouldn't it?

Oh, what the hell. Leaning in slightly to close the gap between them, Sakurazaki gives Jude a little kiss on his cheek. She settles back with a very bashful, but very pleased with herself smirk.

Jude blinked, surprised. That quickly dissolved into a broad smile and a little pleased nod as he almost forgot to keep petting the head-kitty. His hand dropped and he moved back to lean on his elbows on the counter, a kitty now sitting on his shoulder and sharpening its claws on his tuque.

"So . . ."

Hey! Genghis is back on his feet, mewing furiously now that there were no more pets for him.

Red faced and grinning, Sakurazaki shrugs as best she can with three kittens in her arms. Her eyes are wide in a pretty damn cute attempt to seem innocent. "So...what?" she says, the smile behind her voice making it difficult for her to sound like nothing happened.

"I was thinkin'," he said, as casually as he could manage, "That, uh, you might wanna catch a movie or somethin' with me this weekend?"

Date number two. Hopefully.

Hey, that kiss on the cheek thing worked pretty well.

"Sure," she says with a vibrant nod, forgetting about Genghis for a second. A series of sudden desperately clinging claws against her scalp remind her, and she quickly helps the wee kitty back to his perch. She grins, cheeks flushing. "I'd really like that."

He was going to do it anyways. The kiss on the cheek just helped. He really wouldn't mind a couple more.

"Awesome," he grinned, bouncing a little on the balls of his feet without dislodging any kittens. The one on his shoulder pushed his tuque down over one eye and he pushed it back up with a sheepish chuckle.

The embarrassment of her actions starts to settle in, big time, and she can feel little arm flails in her head. "Okay, good," she says quickly, nodding again, this time remembering Genghis a little better. She slides off the stool, nearly dropping the wee kitties, but, after much squirming, keeps her hold on them. "Well, then, um, you know know where you can find me." She attempts a smile that isn't nervous; she doesn't do a very good job. "And I better get going and get that stuff so I can get started on, um, my projects, you know..." She just sorts of drifts off.

Jude nodded. "Right. See ya later, bra." The kitties who had adopted him were making no move to leave. He didn't really mind them, though.

Struggling with the door for various factors, only three of which were clingy kitties, Sakurazaki quickly sets the cats down, gives an embarrassed smile quickly, "Okay, bye, Jude!" and the hurries down the street, kitties mewing and bounching after her.

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