"Meruru and Hikari meet when Meruru finds Hikari's lost pet."

[royalpatron]

[It's been a long day. Meruru spent all afternoon pulling out weeds. No one should underestimate how hard it is to gather alchemy ingredients. She's got a basket of grass and other stuff there. There's some mud on her skirt too and she doesn't even mind.

Meruru stretches her arms and legs as if she were dancing energetically. ]

That was a good work out!!  Hey you! What are you doing? 

Comments

[sealight]

Okay, okay, I got it! Jeez, don't cry so much.

[He can hardly deal any time a girl he knows in canon cries okay how is he supposed to react to a stranger crying?? This kind of is concerning for the cat though, so while still covering his nose with a hand, he uses his free one to pick up the cat. It's still breathing, so he lets out a sigh.]

That cat's fine. I think you went overboard with that thing, but it'll live.

[royalpatron]

[She sniffles once.]

Really? That's great!! [Meruru smiles as if she didn't even cry before. She runs up to Hikari and gives him a hug.]

[sealight]

Huh? [OH GOD HE'S GETTING HUGGED BY A STRANGE GIRL WHY. He tries not to get super embarrassed, but. He's super embarrassed. His normal fourteen-year-old heart can't take this okay... So he immediately starts trying to get out of the hug.]

A-Alright, let go already! You're gonna squish the cat like this, y'know?

[royalpatron]

Okay! [It makes her a bit sad! She'll stop though.]

We don't want to cause the cat anymore trouble.

[sealight]

[letting out a sigh of relief.... and taking a step back...... god that was kind of nerve-wracking he's not good with touchy-feely stuff like that okay.]

I'd say this cat was the one causing trouble. [this is what you get for running off cat, stinky hell...] But thanks for your help. Chasing it around all day would've been awful.

[royalpatron]

Hahaha! That cat isn't causing trouble. I think Rufus would yell at me for this if he knew what happened.

Hey, is it okay if I pet the kitten? [Meruru please....leave the cat in peace.]

[sealight]

You really wanna play with it after it made you chase it so much? [meruru... how can you have that kind of optimism.... regardless hikari sighs and holds out the cat.]

Here. You can even hold it if you wanna.

[royalpatron]

Of course! Thanks for letting me play with him. [She holds it and pets it gently.]

Whoa, this cat is really fuzzy. What's its name?

[sealight]

Hm... Actually, I dunno. [HIKARI?! AT LEAST ASK ABOUT THE NAME OF THE CAT YOU'RE BABYSITTING!!] Just keep calling it Fuzzy or something.

[royalpatron]

Hey....Fuzzy!

[Is it even listening to us? Nope....Hikari sucks at picking names. Unsure man.]

[sealight]

Tch...! Well if it wanted a better name, it shouldn't have run away from us in the first place! [hikari are you trying to pick a fight with a cat....]

[royalpatron]

Maybe we should try being nicer to it? You might be scaring him.

[NO...DON'T BE A BULLY TO THE KITTEN. DEFEND IT WITH YOUR LIFE MERURU.]

[sealight]

Be nicer how? It's just a cat. [a cat that's caused so much trouble for him HMPH.]

[royalpatron]

[She holds the kitten out to him.]

Try holding him gently and don't scowl so much.

[sealight]

Again?

[UNSURE.... hesitantly, hikari holds out his hands to it, but the cat doesn't seem interested in it. despite her just saying not to scowl so much, he scowls.]

See? It doesn't even want to be around me anyways.

[royalpatron]

AHHH! NOOO!!

YOU'RE SCOWLING

Geez, what did I say earlier? [ DO IT AGAIN HIKARI.]

[sealight]

I'm not scowling! See? [He tries to manage a calm, happy face... But it's obviously forced.]