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♡ Gray was supportive. Gray was attentive. He was a great partner but that didn't matter with the situation he had on his hands right now

♡ Cara did not like Gray. Whether it was his place or his cologne or lack of Lyra, he didn't understand why the cat didn't like him

♡ He bought Cara seven different types of treats but she wasn't interested. He would fill up her bowl with fresh water and food but she wouldn't eat till he left the kitchen

♡ He stayed in the other room, watching different videos on YouTube to see how to form a connection with Cara but it never worked

♡ He tried buying new toys but the cat would sit in the corner and judge. He would pspsps like Lyra but the cat never came running to him. It didn't make sense to him

♡ By the third week Grayson was babysitting, he noticed two hours before Lyra would come to pick up Cara. Cara would sit on the same sofa as Grayson, 10 feet away, staring at the door

♡ Some days, they would both be staring at the door or Gray would keep sneaking glances at his watch in between. They looked like lovers waiting for their beloved to come home

♡ Lyra, who would unlock the door and barely have a step in, would be greeted with an energetic Cara and Grayson already walking half way to her, grabbing her bag

♡ They may not agree on a lot but they agreed Lyra was the center of their world. Lyra would sit, Cara would be snuggled up in her lap and Gray would have an arm around her

♡ She would walk to another room and have sounds of feet & paws shuffling behind her. After three weeks of constant attention, she came up with an idea

"Let's get another cat"

"Another ?"

"Yeah, so both of you can have company"

"But we do have each other's company"

*Lyra looks at both of them sitting miles apart*

"Oh"

♡ They ended up getting a small calico kitten, full of energy and fierce. A little fur ball full of surprises. The biggest surprise, her being attached to Gray

♡ She came up to his ankle but that didn't stop her. Bella clawed up his trouser when he would be cooking. Sleep nestled between his shoulder and pillow or simply sunbathe in his office while he was working

♡ Safe to say, Gray had a connection with Bella and was getting tons of snuggles too

♡ One day while Gray was cooking, Bella knocked his cologne bottle on the ground and ran away. Gray cleaned up the whole floor three times, just to make sure the cats or Lyra doesn't get hurt

♡ He made a mental note to buy a new bottle but didn't have time. When he went to pick up Cara two days later, Cara walked in a circle around him and sat in his lap

♡ Grayson was frozen. Didn't even breathe. He didn't know how to name the feeling but nothing felt better than being chosen by a cat

♡ He scratched behind Cara's ears and gave her snuggles. He even told his brothers about it, like it was the biggest achievement in his eyes except neither Xander or Jamie were happy.

♡ Why ? A very long long time ago, Gray had denied letting them adopt a kitten when they were kids because he didn't like fur on clothes. As revenge, they had laced his place and clothes with tiny dog fur so none of the kittens would go near him and he would give Cara & Bella to them

♡ Sadly for them, Bella had grown up around dogs and Gray had scrubbed his apartment & clothes clean before getting Cara just to not make any mistakes. It's ok though, the brothers had decided on a different revenge for their beloved brother with cats they couldn't snuggle with