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It had been a long day of planning and scolding mixed in together for Google. And so, all he wants to do as he pushes into his home is to hook up to his charging station and go into rest mode. However, what he finds in his living room makes him aware that he will not be able to do either of these things.

There has to be at least five cats and fifteen kittens strewn about his living room and in the dead center of them all is the largest cat he’s had for quite some time. Marvin adjusts his mask and grins up at Google as a kitten crawls onto his shoulder and licks at his cheek, rubbing its face madly against his. Another much larger and fatter cat lays in his lap, purring in contentment. The other cats run around Google’s living room, tackling one another and meowing loudly.

“Marvin…” Google began, keeping his voice low because the rest of his systems need to share the remnants of his low battery. He glances around once more and then down when a cat slides between his legs, looking up at him with wide and adorable eyes as it meows. He swallows because oh no the cats are actually adorable but he needs to keep a stern face. “Why are there… twenty cats in my living room.”

Marvin laughs sheepishly, scratching at the back of his head- which is kind of hard because of the kitten climbing on top of his head now, lying down between the ears of his mask. “Well, you see, Googs…” he began and his voice is shaking a little bit and he looks a lot like a kid caught with their hand in the cookie jar. Google, despite trying to be stern, has to admit that Marvin looks adorable like that. Especially with the kitten on top of his head and the fat cat in his lap. Oh, and another cat now climbing onto his shoulder. “I um… I found all of these little babies in an alley….”

“All of them?” Google asked, eyebrows raising because that’s a lot of cats to find in a single alleyway, even for Marvin. Sure the magician has what seems like an aura that attracts other cats to him, but this is a bit much. Google glances down at the cat that is now leaning against his leg, rubbing its cheek up and down his shin. Another cat, a blue one, is prancing over to him and rubs against his other leg. He can feel and hear the vibrations of its purring on his leg. He looks back up at Marvin. “And why did you bring them here?”

“I couldn’t leave them there!” Marvin exclaimed, patting the top of the fat cat’s head and then the head of the cat perched like a bird on his shoulder. He’s frowning now, eyes widening to give his signature look… the “kitten eyes”. Google can already feel what he believes to be his heart stuttering in his chest and he wets his lips, trying to keep himself from falling so easily for the “kitten eyes”.  “Besides, I already have a pet. The others wouldn’t let me keep all of these little fur babies!”

Google sighs heavily, pinching the bridge of his nose in frustration. Also to keep himself from look directly into the kitten eyes. That’s always a mistake he makes when they come into play. “Well, I can’t keep all of them, either,” he points out, crossing his arms over his chest now.

When he looks up he’s greeted by the sight of the kitten eyes with a frowning Marvin now and that makes the expression even harder to handle. Google presses his lips together thinly, clearing his throat and he can tell that Marvin knows he has him under his thumb. “Marv…” he tries.

“Please, Googs?” Marvin cuts off in a pleading manner and another cat is climbing up one of Google’s legs now. He reaches down and grabs it, holding it in his arms and the kitten- a tabby- butts its head into his chin. “Look, they like you, too!”

“You’re a child, you know that?” Google asked but he’s already given in and he hears Marvin make a noise of happy triumph. “But fine. I’ll find a way to keep them.” The cat magician claps in glee but stops when he disturbs the old, fat cat in his lap.

“Thank you, Googs!” Marvin exclaimed and carefully lifts the fat cat from his lap. It makes a noise of protest and he sets it on a nearby pillow. This seems to satisfy it because it curls back up, tail laying on top of its nose. The cat on his head doesn’t seem bothered by his movements and the cat on his shoulder merely readjusts how its sitting. Marvin walks to Google’s side, petting the cat he’s holding. “Here, I’ll introduce you to all of them!”

So Marvin gestures to each cat in turn, informing of Google of each of their names. The one Google is currently holding is named Apollo and the fat old cat- a long haired tuxedo- is named Midnight. The one on Marvin’s head- a calico- is named Bramble because she’s good at hanging onto things like the plant. The one on Marvin’s shoulder- a yellow cat- is named Parrot because he, well, sits on your shoulder and meows after you talk like he’s trying to talk sometimes. The others have more ridiculous names but Google doesn’t say anything about how Marvin named them because he knows the magician would be offended by this fact.

And even though Google hadn’t been wanting them at first, he comes to love each of them. They always follow him around his house like a large cat pack, meowing at him and rubbing against his legs every time he stops. Parrot clings to his chest and he carries Midnight around because the cat is too lazy to do so himself. When he goes into the kitchen some of the cat leap onto the cabinets, following him higher. Soon enough, Google builds them an obstacle course in one corner of his living room.

His favorite is probably Midnight, though. The fat and old cat has greying fur and whiskers, showing his obvious older age. Yet, he’s sweet and lays on Google’s lap while he works on the projects Dark had assigned him.

He loves each of the cats Marvin had dumped on him, however. And they actually love him back. Maybe he had been needing these cats in his life.

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