@kenobled asked: " 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘐 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰. 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬." 𝘉𝘦𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩, 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴. 𝘔𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘵. " 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘠𝘰𝘥𝘢. 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴." 𝘈 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭.
he clearly cares after his apartment, she thinks as purse is neatly laid at her feet while she settles into the couch. while perhaps on the sparsely decorated side, there’s a clear attention to neatness and order, the occasional furnishing that hints at hobbies and interests, and more than a few books carefully organized. before satine can allow herself to further dissect all that this means about him, there’s footfall on the stairs.
the very first instinct she has is to laugh as she sees it, because it truly is the ugliest cat she’s ever seen, but there’s such a nearly radiant affection in the way ben holds him that she finds herself grinning. “he...he’s certainly something, isn’t he?” her hand is slowly, gently extended towards whiskers and she bites the corner of her lip to hold back a rare giggle at wary nuzzle that follows, “funny little thing, aren’t you?,” satine murmurs as hand lifts to attempt at a proper pet now, “good thing you have an owner that seems to love you very much, hm?”
gaze lifts and grin continues, light and easy and gilded with delight. “you weren’t joking when you told me he was a special cat, ben.”