Sanders Sides Oneshots - Another Fluff Fic Event

[4] - Analogical - Cat

Prompt 7: Pets

Warnings: no

Human au

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Getting home from work Virgil immediately took a shower and then changed into a pair of black sweatpants and his favorite hoodie. He was not going anywhere else today, no, he was going to order takeout and then lie on his couch and not have to move.

Except… Virgil paused halfway to the couch, staring without moving for possibly an entire minute. There was a cat on his couch. A black cat with a white spot on its face and its back, curled up on a blanket on his couch.

Virgil did not own a cat.

He hadn't even seen this cat before, where could it have come from? Sure, he had a window cranked open, and while that felt like a reach there was no other possible explanation. 

The cat was meeting his eyes, staring unblinkingly and Virgil remembered that he shouldn't meet a cat's eyes for too long, something about that being a threat. He blinked slowly, the way he had read about people on tumblr doing.

The cat blinked back, and Virgil grinned. He might not know whose cat this was and what the hell it was doing in his apartment, but he did love cats. He approached slowly and sat down on the couch. 

The cat didn't seem scared at all, it just kept staring at him, and when Virgil reached out a hand to let the cat sniff on it, it then bumped its head against him.

"Aw, you're adorable." Virgil said, scratching the cat's chin. 

"You're just an adorable cuddly baby, aren't you?" He cooed, continuing to babytalk the cat which purred and rolled over to expose its soft belly. 

Virgil ended up sprawled out on the couch with the cat contentedly lying on his chest, purring as Virgil absentmindedly petted it as Modern Family was playing on the tv. Until the doorbell rang, signaling that the food he had ordered an hour ago was finally there.

"Sorry, kitty." He said as he slowly sat up, the cat making an affronted purr sounding noise. It followed him to the hallway as Virgil opened the door and got his food. Before he could react the cat had escaped through the front door and hopped up the stairs to the second floor.

Well, it had been nice as long as it had lasted.

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"You're here again? You better start paying rent soon." Virgil tutted, picking the cat up from where she had just appeared by his ankles. It had been two weeks now and the cat found her way into the apartment every day. Maybe it was through the window, maybe she followed him when he got home from work. 

Virgil didn't mind. This was really the friendliest cat he had ever met, always up for cuddles and never shying away when Virgil reached for her or picked her up. She also had a habit of jumping up on his shoulders, and then just laying down around his neck, like some kind of scarf! 

It was adorable and Virgil had sent about a billion photos to his best friend, Patton, who was thrilled about the whole cat-breaking-into-his-apartment situation. 

He snapped a picture of himself holding the cat, sending it to his friend who instantly responded with at least twenty emojis. The cat squirmed out of his hold and entered scarf mode instead, a purring weight on his shoulders. Virgil sent Patton another picture.

"You just keep coming here, I'm gonna have to start buying you food, you little scoundrel, you absolute baby." He said, continuing to spew nonsense as he made himself dinner, keeping a constant one sided conversation with the cat.