The 5 Ebony stars

CHAPTER 16: "The Date."

I walked behind him as we approached the door. He pushed the door and it didn't open and he pushed it harder the second time.

"I thought you were so smart, how are you pushing a door that clearly states "PULL" on it?

"Uh sorry," he said, letting out an embarrassed chuckle.

He pulled the door stepped aside and nodded for me to go in and he followed right after. The interior of the place was majestic, it was glamorous even beyond description.

The place was neater than I imagined, I expected it to be disorganized and crowded because there were not one but dozens of cats in there.

However, it was quite the opposite as we were hit by the soothing sound of classical music and a very appealing aroma of coffee. As we walked towards the couch three cats moved in our direction as if they were trained to move towards customers when they settled down.

I was so immersed in petting the cats that I didn't realize we were the only ones in the café. The waitress walked towards us and greeted us.

"Bonjour, Bienvenu au café des chats, que souhaiteriez-vous commander?" she said with a wide smile on her face I could swear that it was up to her ear.

Immediately I heard her say Bonjour the rest went in one ear and out the other so I just looked at Ayaan because he was the only one who understood what she was saying. I watched as they conversed and Ayaan turned towards me.

"And you? What would you like to order" he requested, patiently awaiting my answer.

"Oh me? I just came here for the cats; I don't like coffee. Do they have ice cream?" I started

He turned to ask her and turned back to me. "What flavor do you want?" he asked handing me the menu.

I salivated at the different flavors on the menu and my indecisiveness took over "I don't know" I mumbled.

He turned and said something to her and she walked.

I went back to petting the cats and I saw Ayaan sliding closer to me on the couch before I could ask him what he was doing he let out a squeal and held on to my arm.

I peeped over to see one of the cats walking towards him and I couldn't help but laugh. Is he scared of a cat?

"Help me!" he whispered.

This is the same guy who acts tough and walks around as if he could conquer the world. I pushed him to the side and grabbed the cat to my side.

"The cat is at my side now, you're alright," I said in a flat tone.

He sat up and looked over to double-check. He then sat straight and acted like nothing happened.

" Why did you come to a cat café if you're scared of cats?" I questioned with an eyebrow arched.

" Because you like cats," he said casually.

Before I could ask him anything the waitress appeared with a tray with different bowls containing ice cream of all the flavors.

" Who's all that for?" I questioned looking around to see if there were guests joining us.

" Since you couldn't decide I got all the flavors for you," he said while taking his coffee off his plate and siping on it.

" Oh that's a lot though... thanks," I said shyly

"We have to be swift though, this is only our first stop and we haven't taken any pics yet and we still have places to go," I said with a worried expression

"Don't worry about that enjoy your cats and coffee, today is off for you. you look tired and sad. Your eyes are swollen. Not like I care but we can't take pictures of you looking like you could be cast for an evil stepmom in a Disney movie"

It was time to say goodbye to the adorable cats and I just didn't want to leave without any memories, so I asked Ayaan to take a picture of me with the cats, and when he agreed without questioning I nearly thought I was hallucinating. I thought he said he couldn't take any pictures of me looking like that, but I wasn't I didn't have time to interrogate him.

Before I could hand him my phone he started taking the pictures with his own phone.

"I'll send them to you later," he said while tilting to get a better angle.
I held one cat in my hand like a baby and ' cheesed' so all my teeth could show.

All of a sudden I felt so much better being around the cats. Unfortunately, it was time to leave and I walked towards the door before I could open it Ayaan launched forward to do that

"I can do that by myself," I said smacking his hand on the handle.
He moved back startled by my sudden reaction.
"I'm sorry but can you just let me do the basic things myself? I know you're trying to be a gentleman and I appreciate that but I would love to do that myself" I said with a hand on his shoulder.
He nodded and I opened the door and I walked towards the car.