Kitten

Chapter 4

Murdoc gave a small roll of his eyes at Russel's continued comments, deciding to just let it go for now as he leaned back against the wall beside them. His attention focused back on the two hybrids on the couch, his lips forming a small smile at the sight. It seemed to him that 2D had relaxed at least a little bit around the young girl, though even then he still had that tense air around him. He watched a moment later as Russel made his way over to the couch to sit beside Noodle, a slight bit of interest in his voice when he asked what they were watching only to be bombarded with Noodle's babbling right after.

With a soft hum Murdoc shifted himself from his spot, making his way over to join the small group on the couch. He sat down against the arm rest beside 2D, not wanting to crowd him on the couch only to be somewhat surprised when the kitten was quick to nuzzle up to his side. He caught the slight grin Russel sent his way though he played it off with a small roll of his eyes, his hand moving to thread through the younger boys hair in response, hoping that that would have calmed him down if even just a little bit.

"So, what were your plans for the day?" Russel hummed, raising an eyebrow as his attention turned to Murdoc.

"Well, originally we were going to go shopping, get D some new clothes."

"Mm Yeah he'll probably need them. Needs some color in his life, your clothes make you both look dead." Russel teased only for his laugher to cut off at the look the kitten had given him.

"His clothes are fine." The kitten snipped back, his eyebrows furrowed in a slight glare at the older man.

"D, hey, it's fine. It was only a joke." Murdoc coped, his hand moving to rub against the younger's back gently.

"I don't care..." 2D mumbled, his head turning to nuzzle into Murdocs chest lightly, not liking the attention on him.

"Sorry little guy, didn't mean no harm by it. If you're happy then it's all good. Just figured you'd be a little brighter with some color." Russel shrugged, followed by a quick repeat of the word color by Noodle.

"You would look nice in some color, maybe blue to match your hair."

"You think so?" 2D perked up almost instantly at that, his head tilting to look up at Murdoc.

"Of course I've got an eye for fashion." Murdoc nodded, a slight bit of pride in his tone.

"Sure you do. Anyway, you said you guys were going to go shopping?" Russel switched the topic, a slight hum slipping out.

"That was the plan, long as D wanted to go. You feel like tagging along?"

"Mm...well I was planning on bringing Noodle over to Del's later tonight, but I'm sure he wouldn't mind a rain check. We can come."

Murdoc smiled a little bit at that, giving a small nod of his head at the older man as his hand slipped from 2D's back to his hair again, brushing gently through it to untangle the knots he'd forgotten to brush out earlier in the morning. The four of them sat there for a little while longer, letting 2D and Noodle get used to the others presence, along with giving the boy enough time to get comfortable with Russel again, the small spat seeming to draw a hard line for 2D when it came to the elder man.

When it was decided it was time for them to head out Murdoc ushered the kitten from the couch, giving his back a light nudge towards the bedroom to find a shirt that would fit him over the sweater, knowing he'd probably die from heatstroke or something if he'd gone out in that. He'd already gotten himself ready before the other two came over for the day so really all he did in the mean time was slip his shoes on. He watched with slight interest as the kitten made his way out of his room, having found the only shirt with a slight bit of color that the elder owned to pull on and Murdoc couldn't help himself from thinking that at least that was pretty cute. Probably the cutest thing the boy'd done since he'd been staying at house.