When I saw Him I Knew

Breakfast With Mika

It took us about twenty minutes to get there because there was so much traffic on the road today. "There you guys are!" Mika said waving at us from a booth across the restaurant. "Welp, make sure to hold me back if i go berserk," Tom said. "No promises babe," I said, smirking. "You're so cute," he said as we sat down. "Yah?" I said putting my katana at the end of the booth. He nodded and rubbed my head. I pushed my head against his palm. "Yah," he said as I felt his hand go behind my ear. "Oh yah," I said as he began scratching me. I felt my leg start to shake as he started to scratch both ears. "What's going on," Mika asked confused. "Don't worry about it," Tom said as he scratched faster. "Oh fuck yah," I howled as I collapsed into Tom's lap. "There ya go babe," he said rubbing my ears. "Basically, it's a stress reliever for him, gets his mind off of stuff, yah know?" Tom asked Mika. "Yah I get that," She said. "But like, is he okay?" She asked. "He's better than ok," he said, stroking my head. "He's just tired," he said. "Already?" she said surprised. "Trust me, if you had your ears scratched, oh wait you a liger, never mind," Tom said. "I'm not a liger, I'm a lion," she said angrily. "Do it, you don't have the guts to even scratch me," Tom said sternly. "Babe, don't tempt her, also remind me when we get home to scratch your ears," I said sitting up rubbing my eyes. "Oh really?" Tom asked excitedly. "Oh course," I said snuggling up next to him. "I can't wait," Tom said. A few minutes later a waitress came up to us. "The usual?" she asked. We all nodded. "Alright, you know the drill," she said walking away scribbling on her notepad. "Hey babe, why are you always so warm? I never asked you before and I'm curious," I asked Tom. "What can I say? My body just runs hot," he said laughing. I shrugged. "Makes sense," I said snuggling closer to him. I felt my tail wag as he put his arm around me, feeling the warmth of his body surround me. "You're like a portable heater,'' I said laughing. "If you want to look at it that way then sure," Tom said joining in on my laughter. Then I felt Tom vibrate. "What's that?" I was confused. "My phone probably," he said reaching into his back pocket. "Hello? ... Oh alright. ... Yeah I'll be right there," he said into the phone. "Hey babe we gotta go," he said. "Was it mom?" I asked. He nodded. "She wants to see me again so we gotta get goin, like now," he said, gesturing to me to get out of the booth. I got out of the booth and Tom followed close behind me holding my velvet sack. "What about me?" Mika called after us. "I'll get you dinner or somethin," Tom yelled, quickly opening the door to the restaurant so I could get out. We go into Tom's truck and sped away.