"I look ridiculous" muttered Equius Zahhak, as his moirail pulled an olive-green kitty hat over his head that matched her blue one. Nepeta pouted. "Stop your complaining! You look pawsitively ADORABLE!" she said, in a lecture-like tone, similar to a lusus telling their troll to wear an itchy sweater, even though it wasn't the "in" thing.
Despite his protesting, Nepeta continued to add kitty accessories to Equius, who didn't understand things like dress-up and roleplay, due to his no-nonsense attitude. Eventually, he stopped trying to take off the hat, tail, claws, paws, and other ridiculous things she made him wear, but it would take more than that to get him to actually start roleplaying. Nepeta knew it would be hard work, as she could rarely get him to roleplay in the past, and he never tried very hard to get in-character.
"No, I do not know how to act like a 'kitty-cat'" Equius said, Nepeta looking at him as if he said something totally outrageous. "Okay, well, you have to do really cute things, like play with yarn or chase your tail! Oh, and you have to meow a lot!" Nepeta explained, trying her best to cover up her shock. "I really do not wish to play with yarn and chase my fake tail, and I refuse to meow." Equius replied. "Equiuuuuuuuuus!" Nepeta whined, not trying to cover up her annoyance at all now.
The door opened, and Rose strolled into Equius' hive. "Good evening, Equi-" Rose quickly covered up her mouth to quit from giggling at his costume and ran out the door. Equius blushed. "I f-find this h-humiliating, N-Nepeta." Equius stuttered, still in shock from the embarrassment. Nepeta was about to lecture him again, when Rose burst back through the door in wizard-cat garb. Nepeta walked over to Rose and they began roleplaying as wizard cats. Equius stood there in silence, watching.
At first, Equius was glad that Nepeta no longer seemed to have an interest in making him into a cat, but, after a bit, he realized he was actually feeling a bit left out. He didn't really get what they saw in this game, but they both looked like they were having a blast. He slowly made steps towards Rose and Nepeta, eventually almost right next to them. Equius took a deep breath, knowing he was going to regret what he was about to do.
"Meow" he said, almost as quiet as a whisper. Nepeta and Rose stopped for a moment, and then began laughing. Equius thought that they were making fun of him at first, but then he realized that he had been acting a little stubborn, and he deserved it. However, they weren't really laughing at him, they were laughing with him. Or, at least, they were trying to, except he wasn't really laughing back. Upon realizing this, he let out a small chuckle.
It turned out to be one of the funnest evenings Equius ever had.
