Part of a series of short stories from my humanstuck. This is EridanXNepeta, I'm open to pairing ideas though. The summary for their story is basically this: Eridan is in love with Feferi and Nepeta is in love with Karkat so they try to use each other to get what they want and wind up falling in love on accident. First part is from Eridan's POV, second will be from Nepeta's.
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It hurt, seeing her be happy with others. It hurt so bad you thought you could cry. And then she sent you to take pictures of some stupid animals as a favor for her! But, of course, you accepted. Because you loved her like no other. So here you were, standing outside of the local animal shelter, ready to do a favor for one of her "friends".
A short girl walks out, one you vaguely recognize. She was the roommate of Fef's "friend". She greets you cheerfully and leads you in, directing you to the cats as she begins to explain why you're there.
"The shelter isn't doing so well. If we don't get some publicity we'll have to start putting some of these guys down and it would kill me to see that happen!" the girl said, looking worried. You nod and begin to take pictures of the kittens, frowning. You were more used to photographing people. So you decide to say so.
"Hey, maybe you could get in with the cats? Ya know, show the viewers how playful they are." You say, grinning as she complies.
The girl is naturally photogenic (Not more so that Fef of course) and she seems to make the cats more interesting to look at. She takes a bunch of photos for you, some goofy and playful, some more serious. Her pleading eyes make you want to adopt a kitten or two just to make her happy again.)
She laughs as she puts a kitten on her head and two crawl onto her shoulders and you snap a photo. It's nearly perfect, how happy she looks surrounded by the little balls of fluff. Eventually you get to a big, fluffy white cat. It looks older and you discover that the girl has a connection with the cat.
"I'm trying to adopt him." She says. "I can on my next paycheck, I just need to have my house inspected." She looks so happy; you can't imagine her smile getting any bigger. "His name is Ponce, he's a very good cat and I love him to death." Her voice is like melting sugar and you aren't sure if you enjoy it or loathe it.
You take some more photos and then you leave, finding out this girls name first. Nepeta Leijon. Fitting. You give her yours and head on your way, excited to have the photos developed and put in the paper, much more excited than you had anticipated. This had gone far better than you had hoped and she was actually pretty cute. Maybe hanging out with her would make Fef jealous and see you? It was possible, you'd have to give it a shot.