The walk all the way from Shinjuku to Simon's sushi shop in Ikebukuro was a quite one. The kitten let itself be carried in an uncomfortable position in Namie's hand, silently looking around is passive curiosity. Namie herself almost forgot that she was holding a small animal in her hand, that is until they start to getting close to the sushi shop.
The kitten squirms suddenly after being so clam and still, Namie lets it go, and watches as it jumps down on the pavement, runs all the way to the front of the sushi shop and smack into the leg of the person walking out.
Namie's looks up from the cat to see Shizuo Heiwajima looking down with his eyebrows furrowed slightly at the creature. The cat backs away a bit, leaps, and starts climbing Shizuo's pant leg. He lifts his leg up a bit and looks around for the owner.
Namie choices this time to sharply turn around and walk back where she came from. Whatever he's going to do with the cat isn't any of her concern, and she's tired from all the walking she's been doing today. Wiping grey fur from her hand on her red skirt. She notices Tom while passing him by, probably on his way home. 'I guess Shizuo is off duty.' Namie thinks half heatedly as she crosses the street.
A few minutes earlier Tom and Shizuo had parted ways since Shizuo's job was done for the day. On Shizuo's way home he passed by Russai Sushi and thought he'd drop by for a quick bite and also to say hello to Simon since he hasn't talked him in a while, being busy recently with his job and consistently having to deal with Izaya.
As he's eating he accidentally drops one of his sushi rolls on himself, the rice and fish tumbling down on his vest, lap, and legs, finding it's way to the ground. He picked the fallen food from his lap and the floor, not bothering wiping his clothes since he's planning on washing them anyways when he gets home.
Paying for his food, he walks out of the shop a few minutes later after having a plate of sushi and having a nice short conversation with Simon and Dessin. They don't pester Shizuo to eat twice his fill like their other customers for the simple reason of trying to avoid annoying Shizuo, the two ex solders are pacifist and try to avoid fighting as much as possible. And they can see that it's been a while since Shizuo made been left in peace so they lad off and let him eat until on his own accord.
Shizuo walks out of the shop and something bumps into his leg. Pausing, he looks down to see a small furry creature in front of him. When he realizes it's a small grey kitten, He makes to walk around it but the little creature shakes it's head from the collision and suddenly starts to climb his pants.
Shizuo feels little painless pinches as it's claws goes though the fabric of his pants. He lifts his leg up a bit and looks around to see the owner. But no one was looking this way at the cat so it must be a stray. Also, Shizuo notices as it gets closer, it doesn't really look the cleanest.
Shizuo tries to gently shake it off his leg, but that only manages to get the kitten to grab on tighter. He feels himself getting a little bit irritated by this kitten's stubbornness.
'Why is it even climbing on me in the first place?' He thinks setting his foot back on the ground. Shizuo bends down and, as gently as possible, slides his hand underneath its slender belly and lifts it off, the kitten letting go with minimal struggle.
But before he puts it on the ground, he has a moment of sympathy for the tiny creature for being able easily feel its ribs underneath his palm.
'I guess it wouldn't hurt to feed it...And it'll probably give Simon a hard time if I leave it here.'
Shizuo sighs and straightens up, putting the fur ball in the crock of this arm. The kitten, a bit surprised, stays silent and keeps nuzzling his vest and sniffing it, rubbing it's head against his chest a few times, before settling down in a small ball. He admits to himself that this feeling isn't all that unpleasant.
Walking towards his apartment, he receives a lot of curious glances and stares as he was walking back home.
He's used to it: being stared at.
But today people where staying at him because of the cat he's holding. Most people were wondering as they looked at Shizuo passing by them, 'why is the 'strongest man in Ikebukuro' is holding a kitten?' Not many were thinking of how lucky this cat is but no one dare go up and ask him what he was doing with a kitten?