In which Kaiba has a cat. Don't ask, it's a long story.
"Prrrr…"
Kaiba glanced up from his laptop to see the orange tabby cat walking through the door to his office, green eyes locked on him. The cat padded over to him and sat by his foot to paw at his leg, meowing pitifully the entire time.
"Cheeto? How'd you get in here?" Kaiba normally made sure the door was latched while he was working for the sole purpose of keeping the pets out. He didn't need to worry about watching them so they wouldn't break anything while he was working. That was Mokuba's job.
"Mrah~…" Cheeto stood on his hind legs then, pressing his front paws on Kaiba's leg to keep his balance. He reached a paw up to Kaiba, toes stretched wide, obviously begging for attention.
Kaiba rolled his eyes. "Not now, Cheeto, I'm working." His eyes focused back on his computer and he started typing again. Cheeto huffed and removed his paws from Kaiba's leg, sitting back down on the ground. Kaiba expected Cheeto to leave due to boredom, but instead the kitten jumped into his lap suddenly, purring like a motorboat. "Mraam~"
He sighed and picked Cheeto up, setting him back on the floor. "I said not now."
Cheeto gave him a glare and turned away, walking around to the other side of the desk, assumingly to pout. But as Kaiba turned back to his keyboard, he saw Cheeto clamber up onto the desk, meowing desperately. Before Kaiba could protest, the tabby approached the laptop and stepped on top of it, laying on the keyboard.
"Cheeto!" Kaiba tried to push the cat off gently, but he wouldn't budge. He just watched him silently, his tail swishing contently as if all was right with the world.
"You are so stubborn…" Kaiba muttered, putting his elbow on the desk and his head in his hand, glaring at Cheeto, who reached out to paw at his arm.
"Prrr-amm~" Cheeto rolled onto his back so his ears were pressed flat on the keyboard as he continued to stare at Kaiba, his back at an unnatural angle.
"Oh, you're comfortable, are you?" Kaiba carefully reached a hand under the desk, then hit the underside of the surface with an open palm, making a loud sound.
Cheeto flipped over and scrambled off the laptop as fast as lightning, leaping onto the couch that was perpendicular to the desk. His pupils were completely dilated and his tail puffed up. He stared at Kaiba as if demanding an explanation.
Kaiba pressed his lips in a hard line to keep from grinning, knowing if he laughed Cheeto would just come back over to him. Speaking would create the same effect, so the following minute resulted in an unintentional stare-down between Kaiba and Cheeto. Kaiba began to wonder when the cat was going to look away, then realized he probably never would. So he focused back on his computer to finish his work.
Cheeto remained on the couch for a few minutes more before going back to desk and jumping on top of it, settling in to lean against Kaiba's arm as he worked.
