Chapter 13:

The Feline's Catnip

Kat's Point of View

Wh-What's wrong with me?...Right now, I find myself staring around a corner over at Steve Phalanx, the one who saved Shenny's life. Ever since that day, I've been seeing him around and he's been talking to me….a-a lot. I-It's not like I have feelings or anything! I mean, guys can be jerks sometimes! And egotistical, and smelly and….kind, and….sexy…and…Ah! Pull yourself together Katherine!

I quickly looked back around to see if he was still there, not knowing Shenny snuck up behind me. "Uuuuh Kat, what are you doing?" I felt like I almost jolted up to the ceiling. "Sh-Sh-Shenny! D-Don't scare me like that!"

"Kat-chan, why are you hiding behind a corner?" He tried looking at where Steve was, but I quickly tackled him down, sitting on his lap to keep him pinned. "Nothing! I'm not looking at anything!" Shen's eyes widened as he was being attacked. "Ok! Ok! Ok! Uncle! Uncle! I give up!"
"Good!" I planted my butt down on him not realizing how awkward this looked before I saw that Shen was blushing. "What's wrong Shenny?"
"Your ass is on my crotch…." My face went blank as my hair stood on end, including my tail, as I jumped up screaming. "I'm so sorry Shenny! I didn't mean to!" Shen quickly got up as he patted himself down having a look of light annoyance on his face. "N-No it's fine Kat-chan. Just watch what you do from now on okay?" I let out my playful nya as I jumped up, with my fist in the air, "Nyaaa~ okie dokie Shenny~!" Shen walked off with the blush still on his face as I looked back around the corner to see that Steve was now gone. "Ooooh…."

Later on in the day, after all of my classes, I found myself in front of the dorm door of team RWBY. I knocked on it lightly, hoping someone would answer and at the same time not. Thankfully, opening up the door was the person I wanted to talk to. "Ice Queen!" Weiss immediately slam the door on my face as humorous waterfall tears ran down my face. I started clawing at the door until she answered with a vein on her forehead, "What is it Kat…." I don't know what came over me as I pounced at her, wailing, "Weeeeeeeiiiis! You're popular here, so that must mean boys talk to you all the time! Right?! Riiiiiiight?!" Weiss almost fell over from my pounce as she tried everything she could to keep from falling back, which was difficult considering her usual white dress attire. "Ah! K-Kat what brought this up?!" I let go of her as I hunched down and began twiddling my fingers together as my eyes turned to little black dots. "Uuuuum….I know this um…friend, whoooo likes this guy. Aaaaand she doesn't know how to exactly talk to him…persay…." Weiss rolled her eyes, knowing I was talking about me the whole time. "Ok Kat, who's the guy?"
"Um….St-Steve Phalanx…."
"The guy who saved Shen?" I nodded my head slowly, keeping my eyes down which my long hair covered. "Hmmm, not gonna lie Kat, good taste, good taste." Weiss was pondering about Steve as she seemed to have a bit of a smile and pink shade on her face. She then shook her head clear of thoughts on him as she looked back at me. "Ok, well, do you know anything about him?"
"Um…he smells nice?" Weiss's eyes glared as she pinched the bridge of her nose. "Ok, new plan. How about you strike up a conversation with him? Get to know him."
"Huh?! Wh-Wh-What should I say?!"
"I don't know. Sugar coat the start with a compliment after saying hi. Make small talk. You're good at that Kat." Not gonna lie, I do seem to talk a lot, but that's what I'm afraid of. "B-B-But I don't want to ramble in front of him…"

"Oh god this is worse than that one time with Velvet…." She shook her head as she raised my face up by my chin with her finger. "Kat, you are a kind, smart, and funny girl. Just be yourself and I'm sure he'll like you." My eyes then brightened up as I hugged Weiss tightly, "Oh god! Thank you soooooo much Weiss!"

"Gh! O-Ok…um…can you please release me from your crushing grip now?" I did as she asked as she straightened back up after fixing her dress. Soon after, I ran out of the room waving back, heading on to my next class.

The time was now lunch as I looked around the corner again with Weiss behind me, "You're not gonna make any progress standing here."
"I-I know…." I moved out from the corner as I began walking towards Steve, slowly but surely. As soon as he saw me, my face lit up red. "St-St-Steve!..."

"Kat, hey."

"Wh-Wh-What's up?"

"Actually, I was looking for you." My heart was now pounding at the speed of light after hearing those five simple words. "L-Looking….for me?"

"Yeah! You see there's this new café opening up in Vale and I was wondering if you would like to come along with me as a date."

"A….d-d-d-d-date?!" My face now looked like a tomato as I felt like I was going to faint after I said these words. "S-S-S-Sure!" His smile almost made me melt right there, "Ok! I guess I'll be seeing you then." As he walked off, Weiss came up right next to me. "Well, that went better than expected." I couldn't hold it anymore as I fainted right next to Weiss. She looked down at me and sighed, "Well, gotta hand it to her for waiting til he left. Come on Kat, you deserve a nice dinner of tuna sandwiches after this." She placed my arm over her shoulder as my eyes were all swirly.

I can't believe I got a date with Steve Phalanx! AAAAAAAAH! Hehehe.