Summary: The Crows notice a cat in the Slat.
Now they just need to figure out away to question Kaz... And these summaries are still bad...
"Is that a...cat?", asked Matthias while pointing to the staircase next to them.
And indeed. On the third chair sat a white cat, with black paws, casually washing itself.
Inej tilted her head.
"Apparently. Does anyone living in the Slat have a pet?"
Jesper shook his head confused. "Not that I know of. And I am pretty much friends with everyone here!"
Wylan rolled his eyes.
"That still doesn't explain why there is a-"
"Where are you? I thought we had an agreement!", came the whispering voice of a slightly angry Kaz Brekker. What was more shocking then the fact that he seemed to talk to no one, was the concern in his voice and (God forbid) the fear.
Nina opened her mouth, but Matthias shushed her and led her and the other Crows into a different corridor.
The five Crows stuck their heads around the corner and watched silently, as Kaz made his way down the stairs. When he arrived at the cat's, he heaved a sigh of relive, reached out with his gloved hands and pulled the animal to his chest.
It started purring, but when Kaz scratched it, it stopped and scratched his glove a little.
Kaz sighed.
"You know, you really don't deserve the treatment I give you after the stunt you just pulled..."
Slowly he pulled of his gloves, the cat still settled in his arms, and put them into his pockets.
When he started petting the cat again, it purred, louder this time.
Kaz chucked a little. "I swear if you weren't so...adorable, I would have kicked you out, by now. In moments like this, I think you are going to be the death of me!"
The cat meowed, which sounded like a whine and wiggled its way out of his arms and curled up around shoulders.
Ah is friends watched in silent shock as Kaz shook his head, a small smile playing on his lips, and made his way up the stairs again, the cat now seemingly asleep.
When the Crows heard the soft click of a door closing, they moved back to the staircase and looked it up.
"That was", Nina started. "Interesting."
The others murmured in agreement.
Jesper took a step forward and moved up the stairs a little, before stopping and turning to his friends.
"Are you guys coming?"
Inej tilted her head.
"What are you doing?"
Jesper rolled his eyes. "Going to Kaz. Aren't you curious what this was all about? He has a cat! Kaz has a pet! When did that happen?"
Hesitantly, Wylan nodded. "I - I think he has got a point."
Jesper grinned when the others looked at his boyfriend in shock.
Wylan blinked at them. "What? I am kinda curious as well. And I-I would really like to pet it..."
Wylan blushed as the others stared at him. Nina had her hands over her mouths trying to stifle her giggles. Wylan's blushed deepened.
"Wh-what? My mother had a cat when I was little. She - she ran away when I was almost seven though."
Matthias, always the animal lover, send him a sad look and nodded in understanding.
"I have to confess, I would like to know the story behind...this cat, too."
Inej sighed and took a few steps up the stairs.
"Alright. But if he wants to kill you, I won't stop him", she told them sternly.
Nina nodded, a serious expression on her face. "I agree. I, for one, would like to still eat waffles tomorrow!"
Matthias rolled his eyes and pushed past her, up the stairs.
The five Crows stood before Kaz's room and suddenly got some sense into them and realized, that questioning Dirtyhands and his motivations, probably wasn't their best idea. They were about to step back and leave for the Crow Club, when the door opened.
Kaz stood there and looked at them all blankly.
"Care to tell me, why you are all here gazing at my door like it's a bag of kruge?", his example would be questionable if it weren't from...well, Kaz. His friends glnced at each other uncomfortably, silently asking themselves if they should tell the Barrel Boss what they saw.
Matthias cleared his throat. "Well - we, uh..you see-"
"Either tell me what's going on or you won't be able to talk at all for the next week!", Kaz snapped.
Inej stepped forward and put a calming hand on his shoulder, Kaz tensed for a second, but relaxed after a moment.
"What Matthias wants to say is, that we saw a cat. Here, in the Slat."
To the untrained eye, Kaz would have looked unfazed by this. But you couldn't really call one of the most feared teams in Kerch untrained, now could you?
So they of course noticed when Kaz's face twitched a little and his lips curled into a small frown for a second. Inej even felt him tense for a moment.
Kaz quirked an eyebrow at them. "So? Someone might have forgotten to close the door some night and a stray walked in. I don't see how that's my concern."
"Maybe because it's apparently yours?", Wylan quiped in. The three others on his side glared at him, while Inej closed her eyes and took a calming breath, when she looked at Kaz she saw his face pale (who knew that's possible?). He glared at all of them.
"I think you are mistaken. Why in the world would I have a cat?", he bit out.
Nina rolled her eyes. "How should we know? But it's white with black paws, ring any bells?", she asked sarcastically.
Kaz opened his mouth again, but was interrupted by a quite sound near his feet. When the sic Crows looked down, they could see said cat smoothly walking around Kaz's legs, purring and rubbing its head against him tenderly. Kaz's shead snapped up and he met the wide eyes of the others.
Their was a long silence, when Jesper and Wylan started giggling. Quickly, everyone but Kaz was laughing and holding their stomachs.
Kaz glowered at them, then picked up the cat, held it in front of his face and stared it in the eyes.
"You really are one Hell of trouble!"
Dirtypaws responded by giving him a lick on the nose.
Notes:Kaz seems like a Cat Person...
I am a Cat Person...
I just really wanted him with a pet, okay?
