Yuri and Otabek celebrate their moving in together with a new friend.
Day 4 was either domestic/intimacy or long distance and honestly, I love the idea of Otayuri getting a cat when they move in together.
One of the kittens pawed at Yuri's hand.
"She likes you," Otabek commented, looking fondly at the scene.
Yuri scratched her back. "How do you know it's a she?"
Otabek shrugged. "It's a guess."
"I see." Yuri now held her up. "She's cute."
"Nobody can top you," Otabek blurted out.
"Hah?!" Yuri almost dropped the kitten.
The shop assistant chose this moment of silence to interrupt. "I'm sorry to inform you, but this kitten is the only make kitten we have. All the others are female."
Yuri looked from her to the kitten to Otabek before he burst out laughing. "You really suck at guessing, don't you? You were wrong about today's weather too."
Otabek, too, cracked a smile. "I know you like being right, so I don't mind being wrong," he shrugged.
That caused Yuri to blush.
The shop assistant cleared her throat. "Have you decided on which kitten you'd like to adopt?"
Yuri looked at the kitten he was holding and looked thoughtful.
"You don't want him?" Otabek asked.
"No, I do," Yuri assured him. "You want to know why?"
"Sure."
Yuri gave him a cheeky grin. "He reminds me of you."
"You want to replace me?" Otabek faked his hurt in a convincing way.
Yuri's smile faltered. "Of course not! It's just that if he is like you, there's no way I can ever dislike him." Too late, he realized what he had said.
Otabek smiled warmly, surprised by the sudden confession. "If that's the case, I see no problems."
"Alright," the shop assistant nodded, "then please follow me to the register, where we have the forms you need to fill in. Do you have a name for him?"
"Want the honor of having a namesake?"
"No thanks," Otabek laughed.
Yuri held the kitten up and looked at it curiously. "Then how about… yes, I have the perfect name for this little dude."
"Here are the adoption forms." The shop assistant handed Yuri the forms.
"This is perfect," Yuri said when he was done.
The shop assistant glanced at the paper and snorted, making Otabek check it too.
"Really?"
Yuri ignored him. "We are going to be so happy, Lord Tiger Snowflake the First."
"I hope you have a nice day." The shop assistant bid them farewell on their way out, still smiling at the name.
Otabek nodded to her while Yuri only had eyes for his new kitten as he walked out the door.
"Here." Yuri handed Otabek his phone without looking at him. "Take a picture of me and Snow."
"Snow? What happened to Lord Tiger Snowflake the First?" Otabek asked, but shot a picture of a smiling Yuri holding up Snow anyway.
"That's too long, he's got to have a nickname." Yuri explained calmly as he got his phone back.
"Let's go home." Otabek resigned himself to the fact that he was dating a complete idiot.
"Our home," Yuri corrected him. "And we can't go before this." He opened his camera app and stood next to Otabek.
"Smile."
Maybe I wanted to call the little dude Lord Tiger Snowflake, First of his name, but y'know, this works as well ^^ Please stick with me for the rest of the ride too :3
Also! The cat Yuri chose (or the cat chose Yuri) is a Birman imo, one with brown eyes ^^