kikaitoofthezombies requested: HABIT teasing vince by making the cats pounce on a laser pointer pointed at him?
Habit laughed softly watching Pig chase the red dot on the floor cast by the laser pointer in Habit's hand. It was rare that Pig roused himself to play like this, he was such a fat cat.
Habit was doing his best to be quiet because Vinny had fallen asleep on the couch. Habit wanted Vinny sharp, so of course he needed to sleep, but Habit was getting bored now. He had entertained himself for a while playing with Isabel and then Pig, and now as Pig flopped over, Isabel again.
"Oh there it goes!" he explained softly flicking the light to the other side of the room and watching Isabel pivot, slip, and then right herself sprinting across the room. He winced when she ran into the wall with a thump but it wasn't because he was worried about her. She was made of rubber and he knew that perfectly well.
He glanced at Vinny to make sure he hadn't woken up. He hadn't even stirred, he must have been really tired, but at the same time, Habit was getting hella bored. Habit glanced back at the red dot which Isabel was jumping up the wall trying to reach and then back at Vinny. The dot, Vinny. Habit's smile grew wickedly.
He swiveled dramatically pointing the light at Vinny's stomach. It took Isabel a minute to figure out where the light went. When she turned and saw it, she dropped into a hunter's crouch. Her tail twitched and Habit jiggled the light enticingly. She pounced, bolting across the room and directly onto Vinny's stomach.
"Oof." Sounded Vinny sitting bolt upright and looking around franticly. Habit doubled over laughing. "What happened?" Vinny asked wildly.
Habit pointed the laser at Vinny's chest. "Wha-?" Vinny asked. Hwas answered half way through when Isabel rocketed into his chest again, knocking him back against the couch.
"Habit stop!" Vinny demanded pushing Isabel off of him, but she jumped right back up after the dot. Which was now on Vinny's cheek. She pawed at his beard meowing in irritation. When Vinny tried to move away and Habit kept the dot on him. "That is not nice stop it!" Vinny yelped. Isabel dug her claws into Vinny's shirt to avoid getting thrown off.
"Okay, okay!" Habit said taking his finger of the on button and holding up his hands. Isabel looked around franticly trying to locate where the red dot had gone. She was panting which meant it was time to stop anyway, because she was getting over stimulated. Once she realized that the dot was gone she flopped over.
"Can you… get her off me?" Vinny asked after a minute when Isabel didn't move.
"Nope." Habit said smiling fondly at them. "She's tired from playing. You just go back to sleep and let her sleep on you."
"Not until you are out of the room because I do not want another wake up call like that." Vinny snapped rubbing his face with his hands doing his best to not jar Isabel.
"Okay that's fine with me, I was bored anyway." Habit said getting up and strutting out of the room.
He stayed out for half an hour then snuck back in with his phone. Vinny was fast asleep again. So was Isabel, curled up peacefully on his stomach, purring softly as she was moved up and down from Vinny's breathing. Carefully Habit snuck closer and took a couple of pictures with the camera on his phone. This was just too cute to not to have a memento of.
He checked that the photos were good and then snuck back out of the room. Could he post this on twitter? Did he need to ask Vinny? Nahhhh he was going to post this on twitter, Vinny wouldn't mind. And if he did Habit didn't care.
Vinny had been working all day and Habit didn't even know what he was working on. Habit was playing with the laser pointer again, his new ginger cat ,Elizabeth was bumping around after the dot. She was still a kitten and clumsy. It was making Habit laugh and Habit laughing was making Vinny annoyed.
"Will you go play somewhere else?" Vinny asked touchily.
"What's the matter Vin? Finally developing an allergy to fun?" Habit joked pointing laser pointer at Vinny's foot. Elizabeth pounced and bit Vinny's toe. Vinny yelped.
"Why don't you ever play with the cats? You should it's relaxing and you're always so tense." Habit laughed making Elizabeth chase Vinny's feet as he tried to move them away.
"They're your cats!" Vinny objected. "Maybe I wouldn't be so tense if the world didn't always feel like it was ending around me."
"Hey we're in the same place and I still manage to have fun." Habit pointed out. "Do you not like cats?"
"Cats are fine." Vinny said, uncomfortably pulling his feet up onto the chair to get them away from over enthusiastic kitten teeth. "I prefer less pointy animals."
"Okay hang on!" Habit exclaimed getting an idea. "Play with her while I'm gone she needs tiring out!" Habit ordered handing Vinny the laser pointer before rushing out of the room. About ten minutes later he came back to find Vinny, still awkwardly moving the laser pointer around with one hand while he tried to keep working.
Habit deposited a bunny in Vinny's lap and took the laser pointer back.
"What?" Vinny asked, shocked.
"You said you preferred less pointy animals. That is a less pointy animal now chill out!" Habit pointed out, shoving the laser pointer in his pocket and picking up Elizabeth when she tried to investigate the bunny.
"Oh." Vinny said looking down at the small caramel coloured rabbit in his lap. It stared back up at him with big black eyes, hesitantly Vinny started petting it. The bunny lay down flat after a minute. "Okay this is fine."
"Good. I wanted to get an actual rabbit for a while now anyway. My human rabbits are great but just not quite as cute. You can name it and keep it if you want but I'm gonna cuddle it now and then."
"Okay." Vinny said turning his attention back to the computer screen as he kept petting the bunny absentmindedly. Elizabeth started squirming in Habit's grip so he took her out of the room. She was too young and the bunny too new for them to meet yet. "Thanks Habit." Vinny's words were so soft that Habit hardly heard them.
"No problem Vin." Habit said without looking back, then he left the room and closed the door so none of his cats could barge in and scare Vinny's new bunny.