Beginning of Severa's and Inigo's relationship development.

Chapter 4: Kitties!

Inigo lay on the couch, staring at the ceiling. "Gods, Saturday…" He turned and groaned. "I have absolutely no plans."

"I have something for you to do."

He sat up to see Severa standing in front of the couch. She opened her mouth to talk, but was interrupted by a chuckle. "What is that supposed to mean?"

She glared at him and blushed. "You pervert! Why would you think I meant that?!"

He got off the couch. "You know who I am."

She crossed her arms. "W-whatever, we need to get going to the animal shelter!"

He raised a brow. "Shelter, why?"

She nodded. "I wanted to get some pets so I won't be alone when you're out!"

He chuckled again. "I see. I thought you didn't like it when I was out all the time."

She stomped past him. "I don't like the fact that you skip work! You've been going for full weeks lately, so we can afford to do this." He smiled and followed her out of the apartment.

Severa looked cats in the local animal shelter, while Inigo watched her. He knelt next to her. "What are you doing?"

She kept her eyes on the cat, but stood shortly after. "I want some time with this one." She went over to the counter and had a short conversation with the woman behind. She retrieved the black kitten from the cage, and brought it to a room in the back.

Inigo and Severa entered as well, and she left, leaving them with the animal. Severa knelt and held out a hand. "Come here…" The kitten slowly walked towards her. Once it reached her, it began sniffing her hand.

Inigo chuckled. "Why is it sniffing your hand?"

Severa giggled. "I don't know why, but I don't mind."

He knelt next to her. "You're really good with animals."

The kitten walked to Inigo and nuzzled her head against his leg.

He patted her head. "She's purring like crazy."

Severa did the same. "You're right, she must really like you."

He nodded. "She likes you too. How about her?"

Severa stood up. "Yeah, and we decided on two, so we can choose one more."

He stood up, the cat in his arms. "How about a white one? I saw one earlier." Severa nodded and went back to the counter. Severa ran off to the cats, while Inigo purchased the black cat. Once inside with the white cat, the results were the opposite of the other. He sat in a corner away from the two.

Inigo sweat dropped. "Um… he doesn't seem to like us…"

Severa held his hand. "He's just shy."

Inigo blushed faintly. "Severa, what are you doing?"

She walked him over to the cat, who cowered in fear as they approached. Severa released her companion and knelt next to the cat. "Hey there."

He backed away. Inigo walked behind the cat. "You are a male cat, right? Grow a spine, she won't bite."

The cat slowly inched towards Severa and touched her hand with its paw.

Severa giggled. "That's better."

Inigo knelt and rubbed his back. "He seems to be fine with us a bit. As long as he won't avoid us all the time, we'll be fine." They exited the room and did the same with the white.

Within the hour they were back at the apartment, and they had invited the others from the last week. Severa played with the black cat as the white watched from a corner, when there was a knock. Inigo, who was observing the latter from a recliner got up to open the door. The adults stood in the door way. "Hey. Are you all?"

Chrom nodded. "The others are busy." He stepped out of the way and let them in.

Sumia sat on the couch next to Severa. "Aw, it's so cute!" the kitten jumped onto Sumia's lap and made herself comfortable.

Lon'qu noticed his son and walked to him. "What are you looking at?" Inigo pointed to the white cat, and Lon'qu chuckled. "He's shy?" Inigo nodded. Lon'qu crossed his arms and nodded. "What's his name?"

Inigo stood and picked him up, and then walked to the others. "We wanted to name them when you were all around."

Severa rubbed the black cat's back. "We decided to name her Reina. That was what I called my favorite doll when I was young."

Inigo placed the white in his mother's lap. "And this is Cosmo. Um… his name doesn't have any reason, I just came up with it."Olivia tried to pet him, but he jumped of her lap and ran to the hallway.

She sweat dropped. "Um…"

Inigo patted her shoulder. "He's shy, it's alright."

Gaius raised a brow. "Last week, you and Lon'qu went off somewhere."

Inigo shuddered. "I got my ass handed to me."

Kayle cleared his throat. "Well… Halloween is next week. You two plan on going trick-or-treating?"

Inigo nodded. "We're going with the others… and Gaius."

Chrom looked at him and smirked. "Really? You're going?"

He nodded. "You really think that I would miss out on all that candy?"

Sumia giggled. "Gaius is going to be really happy Halloween night!"

Panne patted his back. "I glad to see him happy, but really, he doesn't need any more candy. His stash has taken an entire closet."

Cordelia sighed. "An entire closet? Gaius… you have a problem."

He crossed his arms. "I don'-"

Panne covered his mouth. "He doesn't like to admit it. We'll be going now."

The others followed her to the door. Kayle turned to the two. "We'd love to stay, but we have to get ready ourselves." He closed the door, leaving the two.

They sat on the couch, and Inigo sighed. "Getting Cosmo used to us is going to be a trial."

Severa shrugged. "I guess, you're going to be out a lot, so it'll be harder for you."

He shook his head. "I've decided to stay home on the weekdays, help you out more. The weekends-"

"I understand. So, what are you dressing as?"

He snickered. "I'll tell you if you tell me."

She playfully punched him. "No. We'll just have to wait then."

The next few chapters will be a mini arc. Maybe three or four chapters, based on Halloween.