A/N: Not dead yet! Work just finally picked up and I got shit to do so when I managed to find a moment to finish this I did. I literally finished this moments ago. Nothing but fresh baked for you guys.

I apologize now for my puns. I know exactly what happened and it's... well, I'm sorry. Please enjoy as best you can.

Equius(Pale)Nepeta, OC(Pale)OC, Equius(Flushed)OC, Nepeta(Flushed)OC, Third person perspective.

"Equius! Equius! Equius!" Nepeta shouts from the hallway when she throws the door open.

"Nepeta, please don't shout. I'm right here."

"Sorry!" She dances into the living room turned workspace, carefully stepping around the robotic parts and pieces strewn about. "I'm just supurr excited!"

"So I can tell." He looks up from the circuitry he has been installing. "And what are you so excited about?"

"I finally met her! And she's pawsitively purrfect! Like absolutely amazing and I can't wait! Oh it's going to be so nice!"

"Who? Nepeta, slow down and explain it to me."

"Sorry! I really am hypurr today, aren't I?" She drapes herself over Equius's shoulders. "I met Felixi's moirail today! She's so pretty and nice and purrfect for him. Really keeps him grounded. They are so cute together!" She tilts her head thoughtfully. "The two of them really remind me of us. I mean, we are the best meowrails evfur! But they are a close second. And you know how Felixi is an olive blood like me? Well, Marina is blue like you! They are so much like us except for evfurything being all swapped and turned around, of course."

"Of horse. I mean, of course."

"Oooh! You're in a good mood today!"

"Well this project is going very well. I'll be finished by tonight."

"Good. Great. Purrfect even! Beclawse that means you'll be free tomorrow night, right?"

"I suppose. What is happening tomorrow night?"

"We are going on a double date!"

"Excuse me?" Equius craned his neck to look at the young woman grinning madly behind him.

"A double date! Equius, she is a gorgeous blue blood and absolutely amazing fur Felixi and if she's amazing fur him, then she will be wonderfurl fur you."

"Nepeta, I don't think this is a good idea." His shirt started to get a little damp as nervousness hit him. Nepeta being draped across him isn't helping him maintain good air flow either.

"It will be great! It will get you out of the house and meeting mew people."

"Nepeta," he starts, his tone unconvinced.

"Equius."

"I'm sorry."

"Pawlease?"

"No."

"Yes."

"No." "Yes." "No." "Yes." "No." "Yes." "No." "Yes."

"Fine."

"Yes!" Nepeta finally lets him go to do a twirl around in the room, her coat and tail swirling around her. Equius rolls her eyes at her but smiles anyways.

"But you are in charge of figuring out what I am wearing."

"Of course! You'll be purrticularly handsome. All you have to bring is a great cattitude!"

As Equius stands in the mirror, straightening his tie, he can't help but think Nepeta was correct. She has successfully made him particularly handsome. The dashing suit gives him a clean look with its straight lines and crisp edges. The white shirt stands brightly against the dark fabric of the jacket. A square green handkerchief is tucked into the breast pocket, the corners peaking out colorfully. The bright blue of his bow tie brings out the blue of his eyes. His hair is combed back into a high ponytail that still reaches to his shoulder blades even in this style.

He fiddles with the olive diamond shaped cufflinks that Nepeta gave him on his wriggling day the year before. He hadn't had a chance to wear them before now. Maybe Nepeta was right about needing to get him out of the house.

"Equius!" He sighs at her call, obviously from the front hall based on the echoing. "Stop purrcrastinating!" He makes his final adjustments and steps out of his bedroom to greet his moirail. He catches sight of Nepeta as he turns the corner and immediately comes to a halt.

Her hair, also grown out, has been styled into soft curls that frame her face. Her dress is a nice pale sage. The bodice is covered in sequins that catch and reflect the light. At her waist the skirt flows down and out in a bell shape, floating to a stop just above her knees. Gathered sheer material draped over one shoulder. Elegant strappy silver shoes give her enough height to come up to Equius' shoulders. Bright pink lipstick color her lips and warm brown eyeshadow complement her wide green eyes. A silver necklace with a small but bright blue stone hangs around her neck. A silver charm bracelet hangs on her wrist. The signs of all her friends clink cheerfully as she lifts her hand to brush away an errant piece of hair.

"You are beautifoal."

Her smile lights up her entire face and makes Equius' chest tighten with pride.

"Thanks, Equius. And don't you clean up nicely," she teases.

"You dressed me."

"I know. I did such a pawesome job. Meow come on! I don't want to be late!" She dances over, somehow still as graceful as a cat on her stilt-like heels to grab his hand and pull him along. She pauses only briefly to let him lock the door before leading him to the car.

The ride to the restaurant is relatively short. Apparently Felixi and Marina would be meeting them there. Nepeta bounds happily away from the car as soon as it is parked. Equius follows in with a bit more reserve, but his nerves make his movements a little jerky. Nepeta is waiting at the doors for him, holding it open. The air conditioning that blows out is comforting against the heat of the jacket. He steps inside and waits awkwardly for Nepeta to ask the hostess for their reservation and if the other two had arrived. So light on her toes, she turns back to Equius.

"They aren't here yet. But Felixi texted me that they were on their way."

"It won't herd to wait for them here." Nepeta grins at the pun.

"Otherwise we might get foal on the free bread."

"Of horse. And that would be unfurtunate." He finds himself smiling as well as they move out of the entrance area. They traded puns back and forth until Equius hears the door behind them open up. He glances over Nepeta's head and his breath catches in his throat. He barely pays attention to the shorter troll holding the door open as a goddess sweeps in.

"Goodness." It was the most incredible shade of blue he had ever seen. The dress was cut straight across her bust, showing of beautiful strong shoulders, with an empire waist that let an overlay of gauzy material gather before drifting down over her full curving hips, parting away from the middle. The cobalt fabric underneath falls with an asymmetric hem that cuts across her knees, going down almost to her ankles. Modest pumps of the same blue lift her height equal to Equius'. Her neck and wrist are adorn with a necklace and bracelet of the same style, several gold strands twisted together with a strand of olive glass beads. The same olive color is accented across her lips and above her blue eyes. Her black hair falls straight around her face, curving in gently at the bottom when it graces her collar bone. Her horns sit upon her head like a tiara, their delicately pointed tips crossing at her crown with gentle sweeps. She walks in with a sense of majesty.

"Better watch your language there, Equius." A bump at his side from Nepeta reminds him to close his mouth.

"Oh dear, I didn't say anything inappropriate, did I?"

"No silly, I was just kitten, just teasing. But I guess you like her dress." She grabs his hand and pulls him forward. "Hiya, Felixi!"

"Hey sweetheart. Sorry for being late, traffic was terrible. I think we hit ever light between the house and here and almost everyone just had to be in our lane even though there were plenty of open lanes and then there was that grandma who couldn't seem to find the gas pedal. Maybe she had the emergency brake on or something because she was just crawling down the road and probably is what made us hit every light." Equius manages to pry his eyes away from the blue beauty in front of him to look over the shorter troll who is talking. He had an inch or so on Nepeta even with her heels. He seems to have the same lithe build as Nepeta though he is dressed in a dark olive suit instead of a dress with a complementary blue tie which sits against a black button down shirt. His curly dark hair is cut short and halos about his head, kept off of his face by the way his horns angle up and then tuck behind his ears. Equius can see the bright personality shine through his olive eyes that don't leave Equius' moirail's face.

"Felixi, they don't need to know every detail." He stops mid sentence as his companion places a gentle hand on his head.

"Sorry, Marina. And sorry Nepeta."

"It's alright. I think its cute!" Felixi beams at the compliment. "Oh but I want to introduce you to my meowrail! Equius, this is Felixi and his moirail Marina. Felixi, Marina, this is Equius!"

Felixi immediately sticks his hand out and Equius takes it in turn, pleasantly surprised by the strong grip. "It's nice to meet you, sir!"

"Felixi! He's not older than you; he's my age."

"Oh!" His eyes go wide. "Sorry. Still good to meet Nepeta's moirail." Equius can't help but forgive him as he looks properly chastised.

"I've herd a lot about you, Felixi. Nepeta speaks well of you."

"Thanks!" The bright smile returns to his face.

Equius lets his hand go and turns to extend it to Marina. "It is my pleasure to meet you and to have you as my date tonight."

"Oh my, you are even more dashing than Nepeta described you," Marina replies in a sultry voice that instantly draws a deep flush to Equius' face. He can feel a bead of sweat forming on his brow. Her hand is cool against his and he hopes that his palms aren't as bad as he thinks they are.

"Really? Well... um... I..."

"And eloquent too I see." Marina's soft smile takes the bite out of her statement as if an apology for putting him on the spot with her previous one. It works to give him a chance to recover.

"I try. I'm afraid I only herd of you as of yesterday but Nepeta says that you are a great moirail for Felixi."

"We manage. He gets a little excitable at times and forgets his manners. But he keeps me lively."

"I sympathize with the feeling."

There is a quiet giggle by their side and together they look over to find their respective counterparts grinning cheekily at them. "If the two of you are done staring into each other's eyes and lauding our moirallegiances, then our table is this way."

The two blue bloods quickly drop their hands and nervously take a half step away from each other to a more publicly appropriate distance. There is another giggle as the group follows the hostess to their table. They seat themselves at the table where the women are on one side of the table and the men on the other across from their respective dates. Equius glances nervously across the table diagonally to Nepeta who replies with a confident nod. He turns back to face his date who is also turning away from her own moirail. They smile knowingly at each other before everyone turns to their menus.

The dinner goes over well. Everything they ordered was delicious. Conversation and laughter flowed easily across the table with no awkward silences or exclusion of anyone. Despite his nerves leading up to the date, even Equius relaxed into the atmosphere. The waiter clears away the empty plates as both Equius and Felixi ask for the check. Equius glances over at his date, but Marina just nods, letting him handle the transaction.

"So it's off to the cinema now, right?" Felixi asks the table as soon as he finishes signing his bill and tucking away his wallet.

"Cinema?"

"Yea, Equius, didn't I tell you it was dinner and a movie?" Nepeta tilts her head at him.

"No. You simply told me to look nice and smile for the double date."

"Oops, my bad!"

"Don't worry, I had to pry the information out of Felixi myself. Maybe it's not such a good idea to keep these two troublemakers together," Marina teases.

"No! We'll be good. We promise. We just wanted this date to go well since when I heard about you Equius you sounded really cool and I really wanted Marina to be with someone really cool and when Nepeta suggested that maybe the two of you could go out just like how we are going steady, it just seemed like a good idea and I think its working which is good because it would be terrible if you two didn't like either other because Nepeta and I like each other and you two are our moirails so it would be great if we could hang out all of the time sorta like this." While Felixi talked the group stood up and made their way out. "I mean I have really enjoyed tonight and I'm pretty sure Nepeta has enjoyed tonight and Marina, you haven't stopped smiling. I don't know that much about you, Equius, but you don't look like you are about to kill someone so-" Marina pats his head to interrupt his rambling again when they reach the parking lot.

"Why don't you learn more about Equius in the car, Felixi?" Marina offers.

Nepeta giggles and smiles at the confused men. She grabs Marina's hand and pulls her away from them. "We'll see you there, boys!"

Equius and Felixi just stand there and stare after their dates and moirails until Felixi finally turns to him and shrugs. "Well, I know what movie theater they are going to. Can I get a ride?"

"Of horse. This way." Equius leads the way over to their car with Felixi trailing behind.

They remain in silence with Felixi giving Equius quick, short directions toward the theater. They are on a long stretch of road with the street lamps casting golden glow over everything and the signs of urban nightlife slowly emerging.

"If you hurt her, I know ways of making sure you won't ever do so again."

"Same goes for you, buddy. I know people."

"I do believe we are on the same page then."

"Agreed," Felixi nods. "So really like her?"

"She is a magnificent woman. What she is doing with material sciences will make waves in the world of engineering. Once she finishes her research I will have to see if I can apply it to my robotic projects though I can already see some applications."

"I can't keep up with all of that techno babble. I just have to smile and nod at her, but the two of you seemed to be getting into it pretty good over dinner."

"Yes. The way she explains her work is a little over the top if you are not already familiar with doping compositions of materials such as circuit boards-"

"Dude. I'm not going to try to follow you either."

"My apologies. I tend to get caught up sometimes."

"Just like Marina. And just how Nepeta describes you. Passionate about your work."

"To a fault."

"But that's why you have Nepeta. She's a doll, isn't she? All smiles and sunshine and snark. The perfect combination all wrapped up in a pretty package. I still can't believe how I ran into her. You know the story right? I literally ran into her on my bike and it was a total mess and I couldn't stop talking because man was I nervous, I mean, I just ran into this real pretty girl and all I could think about was ways to keep talking to her to keep her smiling at me even as we picked up the groceries that I knocked out of her hand until finally she managed to shut me up with a kiss. Oh boy, did that work well. I was still stunned as she walked away. I couldn't even ask her to stop. It was if the cat really had grabbed my tongue, which is really an apt phrase for her and what happened isn't it?"

"Yes. Yes it is."

"But that's one of the cutest things about her. I'm a bit more of a dog person myself."

"I know someone who was like that doo. But she didn't get along with cats."

"Nepeta is too lovable not to get along with. Turn right up here." Equius follows his instructions and pulls into the parking lot. He finds an open spot and parks the car. They sit there for a moment with the car off.

"I am glad she found you. Nepeta has experienced unrequited interest before."

"Yea, that Karkat guy. He doesn't know what he's missing. I really think this is going to work out, I mean the thing between the four of us, dating each other's moirails. Marina is obviously into you and I really, really like Nepeta and you are a pretty good guy. Dinner was a lot of fun and everything was yummy and the chatter was good even if I can't follow the hocus pocus that you and Marina do called science." He absently follows Equius' actions to get out of the car. Together they walk towards the front of the movie theater. "I just got to talk with Nepeta instead and she is so much fun to talk to, I could listen to her all day. She really likes to talk about her stories. I'm still so proud that she's gotten several of them published. She has the most creative imagination. And the way she tells the stories as if she actually lived him. I guess that's what makes her such a good role player. I mean, some of the characters that she tells the stories in are so different from her usual playful self but still absolutely believable. My favorite, besides when she writes from her own perspective, or should I say purrspective, is the coolkid one. I think his stories are always the craziest! I mean, fighting daily with his lusus over puppets and then the crow episodes! Oh man. Though his collection of dead things is kinda weird but he makes it up with his raps and music."

The description catches Equius' attention but before he can respond he hears Nepeta call out from near the entrance. She waves broadly, bouncing on the balls of her feet even though they are only a few feet away.

"Come on, guys! The movie is about to start! Equius, you drive so furry slow!"

Felixi shrugs and jogs across the remaining distance, scooping Nepeta up in a giggling hug. Marina waits patiently as Equius approaches, holding herself with regal posture.

"Please be patient, I still need tickets."

Marina holds up two. "No need. I purchased them with Nepeta when we got here."

"Oh."

"It's only fair since you covered dinner for me."

"How kind of you. But money is not a mane concern of mine."

"So I've heard from Nepeta. Still, it is something I can do." She reaches out and takes his arm, tucking her hand into the crook of his elbow. She leads him into the movie theater, handing the tickets over to the attendant before finding the correct door. The room is dark as the previews for other movies have already started but they both catch sight of Nepeta waving energetically at them. Shifting her hand to Equius', Marina climbs the steps to the appropriate row and sits down next to her moirail with Equius trailing along.

"Did you two smooch?" Felixi stage whispers to Marina. Equius feels the cool rush of blood to his cheeks even as Marina sputters.

"Felixi!"

"Heh. That's not a no," he replies cheekily.

"No. We did not 'smooch,'" she emphasizes Felixi's chosen word.

"Aw. Why not? What are you waiting for?"

Marina resolutely turns away from him. Equius catches a glimpse of her own cheeks dusted with blue as a bright scene on the screen illuminates the audience.

"Marina," Equius whispers quietly just to her as he leans closer, "may I kiss you?"

Her eyes go wide and her mouth drops open for a moment before curling into a soft smile. "Yes."

Together they close the distance to press their lips together. The way her cool skin feels against his is remarkable. Her hand comes up and lays gently on his cheek. Both twist their upper bodies to reach a more comfortable position. A moment later they pull apart where stay, mere inches between them, with happy smiles. Until Felixi whoops out a holler and Nepeta catcalls at them. Marina turns back around and knocks her moirail on the back of his head. Equius stares Nepeta down until she sinks down in her seat.

The movie was enjoyable, especially as Marina and Equius held hands the entire time. They had to quiet down their excitable counterparts to keep the other patrons from complaining about them.

Equius offers Marina his arm again as they exit, Felixi surreptitiously copying him for Nepeta. They enter the lobby with Nepeta extolling the movie they had just watched.

"The story was so pawsible despite being so extraordinary! I mean, the chances of finding love like that is a chance in a million and to go such lengths to get back together and then to successfully fill all fur quadrants! It was so pawsitively wonderfur. And the mewsic! I made me purrtend that I was right there along side everyone. I knew what everyone was feline and and everything. And I knew that the bad guy was lion even befur the reveal. I was so furious at him for being such a hypurrcite and furgetting where he came from and how the others helped him!"

"But it was actually his actions that let the group figure out the whinny move. Without him pushing them at every turn, they would have roan around in circles. Even his taunts were actually hints like when he told that girl she was pasture prime, that was telling her that she needed to go back because she passed where she needed to turn, at the street with the prime numbers."

"Oh! I didn't catch that, Equius. Maybe he wasn't so bad afur pawll."

"I find ambiguity of the character's motives make for the best stories," Marina offers.

"I just like the action! I mean those battles were awesome! Sorta makes me want to find an epic fight to save the universe," Felixi chimes in. Nepeta and Equius trade meaningful glances.

"Um, well they did make it look furry purretty."

"Yes. But the physics were less than realistic. Don't you think so, Equius?"

"Of horse. Movie directors play god to get the udderly best picture they can. I'd wish they would just pony up and use the real thing. Explosions don't need to be that big to convey the same thing."

"I like the explosions," Felixi comments with a big grin.

"Course you would, sweetie," Nepeta hugs his arm and tucks her head onto his shoulder just as Marina lifts a hand to her face to hide a yawn. Equius glances around for the time.

"It is getting late, no matter how fun this date is. Some of us have work tomorrow."

"But I don't want to," Nepeta complains with a pout.

"No, sweetheart, he's right," Felixi tell her, tipping her head up to kiss her lightly on the nose. "We'll play more later."

"Tomorrow?"

"Yes." He kisses her pouting lips, making them smile when she pulls away.

"I have a conference call with some colleagues in Cheena tomorrow night," Marina sighs with a tone of regret.

"How about lunch the day after?" Equius suggests, also turning his date's expression to a smile.

"That sounds lovely."

"Good. Then I until then marewell, Marina."

"Good night, Equius." She turns to him fully and pulls him into a sweeping kiss until Felixi has to cough to the side. Both trolls have blue cheeks as they turn to their moirails and head to different cars.

"Tonight it was good," Nepeta sighs dreamily as she sinks down into her seat.

"Neigh, it was furry good."

A/N: I'm sorry I'm sorry. Such as wait and nothing but fluff for it. I swear the next one is going to have something fun. Also I apologize again for the puns. They are all terrible. And the OOC characterization but keep in mind that this is at least a year after Sburb and the characters would have matured (that's my story and I am sticking to it.)