Title: Cat Chat – A Cat's Thanks
Series: Code Geass
Characters: Milly, Arthur, and guest appearances by Lelouch, Suzaku, Rivalz, and Shirley.
Genre: Humor
Rating: PG – I'm pretty sure…
Comments/Warnings: For Mother's Day. Uploading now 'cause if I don't, I'll forget. I have two more of these things in the works, but if it doesn't come to me just right, I don't like letting anybody see it, so I have no idea when I'll finish and upload them. In the meantime, I guess it isn't just Lelouch that this cat torments…
I don't own them~
Milly's shriek echoed through the halls of the student council's base of operations. She couldn't help it. She hadn't been expecting that. Who would have been expecting the resident cat to trot on up to the conference table and drop a dead lizard on it?
She generally didn't mind lizards. Live ones, anyway. She could appreciate a nice reptile given proper warning. This one came with no warning, no beating heart, and on top of her paperwork. This, Milly could not appreciate.
She was probably going to have to burn the paperwork.
It was okay. The club could just re-submit.
"I apologize for the inconvenience, but the circumstances couldn't be helped. I hope you understand."
Because there was no way this paper was going into her filing cabinet after this.
And Arthur had been so well-behaved up until now…
She unceremoniously shoved the papers, dead lizard and all, at the nearest male, who happened to be Suzaku, with instructions to dispose of it. Then she turned on the cat with an alpha-male-worthy roar and chased him off the table, out of the room, and into the hall, all the while screaming instructions (Because Milly was particularly skilled at giving instructions) that the cat was never to bring another dead lizard into the council room again.
So she really hadn't been expecting the dead bird in her lap. How the cat had managed to get such a large animal past all of them, to the couch, and into her lap without being noticed was beyond her, and she would be sure to punish someone for it later, but right now all she could think to do was shriek.
She was going to have to burn this dress.
She liked this dress, too.
She didn't much like the bird.
Milly shot up from the couch and tore her dress off, depositing both Cat and Bird on the carpet without care. Suzaku politely averted his gaze. Lelouch blushed and held his book up higher. Rivalz stared with abandon until the dress was thrown over the top of his head with instructions to dispose of it. Shirley, forever understanding, was ready with an apron to replace it and within seconds Milly was chasing the cat between the couches, over the table, and out the door, with firm instructions never to bring a dead animal, of any kind, into the council room ever again.
So the opossum really threw her for a loop.
At least this time, Arthur had simply tossed it down on the carpet, which she was already considering replacing after the Bird Incident. And she was honestly confused about whether it was dead or playing dead, so there was some Reasonable Doubt that Arthur had outright disobeyed her. She was going to have to get extra-clever when it came to rules governing this cat, wasn't she?
None of that changed the feelings of frustration, disgust, or fear that surged through her. In a flash, she had a broom in hand and, with one fell swoop, had knocked both the opossum and cat back out into the hall. But that wasn't quite enough, (And to its credit, the opossum seemed to have figured that out and quickly scurried away through the slightly open front doors of the club house) because if that were enough, Arthur wouldn't keep repeating this mistake. So she chased the stubborn cat with her broom, careful not to do any real damage (mostly), lecturing the entire time about hygiene, rules, and thoughtfulness until he'd taken refuge above some cupboards. Milly finally abandoned her weapon and climbed up to retrieve the cat, which he let her do, and when she'd brought him down there was only one thing left to say.
The Student Council President eyed the feline reproachfully and admonished, "Arthur, if you want to keep calling this place home, you have to stop bringing animals back here. Dead or alive, reptile, bird, or mammal, human or otherwise," (She was beginning to believe this cat capable of anything), "You cannot drag them in here whenever you want!"
Arthur mewed understandingly, if a bit apologetically, so Milly let him back down to the floor and watched as he slunk away to do Cat Things.
Nunnally watched, too, and when she was sure he'd gone, she turned back to her friend, "Milly, he was only trying to wish you a Happy Mother's Day."
The blond president raised an eyebrow, then considered this with a finger or two on her chin, "Is that what it was?..."
The youngest of them nodded, "And he wanted to bring you a gift."
That snapped Milly back out of her thoughts, and with an aggravated gesture into the air, she exclaimed, "Well hasn't he ever heard of flowers?"