And here's another cute chapter for you all. :3 Enjoy.
Karkat sighed and sat down next to Kanaya. Planning out a wedding could take so much time and energy. And Kanaya was still working! Karkat was both worried and impressed. She had a lot of energy.
"Where's Nepeta?" Karkat asked.
"Oh, she went to the park with her friends." Kanaya said, not looking up from her work. "I told her to be home in time for supper."
"I'll go make sure she comes back in time." Karkat said, getting up. He put his shoes on and walked outside, glad for the fresh air. It was mid-evening, so Nepeta wouldn't have to go home yet, but soon. Karkat jogged lightly to the park.
Nepeta was playing on the swings with her friends. Sollux was pushing her swing higher and higher. Horrus was pushing Rufioh's swing and Casey and Jane were both being pushed by John. Aranea was swinging herself. Karkat grinned and jogged over, coming up in front of them.
"Karkitty!" Nepeta exclaimed. She jumped out of her swing and Karkat caught her, nearly falling over.
"Oof! Watch it Nepeta!" Nepeta just giggled. Karkat put her down and she ran back to her friends.
"Hi Karkat." John said. "Did you come to pick up Nepeta?"
"Not yet." Karkat said. Nepeta got back on the swing.
"Karkitty! You push me now!" she said. Karkat nodded and walked up behind her. Sollux went on the swing next to her and Karkat pushed her swing, gently at first, then harder. Nepeta laughed and kicked her legs. Karkat grinned and pushed her higher. Then Nepeta suddenly jumped off. She landed fine and ran off.
"Nepeta!" Karkat exclaimed, running after her. She stopped and crouched down. "What are you doing?"
"Shh!" Nepeta hissed. "I'm stalking my purrey!" Karkat looked ahead of her and saw a squirrel with its back to her, munching on a nut. Nepeta slowly advanced on it. Karkat wondered if he should stop her. But it was so cute. He looked behind him and saw Sollux was holding up a phone.
"What are you doing?" Karkat asked.
"Video-taping thith." Sollux said.
"What? Why?!"
"Becauthe it'th tho cute." Karkat was about to yell at him when he reminded himself that Sollux was a kid, and so was Nepeta. Must suppress over-protective-brother-instincts! Karkat looked back at Nepeta. She was crawling slowly to the squirrel, which still hadn't noticed her presence.
"The purredator catches the purrey…" Nepeta muttered. When she was a few feet away from the squirrel she pounced at it. It shot away and Nepeta chased after it, still on all fours. Karkat started laughing, and so did Sollux and John. The squirrel ran up a tree and Nepeta started to climb after it. Karkat ran over to her.
"Nepeta, come down!" he called. Nepeta was jumping from branch to branch after the squirrel. "Nepeta! Seriously!"
"The purrey's escaping Karkitty!" Nepeta called down.
"I don't care about the stupid squirrel! You're going to hurt yourself!" Then Nepeta grabbed the squirrel by the tail and landed on a branch.
"Look Karkitty! I caught it! I caught it!" She dangled the poor squirrel above Karkat's head. Karkat sighed and Sollux and John were howling with laughter.
"Great job. Now let the poor squirrel go and come down." Nepeta let go of the squirrel and it scampered off. Then Nepeta jumped down and landed on Karkat, knocking him down.
"Thanks Karkitty!" she said, getting off him.
"You're welcome." Karkat groaned. Sollux came over, still laughing.
"That wath great Nepeta!" he said. Nepeta beamed proudly.
"Thanks Sollux!"
"Okay, it's getting late." John said. "I think we should all head back."
"Yeah, good idea." Karkat agreed.
"Aw, already?" Nepeta pouted. Karkat nodded. "But I wanna catch another squirrel."
"Another time, okay?" Karkat picked her up and carried her to John's car. Sollux's mom was there to pick him up.
"Bye!" he said.
"Bye!" Nepeta and her friends called. John drove everyone else home. Karkat carried Nepeta on his shoulders into the house. Kanaya was there to greet them.
"Welcome home." she said. Nepeta ran up and hugged her.
"Mama! I caught a squirrel!" she cried.
"You did?!" Kanaya exclaimed.
"She chased it up a tree." Karkat said. "I made her let it go afterwards. Sollux video-taped it, so ask him if you can see it next time he comes over."
"Definitely." Kanaya answered, grinning. She patted Nepeta on the head.
"Come on, it's time for supper."
It turned out all the people who'd been planning were staying for supper as well. Alex was working his hardest to feed them all.
"We're sorry about this." Porrim said.
"Don't worry! This is the most excitement I've had in awhile!" Alex said, beaming. He seemed to be really enjoying himself. Supper was spent discussing the wedding plans and how everyone would get there.
"I'm going to be the flower girl!" Nepeta said happily.
"Yes, you are." Porrim said, scratching behind her ears. Nepeta began to purr, causing everyone to look at her in surprise. They burst out laughing and Nepeta grinned. Karkat laughed too. It was an unusual sight.
The guests left after supper and Karkat tucked Nepeta in bed. Nepkat lay beside her and Nepeta petted her fondly.
"I'm excited." Nepeta said. Karkat smiled and kissed her forehead.
"Well, you still have a bit of a wait." he said. Nepeta nodded and closed her eyes. Karkat turned out the bedroom light. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight Karkitty."
Yep. Nepeta loves to chase squirrels. :3
Hope you all thought it was cute. Next chapter is Porrim and Kankri's wedding. :)