“Go ahead, Jetty won’t mind.”
“But-“
“Naw, kitten seriously, it’s all good.”
“Well if you say so,”
“FISH, don’t you dare!”
“But…Twostroke, Krill said I could.” The small tan and brown colored cat whined his ears lowering as he froze in place. Twostroke snorted and glanced over at the much larger dark furred cat. She knew there was a hint of a smirk hidden in the blank gaze she received in return.
“I’m sure and I bet that if he told you to jump off a bridge you’d do that too?” She snapped. Fish cut off his own reply when he heard a snort issue from Krill.
“And what may I ask is so funny?” She hissed turning to face Krill, her lips pulling back to show her teeth. Krill gave her a lazy grin.
“Now, do you really think I would have the childe jump from a bridge? No, no. We both know he’d land on his feet. There’d be no fun in that. None at all,” He shook his head lazily, side to side. Fish let out a small squeak while Twostroke’s jaw dropped open.
“Land on his feet! Are you mad,” Twostroke’s tail went bottle-brushy; “You have no care about his safety.”
“Now now, Lady Twostroke, I care for his well being. But, if I can make the issue of the given situation funny, I do believe that I shall choose that outcome instead. I merely have my priorities straight.”
“Well, I don’t care how funny you thought it would have been but, allowing him to jump into Hawk’s paints and then having him walk around would not have been a good idea,” Twostroke looks back towards the small kitten whose head is lowered. Krill snorts once again.
“You two bore me. My humans’ friend’s fish are more interesting to chat with than either of you. Listen,” He snaps causing Fish’s head to fly up bright blue eyes meeting a piercing green, “I suggest that you take a chance while you can. After all, you’re only a kitten once.”
He grinned showing off his sharp smile, made all the more intimidating with the one missing tooth, before he stood stretching. Turning he made his way out of the room in a strangely graceful manner for having such a bulky frame. Twostroke snapped her teeth after his retreating form.
“That…that…oh!” She smacked her front paw against the ground before turning back to look at Fish who was staring back at her with a confused look on his face.
“What did he mean ‘take a chance’?” Fish asked innocently. Twostroke winced.
“Well…he meant…I’ll tell you when you’re older.” She rushed out. Fish’s baffled look returned.
“But, if you tell me when I’m older then, I won’t be a kitten anymore then, I wouldn’t have any need to ask.” He stated, his head tilting to the side. Twostroke groaned putting a paw to her face.
“You’re the redneck human’s pet, how is it that you’re so…not dumb?” She asked aloud, not really expecting an answer but receiving one anyway.
“Because I hang around Krill,” Fish shouted happily while grinning proudly. Twostroke peeked out from behind her paw to see Fish nodding quickly his tail flicking back and forth.
“He tells me all these stories about when he used to live on the streets. He says that since I’m gonna be a house cat all my life I need to know about living out there so I don’t, um, ‘get any smart tailed kitten ideas about running away from my human’.”
Twostroke looked blankly at Fish for a moment before shaking her head, turning on her paws and walking from the room. Fish stared after her and only when her tail tip had disappeared around the corner did Krill come padding back into the room grinning.
“Good ‘ole Fish. I taught you well.” Fish grinned in return, “Now then, your reward.”
Krill’s smirk never left as he motioned to the open paint jars on the floor next to them. Fish’s eyes grew large as he looked from the jars to Krill then back.
“I promised.” Krill reminded him. Fish let out a shout as he lunged at the jars quickly covering himself and the area around him in paint. In all his excitement he did not notice Krill slip quietly from the room but, moments later, he did notice Jetty’s shout.