capeandcowllogs | pets aren't allowed. [COMPLETE]

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pets aren't allowed. [COMPLETE]

WHO: Jason Todd, Rose Wilson
WHERE: The infamous apartment
WHEN: Dec 28th evening
WARNINGS: No animals were harmed in the creation of this log
SUMMARY: a stray kitten follows Jason home......
FORMAT: Quicklog

The fluffy gray cat looked up at him and meowed. "Shoo, get the hell out of here," Jason pushed the kitten with his foot in the opposite direction. He had hoped that roughing the small thing up enough would encourage it to stay away from him. That wasn't really the case. The cat had managed to follow him all the way home and was conveniently sitting at the threshold of the apartment.

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Rose peeked out of the bathroom, toothbrush in mouth, and squinted. The hell... She leaned back in to spit, rinse her mouth, and step out.

"Who'd you drag alon--"

She blinked. A cat. She looked at Jason, quirking her eyebrow and slowly pointing at it.

"What?" Jason looked at her, clearly irritated. He was distracted long enough to allow the cat to slip through the door entrance and into the apartment.

She knelt down and held out a hand for the incoming cat to sniff.

"Just didn't take you for an animal-person," she remarked lightly.

Jason closed the door behind him and crossed his arms as he watched Rose with the cat.

"I'm not," he sighed, already aware of what was probably going to happen. "We're not keeping it."

"If you say so," she replied with a slight pout, scratching behind the cat's ears. "But you're the one who's gotta throw it out."

"Why me? It'll just follow me back," Jason sighed as he knelt down next to Rose to get a good look at the kitten. "Besides, you're not helping with the petting and shit."

"What'd you expect?" she snorted, giving him a look. "I'm not gonna kick a cat. That seems more in your realm."

She smirked and watched it pad over and rub its nose against Jason's pantleg. Rose elbowed him. "Now's your chance to show how much of a jerk you are."

Jason shot her an icy look, "Shut up." He sat still as the cat tried to get his attention, which it did, however he didn't exactly know what to do. He wasn't going to kick it but he knew that the more attention the two of them gave it, the harder it would be to get rid of it.

"Stupid cat," he muttered as he caved in and petted the cat, somewhat roughly.

Rose grinned a little. It didn't take precognition to see that the longer the cat stuck around, the less likely it was for Jason to muster up the will to get rid of it.

Her smile faded slightly. "Maybe it's parents dumped it off, too."

Jason frowned at her comment as he continued to pet the kitten. "Shit's tough, even for cats, huh?" he spoke nonchalantly.

"Well, Jesus," Rose huffed, "if people don't give a rat's ass about other people, I don't think cats are high up on the list, either."

She gave him a nudge by leaning against him. "It's cold as hell tonight. Let it stay for the night or something."

"Some people prefer animals over other people," he said as-a-matter-factly. The cat was now on its back playing with Jason's finger.

He tensed slightly, having the cat stay for the night seemed harmless but it was also the same thing as keeping it indefinitely.

"Eh..."

"Not enough of them, then," she shot back with a little huff. She frowned a little.

"Come on," she pressed. "It's not like having it around would be the worst thing ever. It's like, obsessed with you or something. Might just come back on its own when you dump it again."

"It's not the actual having it stay here being the problem," he forced a sigh, moving his finger around for the kitten's amusement. "It's the fact that we--I don't exactly have the time for a pet, now if you want to waste your time taking care of it, by all means."

"You got plenty of time to drink and grumble around," Rose muttered, rising to her feet. She retreated back to the bathroom to get her hairbrush.

"Do what you want with it. I don't care."

Jason gritted his teeth. She had to always be so difficult now matter what the situation. This one happened to be a more ridiculous than usual.

"Of course you don't," he hissed under his breath. He picked up the cat and held it in front of him so that he could look at it face to face. "What the hell am I going to do with you?"

Rose leaned up against the door frame, slowly running the brush through a handful of hair, watching Jason and the cat with an unreadable look on her face. It'd probably be a huge pain in the ass trying to keep a cat in check, when they weren't there half the time, but...

He sighed again. At this point, he was pretty sure he wasn't going to be able to just ditch the kitten. Rose just had to mention it being abandoned.

"I guess this means I have to go buy cat food now, huh?"

Rose snorted, rolling her eye. "Not unless you can train it to like Chinese."

"Chinese and beer," Jason grinned. "You might be better off on the streets."

He placed the cat back down on the floor and stood up. "Well, if we're keeping the damn thing, it's gotta be litter trained, or hell, learn how to use the damn toilet."

"Ew," Rose replied, almost instinctually. "Yeah, you have fun with that one. It likes you, so it'll listen to you better."

He rolled his eyes, "Gee thanks."

The cat began to rub itself against Jason's leg while purring quite loudly. "The thing needs a name now too," he looked over at Rose.

Rose was rather amused at how quickly Jason softened up to the idea of keeping the cat. She set her brush back in the bathroom and strode over, sitting down next to him and poking the cat 'til it noticed her. At his glance, she pouted her mouth a little in thought.

"I dunno if it's a girl or a boy," she mused. "So call it Ash or something."

"Ash sounds good, a lot better than naming it Rose or something," Jason smirked.

"I'll get whatever crap it needs tomorrow morning," he walked over to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator to pull out some cold cuts.

"Don't listen to him," she cooed at the cat, scratching under its chin, "he's just mad 'cause he's got a unicorn named after him."

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