New roommates
Regulus walks out of the door as soon as he hears the car pull by their house. He was lucky enough to get out of work sooner than usual today, so he is looking forward to spending the whole afternoon with his boyfriend. Maybe they can go for a movie or a lovely walk. There is an art exhibition in the town he wanted to visit. James is just walking around the car and is about to open the boot of their car when Regulus approaches him.
“Hello, mon amour.” He greets him cheerfully. He expects James to smile at him and kiss him as always. He certainly doesn’t expect James to jump in surprise with panic in his eyes.
“Regulus. You are home early.” James says quickly.
“Yeah? I was done for today so…” He eyes his boyfriend suspiciously. James squirms under his gaze. He leans against the back of their car, trying to look nonchalant, but Regulus knows better. There is a moment of silence between them. It’s a waiting game Regulus always wins. James doesn’t have strong willpower, so it never does him take long before he spills whatever he has done this time.
The silence is broken by a low meow coming from the car. James’ gaze quickly shifts from Regulus to the car and right back. Regulus is trying hard to fight the smile that’s tugging at the corners of his lips.
“James?”
“Yes?” So, we are playing this game Regulus thinks.
“Why is our car meowing?”
“I have no idea what you are talking about.” James lies and closes his eyes in defeat when the car meows again and doesn’t stop.
“HmMmm…” Regulus softly pushes James out of the way to open the boot. Inside there is a huge safe car cage with not one but three cats. They are looking at Regulus with the same surprise as Regulus is looking at them. After the initial shock, he turns to James and raises his eyebrows.
“I have no clue how they got there.” He says and Regulus gives him an unimpressed look. “But if I had to take a wild guess, I would say that maybe somebody stopped by the shelter today because their boyfriend said a few times already that he wanted to get a cat. And maybe the cats were too cute that the person couldn’t leave them there.” James gives him a sheepish smile.
“I said I wanted a cat as a one.”
“But Reggie, they were friends already. And I can’t just take one away from their friends.” He wraps one arm around Regulus' side tugging him closer. “So, you see I had no other option than take all of them.” And Regulus can’t fight a smile spread on his lips, because James looks so happy, and Regulus would be dammed if he would spoil it for him. And frankly, the cats look cute, and Regulus is sure they will get them the perfect home.
“But we don’t anything for them here,” Regulus says in a worried voice and James beams at him. He pulls him in for a quick kiss before he turns them around to face the boot again.
“If you may shift your gaze a little to the right, I bought something. But we can go shopping together again later.” Regulus spots the big bags full of toys and other necessities including three big cat beds. He laughs. Regulus truly wanted a cat for a long time now, he already searched for these big sets of shelves you can put on your wall, so they have a place to play. He has to order it tonight.
“Yeah, okay.” He says and crawls inside the car boot to meet their new roommates. As he lets the brave cat climb into his lap he looks back at his boyfriend. James is looking at him with so much love that Regulus feels his cheeks redden a little bit. “Thank you.” He whispers and scratches the cat behind its ear.