The Apartment Above Luke's, Thursday Evening

[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy was still glowing from yesterday's museum trip with Anders and now tonight Dante was coming over for the evening, too. She appreciated the lengths they were going to make sure she didn't feel too lonely or lost while she was still adjusting to being back. She'd had a whole evening planned out as a thank you to Dante over it...

But then there had been puppies. She'd come in from her shower and decided to take a minute to refresh her Tumblr before drying off and getting dressed, and then she'd stumbled over a link for a pet adoption website that curated pictures of dogs that needed to be adopted from nearby shelters if you put in your zip code. Which Kathy, more fool her, had done.

And now was scrolling through picture after picture of adorable romping puppies and distinguished older dogs all looking for forever homes and who even knew what time it was anymore, there were puppies.

[For that guy]

Comments

[spin_kick_snap]

"It could be anyone leaving that shade of kitty fur on my clothes, you don't know," Kathy said, her nose in the air. "I don't see why you have to blame him for it."

Kathy absolutely played favorites with the cats. But she was pretty sure Dante did, too, so all she was doing was evening things out.

[rebelseekspizza]

"Because Blondie's blonde and he's not," Dante said, rolling his eyes. He poked her in the side.

[spin_kick_snap]

"Yeah, but I bet she saves his fur and puts it on my stuff deliberately just to be a brat," Kathy said with a little squeal. "We know who she gets it from, too."

[rebelseekspizza]

"Anders?" Dante said brightly. "You?"

[spin_kick_snap]

"That's some gross slander and I won't have it in my house," Kathy informed him.

She was a very intimidating sight, barefoot in her terrycloth robe and towel that was slowly losing its battle with gravity.

[rebelseekspizza]

"Oh, sorry," Dante said, holding up his hands. "Kathy, don't hurt me!"

[spin_kick_snap]

"Better," she sniffed, giving him a sharp nod. The towel on her head wobbled. "Fuckin' trying to sass me in my own house. Rude."

[rebelseekspizza]

"I'll ooh and aah about how nice it is during the grand tour, to make up for it," Dante promised, dropping his hands with a laugh.

[spin_kick_snap]

"You'd better, or the grand tour is ending with you out on the front stoop," Kathy declared, which wasn't even a thing in this apartment, but she wasn't going to let that stop her anyway. "And you can stay there, looking sad and pathetic, until I feel merciful and let you back in."

[rebelseekspizza]

"I gotta go find my boombox and play 'Say Anything' for you?" Dante joked.

[spin_kick_snap]

"Don't make promises you won't keep," Kathy said, dropping down onto the couch. "That would be awesome."

[rebelseekspizza]

"You watched way too many 80s flicks in your life," said the pot.

[spin_kick_snap]

"I'm sorry, who named his guns Harry and Sally?" Kathy snorted. "You're just mad that I'd think about running away with a young John Cusack before you could."

[rebelseekspizza]

"He's way old now, anyway," Dante sniffed.

[spin_kick_snap]

"Enh, you'd go for an older guy in the right circumstances," Kathy decided. "Don't know what they are right now, but you totally would."

[rebelseekspizza]

"Oh, c'mon," Dante said, poking her. "Old people are gross."

[spin_kick_snap]

"Excuse you, there are some really hot old people," Kathy informed him. "I mean, okay, John Cusack's a little past his prime, but then there's, like, Idris Elba and I will fight you over how hot he is."

[rebelseekspizza]

Dante tilted his head. "... Okay, fine. I'd fuck Idris Elba," he said. "You happy?"

[spin_kick_snap]

"Yes, because now I get to think about you and Idris Elba fucking," Kathy said with a dreamy smile. "Even if I'm not involved, that would be really pretty."

She rested her legs in Dante's lap. "If I were gonna go lesbian, it would be for Cate Blanchett in that lady heist movie, too, cause goddamn."

[rebelseekspizza]

"Oh, so it's just that you have a thing for older women, now I get it," Dante said, patting her knee.

[spin_kick_snap]

"You're just not gonna be happy until I'm facedown in the lap of some woman with my tongue out," Kathy declared. "Doesn't matter who, just someone."

[rebelseekspizza]

"I mean, and I'd want pictures, but yeah," Dante said merrily.

[spin_kick_snap]

"Maybe for your birthday," Kathy leaned over to pat his face. "I'll go down on a girl just for you."

[rebelseekspizza]

"Awwww, best girlfriend," Dante said, kissing her cheek. "...Were you gonna show me the puppies? Why were you looking at puppies?"

[spin_kick_snap]

"There's a website that you put your zip code into it and it shows you a bunch of pictures of puppies nearby for you to adopt," Kathy said, her face alight. "Well, also adult dogs and stuff, but all dogs are puppies."

It was fact.