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“‘oshi look!”
The tired five year old looked to his energetic friend, then to where he was pointing.
Very small paw prints in the dirt and leading somewhere.
Izuku grabs Hitoshi’s hand, making the boy look back up at him and huff when seeing Izuku bouncing in place. “They’re kitty prints! You like kitties don’t you?” He questions enthusiastically, “We should follow the prints and see the kitty! Maybe you could even keep it??? You always say how you want a kitty!”
“M..Mhm..” Hitoshi agrees shyly, he’s not really sure if his parents would let him keep it but.. Maybe he can try.
He doesn’t think he’ll be able to really ask but maybe if he held up the cat to them and did the pouty face…?
“C'mon!” Izuku squeaks, basically dragging Hitoshi towards where the kitty could be. The five year old just lets himself be pulled along, very much used to his best friend’s energy.
They waddle down the dirt path, following the kitty prints until they come across an opening. Right in the middle is a kitty sprawled on on their stomach, purring as they soak in the sun. When hearing the kid’s footsteps they look up, tail moving lazily and letting out a yawn, just rolling onto their back when deeming the kids not a threat.
Izuku eagerly approaches the kitty, dragging Hitoshi with him and crouching by the cute kitten- pointing eagerly at it. Hitoshi crouches along with his bouncy friend, stopping Izuku from petting the kitty seeing as they didn’t know if it was feral or not…
Instead, Hitoshi just shows Izuku how to do it properly. He takes Izuku’s hand and puts it in front of the cat’s nose- Izuku make’s an ‘ohhhh’ sound and waits. The Kitty sniffs the hand once, before butting it’s head up against the tiny hand and purring loudly.
Both of the kids instantly melt, giving the kitty all the pets it wants.
“Do you think it’ll let you pick it up Toshi..?” Izuku questions while scratching behind the Kitty’s ear and looking at Hitoshi with curious eyes.
“U-um…” Hitoshi fidgets, retracting his hand and thinking about how he would do this… The boy eventually settles on just opening his arms as if wanting a hug towards the kitty. The kitty eyes Hitoshi with an emotion that Hitoshi can’t exactly read too well, then stands on all four paws and trots over in the most dramatic way. It flops over into the boy’s arms, making Hitoshi squeak and freeze for a moment- but then relax and let a small smile form on his face.
“She loves you!” Izuku giggles, hands coming up to squish Hitoshi’s face making him blink at Izuku. “You’re a cat whisperer.”
Hitoshi snorts at his best friend’s behavior, and it makes Izuku giggle again with a bright little smile.
Then, Izuku gasps out, “Let’s go to my house with the kitty first and prepare the kitty to look really fancy so your parents will definitely let you keep it!” He says as if it’s the greatest idea in the entire world.
Hitoshi blinks again, not breaking eye contact with his best friend as if he was a cat himself and this was a sign of trust.
He slowly nods in response.
Izuku ‘WOOPS’ and stands up clumsily, taking Hitoshi’s hand again and helping him up with the kitty.
The kitty just lets herself be taken from her sunbathing spot, as if this was the plan the entire time.
And as the parents will find out in the future, this cat definitely favors Izuku and Hitoshi.
A lot.
(all art is by me! ^-^)
