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CHARACTERS: Nepeta and Equius
DATE: Shortly after THAT 12th Perigee's Eve party
WHERE: Hive de Nepeta & Pounce
SUMMARY: The two moirails are flushed for the same troll and are finally going to talk it out between them
WARNING(S): Moirail times and feelings jams. All the feelings jams.

Nepeta waited eagerly by the door of her hive, anticipating her moirail's arrival. She'd invited him over as she so often did, but unlike most times she'd politely asked Pounce if she'd go catch some food for them. Lots of food. Enough food that it would keep Pounce away from the hive for quite a while.

Her lusus knew how to take a hint and had slunk off after giving her not-quite-so-young-anymore charge an affectionate headbutt. So now all that remained was for Equius to arrive. Nepeta had already prepared lots of stuff in a great big pile for them to use, even a couple of spare robots parts to make her moirail more comfortable.

They were both going to need to be comfortable for what was probably going to turn out to be a very awkward talk.

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"Equius!!! No, that wouldn't be a good time!!"

There was an annoyed growling starting up in her chest again. "A date! Someplace he's comfurtable! Not on a table in your workshop!"

"What's uncomfortable about my workshop? I'm comfortable in my workshop!"

His workshop is super comfortable, he'll have you know, stop implying otherwise!

"That's the point! It has to be somepurrlace you're both comfurtable!" Sorry, Equius, she wasn't going to budge about this! "Yes, yes, it's a nice purrlace but can't you see Tavros might feel intimidated in there?! Especially if you tell him while you're fixing his legs! He won't be focused on what you're saying, he'll be worrying about being able to walk. No, no, it has to be somewhere else. Somewhere romantic! Ask Aurthour to purrpare a picnic to take to the beach purrhaps." How did a feelings jam about their mutual feelings for Tavros turn into this argument...

"I still think my workshop would be a good place to do it."

And he's totally going to practice what he's going to say while Tavros is unconscious, and she can't stop him. So there. But then, he also sees the point in what she's saying, and considers it.

"The beach wouldn't be good; he'd get sand in his legs. But maybe in the forest somewhere?"

"Just beclaws I'd be comfurtable in a room full of kitties doesn't mean you'd be, and just beclaws you're comfurtable in your workshop doesn't mean Tavros would be."

This was simple logic, Equius, really. (She is also internally giggling at the image of tiny purrbeasts crawling all over her moirail.) And fiiiine, practice while he's unconscious. As long as he did it for real later on.

"Okay, then in the furest! Tell him you want to go and celebrate his legs working again or something and tell him there!"

"Okay, okay, I'll do that."

Equius would be horrified at having kittens crawl all over him; he wouldn't be able to move for fear of crushing them!

"Thanks for helping me with this, Nepeta, I really appreciate it."

"Good!"

Nepeta knew this very well. But somehow the image is still adorable to her. Little purrbeasts and her moirail! Two of her favourite things! ...he still hasn't met her new purrbeast, after all. She'd left her asleep in a basket in her respiteblock, but the kitten would probably be awake and looking for her any minute now.

"Of course! You know I'll always always help. I just want you to be happy. Tavros too." Their feelings meant more to her than her own, she cared for them that much.

"I want you to be happy, too."

Which is Equius' sidelong way of saying that they need to find someone for Nepeta to pail, too, since it appears that he might be taking Tavros off the market. He worries about her and her mark, and how difficult she seems to have it here.

"Is there... anything I can help you with?"

"I am happy! I have you here."

Nepeta wasn't just saying it either. Even if things were a bit rough, having her moirail around was the most important thing to her. She could weather just about anything as long as he was there too.

And she also knew him well enough to read between the lines to his real question.

"I...I don't know, really. It doesn't seem like it's all that impurrtant unless a curse or some other bad thing happens beclaws of it."

"Is there anyone that you're interested in? Anyone you'd like to pail?"

Yeah, pretty soon she's going to wish they'd kept arguing about his and Tavros' upcoming date, because it's only going to get worse from here on out.

Equius, she liked it a lot more when they were talking about things that made you embarrassed and not her. She was fast turning a bright shade of green.

"Not...anyone who's interested in me." Because she was pretty sure Karkat was out of the question and there really wasn't anyone else she had those sorts of feelings for. She continued in a rush, "Even with Tavros I'd have been purrfectly happy just cuddling him! Pailing is too much."

Nope, gonna talk about things that embarrass you now. Nep.

"Cuddling, huh... you know, even if Tavros was my matesprit, I wouldn't mind it if you cuddled him. That would fine with me."

Polyamorous cuddling passes Equius' Not Vulgar Meter.

"Ohhh, really really? I'd miss cuddling him if I couldn't any more! He's good at cuddling."

She beamed happily - but from her simple pleased reaction he might be able to gather that they are not entirely on the same wavelength.

Nope, sorry, Nepeta, you're talking about his other favorite person now, and anything subtle you're trying to convey here completely escapes him.

"He is good at cuddling, isn't he?"

"Yup yup, he is, he really really is. But..." She beamed up at him, "You'll always be my favourite to cuddle." Equius might not be able to cuddle her back, but that didn't matter to her.

No subtle messages here now, just super-relieved they seem to have left that embarrassing topic behind. She still had no intention of pailing anyone if she could help it, though.