[Sunday, April 17th. 1:00 p.m.] [It's been a very tiring night, but this isn't night anymore. It's afternoon! And Katie seems to have gotten some sleep, as she's not walking into walls or anything upon climbing to the third floor of Kyon's apartment complex.] * Katie looks around, then heads over to apartment 314. She hesitates a moment before ringing the doorbell. * Kyon pushes himself quickly off the armchair in the living room, and stalks halfway to the door. "Yeah?" * Katie calls from the other side, "" * Kumaguro walks quickly over to the door and stares at the doorknob expectantly. Then back at Kyon. Then at the doorknob. * Kyon watches the cat for a second, then walks the rest of the way over and opens the door, standing above the entryway and holding it open, gesturing at the slippers curtly with his other hand. * Katie is on the other side in a light jacket, t-shirt, and jeans. "" she says as she steps in and glances in his eyes. * Kyon shrugs quickly, and blinks his dark red and brown eyes once before quickly turning to head back to the living room, wearing a dark grey t-shirt with blue sleeves and dark jeans. "" * Kumaguro waits until Katie has the slippers on, then winds between her legs. * Katie switches shoes for slippers and finds one cat. She laughs a little and brushes a hand against his head. "" * Kumaguro butts his head against her hand and looks at her expectantly. * Katie rubs at Kumaguro's neck and head a bit before standing and walking into the living room, after Kyon. * Kyon stops by the armchair, and looks back over his shoulder before dropping back into it, looking up at her. "" * Kumaguro walks back to the living room, and jumps up on the arm of the couch. * Katie nods down at Kyon. "" * Kyon snorts. "" * Katie blinks. "" * Kyon shrugs quickly, and shoved his hands into the pockets of his jeans. "" He smirks. "" * Katie looks vaguely worried. * Kyon shrugs quickly. "" * Kumaguro yawns widely, and stares at Katie. * Katie blinks at Kumaguro, then gives in to the cat's demands and has a seat on the couch. * Kyon looks off at the window, putting Katie in the corner of his field of vision. "" * Katie removes her satchel, placing it on the couch next to her, then reaches over to lightly pet Kumaguro. "" * Kyon nods quickly. "" * Kumaguro stretches contentedly out under her hand, and blinks at Kyon. * Katie keeps petting the cat, watching it instead of Kyon. "" * Kyon shrugs quickly. "" * Katie looks up. "" * Kyon looks at Katie a bit more directly, although not straight on. "" * Katie sighs. "" * Kyon tugs one hand out of its pocket, and gestures with it. "" He smirks. "" * Katie grins a little. "" She rubs at her hand a bit before going back to petting the cat. * Kyon presses himself up in his chair a bit. "" * Kyon raises an eyebrow, and looks at Katie full on for the first time. "" * Katie keeps her eyes on Kumaguro, taking a moment to scratch him behind his ears. "" * Kyon looks pensive for a short moment, then nods curtly. "" * Kumaguro purrs softly, closing his eyes tightly and laying his head on his paws. * Kyon nods quickly. "" * Katie blinks. "" * Kyon shrugs quickly, and smirks. "" He scowls, then. "" * Katie looks up and blinks. "" She hesitates, then says, "" * Kyon cocks his head, and asks, "" * Katie runs a hand through her hair. "" * Kyon nods quickly. "" * Kyon nods quickly. "" * Kumaguro stretches a bit, then resettles under Katie's hand. * Katie lets out a heavy sigh and slumps back into the couch, giving Kumaguro one more heavy pet before removing her hands to twist them together. She watches her fingers. "" * Kyon raises an eyebrow. "" * Kumaguro turns his head, and looks at Katie reproachfully. * Katie rubs at her forehead. "" She cuts herself off, then continues, "" * Katie pauses, then adds, "" * Kyon snorts, and taps his fingers on the side of his chair in rapid succession. "" * Kumaguro swings his head around, and springs off the couch to the floor, then over to the armchair. He jumps up on the arm, resting next to Kyon's arm. * Katie sighs. "" * Kyon rolls his eyes, and looks out the window again. "" He adjusts his armwarmer, and runs his knuckles over Kumaguro's head. "" * Kumaguro bends his head a bit, and closes his eyes again. * Kyon nods curtly. "" * Katie rubs at her eyes with one hand. "" * Kyon blows out a breath. "" * Katie folds her hands and looks at the floor. "" * Katie chuckles. "" * Kyon smirks. "" He sobers, and nods quickly. "" * Katie thinks, then nods and says, "" * Kyon nods tersely, and looks back towards her with a scowl. "" * Katie chuckles. "" * Kyon waves a hand quickly, and looks slightly off to the side. "" He scratches under the cat's chin. "" * Katie returns her attention to Kyon. * Kumaguro stretches out his chin so Kyon can reach under more easily. * Kyon pulls his other hand out of his pocket. "" He tugs up his armwarmer. "" * Kyon smirks. "" * Katie turns her attention away to look out the window. "" * Kyon nods quickly, and look over at her sidewise. "" * Kyon leans forward in the chair, and looks over at Katie directly. "" He looks away to the window, across Katie's gaze, and adds, "" * Katie flicks her eyes so she can meet Kyon's briefly, then says, "" * Kyon shrugs quickly. "" He looks down at Kumaguro. "" * Katie looks briefly puzzled. "" * Kumaguro looks back up at Kyon, then gets up on his haunches and butts his head against Kyon's chin. * Kyon smirks down at the cat. "" * Kyon shrugs quickly. "" He keeps his eyes fixed on the cat's. "" * Katie looks at him and smiles a little. "" * Kyon looks up at her, his gaze stopping halfway between her and the cat. "" He shrugs quickly. "" * Katie leans forward. "" * Kyon looks up at her more fully. "" He leans back in the chair, shifting his back against it. * Kyon gestures a hand at the space between the chair and the couch, and smirks. "" * Kyon nods quickly. "" * Katie stands. "" * Kyon presses up in his seat, and looks at the cat again. "" * Kumaguro looks up at Kyon for a second, then springs off the seat, and zips past Katie out of the room into the kitchen. * Katie watches Kumaguro go. "" * Kyon blows out a breath. "" He looks up at her with a scowl. "" * Katie rolls her eyes and then fixes them on Kyon, walking up to him and looking down. "" * Kyon looks up at her. "" * Katie turns and has a seat on the armrest Kumaguro vacated. "" * Kyon glares across at her. "" * Kumaguro pads back over to the way into the living room, and sits down, licking his whiskers. * Katie laughs a bit and shakes her head. "" * Kyon raises an eyebrow. "" * Katie shrugs. "" * Kyon presses himself out of the chair, and stalks off towards the bedroom, throwing over his shoulder as he goes, "" * Kumaguro perks, and zips to jump up onto the chair. * Katie falls onto the chair when Kyon leaves, calling after him cheerfully, "" * Kyon comes back into the room, carrying two wrapped boxes. He looks coolly at the chair, and sits on the couch opposite Katie. "" * Katie stays in her comfortable sideways position and looks over at Kyon. "" * Kyon rolls his eyes. "" He puts the boxes on the floor, and slides them over to the base of the chair. * Katie looks down at them for a moment before shifting so she's sitting normally and picking them up. * Kumaguro watches her shift, and reacts by jumping onto the opposite armrest. * Kyon watches impassively, leaning back on the couch. (One of the boxes is rather larger than the other, by the way.) * Katie rubs at Kumaguro absently for a bit before picking the smaller box up with both hands. She starts tearing off the wrapping paper. [Inside is a box with a big painting of a panda on it. The panda is eating chocolates. Underneath it, in dark red letters, it says something in Chinese; underneath that, it says "Panda Dark Chocolate Collection" in Japanese.] * Katie blinks, then she smiles and takes the lid off, checking to see if there *are* chocolates in there. * Kumaguro looks at Katie, and bats loudly at the wrapping paper. * Kyon rolls his eyes. "" * Katie laughs and pushes the paper towards Kumaguro so he can play with it. "" She puts the lid back on and sets the box to one side before picking up the second one. * Katie opens it! * Katie removes paper, rather. Have to do that, first. [Inside the second box is a shirt. It's made of grey silk, with a pattern of two large robins sitting on a blue-flowering tree branch. The buttons are made of dark blue stone.] * Kumaguro rejoices in crinkly paper. (Hee. Cat in paper!) * Katie removes the shirt and pushes the box over for the cat to play with, too. She holds it up. "" * Kyon shrugs quickly. "" * Katie looks past the shirt and to Kyon. "" She looks at the shirt again, then starts to fold it. "" * Kyon nods quickly. "" * Katie sighs and sets the half-folded shirt on her lap. "" * Kyon looks off at the cat in the paper. "" He hesitates, then says awkwardly, "" * Katie nods and looks down at the shirt. She smooths it. "" * Kyon looks up at her, then turns his gaze a bit to the side. "" He stops for a few moments, and says very quietly, "" * Katie lets out a little snort, then says, "" * Kyon looks up at her fully. "" * Katie doesn't return the look, still studying the shirt. She twists a button between her fingers. "" * Kyon doesn't say anything for a bit, and doesn't move his gaze. "" * Katie looks up to meet Kyon's eyes for a moment, then she says, almost lightly, "" * Kyon snorts. "" He barks out a laugh, then leans back. "" * Katie shrugs. She's picking up a bit of a smile again. "" * Kyon shakes his head quickly. "" * Kyon snorts. "" * Katie shrugs. "" * Kyon nods tersely. "" * Katie picks up the larger box and places her shirt back in it, fitting the lid on top. "" * Kumaguro looks up from the paper to jump onto the box, and stares at Katie. * Katie stares back at Kumaguro, then laughs. "" * Kyon snaps to call the cat over. "" He looks off to the side. "" * Kumaguro stares at Kyon, then saunters off to sit under the window. * Kyon looks over at her sidewise. "" * Katie nods. "" * Katie picks up the chocolate box and sets it on top of the larger one, then stands, placing them both on the armchair. She walks over to Kyon and holds a hand down to him. * Kyon looks at her hand uneasily, and then up at her. He tugs at the end of his armwarmer, and reaches his hand up most of the way towards hers, but doesn't touch it. * Katie gazes at that for a moment before reaching down the rest of the way, grasping Kyon's hand, and pulling him to his feet if he'll let her. "" She sounds surprisingly gentle. "" * Kyon squeezes her hand a bit as he gets up, then loosens his grip and looks down at their hands almost fearfully. "" * Katie lets go and leans in, giving Kyon a gentle hug. "" * Kyon gingerly rests his hand on her back, and rests his head on top of hers for a second. "" * Katie giggles. "" She sobers. "" * Kyon steps back a bit, and looks down at her. "" He smirks. "" [Minisession End.]