Please, please love me.
pairings: Sesoo, chanjong.
words: 1.8K
rating: super mega G G G
summary: all sehun wants is someone to love who loves him. That's not that much, right?
notes: Sehun and Jongin are pet/people hybrids, similar to the catboys! stuff.
notes 2.0: because of ang. all because of ang.
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Sehun opens his eyes blearily, ears twitching at the sounds of doors opening and wheezes a second later when something big and heavy lands on top of him.
"Morning!" Jongin yips, pulling horribly on his ears. "Sehun! Breakfast!"
"Get off," Sehun whines, batting away Jongin, who rolls away before springing to his feet and bouncing over to the side of their horrible pen, tail wagging. Sehun looks up to see Chanyeol. Oh great.
"Morning!" Jongin chirps up at Chanyeol, eyes shining at the young man who walks in and immediately bends down the ruffle Jongin's hair.
"Did you sleep well?" Chanyeol asks, smiling at Jongin before glancing over at Sehun. "Morning, Sehun."
Sehun huffs and flicks his tail in front of his nose. Chanyeol doesn't really care. Not about Sehun, anyway. Jongin is his favorite, it's not like it's any secret.
For breakfast, Jongin gets kibble and cuddles from Chanyeol.
For breakfast, Sehun gets mushy tuna surprise and a pat on the head. Chanyeol sneezes three times and Sehun's tail droops because of course Chanyeol is allergic to him. Of course he is the only kitten left from his litter. Of course no one wants him because of his grumpy face and big hands and feet that are too awkward to snuggle.
"Why are you always so moody?" Jongin asks that afternoon when Chanyeol is cleaning up from his morning shift.
Sehun doesn't even bother to answer him as he stalks with hackles raised and tail out to flop down in his spot by the window and cry at his reflection. At least someone wants Jongin. At least Jongin is cute and bubbly and fun and he loves someone. At least Jongin has something to look forward to when he wakes up in the morning.
All Sehun has is weird cat food and his jingle ball toys. Which are fun but it's not the same as someone scratching behind his ears that he can curl up in the lap of. That always looked nice when he saw the other kittens doing it. But even Minseok, the shop owner, seems to be scared of Sehun and his grumpy face.
Who could love a grumpy faced cat like Sehun anyway.
He sniffs loudly, rubbing at his nose feverishly and then whimpering, crying all over again because snot is so gross. Sehun is grumpy faced and gross and life is so horrible.
Life is shit.
"See you guys tomorrow!" Chanyeol says brightly and Sehun doesn't even turn around when Jongin calls "Bye Chanyeol, iloveyoulotschanyeol!" because it just will make him cry more and everyone will see him crying and that'd be horrible.
His grumpy face crying just sounds horrible.
Jongin sighs from the pen and Sehun ignores him because it's wistful. Jongin is a puppy. No puppy should sound wistful, only cats can be wistful when they're kittens. Sehun has been wistful his whole life for someone to pet him on the head and scratch his neck kindly. But the only person to do that was Luhan, Minseok's friend, who seemed okay with Sehun's grumpy face but is apparent odc about clean things. At least that's what Sehun thought he said when Minseok warily looked at Sehun and suggested Luhan take him home. Sehun liked Luhan a lot.
Jongin sighs again and Sehun huffs. "Would you stop that? He's coming back tomorrow."
"But I miss him," Jongin whines and Sehun frowns deeply at him.
"Yeah? well I miss Tao," Sehun huffs and Jongin's eyes widen. "And Yixing, but they have families now and I don't and no one is going to adopt me so just shut-"
The door bell tinkles and Sehun looks up, mid sentence at the new person who walks in. It's not Chanyeol, but a much smaller guy who looks... surprised.
He smells funny, but not in a bad way and Sehun hastily wipes the tear tracks from his face. Shoving back from the window, he walks over to stand where Jongin is leaning up to look over the top of their pen, tail wagging curiously.
"I've never seen him before,: whispers Jongin as Sehun curls his fingers over the top of the pen, ears perked and curious. "Who is he?"
"Why don't you shut up so we can find out?" Sehun suggests and Jongin hits him cruelly. Sehun's ears go flat.
Minseok smiles when surprised guy walks up to the counter. "Hey!" he says, happy. "I thought we were meeting for lunch."
"I got out of work early," the guy says, looking around. "Thought I'd stop by. See what you have to pass the time waiting."
"Well, the litters are pretty picked over," Minseok says, gesturing to Jongin and Sehun's little pen. "And i'm pretty sure Chanyeol is in love with that little toy poodle, so don't get too attached." He smiles. "I'll be done in a bit, Kyungsoo.'
Kyungsoo. Sehun thinks about it for a second, mouthing it too just to see. It tastes like tunafish. Sehun likes tunafish.
The guy, Kyungsoo, looks down at him and Jongin and seems to hesitated for a moment before he plops down right beside the pen. Jongin's tail immediately starts wagging, anticipating love and attention and he isn't disappointed, Kyungsoo scooping him up and plopping him into his lap. Sehun's little heart breaks and he lets out an involuntary mewl, ears drooping and tail limp as he watches Jongin flop into Kyungsoo lap. Jongin is so cute and fun and interesting and Sehun is--
"Hey, little guy," says Kyungsoo, smiling gently as he reaches into the pen and Sehun is so busy feeling sad he starts when something brushes the top of his head. He ducks, eyes wide and ears back, surprised before blinking up at the equally wide eyes of Kyungsoo, watching him.
Sehun hasn't been pet since Luhan. Nearly a month ago. Chanyeol tries but sneezes instead. This is...
"Sorry," Kyungsoo says, making to withdraw his hand and Sehun hastily scrambles to reach up and butt his head against the hesitant fingers desperately. Please, please pet me.
Kyungsoo's eyes, if anything, widen further. "Okay?" he asks as Jongin watches the scene avidly from Kyungsoo's lap.
"It's-' Sehun nearly chokes. He's so nervous and excited. "It's fine. Hi." Kyungsoo lowers his hand carefully and the first brush of them against Sehun's head is like breathing catnip for the first time. Sehun immediately leans up for more, eyes closing in bliss as Kyungsoo gently begins to pet over his head, careful of his ears and lingering at the nape of his neck, scratching slightly. A light rumble begins in Sehun's chest before it builds so loud his whole body is shaking in happiness.
"I've never seen him do that," Jongin says, aghast from Kyungsoo's lap as Kyungsoo begins scratching behind Sehun's ears and oh my god this is heaven. Sehun is in love. Sehun is so in love he's shaking with the force of it.
"What, purr?" Kyungsoo asks as he begins petting Sehun's head again and, yes, Sehun is absolutely in love with Kyungsoo. So, so much in love.
"Is that what it's called?" Jongin asks, sounding amazed as Kyungsoo pets down Sehun's back. Oh my cat mother.
"Yeah," Kyungsoo says. "Hey, Minseok," Kyungsoo calls and his hand pauses at the small of Sehun's back and Sehun is so dulled by being pet he sways slightly. Wow.
"Yeah?" asks Minseok. Sehun forgot he was there. He can't hear over the sound of his own purring he's in such a daze because touching.
"You said only the puppy is called for right?" Kyungsoo asks and he starts petting Sehun again and Sehun stops listening or caring about anything.
"Yeah," Minseok says, voice muted because purring and happy and someone maybe likes Sehun enough to pet him. This is too beautiful.
"Why? Did he capture your heart too?"
Sehun feels his purr shudder in his throat. Oh no.
"Actually, I was thinking of taking the kitten home with me," Kyungsoo says and Sehun stops purring all together from the shock of it. What?!
"What!" Jongin yips from Kyungsoo's lap. Sehun is going to fall over soon. He just knows it.
"Really?" asks Minseok, sounding surprised and happy. "That's great! He needs a good home. Poor little thing like him. He's really cute, even if he doesn't look happy all the time. He was just born forever serious I guess."
"What do you mean?" Kyungsoo asks, looking down at Sehun who has already begun to slump down. Oh no. Don't look at him. He has a grumpy face and then when Kyungsoo sees he won't love him anymore. Oh no.
"I think he has a nice face," Kyungsoo says and Sehun can't breathe. Sehun is in love. Sehun also is in shock and can barely move. "Like, not adorable cute but a nice face. He'll be a really handsome tom when he grows up."
Sehun can't even purr he's so happy. Jongin is looking at him with this huge grin and you can't even see his eyes. It's weird; he looks like an alien. Sehun is still in love with Kyungsoo though so who cares.
"I'm glad you think so," says Minseok, stepping around the counter. "How about we deal with the adoption papers after lunch then?"
"Sounds good," Kyungsoo says, plucking Jongin from his lap and plopping him back in with Sehun. Who is in shock. And love. In shock and in love. With kyungsoo. Oh my.
"Be back later, kitten," kyungsoo says with a smile and Sehun is going to explode in purring if Kyungsoo touches him again.
"Sehun!" Jongin yells just as the door is about to close and Kyungsoo pauses, Minseok peering around him,
"What?" Kyungsoo asks, looking at Jongin.
Jongin beams and Sehun sways slightly on his feet. "His name is Sehun," Jongin says and smiles beautifully.
"My name is Sehun," Sehun repeats dazedly and smiles up at Kyungsoo. Because he loves him. Kyungsoo smiles at him and says "see you soon, Sehun," before he leaves and he's perfect. Everything is perfect.
Jongin is still smiling. His tail is wagging now too. "Sehun," he says, voice serious as the door jingles closed. Then he throws himself on top of Sehun yelping "you have a home" and Sehun bursts into tears because he finally does and he's so damn happy he can't think. "Why are you crying?!" Jongin asks, voice suddenly so concerned as he tries to lick and wipe away Sehun's tears from his face.
"Because I'm so happy!" Sehun snuffles, wiping at his face himself. This is so embarrassing but he can't help it. He's never been in love before. He's never had a home and someone who likes him like this. It is a bit overwhelming.
Jongin takes his hands and squeezes them, snuggling up to Sehun as they sit on the floor together. "Well," he says, head butting Sehun and nuzzling him gently with that sweet, sweet smile. "Now we both have homes and people who love us."
Sehun hiccups at him and smiles bigger than he's ever smiled before. Jongin giggles and pokes his cheeks delightedly and Sehun has never been happier.
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a/n: askjgioheog