#loth cat versus theron's ass

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Prompts

23. Cat for Aketho and Theron

Theron wanted to flop face-first onto the bed; he was so exhausted. But he knew better than to do so, not with the wound through his chest still healing--he did not want to deal with the wrath of the doctor who treated him nor the staff under her. Instead, the former spy gingerly slid onto the bed, laid down face first, and groaned in relief. He heard Aketho chuckle softly as the man headed toward the bathroom. Closing his eyes, Theron just listened to the running water and the ambient noise of the room--not quite ready to fall asleep but still too tired to do much else. After a moment, there was a shift on the bed by his side, as if something very light jumped onto it. He was about to look when whatever it was moved right onto his back and let out a loud “Merrrow?” near his ear.

“The fuck?” Theron said as he turned his head to look and was greeted with two dark, beady eyes of a tiny loth-kitten. The former SIS agent blinked a few times as the little cream and ginger-colored kitten tilted its head and sniffed by his ear. After a moment, the kitten’s eyes went squinty as it started to purr quite loudly--he swore it was almost as loud as a starfighter engine--and licked his cheek. Theron made a face at the feeling of sandpaper against his skin but went with it. The kitten was rather cute and seemed more than friendly. He would have wondered where it came from if he didn’t recall a conversation from years ago where Aketho mentioned he’d always wanted a cat. Apparently, he had gotten one while Theron was off, making his life a living hell…sigh, he really needed to do something to repay him for that.

The kitten made another loud meowing noise and nuzzled the side of Theron’s head before it moved from his upper back down to his lower back. Theron sighed when he felt the feline settle right on his rear. He would have been okay with that until the cat started to knead one cheek, claws occasionally digging into flesh through his pants. He made a soft, strangled noise before calling out. “Hey, hun?”

“Yeah?” came the call from the bathroom, water still running from the faucet.

“Did you happen to get a cat while I was away?”

The water turned off, and there was a long silence that followed.

“Maaaybe,” Aketho finally replied, sounding extremely sheepish about it--Theron could only imagine what he looked like at that moment. “I take it Kthira’shan’omi came out of hiding?”

“....really? That’s what you named the cat?” Theron sighed. Sure, he was learning Cheunh and was getting better at pronouncing Chiss names, but couldn’t Aketho go with something like Mr. Mittens… okay, maybe not that name, but still. 

“Her full name is Merit Adoptive, Patriel Kthira’shan’omi, actually.”

The cat meowed quite loudly at that. Apparently, the cat knew her name and approved.

Theron sighed again. “Could I at least use her corename?”

“Of course, it’s Ashano, and--PPFT!”

Theron turned his head at the noise and saw Aketho leaning against the bathroom doorway, hand over his mouth as his eyes crinkled in laughter. He sighed and shook his head, pressing his face back into the pillows.

“And here I was worried she wouldn’t like you,” Aketho stated through laughter. He heard the other man move closer until he sat beside him on the bed. Theron turned his head again to look up at the Chiss. Aketho smiled at him before leaning in and planting a kiss under his eye. “I love you,” he murmured.

“I love you too, Keth,” Theron replied with a sweet smile--he still couldn’t wrap his head around the fact that the other man had forgiven him so easily. Or at least it seemed to be easy. He--“OW! Do you mind!? My ass is not a pin cushion!”

“Merrow,” Ashano purred up at him, eyes squinty as she kneaded his rear one more time for good measure before hopping off.

Theron sighed and carefully rolled over onto his back. Aketho was laughing again as he slid in beside him on the bed.

“This is going to be a thing with her, isn’t it?” the brunette sighed, wrapping an arm around Aketho’s waist as he settled beside him.

“More than likely,” the Chis chuckled, head on Theron’s shoulder.

Another sigh escaped his lips. “Well, at least she’s cute.”

“Indeed.”

Several minutes later…

“Wait…did you name your cat Shan!?”

Aketho laughed.

----------------------------------------------------------- This was a lot of fun to write. XD And it's 100% canon to Aketho's lore/story.