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sasuhinasno1fan · 8 years ago

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Matchmaking cat

@lolakinsart, I am your backup Santa for @voltron-ss. So when you said fluffy shklance, I thought. I was going to do a YouTuber au, but it was Lance filming a video and it just seemed so long winded. It was a lot of talking and not a lot of shklance interaction, though Lance did mention his amazing boyfriends a lot. So I decided to pull from the story of how Lance met Keith in that universe and do this instead. Hope you like it and it’s somewhat fluffy for you.

Lance blinked down at the black cat that stood near the animal shelter he worked at. The cat had short hair and was long. His knowledge of cats wanted to say it was a Burmese, but that didn’t seem right. The cat had on a purple harness and a chequered collar but no tags were hanging from it.

“Where did you come from?” he asked. The cat just blinked and jumped up, Lance scrambling to catch her. All the movement made Blue meow from her carrier that was hanging from his shoulder. Seeing that he had cats to deal with, he pulled open the door and went inside. Allura was sitting behind the front desk and looked up when he walked in.

“Lance, hello. Who’s this?”

“I found her outside. I think she belongs to someone, but she doesn’t have any tags.” He carefully dropped the carrier on the ground and let Allura get a closer look at the cat in his hands. “I think she’s a Burmese, but I’m not sure.”

That cat purred as Allura starched under its chin. “I think it’s a Bombay. They’re similar to Burmese, hence to the confusion. But how did she get here?”

Lance shrugged, “any apartment nearby? The park? I don’t know. It couldn’t have been that long ago, she’s not dirty or anything.”

“You can work the desk so she can be out here. If she’s lucky, her owners will come looking for her.” Lance let the cat down on the counter and let Blue out of her carrier. Blue jumped up and sniffed the other cat. She must have decided she was fine with her and jumped down to where the computer was, curling up on top of the keyboard. Lance was just glad to see the computer was off.

“Well,” he told the black cat, “I guess you’re our guest.” Allura gave him his job of sorting files and left to go check on the other cats.

Lance filed away, the black cat only coming to bother him when he pulled out a pen to write something. She swatted at it as he wrote and he could help but look at her in a ‘are you serious’ kind of way. He had just finished the pile when the door opened. The person who came through had black hair and a frantic expression. He was talking to someone on the phone.

“Takashi, calm down. We’ll find her. She couldn’t of-” he stopped when he saw the black cat sitting on the counter and yelled, “Kuro!”

Kuro, as Lance guessed her name was, jumped down from her perch and went over to the man, jumping up into his arms. He seemed stunned, just staring at her as she meowed innocently.

“Um…” Seeing he wasn’t alone, the guy looked at Lance. He quickly told whoever he was on the phone with where he was and hung up. “So I’m guessing that’s your cat?”

“My boyfriend’s but yes.” Lance tried not to deflate. The guy was cute, but Lance was not going to flirt with a guy in a relationship. “Thanks for watching her.”

“No problem. She was sitting by the door when I was coming in. she’s not wearing tags so sorry I couldn’t call.”

The guy looked a bit sheepish. “That was my fault. She has tags, it just that she was using her iFetch yesterday as they were making a lot of noise so I took them off. I meant to put them back on when we went to the park, but I forgot. I didn’t think it would matter but I turned my back for two seconds and she was gone.”

“iFetch? She plays fetch?”

“You can blame her dad. She likes it so I can’t complain that it keeps her occupied.”

“I guess. I’d try to remember to put her tags on. Is she microchipped? It’ll make it easier for her to be found.”

The guy nodded when the door opened again. This guy had black hair as well, but his was cropped and his fringe was dyed white. He looked relieved at the sight of Kuro and the guy holding her.

“You found her, thank goodness.”

“Yeah. She was here with, um…” the guy looked at Lance and looked a bit lost.

“Oh, I’m Lance. Yeah, she was outside the building when I was coming in.”

“Right. I’m Shiro and this is my boyfriend Keith.” Lance assumed Shiro was a nickname then. “I swear we’re actually good pet parents. Keith was at the park waiting for me to get off for lunch and Kuro escaped somehow.”

“She’s never done this before though.”

Lance could see that both had been really worried and waved his hand. “Hey, it’s ok. You guys were worried and went looking for her immediately. She might have seen something and then took off after it. If you really want to, you can try one of those really long leashes if you think she’ll take off again.”

“Long leash. Ok thanks. And really, thank you for taking care of her.”

“It’s no problem. She was a sweetheart, minus playing with my pen while writing.”

Keith pointed to Shiro, “Yeah, that’s his fault.”

“Yeah. Anyway, thank you again.”

“No problem. Bye Kuro.” The cat meowed as her owners left, talking to her as they walked down the street.

Lance sighed. Both the guys were really cute and they seemed happy in their relationship. Lance didn’t want to automatically say he wanted to be part of their relationship without getting to know them first, but the chances of that happening where pretty slim.

Or so he thought. Lance had been coming back from lunch break to find Kuro sitting by the front door of the shelter. Her harness was on and he could see the heart shaped tag hanging from her collar. She let herself be picked up this time as Lance stared at her.

“How the heck did they lose you again?” there was one number on the back of Kuro’s tag so Lance called.

“Hello?” Lance recognised Shiro’s voice. He sounded out of breath and kinda panicked.

“Um, hey. This is Lance, from Altea Shelter. I found your cat Kuro the other day.”

“Oh my goodness, she’s there isn’t she?”

“Yeah. She was sitting outside. I take it you guys are looking for her again?”

“Yes, we’ll be right there.”

Lance hung up and looked at Kuro. “You’re a bundle of trouble aren’t you?” Kuro just meowed at him. Blue had taken over his chair behind the desk, so he sat in one of the chairs for people who came to try and adopt pets. Kuro curled up on his lap and fell asleep. Lance was surprised she found herself there again. Shiro sounded worried on the phone and was relieved when he said Kuro was back at the shelter. Keith himself looked utterly relieved when he came in that first time and saw Kuro sitting there. They weren’t bad pet parents. Kuro was happy to see them too, so she didn’t run away cause she felt like she was in danger. So how come she ran away again?

The door opened and Shiro came in, looking around and seeming to untense at the sight of Kuro.

“There you are. Why’d you run off this time? Lance, I’m so sorry.”

“It’s fine. She’s not hurt and that’s the good thing.”

“We unhooked her to untangle her leash and she darted off.” Kuro woke up and let Shiro pick her up. “I don’t know if something spooked her, but I think just keep the leash on.”

“Do you think she’s getting bored of going outside?”

“We bring toys in case of that. I feel horrible that she keeps running off if there’s something I can do.” Shiro really did care. It was concerning as to why Kuro kept taking off.

“I guess the leash is your best bet and keeping an eye on her.”

Shiro sighed, “I guess so. Thank you again.”

“No problem. Bye.”

Shiro had left when Pidge, one of his co-workers and Allura’s girlfriend poked her head out from the back room.

“Was that Shiro? White fringe, really buff, scar on his nose?”

“Yeah? Why?”

Pidge got this look on her face. “Nothing. Though I heard him. He’s friends with my brother.”

“Yeah, the cat that appeared her the other day is his and I found her outside a while ago. Shiro’s worried about her running off.”

“And Keith? He worried too?”

Lance felt very confused as to what Pidge was trying to get at. “Yeah. I met him first when he came in and found Kuro.”

Pidge hmmed. “So, they’re pretty cute.”

“Pidge, what are you planning? I’m sure you know they’re dating. Just cause I’m poly doesn’t mean I’m a home wreaker.”

“I know that. I also know that they’re both poly as well, so you don’t have to feel bad.”

“Pidge,” Lance walked behind the desk and picked Blue up, sitting down before placing her on his lap, “they’re probably not looking for anyone else in their relationship now. Just cause I think they’re cute doesn’t mean I’ll force myself on them.”

Pidge looked almost disappointed. “Fine. But they are ok with another person, just so you know.”

“Ok thank you.” Pidge went back and left Lance to think. Hearing that they were poly made Lance hopeful, but he wasn’t about to throw himself at them, if they didn’t want him. He’d rather wait until he had an idea.

Lance had a day off and was at a coffee shop when he heard something scraping against the window he was sitting next to. He looked over and almost choked on his coffee. Kuro was scratching at the glass. He looked and saw a leash clipped to her harness, so he was sure her owners were very far. Sure enough, Keith came to the window and picked Kuro up. Lance noticed his hair was pulled into a ponytail and his bangs were pulled back. That was not fair, he looked too cute. Keith looked through the window and stilled at the sight of Lance. Lance gave a small wave, with which Keith replied with a sheepish grin. Shiro appeared not long after and looked almost guilty at the sight of Lance.

“I swear we’re good pet parents.” Lance had moved outside, sitting at a table with Keith and Shiro, Kuro curled up in Shiro’s lap, asleep against his arm.

“Well, I’d find it hard to believe except you have the leash on like I suggested and you two turn into concern parents when she goes missing.”

“This time we saw her take off, but thankfully I still had most of the leash so it wasn’t hard to go after her. We were sure we tired her out but I guess not.”

They looked so conflicted. They were worried and Lance wanted to help them.

“Maybe she’s bored going out every day and doing the same thing? You take her out every day right?”

“Yeah. I work at home so it’s an easy way to get her exercise.” Keith answered.

“Maybe she wants something new. If you guys are up for it, maybe you could get another cat so she could have a companion?”

The two dark haired men looked at each other. “Well, Keith did want to get one, but he was fine with Kuro so he never bothered.”

“It’s something new for Kuro. Maybe with the new cat she won’t want to run off. You’d have to keep the cat inside until they get used to each other, but they’ll be able to play with each other.”

“If it gets her to stop, sure.” Shiro said, scratching behind Kuro’s ear. “Thanks a lot Lance. I know this is a weird situation, but thanks for being understanding.”

“It’s no problem, really. I’m gonna miss her visiting.” And them.

“We can adopt from Altea Shelter.” Keith offered.

Lance thought. There was a new kitten that came in, a runt of the litter but extremely feisty. He had a feeling she’d fit in perfectly. “I might have just the cat. If you want, you can do a home stay adoption. See how she lives around the house and if she’s a good fit, she can stay.”

Lance checked that the Somali kitten was ok in her carrier. A tote bag held the food she had been on as well as some litter. He walked into the apartment complex and took the elevator to the 7th floor. 7d was where Keith and Shiro lived. Apparently it was a loft apartment so there was enough space for the new kitten to be around and Kuro as well. He knocked on the door and it swung open, Keith on the other side.

“Hi.”

“Hey, I come carrying a possible new member of the family.”

“Perfect, come on in.” the place was big. The area he walked into was the living room, dining room attached with an open kitchen. He saw a large barn door blocking off another area. “That’s where the bedroom is, Kuro’s in there.” Sure enough, Lance could see Kuro’s paws poking through the bottom of the door. Shiro came from the kitchen.

“Lance, hi.”

“Hey, so ready to meet the kitten?”

Lance put the carrier down in the living room and opened it. Confidently, the little red kitten walked out.

“She’s a female, about 12 weeks. She was brought in with her brothers but she’s the runt so she wasn’t adopted as quickly. But she’s very playful and Somalis can be very affectionate.”

“I can see that.” Keith was wearing sweatpants, which caught the attention of the kitten as she started playing with the ends of his pants, getting her claws stuck.

They all sat on the living room floor watching the little kitten run around and getting into things. Lance could see that Keith and Shiro had fallen in love with her. They did keep an eye whenever she went near the barn door. Lance could see Kuro’s shadow as she sniffed the new thing within her territory, but she didn’t seem to be hissing, which was a good sign.

“I’d keep them separated for maybe a week, but I do suggest feeding them on opposite sides of the door so they can associate something good with each other.”

Keith pulled the kitten into his lap, where she started playing with his fingers. “You know a lot about cats.”

Lance shrugged, “well I’ve been working at the shelter since I dropped out of college. I couldn’t find what I wanted to do, so I stopped and found Altea.”

“Vet?” Shiro suggested

Lance shook his head, “chemistry isn’t my best subject. I’d rather be working to get the animals adopted.”

“Lines like that must get you all the ladies.” Keith teased.

Lance decided to use this as an opening. “It would, but then when you mention your both pan and poly, that kinda fizzles away pretty quickly.”

“Ah. Which excuse do they give you? You’re poly, so you’ll cheat on me? Or your pan, so you cheat on me?”

“Or a favourite of ours, you’re poly, so why don’t you want to sleep with me and my boyfriend?”

So Pidge was right. They reactions pretty much made it obvious they were poly. Lance pushed back the hope. Just cause they were didn’t mean they’d want another person in their relationship.

“Eh, both usually. They’re loss, I am an amazing boyfriend and love animals. What more can you want?”

Both guys laughed at him but didn’t tease him on his statement. It was getting really hard to not want to be with them. He wanted to fit in and be happy with them. But he wasn’t going to approach that without their go ahead.

A couple days had passed and Lance kept in contact with them. They sent text with updates and pictures constantly and just talked to him with what he had been doing. Kuro wasn’t running off with her new sister to play with. Red, as she was named, loved the outdoors, though she kept getting stuck in trees. There had been a few times Lance was sure the two were flirting over text but he didn’t want to push anything if he was wrong.

That question got answered when Keith and Shiro came by one day. Keith actually looked a bit nervous.

“We were wondering if you wanted to get coffee?” Keith asked before Lance could greet them.

“Um, like to hang out or?”

“Like a date. We’ve been pretty interested but we didn’t know if you would be ok in a poly relationship but you said your fine and then we thought you’d say no because we kept losing Kuro.” Shiro explained.

“I wasn’t going to say no cause of that. I could tell you were worried about her.”

“Also, this is gonna sound weird, but we’re pretty sure Kuro was trying to matchmaker us.” Lance raised an eyebrow at Keith statement. “it’s just, Kuro actually doesn’t like a lot of guys, even those we’ve tried dating and even when you had your day off, she was able to find you. We think she was trying to get us together after that first time.”

Match making by a cat. Well this was new. But Lance was not going to let that stop him.

“Well I’d hate to prove her wrong. I’d love to go to coffee with you.”

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