Kitties

Aug. 19th, 2013 02:27 pm
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Title: Kitties
Pairing: slight Lu Han/Minseok, Jongdae/Yixing
Rating: PG-13 for kittens in inappropriate places
Word Count: 1590
Summary: EXO-M develops a kitten problem.
Notes: For this prompt at [livejournal.com profile] exopromptmeme: "Minseok and Jongdae turn into adorable fluffy kitties while M is in China and Chinaline has to take care of them."


They make it onto the plane with the usual six members and assorted entourage, and off the plane and through customs. They make it past the fans and into the van and to the dorm without any trouble. They even make it into the dorm, but the second the door is closed behind them, something decidedly unusual happens. Where before there were six perfectly ordinary EXO members, there are now four perfectly ordinary EXO members and two very fluffy kittens.

"What the hell?" Kris asks at the same time as Zitao squeals, "Kitties!" and grabs for the lighter of the two cats, which scampers away from him. Lu Han's jaw gapes open and Yixing blinks in confusion.

"Umm..." says their manager, looking extremely confused himself. "What happened to Minseok and Jongdae?"

The three remaining members not currently chasing cats look at him with wide eyes, and then at the cats. The one not being chased by Zitao looks back at them with strangely serious adorable kitten eyes. "Minseok?" Lu Han asks. The kitten makes a motion an awful lot like a nod, along with a pitiful meow that probably means something along the lines of "Help, I've been turned into a cat."

"Oh no," the manager says, covering his face with his hands.



Ten minutes later, their bags have been safely put away and their manager is locked in a bedroom with his phone, his slightly-hysterical voice just audible through the door. That leaves the rest of them to deal with the two kittens that were there groupmates until a little while ago. Zitao has managed to capture Jongdae, who seems to be getting into this cat thing, purring as Zitao scratches his ears. Minseok has, to the surprise of absolutely no one, been claimed by Lu Han and is sitting in his lap with a resigned air as Lu Han pets him enthusiastically.

"He's so fluffy," Zitao says gleefully, and Kris gives him a somewhat sulky look that he completely fails to notice. Yixing continues to stare thoughtfully at the cats, either thinking deep thoughts about what's going on or still confused by their existence.

That lasts maybe thirty seconds longer before Zitao yelps, "Ouch!" and jerks his hand away, giving the kitten in his lap a scandalized look. "He bit me!"

"Are you surprised?" Lu Han says dryly, looking smug as the kitten in his own lap rolls over to have his belly scratched. Zitao pouts at him but he ignores it.

Jongdae, for his part, leaps off of Zitao's lap but is promptly grabbed by Kris. He squirms but fails to escape from Kris' big hands, so he bites him too. Kris curses and drops the cat, who bounds into a surprised Yixing's lap. "Hey, kitty," he says as Jongdae settles comfortably on his side, wearing the cat equivalent of a smirk.

Kris' glowering and Zitao's sulking are interrupted when their manager emerges, looking like he hates his life more than they ever could. "I've explained that Jongdae and Minseok are extremely sick and need to take the day off," he says, shooting dirty looks at the kittens as if it's their fault but immediately softening at the sight of just how cute they are. "I've managed to postpone almost everything but the four of you will have to do two interviews on your own."

"But what about them?" Zitao asks, gesturing toward Yixing and Lu Han's laps. "Are we just going to leave them alone?" His tone makes it clear how horrifying he finds the thought of leaving two adorable kittens alone.

The manager frowns. "They'll be fine for a few hours. Right? We'll give them some water and some milk or something and it'll be fine."

"You might regret that," Kris mutters.



The interviews go well enough once they get past the awkward non-explanation of why there are only four of them today, and soon enough they're finished. They should probably be practicing or otherwise putting their time to good use, but their manager is too flustered over one-third of his charges turning into cats to demand it, so they're free to return to the dorm.

The dorm is in decent enough shape when they get back, considering that they left two kittens alone in it. Only one of the two bowls of milk has spilled out on the kitchen floor and only some of that milk has been tracked around the kitchen and living room, and there are only a few claw marks in the sofa and curtains. Maybe even in kitten form Minseok still likes to keep things clean.

They find Jongdae and Minseok curled up on the couch together like real kittens, sound asleep, and they look so incredibly cute that it's impossible to be mad at them even if, as not real cats, they should know better. Kris makes the mistake of trying to pet them, and Jongdae wakes up to dig his nails into Kris' hand. Kris yelps and grabs his hand away. "Even as a cat, you're a jerk," he grumbles.

"Why did you wake them up?" Zitao asks, amused now that he's not the one in pain.

"Forget it," Kris says, trying and failing not to look annoyed when Jongdae leaps off the couch and goes to rub against Yixing's ankles until he pets him.

They settle down to watch a movie, with takeout food for the humans and milk for the cats. Minseok looks tiny and adorable curled up on Lu Han's thigh, while Jongdae somewhat suspiciously settles between Yixing's legs. Zitao sits next to Lu Han so he can pet the kitten less likely to bite his fingers off, but Kris decides he's probably safer keeping his hands to himself.

"Why do you think they turned into cats?" Lu Han asks as cars explode on the screen. He hardly even seems to notice that he's petting Minseok's head. "It's weird that it was just these two."

"That's what you think is weird about this?" Kris says.

"It must be magic," Zitao says, eyes wide and a little scared. "But I wonder why anyone would want to do that..."

"I wonder what it'll take to bring them back," Yixing puts in. "Like a magic word or a kiss..." (In his lap, Jongdae perks up.

"A kiss?" Kris repeats skeptically. "Hopefully it'll just wear off. Otherwise we'll be in trouble."

"I'm sure it'll be fine," Yixing says. A sleepy-looking Jongdae stretches so that his head is approaching dangerous territory, but Yixing doesn't react. "There's always a way out of these things."

"You say that like it happens a lot," Kris comments, giving him a funny look. Yixing just smiles and absently scratches under Jongdae's chin until he purrs.

They watch a second movie after the first, and halfway through the third when Zitao and both kittens are asleep, Kris says, "We should get some sleep." There's no telling what they'll have to deal with tomorrow, given the way today has gone.

He shakes Zitao awake, and he opens his eyes and asks groggily, "Is it time to get up?"

"No, time for bed," Kris tells him.

Zitao blinks a few times and rubs his eyes before asking, "Where will the kitties sleep?"

The kitties in question seem quite content sleeping on Lu Han's leg and Yixing's crotch. "On the couch, I guess?" Kris suggests.

"They can sleep in our beds," Lu Han says, earning him strange looks from the other three humans. "What?" he says defensively, still absently petting Minseok. "Cats are different."

"It's fine with me," Yixing says, scooping up Jongdae and heading to his bedroom. Lu Han does the same with Minseok.

"I want a kitten to cuddle with too," Zitao says, pouting again.

Kris joins him in sadly watching them go. "Maybe next time," he says.



Yixing wakes up in the morning with a decidedly not cat-shaped Jongdae draped across his side, with one knee approaching some questionable areas. "Oww," he says. When Jongdae doesn't wake up, he adds, louder, "Ow, you're squishing me," and gives Jongdae's shoulder a nudge for good measure.

He wakes up then and just says, "Oh," before rolling over so that he's lying next to instead of on top of Yixing, but his knee stays in its questionable position, leaving Yixing to wonder if he should have read more into Jongdae's choice of sitting location the night before.



In the next room, Lu Han wakes with a start because there is someone else in his bed, and there should definitely not be anyone but him in his bed. He lets out a yelp, startling the person next to him awake. Then, a few seconds too late, the previous night's events come back to him. He remembers Minseok the kitten curling up warm against his stomach, but now it's Minseok the human curled up next to him on a bed not made for two people, awake but not yet moving. "What?" he mumbles. Then, "Oh, right."

"Sorry," Lu Han says. "I forgot." By all rights, he should be in a hurry to get out of bed, or else to kick Minseok out of his bed, but Minseok is still warm as a human and the skin of his cheek where Lu Han realizes his hand is resting is still soft.

"Sorry for invading your bed," Minseok says, sounding a little amused.

"It's okay," Lu Han tells him. "Since you're here already, you can stay a little longer."



When their manager comes in to check on them a few minutes later, he just says, "Thank god," before turning and hurrying out of the room, muttering, "Not you too..."

Date: 2013-08-24 08:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hawk-fry.livejournal.com
Lol Jongdae you sneaky bastard.

Date: 2013-08-24 12:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chateaucartoon.livejournal.com
SO THAT WAS YOU! LET ME LOVE YOU FOR REVEALING YOURSELF! THIS WAS A FANTASTIC FILL!

Date: 2013-08-28 02:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sparklepox.livejournal.com
Thank you! I'd been thinking about making an actual fic journal and that finally got me to do it. :)

Date: 2013-08-25 01:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shirahimejj.livejournal.com
Kitties, kitties, kitties! Get it, Jongdae! XD

Date: 2013-08-26 12:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] baeklights.livejournal.com
this was so adorable! i agree with tao, i want a kitty too.

"Even as a cat, you're a jerk," he grumbles.
hahaha, jongdae would.

this was one of the cutest/best things ever.

Date: 2013-08-28 02:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sparklepox.livejournal.com
Hee, thank you! I wouldn't mind an EXO kitty of my own. ;)

Date: 2013-09-16 10:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buzzbird.livejournal.com
Jongdae was just my favorite thing in this fic XD such a perfect little snarkmachine, even when he's a kitten <3

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