From: howemuchtrouble	Date: August 19th, 2010 12:38 am (UTC)		(Link)

He couldn't help but laugh at the mention of free standing bookshelves. It was both so typical and with a room like this, she'd barely be able to move around. His eyes went to the flower on the nightstand again for a moment while he sipped the coffee in his hands before nodding.

"Alright. Introduce away," Keegan's gaze shifted to the gray mound on her bed. Something told him that mound was who he was supposed to meet. But, for all he knew, she could surprise him with something else.

	From: cabotine	Date: August 19th, 2010 12:45 am (UTC)		(Link)

Rowan smiled at his laugh, and then again when he asked for the introduction. She indicated the very large, furry grey lump on her bed with her hand, saying "Grimalkin, this is Keegan. Keegan, this is Grim."

The mound of silver-ish grey fur uncurled its tail and stretched. Grim was a large cat... thing. Still on the young side, as was evident by his overlarge paws and ears and young looking face, Grim easily weighed 20 lbs already. The cat regarded him with an intelligent look in its green eyes as it came over to the edge of the bed, his eyes on Keegan's the whole time.

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: August 19th, 2010 12:49 am (UTC)		(Link)

Keegan's eyes remained on the cat... thing... while its eyes remained on him. The way his eyes went a little wide marked that he was a bit surprised by the size of Grim already. Still, this was probably Rowan's familiar, thus intelligent, and he shouldn't start going "Here, kitty, kitty".

"Well, nice to meet you Grim," he said with a smile at the large cat. Keegan remained still instead of moving closer to the bed for the moment, remembering the temperament of his own familiar. If it was a good idea, Rowan would say so.

	From: cabotine	Date: August 19th, 2010 01:05 am (UTC)		(Link)

Two things happened at once. Rowan said to Keegan, "It's alright to come say hello with a proper pet if you want. I have a feeling that you both are going to get along fine."

At the same time, and as Rowan watched, Grim yawned and then looked up at Keegan with a deliberate feline look of sizing up competition before arching his neck out toward the newcomer, looking to sniff his hand.

Once Rowan saw him do that, she arched an eyebrow. "Well this is a good sign, anyway."

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: August 19th, 2010 01:10 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Oh, that's comforting," Keegan looked back at her with a smirk at her comment about the sign as he went to move over towards the bed, and therefore closer to Grim. He hoped she was right. Even though Grim was only a cat, or at least cat-like, maybe one of those Kneazle things he heard about, but it was important to her. Or so he assumed.

Keegan knelt down in front of the bed, one leg on the floor while the other remained bent so he could use it to rest his coffee on while still holding onto the hand. Then he hand went to Grim, hovering within the cat's reach for the necessary sniffing test.

	From: cabotine	Date: August 19th, 2010 01:18 am (UTC)		(Link)

Oh it was very important to her. Grim was a rather important part of Rowan's life, and to have him like Keegan would be a weight off her shoulders. Even just for the reason of if they were spending time in her room and grim was there, the two of them being friendly would make things calmer.

Grim reached over to sniff at Keegan's hand, looking at his eyes as he did. It was only a few seconds before the large grey cat head-butted Keegan's hand in an attempt to get some scratches out of him. Rowan laughed aloud, clearly happy that this was going well. She moved to sit on the bed with her coffee. "Well, he definitely likes you. Last time someone he didn't like did that, there were sutures involved."

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: August 19th, 2010 01:25 am (UTC)		(Link)

Oh, that made him so much more comfortable about the situation. It was always fun to find out that you were just in a situation where your hand could have gotten mauled.

Still, Keegan looked happy enough that Grim seemed to like him, no sutures aside, and let the smile show on his face. Grim wanted scratches and petting, and so Keegan was happy to provide plenty of attention as he shifted to sit on the bed. It made it so much easier.

	From: cabotine	Date: August 19th, 2010 01:44 am (UTC)		(Link)

Grim submitted to the attention as any cat would, really. With dignity and poise, for the most part. Until apparently he had enough with that part and wanted some other attention.

The large cat/kneazle hybrid dropped his poise and rolled over to in between the two high school students, only to roll onto his back, looking for tummy rubs. Rowan laughed again. "Oh yeah. I mean, I would have warned you if he started growling, but as he didn't I knew you would be fine. I've never seen him do this before though."

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: August 19th, 2010 01:48 am (UTC)		(Link)

Keegan couldn't help but laugh a little bit at the display of 'pet me' between the two of them. It was horribly cute and, well, a little unexpected. "Well, I'm glad he likes me," he answered with a small shrug, "Even enough to do this."

In a small way, he felt a little flattered. An important part of Rowan's life liked him, and liked him enough to do something even she had never seen. Still, he took a sip of his coffee before he proceeded to give Grim those desperately wanted tummy rubs. He was a sucker for cute.

	From: cabotine	Date: August 19th, 2010 02:00 am (UTC)		(Link)

The vibrations from Grim's purring could be felt on the covers of Rowan's bed. Raising one eyebrow at her familiar, she looked up at Keegan with an expression that was partly one of amusement and partly one of surprise. "I'm really glad too. I was almost worried for a moment... but that was silly of me. I mean, how could he not like you?"

She knew Keegan to be well-intentioned. Somehow, deep down she knew that he would never hurt her, despite his outwardly troublemaker demeanor. Which she loved. It gave him an air of mystery and excitement which frequently made her. She knew though that he was a sweet boy at heart, and she could see now that her instincts were right for once, doubt them though she may. If she were wrong, Grim would have taken a swipe at him at the very least.

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: August 19th, 2010 02:07 am (UTC)		(Link)

He was amused, and certainly enjoying himself, and it was visible by the smile on his face. Keegan shrugged again in answer of her question, though. "I was hoping that was the case. I like to think I'm easy to like."

Keeping one hand busy paying attention to Grim until either his hand got tired or Grim decided he had enough from him for the moment, he used the other to work on his coffee. He hadn't had any before he left the house, so it was certainly helping.

	From: cabotine	Date: August 19th, 2010 02:17 am (UTC)		(Link)

Rowan worked on her own coffee as Keegan and Grim became better acquainted. She smiled at the image of her boyfriend and the other close male in her life as they stayed there on the bed together. "I think so too. I had been hoping you would get along with each other. I think that you'll get to like him, honestly. You two are rather alike in temperament sometimes."

Grim stayed there, purring like a fiend for perhaps another half a minute more, before getting himself up, and moving from between them. He moved to rub his head against Rowan's elbow and then continue on behind her as she spoke to Keegan.

"He's fun to have around. Although sometimes it seems like he gets some rather interesting ideas of what I should and shouldn't be doing at any giv-- oof!" She moved as if propelled forward toward Keegan's face, not far enough to accidentally hit into him, but close enough to make her blush after a moment. Grim was standing on his hind legs, his front legs up on Rowan's shoulders, looking directly at Keegan for a moment.

"I, um... I..." She blushed a little deeper, inches from his face. For his part, Grim politely looked away it seemed.

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: August 19th, 2010 02:23 am (UTC)		(Link)

He was about to ask what she meant by being alike in temperament, and if that was a good or bad thing, when she suddenly came towards him. The hand previously used to pet her familiar shot out to catch her, though she managed to stop herself before she actually needed it.

Keegan's eyes glanced from her to the cat pushing on her shoulder for a moment before he smiled again. Well. This was just convenient.

"I like Grim," was the only thing he said, in amusement, before he moved to kiss her. He only stopped smiling when his lips touched hers, catching her in a lingering kiss. It was pretty clear to him what Grim's cue was, and as weird as it was for a cat to push her into it, it was an opportunity he wasn't going to miss.

	From: cabotine	Date: August 19th, 2010 02:32 am (UTC)		(Link)

She kissed him back with a kind of embarrassed scrunching up of her nose and forehead. The pressure on her shoulder eased almost as soon as she was kissing Keegan. This was an activity that she was sure that she was never going to get tired of, so she kissed him back, losing the embarrassment in place of the sheer joy she got when his lips touched hers.

When the kiss did break, she looked up at him with pink cheeks but a playful smile tugging at the corners of her lips. "I rather like him too..."

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: August 19th, 2010 02:40 am (UTC)		(Link)

There was no need to move away much when the kiss broke, and the smile reappeared on his face once they pulled apart. A light chuckle escaped at her words. He would have looked to see where Grim had gone, as he didn't see the gray mass on her shoulder in his peripheral, but he really didn't care to look away from her at the moment.

Keegan's free hand came up to gently move over her cheek as he moved in yet again. Their relationship was still on the newer side and as many times as he had kissed her thus far, it was never going to get old. He was never going to stop taking every opportunity he had to do it, either.

	From: cabotine	Date: August 19th, 2010 02:54 am (UTC)		(Link)

Rowan was still getting a thrill in her stomach every time her lips touched his, even in the slightest. She never figured she would ever get used to that, and so far, almost two months together and she hadn't gotten used to it yet. Some part of her never wanted to have this wonderful feeling become average, everyday, normal, the usual. It felt too good to her to ever be commonplace.

The hand moving on her cheek was a new one too. Rowan wasn't quite used to the casual touches either, and she silently blessed her familiar for doing this and pushing her forward.

Grim for his part, gave the pair an approving look as he jumped from the bed and left the room. They didn't appear to need his help anymore.