His Assassin: Licensed To Kill

30: Eh...Cats

3rd Person POV

Vixen's coming up on her 7th week of recovery. Her bruising is almost gone, her stitches have been out since the end of week two, and her ribs are healing nicely. The most she's allowed to do is walk...but when she's alone and Andy's not around to stop her, she does gentle exercise in the basement gym.

It was one time, y'all. One time, she was doing a little jog to the fridge for some water and Andy was like "if you keep running like that, you're gonna slip and fall and break your ribs again".

From that, Vixen knew she couldn't be too active in front of him.

As for the kitten the couple has taken in, the visit to the vet was great! They found out the kitten is a female F1 Savannah cat. When Andy told Vixen, she didn't know what that meant. In his words, this kitten's gonna be a MEGA CHONK.

First, Vixen thought the kitten would be heavyset, like chunky or thick, but Andy clarified that she'd be tall af. This actually makes her perfect for them. With proper training, Andy can turn her into a guard cat alongside guard dog Cujo.

Since it's Andy's cat, he was the one to name her. He whole sat her on the bed, and with his index finger, tapped both her shoulders and the top of her head.

The kitten seemed to smile as she caught his finger between her paws and playfully bit him.

"I dub thee Kira." Andy declared.

Vixen squealed in her head, "THAT'S SO CUTE!"

"As in Kira from Death Note which is the Japanese pronunciation of killer." He finished.

"Of course," she chuckled, "typical."

One morning, Vixen was making her coffee and watching Kira explore the house. The kitten attempted many times to jump on furniture. When she found that she was still too small to do that, she attacked whatever she found in her reach, including Cujo's snout.

The dog yelped with panicking paws that backed away from Kira and took him to his mom where he sat between her feet.

"Aww," Vixen crouched down, wrapping an arm around him, "I think she just wanted to play, buddy."

"Kira wants to play?" Andy came downstairs. "I got it."

He went to the toy box in the living room and pulled out a stick with a feathery teaser on a string.

"Look, Kira! Look!" He bounced the teaser above her.

The kitten first batted it with her paw, then jumped and captured it.

"Yea!" Andy smiled.

Vixen sat at the table and watched them play, Cujo still staying attached to her.

Much like Cujo, Kira has a lot of energy. Ever since she got here, she doesn't stop moving, it's wild. She always has to be doing something.

Andy looked over to his wife, "wanna play with her?"

"Uhh," she held her coffee mug closer to herself, "I don't...I don't know how to interact with cats."

Vixen's very awkward with Kira and doesn't give her much attention. It's not that she acts like the kitten doesn't exist, it's just that she doesn't know how to approach her. She's seen too many videos of cats being mean and has been bitten by one once when all she did was pet it. It's challenging for her to understand cats.

"That's what you always say. Come here and try it," he told her.

With a light sigh, Vixen got up from her seat and left her coffee at the table.