". . .your favourite bookshop has a cat." Shisui observed, leaning close to his boyfriend's ear and eyeing the incredibly fluffy black and charcoal grey cat who had just leapt on a shelf not far away.

"Yes?" Kakashi said absently, rounding the shelf and extending a hand to the cat, rubbing behind one ear and stroking down the arch of the cat's back as they stretched.

"Oh, nothing," Shisui said under his breath, watching the cat follow Kakashi down the aisle, purring loudly and winding around his ankles, "dog ninja."