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Felix was… a bit disgruntled, to say the least.
Well, bored and lonely.
Minho was out doing “things that don’t concern pretty kittens”, in his own vague words, and Chan, who was supposed to be keeping Felix entertained, had just left to get some food for them all.
Leaving Felix alone. In their house. With no one to play with.
Bo-ring.
He’s definitely going to tell on Chan later.
Because honestly, he should know better, and Minho says it too. He could’ve at least taken Felix with him???
No, instead he had to leave Felix alone.
Just the thought makes Felix whine.
Biggest crime ever.
Huffing out an exaggerated meow of complaint, Felix slumps down onto the couch, laying in such an awkward position that his head ends up hanging off the couch seat, one leg thrown over the edge of the sofa and the other bent against his chest.
It’s a position that Minho would not be very pleased to see him in, but then again, Minho wasn’t there was he?
Nope, everyone decided to leave him alone.
And Minho complained about humans being horrible?
(Really, Felix knew he was being irrational but he didn’t quite care. What’s the harm in being a bit of a drama queen? It’s really their fault for getting him used to constant attention.)
Felix sighed again, taking a moment to listen to faint sounds the clock ticking away in the kitchen.
After a while, that too got boring.
Hmm.
Felix took advantage of his position to look around at the ground, like it would magically provide some sort of entertainment.
Hey, maybe a rat or mouse or snake would show up! Then he could practice his hunting skills and show them off to his hyungie, which would make him proud and get him lots of attention.
Felix almost purred at the thought.
Sadly, no wayward critter popped out after an intense few minutes of Felix staring intently at the ground, ready to pounce if needed.
After that got boring, Felix took to sweeping the whole floor. Nothing really popped out to him as anything to occupy him, until a small, almost imperceptible flash of light hit him.
What was that?
Curiosity piqued, Felix flips off the couch and lands in a crouch.
Again, he scans the area, and the flash of light turns out to be the reflection of the sun against some sort of object.
Felix slowly creeped closer.
After deeming it not a threat, Felix picked up the thingamajiggy.
Immediately, some sort of screen lit up.
Felix screeched, dropping the object for a second before he caught it, thankfully just it time before it hit the floor.
He didn’t know what it was, but it still did look expensive, so he knew he had to be careful.
Channie often had expensive things lying around the house, as Felix had come to find out after chewing on way too many innocuous objects that were lying around the house.
Felix slowly peeked at the illuminated screen, trying to figure out what this object was. There were a bunch of words on the screen that he didn’t fully understand and buttons next to the screen with more words on them, but he didn’t know what they did exactly.
The screen did have the word mirror written on it, so Felix decided to go stand in front of the mirror like it said to.
Once he stood in front of the mirror, he was confused on what to do next.
The screen didn’t have anything else he could read on it, so he huffed and resolved to click buttons randomly and see where that got him.
Oooh, the big button on top made a super fun clicky noise!!
Felix giggled to himself with each press.
Maybe being home along with the thingamajiggy wasn’t too bad after all.
When Chan came home with the food he’d just risked his life for, the last thing he’d expected to be greeted by was the sound of Minho’s camera taking a picture.
He’d expected an overexcited, clingy kitten maybe, since Felix wasn’t too used to being alone and hated it, or even to hear the soft sound of Felix’s sleepy breathing if he’d settled for a catnap.
No such luck.
Never such luck.
Chan gulps audibly and sends a quick prayer up to God, not because he believes but more because he needs any and all divine help he can get if Minho had come home early and found out that he’d left their Felix alone.
Prayer complete, Chan solemnly death marches into the living room, deciding to face the music as soon as possible.
However, to his eternal relief, it’s not Minho clicking away at his camera, but instead Felix, intently concentrated on the screen of Minho’s camera, clicking away with barely concealed fascination and joy.
It was so cute Chan couldn’t help but snap a picture while Felix was still distracted, hoping that it would get him out of serious trouble when Felix inevitably ratted him out.
“Having fun, baby?” He calls out softly, careful not to startle Felix too much lest he drop the rather expensive camera.
Chan would not make it out of the house alive if that happened.
Even their darling Felix, who could do no harm in Minho’s eyes, would probably face some of Minho’s wrath.
Thankfully, Felix doesn’t startle too bad, and once he figures out that it’s just Chan he bounds over happily.
“Channie Channie look! I found this cool thingamajiggy and it makes these fun noises!” Felix rambles excitedly.
Chan coos audibly, reaching out to pet Felix’s hair.
He’s just too cute not to, especially with the lethal combination of his wondrous innocence and his usage of his newest favorite word that he learnt from Chan.
“I’m glad you had so much fun with Minho’s camera, kitty. I’m sure if you ask him to he’ll teach you how to use it properly.” Chan responds softly, adoration laced written plainly all across his face.
“Pathetic” he hears Minho say in his mind.
He shrugs that thought off, more enamored as Felix keeps clicking away at anything and everything.
Later that night, after Minho gives him the stink eye for the whole afternoon after finding out about his ‘kitten neglect’, all three of them curl up together in his bed and look through all the pictures Felix took, cooing over how adorably confused Felix looks in them.
Chan couldn’t be happier with his little group of strays, and he says as much.
That earns him a playfully fierce slap to the arm and a roll of the eyes accompanied by a muttered, “Shut up idiot” from Minho, and the cutest coo and sniffle from Felix.
Yeah, that’s about right.
He wouldn’t have it any other way.