"You don't have to earn good things, Rowan. Sometimes they just happen." Eve perked up at the waitress returned with her card.
"You're all set! You two have a good one!" she enthused.
"Thank you," Eve remarked and looked to Rowan. "Where to next?"
Rowan thanked the waitress and got to his feet with a sigh. "I dunno… it's just weird to be given stuff without needing to do anything in return." He followed Eve out of the restaurant. "I guess I could look into nearby pet shops."
"It's called, 'I'm a nice person and I like you, so I do things for you,' congratulations," Eve explained with a laugh. "Look up pet places on Maps!"
Rowan rolled his eyes and pulled out his phone as he got into the car. "Yeah, yeah…" He scrolled through the nearby places with a soft hum. "I mean, there's a few nearby, but I don't really know the difference between them. There's also a cat Cafe, so we could sit in there with the kittens for an hour to see if we like any of them."
Eve nodded vigorously. "Yes! What are we waiting for?"
"Ah? You want to do that right now?" Rowan asked, going to where he could reserve spots in the soonest hour.
"Well, I mean, if you'd like to," she replied, leaning closer to see what his screen said.
"Yeah, sure. Works for me. We should be able to make it for the next hour." Rowan shrugged.
"Let's go!" Eve declared, moving swiftly towards her car.
"Alright, I'll send you the address." Rowan texted the address to Eve and got into the car.
She grinned as the text appeared on her phone. "Lovely," she said, slipping into the driver's side and starting the engine.
Rowan buckled himself in and put his phone away, watching out the window as they drove to the cat Cafe.
Eve glanced over at him. "What kind of music do you like?" she asked.
"Uhh… anything is fine, other than country." Rowan shrugged.
Eve hummed absently, pressing the button to turn the radio on.
Rowan looked up when they arrived at the cat Cafe, his expression brightening a bit.
Eve parked and observed the building as well. "Ready?" she asked.
Rowan nodded and smiled softly as he got out of the car. "Yeah, you?"
She got out and circled around to his side. "Of course!"
Rowan looked up at the building for a moment before heading inside. He looked into the room where around twenty kittens were running around and playing.
Eve gasped and gripped Rowan's arm excitedly. "Look! They're so cute!"
Rowan smiled fondly at the kittens and knelt beside the glass. A couple kittens noticed him and ran over, putting their paws up on the glass. "There's a lot of them in here."
Eve squeaked excitedly. "Oh my God!" She pressed her hand to the glass, and the kittens pawed at where her palm was.
Soon, they were able to go into the room with the kittens. Rowan spotted a round little calico kitten and was immediately enamored with it, so he sat down on the ground to coax it into his lap.
(A baby 🥺)
Eve was infatuated with the kitten Rowan had found. "Hi, precious!" she cooed, stroking the kitten's fur.