“Right, come on then,” Alexei directed, standing. He tucked the remaining paper balls into his pockets (because he might be an antagonistic asshole, but he wasn’t a litterer), and started leading the way toward the edge of the Haus property.
Along the way, a flash of blue caught his eye. A discarded bottlecap. Barely pausing in his stride, Alexei scooped it up, and tossed it to Carter with a wink. “Don’t let your pants go flying off just yet. Probably not the best place for it.”
Along the edge of the fence at the property line were some tastefully maintained shrubberies, concealing a hole in the fence that the cats used. And as they got closer, a chorus of chirping meows greeted them, and a black blur raced out of the bushes only to immediately start climbing Alexei’s leg, while two more kittens started nosing at Carter’s shoes. “There’s a chef in one of the restaurants that gives me leftovers to feed them. Aw, they’re getting so round.”
Carter had no idea what to expect right now with this other staff member. This wasn't really his idea of how he wanted to spend his day, but then again it was killing time and it's not like his device was going nuts in his pocket or anything. Perhaps this was EXACTLY what he needed, a break from the reality they call the Haus, and this kid seemed to at least think outside the box - something that Carter could truly appreciate.
The bottlecap though, Carter burst out laughing as he caught it and looked it over, "oh man I don't know, I kind of feel the belt loosening, it's going to be hard to keep them on after this." He caught up with him, "wait, does this mean you're trying to flirt with me?" He teased offering him a small appreciative nudge at his side.
He heard the cats before actually seeing them, some little ball of fluff bolting like he was fucking Barry Allen and climbing Alexei, and then he looked down at his own foot where two more kittens were sniffing him out, obviously he was out of place from their usual Alexei interactions. "Hey little guy," or girl, fuck Carter couldn't tell and wasn't lifting the damn tail to find out, leaning over and scooping one up as it started to meow desperately until he got it nuzzled against his chest in a calming manner. "You have no idea the last time i've been around kittens," they were adorable, more than he even remembered, "thanks - I needed this."