The guy with his cat at the beach- Lance Ship Week Day 5
I’m not in love with this one but I hope it entertains you a bit.
First Meeting/Flirting
“Why are we at the beach anyway?” Keith asked as he climbed out of the car. “We could have just driven to the skate park.”
“We never go to the beach Keith. You can skate here and I can relax on the beach.”
“Except you burn as easily as I do.” Keith said, holding his skateboard and allowing it to rest on his shoulder.
“Doesn’t mean I want to visit the beach any less. Keith come on, we can get dinner at a food truck and Hunk said there are really good ones here.” Shiro asked, taking his boyfriend’s hand.
Keith sighed. Shiro looked like puppy when he really wanted something. “Fine. It’s boiling hot though.”
“Its fine, I can rent an umbrella and I’ll be attempting to finish the book while you try not to get sidewalk burn.”
“Fuck off.” Keith sassed before pressing a quick kiss to Shiro’s lips. “I’ll see you later.”
Shiro watched Keith skate down the sidewalk as he headed towards the sand. Lounge chairs and umbrellas were spotted in the sand, a renter walking around to rent out the umbrellas. Shiro walked over to the nearest one, a renter appearing almost instantly. Shiro paid for his chairs and decided to lie on his stomach to read his book. He noticed a sign that said ‘No Pets’. He knew there were dog beaches but he never really saw any signs against animals not to be a beaches.
He opened his book, taking a quick glance around when he noticed the person on the lounge next to him. He looked like he was tall, his tan skin shinning with the water that was still on his body, a light shirt sticking to his body. He assumed he was asleep from the sunglasses on his face and relaxed body language. Shiro was not going to lie, he was gorgeous. Being poly as well as pan, he got small crushes on other people but he and Keith never really met someone else who they felt fit in their relationship. If they went on looks alone, he had a feeling they’d both be head over heels. Of course, there was a chance he wasn’t interested in guys at all, so Shiro decided not to pursue that.
He was so focused on the book, that he didn’t see Keith until he felt something cold press against his neck.
“Oh my god! Keith!”
“Frozen lemonade. It’s not too tart, just like you like it.” Keith said, handing the drink over.
“And you’re an asshole.” Shiro said, sitting up, wiping the back of his neck. “It couldn’t have been that long.”
“It got too hot. I’m regretting skinny jeans.”
Shiro saw the guy next to him twitch his lips like he wanted to laugh. Guess he wasn’t asleep.
“I’m almost done and I really want to finish. If you want, you can stay in the car with the AC on.” Shiro offered.
“No, I’ll just stay here. Does that sign say ‘No Pets’?”
“Yeah, don’t usually see those signs.” Shiro said before they heard it. A little meow.
Both Shiro and Keith turned over to the guy sitting next to them who looked stiff as a board. At the end of his lounge chair was a black tote bag that looked stuffed and now that they looked at it, it was moving. Another meow sounded and they saw a pair a blue toned paws stretching out.
“Uhhh, is that a cat?” Keith asked.
“Do you want to ask any louder?” The guy pushed his glasses on top of his head and sat up, pulling his bag closer to him. “Blue, shh.” A confused mew answered the guy. His blue eyes were staring down the bag as his hand disappeared, no doubt scratching at the cat’s head.
“Does your cat like the beach?” Shiro asked, trying to get a better look.
“She has separation anxiety and if my neighbour has to go through an entire afternoon hearing her meow the apartment down, I’m sure she wouldn’t mind trying to get my thrown out. Besides, my Blue is a sea girl just like her dad.” Looking around to make sure no one saw them, he lifted the bag so they could see the Russian Blue curled up on a black towel, her paws curled under her head. She blinked sleepily at her owner before dozing off again. “You can pet her, just don’t make it obvious. I’m sure that renter saw her move and I’m overdue on a beach day.”
It turned out his name was Lance, and he was interested in guys. Not that the jumped on the boat with that immediately, they just met the guy! He worked at a cat café, which is where he adopted Blue and he was from Cuba, hence the beach days, to remind him of home. He was quick and witty, not slow or shy to say what was on his mind. They even were able to get early dinner with him, him leading the way to a really amazing gyro truck.
“He was nice.” Shiro said, after they waved Lance off, who was almost caught by a lifeguard with Blue.
“Yes. And he was pretty cute. A little much, but not bad.” Keith said, dropping his skateboard in the backseat before climbing into the passenger seat.
“He was. I would have liked to get to know him better, maybe see if we had a chance, but we didn’t get his number.” Shiro bemoaned starting the car.
“Actually, we know where he works.” Shiro looked over at his boyfriend confused. “The tote bag he had, it was a special one that workers at Space Cats get after 3 months of working there. I remember Hunk getting his. I know he said every location has a different design and it looked like the one Hunk has, which might mean he knows him. Is it stalking if you want to get to know him better?”
“With good intention, I think we might be fine, but that depends on what Hunk thinks when we explain it to him.”
“At the very least, I wouldn’t mind doing him. I was really tempted to see under that shirt. And don’t look so stunned, I saw you staring.”
