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OT7: Felidae 1 (jungkook)
In which a regular check up leads to meeting Jungkook- the first exotic hybrid you've met that doesn't seem to see you as a toy.
Tags/Warnings: Black Panther!Jungkook, domestic Cat!Reader, homelessness, mentions of injustice against hybrids, owner!human!Namjoon
You're passive as you sit in the waiting room at the hybrid hospital for your regular check up. There's a care worker next to you, scrolling on his phone, while you sway your legs a little, hands underneath your thighs while you wait.
There's another pair coming in, a tall feline hybrid and his even taller human you believe to be his owner; both of them visibly at ease with each other as they sit down across from you, the human taking out his phone to tap around on it. Your ears can't help but move towards them, your tail in your hands now as you stroke the fur, tip still hurting a lot from the last accident you had, in which a cheetah hybrid had closed the door roughly on it as you'd attempted to go to bed early.
You're the last line when it came to the food chain as a domestic breed- seen as a pet, even amongst the other hybrids at the care center.
There's young hybrids playing in the corner of the waiting area, playfully biting after each other while their owners and parents try to keep them in check. You can feel the eyes of the panther hybrid in front of you though; he's not quite staring, but watching, and when you look up and he looks back, you're taken aback by the friendly smile he has- instantly making you turn your head down again, trying to hide your blush.
It's not typical for predator hybrids to be nice to you.
But its probably because of his owner sitting next to him, the young man raising his brows but not taking away his gaze from his phone as the hybrid next to him whispers something into his ear with a sway of his thick black tail. He's clearly one of the big cats; an exotic breed, well cared for if his shiny fur and hair and healthy body was anything to go by. Both of them talk quietly, whispering to not cause any issues to anyone around them, while they occasionally throw glances at you.
Were they making fun of you? Probably. Your shoes were dirty and old- a stark contrast to the clean sneakers of the man, and well kept combat boots of the hybrid. Hell, they both wore branded clothing even- something you barely even knew the price point of.
"256?" The nurse says, and you look up- the care worker ext to you standing up as you follow along. You notice the sudden shock in both the hybrid's and his owner's face before you trail after the nurse and worker, ready for your monthly checkup as usual. You didn't have a name, obviously. Only the exotic hybrids ever got pretty names.
You were just another kitten of another random litter. Nothing special.
The checkup goes as usual, nothing too out of the ordinary; though they do make sure to check your tail, giving you some pain medication for the upcoming days, before they tell you to be more careful.
Of course. It's always your fault.
A checkup for a domestic breed like you is always a routine job, and usually there's trainees doing it as part of their learning experience. You've heard that its because if they mess up, it's 'not that bad'- and it leaves a bitter taste in your mouth. You dream of being born as a elegant cheetah or maybe even warm hearted lion in the next life, everytime you experience things like these. As you walk back out, you hear the nurse call with a sweetened voice. "Jungkook?" And you lower your gaze at that.
Of course even his name would sound nice.
He walks past you with what you assume is another friendly smile, looking after you before his owner pats his shoulder, urging him to move if into the examination rooms. You're taken out the exit, into the elevator to go down to the main exit, before both you and the worker wait for a bus to arrive. The young guy next to you is chewing gum loudly- it annoys you, but you don't dare say anything about it.
"Ugh." He snaps at some point. "You can sit down. The bus is coming late." He groans, and you obediently sit on the sidewalk, tail curling into your lap where you pet the fur, mindful of the warm part where the bones had been hurt. It's not quite broken, they'd said- but it's definitely hurt.
You wonder how they would've treated the issue if you were a panther like that young man before.
Both him and his owner emerge from the building after a while, and you can hear them chatter a little from further away, ears turned backwards towards them. "-id you see? She had like, little tiny brushes of fur on the tips of her ears, so cute!" A voice says, before another answers.
"She was cute, that's true." The voice chuckles, before the other starts again- but cuts off at the start of his sentence, as you slowly turn around.
It's the panther and his owner.
"Everything alright?" The human checks with a look towards you; but your care worker answers, as it's typical. The hybrid next to the young man looks at you with a mix of wonder and confusion, and you're not sure why.
"Yeah, bus is late. Traffic jam or something." The worker explains, shrugging, as the hybrid owner nods knowingly.
"You're from HC right? I saw the badge on your jacket. We can take you along, it's along the way for us." He proposes with a friendly smile towards you, and the worker eagerly nods, grinning.
"Shit, nice! You're a life saver!" He says, before he looks down at you. "Come on, and dust yourself off." He tells you with a cooler tone, and you notice the other hybrid's ear flicking in distaste.
Probably at you, you assume.
The car is nice and expensive, something you've expected. You were sitting in the back right next to Jungkook, the panther hybrid, who seems awfully excited about the whole situation. While his owner, Namjoon you've come to learn, talks with the xare worker in the front, you're trying hard not to move too much, stroking your tail in a self-soothing manner. "Did you hurt it?" The voice of jungkook says softly, and you connect that he's been the one who talked about someone's ears a few moments ago. You simply nod as an answer. "It'll be fine!" He reassures, his own tail moving in a confident manner. "I one time got bitten by a snake! That was painful." He chuckles, and you nod. "You're not that talkative aren't you?" He says, and you look up, ears down as you're worried you might have offended him. But his warm eyes open widely, as he tries to paddle back. "Not that that's wrong! It's totally fine!" He rushes, and you nod, pulling your tail closer to yourself, the angry throbbing of it making you nervous. "Does it hurt bad?" He worries, and you shrug.
"..someone closed the door on it." You explain softly, and his eyes widen.
"Ouch." He comments, his own ears drooping a little in sympathy. "I hope they at least apologized." He mumbles, watching as you simply look down at your lap. "They apologized.. right?" He presses lowly, and you shrug.
"It was a cheetah hybrid." You explain, and he just furrows his brows.
"So?" He scoffs. "Still, they should've apologized. That must've hurt." He tells you, and you shrug.
It's not the worst you've experienced over the course of time.
After you leave together with the care worker, and jungkook sits down in the passenger seat, he can't shut up about you. "I wonder why they didn't do anything though. She was clearly still in pain." He grumbles, while namjoon shrugs.
"You seem awfully interested." Namjoon chuckles, as jungkook shrinks a bit in on himself at getting caught. "I cam see why though. She was really pretty." He comments.
"Do you think she'll get a home soon?" Jungkook wonders after a while, and namjoon shrugs.
"She's very quiet. It's hard to say." He tells him, before he turns off the engine at home, jungkook excitedly exiting the car to rush inside his home again.
While namjoon stays back for a few seconds, unable to get your face out of his mind.
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Imaged mauled a bit for the purpose of tumblr posting; view them all in order here!
(Almost) Every cat in the felidae family! There are of course, always debates among taxonomists about which cat is in which subfamily, and whether subspecies actually deserve to be a species in of themselves. This is a simplification. Of course kitties here aren’t to scale and color tweaked/caricatured to give them more appeal.
As with almost everything I’ve been posting lately, I’ll be selling this as a poster at Ottawa Comiccon~
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