Here Kitty Kitty (Toby)

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Kinsey couldn't stay in the common room any longer. She'd been there almost all day, doing homework, researching more about empath abilities and such while the room was empty. Everyone else was in Hogsmeade. She thought about going with Toby for a while, but that was before she heard Priscilla talking to her friends about going with Riley. Kinsey's stomach churned at the possibility of seeing Riley and Priscilla together, so it was an easy decision for her to stay at the castle. The hard thing was coming up with things to do.

After a while, she decided that she'd wait for Toby outside. She knew he wanted to go early to the village, but he said that he wouldn't stay all day and that when he came back the two of them could do something fun. She wasn't entirely sure what they would do, but Kinsey was ready for something. Sitting around was ... honestly the worst. So she found herself wandering the grounds, trying to stay close enough to the front entrance that she'd be able to see Toby when he returned. 

However, she could only walk for so long before she got bored of that too. Eventually Kinsey pulled a book out of her bag and sat under a tree next to the gate where Toby should be coming back. She'd hear him approaching and he'd see her, so they could do something- who knew what- as soon as he got back. The thing was, Kinsey got a little bit too interested in her book and stopped listening for her friend. 

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[tobias charles watkins]

@kinsey

Note: MEOW

Toby was excited. After departing with his new American friend Jace, he went in pursuit of his best friend. He had something awesome to show her! Today, while exploring Hogsmeade with the fearless Gryffindor, who somehow convinced him to check out the shrieking shack...they came across a small black kitten. It was hard to tell how long  it was abandoned in the house, but he was skittish, dirty, and hungry. As soon as they arrived back at Hogwarts, Toby fed him a can of cat food in the common room. The kitten slurped down every last drop, and seemed content with a full belly, and very sleepy after the large meal. So, he stuffed the kitten snuggly into his hoodie pocket. Toby went searching for Kinsey in the Ravenclaw common room first with no luck, his next place would be the lake, or library. Luckily, the search didn't go for long, because he saw her walking across the grounds before having to go to the lake. Toby picked up his speed and approached his best friend from behind.

"Sup mate?" Toby greeted, giving her a soft hug with a loop of an arm, as to not crush the kitten in his hoodies front pocket. "I have something to show you." he said, the corners of his lips curling upwards, appearing like he was up to something mischievous. The excitement couldn't be hidden from his face now.

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After a while Kinsey couldn't just sit under the tree anymore. What in the world was taking Toby so long? She was starting to get a little annoyed and antsy, so Kinsey started walking around the grounds. She walked to the black lake, on the edge of the forbidden forest and basically all over before making her way back to the Black Lake. Toby knew she liked it there. Not as much as she enjoyed the Pond, but she couldn't convince herself to go there right now. Not since ... Riley. She shook her head, walking more quickly across the grounds as she made her way to the Lake. She didn't want to start thinking about him right now. 

She felt the intentions of someone coming nearer and after a few moments Kinsey turned around, smiling at the sight of her best friend. "Took you long enough," she muttered, returning his soft hug. Despite how annoyed she was that it took him so long to come back, she was glad to see Toby now, so all was basically forgiven and forgotten. She perked up when he said he had something to show her. "What? You're not carrying anything bit," she commented curiously, looking around to make sure he wasn't holding anything behind his back. "What is it?" Kinsey grinned as she saw her friend's excitement. This was definitely going to be something she'd like.

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[tobias charles watkins]

@kinsey

Note: MEOW

Toby couldn't hide the secret any longer. Partially because kitty was about to poke his head out of the pocket and blow the entire operation. Kinsey gave him a bit of lip for making her wait, which he knew she'd be over once she saw the reason. "Sorry for keeping you waiting, mate. I promise it's for a good reason though." he urged, nodding his head up and down at her a few times. Toby was quiet for a second, trying to milk it, but he wasn't good at these things. "Okay. Put your hand in my pocket." he demanded, stepping toward her so that she could do as instructed. The furry kitten was snugged inside the hoodie pocket. "Oh, Merlin. I know that sounds so dodgy, but just trust me on this one." he snorted, losing himself in full blown laughter at his previous request. Toby forced a straight face, waiting to see how Kinsey reacted. They were best friends, this wasn't the first time they asked each other to do odd things. 'Reaching into hoodie pocket' certainly was a new one, though.

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Kinsey narrowed her eyes at her best friend. It was obvious that he had something up his sleeve, something he knew she'd love. That fact made her excited and antsy, but she tried to hold it in. "When am I gonna find out what the reason is?" she asked curiously, hoping Toby would explain it sooner rather than later. Instead, he stepped closer, telling her to put her hand in his pocket. Kinsey lifted an eyebrow, watching her friend with curious suspicion. "Your hoodie pocket, right?" she asked, figuring that was what he wanted. Kinsey laughed along with him, but decided to do as he asked. She trusted Toby. He wouldn't have her do something she wouldn't like and he knew her well enough to make this work right. She reached forward, putting her hand in his pocket and breathing in sharply. It was ... soft, and not the kind of soft you normally found inside a hoodie. It was also warm ... "Toby ... do you have an animal in your pocket?" she asked softly, a smile starting. "What is it?" Instead of pulling her hand out of his pocket, Kinsey petted it, trying to figure out what it was on her own. She felt a vibrating and heard a soft sound. "A ... do you have a kitten, Toby?" The excitement was clear in her pent-up whisper. She didn't want to scare the thing, but she was delighted at the idea of him having one.

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[tobias charles watkins]

@kinsey

Note: MEOW

Toby was glad that Kinsey agreed to put her hand in his hoodie pocket, because if she protested and he had to ask again, that would probably be a bit weird. Luckily, they had a trusting relationship. Toby wouldn't do anything to intentionally upset Kinsey because he really cared about her and her personal welfare, they spent a lot of time this year getting to know each other in a more emotional level as they grew up. It was why Kinsey meant so much to him. And partially why he decided to take on the kitty today with his new friend Jace, who didn't seem like much of a cat person. Toby loved all animals. He'd treat a snake or spider the same way. As Kinsey looked at him and hesitated slightly, he encouraged her. The flicker in her eyes when she realized what it was made him laugh. Tobby nodded his head up and down, satisfied that she guessed correctly. "Yes, this lil bugger was stuck in the Shrieking Shack." he pulled him out of the hoodie pocket to present the black kitten in cupped in his hands. "Look at it it's so cute and little. And he's not grumpy anymore because he ate." Toby cooed, pushing it toward Kinsey so she could hold it. The kitten let out a couple of meows when being acknowledged, but it appeared very sleepy overall.

Toby turned to Kinsey quickly, still excited about the idea, it was practically boiling over. "--I brought him back because I thought that we could keep it." Toby told her happily, trying to read the look on her face. He was pretty sure this was something that she would be up for. It was also a great distraction from you-know-who, not that she had been moping about him too much lately.

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The smile on Kinsey's face widened when Toby started nodding, showing that she was right. She squealed softly, taking her hand out of his pocket so Toby could bring out the kitten. It was adorable. She jumped up and down a few time, looking at the adorable little ball in Toby's hands. "Ooooh, let me hold him!" She squealed in a quiet voice, moving closer and cupping her hands beside Toby's so she could hold him. "He's so adorable!" She said, petting the small creature with her thumb. He was so sweet!

"I'm so glad you brought him back here," Kinsey agreed, smiling down at the little kitten in her hands. "His fur is so soft," she whispered, not even realizing that she spoke instead of simply thinking the words. When she heard Toby's next words, she looked up to him grinning. "We can keep it?! Are you serious?? I accept!" Kinsey was so excited at the idea of keeping him, that she squeezed the poor thing a little too tight. It mewed softly and she looked down at it. "Oh, I'm so sorry!" She cooed, glancing up at Toby with a smile on her face. "What are we going to call him?" 

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[tobias charles watkins]

@kinsey

Note: MEOW

"Yes, of course we're going to keep it!" he exclaimed, shaking his head up and down excitedly. Toby passed the kitty along when Kinsey extended her hands toward him. They shared a moment of squealing over how cute and the kitty was. This was a going well! He was so glad that he was getting the reaction he was seeking from her. It would have sucked if for some reason she didn't want anything to do with it. Then again, that would have been very unlinkley... That didn't sound like his best friend. She got excited over small furry animals, much like he did. There was no way to contain his joy especially with this cute, vocal kitty.

When Kinsey cooed at the kitty as it meowed back in her face, he watched the interaction with amusement. "Well, that is what we're gonna decide right now! This lil bloke needs a name!" Toby said excitedly, walking over to the grass so that they could let the kitty play in the grass eventually when they got done nuzzling it. Toby collapsed in the grass and sat with his back against a tree, "It's gotta be something tough." he mused, feigning a tough expression, "Like...Fang...or Spike." Toby growled, mostly joking for his best friends reaction. He really didn't care what they named the kitty. He was just glad to have a new addition to the fam.

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Kinsey grinned when Toby confirmed that they were going to keep the adorable, tiny black kitten. "Good!" she told him firmly. If he brought it here just to cheer her up and then take it back, she definitely would have been annoyed. Not that she really expected anything like that from Toby. He knew her too well to pull a stunt like that. She lifted the adorable creature to her face and nuzzled it with her cheek. The kitten's fur was soft and warm and Kinsey smiled a little wider in response. She had a kitten! Well, she and Toby had a kitten, but it was basically the same thing. The two of them were basically family, so it was fine. She could think of it as hers all she wanted. 

Toby started walking, saying that they needed to name him right now. Kinsey nodded, following him even though her eyes were still glued to the kitten. "It's a him, right?" she asked, just making sure. She felt positive Toby would have checked something like that, which was great cause it meant she didn't have to. She slowly sat down next to him in the grass, slowly lowering the kitted. It toppled out of her hands, onto the soft grass and Kinsey giggled as she watched it. The small animal started playing with the slightly longer grass, pouncing on it and swiping it with her paw. She couldn't pull her eyes from him. At least, she thought she couldn't. Then Toby started talking about how the kitty needed to be named something tough and she looked over at him with raised eyebrows. "Oh really?" When he started suggesting names, she laughed, "Noooooo! He doesn't need to be named something tough!" She glanced back down at the kitten. "What about something like Midnight or Shadow or Eclipse?" Okay, so she was going with a nature theme apparently, but those were the things that came to her when she looked at the sweet little kitten playing in the grass. Not something weird like Fang or Spike. Bleh! That's what you would name a mean animal, which he definitely was not.

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[tobias charles watkins]

@kinsey

Note: MEOW

"Yes, he's a he." Toby nodded firmly, unable to resist a laugh from slipping past his lips. Of course he looked! Toby didn't really want to name their new friend something menacing. He was more interested in the reaction that she would give him for saying such a thing. It was so funny. He knew his best friend too well. Toby listened with open ears to her suggestions, shaking his head in disagreement at Midnight and Eclipse. "I'm gonna rename you Estrella," he told Kinsey jokingly, making fun of her corny nature names.  Toby scratched kitty between the ears, he batted at his finger, before taking a mouthful of finger to chew on. "I like the name Shadow though" Toby agreed simply. He raised kitty into the air, Lion King style,  "We dub the Shadow. Creature of the night, chaser of tail." Toby declared with an epic, noble tone. He set Shadow back down in the grass on his feet, he spastically scurried around both of them in a circle, before scaling up the tree and doing a crazy backflip maneuver off of the tree trunk, and running straight into the Forbidden Forest. At first, Toby couldn't resist the full body laugh at the cats crazy display. A part of him forgot about how funny cats were.

His laughter game to a drastic halt, when his eyes caught Shadow running straight into the Forbidden Forest. "Oh, bloody hell." he deadpanned, pushing himself off of the grass so quickly he almost hurt himself. Toby already felt so much responsibility for this little animal, he had a feeling like it was going to start to get him into trouble... "You're about to be an Hors d'oeuvre to something much larger than you!!" Toby grumbled, giving Kinsey a wide eyed look like, 'are you coming or not'...before running straight into the forest in pursuit of the black streak.

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Kinsey chuckled, but just nodded when Toby confirmed that the kitten was definitely a male. Good. She'd be embarrassed if they gave him some sort of girlish name and then he ended up being a girl. That would just be sad. She grimaced at Toby when he teased her about her name ideas. "You do and you'd better prepare yourself for whatever I come up for you, Sunshine," she answered back, trying to keep her expression serious and failing. She smiled when Toby said that he liked one of her names. Then, Toby started being a total dork and Kinsey couldn't stop the giggles from escaping. Toby was a dork, but at least he was always fun to be around. They got along wonderfully, which she appreciated. She continued to giggle, holding Toby's arm for support, when Shadow started doing flips, but then he was going into the forest. 

Kinsey's eyes widened and she jumped to her feet along with Toby. No! Their cute little kitten couldn't go in there on his own! He'd probably never make it out again! "Don't say that!" she chided, when Toby made a dark comment about Shadow. She glared at him for a second, recognizing the glint in his eyes and darting into the forest after him and the kitten. She could still see Shadow running ahead. He definitely had a lead on them, but he also wasn't as big as either Toby nor Kinsey. She huffed, refusing to tear her eyes from the kitten, which was looking all around itself and seemed to be going faster every second. He was probably terrified. 

All of a sudden, Shadow was looking to the left and ran into a huge tree trunk. Kinsey rushed to him and knelt down, scooping him up into her arm and cooing at the small creature. "What did you think you were doing?" she said, rocking it back and forth, almost like she would a baby. Shadow mewled softly, almost weakly and she could tell he was exhausted and feel that his heart was still thumping dramatically. "He's okay, I think, just tired and maybe a little scared" she told Toby, only then looking up to him to see her friend's reaction.

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[tobias charles watkins]

@kinsey

Note: MEOW

Toby sprinted as fast as he could after the little black kitten, refusing to accept letting him get away and become a feral cat in the woods for the rest of his life.... Not that Kinsey or Toby wouldn't ever allow that, they would both search all night if it came to that. Luckily, Kinsey got a lead and snatched Shadow up into her arms after running into the trunk of a huge tree. Toby stopped at his heels when he saw the tree, and slowly looked up in awe at its huge branches. Shadow was panting in her arms from running so much. "Is he okay?" Toby asked before, stepping closer to Kinsey to openly admire the giant tree. Toby bowed his head slightly and stepped into the the tree.  "Kinz, this tree is wicked. It's the perfect hideout. Shadow found us a treehouse, mate." Toby exclaimed,  slowly leaning his back against the inside of the tree trunk and sitting down comfortably. "Home sweet home." He sang, kicking out a few crunchy leaves. He picked up a twig and batted Shadow with it playfully.

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Kinsey was so busy holding the kitten close to her and cuddling into him as her heart continued to pound that she didn't notice the tree. She nodded when Toby asked if he was okay. "Yeah, I think so. His heart is beating so fast though," she told her friend, glancing up at him. "I think he got scared of something." Or maybe it was just from the exercise, but it felt like the small animal was shivering in her arms and Kinsey was inclined to think it was fear, even if it wasn't. 

Then the next thing she knew, Toby was talking about the tree. Kinsey looked up at it, an instant smile growing on her face as she did so. "It is!" She grinned as she looked over to her best friend. "Soooo this is our new hideout right? Can we bring things to make it more homey?" Kinsey thought a moment before adding, "Or just transfigure things here to make it more homey. It's so cool," she laughed as she walked around the tree a little. 

When she got to the front again, Toby was sitting down with his back gainst the trunk and Kinsey rolled her eyes at him before joining to sit beside him. "Hey, you be nice to him! He's had a rough few minutes," Kinsey chided him, fake glaring to tease him. The kitten squirmed in her arms and Kinsey let it go, curious to see what it would do. Shadow crouched down for a moment before pounding, trying to get the twig in Toby's hands. 

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[tobias charles watkins]

@kinsey

Note: MEOW

Toby nodded his head fervently when Kinsey had the idea of making the place more homey for their personal hideout. "Yes! You took the words out of my mouth. I love this tree!" he declared with a laugh, while simultaneously battling Shadow with the stick again until he started chewing on it viciously cute. Toby's warm brown eyes scanned the tree up and down while they sat side by side in the dirt, admiring the glory of their new hang out. "We need a door or something...maybe we can transfigure something...we can steal some blankets and pillows from the common room and make a lil readin' nook. It'll be the perfect place to get away." he spoke fast as he mused with a dorky excitement. It was funny because he wasn't joking. They could easily scrounge and transfigure some 'house-y' items for their treehouse. Toby always loved a way to get away from his peers and a solution get some peace and quiet. This seemed like the perfect place.

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This was awesome! Shadow led them to the perfect tree and Kinsey could already tell that she and Toby were going to return here again sometime. It was huge and homey and had a perfect set up. "Me too," she answered when Toby said that he loved the tree. She rolled her eyes at her friend when he poked Shadow again with the stick. She nodded as he mentioned needing a door and some other accommodations that they could use and then she smiled. "So ... are we wanting to start setting the place up today or are we going to come back some other time?" she asked curiously. Honestly, Kinsey was down for either. She would love to come back another time and work on getting everything nice and comfortable, or they could start on it now. "It'll be perfect," she agreed, looking at the house and starting to envision everything that Toby described. This was going to be so nice!

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