I'm Sorry I'm Making Your Life a Hell ((92))

[victoriousscarf]

Sonya frowned. The table was hardly that small after all but he shrugged it off. "You suppose I have free time in which to regularly spend somewhere, do you not?"

[Tsughi]

"Et was just a question," Russell replied innocently. "I was just curious. No need to get defensive."

[victoriousscarf]

"Was I defensive?" Sonya murmured. "I did not entirely mean to be. But no, there is no particular place I spend in any hypothetical free time." He hesitated a moment. "Do you have one?"

[Tsughi]

The tortie tried to figure out whether the tom was truly interest or was just being polite. After a brief moment of deliberation he figured it wouldn't affect his answer. It wasn't like he could tell the Commissioner what he was really doing. "No," He said with a small shake of his head. "I usually cannot get away from my store, and I'm found there most often, naturally. En my free time I just tend to float around."

[victoriousscarf]

That got an arched brow and a considering look. "It is interesting then that you would ask me if I had such a place. Honestly, the only place likely to find me is the station and here. My flat only seems to see me on occasion."

[Tsughi]

"Just seeing ef there was any place I should begin to frequent," He said quietly and ducked into his cup of coffee. "My own place es probably just as neglected."

[victoriousscarf]

"The lives that keep us away from our homes, hm?" Sonya said, lifting the cup slightly. "And my father wonders why I have never gotten another queen..."

[Tsughi]

It was with much restraint that Russell attempted to supress any reaction to the tom's statement. "Another Queen?" He prompted as politely as possible and attempted not to choke as he drank his coffee.

[victoriousscarf]

"Since my wife," he said, pausing a moment and shrugging. "She left me when I was barely twenty three and it has been a very long time since then." He said it mildly, but the thought still hurt plenty.

[Tsughi]

"My apologies," Russell said quietly and there was actually a glimmer of true sympathy in his eye as a regarded the other tom. "She obviously doesn't know what she's missing." The tortie quickly retreated into the safety of his coffee mug once again.

[victoriousscarf]

The large cat blinked, almost surprised and shrugged. "I do not have much to offer a charming young queen, then, and I certainly have less now," he said. "Long hours, coffee around the house and the constant threat of getting shot. I wonder that any police have families, especially with what happened last year..."

[Tsughi]

Russell had to restrain himself once more from letting him know exactly what he though about the pretty young queen and say how much he thought about a certain charming adult tom. He was successful but only just. "I'm sure you have plenty to offer," He said slowly as he warded off the inevitable thoughts that statement led to. "Besides it's not like-" The tortie just barely caught himself about to finished with 'my life is any different' but managed to change what he was going to say. "-it would be impossible."

Russell frowned minutely at his almost slip ups. He seriously needed to watch himself, and maybe lay off the coffee... He gently released the mug and favored it with a distrustful look.

[victoriousscarf]

The silvery cat across from him tilted his head, considering the other tom. "Perhaps," he said finally. "But you ever find somecat interested in a spouse or lover never there and under constant threat of being shot, not to mention all the other perks of this job, do let me know, hm? I have not found one in a very long time."

[Tsughi]

"I'll let you know ef any come to mind," He mumbled just loud enough to be heard. The tortie was clearly still miffed from his tongue trying to get the better of him.

[victoriousscarf]

Considering him a moment, Sonya continued sipping the coffee. "What of you then?" he asked finally. "Anycat in your life?"