(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Caturday Pootie Diary: The uncompanionable companion [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-15 “It’s not time for you to eat,” I said. His full attention was on me, eyes wide open. “You don’t seem mad.” He did not reply, simply stared. “Is there something on my face?” I wondered, rubbing my face. “You could just tell me,” I offered. He lifted his paw to his face and gave it a slow lick, his eyes not leaving mine. “Are you threatening me?” I picked up my phone, determined to ignore him. If he didn’t want a cuddle, and it wasn’t time to feed him, he could just wait for whatever it was he wanted. “I’m not paying any attention to you,” I said, not looking up from my phone. Silence was his only reply. “I bet you’ve found something more interesting to do than stare at me,” I opined. My eyes went to him and then back to my phone. He was still staring. “To heck with you and your laser eyes,” I said, getting up to go to the bathroom. I heard the sound of his paws hitting the hardwood as he followed me. It wasn’t long after I sat down to do my business that he pushed the door open and sat to watch. “Really?” I asked. I reached over and gently pushed the door closed, forcing him to move. Before the door could fully close, he pushed it open again. “Ridiculous,” I said. We walked together back to living room together. Before sitting, I reached down to pet him. He ducked it. “Rude,” I said. He jumped on the couch next to me and sat facing me. I reached over to pet him. He nipped me. “Fine,” I sighed. “You can’t sit this close to me and not let me pet you,” I said. His tail hit the couch cushion with a loud thump. “Are you going to bite me if I try again?” Thump, thump. I picked up my phone again. “It’s very mean to tempt me with that soft fur only to attack.” I considered shoving him off the couch and decided against it. “You’re in a mood,” I said. He twisted to lick the base of his tail then turned back to face me. “No mood,” he told me. “Just cat.” I lifted my hand to pet him and then lowered it again, not wanting a bite. “Sometimes you are such a cat.” Happy Caturday, Peeps! Sometimes Freddie wants to be in the room with us, but doesn’t want to be touched or talked to or looked at. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/15/2164065/-Caturday-Pootie-Diary-The-uncompanionable-companion Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/