42 Chapter 41: Are they really friends?

It's oddly coincidence that Alex's head starts to pound as soon as we head to the Kitty Cafe. I mean like if he didn't really want to join me then he should have said so from the start. I wouldn't have minded it if he never wanted to join. I guess he really just wanted to protect his reputation.

"Hey? Are you alright? You seem really down all of a sudden? Is something wrong?" Alister asks me noticing my sad expression.

I continued to walk towards the cafe however I hear Alister's voice faintly "Hey. You can talk to me. If you have a problem just remember you can trust me?"

I turn to him."Oh, it's nothing. It's just that I guess I'm just a little disappointed that my friends weren't able to join me here.

"Wow. I can't believe you have friends like that. They don't even have the time to hang out with you?" Alister looks disgusted.

I just sighed and we walked towards the entrance. The place was decorated with pretty pink lights, posters of cats and a very cute and happy atmosphere. The receptionist which was dressed in a kitty maid outfit bowed to us. Alister and I both smiled and gave our coupons to her. She takes them and takes us to a private room.

So basically this is like a maid cafe? I wandered around looking at the other rooms. They were generously decorated with cat decorations and a sakura tree. The pink walls and the white ceiling it was cuteness overload.

"Alright masters! I'll give you your menu! Please ring this bell in your table and I'll be there right away! Thank you!" The waitress was dressed in a maid outfit with cat ears. bowed to us.

"Where're the cats?" Alister asked.

"Oh sir, the cats would come with what you ordered. The food you ordered will come with a cat and the cat treats. You can feed the cat and pet them!" The waitress smiled.

"Oh, that's great. I find petting cats really soothing." I smiled as we both entered the V.I.P room.

It had a couch with a cute cat face in the middle with a paw print pillows, a tv, very cute decorations, air conditioning, a bathroom, and some cat toys. It looked really amazing like a very expensive hotel.

"Doesn't this look amazing! I've never been into one of these types of a cafe before. This must really be expensive." Alister laughed as he sat down on the couch.

I also sat down on the couch. I can feel it melting like a marshmallow and my body getting really relaxed like I was floating in a cloud.

"Anyways should we order our food? Let's take a look!" Alister grabbed the two menus in the table and looked through them.

It showed so much food with a partner cat to come with them.

"Look at this white cat over here! Isn't this cat cute? Her name is Snowy. She comes with ordering the marshmallow snow cupcake." Alister would point to a picture of a white cupcake covered in winter toppings.

"I guess you'll order that?" I laugh and pointed to the cupcake next to it.

"Oh? You want the hot and spicy cupcake?" He points to the cupcake next to the white cupcake which was the complete opposite of the white cupcake. "It says here this cupcake comes with Blaze!"

"I guess we are picking the polar opposites." I giggled and looked for a drink.

"I would probably take the strawberry milkshake. What about you? What do you want to drink?" I asked

"I'll have the Kitea. I am feeling of drinking tea today." Alister replied to me.

"Alright then." I nodded and tapped the cat-shaped bell in our table. We hear footsteps outside as the waitress enters our room. We exchanged glances and asked us what we would like to order.

"I'd have the hot and spicy cupcake and the strawberry milkshake while my friend will have the marshmallow snow cupcake and a Kitea," I tell the waitress. She writes down our order and nodded and went outside.

"By the way? What were you saying before?" I asked Alister.

PING, PING. My phone keeps receiving notifications. I excused my self to look at it and see at least two hundred new messages from the Everlasting Friends group chat and it's mostly about them telling about how they enjoying their weekend right now. Ugh.

I come back and sit down.

"What was that about? Your phone has been receiving notifications." Alister took a peek on my phone.

"Oh, it's just from the group chat my friends made. They are talking about how much they are having fun right now." I roll my eyes.

"You don't look like you're having fun though? What happened?" Alister asked me in a concerned tone.

"It's just that. I've never really talked much in the group chat and like whenever I ask to hang out with everybody they really just don't join me at all." I say timidly.

"So basically your friends ditch you and exclude you in things?" Alister says a little annoyed at them.

"Not really ditch or exclude. I mean they have been there yes but sometimes they are a bit too erratic. You know? Like when I went to a K-Pop Convention with them. They caused so much trouble. They kept moving around. We got kicked out because we caused a scene and a few people got mad at me and just left." I sigh.

"Are you really sure that they are really friends? I mean like I'm not saying you shouldn't be friends with them but you really need to deserve better friends Lisa." Alister says to me.

Well... I'm really saying that they are bad friends... They have been there for me...

"I guess.." I say faintly.

We were interrupted by a knock on the door. That must be our food.

"Come in!" I shout.

"Hello, masters! I have your food here and here are your lovely kitties! Come inside Snowy and Blaze!" The waitress brings the two cats along with our food.

Snowy was a white cat with blue eyes. Her fur glowed like fresh snow. Her purs were calming and sweet. Alister grabs the kitten and pats it on his lap.

Blaze was an orange cat with green eyes. He was a bit distant and refused to come closer to me when I called for it but it came when I dragged the cat treat to it. I pet its orange fur as it's fur stands up and makes the cat stretch and suddenly scratches my hand.

I touch my hand as it hurts and Blaze just sat down and slept.

"They are so cute aren't they?" Alister tells me as he continued to pet the little tiny kitten in his lap.

"Yup. If only my cat wasn't so scratchy." I laugh as I try to touch the sleeping lion called Blaze but he gave me a look that he might try to scratch me again so I didn't try it.

"Look at this cat treat. It exactly looks like the cupcakes we have but it's so small. Come here have some snowy." Alister smiled and fed the kitten the food. It purred and smiled as it melted both of our hearts from its cuteness.

"I guess I"ll try to feed my cat since I feel like it doesn't want me." I laugh as I try to feed my cat the treat. Its eyes panned to my face and then looks down at the treat. It slowly tries to go closer and eat it. "Come on I don't bite." I smiled at it. It trusted me and ate the treat and continued to eat the whole thing. Damn this guy looks like it hasn't eaten in ages.

"I guess it looks like it acts just like you. You said you never wanted to socialize right, I guess your cat is the same" Alister giggled.

I suppose so...

"Maybe let's try our food!" Alister grabbed his food and took a bite out of the icing shaped like a snowflake. "Hmm, it's actually pretty good! It's delicious! Really sweet." He continued to eat it.

Hmm... I wonder how a hot and spicy cupcake would taste like... I inspected the cupcake to see it brown and covered with orange frosting shaped like a flame. I guess I'd need to try it to know.

I took a little bite from the cupcake. Hmm... It tastes a lot like chocolate mixed with the spiciness of chili pepper. Both of the taste of sweetness and spiciness really combined to give a very mouth thrilling taste. Nevertheless, it was good. I couldn't help but finish the whole thing in one bite.

"Wow, you really liked that? Alister laughed. "Yup I did," I replied to him.

"Hello? Is someone named Lisa there?" I hear a familiar voice... OH HECK NO... I stand up and excuse myself to Alister.

I head out to see none other than Rose in the receptionist. WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE?