Mori x Neko!(sort of)Reader: Cute Things

It was no secret that Takashi Morinozuka loved cute things and animals. And he loved cute animals the most.

You were the same. In terms of animals anyway. You were a smart, preppy girl with a thing for cat ears. You went to school a few blocks away from Ouran, yes, a commoner’s school. You were content there. You had great friends and you liked your teachers, you made good grades, and it was a short walk away from your job. You found yourself working at a cute little maid café. You would go straight from school to the café, usually arriving about a half an hour before your shift to put on your costume and serve customers. You were a very popular employee amongst the male and female clientele. Boys found you pretty and funny and tipped generously, and girls found you funny and pleasant and thought you were a pretty cool person to talk to when you were serving them.

One day you found yourself in a bit of trouble. You had gotten an hour of detention after school for being late to class and this put you in a bit of a bind when it came to getting to work on time. You found yourself changing at school into your work uniform, complete with cat ears and tail – you found that boys tipped bigger when you threw in a bit of fan service. Naturally, you got a lot of odd looks when you were running down the street trying to make it in time for your shift. And, unfortunately, you got a few perverted ones as well. You expected as much, but you didn’t expect to be grabbed by the tail.

“You’re a cute one,” the boy said. He was tall with curly dark brown hair and gray eyes. He wrapped an arm around your waist and pulled you in close.

“Let go,” you said firmly, while sending him your harshest glare (not very effective with cat ears on your head). He just smirked and held you tighter. You spit in his face and he roughly pushed you to the ground. He was ready to kick you – not really one to act like a gentleman, in case you hadn’t noticed.

One of the virtues of the host club and most families in general is chivalry, so when Mori saw you be roughly pushed to the ground, he had to step in. He placed a firm hand on the shoulder of your assaulter, halting his actions while he angrily turned around to face whoever dared to stop him. Your attacker stopped his actions, freezing when he saw how tall Mori was, intimidating in stature.
The light glare on his face only intensified that feeling of intimidation.

“That’s not how you treat a lady,” he said, his deep voice instilling even more fear in the boy.

“Yeah, well, whatever,” he mumbled before trudging off in the opposite direction. Mori didn’t pay him any more attention. He was too captivated by you. You stared up at him from the ground in slight awe of his height. You were quite short, so from the ground he seemed even taller. You looked at him with big, bright __e/c__ eyes full of innocence. He loved them immediately. It helped that you were wearing the ears, tail, and cute little maid dress. You were by far the cutest thing he had ever seen.

“Are you alright?” he asked as he lent you his hand. You placed your small hand in his, blushing. He was very tall… and extremely handsome.

“Y-yes, thank you,” you said as you began to brush the dust off of your dress. You weren’t sure how else to thank him. You felt you couldn’t just leave it at that – mainly because you felt the need to keep him around just a bit longer. “Are you hungry?” you blurted. He blinked in surprise.

“I work at a maid café. If you want, you can eat something. It’ll be on me. It’s the least I could do.”

And that’s how you found yourself at your place of work, sitting at a table and splitting a vanilla/chocolate/strawberry milkshake with him. You weren’t working for a bit because your boss had picked up on the vibe, giggled, and nudged you two to a little secluded table in the back for some alone time. It was so strange. You had several crushes on boys before in your lifetime, but none of them had come up quite as suddenly as this one. Perhaps it was because he saved you. Or how handsome he was. Or how gentlemanly he was with you – pulling out your chair and offering to decline your offer in order to pay for the meal himself. Almost as if it was a date. You blushed at the thought.

“Is something wrong?” he asked. He didn’t talk much, but whenever he did say something, it was usually sweet and considerate.

“No. It’s just… this is really nice,” you said, blushing madly with a soft smile on your face. He smiled back too. You were so cute. You noticed he was staring at your ears.

“I-I can take these off if you want,” you said, suddenly a bit insecure. You had no idea why you wanted to impress him so much.

“No. They’re cute.” His smile was so warm. You blushed even more. The milkshake was almost gone and neither of you were ready to say goodbye. If anything, you wanted to do this a lot more.

“May we do this again?” he asked. You were surprised.

“I’d really like that. I get off work at six if you want to go for a walk through the park or something,” you said as you twirled a lock of __h/c__ hair around your finger.

“That sounds nice. May I know your name?”

“It’s ________. And you?”

“Morinozuka Takashi.”

And that was the beginning of a very long relationship. You also found yourself wearing the cat ears and tail a lot more too because you found out that Takashi loved cute things. Especially you.