A to Z Challenge: F is for Fish & Feline

En route our daily walk is a restaurant called Campus. It houses a small aquarium with two fish tanks. One tank has a solitary Cichlid fish with a huge nuchal hump. The other tank has a multitude of other types of fish - Tetras, Goldfish, Tiger sharks, Cat Fish and other smaller ones. 

Our tryst with these Fish started out about a month ago when I thought it would be a good idea for Beckett to see these fish and for us to find how she would react to them. Over the last couple of weeks it became a ritual, and now Beckett asks to be taken to the aquarium as we pass by the restaurant. 

The Cichlid reacts to Beckett's hand movements as she puts her finger to the fish tank and comes by to check if it is some sort of food. Or maybe it is bored and welcomes the break from solitude. The fish in the other tank are nonchalant and go about their lives as if nothing has happened.

I personally enjoy these pit stops because one of the restaurant's durbaans is the Indian version of Tyrion Lannister. I'm in awe of him. His zen like presence and his 'I've seen lot of shit in life and don't give a f***' look leave me spell bound.

The other thing that happens during our walks is the company of a young white and brown kitten. One day instead of just watching the kittens, I decided to talk to them and mewed and 'pucchh pucchh' ed at them. This little fellow got excited and followed Beckett & me right to the elevator of our building. I fed it some milk and that was that. From the next day, the kitten started accompanying us on our walks. It sees us coming, climbs down from the wall it is perched upon and walks just behind or next to us. When it is playful, it comes from behind, and crosses our path and then waits till we go ahead and then repeats it from the other direction. And both Beckett and I find the whole thing really amusing while Missus is constantly worried about Beckett touching the kitten and catching some sort of infection. 

So now technically, without having any pets Beckett has a kitten and some Fish to play with.