The kitty is an hybrid with Herimash and Ajshar parents (the two cat-folk species of my setting) who works in the fields all day. He’s also sterile and shorter than average, so that makes him quite an outcast and not too lucky with the ladies. The woman is not considered a “good catch” either due to her family being poor and a lack of dowry.
After a few months of meeting after work, friendly chatting and awkward flirting, she decides to take control of the situation. No one had called the poor guy “cute” before…