Fall In Love With A Feline

Chapter 3

**Kevin's POV**

She came as a surprise, shocking me out of my wits right after waking up. She was a vision, a beauty. But... still, she's a stranger inside my home.

I covered her with a blanket in the meantime because she refused to take any of the shirts I offered. She just held onto that stuffed cat's house she turned into a toy tightly and refused to move from the corner of my room. She just sat there and cried.

If she really is my Abey then I could just imagine how scared she is right now. But the fact that this situation is impossible to happen kept my doubts. She still could be a bad person.

I called in sick for work today. My boss did not ask for further details when I told him I wasn't feeling well because, for the past four years, I've never been absent nor tardy. I always do an excellent job.

My life was practically just about work right after I graduated. I never had any goals set except to save money and for the past four years, I've earned money I never thought I'll ever earn and now, I don't know where to use it for. I thought of buying my own house because I've been living in an apartment but, what will I do with a house when I live alone.

I'm not materialistic like the others. I just buy the things I need, the basic needs -- food, shelter, clothing... that's it. I don't even buy much clothes for myself. I won't buy anything new unless I can no longer use it. I never wasted money because after I lost my parents, money has always been my issue. At least now I've moved past that. 

That is until I took Chaeyoung home. Having a pet... no, a companion at home had eased my loneliness. She always made me look forward to coming back home.

She could always make me happy after a stressful day at work. She's very sweet and affectionate and best of all, I know she listens. From the day she came home with me until last night, she had always been listening, looking straight in my eyes every time I speak. She even replies -- meowing after I finished talking. I know it's weird but, it's also cute at the same time. Only I have an intelligent cat.

She also knew when I wake up, always a couple of minutes ahead of my alarm. She even know when I'd get home, waiting in front of the door and immediately hopping onto my arms, purring while affectionately rubbing her head and body on me.

And every time I had a really bad day, she would comfort me, rubbing her head against my cheek or even my whole face before giving me kisses. And because of these, I always see to it that she gets the best of everything. Food, vitamins, grooming... you name it, she gets the best.

But now, my companion is gone.

I'm still not convinced about who she claims to be...

Well.. she did not claim it out loud but based on her actions, it's as if she's telling me she's my Abey. I've looked everywhere inside the apartment. No windows were left open and even if I've forgotten to close them, Abey would never go outside, not without me.

She's scared to go out.

And how in the hell could this happen? How could a cat just change into a human overnight?

However, he's been crying for a while now. Abey had never done that but if she really is my cat then changing into a completely new form is scary, I should somehow comfort her.

I went to the kitchen to get her some water. After filling up the glass, I almost drop the glass when I turned and I saw her sitting on top of the table, naked again but still holding the cat's bed while also holding her legs bent inside her arms. Her mouth and nose were buried upon the the cat's bed which now turned to a stuffie while keeping her sad eyes locked on me.

Abey always follows me to the kitchen and sits on top of the dining table, waiting for her meal.

"I'm hungry." She said, sniffing.

"I have water coming out of my eyes and nose, Kevin." She added, pouting cutely.

"Y-you've never cried before?" I asked, frozen on my spot since having seen her naked is totally distracting me for a while now. I just can't get used to it. Who would?

"Cry? Do you mean like what Kevin does when he's stressed? Salty water coming out of your eyes?" She asked.

"Uhmm... yeah." I nodded.

"No... I wasn't feeling any stress like you do. Well, every time you leave but I don't cry. But why does my nose do the same? You never did that. And it tastes funny."

"I don't cry for too long as you did so... Uhm, water." I then moved towards her and handed the glass of water which she frowned upon in confusion. It took time before she held it with both hands. However, I almost laugh when she stuck her tongue out, trying reaching for the water inside the glass with her tongue.

She said I was stressed. She can't really be my cat? Abey always knows when I'm feeling really bad.

"I can't drink!" She whined, struggling with the way she tries to drink. "Give me my bowl!" She demanded, pointing at the empty silver bowl on top of the counter. Suddenly, she looked at her finger that's pointing before looking at me with awestruck expression, "I was able to point as you do!"

"Uhm... Abey?" I called, unsure of what really I should call her. But she responds to that name so I've decided to just go with it. "Don't sit on the table." I continued, pulling a chair, "Sit here."

"But you sit there... I sit here." She retorted back before she pulled her hand from holding on her knees and tap the top of the table.

Jesus... Is she really my cat?

"Not anymore. Look at you, you look like me so you need to act like me." I replied.

"I look like you?" She asked, brows all furrowed before she looked at herself, exposing her chest again which I immediately look away from.

"I have longer fur in the head and it's much lighter compared to yours, you're still taller bigger than me and I have chest while you don't, well... I can't say my chest is bigger. I also don't have a tail in front of me... so, I don't look like you." She added, tilting her head.

A tail in? In front?

"Uhm... what do you mean by tail?... I don't have a tail." I asked, still avoiding to look at her chest.

"Yes, you do. The one you've been squeezing last night..." She answered.

My eyes instantly widened and look in disbelief.

I was so embarrassed when my cat saw what I was doing last night and there's no way for anyone to see what I was doing. I was alone. I made sure I was alone, always. Not like I have anyone living with me but, I made sure that even my cat is out of my room. But Abey walked in on me last night.

But what I'm shocked about is not being busted on m**********g, but the fact that it's impossible for anyone to know what I was doing last night.

"It's not a tail, Abey. I-it's something a male of our species has, it's something used to differentiate a male from a female. You don't have one because you're a female." I answered. "Now get off the table and sit on the chair, please."

She then put the glass upon the table and get off it, revealing more of her body before sitting down on the chair. I then ran to the bedroom again to get the blanket to cover her but when I ran back to the kitchen again, my eyes widened again when I saw her pushing the glass towards the edge of the table with her index finger.

"NO! ABEY! DON'T!" I yelled which made her flinch and hug her bed tightly out of surprise. Fortunately, she wasn't able to push way to the edge. I breathed out in relief. That is the last glass I have because my cat had broken the rest I bought.

"Stop yelling!" She yelled as well before pouting then hid half of her face behind her toy.

"Don't break anything, please? That's the last glass I have. Now drink your water." I shook my head in frustration as I walk towards her to give her some cover.

"I told you I can't." She retorted.

"Just copy how I drink. We always eat together so you should know." I sighed, now covering her with a blanket around her shoulders.

She took the glass again and finally was able to drink after a few minutes of staring at it, finishing the whole glass within seconds. Then, she glares at me and said, "I'm hungry, Channie. When am I going to eat?"

I sighed as I prepared our breakfast while she just sits there, holding her bed ever so tightly while watching me like how Abey used to do.

I wanna believe that she's really my cat, but it's just impossible to happen. Even if she acted like Abey, it's still unbelievable.

And no matter how much this day get's so confusing and weird, the fact that there's an impossibly pretty girl inside my apartment is making me nervous. Even if she's possibly deranged, she's still so gorgeous.

When I served her meal, she looked up to me in all confusion, "I can eat your food?" She asked.

She's seriously good at playing like a cat and I'm just freaking going along with it. What the hell am I doing?

"Yes. I can't let you eat cat food when you're human... but, you need to prove yourself." I said, sitting across her.

"Prove myself?" She asked before lowering her head towards the plate and was about to just smudge her face over the food.

"Stop, that's not how you eat!" I yelled again.

She was quick to lift her head, pouting hard as she tries holding the spoon. "How am I supposed to eat like you?" She whined again.

I shook my head in hidden frustration and decided to just feed her myself.

Seriously, why am I doing this?

She's highly doubtable but somehow, I wanna believe.

"So... tell me something I don't know," I said.

Her eyes brightened up as soon as she tasted the meat. Looking at it that's upon her plate. "It's so delicious! Much tastier than wet food!" She cheered in such excitement I've never seen on anyone I know.

She's really cute. Like so cute that it makes my heart beat in a way that I couldn't explain.

I smile crept on my lips as I watch her enjoy every bite. But still, I need to make sure she is really my Abey or else I need to kick her out... no matter how beautiful she is.

"You need to prove you're my cat." I said sternly. "Why did you change?... why did this happen to you?" I asked.

I know I'm being too kind to her just because she has reminded me of how Abey is despite being human... and... because she's pretty.

"Kevin loves me. You say so every day." She answered, looking straight in my eyes, making me more nervous than I ever was.

"I need more answers other than that," I replied sternly. "You need to prove that you're my Abey, or else... Y-you... you need to leave."

Her whole expression changed in an instant. "Leave?" She asks.

I immediately nodded as I put my chopstick down.

"Kevin... will kick me out?" She asked again and I could just nod, expressing my seriousness as I look straight into her eyes as well.

She looked down on her plate, looking defeated and lonely before she slowly lifts her eyes to me. "I... I just wanted to make you happy. You wished on your birthday, you wished that I was a person so you'd have someone to talk to... because no one remembered your birthday. You were so sad and you even cried so when you ask me for a wish yesterday for my birthday, I wished to be a person... I wished it for you...

I've been thinking it thoroughly after I find out I am not a cat anymore. And I could only think of that... our wish came true." She stated, looking apologetic and defeated.

My heart throbbed as I felt a prick inside that made me so weak hearing all these.

I can remember that night I came home drunk. I never told anyone what I wished for because I have no one else to talk to other than my Abey.

No one knew my birthday, my cat is the only one that I talk to... and she listened. I was so lonely. The last person who greeted me with a happy birthday daw was my mom and dad. No one asked and even if they knew, the wouldn't remember my birthday.

Abey was the only one I celebrated that day with. And I specifically wished she's a person so I could have someone I can really talk to. I've wished something I knew was impossible but, deep inside, I really wanted it... a person I can be with.

Is she really my cat?

"If I knew you'd kick me out. I wouldn't have wished for it as well." She mutters, looking at her bed that's still around her arms.

Suddenly, she stands up, making the blanket that once covered her fell on the floor again. I froze when she then sat on my lap and started rubbing her forehead on my cheek while her hands cling on my shoulders.

"I don't want to live in that corner, alone again, Kevin. Don't kick me out, please? I'll wish I'm a cat again if you're not happy with me being a person." She pleaded, muttering softly.

"For the first time, Kevin understands what I'm saying. Kevin is now talking with me but, I never expected you'd want me to leave because I was like this." She added.

"I thought you'll be happy."

I was convinced at that moment. But, my heart stopped when I felt her lips on my cheek. I immediately pushed her away but gently, holding her arms which had her surprised.

"Don't..." I whispered, shaking my head softly before my hands immediately retreated back to my body.

"Okay... I believe you're my Abey. But, you need to stop... stop acting like this." I said sternly.

"Acting like this? What do you mean?" She asked, looking confused.

"Acting like a cat." I answered. "You're human at the moment... so you need to act like one. When you're a cat again then, you can act like a cat."

The way my heart is beating at the moment is unacceptable. Even if my wish came true and she became a human for me, she's still originally a cat.

I can't let myself feel like this especially it's only the first time to meet her.

I just hope she changes back soon.

I'm not good with girls let alone someone as gorgeous as her.

Besides, she's not a human. She needs to change back.