Cat Got Your Tongue | Minsung AU

Chapter 4

Minho turned on the TV, ate the ramen messily and snooped around the apartment for a few hours. As it got darker outside he walked in front of the open window and shifted back into a cat. He left out of the window and walked to the alley nearby where he and his brothers stayed. He found the two cats cuddled up beside each other fast asleep. Minho called for Felix quietly, trying not to wake up Changbin. Felix's eyes shined in the dark as he woke up and saw Minho. He carefully crawled away from Changbin and walked with Minho down the alley so they wouldn't be heard.

"You are back! I wasn't sure if I would ever see you again after your fight with Changbin... but the fact that you are back... did things not go well when you told him?" Felix said.

"No, it actually went really well considering. It didn't take him too long to come to terms with the whole shapeshifting thing but he said he is not in love with me..." Minho said.

"Minho! I'm so sorry! What are you going to do?" Felix asked.

"I'm going to make him love me. He said that he can't love someone he doesn't know so we can spend time together and get to know one another. He said I could stay there at his place tonight, in fact he said that the two of you could come as well. So while I know it's probably a no I still had to come and ask. I know how hard it is out here and how nice and warm it is in his apartment. Are you sure you can't convince Changbin to come?" Minho said.

"No Minho, you know he won't. You know how he feels about humans. But please come and visit me as often as you can and tell me about all your adventures in the human world. I am rooting for you Minho." Felix said with tears in his little cat eyes.

"I know you are." Minho said as he nuzzled against Felix's neck briefly before leaving back to the apartment.

He climbed into the window, shifted and put the clothes back on that were left there on the floor. He laid on the bed, curled up in the fetal position as he watched TV until he fell asleep.

It was now 2am and Jisung was finally home. He came into the small studio apartment to find the curled up Minho on his bed. He sat down gently beside him and looked down at his peaceful sleeping face. He began to pet Minho's silver gray hair softly as he thought 'I can't believe that this is Charlie, my cute little kitten is really this beautiful man. His looks are truly unreal, it makes sense that he's a magical creature because how can a real person look this perfect?'

Jisung could hear a faint noise coming from Minho as he pet him and leaned down to hear it more clearly. Much to his surprise when he leaned down he could hear that Minho was purring. 'He's purring... as a human... I didn't even know people could make this sound. Shit, he's so cute!' Jisung thought as he couldn't help but smile.

Minho woke up and instinctively nuzzled his face against Jisung's hand, flicking his tongue gently against his finger. Jisung pulled his hand away from Minho quickly as his face turned an embarrassing shade of red. "You're home." Minho said softly as he looked up at Jisung.

Jisung's heart skipped a beat, it had been a long time since someone seemed so relieved to see him. He spent most of his days, going through the motions, not really knowing if anyone would notice or care if he just disappeared. As weird of a situation as it was, Minho had been waiting for him and was happy to see him. It was always like that when he was Charlie too, but having Minho in human form so eager to see him when he comes home... he could get used to that.

"You look exhausted, you should go to sleep." Minho said, tugging on Jisung's sleeve.

"I can't, I got us food, I am starving. Are you hungry?" Jisung said as he got up to get the bag of food off of his kitchen counter.

"No, I am not hungry, just tired." Minho said, rubbing his eye with the back of his hand. Jisung sat back down on the bed, eating and watching the TV that was still on. After a few minutes Minho scooted over to lay his head on Jisung's thigh and fell right back to sleep. Jisung looked down in shock but his face quickly softened as he began petting Minho's hair again.