Cat Mania

1. New Life, New Encounters

Cale had been trapped inside the body of a cat for a while. Not that he complained, actually, he was quite happy to finally be able to slack freely. Though, he did miss his kids.

"Come eat!" A kid called out loud.

The cats quickly surrounded the boy, asking for head pats and eating the food he provided for them. They purred happily.

Cale shortly joined the cats and ate his share. He had gotten used to his new body and now lived alongside it.

"Look at you." The kid bent down on his knees, looking at Cale with large, innocent eyes. "You should eat more. You're so skinny." The boy smiled.

The kid in front of him was Seo Jiwoo, the caretaker of the cats here. He's a kind and innocent soul, taking care of even the strays out of his own free will. The cats here were also strays before meeting Jiwoo.

Jiwoo stroked Cale's fur, "I've never seen red cat fur before. I wonder why you were abandoned.." He looked at Cale with sad eyes that worried for him. "Oh. It looks like we're almost out of cat food." Jiwoo looked at the almost empty bag. He got up from the floor, "I'll go out to get more food, take care guys!" Jiwoo slipped on his shoes while opening the front door and exited.

"Meow."

"Huh?" Jiwoo looked down. "You can't come with me!" He picked up Cale, carrying him in his arms.

"Purr." Cale looked into his eyes with his usual stoic expression.

Jiwoo was weak to any cat, and with pleading eyes like those, he gave up easily. Jiwoo chuckled. "Alright, just this once." He walked off with Cale.

'What is this kid thinking? Going out alone in the middle of the night? Do you not know what danger is?' Cale thought, which was why he decided to follow Jiwoo. He did not want his slacker life to slip away anyways.

They entered a pet store, getting only the things they needed and left.

While walking back home, they walked through a seemingly safe alley.

"What's that?..." Jiwoo said, trying to get a better look. His eyes widened as he realized what it was, an injured cat. Jiwoo quickly rushed to its side.

Cale jumped off Jiwoo's arms.

Jiwoo checked the cat's body, there was a large scar on it. He looked around, realizing that the quickest place to get to was his house. He quickly picked the cat up carefully and ran to his house.

'He's really making me run!' Cale tried to catch up to him.

They entered Jiwoo's house.

Jiwoo settled the cat down on his chair upstairs in his room. Then went to the kitchen to grab the first aid kit, then performed first aid. "Phew.." He slouched backwards as he finished. All that panicking made him tired.

"Meow."

"Oh. You're still here." Jiwoo smiled. "Are you worried?"

"Meow." Cale was sitting up, looking at Jiwoo while tilting his head. 'No, but I can feel something strange coming from that cat you just had to pick up off the streets.' Cale eyed the orange cat suspiciously.

"You should go to bed. I'll take care of him when he wakes up." Jiwoo reassured Cale.

"Meow." Cale responded as he climbed onto Jiwoo's bed and laid down, closing his eyes. 'Whatever, it's not my problem what this kid does.'