A-Meow-Rous Love (Amour)

Facing the Fear

Ash's POV

"You're afraid of water?" I ask Serena and she nods, with a blush on her embarrassed face

Well, this is quite... surprising to me. I know that usually cats are afraid of water, and so are humans. But I haven't seen any human who's afraid of taking a bath because of water like her. Maybe her skin is sensitive to water, or she just has some bad memories about water, I think.

"So why are you afraid of water, huh?" I ask her, just to get further in the situation

"When I was about 5 or 6, my mom always threw me in the swimming pool like a bomb, just to teach me how to swim! It was normal in the first time, but this kept happening, and I also accidentally drank like a gallons of the water. My mom wanted me to be strong, but it just... brrrr..." she says while shivering from the memory of her childhood, with her eyes open wide

So... a mother tried to help her daughter get through her fear of water, but it had no significant effect and made her even more afraid of it, and I think that made her mother sad. What an emotional and heartbreaking story

"But I guess you did take a bath before, right?" I ask her

"NO! IT'S LIKE A BUNCH OF ICY PIECES DROP DOWN TO YOUR SKIN IN A GENTLE BUT PAINFUL WAY! I DON'T LIKE IT!" She shouts at me while hugging her legs

"So how the heck did you clean your body anyway?" I ask her, because to be honest I'm very curious, anyway

"Why are you so interested in how I clean my body, anyway? Did your perv blood just boil up from the inside?" She asks while crossing her arms to cover her body

That little...!

"W-Well, n-no! God damn it! Just tell me already!" I shout while blushing

"You know cats usually lick its fur to clean itself, right?" She says it straight to my face.

Wait, what? If that so... IT'S SO DISGUSTING IN SO MANY LEVELS!

No wonder I could sense the smell like rotten fish inside my apartment, although I didn't buy or have any raw one!

Better back away from her...

So I slowly walk backward, but she realizes it. She runs to me and hugs my leg as tight as she can and starts crying

"DON'T LEAVE ME!" She yells while crying

"YOU LITTLE! SO THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS SMELT SOME WEIRD THINGS IN MY APARTMENT! SO IT WASN'T FROM MY JEANS BUT IT WAS FROM YOU!" I shout at her with no hesitation

"THAT'S SO RUDE!"

"BACK OFF, STINKY CAT!"

"I HATE THAT NICKNAME!"

"I DON'T CARE! I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS SMELLIER! MY JEANS' POCKET OR YOU!?"

"BUT I HAVE MY PERSONAL SUFFERING!"

"JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE SCARED OF WATER DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN AVOID TAKING A BATH!"

"BUT... BUT..."

"NO BUTS!"

Next time if the author tries to stuff any catgirl or catboy in MY PLACE IN THE FUTURE, I'M GONNA FIND HIM AND KILL HIM IMMEDIATELY!

(Well, guess what, Ash? Bad news. In the future I'll add a bunch of human-animal characters with different fears because I can. So you think that's already too torturous? You ain't see nothing yet! That's what you get for being a main character in my book, anyway! 😂)