The Love Tail

A Cat?!

I was on my way home from school, walking of course because a I didn't have a car, when I saw a little shop on the corner that wasn't there yesterday.

I thought for a minute then entered letting my curiosity get the best of me.

I opened the door and it jingled signalling a customer had entered.

A few minutes after I opened the door a man came out of the back. "Welcome! I'm Aano." He said walking towards me.

"Uh....hi I'm Kat.....what is this place exactly?" I asked him looking around.

There were tables and chairs, it looked like a restaurant but something felt different.

"Cat you say? Hmm?" He looked deep in thought with his hand on his chin.

"Yeah..." I took a seat tired of using my legs. "Aano? Could you explain what this place does?"

"Oh of course!" He exclaimed enthusiastically. He came over and sat by me also handing me a paper with a picture of this building.

La société des Chats? "Is this French?" I asked looking up. "Yes this place started there....and now we're here!" Aano screamed happily.

Then suddenly I heard a noise from the back of the room. "Uh...." I looked around to see if anyone else was here, creeped out by the loud crash nearby.

"Are we the only ones here?" I asked Aano.

"Well no, not really if you count my kitties." He said happily opening his hands weirdly for no reason.

He seemed kind of crazy and mentally ill, but I didn't put much thought into it.

As I snapped out of my thought bubbles a younger man came out from the room in the back.

"I thought you said it was just us and the cats?!" I whispered looking at the young man.

"Yeah. It is. See that's my little Billy, he's very mischievous!" Aano yelled happily.

"Where?" I looked around only to see the young man come closer.

"Right there! See he's coming! Awe come here Billy!" He seemed so happy talking about and to the cat-man?

"Th-that's a cat?!" I screamed louder than I intended.

The young man, supposedly named Billy, came over and rubbed himself on me.

"What're you doing?" I asked him pushing his face away.

"Hey! Why'd you do that!" Billy hissed, looking at me with a weird cat-like look.

"I don't know you!" I said standing up.

Aano looked at me as if I was crazy. "You see me and understand me!?" Billy yelled happily.

I nodded stiffly.

"Um I should get going. See ya" I told them heading to the door.

"Wait!" Billy yelled running over to me as Aano spoke over him. "Come back tomorrow please!" He pleaded.

I looked at both of them, Billy with eyes looking into my soul and Aano with pleading eyes.

I sighed.

"Fine." And I walked out, not ready to go back tomorrow.