Anything for You

Four years, seven months and twenty-six days; that's how long I've been with Jein. I've kept count ever since she came into my life. I have such a good life because of her. Every day when she comes home, I run to greet her and show her how much I appreciate everything she does for me. A year after I came to live with her, I realized I didn't just love her; I 'loved' her. She was my everything. I have tried so hard to show her just how much I care, but my actions always seem to get played off as 'being cute' or simple friendly affections; no better than how one would love a member of their family. Don't get me wrong, I was grateful to be thought of as family, but even though I knew we could never actually be together, I wanted Jein to love me the way I loved her.

"Jimin! I'm home!!"

I knew that. I heard her coming down the hall and the jingle of her keys, ready to unlock the door. I took off through the house and was already sitting on the kitchen counter waiting for her smothering affections when she came through that door.

'Hello my love, how was your day? Was it good?', I melted into her touch as she rubbed my head and scratched behind my ears.

"Who's my good boy?? You're my good boy! Did you miss me while I was gone?"

'I miss you any time you are gone.', I reached up for her, 'Hold me! Pick me up!', I wanted to feel her arms around me. Jein was the warmest, most wonderful human I could have ended up with.

"Awwww, such a little charmer! Do you love me, Jimin?"

'With all my heart.', I snuggled into her neck.

"I love you soooo much! My precious little baby boy.", her hands were so gentle and comforting on my neck and back, but her words cut deep into my soul. She didn't love me the same way I loved her. Of course she didn't, it would be weird if she did... but I was okay with being weird.

The neighboring human's cats teased me; they didn't understand me at all. They claimed to love their humans too, but not the same way I did. 'How can a cat want a human for a mate?', they would ask over and over. I didn't know how, I just knew I did. 'You can never be together.', they would remark, but I already knew that. It didn't stop the feelings I had. They would constantly talk about the female in heat down the way, or try to convince me to see the Calico that had her eyes on me, but I wasn't interested in anyone. They were both very pretty, but when I had Jein's love, what more could I ask for?

I followed her everywhere she went in the house, never letting her get out of sight for too long. Every time she would sit down, I would jump into her lap and rub myself all over her, letting everyone who came near her know she was mine. There was one human who didn't seem to get the message, and he frequently came over. I didn't like him... not only did he ignore my clear scent all over her, he just rubbed me the wrong way. Quite literally sometimes! He was not a nice human, always fluffing my fur the wrong way when she wasn't looking, pulling at my whiskers and yanking my tail. He flaunted his power over me constantly, always touching her, sitting so close with her and they always did that thing where their lips would touch. I didn't like him at all... but what made it worse was, Jein seemed to. She never noticed the horrible things he did to me in secret, and would always forgive him for the things he did to her. He was not a nice human at all.

My poor Jein. She deserved better than him. Every chance I got, I would put myself between them, growling at him when he got too close.

'Don't you dare think you are good enough for her!'

"Jimin!!", her hand came down on my backside, "What's wrong with you?? That's no way to treat Baekho!"

'But!'

"Go lay down somewhere till you change that attitude!", she pushed me from the couch.

'He's no good for you! He's a mean human!', I looked back at her with pleading eyes.