Black Cat

Chapter 3

The first thing Jinyoung did when he woke up was blink. He stared at the ceiling and blinked again. He was on his bed, tangled in his sheet like he used to be every weekend's morning. He tried to find his phone, and found it still attached to its charger. Like he left it last night. Weird. He stood up and carefully walked to the living room, there was no man in there. No groceries in front of his door or on his kitchen counter. That stray cat was still asleep on the couch. Jinyoung chuckled.

So, it was a dream?

Jinyoung let out some giggles and ran to the cat. He picked it up and held him close to his face. The cat was just quiet. Jinyoung kissed the cat with a wide smile and broke into laughter. He felt so stupid, freaking out over nothing. After he was satisfied with cuddling the cat, he put it down again.

"as weird as it sounds, I will name you Odd. You don't mind right?" Jinyoung asked, cheerfully. He then got up to take his phone, getting ready to buy cat's food and all the groceries he needs. He considered calling Chanyeol too, so maybe they could get breakfast together, but before he could dwell more on that thought, he saw a message appear on his phone. He read it with full horror on his face.

1 message from Mark-Hyung

I'm home already! Did your cat like its food Jinyoung-ie?

Mark got to his house after Gaga walked in first. He saw his dog throw himself on his favorite sofa and stare back at him with shiny eyes and wiggling tail. Mark smiled. It was always impossible to stay angry at Gaga when Gaga threw him his puppy eyes, even though his dog was clearly not a puppy anymore.

"I'll put this down first and then we could cuddle while eating pizza~" said Mark sang, while he walked to the kitchen. Sure, it was strange that Gaga would attack a cat but he can't call it an 'attack' in the first place. He walked back to the couch and turned on tv to search for something interesting.

Gaga placed his head on Mark's lap, asking to be petted, as usual. He remembers his conversation with Jinyoung earlier. He couldn't believe that he could meet one of his best friends again, after such a long time If he could meet Jinyoung after 15 years, then it isn't a problem to be apart for 9 years. Or so he thought.

"You know Gaga, you've never met Jackson. But if you ever meet him, you guys would get along well. I'm sure of it. Both of you are like puppies," Mark said while giggling. Gaga just looked at him and tilted his head.

"but he left me, you know? That brat. So, make sure if you meet him, bite him. Understand Gaga?" said Mark sadly. Gaga just whined and licked Mark's face gently, making Mark giggle. Dogs are indeed a man's best friend.

"oh! I need to ask Jinyoung if his cat likes its food or not. I don't know if that kid could raise a pet or not " Mark said and fished his phone from his pocket to text Jinyoung.

Jinyoung left Mark's text on read and ran to the living room. Odd was still calm while sitting on his couch. Odd turned to stare at him, which Jinyoung thought, was mocking him.

"it wasn't a dream, was it? you're trying to fool me, huh? Do you think I'm that dumb?" Jinyoung accused the cat, while pointing his finger to him. Odd meowed flatly. 'You indeed look dumb talking like this', Jinyoung thought. He let out a frustrated noise and picked up Odd and took him to his room. Odd meowed loudly but didn't resist. He threw Odd on his bed and walked back to the door.

"get back to your human form and we need to talk" Jinyoung said coldly and closed the door with a slam. Jinyoung felt betrayed. How could he be fooled in his own house? And what the hell was happening? He let someone in his bedroom? Jinyoung muffled his frustrated scream with the couch's pillow. He thought the dreamt about a man because he was desperate. But it wasn't a dream! That man was real and was in his bedroom now. Jinyoung stood up to change his mind but halted in his step when he heard his bedroom's door open.