Annie Week (Mikannie Version)

Pets/Animals/Cats

It's been about a year now.

Annie sulked in her living room, spacing out while some random talk show was playing on her television. She had almost forgotten about the date until she saw a commercial ad for the pet shelter.

Snowball was his name, her pet cat that she's had since she was eight. When you think about it, since Annie is twenty one now it made sense that he passed around now, Snowball was having a hard time walking around and he ate less as well, better that he passed on than struggling to live. But that doesn't mean it hurt any less.

Annie sighed, now becoming annoyed with the sound of voices on TV she shut it off and decided to get dressed. Maybe getting out of the house will help her forget for a while.

Taking a walk seemed to help a little. She took her usual route through the park and enjoyed the spring air, this was nice. 

She came to a halt though when she heard a noise, it sounded like a faint meow but that's just her mind playing tricks on her right? But she heard it again and it definitely sounded real.

Deciding to investigate, Annie made her way over to the bush at the edge of the trail. The noise got louder as she got closer, coming around the bush she spotted the source of the meowing. It was a black cat, it wasn't very big but it wasn't a kitten either, probably in mid growth.

Annie's eyes sparkled at the sight of the poor cat, its paw seemed to be wrapped up in the twigs of the bush, that was probably the reason why it didn't run when Annie approached it. Very slowly Annie reached out her hand and wrapped it under the cat to keep a good grip on him, it tensed for a moment but then relaxed, she used her other hand to pull the twigs apart from its paw. Once the cat was free Annie fully expected it to flee from her but it didn't, instead it stayed perfectly calm in her arm, she took a chance lightly pet its head and ran her hand down its back causing the cat to purr softly.

She couldn't help the small pull on her heart when that happened, cats have always been her weakness. Standing up she looked around the park, it didn't seem like anyone was looking for something lost, she did walk around a bit and asked a few people if the cat belonged to them but came up short. One person however did say they found a collar on the ground earlier and handed it over to her, that doesn't necessarily mean it belonged to the cat but it's better than nothing.

It was getting late so Annie decided to just bring the cat home with her. Setting it down on the floor she watched it take in his surroundings and explore the house, eventually he found one of Snowball's old toys under the couch and distracted himself with that, Annie smiled.

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It had been a week since Annie brought the cat home with her and she had to admit, it was nice having a furry friend around the house again.

She went out and bought a small bag of cat food and unpacked some of Snowball's things for him to play with and use. Sometimes Annie would play with him too and feed him treats, at night he would curl up next to her on the couch while she watched TV and even slept on the bed with her too. Annie was getting too attached.

One day she got a call from her friend Reiner who wanted a "life update." Annie told him about her finding the cat last week and everything up until then.

"Annie, that's someone else's pet you can't keep him." Reiner told her sternly.

"But he seems pretty comfortable here. I'm sure they're fine without him." Annie tried to reason.

"Annie." Reiner used his brotherly sweet but stern tone. "You have to give him back."

She sighed. "Okay fine. I'll look for the owner."