The Fourteen Years I Spent as a Cat

Chapter 6: The girly and me

The girly has never been as busy ever since starting high school.

From her club activities, to all the things she had to study, going out with friends and her duties as a student, these past two years had gone by busily.

Perhaps his work had lightened a bit, but it was around this time that the man would stop being shut in his study all day, and apart from the mornings would spend some valuable time with the girly. The woman also became a housewife, and started to welcome the girly as she went and came back from school, as well as talking to the other housewives, happily spending her days away.

In these last two years, the girly had grown even more significantly.

The hair that the girly started growing out a year ago was tied up as cute as ever, and maybe it’s because she’s gotten more feminine, but she’s starting to put more effort in taking care of her face. She’s even been putting on a little makeup lately.

“Ah, woah! I forgot my blazer!”

“Oi, oi, are you sure you’ll be alright?”

Seeing the girly suddenly get up from the dining table and run out, the man grumbled in shock.

Today was the opening ceremony for the girly’s senior year in high school. I too, had been dragged out by the girly yesterday, and was exhausted. The girly, who had played a bunch during her spring break, was not exactly prepared for today, and the three of us, the man, girly and I, were all together until late last night.

Last night, the woman went out to buy the things that the girly needed to take to school today, and the man was chasing up the girly on any documents she may have needed to hand in. I went to check whether or not she had forgotten her shoes as I dived under her regular uniform and sports uniform.

The girly, with her blazer in hand, hurried back to the dining table, stuffing what remained of the sandwich into her mouth. I could see her beautifully tanned, straw-coloured legs coming out from her navy blue skirt that got shorter as she got older.

“Yuuka, you haven’t forgotten anything, have you?”

“Nope! I think!”

The girly answered as she tried to quickly swallow down her food.

Oi, oi. Get yourself together, girly.

I held the necktie that had been tossed onto the sofa with my mouth, and placed it on top of the shoes on the ground. The man who saw me do that, smiled bitterly, saying, “Good work, Kuro.” The man too, revealed a look of utter exhaustion.

The girly looked over here upon hearing the man’s words.

“Ah! That’s right, my tie!”

The girly, having just admitted that she had completely forgot about it, put her blazer under her armpits as she came over.

Picking up the pink tie, she pet the top of my head roughly.

“Thanks, Kuro~!”

You’re welcome, it was no big deal. Have you forgotten anything else?

I asked. The girly checked as she put on her shoes, looking at the bag that had her sports uniform in it, and then the other bag with her handkerchief and tissues.

“Alright! I’m all prepped and ready to go!”

At the girly’s signal, the woman came out from the kitchen.

“In that case, I’ll drive you there, so dear, please go take a little nap, okay?”

“Maybe I’ll take up that offer.”