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!! sad chapter !!

what's gonna be left of the world, if you're not in it?

3rd person pov

alex always had trouble sleeping growing up. no matter how hard he tried to fall asleep, he always found him self staring at the ceiling early in the morning.

but things changed when he got a cat named tiger, for his 6th birthday. it was incredible. it was like getting a cat suddenly solved all his problems.

his body would finally shut off at night and alex finally got the rest he needed. after that, he refused to sleep if tiger was not with him.

alex was now 22 and never had any problems with sleeping, and he never thought he would have any. that is..until the unthinkable happened.

alex's pov
i was starting to drift off to sleep, until i was woken up my a loud 'meow'. i opened my eyes to see tiger right in my face.

i was surprised by this because normally tiger wouldn't interact with me and he would just lay on my leg or on the side of me.

but this time, tiger wanted to cuddle with me. i scratched the back of his ear and he dropped himself down on my arm. i pet him as i slowly fell asleep, tiger purring being the last thing i heard.

before i went to sleep, i kissed tiger and said 'i love you'

it was 4 in the morning and for some strange reason i had this feeling that i needed to do something.

i looked over at tiger and pet him. he purred softly. 'that's weird' i thought. usually tiger would wake up whenever i woke up.

i picked him up and it sounded like he was having trouble breathing. i was taken aback. 'no' i thought, 'this isn't happening'.

i let a tear fall down my cheek. i put tiger on the bed and went to go get his bowl and some food.

i got back to my room with tigers now filled his bowl and placed it in front of him. i quietly sobbed as i watched tiger slowly eat his last meal.

i collapsed onto my bed and let out a shaky sigh. i was trying to stop crying, i really was. but it seemed like every time i thought of tiger not being with me, i fell apart all over again.

i just laid there, staring at my empty ceiling and drowning in my own thoughts. 

all of my sorrow was disrupted by a small meow. it was tiger, he was rubbing his head against mine. i scratched his head and he jumped on top my chest. i pet him and closed my eyes as i listened to his soft purring, " i..i love you tiger." slowly his purring disappeared and i was left in silence.

i opened my eyes and looked tiger. he wasn't breathing, he was gone.

i got up and got an old shoe box and put tiger in it. i planned on getting him cremated the same day. but i had to emotionally prepare myself first. 

i fell back onto my bed and shut my eyes tightly. i tried to breath in and out to try and calm down. i breathed in and let out a shakily breath.