You Are Always Mine

Chapter 3

"You can change?"

Hyun nodded, his head hiding in Chan's chest as he still held him tightly. Chan blinked and rubbed in his eyes, wanting to make sure he wasn't dreaming. "You- You're a human.." Chan carefully let his hands go over Hyun's head, stroking through his hair. "But..but how?" Chan carefully moved away a bit, looking at the male's face. "How does my cat change into a human?" Chan let his eyes study the male who was still holding onto him thight. His eyes wandered down, until he saw something he didn't expect to see. He quickly looked back up, meeting the eyes of the young male. "You're naked!" Hyun nodded once again, not getting the seemingly embarassed look on Chan's face. Chan took a deep breath and sat up, quickly covering Hyun with the blanket. "I- my.. my cat changed into a naked human male." Hyun watched Chan, trying to understand why Chan was suddenly acting different. Didn't he say that if Hyun was a human he would cuddle him and love him? Why wasn't he doing that? Hyun made a small sound, grabbing Chan's arm, wanting to pull him back. Chan got out of Hyun's grip, getting up from the bed. He ruffled his hair, trying wrap his head around the situatioin. Hyun sighed and crossed his arms, watching Chan walk around. "You said you would cuddle me.." Chan looked at Hyun. "My cat turned into a human! How- why- I'm shocked!" "You said you would cuddle me and love me!" "You're fully naked!" Chan shook his head in disbelief. Hyun shrugged, not understanding why being naked was so weird. "So? I'm naked as a cat as well.." "That's- it's different okay?"

Chan walked back and forth for a bit, pondering on the situation. Hyun watched him silently, waiting for anything to happen. At one point, Hyun's patience was gone. He got up and stopped Chan. "Walking isn't helping anybody." Hyun wanted to hug Chan, but Chan held him back. "No- it it won't. Just.. just put on some clothes please." Hyun sighed and walked to Chan's closet, pulling out some clothes. "Why did you not reveal yourself earlier?" "I.. I was scared. I haven't been safe to change for years.. until you took me in." "So, you were the one that ate my peanut butter? The one who took a shower and threw my clothes everywhere?" "Yeah.." Hyun turned around as he had changed into some sweatpants and a white tshirt. "Wha- are you gonna apologize for that?" "No." "You-" Hyun walked to Chan, pouting slightly. "I had to entertain myself somehow. You should be lucky I didn't scratch up your furniture. Now cuddle me." Hyun opened his arms, ready to hug, but Chan stopped him once more. "Hyun you.. you're a shapeshifter." "Yes.." "How do you exist?" "I don't know, I just am this way. Now cuddle-" "My cat Hyun is a shapeshifter. But.. don't you have your own home?" "No. I lived on the streets. Cuddle-" "Hyun please- I'm trying to.. understand what is happening." Hyun looked down. "I am a human, and a cat. I change. And I live with you. Why is that so hard to believe?" "Because shapeshifters only exist in movies!" Hyun tilted his head, Chan looking at him. "You don't know what a movie is, do you..." Hyun shook his head, Chan sighing deeply. "Let's just.. let's sleep. Let me sleep on it." Hyun felt let down, but agreed. They both lied back down in bed, Chan on one side, Hyun on the other. Hyun fell asleep quite quickly, but Chan kept pondering for hours until he lost the battle against exhaustion.

The next morning, it was very quiet in the apartment. Chan had gotten up after his alarm clock went off, Hyun turning around to sleep some more. Chan was kind of glad that Hyun was still sleeping, as it gave him time to think about the situation once more. Wouldn't he have to report Hyun to the police? No, Hyun said that he hadn't changed for years and that he had lived on the streets. The police might not even know what to do with him. Chan sighed and took a sip of his coffee, glancing at Hyun's sleeping figure. "I'll talk again with him after work.." Chan nodded and quickly finished his breakfast, leaving to go to work. Hyun was awoken by the sound of the door closing and locking. He yawned and sat up, opening his eyes to look around. He pouted slightly as Chan was nowhere to be seen. Had he broken Chan's trust? Would Chan send him away? Hyun got worried and anxious, not wanting to be on the streets again. Did he need to appeal to Chan? His naked body scared him off, maybe.. he needed to cover himself up completely? Hyun jumped off the bed, walking to the closet again. He searched through the clothes, not knowing what could be fit for covering him completely. Hyun sighed and looked around. Food? Chan loved food, should he cook something for him? Hyun walked to the fridge, only to find it nearly empty and with no food to prepare. Hyun closed the door with an annoyed sighed. Did he smell? Hyun tried to take in his own scent, not sure if humans could smell what he could. Hyun walked to the bathroom, opening the different cabinets to look for something to scent himself with. Hyun grabbed several stuff, trying to read what the packaging said. "Hair dye? You die from this?" Hyun flipped the package. "Colour your hair a beautiful blonde.." Hyun furrowed his eyebrows. "How does my hair colour itself?" Hyun read the rest of the package, finding the procedure that was written out strange, but interesting. "So.. you put paste in your hair, wait and then your hair changes!" Hyun smiled. "Cool, I can't do that on my own." Hyun opened the package, getting ready to entertain himself with this 'hair killing' product.

➴➵➶➴➵➶➴➵➶➴➵➶➴➵➶

Chan couldn't seem to focus on his music, his mind still occupied with the shapeshifting male in his home. Chan sighed and grabbed his phone, calling his best friend. "Hey mate~!" "Hey Felix." "Wow, you sound very down. What's up? You want me to come over?" Chan smiled slightly, happy that Felix immediately understood the reason for his call. "Yes that would be great." "Got it. I'm on my way. To your studio or to your apar-" "Studio! Studio- I'm in my studio." "Right.. to the studio it is. You better not be hiding something for me." "I'm not.." "Don't believe you. Anyway, see you soon!" Chan heard the click of the line being cut off. He put his phone down and leaned back in his chair. "How am I ever going to convince Felix that Hyun is a shapeshifter? He'll say I'm crazy." Chan got up and walked out of his studio, to the sodamachine down the hallway. He got some sode for himself and for Felix, bringing it back to his own studio. "Hyun is not a normal cat... No.. Last night, Hyun turned into a human.." Chan shook his head. "Felix, do shapeshifters really exist?" Chan sat back down in his chair. "Because my cat turned into a human last night and I know it's not a hallucination." Chan gasped and sat up right. "Maybe it's a hallucination! I have to show Felix... If he sees him then it's real, if he doesn't I'm just going crazy!" Chan smiled, opening his soda. He was happy to have come up with a plan, but suddenly froze. "What if it is real? Oh no.." Chan sighed deeply and leaned his head back. "This never ends!"

Felix arrived at Chan's studio a bit later, knocking on the door before coming inside. "Hey there." Chan smiled. "Hey Felix. Thanks for coming." Chan offered him the soda, taking a sip of his own. Felix took it and sat down on the second chair, looking at Chan. "So, why did you need me? You sounded down and you look down. As if somebody took the thing that you love most.." Felix gasped. "Did Hyun die? I told you to feed him well!" Chan shook his head, chuckling softly. "No no, Hyun is fine. Better than fine actually. Uhm..so.." Chan took a deep breath. "Something happened last night and I'm pretty confused on what to do." "Right.. tell me. Tell me every detail." Chan nodded and started to explain what happened, trying to not sound crazy. Felix listened to Chan with furrowed eyebrows, trying to make sense of the story. "So wait...Hyun changed into a human? How?" Chan shrugged. "I don't know, he just did. I was hugging him and then, I felt him grow?" Chan shook his head. "I know it sounds absolutely ridiculous, but I swear I'm not lying." Felix bit his lip and nodded. "Okay well.. let me think.." Felix drank a bit of his soda, silence filling the studio. Chan was nervous, thinking Felix would scold him or call him out for making up the whole thing. Felix looked at Chan. "Can I see him?" Felix asked softly, actually curious to see if it was really real. "Well yeah I.. I thought of showing you because.. maybe I'm hallucinating. And if you can't see him, that means I'm just.. going crazy." "Well, I wouldn't say you were going crazy but, you do have an active imagination." Felix chuckled and got up. "Come on, show me the catboy."

➴➵➶➴➵➶➴➵➶➴➵➶➴➵➶

Chan and Felix went back to the apartment, talking as they walked there. Felix tried to make jokes about, trying to think of ways how to prank people with a shapeshifter. Chan laughed and shook his head, not believing that Felix could think of all that stuff. "So you'd rob a bank and when the police catch you, you're just a cat lying on top of some old bags?" "Yes! Nobody would suspect a cat from robbing a bank." Chan nudged Felix with a chuckle. "I thought I was crazy." Yah-" Felix and Chan laughed. Chan put his key in the lock, opening the door to his apartment. Chan froze as he looked at his bed, seeing a fully naked Hyunjin on the bed, his head slightly covered with a towel. Felix had seen it too, blinking twice. "What the-" "Hyun! What the hell are you doing?!" Chan stepped further inside, trying not to look at Hyun's lower body. "HYUN!" Hyun groaned and took a deep breath. "What.." Hyun mumbled, still half asleep. "Hyun please-" Chan walked to his closet and grabbed some pants, throwing them on top of Hyun. Hyun made a small sound and opened his eyes, moving the towel slightly to look at Chan. "What?" "You were naked again?" Hyun sat up, the towel almost slipping of his head, but Hyun could grab it just in time. "Oh.. yeah.. sorry, I fell asleep." Hyun shrugged and suddenly froze, having picked up another scent. His head shot to the side, the towel shifting a bit by the sudden movement. He saw Felix standing in the doorway, who looked back at him with an equally surprised face. "You didn't tell me he was here!" "Did I have time to tell you?" "No.." "Now put those pants on please, and what is that towel for?" Chan signaled for Felix to come inside. Felix hesitated slightly, but walked in and closed the door. "I guess it's true. He is a shapeshifter." Chan nodded. "Yeah he is.. a very interesting one." Hyun put on the pants and got up, walking to the bathroom. "One sec-" Chan sighed and reached out for Hyun, grabbing the towel. The towel slipped off of Hyun's head, revealing Hyun's blonde hair. Chan gasped. "Hyun what did you do?!"