How to Gracefully Pounce on Your Owner

A black cat showed up at the cat cafe. At first, Shu Jian thought it just wanted a meal. Later, the black cat turned into a dream-eating beast. It still wanted food, but now it wanted to share his bed, too. Later still, the dream-eating beast became the psychologist neighbor Shu Jian had a crush on. Shu Jian: "Liar. What exactly are you after?" Meng Tan: "I want to do to you what spring does to the cherry trees." This story isn't contracted. It's a writing exercise in episodic storytelling. A direct, action-first beastly seme X an elegant, considerate pastry chef uke The divine beasts and immortals who appear in the story come from the Classic of Mountains and Seas and various mythologies. A few details have been changed, so please don't overthink them.