I Want to Sleep, Cat, Stop Meowing

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I'm a cat. I'm six years old.

Every day, I eat and sleep, sleep and eat. I'm healthy, lively, and love my food.

I owe it all to my very gentle owner.

His name is Jian Yan. As for what he looks like... I can't see very clearly, but judging by my eyesight, he's very, very pale, like the white light outside the window, light and hazy.

My owner's favorite thing to do is sit on the balcony holding a photograph and look at the scenery. He'll stare for an entire day. Doesn't everything outside look the same? What's so interesting about it?

This cat doesn't get it.

Sometimes I jump onto his lap, and he strokes me. That's when I'm happiest, because he always gives me a delicious cat treat afterward.

"Little one, make sure you eat properly."

"Meow~" This cat doesn't want to!

But that day, he didn't let me jump onto his lap or stroke me. He went after the scenery he looked at every day.

"Bang!" It was so loud, it made my fur stand on end.

Suddenly, the empty house filled with people. They came and went, but my gentle owner was nowhere to be seen.

Where did my owner go?

This cat doesn't know.

Later, someone stroked my head. It sounded like they were speaking to me, or maybe to the air. "Jian Yan, you bastard. How could you bear to leave your cat behind?"

Did my owner abandon me?

This cat is sad.

I'm going to find him and give him a piece of my mind!

But the buildings are so tall, there are so many cars, and the road is so long. After using every ounce of my strength, I finally found my owner. But why had he turned into a tall stone?

This cat doesn't get it.

When I opened my eyes again, I was back two years earlier, when my owner had just brought me home.

My owner was wearing white clothes. He was still just as gentle.

Owner, owner, owner! I'm back!

This cat is excited, this cat is happy, this cat can't help meowing.

But what came out was: "Jian Yan!"

My owner seemed stunned, a little dazed, and very shocked.

"I heard cats only live for fifteen years. I'm four. Can you stay with me for another eleven years?"

As long as we get past that day, you'll be able to live, right?

*

Jian Yan had been feeling a little out of sorts lately, especially after hearing a cat call his name.

That one call of "Jian Yan" sounded exactly like the voice of the boy in his memories, bright as sunlight.

It had to be a hallucination.

As if in a trance, he opened the door and let the cat inside.

The cat was very well-behaved. It was just that the hallucinations kept happening more and more often, and Jian Yan felt he probably didn't have much time left.

Maybe he should find a friend to take the cat in.

His arm suddenly grew heavy. A boy with drooping cat ears clung to it, meowing pitifully. "Jian Yan, are you going to leave me behind again?"

This time, it wasn't a hallucination.

His boy had come back.

The main story is told in third person.

Theme: Love conquers all.