"Hey, stop pretending. I knew it all, ok ?" - Soonyoung raises his voice, then immediately keeps it down  - "This morning, I was going across your house when I saw your adorable cousin. He was cleaning your kitchen, ...hey don't look at me like that, I  was intending to call you for school and i only saw him through your room's window. Come on, believe me."

" That's all ? Are you sure ? "

"Yeah, definately yes." - Soonyoung said in a decisive voice. - "I swear to God that he told me that "I'm his cousin." I still remember every single words."

"Soonyoung, in early morning, you can't be of sound mind. Your eyes can be swollen, too.  You know, Soonyoung... it's still ok with others, but with you... I mean with those piggy eyes..." - Wonwoo laughs hollowly - " You might mistake my house with my neighbor's. "

Saying these words, Wonwoo feels that dusk is falling. Soonyoung 's eyes are specific to South Korean people, and he doesn't like to be sneered because of them. In this situation, the sneer comes from his silent but shrewish friend, Jeon Wonwoo. So Soonyoung says nothing, and goes straight away as if he had no concern about the good-looking guy who is poking his omelet.

Despite what he said, Wonwoo is a bit uncertain. After school, instead of lingering in the pets shop or the city library as always, he takes his bag and gets home. If what Soonyoung said was true, so that means...a thief ? Thinking about this very possible supposition, Wonwoo starts to run. Well just ignore anything he could have taken, the most infortant concern now is... Joshua. Wonwoo is leaving in a high-level apartment situated in the Seoul center. Thus, there are a lot of offenders who keep a covetous eye on families 's pets for blackmail, his neighbor used to be a victim. Maybe, that wasn't just a thief...and if he saw Joshua.

When Wonwoo gets home, his neighbor is standing right there. She ignores his hard breathe and smiles kindly in reply to him when he lowers his head nicely.

"I have just rang your doorbell. You weren't home, so I intended to put this here for you."

".... Do you know what is it ? Have someone sent it to me ? " - Wonwoo trembles when he pick up the box. Since when the blackmailers have became so polite to put their letter in a very nice box like this ?

"Well, my grandson came to visit my family yesterday and he will stay here for a short time. He is my son's cousin, you know, and he brought us so many mint chocolate candies that I have to give some away. You should try them, these candies are really good, they even can cure sore throat. " - says the lady.

Wonwoo sighs with relieved . " Oh that piggy-eyed idiot... I shouldn't have believed him." (Soonyoung : " Did someone....ah..my nose..." ) . He smiles with pleasant, thanks his kind neighbor, then opens the door and comes inside. Like a daily habit, Wonwoo calls :

"Joshua, I'm home.

 Immedialy, the dark orange cat which is between waking and sleeping wakes up, raises his ears. He rubs his eyes, jumps off the couch and runs to Wonwoo. Wonwoo smiles with pleasure when Joshua meows happily, which makes him welcome. He puts the chococlate box on the shelf, then storks the kitten's chin like a praise of his cuteness. Joshua is lifted off the ground while Wonwoo is letting himself sit down. Of course Joshua knows he is being straed by someone, so he looks curious at his master with wide open eyes.

"Joshua, you know what ? This morning, my friend told me that there was someone calling himself my cousin  in our house, and I haven't got one ! I thought that was a thief, and he had taken my Joshua away. Luckily, Joshua is still here, and my foolish friend must have mistaken our home with the neighbor 's. Joshua knows that I was so relieved to see yor are safe, right ?"

Joshua opens his eyes widely, his little ears move gentlely as though to listen and understand everything. Wonwoo can't help holding Joshua in his arms immediately, then he continues talking to him.

" Joshua.. I can make sure with you that I have never been panic to know that someone could take something away from me, even if it was my grandma's book.  But this time... Here, my heart is still beating. Touch it. There, you see that, right ? ''

Putting Joshua 's tiny foot on his left chest, Wonwoo remembers the time before he found this cat. He lowews his eyelids, and his breathe becomes onerous.

" I used to think like this about one month ago. I would be ok by myself. Eat alone, read alone, sleep alone... I could feel my bloodstreams were flowing with the flow of time, slowly and hard. Yeah, I felt lonely, dear Joshua. A day with me was a insipid century, all I could do was to be wrapped up in reading till the next day came, since I couldn't meet my friends to drive away that hateful feeling. Sometimes, I was under the weather and needed someone to confide in. " - Wonwoo gives a breathe.

" But at that moment I realized " Ah... I'm living alone ". When I got school and could meet my friends to talk about yesterday, I had already burned out. Then, I said nothing. "

" But since you came to me, this life has became so pleasant. And this apartment , I myself didn't believe this before, but really, when Joshua is here, this place suddenly becomes so comfortable to live in. I used to be waiting for tomorrow but now,  with you, I just wish these perpect days could last forever. "

Wonwoo is silent for a moment because a thought passes his mind. A person who is interested in learning about anything like him must have known it. And now, when he gives his love to this little creature, it becomes an obsession. Wonwoo can feel stinging pain in his heart. After a bitter smile, he looks down and puts a kiss on Joshua 's forehead.

" Joshua, promise me. Don't go anywhere, even the time drift away or however long you can live. Just... " - Wonwoo sighs heavily :

" Please, don't leave me."

Joshua blinks his eyes as though he had listened and understood every single words. Suddenly, the kitten raises his head, leans both his tiny feet on Wonwoo chest, he seems to want to say something. Wonwoo is a bit unsure about this awkward idea but lowers his head. And ...very quick, Joshua tough licks Wonwoo's nose . Somehow, he feels like all of his misery has been kissed away, which makes the young master extraordinarily comfortable.

Let 's do it together, Wonwoo.

A promise which lasts a whole life between a cat and a human has been made, relying upon beliesf and their profound sentiments.

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Sorry everyone for my laziness.