Wonwoo's face turns pale. He doesn't notice himself trembling while asking his neighbor one more time. " Auntie, ..... Have you looked for it carefully?""Of course! I have checked your room, your wardrobe, under your bed... I was visiting your place to feed it as you asked. But the door wasn't locked, and then..." The whole neighborhood knows how precious that little cat means to Wonwoo, including this kind auntie. Suddenly recalling that, she feels unwilling to continue the conversation. But Wonwoo doesn't seem to get mad nevertheless what is happening: " It's fine, auntie. Please don't worry and come back home. I will be back right away."He hangs up after that. Joshua, who isn't aware of the current situation, instantly receives a fixed stare from Wonwoo, turns rigidly confused." Uhm... Is there something that happens?"" Yes... My cat is missing... I'm sorry, but can we meet again later?"" I would love that," said Joshua with his smiling eyes. " We will meet again, sooner or later. I promise." **Wonwoo gets cold sweating, even his breath is rushing from his lungs. The next-door neighbor didn't lie. Joshua isn't here. No matter how many times he rummages his place, how hard he tries to shout out loud the familiar name, he can't find the kitten anywhere." Agh... Joshua, where are you? Please come back..."Wonwoo seems to start panicking though he doesn't want to. Joshua is his first cat, and it has never run away like this before, so he has no idea where it could be at the moment. Wonwoo kicks the sofa harshly, finally experiences the feeling of being driven crazy because of anxiety for the first time in his life, even though he read it from books for thousand times.His phone makes a great timing to ring. Wonwoo hesitates to pick it up, wonders if he should just throw it away. Then he hears the other Joshua's voice, a strange feeling of serenity coming from his new ringtone chills him out. He picks it up in the end." Hyung, don't just leave without noticing us. When will you be back?" This calm and gentle voice, nor sneering neither dangerous, it must be Myungho. He calls as he thought Wonwoo was still wandering around the cafe. " You should come back quickly. You know that Jun hyung brought a new Chinese book for you, right?"When it comes to Junhui's Chinese books which were translated into Korean himself and may not even be published out here yet, such a bookworm like Wonwoo would be over the moon straight away once he received it. But at the moment, everything in his head is Joshua, where his dear cat would be, what if something bad happens to it if he can't find it..." I came home already. I'm sorry but I will take it later." His voice turns scratched as his throat is so dry, and his lungs are of fear. " It's just... I can't...now."Myungho is stunned for a couple of seconds. When in the world will be one day that Wonwoo turns down Junhui's priceless book for real? Noticing some serious problem through his hyung's voice, he gently replies:" Is there anything I can help, hyung?""Do you know about cats?""Hyung, I'm the owner of a pet shop. Can't believe that you forgot it after just a while we didn't see each other."Myungho's giggles come through the line. Wonwoo wants to hit himself for his own awkward ignorance. " It's not that... I mean... Anyways, can you help me?"Listing a few places that Joshua could be thanks to its daily patterns which Wonwoo manages to provide detailedly, Myungho still can't help worrying." Hyung, it's already late. You are not gonna look for him at this hour, aren't you?""Then I must search for him immediately.""That's not what I refer to..." Myungho sighs " Alright, please be careful."" I will. Tell everyone that I'm sorry for leaving so suddenly. And thank you. I wouldn't know what to do if you didn't call."" Sure, hyung."Wonwoo hangs up, grabs his sweater. Repeating one more time places that Myungho listed, he realizes the familiar sweater. He used it to cover Joshua on the day they met. That hurts Wonwoo even more as Joshua is still missing. Wonwoo isn't sure that he can stand this pitiful situation anymore. He wishes he could still hear his cat mewling around here...There is the actual sound of a cat somewhere.Wonwoo can even note a very small sound of clawing on the front door. It's also very urgent as if there was something trying so hard to get inside. Wonwoo even steps on Joshua's toy mouse while trying to open the door as fast as he could."Joshua!!!"With a yell of euphoria, Wonwoo brings in his soaking wet kitten. Joshua keeps trembling in his arms. " Where have you been?? Do you know that you actually freaked me out?"The kitten rubs against Wonwoo's chest, and falls asleep peacefully without a single sense of remorse, leaves his owner standing in complete helplessness. He is too tired to get angry anyway, so he decides to leave everything like that, hold his little pet, and go to bed. **The next morning, Wonwoo gets another heart attack when he can't find his chummy yellow fur ball anywhere on his bed. He usually wakes up at this hour, but Joshua can not. It has wakened up before 8 once in a blue moon since it started living here. Cats take 8 years of their lives to just sleep, so how could this happen?Since it's too cold to be barebacked, Wonwoo puts on a thin sweater. He had run in the rain yesterday, and before bed he only took off his wet clothes. Hence, he coughs a bit and his head is dizzy. He guesses this might be a cold.After searching for a while, he finds his naughty cat sleeping next to the kitchen window. Despite hearing nearby footsteps coming from the displeased owner, that little furball hardly moves. Wonwoo can't help but fetch a sigh, says to himself that at least it is fine now. He mildly caresses Joshua's fluffy head. Two tiny ears move toward his fingers, which he finds so adorable."...!"Wonwoo quickly covers his mouth in order to stop his coughs from coming out. He doesn't want to interrupt Joshua's sleep. He curses in tiredness, it must be real cold. Instead of finding some medicines, he starts looking for a chocolate box given by his neighbor a couple of days ago. She said those are mint chocolates, they are not only delicious but also very good for curing sore throat. Wonwoo manages to take the box out of a cupboard. It's still the same tin box with the same florid cover, but not the same weight. It's much lighter than he remembered. Wonwoo isn't a sweet tooth, so he hasn't touched this box since the time he put it in the cupboard. And where is the outside tape wrapping around the box? Wonwoo opens the box. It's hard to believe that there are only 12 candies left though it's written on the cover that there are 20 ones each box. Wonwoo claps himself in obscurity. So there might have been a thief? But what kind of thief in the world would break into an apartment to take away just mint chocolates? And it is even not the whole box? Seungkwan was the only person to visit Wonwoo yesterday, but he also only stood in the living room. Was there anyone else in this place but Joshua? It stayed alone in here for almost the whole day. Wonwoo is so sure about that... Huh? Wait for a second...Meanwhile, the little furball which was sleeping a few minutes ago has finally wakened up. It wipes its tiny nose as it was itchy, and gives out a loud "meow". As its daily routine, the first thing to do after wake up is to find it dearest owner. In the end, it doesn't have to do it anyway, because Wonwoo has already been in front of it with his exaggerated handsome face. "Meow....?" Joshua is terribly freaked out as being lifted and inquisitively stared by its owner. As expected, Wonwoo discovers undeniable evidence, a tiny brown smear which smells like chocolate on his pet's mouth."Joshua, did you eat my chocolates?!!"_______________________________________________________________________Don't let cats have any chocolate in real life please. That will trouble their digestive system ^^. Thanks for reading.-Han-