Hanako came through the door like a normal person would, excitedly showing Tsuchigomori what he got. "It's finally here!" It was a headband with cat ears, knowing his possession of cursed items, it becomes a potential spin-off chapter. Basically the item turns you into a cat when you wore it. "You see if I turn into a cat, then all kinds of erotic situations will happen to me!"

Tsuchigomori deadpanned. "Now hold up." He sighed in annoyance. Hanako was about to put away the headband while pouting before a random Mokke decided to fall off on top of his head along with the item, turning him into a black cat by accident (?) "Honorable Number Seven?" The older supernatural's eyes widened in shock. No one had an idea how to reverse the effects of the cat ears.

Later that day, Hanako felt smaller than he already was, roaming around the halls of the school like a stray cat he is trying to find a way. He spotted [Name] and Yashiro so he walked towards them. '[Name], I've turned into a cat I don't know how to turn back!' [Name] heard a sound of meowing below and to her surprise she saw a black cat, she didn't know it was Hanako at first. "Meow...meow..."

"It's a cat!" Yashiro smiled as she picked up Hanako. "It's so cute!" Hanako could only squirm and meowed as he tried to go to [Name]. "I think he wants to go to you [Name]." She said while handing the cat to her friend.

"I wonder if it's lost..." [Name] wondered as she grabbed the cat and placed it on the ground. Hanako tried to tell them that it was him but his words ended up just meowing like a cat. He rubbed his head against her leg while meowing to get her attention. She sat down as the cat went on her lap, her eyes sparkled in amazement. "Oh my god—the cat distribution chose me." [Name] said.

"Maybe he likes you." Yashiro said excitedly. [Name] grinned as she patted the cat's head, still not knowing it was Hanako who turned into a cat.

Then she had an idea. "What if I show this cat to Hanako?" [Name] said as she rubbed the cat's head as his eyes closed because of how relaxed he is by her touches. "I know he likes cats." Hanako looked at [Name] as he started meowing in a worried tone. "What's wrong?" She asked the cat.

'I'm right here! I'm here!" Hanako lunged forward with his paws on the air as he went inside [Name]'s clothes as he pawed her in hopes she will recognize him. 'I know you can tell it's me, [Name]! It's me!' He tried to say between meows.

[Name] only laughed because of how ticklish it is. "H-Hey! Stop it, you're tickling me!" She said between breathy laughs as she tried to catch the cat. Yashiro sat there a bit worried yet amused, it seems that the cat really liked [Name] that much. She successfully caught the cat as she carried it in front of her. "As much as I want to keep you I'm afraid that I have to let you go."

Hanako was surprised but he quickly latched on to [Name] and let out a loud meow when he heard that she's letting him go. She quickly carried him instead as they went to the gardens by the bench. "You really are a clingy cat..." [Name] settled the cat on her lap as she rubbed his head with her fingers. "You lowkey reminded me of someone..."

[Name] smiled at the cat. "Wanna go inside my jacket?" She placed the cat inside of her jacket as she zipped it up with its head sticking out in content. "Aww, you're such a good boy." She cooed as the cat purred even more with its eyes closed in content. Hanako thought that maybe being a cat won't be so bad if he gets [Name] to dote on him like this.

Poof!

Hanako instantly went back to normal with a huge blush on his face since he was inside [Name]'s jacket with his fingers sticking out along with his legs in an obviously uncomfortable position. [Name] was shocked, her cheeks turning red at him being so close. "H-Hanako-kun, it was you all along?" She asked with a stoned expression.

The toilet ghost could only pout when he was released from [Name]'s jacket while twiddling his fingers to act cute so she won't be mad at him. "I thought if I were a cat then maybe I get to be spoiled..." He said with a pouty tone. [Name]'s eyes widened at his reason, then her gaze softened as she gave him a small pat on his head.

"I don't mind spoiling you." [Name] admitted with a small blush on her face. "You're always so affectionate with me, so I want to return the favor." She explained as scooted closer to Hanako. The ghost boy looked down with a small blush on his cheeks, then he slowly slid his pinky finger around [Name]'s then pulling it to hold her hand.

For some reason it was comforting for Hanako to hold her hand, he lacked physical contact over the years since he was a ghost. "I'm gonna snooze a little bit." [Name] let her head fell against his shoulder as she closed her eyes, she felt tired due to having disturbed sleeping patterns. Hanako was surprised how she easily trusted him, but he didn't complain.

He summoned his cape as he placed it around [Name] to keep her warm. Hanako just sat there waiting until she woke up. And there's this epiphany that [Name] is more of a cat than him.

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"I can't believe this..." [Name] sighed in concern as she placed the paper bag on top of the counter inside the homeroom lab where students conduct their cooking classes or the cooking club conducting their daily activities. Her mother tasked her to do something with the ingredients to lessen the space in the kitchen's cupboards. "Thanks a lot, Mom..." She mumbled in sarcasm.

Kou and Yashiro were walking together through the halls talking about certain topics like how [Name] would look good with Hanako. Speaking of which, Kou spotted [Name] taking out some ingredients. "Senpai! You're here!" Kou happily made his way next to [Name]. "What are you doing?" He asked.

"Oh hi Minamoto-kun, hi Yashiro." [Name] smiled as she pulled out the bottletop portable stove from her bag and placed it on the counter. "Damn, why are these things so long?" She asked herself. Yashiro and Kou looked at each other thinking the same thing about helping [Name] out.

"We can help, Senpai!" Kou said as he peered over the counter. "What are we making?"

"Aglio e Olio."

"Why though?" Yashiro asked, picking up the packaging of an uncooked pasta. [Name] knew how to cook ever since she was ten, she claimed herself that she's not in a culinary level type of good in cooking she just knows how to.

"My mom told me to use these ingredients to have more space in the cupboards." [Name] explained, then she clapped her hands. "Anyways, let's cook!" She announced. The three of them worked together to prepare the meal. [Name] turned on the stove as she placed the pan on top of it, then adding garlic and pepper flakes to stir them. Yashiro put the drained pasta to the garlic sauce as [Name] tossed it around.

Kou added the remaining ingredients like the cheese and parsley as [Name] continued to stir the pasta until it is evenly mixed. Just as [Name] was about to place it at another plate, it fell off the pan and landed on the table. The three of them could only look in silence trying to process what the hell just happened. "Let's just...offer that to Souho." [Name] said in a straight face.

"Hurry put it on plates!"

"It looks good though." Kou grabbed a tong as he picked up the pasta from the table to the plate.

"It's okay, the table is clean." Yashiro assured.

"Don't tell them." [Name] added.

They placed the fallen pasta to a container to offer it to Souho, in that case it's something like a peace offering but at the same time it's not. She decided to quietly go to his classroom and placed the food on his table. [Name] decided to hide on the corner to see how this plays out.

Souho and Haname walked in to their classroom. Upon seeing the container which is totally not suspicious by the way, Souho picked it up and examined it. "What is it, babe?" Haname asked as she peeked at the container. "Free food?"

Souho shrugged, opening it to see the pasta. "I guess, what else would it mean?" He asked her in return.

"I bet it's a secret admirer." Haname clung on to his arm protectively at the idea of Souho having admirers trying to win his heart not knowing that he already has an official girlfriend. [Name] quietly snorted from what she had heard, the only attractive thing about Souho is his intelligence to academics and his school subjects, other than that it's a mess. "Anyways, lets eat it."

Souho grabbed a fork and without thinking, he took a bite of it. [Name] wheezed at the sight as Kou and Yashiro tried to stop themselves from laughing out loud. "That's nasty..." [Name] commented while crossing her arms, smirking at the sight. She turned around to go back to her classroom until Haname spotted her.

"Well, well..." Haname said. "I knew I felt someone staring at us," She smirked while licking her lips from the pasta sauce. [Name] could only scrunch her face in disgust, does she not wipe her face with a napkin and use tongue instead? So unsanitary. "You know its disrespectful to have eyes on someone who's taken right?"

"Bold of you to assume that I'd have eyes on that moss-head after he ghosted me." [Name] deadpanned at Haname. "How cute."

"But don't you wish that you two would have lasted?" Haname furrowed her eyebrows at her while crossing her arms at [Name]. At this point, [Name]'s patience is running thin that she wanted to reach out and pull her hair out of frustration. "You two don't even have a label in the first place, no wonder he planned to ghost you."

Souho could only watch, not knowing what to do and let Haname and [Name] throwing shade at each other. "And that's why do yourself a favor and don't bother us again. It's not like you're his real ex anyways." She added while pointing at [Name]. "Let me remind you that he planned to ghost you in the first place, I mean it's not like you're worth to be chosen for anyways, which is why he ghosted you in the first place."

"Do you really have to go around your sentences to prove your point by rubbing it on my face that I was ghosted." [Name] rolled her eyes at Haname while sighing. "At least be creative when you're insulting me, maybe learn a thing or two to your friends." She said while looking at her own nails. "Or maybe from me because you're a fucking waste of space and you're here annoyed by my face so stay in hell bitch along with another witch and if you flip my switch, make my eyes twitch then I'll put you in a fucking ditch."

Haname was stunned, in silence and in embarrassment. Her face grew red in anger seemingly she's out of words to say. Kou handed her a remote control since there are mics around. "Mic drop." [Name] mouthed with a quick smile as she dropped the remote.

"OHHHHH!"

Haname decided to take matters into her own hands, so she grabbed the container attempting to throw it at [Name] until Teru walked by and blocked her so that Haname won't be able to harm her. [Name]'s eyes slightly widened, Kou and Yashiro smiled with sparkles all over them, looking up to Teru since he randomly appeared. "Minamoto-senpai..?"

"Minamoto-senpai?!" Haname and Souho quickly composed themselves at the presence of the most popular student in Kamome, next to Aoi Akane. Teru placed both of his hands at the two students and gave them a threatening smile.

"Great timing that there are two people nearby the home economics room. A student complained about the room being filthy." Teru said with a closed eye smile but it had a threatening hint towards it instead of a usual friendly smile. "Mind to clean the place for me?"

"W-What?" Haname chuckled nervously. "But we didn't do anything!"

"And I saw you attempting to throw an object to [Surname]-san." Teru raised his eyebrows, he continued to have a protective arm blocking [Name] in case Haname tried to attack her again. "I'll tell you what, you two can clean the mess that was made in the room, or I can tell a teacher that I saw the two of you trying to harrass her."

Souho glared at [Name], furrowing his eyebrows at her. He thought about that whenever he was in trouble, his actions toward [Name] will be brought up, like it's the only thing he ever did and it outshined most of what he was capable of. "Just because you were ghosted, doesn't mean you have to act like that." He said.

[Name] held up two of her middle fingers. "I don't care." She mouthed. "Fuck you and choke on febreze." Souho turned around and followed Haname so they could proceed to clean the room that they used to cook the pasta.

Teru ruffled his little brother's hair. "Thank you for telling me, Kou."

"No problem, Teru-nii."

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loraine's note:

eyyy another update hope you guys enjoy this chapter