Sorry, I wrote this short drabble like fic in about half an hour at 2am this morning so it'll probably read weird (because I need sleep). Inspired ever so slightly by the novel 'I am a Cat' by Natsume Soseki, its also the shortest thing I've ever written…!
I can still remember that day clearly.
The air was cold, paralysing, and snow was falling heavily upon the busy city streets.
Crowded, bustling, swarming… So many people… But such a grey, lonely city.
It was then, all alone on the bitter, snowy streets, I found, seemingly through coincidence, a small stray cat.
A boy with light brown, almost golden hair… Fair skin even paler from the cold…
He was sleeping so peacefully, or rather, the fact he looked so peaceful was probably though fatigue rather than genuine serenity. Frozen and all alone… The swarms of people flowing through the city just ignoring this pitiful, defenceless creature…
This guy collapsed in the snow… Perhaps homeless… Why isn't he with his family…? doesn't he have anyone…? Or is he…
Was he really so unimportant…? So unimportant that no one would stop or even consider showing him the slightest shred of pity…?
No one to care for him… He couldn't last long out on the streets in the deathly cold wind…
Hesitating just a little, I decided, though even now I'm not completely certain why, to save this stray. I would care for him… This stray cat I brought home with me.
What did he mean, we were 'supposed to meet' …?
A ferocious cat. This stray… Even if I were to tease him even a little, he would arch his back, spit and hiss at me as if I were some predator, some threat… Even when I tried to get close enough to show affection this would happen. I wondered… If he even knew that I cared for him at all…?
Would you believe me even if I told you…?
Even now I protect this stray… This cat that no one wanted, that I found all alone on the bitter city streets… I continue to tease, and the affection I offer will be nothing but half hearted… If I held out my hand, surely he would bite and scratch… But still… One day…
I wont ask that you appreciate me… I only hope…
If he purred… Unafraid of my out stretched hand…
You would understand how I feel...
Stray cat.
