His paws padding quietly on the cracked pavement of the sidewalk, Ozone stopped in his tracks and looked over to his right. He was staring down at an alley that was much cleaner than his own. Gripping the flower bouquet he had stolen earlier in his jaws a little tighter, the hairless feline took a small step into the alley.
He immediately got a paint can to the face.
Falling backwards and knocking his head hard on the pavement, Ozone groaned in pain while the flowers of the bouquet rained down on him. Watching as the paint can that hit him swung back and forth from a string, he heard light footfalls coming his way. A moment later, Clara towered over him. Looking very cross, the brown and white tabby muttered, "You really are as stupid as you look."
"Clara, please give me another chance. I made a huge mistake," Ozone pleaded, still laying flat on his back. Grabbing a nearby rose, he held it up to her. Looking at him in disgust, Clara whacked the flower out of his paw and screeched, "You really think that we're ever gonna work?!" Ozone opened his mouth to speak but the tabby swiftly interrupted him, "You need to pick up your half the load in a relationship! One person can not carry the love around in a couple! If you want me back so much, you need to make me see that you are the right guy."
"But I am the right guy. I'm the right guy for you," Ozone meowed desperately, his big green eyes become bigger with each second as he begged like a dog. Chuckling softly to herself, Clara growled, "No, no you're not." Turning around, she whacked the Sphynx cat across the face with her white tipped tail before walking back into her domain. At that moment, the sky opened up and the rain started to come down hard upon the Big Apple.
Ozone stood where he was in silence as he got soaked in the rain and his heartbreak.