Running and running back and forth, Puss can't escape the fear of Death, as it appears every time and everywhere

Puss runs and continues to escape as fast as he can, he's desperate and wants to get out of this horrible situation, the white wolf continues appearing next to him every time.. No matter what

Puss's heart was racing at a crazy pace, as he was running as far as possible, but running wasn't gonna save him.. Death would be catching him for good and he couldn't do anything for it..

The orange cat was exhausted, how long did he run? The white wolf stopped appearing after him but Puss wouldn't have been so calm about it, he still was horrified and extremely out of breath for the long run

His heart was still speeding, the poor cat couldn't make it stop..

The Puss in Boots was having a panic attack.. And wasn't sure if it would pass soon.. And didn't know how to cope with it

So Puss tried to regulate his accelerated heartbeat.. But it didn't work at all..

Puss was feeling miserable and could feel the pain and his tears coming up, he couldn't even say anything.. He was there.. He was just a scared ginger cat that was having a panic attack..

From behind some bushes a little dog was looking for the once fearless hero trying to give him back his hat and know why he left so suddenly the action of the fight..

Dogs have an amazing sense of odor and Perrito wasn't the exception! He had Puss's hat in his mouth as he tried to find a scent similar to him

And then he finally found him, all by himself not looking really like a hero.. He was anxious and scared..

Perrito immediately went after him, after some attempts of asking what was wrong he could see the pain and anxiety the cat was living with..

Perrito never saw Puss as this and definitely would help him out like he wanted as the aspiring therapy dog he wanted to be..

Perrito slowly put his head on Puss's chest that was breathing fast.. As he would try to calm him..

Puss feeling this kind gesture, started breathing a little bit more normally, the cat had no idea what the dog was doing but it apparently calmed him down.. And stopped his horrible panic attack..

With now a more regulated and relaxed heart rate, Puss with one of his paws patted Perrito's head.. As he was slowly opening his eyes..

The first thing Puss could see after his traumatic experience with the panic attack was seeing Perrito's lovely big light-blue eyes..

Those eyes.. Sure made him feel like he was in heaven somehow..

"Thanks.. Perrito.."

Puss continued to relax his body and heart as he continued to caress Perrito's head.. It sure did give him feel calm and safety.. The ginger cat would have wanted to stay as long as he could..

But what was he thinking about? He just recovered from a panic attack.. A terrific panic attack.. And now the only thing he was thinking was just that dog's big eyes..

Luckily for him, Perrito started to ask him if he was okay, sure.. He was recovered now but now was a bit confused..

Why was he suddenly feeling like his cheeks were on fire..? Why did he felt so weird about the dog after he just saved him? So many questions that were interrupted by Perrito's worrying and later on Kitty's appearance as they cleared up some things..

That day Puss could feel like between him and Perrito a special bond was formed.. And he didn't know how to get over it..

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As the days later went on.. A lot of things happened.. Puss along with Kitty and Perrito formed the Team Friendship after having defeated Jack Horner with the help of the Crime Family

Puss could confront his worst fears.. He could tell Kitty how much he was afraid to take the next step in Santa Coloma and abandoning her on her most special day, and he eventually got forgiven..

He also could even defeat his fear of death, finally understanding that death just needs to be respected and he had to live his last life at the maximum and appreciate the time he had with his friends..

He has now recovered in every sense of the word.. No more panic attacks.. No more laughing at death.. He was alive and well cared by a lot of people.. It sure was an eight lives full of accomplishments for Puss

But then.. Why was he still not totally alright..? Why did he feel like everytime Perrito would look at him with his big sapphire eyes, his heart would melt along with his embarrassed face?

Puss acted weirdly.. And couldn't find it possible.. He was always attracted to females there was never a time where he actually fell in love with a male individual.. Then why did he feel so many butterflies when he was thinking about that specific theraphy dog?

Kitty Soft Paws could feel like something was off.. Puss wasn't as snarky or flirtatious as he did.. Sure he cleared up and admitted his faults but could sense that he was going into something.. As Puss was acting more awkwardly than usual

Perrito on the other hand adored Puss and viewed him highly and tried his best to try to make him escape a laugh seeing, but the ginger cat didn't exactly laugh at his jokes.. Puss would hardly contain his nervous senses making awkward faces or simply hiding it through his paws not knowing how to deal with this new feelings..

Kitty seeing this would finally decide to take courage and talk to Puss about his weird behavior

"Puss.. We have to talk.."said the black cat girl as she looked at him with her arms crossed

Puss was lost in his thoughts.. And evaded the confrontation as long as he could.. But he couldn't do it forever.. He couldn't just hide his face and pretend to not be falling for the big eyed therapy dog..

It took him a while to finally figure things out.. But Puss then finally accepted it.. He had feelings for Perrito that would enter the platonic zone.. Since Perrito was far from understanding hints since even Kitry could feel that Puss was acting weirdly especially with Perrito.

Which means.. Almost always since the Team Friendship is always together

One of these days Kitty was cleaning up her baby cat dagger.. Sighing at the sight of the opposite cat, she glared at him in search of answers..

Puss with an embarrassed smile decided to finally confront her.. Kitty was one of his most beloved and known cat he had in his life after all! They even were in a relationship but it didn't work out as he was too afraid.. He now wasn't too afraid.. As he was now going to talk to her about what was hunting him down for the most recent weeks..

"Alright.. Spill the beans, what's gotten up to you?"

"I will explain everything.. After all, you are the most important cat I've encountered two times in my nine lives.. You deserve to know.."

"Why so mysterious? Cat got your tongue or something?"

"Not really, well Kitty.. I.. I think i am falling in love for Perrito"

Silence.. There's an awkward silent moment between the two cats as the light breeze of wind is making the vegetation slowly move and flowing the feline's colored furs

Kitty is shocked by this news, blinks in awe and amusement as she takes her time to process what she just heard..

Puss in love with Perrito.. It sure was a surprise, like a giant bomb of cold water that was hitting on her.. A very cold news that hurted her and made her flinch

She decided to not react badly or cause a scene.. As Puss already redeemed himself and said sorry for his actions, both of them already had a relationship together so she tried to take her best calm tone and replied..

"How did it happen? When did you start feeling as this?" asked Kitty Soft Paws with no hidden surprise

Puss with a trembling voice took a deep breath and looked at her firmly, he knew and rethought that strange feelings and butterflies in the stomach for a long time, and he could definitely be sure to reply properly to the Soft Paws thief

"It happened in one of the worst moments I've ever had.. I was having a panic attack and Perrito came and helped me recover"

Kitty sat down along with Puss as he explained how after that horrendous situation he started to feel aroused and kinda embarrassed when Perrito would be with him, as new flame of love was surrounding his heart and making him slowly realize that in fact he was attracted and was feeling something for Perrito

Kitty nodded as she heard it all.. It wasn't a very delightful experience for her to hear this as she still loved Puss dearly and a part of her wanted to go after and protest this new attraction for Puss, but did her best to try to make him feel comfortable..And as much as it hurted her she eventually let him be

Puss couldn't contain his tears of happiness hearing and seeing that Kitty was comforting him and even being acceptful about the whole thing about him being attracted to the sapphire eyed dog, despite still having feelings for him, she wanted him to be happy and to be able to overcome this last fear..

The cats embraced as Puss decided to take a shot confessing now to Perrito.. The angel who saved him from the panic attack and assisted him in one of his most miserable and terrible moments of his life..

"You'll survive this, I am sure of it Puss, aren't you the furry lover after all?" The Soft Paws thief replied to cheer on him, trying to light up the ambience

In response Puss left out a nervous laugher out, he definitely needed it after a long time of stressing out and confusions with himself

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Perrito was playing all by himself with a used tennis ball, as he had nothing to do.. There were no villains or menaces and his friends were having a conversation that would have taken a long time to finish..

Perrito sighed and looked up, he felt like the Team Friendship wasn't so close these past times.. Puss seemed to be acting weirdly and Kitty wanted to find out why.. Him on the other hand didn't want to interrupt or cause trouble interfering

So Perrito just thought that maybe Puss just disliked his presence? It made him feel uncomfortable? It wouldn't have been weird since by human standards and stereotypes cats and dogs don't mix well..

Perrito was an optimistic dog, he sure was naive in a lot of aspects, but he wasn't stupid and could feel that Puss was uncomfortable around him, every time he would try to break the tension he would flinch or hide away, Perrito couldn't really know why.. Was it something he did or say? Was his presence annoying?

In his mind Perrito didn't want to be viewed badly from Puss as he was very fond of him and definitely wanted to be him friend or at least viewed in a good way from him, as Puss was the first one who actually kind of befriended him and treated him fairly well, along with Kitty

So he just gave the two time alone as they cleared things up, in his mind Perrito hoped them to find some solution since he really appreciated their friendship and didn't want to lose his first pair of friends who seemed to care about him a lot

Especially Puss as he got to know him before Kitty, Perrito remembered well that time he helped him to cope with a panic attack.. That was the first and only time he saw Puss as anxious and helpless..

Couldn't really blame him.. The thought of death was terrifying sometimes.. But Perrito had a very optimistic view of life and just viewed it as something that eventually had to come..

As he continued to play with the small green ball, throwing it as far as he could alone, the tennis ball got close to the fearless hero's black leather boots..

Perrito was a bit intimidated by his sudden visit..

He hoped that Puss wouldn't be mad at him, so he put on his face a warm smile and welcomed Puss cheerfully

"Hey Puss! What did you and Kitty talk about?"he asked wagging happily his tail

Those lovely stars you have as eyes, they are very beautiful.. You sure have conquered me with those splendid eyes of yours and kind heart and gestures..

Puss shook his head and then let a nervous giggle go out.. He was trembling, an awkward mess of cat in front of his beloved one

Perrito looked at Puss weirdly.. Uncertain about what to do, he seemed like he was going to have another panic attack

Instinctively Perrito to calm down Puss's shivers rubbed his face against him, as doing this Puss took this as the right moment and started to embrace tenderly Perrito making the dog confused by the sudden hug

"P.. Puss? Are you alright?"

Puss scoffed embarassed as he separated himself from the hug as the scene was getting a bit too cheesy to handle

"So.. you don't hate me Puss?"

Puss's eyes opened by the surprise, how bad did he ignore him when he was figuring out what to do with his feelings?

"N.. No! I'd never hate you Perrito.. On the contrary I.. I.."

There went.. The most difficult words he had to phrase on..

"I love you Perrito..!"

with the big confession, Puss hugged Perrito even tighter.. With now his heart beating fast for the emotion

Perrito gasped as he was squeezed again. He was surprised by the sudden revelation.. He definitely didn't expect it

".. B.. But how? When? Where? And why?"could only reply Perrito to Puss.. Now with a light blush on his face

Puss let him go from his embrace and smiled at him with a look full of genuine care.

"These are a lot of questions.. Heh.. Where to start?"

And again Puss had to sit himself down as he told again how he started feeling like this to Perrito..

"That day.. That horrible moment of fright and terror as i was feeling miserable.. It was all thanks to you i overcame it and started getting better.. Your kind gestures and your pure considerate soul truly touched me in that moment.. And from that day I couldn't stop thinking about you Perrito.. Your mottled merle fur.. your beautiful eyes.. everything about you.. even just your single presence gave me calm and I started to feel attraction to you.."

Perrito listened with his opened mouth still not believing that he made the cat hero himself fall and start feeling something for him

"And that's all.. But here goes the big question for you Perrito"

Puss stood up as he cleared his throat

"Do you.. Feel the same or no-?"

Perrito blinked and couldn't really reply that fast.. He always had a good view of Puss, and admired him with all his faults, errors and values.. Did he also love Puss..? Hmm the answer was clear.. He definitely would have loved him until the end

Now his hero and dream cat was confessing to him.. Saying how beautiful his eyes were and how he felt butterflies in his stomach when he would think of him..

Perrito stood up and stepped closer to Puss..

"You know..You also have a pair of wonderful eyes..I.. What I mean is.. Yes, it's like a dream but it's not.."

Puss purred and started embracing Perrito again, as both of them would start dancing together with fun and freedom

Kitty would be there looking at them with a chuckle, Puss was happy and the Team would be able to be closer again in the future

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The end