'Of what, whiskers?' Coop asked, suddenly feeling a rush of unknown hope slipping into his soul. Not even he, didn't know why he was expecting such an answer that could satisfy his most sensitive and high chords of his soul, such as pride.

'...of... this house. This family. I've never experienced one before. Wait a minute, have you just called me what, bulbhead?' Kat answered, displaying confusion and irritation.

Ignoring his slight shade of disappointment in his head, Coop couldn't help but smirk. 'That's the animal I used to know!'

The 'animal' calmed down and got depressed, again. 'You know', he heard, 'you've never made Milly cry so badly before. The only time you did that was when you ran away for two days... but you returned and never did that again, when I lectured you about breaking her kind heart. Why is that?'

Kat lost control of his thoughts and self-aware again, and just starred. He grabbed Coop's sleeves and dragged him, his forehead pressed violently against Coop's and frowned, looking deeply into his eyes, seeming to accuse him of something really personal. Coop got a bit scared of this act and just remained there, stunned.

'What is that?... Why is that?' the cat snarled.

'I... I don't know what to say.' Coop took a pause and continued 'I think you're a little puzzled about what's happening to you, please calm down now!'

'I am feeling farther and farther from my planet. And still, I... I feel...' Not finishing this, he pinned Coop on the floor and laid above him, looking like he was devouring the boy.

'You're too close to my body. Can't you just stand up so we can decently talk?' Coop asked, with a smooth tone of anxiety in his voice. That moment, Kat couldn't help but bite his cheek. Instinctevly reacting, Coop hold him and threw him off his own self, kicking him. Kat vanished into a corner, looking at him like he was the hurt one and also very baleful. He suddenly felt a fear, but a kind of fear that didn't alienate himself from Coop; contrariwise, to tell.

'What's this all of sudden?' Coop raged. 'Are you insane? Do I have to bear with your madness and sick mind anymore?' At this, Kat curled up like a cat, and just said:

'What... happened?'

'Well, you made Milly cry and me, get annoyed! Hope you're proud!'

'Milly...', and with this, he disappeared through the door. Coop let his body roll on the same floor, his eyes pointing at the ceiling and getting himself some rest.

After a while, he took in an observation. Knowing that Kat had previously been rather indiscreet about his identity, meeting with Milly could only lead to a disaster. He could not stay away anymore.


Milly was putting something down in her diary, her eyes watery, when Kat entered the room.

'What do you want? Get out!'

'It's me... Kat.'

'So what? Did I let you enter?'

Not wanting to leave her alone, he insisted, sitting in bed next to her. 'Please, I don't want to see you cry.'

'Why do you care?' she sassily kept responding.

Kat, somehow imitating her gestures and emotions, began crying, too. Milly was really confunsed now, not knowing what to say. Kat reached out her eyes, without making eye contact with her, and cleaned her tears with his finger. 'I don't want to see you like that.' Then he let his hand rest on her lap.

A little embarassed, Milly began: 'What... just what the hell is happening? And... why do you wear Kat's collar? Don't say... it is you who..!'. Not letting her finish, either, he grabbed her forearms and dragged her close to him, forcefully, watching eachother's eyes.

'I have something to tell you... I'm Kat.'

'What? Leave me alone! I don't want to hear any joke now!' and with that, she pulled away.

'Milly! Have you never wondered why I've looked different from other cats? Why I have violet hair, like the former cat? Why I wear this collar? And most important... why do I know that that day when you pretended you were sick and stayed home, it was actually to invite your lover over and you secretly told me to stay at the door and meow if someone arrived home? When he left, you raised me in your arms and told me you wished you'd have rather gone to school.'

Milly stood in shock. All those hints brought her to the conclusion that no other living being could know and have all of that, except her cat. Still, she couldn't really realise what was this all about.

'But how...? What are you?'

He just related her all the truth, leaving her even in a bigger state of shock. Then, she didn't know nothing else to do but hug him.

'I'm... somehow happy that you're not... gone.'

After that, he slid his head on her lap. Milly was blushing, having to face with the fact that her pet was now a human, and his gestures seemed a bit awkward and he also knows all her secrets and her bared body. Being cat-like again, he began caressing her like he was about to fusion with her skirt. She felt chills which she didn't know whether to find them pleasant or not. She thought about Kat like a part of her family, still, his new shape and looks, which were rather attractive, turned her on. She parted, nervously speaking:

'I think we should consider ourselves... friends, now. You know, since we're not pet and owner anymore!'

He hold her and layed her on her bed, covering Milly's body with his, forgetting the fact that he was not an animal anymore, again.

'Milly, but I... I just want to love you.' he replied, naively not knowing what's the meaning of these words.

With this, the girl's face flamed still redder, feeling a flow of pleasant and embarrasing emotions. No sooner did Coop slammed the door...