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Hana "You… you're hurt?"
The black cat stared at me intently with one front paw raised.
Looking closer, I saw a little blood on the paw pad.
I had no choice but to reopen the hospital door I had just locked.
Because a veterinarian can't just leave an injured one behind and go home.
Hana "C'mon~ come here. Big sis will treat you right away~"
Cat "Hiss!!!"
Hana "……Huh?"
It was the first time in my life.
For animals to hiss at me.
Dogs, cats, parrots—whenever they saw me, they all used to wag their tails first.
Hana "It's okay~ I won't hurt you~"
I coaxed it carefully and finally lifted it onto the examination table.
While I disinfected the wound and wrapped its paw in white bandages, the cat kept glaring at me with yellow eyes.
Myeongmyeong "Mrrrow… mrrrow…"
Outside the exam room door, the dog Myeongmyeong was scratching at the door and whining.
Hana 'Why is he jealous again…'
After finishing the treatment, I gently stroked the bandaged paw.
Hana "All done~ You were so good. It won't hurt anymore"
Instead of answering, the cat jerked its head away.
But strangely, it didn't run off.
It sat upright on the examination table and watched me until I finished tidying up.
Hana 'What are you…? Kind of… human?'
Maybe because so many weird things had happened since yesterday
No way… right?
I couldn't send the injured one back out onto the street, so in the end I brought it home.
But this cat is really strange.
If I go up to it first, it darts away.
Hana "Come here~ Want a treat?"
Cat (dart)
So if I stay still, it keeps staring at me from behind.
When I turn around because the back of my head feels prickly, it pretends to be looking elsewhere.
While I was doing the dishes, something bumped against my leg with a thud.
The cat was rubbing its head against my leg.
Hana "Oh my… you…!"
The second I turned around, the cat was sitting over there as if nothing had happened.
Hana "You're a total pro at playing hard to get, huh?"
Cat "Meow."
Meanwhile, after getting a good rest, Myeongmyeong had gone back to his little-kid form.
Myeongmyeong "Siiis… that cat's weird…"
Hana "Weird? It's just because it's hurt~"
The place was so bustling it felt like the house was filling up, and I was happy.
Only when I looked did he limp on his bandaged leg.
Cat "Myaa… myaaah…"
It was the saddest voice in the world.
Hana "Oh dear, does it hurt that much? Come here, big sis will hold you"
I took the cat into my arms and even gave it a snack.
And not just any snack, but the most expensive churu I'd been saving at the clinic
Myeongmyeong "Siiis… I want churu too…"
Hana "Myeongmyeong isn't hurt~ And this isn't for Myeongmyeong!"
Myeongmyeong "I am hurt too! Here! It hurts here!"
Myeongmyeong pointed his finger at random places, but there wasn't a single wound.
Myeongmyeong pouted and looked at the cat in my arms.
The cat licked up the churu and glanced down at Myeongmyeong.
…Did it just laugh?
And while I was in the bathroom
the cat got down from the sofa and, with all four paws perfectly fine, jumped straight to the top of the bookshelf.
Myeongmyeong "……Huh?"
The cat looked down at Myeongmyeong from above and smacked his face with its tail.
Myeongmyeong "Siiis!!! It doesn't hurt!! It hit me first!!"
Hana "What's going on?!"
When I burst out of the bathroom, the cat was sitting neatly on the floor with its injured paw lifted.
Cat "Myaa…"
Hana "Myeongmyeong! You can't do that to a hurt one!"
Myeongmyeong "I swear it's true… it really doesn't hurt…"
Myeongmyeong stomped his feet in indignation.
While I was getting dinner ready, the living room was weirdly quiet.
A quiet child is dangerous.
I'd definitely learned that at the clinic yesterday
When I came out to the living room, the entire floor was white.
All the tissues on the table had been pulled out and were scattered like snow,
and in the middle of it stood Myeongmyeong with tissues pulled all the way over his head.
Myeongmyeong "Sis… I didn't do thisaaa…"
Hana "Myeongmyeong!!!"
Far away on the sofa, the cat was calmly licking its front paw.
I only found out later that the cat had been the one to pull out and scatter the tissues
and that when Myeongmyeong rushed in to clean them up, the cat had dropped the remaining tissues down from above.
But I didn't know that then.
Hana "Myeongmyeong, no snacks for you today!"
Myeongmyeong "Hng…"
When I turned away, the cat swished its tail behind me.
I let out a sigh at the sight of the wrecked living room.
My eyes met the cat's on the sofa. Somehow it felt like a typhoon had moved into this house.
Hana "Ever since you came in, the house feels like it's been hit by a typhoon"
Cat "Meow?"
Hana "Yeah, your name is Typhoon. Typhoonie."
Typhoonie "Myaa~"
This time, it seemed to like it.
Myeongmyeong "...I hate it"
After a chaotic day ended, I came out after washing up in warm water.
Hana "Myeongmyeong~ Let's go to sleep now~"
But
there were two kids in the living room.
Next to black-haired Myeongmyeong, a black-haired kid I'd never seen before was sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed.
With a white bandage wrapped around his right hand
The kid looked at me, grinned, and waved his bandaged hand.
Typhoon "Sis, I still hurt~"
Then he trotted over and snuggled right into my arms.
Hana "……Typhoonie?"
Myeongmyeong "It's a lieeeee!!!!!"
Typhoon appears!
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