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Chapter 10,
Quiet
The next day after breaking up with him, I woke up, groaning as I crawled out of bed and opened the door to the living room. Wonwoo, who had been leaning against the door, fell backwards. Startled, I shook him sideways, and he woke up. His eyes were half-closed, but then, as if he'd lost his senses, he rubbed them and opened them properly to look at me.
"Baek A-young,"
"You said you were going to sleep in your room, but you slept here?? "
Wonwoo nodded at my question. He said he slept outside because he was worried about me. I smoothed Wonwoo's hair, which was still as fluffy as a new nest, after waking up. He purred under my touch, as if it felt good. It was a bit strange that Wonwoo would purr even in human form. Jeonghan, Jisoo, and Jihoon couldn't do that.
"My kitty, are you feeling well?"
"Oh, no..?? "
"But why are you grumbling?"
" I don't know… "
"I didn't let you play with me yesterday, so you're not upset?"
"What kind of Kim Min-gyu am I?"
"And I told you not to play with me..."
"I'm going to get upset if I hear Min-gyu."
"Listen, I told you."
"I'm hungry. Do you want to eat first?"
"Wake up Lee Seok-min."
"Seokmin ordered you to do it?? "
"Yeah, Kim Min-gyu too."
***
Wonwoo went upstairs to wake Seokmin and Mingyu. I stood up on my knees and headed to the kitchen. When I got there and opened the refrigerator door, a cat's paws swung before my eyes. I looked up and saw Jisoo lying on top of the refrigerator. Jisoo was communicating with me telepathically.
"No dust?"
"No, I cleaned it up before I came up."
"By the way, were you okay yesterday..?"
"Did you hear that from Soonyoung?"
"Just that you broke up..."
"I'm okay now. Now that I think about it, he was more trash than I imagined."
"Well, that's good. From now on, when you meet a man, make sure to get our permission. Okay?"
"Okay. But aren't you guys dating?"
" …I won't do it."
"Then don't say that."
Wonwoo came out with Seokmin and Mingyu. Perhaps because he'd just woken up, his hair was disheveled and he came into the kitchen yawning, looking a bit disheveled.
"Sister, I'll cook for you."
"I'll help too. Ayoung, go play with Wonwoo in the living room."
"I'll do it, just sleep more."
"No, we'll do it."Seokmin
"Well then, ...okay."
"Jisoo, you should go too."
As I spread my arms towards Jisoo, who was lying on top of the refrigerator, Jisoo jumped down.
***
I came into the living room carrying Jisoo. When Wonwoo transformed into a cat, I picked up the two cat fishing rods lying next to me and played with Jisoo and Wonwoo. Hearing the sound of Wonwoo and Jisoo playing, the two sleeping cats ran over and started playing tag.
"Hahaha, look at Jihoon shaking his butt."
I think I laughed a lot while playing with the four cats. Jihoon came running from afar, his butt swaying cutely, and my heart fluttered once. Then, Jeonghan rolled over and tried to grab onto me with only his front paws, and my heart fluttered a second time. And Jisoo and Wonwoo both tried to grab me at the same time, so much so that we ended up headbutting each other. Thanks to them, I was able to briefly forget that we had broken up yesterday.
***
We ate breakfast prepared by Min-gyu and Seok-min. After that, some of us went outside, while others wandered upstairs, to our rooms, and then to the living room. I went upstairs and sat on my favorite sofa.
Myungho came in the form of a hedgehog, then transformed into a human and crouched down in front of me.
"Ayoung."
"Yeah, Myeongho. Why?"
"Are you really okay? I liked you a lot."
"I'm fine. Look, I'm fine."
" ...I'll believe you."
"Did you come here to ask that?"
"Yeah, I came up to see your face too."
"But why are the kids so quiet?"
" huh? "
"I think today is the first time our house has been quiet."
"I can't adapt."
"Tomorrow will be noisy. Today is quiet so you can rest."
***
"Are you here?"
"Yeah, that's right. I saw Baek A-young come in here last year."
" That guy"The house is secure."
"If you're sure, ring the doorbell first."
"Press."