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It is one of those days when Yan Wei will sit on her couch and stare at one of Youyi’s framed photographs when said girl is not around. Youyi has gone out on one of her shopping sprees, this time for books and although she tried to get Yan Wei to go along with her, Yan Wei refuses. Pouting, Youyi leaves on her own but promises she will be back soon.
Yan Wei has started to realise her feelings for Youyi is more than platonic but since this is the first time she falls for a girl, or anyone really... She has no idea what to do about her feelings.
She confides to Lucky about it and all of a sudden... She heard a sigh. But where did the sigh come from? Yan Wei is pretty sure she’s all alone. She turns and takes in her surroundings just to double-check and she was right. She is indeed alone saved for Lucky on her lap.
"I’m here, dummy."
Shocked, Yan Wei stood up and Lucky falls to the ground with a thud.
"Watch it!"
“Who’s that?” Yan Wei demands. “I have weapons! I am not scared of you”
"Weiwei-ah~" Lucky mocks.
“What-?” Yan Wei still has no idea where the voice is coming from. “Oh my God, she’s even in my head now. I can’t get rid of her” Yan Wei clutches her head, thinking it is Youyi's voice on her mind.
"Yan Weiwei~ Look down. I am the one speaking to you."
Yan Wei looks down and sees Lucky holding up a paw in an attempt to say hi. And she screams. The loudest she has ever been. She keeps screaming until birds on the roof of the photography studio fly away.
"Woah woah woah calm down woman. I have always been able to talk. I just chose not to."
With eyes wide open, Yan Wei stares at Lucky in disbelief. “I still can’t believe it. You can talk”
"I’ve never tried talking to you because I knew you would react like that, as all my previous owners did. And they kicked me out."
“But ho-?” Yan Wei started to ask before Lucky shushes her.
"Listen, I’m tired of your musings; ‘Lucky, what should I do? I think I like Youyi. But I’ve never liked anyone before. What is this feeling? Do I have a disease? Am I dying? I’m so confused’"
"You said that to me almost every day and I’m tired. So I’ve decided I’ve had enough and will help you out."
“You’re a cat tho-” Yan Wei starts again before Lucky gave her a look that shuts her up.
"All you gotta do is listen to what I say and do what I tell you to do. I’m sure you will get Youyi to be your girlfriend in no time."
Yan Wei smiles at the thought.
“Alright! What is the first step?” Yan Wei asks.
Before Lucky could answer, the main door opens and Youyi comes in with a singsong voice, “I’m back!”
Yan Wei and Lucky both turned to look at her. Youyi hangs her coat and walks towards the couch where Yan Wei and Lucky is.
“That was fast,” Yan Wei says and Youyi smiles at her. “Weiwei-ah~ Did you miss me?”
“Erm, I-” Yan Wei stuttered. But then Youyi’s attention is already on the framed picture of herself on the table and she picks it up. “Eh? Why is this here? I thought I put them all together on the dresser over there”
“Oh well… it was dusty so I took it here to wipe the dust off” Yan Wei lied.
“I dusted it yesterday… but okay” Youyi decided not to question Yan Wei further because her cheeks are already turning a shade of red.
Youyi then puts the frame back on the table. “You know what… let’s leave this here. So you can still see me when I’m not around” and she winks at Yan Wei as she says that.
Blushing profusely, Yan Wei announces she’s going to shower and Youyi laughs at her.
Lucky follows Yan Wei into the shower.
“Get out! Why are you coming inside? Pervert”
"I am a cat. Also, what else have I not seen of you?"
Rolling her eyes, Yan Wei starts to undress. “I’m still very confused about this whole thing,” she points at Lucky. “You being able to talk and all”
"Long story short, I’m not a normal cat. I belonged to a witch. She died and now I’m here."
“A cat with few words, I see” Yan Wei turns the shower on.
"You’re a lady who literally tells your customers to shut up, you’ve no right to judge me."
“Okay, fine. Now quickly tell me how do I deal with my feelings. She’s making me very confused. I wanna be near her but at the same time, I’m afraid to be near her because my heart would beat very quickly and I’m not used to that feeling. Usually, it only beats fast when I’m running or having the adrenaline rush after killing someone.” Yan Wei closes her eyes as she starts shampooing her hair.
"Do you want her to know?", Lucky asks.
“About?”
"Your feelings."
“No! She would freak!” Yan Wei turns and stares at Lucky. “I can’t let her know… at least not yet, she just got a divorce”
"Well, I think she likes you too."
“You do?”
"Yeah. I’ve seen the way she looks at you when you were concentrating on doing your stuff. She has this happy look on her face. You make her happy, Yan Wei."
Yan Wei washes away all the suds from her body and pats herself dry with a towel. “That doesn’t mean anything, Lucky. Youyi looks at everyone like that”
And that’s where you are wrong. Lucky thinks to herself before following her owner out of the bathroom.
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That night, time passes by pretty quickly because they went out to eat and walked around the neighbourhood. By the time they’re back at the studio, it’s already 10 pm.
Yan Wei lays on her back facing the ceiling, her mind filled with images of Youyi’s laughter during their night walk. She smiles to herself, didn’t even realize that Youyi has slipped into her bed.
“What got you smiling like that?” Youyi asks and Yan Wei snaps out of it.
“What are you doing?” she sees Youyi holding her teddy bear in one arm and is getting into her bed.
“I’m sleeping with you tonight. And every other night. Starting from today” Youyi turns to face Yan Wei. “I was married for 4 years, I’m not used to sleeping without someone next to me”
Yan Wei points at the bear next to Youyi. “Then what is that?”
Youyi laughs, “I said someone, silly. A bear is not someone. You are”. She then takes Yan Wei’s arm and holds it close to her chest. “It’s nice to hold someone to sleep again”
Yan Wei is having a panic attack. She just lies on her back, still as a rock. Not daring to turn and look at Youyi. She knows how close the other girl is to her. She can even feel Youyi’s heart beating against the arm she holds to her chest. Yan Wei gulps.
“Weiwei, I hope you don’t mind this,” Youyi lets go of the arm she was holding and scoots even closer to Yan Wei. She then drapes one arm across Yan Wei’s stomach.
Panicking, Yan Wei sits up. “I need to use the toilet!” she announces, rather loudly. And she quickly leaves the bed and all but runs.
Youyi also sits up and pouts. “Aish that girl. What a peculiar being”
Yan Wei paces just outside the toilet. She doesn’t actually need to use it, it was just an excuse. Her heart is beating really fast, and she’s sure it’s not because of the pacing she’s doing. It was already beating fast when she noticed Youyi slipping into her bed.
Lucky heard the pacing and come over to see her.
"What is it this time?" Lucky questions.
“Oh thank God you’re here. Youyi wants to sleep with me!”
Not knowing the context, Lucky congratulate her owner. "Congrats! You didn’t need my help after all!"
“Not that kind! We’re JUST sleeping!” Yan Wei hisses. It was kinda loud and Youyi heard her. “Weiwei, you okay there?”
“Yeah, I’m alright. Go back to sleep! I just need a glass of water”
Yan Wei and Lucky then go downstairs to the kitchen, further from the room so that Youyi can’t hear them.
“Lucky, please help me,” Yan Wei then proceeds to tell Lucky everything that happened.
"Okay so from what you’re telling me… I gather she just wants a person’s warmth while she sleeps."
Yan Wei nods. “I think so too”
"Since you’re afraid to face her, how about you hold her from the back while you two sleep?"
“I don’t know. I don’t think I can do that. I won’t be able to sleep all night” Yan Wei starts but Lucky gave her a look.
"It is the only way. Unless you have the heart to kick her out of bed."
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Yan Wei brings 1 glass of water with her on the way back to the room. She sees that Youyi is still sitting up. “Why are you not sleeping?” Yan Wei asks.
“I’m worried about you” she then pats the spot next to her. “Come back to bed, Weiwei. It’s late and I wanna sleep. I’m tired, and I can’t sleep without knowing you’re alright”
“Here,” Yan Wei hands Youyi a glass of water. “I brought this for you, just in case you get thirsty at night”
Youyi shows Yan Wei her signature eye smile. “Thanks Weiwei. How thoughtful of you”, she takes a few sips and then places it on the bed stand.
Yan Wei slips under the covers and Youyi scoots over again to resume the position they had just now but before she could Yan Wei speaks. “Erm… how about I hold you tonight? From the back. I think it will be more comfortable for us that way”
“Okay!” Youyi turns to her side and Yan Wei takes a few deep breaths before she holds Youyi from behind, spooning her.
“You’re right, Weiwei. I do feel very comfortable like this. Your body is so warm” she then scoots impossibly closer to Yan Wei, as if their bodies are not already pressed up against each other.
Yan Wei hopes that Youyi can’t feel her racing heart but even if the girl did she didn’t say anything about it. Yan Wei will herself to close her eyes and sleep but Youyi’s scent is so strong and she can’t help but breathe her in.
“Are you sniffing my hair, Weiwei?” Youyi asks.
“Mm-hmm” Yan Wei doesn’t even bother to lie. “You smell good”
Youyi chuckled. “Thanks to you, you bought me the new shampoo and body wash. I love the scent too. You should start using them instead of your bar soap”
“Okay,” Yan Wei agrees.
“Go to sleep, Weiwei-ah,” Youyi then holds Yan Wei’s arm that is holding her. “Thanks for everything. I love you”
Yan Wei felt like her world just stops. Did Youyi just said she loves me!? She probably meant it as a friend though. Friends love each other too. Don’t think too much about it.
She wanted to say it back, but she couldn’t. Thank God she can’t actually see Youyi’s face and she’s glad her face can’t be seen either. She decides to just pretend not to hear her and sleep.