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Yuta just bought a cat from the pet store. It was quite expensive compared to the money of a high school student, but Yuta had been fascinated by that white cat since accidentally seeing it while passing by that pet store on the shopping street. Actually, Yuta thinks it's strange that this white cat hasn't been bought by anyone yet because it has an appearance that everyone loves. It has dense and soft white fur that is carefully cared for, and special eyes the color of the sky sparkles beautifully. The white cat also has a pretty good temperament - maybe just for Yuta, it doesn't let others touch him too easily. Yuta gave it the name "Satoru" - perhaps he had seen this name and eyes somewhere...
The store owner said that Satoru somehow refused to stay with any owner for a long time, and every few days he stayed with them, Satoru would rebel. Yuta was very worried that Satoru would cause trouble, but Satoru seemed to like Yuta very much. However it seems to be trying to endure something. Satoru didn't cause trouble for no reason, but because its eyes were very special. If Satoru's eyes have to work for a long time, they will be very tired and uncomfortable. When the white cat is in the store, it often sleeps in a cage, so it is sometimes more comfortable than being forced to go out and play with its owner. Satoru was very upset that his previous owners kept forcing him to open his eyes so they could see and show off Satoru's eyes everywhere like some decoration. Expensive dishes and overwhelming compliments repeated over and over only made Satoru bored and uncomfortable.
Yuta is different. If Satoru is too tired and has tired eyes, Yuta just shows concern and helps Satoru massage a bit to see if it feels better. Yuta is also very careful not to show off his new cat to anyone. Yuta also won't take pictures if Satoru doesn't agree, the light from the camera is very uncomfortable for Satoru's eyes. But when the white cat sleeps, Yuta can still take pictures of it.
Every time it wakes up and finishes eating, Satoru always jumps on Yuta's lap and rubs his face into his master's stomach. Yuta initially thought his cat liked to be cuddled. But after that, Yuta many times saw Satoru rubbing his eyes with his cat's paw and meowing in discomfort, sometimes his eyes turned red and shed tears. Yuta gets scared and takes Satoru to the doctor. The doctor didn't know why, just that Satoru seemed to simply have eye strain.
Yuta brought Satoru home and tried to find a way to fix it. The doctor only said that Satoru used his eyes too much and was tired? Even doctors don't quite understand why this condition exists. Actually, as long as the white cat doesn't use its eyes too much, it's okay, but Satoru is a mischievous cat and likes to be active. But after playing for a while, Satoru would usually go to sleep after his eyes were tired. Yuta didn't want the white cat to suffer like that.
Yuta thought for a moment, then Satoru was playing with old storage boxes, the white cat jumped into it and rummaged through the box. After a while, after getting bored playing, Satoru crawled out of the box, causing the box to flip down and miscellaneous items in the box to fall out. Yuta noticed a pair of black glasses and tilted his head, the glasses were quite small like they were for a child. Yuta suddenly thought of something and picked up a pair of black glasses and gently put them on Satoru. Satoru was very obedient, his tail swaying back and forth happily.
Satoru is much bigger than a normal cat, similar in size to a child, so when wearing these children's glasses, they fit very well. Even if Satoru tilted his head or looked at the ground, it wouldn't fall. After taking time to adapt to the new toy, Satoru suddenly became happier.
"Meow Meow! Meow~"
For some reason, Yuta felt like Satoru was not upset by the glasses but was thanking him. Yuta smiled and stroked Satoru's soft fur.
"Do you like it? ahaha, even though the glasses hide your beautiful eyes, you still look so cute right now"
"Meow---!"
Satoru puffed out his chest and swayed his tail as if proudly saying 'Of course, I must be the cutest'. Yuta smiled and patted the cat's head a few more times then stood up to go wash clothes. Some of Yuta's black pants were covered in cat hair. Yuta smiled helplessly and held up his uniform pants in front of the culprit sitting on top of the washing machine.
"Mr. culprit, this is the crime you committed."
The 'culprit' was unrepentant and puffed his chest proudly as if he had won some medal.
"Meow!"
He is proud because it proves how much he has been sitting in Yuta's lap, rubbing against Yuta's legs. Yuta sighed and put the clothes in the washing machine along with some wet napkins and pressed the washing machine button.
"You're very lucky because you're so soft and adorable, otherwise you would have been severely punished."
"Meow--"
Satoru wasn't threatened by those words at all and just licked his cat's paw. Yuta then stretched and started making lunch. When Yuta made lunch, Satoru was often forbidden to come close because it was dangerous, so he stayed in the ironing room and jumped in front of the rotating washing machine. Yuta didn't know if a washing machine running was so interesting, but it was truly miraculous that it could make Satoru stand there silently and watch forever.
In the kitchen, Yuta started making lunch, he made simple omurice, pumpkin soup, salad and chicken soup for Satoru. After finishing, Yuta placed omurice, salad and pumpkin soup on the table. Yuta then put chicken soup into Satoru's bowl and placed a bowl of pumpkin soup next to it.
Yuta entered the laundry room and saw Satoru still standing in front of the washing machine staring, he smiled helplessly.
"Satoru, it's time to eat."
Satoru raised his head and came out of his contemplative state, returning to his usual noisy state. The white cat ran a few steps then jumped at his owner. Yuta quickly caught Satoru in his arms and sighed.
"Satoru, do you know how much bigger you are than a normal cat? It's very heavy."
"Grr meow! meow--"
Satoru seemed to know he was heavy but protested not being carried by Yuta, his long furry tail wrapping around Yuta's wrist a few times. Yuta carried Satoru into the dining room and placed him on the floor. Satoru still refused to let go and raised his face as if to say something.
"Meow"
"Hah...Okay okay"
Yuta sighed and kissed the cat's cheek. The white cat happily jumped out of Yuta's arms and buried its face in its lunch. Yuta also started eating his omurice in peace.
...
From then on Satoru always wore those black glasses and could move his eyes all day like a normal cat, Yuta felt very happy. After that, Yuta also bought Satoru a blindfold to change into a pair of black glasses. Satoru seemed very happy when the owner gave him both of those things.
...
One day, Yuta came home after a tiring day of studying. It was almost the exam and Yuta had to stay in class to study until late. Before that, he had put enough food for the whole day in a bowl for Satoru. Yuta entered the house and turned on the light after locking the door. He felt lucky because if he had not turned on the light and entered the house according to his old habit, Yuta would have stepped on Satoru lying right in front of the door. Satoru woke up immediately when the light turned on. He didn't nag or hinder, but just obediently followed Yuta into the bedroom.
After Yuta changed his clothes and finished showering, he immediately went to bed. Satoru also jumped onto the bed with his master and curled up next to him. Before sleeping, the white cat suddenly remembered something and looked at Yuta again.
"Meow meow?"
Yuta seemed to understand the cat's words. Satoru was very worried that Yuta didn't eat enough meals because he was busy studying for exams. Yuta patted Satoru's head, Yuta's eyes closed due to fatigue.
"Yeah yeah, I already ate, don't worry"
Satoru then felt relieved and buried his face in Yuta's chest and fell asleep.
...
The next day Yuta also had class so he had to get up early. Yuta usually wakes up before the alarm, but today the alarm has rang four times and he still hasn't woken up. Satoru is very sensitive and can often be awakened by strange noises, but if he sleeps next to Yuta, his defense is as low as minus infinity, the cat always sleeps in more and often gets upset when Yuta gets out of bed early. Today Yuta didn't get out of bed, it was 8 am and much later than usual so Satoru also started to be disturbed by the alarm.
Satoru yawned and woke up groggily, he crawled over to the alarm clock and turned it off by tapping his cat's paw on the switch. The white cat blinked dreamily a few times then opened his eyes wide in surprise, he immediately turned back to Yuta and rubbed his head against Yuta's chest.
"Meow meow---meow!!!"
It was already late and Yuta wasn't awake. It was rare. The white cat meowed loudly for its owner to hear. It even rubbed Yuta's chest to alert him.
It's rare that Yuta isn't awake when it's late, the white cat meows loudly for its owner to hear, Satoru even rubs against Yuta's chest to alert him. When Satoru called, Yuta would normally wake up even if he didn't want to because he was afraid something was happening to Satoru, but this time he looked completely exhausted. Yuta's face was red, his breathing was shallow, Satoru rubbed his head against Yuta's forehead and cried out in horror.
"MEOW!"
Yuta's forehead was as hot as boiling water. Satoru nervously ran back and forth on the bed, then calmed down and decided on something that seemed very important.
...
"Um...what time is it..."
Yuta's eyelids tried to open even though it was very heavy, the feeling of being about to be cooked had subsided. Yuta's body was a little lighter and cooler, but he still couldn't move and couldn't see clearly. Everything around Yuta is a dense and vague blur.
"It's 12 noon, you're still tired so sleep more"
The warm male voice was both strange and somewhat familiar, creating a strange feeling of nostalgia that immediately disappeared. Yuta was too tired to do or think anything, he just hummed in his throat and fell asleep again.
"Um.."
"Hah...This silly kid--"
...
At around 3 p.m., Yuta felt less tired and woke up. He sat up, causing the cooling patch to fall off. Yuta's body was clean and there was no sweat at all despite the desert-like heat he had previously experienced. Yuta looked around and was surprised to see the clock. He was about to stand up when the door opened.
"Ah! Sit still"
Yuta stared wide-eyed at the white-haired man taller than the door, bowing his head to enter the room. In his hand was a tray containing porridge and medicine. The white-haired man walked to the bed and placed the tray of food on the table next to the bed.
"Come on, quickly eat porridge and take medicine, otherwise you won't get better and won't be able to go to school anymore."
Yuta was still confused. When mentioning school, Yuta shouted.
"Ah! I missed class, but there is still a very important exam preparation class in the evening"
After hearing this, the strange man's face darkened and he looked very scary, but Yuta still didn't look like he would obediently sit in one place.
"Don't joke with me, your fever is so damn high, if you keep trying you'll end up in the hospital! You can't go to school today and tomorrow! I called your teacher and asked permission, so shut up and eat your porridge!"
Yuta was bewildered and his mouth was open, he couldn't say anything because it was so true. Yuta sat back and obediently ate his porridge. The white-haired man held the bowl of porridge and scooped a spoon and brought it to Yuta's mouth. Yuta was scared so he didn't seem to dare argue but opened his mouth to eat.
"You really eat little, whether when you're sick or when you're normal, your diet is not as big as a big cat's, no wonder you get sick. I bet you lied about eating at school while cramming for exams, you probably thought it was okay to skip a meal."
Yuta blinked when he heard the word cat. After eating and having the strength, Yuta could finally question the strange man.
"Wait--wait! Who are you? Why are you here cooking porridge for me?? And where is Satoru-kun?? Well it's my cat, it's very big and has white fur, it's also very noisy so it must be somewhere around here!?"
There are so many things to be shocked about from being late to school, then to Satoru, so Yuta can now ask questions like who is this person. The white-haired man chuckled and tucked Yuta's messy hair behind his ear.
"You're too much, calling me so loud...No need to panic, those questions all have answers right in front of your eyes."
The man tilted his head up a bit to reveal the familiar black necklace that Yuta had brought for Satoru and on the necklace was the exact same small nameplate engraved with the word "Satoru". And that soft white hair reminded Yuta of his white cat's fur, the man was also wearing a black eyepatch like the white cat. Satoru pulled down the blindfold to reveal the unmistakable sky blue eyes of Yuta's white cat. Yuta blinked at the name tag on the necklace and then looked back at the handsome man's face. Yuta felt like he was about to lose consciousness again, Yuta's mouth fell open, Satoru lifted Yuta's chin to close his mouth.
"Yuta, don't open your mouth like that, come on, close it"
Yuta shook his head and pushed Satoru's hand away, his head was spinning like a pinwheel, it was too much, really too much.
"Eh ah? Wait--eh? Satoru-kun? Satoru?"
Satoru narrowed his eyes, laughed and nodded. Yuta imagined that if Satoru was in cat form now, this action would be very adorable, but now Yuta only finds it quite teasing.
"That's right, it's Satoru"
Yuta swallowed, he raised his hand to touch Satoru's face and gently pinched his cheek.
"Ugh, Yuta, that hurts"
Yuta did not answer but touched Satoru like a strange creature that had just landed on earth. Satoru was a little ticklish so he chuckled and used a teasing tone.
"Yuta, I'm a human now so please be careful, if you keep touching me like that, I won't be responsible for my future actions."
Yuta was startled and pulled his hand away, his face turned red. Yuta was not convinced, this was definitely not Satoru, because Yuta had caressed Satoru so many times and never had this strange, tingling feeling.
'Ah---so cute, restrain yourself Satoru' Satoru scolded himself.
"Why?--um how did you turn into a human?"
Gojo stroked his chin and nodded like he was very knowledgeable.
"I'm a descendant of the Gojo family - since ancient times this family has had a natural ability to transform into animals at some point in their lives, and then they had to find someone who could help them can control this ability and transform back into a human - their destined soulmate. Often that person will have a deep connection to them in a past life. Hehe Yuta, guess which part of that is true?"
Yuta was listening attentively when he grimaced and sighed, obviously this story was super suspicious and strange but actually the fact that his cat turned into a human was already strange. But Yuta wasn't sure yet, he squinted his eyes suspiciously at Satoru.
Satoru understood and scratched his head, he lifted Yuta's chin and placed his lips on Yuta's lips so quickly - neatly - unexpectedly that Yuta had no time to react or think and---
A white smoke spread out around him and the tall man disappeared, leaving behind only Yuta's big white cat. There were so many surprises today that Yuta couldn't react in time. His face turned red and his mouth moved soundlessly.
"Meow meow~ meow"
Satoru climbed onto Yuta's shoulder and kissed his master's lips again. Yuta reacted a bit faster this time but couldn't bear to push Satoru too hard because he was in cat form. Then white smoke emitted from somewhere and the white-haired man returned.
"Hehe Yuta, what's wrong? Am I cool? Wow---"
Yuta hit Satoru's shoulder hard and scolded him.
"Why did you do that!! Ugh"
Satoru pretended to be pitiful even though he could easily block Yuta's blows.
"Well, I have to do that for you to believe that I'm Satoru, right? That hurts, why can't you be gentle with me like when I was in cat form?"
"No! I mean why k-k----kiss??"
Satoru laughed and grabbed Yuta's wrist.
'Ah---my master is so adorable' - Satoru couldn't help but think.
"Eh? Why? It's just that I discovered that I could change my form that way. Haven't you read the story of the frog prince?"
...
After that, Satoru still lived at Yuta's house like that, well...no matter what he said, Yuta couldn't leave that cat alone, right? And besides, Satoru is handsome in human form...
"Um Satoru-san, don't you have a job?"
Satoru was surfing the web on his phone when he looked back at Yuta and smiled mysteriously - by the way, where did that phone come from...
"Eh? My job is to be Yuta's cat~"
Yuta blushed slightly with embarrassment and sighed, this person is always so mysterious and strange. Maybe Satoru would tell him clearly if he waited for the right time. Just like he didn't tell Yuta that he could turn into a human until now. Basically, Satoru explained that the descendants of the Gojo family only turned into animal form at certain points in their lives, meaning that before being turned into a cat, Satoru still lived normally in human form. It's normal for Satoru to have another job and life.
And since that day, Satoru often cooks on days when Yuta is busy studying all day at school, can a cat cook this well...
...
While Yuta was waiting to go to the evening exam preparation class, there was a bustling noise in front of the classroom door. Yuta was still attentively reviewing yesterday's difficult lesson when someone tapped him on the shoulder.
"Yuta, there's a handsome guy coming to see you."
Panda pointed towards the classroom door, Yuta's eyes widened in horror, Satoru was surrounded by girls in the class asking for his name and phone number. Yuta stood up, walked towards the door and pushed Satoru out of the classroom.
"Why are you here..."
A lunch box appeared before Yuta's eyes. Satoru pushed Yuta to sit on the bench and opened the still hot lunch box and thrust it into Yuta's hand.
"You forgot to eat dinner again, didn't you?"
Yuta didn't intentionally forget, but because there were too many things for him to think about and Yuta's stomach could stay hungry for a long time. After finishing eating, Yuta tidied up and handed the box back to Satoru. Satoru bent down and made a proud face as if saying 'compliment me' and pointed to his cheekbones. Yuta sighed and looked around to make sure no one was watching, then he stood on tiptoe and gave Satoru a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Yuta, class has started" Yuta's classmate Maki called out to him. Yuta panicked and immediately pushed Satoru away and ran into the classroom. Satoru in the back smiled very contentedly and waved behind him.
"Study hard Yuta, I'll wait for you here and we'll go home later"
...
When class ended, suddenly Maki, Panda and Toge pulled Yuta back with extremely serious expressions. Yuta looked worriedly at his friends.
"What's wrong, everyone?"
"Yuta, you don't have money problems, do you? I heard you recently bought a cat" - Maki frowned seriously and asked Yuta.
"Shake!" Toge also looked at his friends very seriously, they wouldn't hesitate to help Yuta even though the three of them didn't have that much money.
"Eh? no no---well buying Satoru is really expensive but I'm fine, don't worry"
The three of them looked at each other and whispered something.
"See! So my guess is right, it's his boyfriend! Boyfriend!" Panda whispered to Maki and Toge, Maki frowned in disgust.
"Eh? Yuta, someone like Yuta has a boyfriend?" Maki whispered back loudly.
"Tuna, tuna!" Toge also found it hard to believe but it seemed there was no other answer because Yuta had never mentioned this person before and he suddenly appeared.
"Um, everyone?" Yuta blinked at his three friends who were seriously discussing something related to him. Panda patted Yuta's shoulder and made the face of a good friend.
"Ah, no problem, Yuta! Remember that we always support and respect your decision no matter what!"
"Shake!" Toge gave a thumbs up in agreement.
"Just remember, if that guy takes advantage of you or something, don't be afraid to tell us, okay? We'll beat him up."
Maki patted Yuta's other shoulder. Yuta didn't understand much, it's just that his friends are always like that - will not forgive someone who dares to look down on Yuta. Yuta just nodded bewilderedly, said goodbye to them and went home with Satoru.
"Your friends are really good, aren't they?"
Yuta blinked at Satoru and smiled gently. That's right, Yuta is very lucky to have friends like that, he also has 3 new juniors entering the school, all 3 of them are also very kind and strong. Yuta feels extremely lucky to be surrounded by such kind people. And...
"Um, that's right, everyone is very kind. And Satoru-san too, you are also very kind, thank you for today"
Satoru paused a bit because of Yuta's sudden words. Since Satoru transformed into human form, Yuta has always been cautious because of the suspiciousness of this matter. Satoru had the feeling that Yuta wasn't looking at him with the same eyes as before. But...Yuta is just Yuta, right? He just needs some time to calm down and absorb everything. Satoru smiled and patted Yuta's head, it felt like the head patting that Yuta used to do to Satoru when he was a cat was now completely reversed.
"You welcome, just buy me sweets as a reward~"
Yuta chuckled and happily let Gojo pat his head without any discomfort.
"Okay okay, how about we stop by the sweet shop near the station?"
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