I Died And Turned Into A Cat Chapter 20

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It led me to a realization.

I was jealous that the woman—Heun she was called—was so close to Tae-il. My gut roiled whenever Tae-il spoke her name in that familiar and intimate way. 

"Heun."

“Hm?” She turned towards him. “What is it, Tae-il?”

“The shoot on Jeju Island that you spoke about…”

Me, I was just a plain black cat called Bow Meow. 

Heun, on the other hand, was an extraordinary beauty. She had gentle, smiling eyes, doll-like eyelashes, cheeks and lips as pink and as plump as peaches, and rich brown hair that fell over her shoulders and down her back.

She had everything I had lost. No, she had much more than that.

“The Miss Sewon special feature?” he continued.

“Oh, that,” she said. “I think beauty pageants from other well-known universities will join as well. Because of the Miss Sewon feature, it became a Miss Ivy League graduate edition. You could call a project about one's first love?”

“Oh? Maybe there will be some people you recognize.” 

“I'll show you when the casting is done.”

“I look forward to it.”

“Oh? Maybe there will be some people you recognize.” 

“I'll show you when the casting is done.”

“I look forward to it.”

As I listened to their conversation, I gleaned that she came from the prestigious Sewon University and was their representative beauty. Even with my own eyes, I could tell that her looks were exceptional. I was only a shabby black cat next to her. Life always seemed to find a way to be cruel to me, and as soon as I found someone I could like, I was reminded that there was no hope for love.

It was natural to like someone who took care of you during hardship, and hideous to hate them for no good reason.

I felt my face grow hot, but it wasn't noticeable as I was in cat form. I squirmed out of Tae-il's arms, went to his bedroom to crawl underneath the bed, and buried my face in my paws in shame.

“Bow Meow?” Tae-il called out.

How could I fall in love while I was like this?

How could I be mad at the man who took care of me as a pet cat?

“Kitty? Bow Meow?”

Tae-il, concerned by my strange behavior, followed me into the bedroom. He knelt down to look at me tucked away in my hiding place, but I was too far away for his slender hands to reach to reach.

I wish I didn't know him. It was too embarrassed to look at his face. And yet, the only thing that had occupied my life this past month was Tae-il; the dizzying moments when he held me naked in his sleep, when he rubbed our cheeks, when he scratched my chin, when he kissed me…I loved it all. 

My head spun. I continued to curl in my corner and press against the wall.

This couldn't happen. Why did I have to yearn for something that was impossible for me to have? Life had become an intolerable mess.

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Tae-il was calling me again, trying to figure out why I was acting so subdued.

“Bow Meow? Why are you like that?”

“…”

“Come out, okay? Is it because there were a lot of strangers?”

I wish I wasn't the cause for his worry, but at the moment, I was so upset I didn't want to move.

“Nyaaang! Nya?” (Let go of me! Huh?)

"Ow…”

“Hm? Ah…no, I'm fine…”

“Myaaang…yaong…” (I'm sorry…)

Instead, he was the one that ended up comforting me. Was it his instinct to worry about others? Even towards an ungrateful cat that scratched its owner? I almost wanted to cry at how lucky I was.

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