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I: The Flowers Are Not Sleeping
Chapter 28: Big Orange Cat
Where did this sneaky cat come from?

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After the rolling heat wave of summer subsided, the cherry blossom trees in the courtyard dropped a lot of leaves overnight, and the bottom of the swing was covered with fallen leaves.

It was winter when they moved here, so Yayoi only saw clumps of weeds higher than her waist. The vitality of these little guys was unexpectedly vigorous. When Yayoi moved here, the first thing she saw was the grass blades covered with a thin layer of snow in the courtyard.

It took Yayoi a lot of effort to clear them out. In the spring of the next year, the cherry blossom trees in the courtyard sprouted, and green grass sprouted from the corners. Yayoi unexpectedly discovered that the may bells beside the wall had wide leaves, slender and curved stems, and the flowers looked a bit like delicate little bells.

Her mother told Yayoi that her mother's grandmother loved growing flowers. When she lived here, in the summer, the entire courtyard would be filled with beautiful flowers, including yellow, white, and blue flowers. There were many flowers she couldn't even name.

The may bells in the corner could be said to be the descendant of the may bells that was cared for by her grandmother.

Yayoi couldn't help but poked the flower with her finger, and the heavy flower swayed.

The autumn may bells was no longer shaking its head in the corner. The other flowers in the courtyard have fallen silent together as if they were reunited. The green leaves of the cherry blossom tree seem to have been dyed thinly, it was dyed golden bit by bit, and overnight, the ground was golden.

When she got up in the morning, Yayoi found that the sleeves of her clothes seemed to be a little short. When she accidentally saw her red-haired self in the mirror, Yayoi found that her clothes were much smaller and her red hair had grown much longer.

Yayoi opened the drawer, found a hair rope from inside, tied up her red hair, pulled her sleeves, and pulled the hem of her clothes to cover her belly that was about to be exposed.

The sound of meowing came from outside the window. Yayoi turned her head and saw a fat orange cat through the glass, with its tail wagging behind.

An orange cat that was obviously so fat could climb up the wall more nimbly than Satoru. After climbing up the wall, the pace of walking on the wall was unexpectedly graceful. Every time it took a step, its tail flicked behind him.

Recently this orange cat kept coming to Yayoi's house.

"Meow-"

The big orange cat sat on the wall, elegantly licked the pads of its paws, and narrowed its eyes.

Yayoi went downstairs, ran to the corner of the courtyard, and stopped under the wall where the big orange cat was sitting. After getting closer, Yayoi found that the big orange cat was really big. Some people say that orange cats had stomachs from the neck down, but that's not nonsense.

Yayoi stood under the wall, reaching out to the big orange cat, the sun lazily falling on her red hair.

"Are you coming down?" Yayoi blinked, the autumn sunshine was soft, and her amber eyes were full of sunshine.

Yayoi stood on tiptoes, stretched out her hand towards the big orange cat on the wall, and asked again, "Do you want to come down?"

The big orange cat stopped licking its paws, and opened its narrowed eyes a little. Yayoi found that its eyes were beautiful green, and its pupils shrank into a slit, like emeralds with white light rippling, the orange fur glowed softly in the sun.

"Yawn-"

The big orange cat on the wall yawned, revealing its pink tongue and small white fangs. It glanced at Yayoi below with its narrowed eyes and then lay back down.

Yayoi thought for a while, and without waiting for the big orange cat to respond to her, she simply went up and hugged the big orange cat down. The big orange cat did not resist, and allowed Yayoi to hugged it off the wall, and lay lazily in Yayoi's arms, like an old man.

"You are so heavy." Yayoi raised the big orange cat above her head, and her hand suddenly felt heavy. Yayoi lifted the big orange cat again, "Whose big orange cat do you belong to?"

The big orange cat's expression was still lazy. When Yayoi held it in her hand, it just shook its tail. Yayoi put it in her arms and ran into the house with the big orange cat.

"Mom, we have guests at home." Yayoi held the big orange cat in her arms and raised the big orange cat in her hand when she ran to her mother.

The orange cat raised its eyelids and glanced at her mother.

Her mother couldn't help but patted the big orange cat's head, and the big orange cat squinted its eyes and made a "mrr" sound, condescending to the mother in response.

"Looks like a very good visitor." Haruna looked at the big orange cat in Yayoi arms and smiled softly.

"Mom, does the big orange cat not like me?" Yayoi looked at the indifferent big orange cat in her arms, a little confused, "He doesn't pay much attention to people."

"Yayoi, he doesn't hate you." Haruna smiled with crooked eyebrows, and there were tiny bits of sunshine hidden in her black eyes.

Cats were reserved and proud animals, and they were willing to be hugged by others, which showed that they have a good impression of this person.

Yayoi raised the big orange cat in her hand above her head and looked up at the lazy and furry face of the big orange cat. The big orange cat squinted its eyes, as if it could fall asleep at any time.

The sunshine outside was just right, not too hot, not too gray. Cats were creatures that could take a nap anytime and anywhere. The soft sun just suits it. The big orange cat probably thought that the wall of Yayoi's house was a good place to take a nap. In the past two days, Yayoi could always see the big orange cat lying in a ball on the wall, enjoying the soft autumn sun.

The big orange cat raised his eyelids and quickly closed them again.

Yayoi looked at the big orange cat, but inexplicably thought of Satoru.

Suddenly she felt that Satoru was like a cat, a big cat with blue eyes and white fur. The few times he was quiet and unpretentious, he looked like a reserved cat.

Yayoi placed the big orange cat on the tatami of the room facing the courtyard, ran into the kitchen, and brought out a plate of dried fish that her mother had specially prepared for the big orange cat.

Yayoi placed the plate on the tatami and carefully pushed the plate containing the dried fish towards the big orange cat.

The big orange cat finally opened its eyes, raised its tail, and after shaking it twice, put its nose in front of the dried fish and sniffed it gently, and then began to enjoy the dried fish slowly.

Yayoi couldn't help holding her breath, as if she was burying her face in the big orange cat's belly and sucking the cat.

The abdomen was the softest and most vulnerable part of an animal, and cats were no exception. If a cat was willing to expose its soft belly to people, it meant that it had absolute trust in you.

Yayoi felt that she should not receive that honor because she and the big orange cat have only known each other for less than two days. Cats were proud, reserved, and willful animals. It was also willful and required the cat to give absolute trust to a person for a certain period of time. This was simply making things difficult for the cat.

Yayoi looked at the big orange cat that was eating slowly. The big orange cat had a plump body and shiny fur. The big orange cat didn't look like a wild cat. It looked like a noble cat from a wealthy family.

So Yayoi couldn't help but ask him, "Whose big orange cat are you?"

The big orange cat didn't respond.

"Yayoi, your clothes are too small." Yayoi suddenly heard her mother say.

Yayoi tugged at the hem of her clothes and looked at the small section of fair skin that was exposed, "It seems to be a little too small."

"Because you have grown taller." Mom sat down on the tatami next to Yayoi and the big orange cat, with a slight smile on her face.

Yayoi tilted her head, and the red pony tail tied behind her head swayed with the movement.

"Then when will I grow up?" Yayoi suddenly thought of Grandma Kuriko.

Grandma Kuriko said to her, please grow up.

At that time, Yayoi had grown taller than she was now, but Grandma Kuriko still said that she was still a little girl who had not yet grown up.

Perhaps in the eyes of Grandma Kuriko, no matter how much time passed, Yayoi was still a little girl who had not grown up.

"It's still a long time." Haruna touched the hair on Yayoi's forehead, "Everyone will grow up. Growing up is both easy and difficult."

Yayoi didn't quite understand.

"You will grow up laughing and crying at the same time." Haruna said.

At that time, Yayoi did not understand what her mother said. It was many years before she understood.

The big orange cat that had a meal at Yayoi's house disappeared somewhere at noon. Once everything got started, the rest became much easier. In the past few days, neither Satoru nor Suguru came to crawl on the wall of her home, the wall-climbing creature turned into a big orange cat.

The big orange cat that climbed the wall of Yayoi's house sometimes came to bask in the sun. Sometimes it meowed twice, and Yayoi very politely ran into the kitchen and brought out dried fish to serve to the master cat.

"Can I touch your back?" Yayoi couldn't help but ask, her hand resting on the big orange cat's back without putting it down or taking it away.

The big orange cat made a sound.

Yayoi felt that the big orange cat allowed it.

When her hands touched the soft back of the big orange cat, Yayoi felt like she was about to take off with happiness. She ran to the kitchen happily and told her mother that the big orange cat let her touch its back.

When she went out in the morning, Yayoi met the big orange cat again. The big orange cat was lying on the wall of a house, lazily basking in the sun. Its furry tail was swaying, and the mottled tree shadows hit the big orange cat's fur, reflected its coat color into different shades.

Yayoi remembered that a family here moved half a month ago. The hostess didn't like cats very much because she was allergic to cat hair, so she didn't keep cats or other animals at home. However, the big orange cat liked to lie on the girl's bed. Basking in the sun on the wall of the host's house.

Sure enough, when the hostess who came out of the inner room saw the big orange cat lying on the wall, she subconsciously wanted to drive it away.

The big orange cat didn't even look at her. Before the hostess raised the broom, she turned her head and the cat's green eyes met Yayoi's eyes on the other side of the wall.

Yayoi stretched out her hand and looked at the green eyes of the big orange cat with her amber eyes, "Do you want to come down?"

The big orange cat narrowed its eyes, and the mistress kept driving it away from behind.

With a slight kick of its hind legs, the big orange cat jumped down from the wall, and was caught by Yayoi. Yayoi couldn't help but stumbled after catching the big orange cat.

It's so heavy.

Yayoi touched the soft fur of the big orange cat, and in her hands was the smell of the warm morning sun left on the fur.

The hostess complained from the other side of the wall.

Yayoi lowered her eyes, and the big orange cat in her arms yawned, but was not affected by the hostess.

Yayoi left with the heavy orange cat in her arms.

Yayoi came out because she ran out of seasoning at home. Yayoi was going to buy seasoning from a small store near her home. It was by chance that she met the big orange cat.

The owner of the store, Ishida, was a slightly fatter middle-aged man with thick wrinkle around his eyes. The sunshade curtain hung outside the store was opened. Mr. Ishida saw a head of bright red hair. Needless to say, it was Haruna's little red-haired daughter.

"Hey, Yayoi, are you here to help mom buy things again?" Mr. Ishida smiled, and when the curtain opened, he saw the big orange cat in Yayoi's arms.

"Good day, Mr. Ishida." Yayoi nodded.

"Is this the big orange cat in Mr. Matsumoto's house?" Mr. Ishida asked.

"Do you know this big orange cat?" Yayoi looked at Mr. Ishida and then at the big orange cat.

Mr. Ishida nodded, "This is Mr. Matsumoto's cat. Cats this big are not common. I can't remember it wrong."

"But Mr. Matsumoto moved away half a month ago." Mr. Ishida said doubtfully, "Didn't this big orange cat be taken away with him?"

The big orange cat yawned.

The TV set in the store was still playing the morning news, and the host's voice was soft and pleasant.

The morning sun was cut off by the curtain hanging in front of the shop, and broke into the shop through the gap between the two curtains.

The big orange cat narrowed its green eyes.

Yayoi left the shop and took the big orange cat back to her home. When her mother saw the big orange cat visiting her home again, she smiled and her eyes curved, "Here we go again, a special guest."

The big orange cat, who was held in Yayoi's arms, let out a "meow" sound, which was regarded as a response to her mother.

"Mom, can we keep Tangerine at home?" Yayoi said suddenly.

Her mother paused, looked at the big orange cat and then at her red-haired daughter, then she smiled and said, "You have to get along well with Tangerine."

Yayoi hugged the big orange cat and nodded.

In early autumn, a big orange cat came to the house.

The big orange cat at home especially liked to lie on the wall and bask in the sun. The autumn sun was not scorching. The autumn sun was lazy, just like the lazy big orange cat.

The sky was high, far away, and clear. From time to time, two or three birds whose names was unknown fly across. The leaves of the cherry blossom trees were dyed golden yellow bit by bit, and then wither.

Yayoi took a broom and swept away the fallen leaves at the top of the wall. The fallen leaves above her head curled up and fell in the lazy sunshine. There was a big orange cat lying on the wall.

On the other side of the wall, the white-haired high school boy, who had not climbed the wall for a long time, looked at the wall eagerly. The moment he climbed up the wall, his blue eyes met a pair of green cat eyes through the lenses of his sunglasses.

The big orange cat gave the shameless cat a noble and cold look.

Satoru: "..." #

Not happy, not happy.

"Gojo?" Yayoi's voice came from under the wall.

Satoru saw the little red-haired girl looking up at him from the courtyard. The golden sunlight fell on her red hair like fine gold foil.

The big orange cat jumped off the wall, and Yayoi subconsciously reached out to catch the big orange cat. The orange fur looked noble and cool in Yayoi's arms, and his expression was as lazy as a grown man.

Satoru: "..." ##

Satoru was even more unhappy.

So Suguru, who walked in from the front door, suddenly heard an angry roar from his good brother in the courtyard of Yayoi's house, "Where did this sneaky cat come from?!"

His tone sounded like a grieving wife who caught her husband cheating on her.

Suguru: "..."

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• Omake •

5 Satoru: I just don't like it, I don't care, you d*mn sneaky cat!

Brother Suguru: What are you upset about?

5 Satoru: I don't know what I'm upset about...


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