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I: The Flowers Are Not Sleeping
Chapter 35: A Place to Return
Don't, woa-

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Mii-

Yayoi thought about her cat.

Before raising Tangerine and the white cat, Yayoi once had a cat, a little kitten that looked malnourished.

It came from outside. The little cat crossed the courtyard wall, stepped on the cherry tree branches that extended from the top of the wall to the courtyard, and ran all the way into the courtyard.

The kitten didn't seem to trust humans at all. It was always on a high branch, looking down at Yayoi under the tree. Its amber eyes were glowing with a faint luster. It was a thin black cat. It was small, much smaller than Tangerine.

Occasionally when two pairs of amber eyes met, the little black cat would always look away first, then step on the branches of the cherry trees, jump over the fence, and leave the courtyard.

For a long time, Yayoi and the little black cat had been getting along like this. They looked at each other, the little black cat left, and she sat in the courtyard looking at the empty branches and continued to be in a daze. The little black cat came again, and it looked at her, after meeting their gazes, she walked away and continued to be in a daze.

Then one day, the little black cat fell down from the branch. The pads of its feet stepped on the wooden corridor. It was light and silent. It cautiously approached Yayoi without daring to get too close. Its little black claws were stretching out and retracting. Hesitating back and forth.

Until Yayoi reached out to the kitten, and it put its furry paws in Yayoi's palms. Small legs, small paws, and soft flesh pads.

Yayoi's thumb pad gently rubbed its little paws. Its little paws were surprisingly small and soft.

The little black cat raised its amber eyes, and the two pairs of amber pupils met again.

"Meow-" the little black cat meowed softly.

"Mii-" Yayoi tilted her head and imitated it.

Grandma Kuriko made small dried fish for the kitten, put down the dried fish and left. She watched Yayoi sitting next to the little black cat from a distance, her amber eyes looking blankly at the black cat who lowered his head to eat.

After eating, the little black cat licked its paws stained with fish oil, lay lazily next to Yayoi, and began to take a nap with half-closed eyes.

Yayoi looked at the little black cat. The little black cat lying on the ground wrapped its slender tail around itself, resting its chin on the overlapping cat paws, and purred softly from time to time.

It's obviously very comfortable.

Her sister told her that cats would only start to nap in a place where they could feel at ease.

'He likes you.' her sister said.

'Then I can reassure him?' Yayoi asked again.

'For him, being where you are can make him feel at ease, so he is willing to be by your side.' her sister stroked Yayoi's hair.

'Then where is the safe place for me?'

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Satoru found Yayoi asleep.

The weather today was very good, the sunlight was soft, and there was a thin layer of snow on the roof tiles. The white snow had a golden halo on its surface. From time to time, two or three white birds with unknown names fly across the sky.

Satoru was lying on the ebony wood where the fine snow remained, his fluffy cat's tail swishing behind.

The air in winter was cold, and the air in the countryside was much faster than in Tokyo. It's cold and fresh, like mint.

Satoru found that it had not been such a leisurely time to bask in the sun in winter for a long time.

Satoru looked up at the sky. The cat's blue eyes reflected the blue sky. From time to time, he saw a few white clouds drifting by, and the sun fell into his eyes through the atmosphere.

The sky in this small town was surprisingly clear.

When he was young, Six Eyes' sight could always catch the people peeping around him, so naturally he had no interest in basking in the sun. After studying at a Jujutsu High, he began to exorcise cursed spirits all over Japan.

Occasionally, after completing the task, he would look at the sky like this, but it would not last long, because he was not a person who could stand loneliness, so he had to find a way to relieve the boredom.

Satoru discovered from the branches of the cherry blossom tree that the feline's body was surprisingly flexible. Even though he was much larger than the average cat, it did not hinder his agility.

In the few days since he became a cat, Satoru had probably mastered the cat's behavior and habits.

The soft flesh pad stepped on the trunk of the cherry blossom tree, and after a few laps, he jumped to the ground.

Felines have soft fleshy pads, an agile body, and move quickly and flexibly. His movements basically did not cause any big noise above.

But Yayoi's ears still twitched in his sleep.

Satoru picked up his steps, raised his tail, stepped on a series of plum petal-like footprints, jumped onto the floor of the veranda, and tiptoed to Yayoi's face.

What bad intentions did the kitten have? The kitten just wanted to play with the little redhead.

Satoru put the fluffy cat tail between the nose of the redhead, and shook it. In her sleep, Yayoi only felt itchy nose, and then there was a burst of sourness, and she suddenly sneezed.

She opened her eyes in a daze and saw a large area of white. Everything in her eyes was a blur of color. There were two round black patches on top of the white. Her consciousness became clearer a little bit, and the outline of the cat gradually appeared, and finally a small sunglasses on his face.

Satoru felt something was different about Yayoi who had just woken up. Her amber eyes were blank, like inorganic stones.

It turned out to be two black sunglass lenses.

Gojo?

It's not.

Her consciousness gradually returned, and her eyes were rippled one after another like stones thrown into the lake. Yayoi woke up. This was not a dream, there was no Grandma Kuriko, and no little black cat.

Yayoi blinked and looked at the small sunglasses on the furball face and began to be fascinated. She realized that she hadn't seen Satoru in person for a long time. This was his cat, a super cute big white cat.

"Mii-"

Gojo the Cat's tail swayed.

"You're teasing me again," Yayoi said.

She knew that Satoru's cat, just like him, liked to tease people. Not only did he like to tease people, but he also liked to tease Tangerine. God knew how many times he made Tangerine meowed in anger after he moved into the Kawabata house.

Satoru curled his lips and purred again.

He stood up and stepped on the soft fleshy pads of his feet to pull a blanket over to cover Yayoi. He slept so soundly in the courtyard in the winter, so he was careful not to catch a cold.

Yayoi took the big white cat into the blanket together, and rubbed her soft cheek against the cat's furry cheek. In many ways, the feeling of cats was better than that of humans. The other person's temperature clearly spread from the cheeks. Gojo the Cat was confused.

"I won't get sick," Yayoi said to Satoru in cat form, "but thank you anyway."

Gojo the Cat: "Mii-"

Why couldn't people get sick? The strongest one could still get tooth decay.

Yayoi blinked and yawned sleepily, "I'll sleep a little longer. You can sleep with me."

Gojo the Cat: "Meow- mii-"

What were you talking about, you redhead?

Before Satoru could finish his protest, Yayoi buried her cheek into Gojo's cat belly and took a deep breath of fur.

Gojo the Cat: "..."

The belly of a feline will only show up in people who trust it, because the belly was the softest place. There were many organs and nerves under the belly. It was also one of the most sensitive places. There was the warmth of a person's skin on the belly, and waves of fine itching spread from the soft belly, climbing up one after another, like ants biting.

Gojo the Cat was dumbfounded.

Yabai, such a strange feeling! Redhead, what were you doing? I am a male cat!

Don't wo-

Gojo the Cat: "Meow-"

Suguru, help, I must be cursed!

Suguru Geto in the distance: Achoo' achoo!

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Suguru noticed that Satoru who was turned into a cat seemed to have gained weight.

While Yayoi was making tea, the high school boy with a man bun grabbed Satoru's fluffy cat tail, pulled him over and stroked him twice to test the feel.

Holy sh*t, the cat's fur was smooth and soft, and even his belly had a lot more meat. He had really gained a lot of weight.

Suguru looked at Gojo the Pussycat, whose life had obviously become much better recently, and couldn't help but ask, "What did the redhead feed you recently?"

Looking at this fat guy, I'm afraid he had eaten too well recently.

"Meow~" Gojo the Cat lifted up its little paws, revealing his pink pads and his belly facing the ceiling. At first glance, it looked like a real cat.

Suguru: "..."

What were you meowing? Did you really think you were a real cat?

Suguru took out his mobile phone. This time he didn't forgot about Yayoi's five senses.

After opening the lid of the phone, he started typing on it with his five fingers. Suguru showed the screen of the phone to Satoru.

'What happened to the curse on you?'

Satoru's blue eyes under his sunglasses glanced at the words on the screen of his mobile phone. He kept bending his little paws, exposed his pink pads and belly toward the ceiling, and let out another 'meow'.

Suguru couldn't help but pull his ears, and Gojo the Cat meowed in pain when his ears were pulled.

Suguru narrowed his fox eyes and smiled kindly like a Buddha, "Answer the question seriously."

Otherwise, I'll make you into a real cat.

Satoru thought that his best friend was going through menopause recently. He went on a mission and when he came back, he was in an unexpectedly bad mood.

Suguru snorted coldly, could it not be bad? I worked hard outside to exorcise the cursed spirits to complete the task, but you lived a comfortable life in the redhead's house where you were enjoying the hot food and drinking fragrant food. On the other hand, look at yourself, you were just a domestic animal. His heart... was unbalanced!

Gojo the Cat turned over, took the mobile phone handed over by Suguru, and started typing.

'Fortunately, other than turning my body into a cat, I haven't found anything else yet.'

Satoru showed the phone screen to Suguru.

After Suguru took a look, he took the phone and started typing.

'Now that everything is fine, can we go out to perform the mission?'

He stay up late working outside, but Satoru was living a comfortable life in Yayoi's house.

Satoru jumped up and snatched the phone from Suguru's hand. The little claws typed on the keyboard a lot harder and started typing with a crackle.

'You actually want a weak kitten to perform the task.'

His pale blue eyes trembled slightly, looking at Suguru full of humanitarian condemnation. That furry cat face made Suguru forcibly see a strong sense of condemnation from it.

Suguru rolled his eyes at him and took the phone to type without expression.

'The premise is that you are really a 'weak kitten'.'

Satoru, who was born with Six Eyes, if you're weak, the curse users and the cursed spirits you killed would cry to death.

And you were, at best, a disobedient cat.

'When would the curse on you lose effectiveness?'

Suguru asked again.

Although he could use jutsu, it's not a good thing to maintain the posture of a naughty cat. The most obvious point was that this naughty cat seem to had lost his human consciousness. Relied on his cat-like appearance to fool the little red-haired girl, turned his belly, stretched out his paws, and meowing, the plush-loving little redhead naturally offered the fluffy unruly cat as an ancestor.

This was not the way to go.

No, I couldn't be the only one to be a corporate slave.

Suguru thought seriously.

He didn't mind taking this disobedient cat on a mission. Anyway, Yaga-sensei and Shoko both know that this disobedient cat had become a real pussycat.

'Probably these days.'

After Satoru finished typing, he threw the phone to Suguru, rolled on the tatami, and wrapped his fluffy tail around his body.

'Suguru, let me ask you a question.'

Gojo the Cat said again.

'Go ahead.'

Suguru gestured to him without holding his phone to type.

'What should you do if someone helps you take a bath and buries her face in your belly?'

Suguru: ???

Suguru: Wait...?

After making the tea, Yayoi came out with the tea. She happened to see Gojo the Cat rolling on the floor. After putting down the tray in her hand, she quickly picked up the naughty cat on the tatami, and then started to stroke the cat quickly.

Gojo the Cat lay on Yayoi's lap, purring comfortably. His beautiful blue eyes narrowed behind his small sunglasses, enjoying the process of being stroked wholeheartedly.

Suguru's eyes twitched as he just picked up the teacup and prepared to drink tea.

"Yayoi-chan." Suguru put down the teacup and narrowed his narrow eyes, "Don't you think there's something wrong with this cat?"

Gojo the Cat lying on Yayoi's lap, stiffened for a moment, raised his head and let out a low 'meow' at Suguru.

Yayoi nodded, "He is smarter than other cats."

It seemed like he could still understand what she said.

Suguru saw Gojo the Cat's fluffy tail swishing around on the tatami, seemingly in a state of agitation.

'Suguru, what do you want to do?'

Suguru saw Satoru's anxious eyes and smiled slightly.

"When taking a bath, he would also bark so loudly because I washed certain parts of his body." Yayoi recalled the meows that reached the ceiling when she bathed Gojo the Cat, "Obviously Tangerine wouldn't be like this."

Suguru: "..."

Wait a minute... what did you say?

Yayoi noticed that Suguru's eyes were widened and the expression on his face was one of horror.

Suguru twisted his neck stiffly and looked at Satoru, a soft and weak cat lying on the lap of the little red-haired girl. A cat with a tea smell[1] all over his body. Ten thousand grass and mud horses[2] rushed past in his heart, and he thought to himself, what have you done, you piece of sh*t?

Gojo the Cat blinked innocently, and it's Yayoi who forced him to be bathed. What could he do? He was just a weak little kitten.

You were so weak!

Did you dare to swear to kikufuku?!

Suguru wanted to pick up his slippers and beat the cat to death. He knew that Satoru was shameless, but he didn't expect that he was so shameless that he asked Yayoi to help him take a bath.

After staring at Satoru for a while, Yayoi looked at him with a little doubt in her eyes. Suguru then looked away and looked at Yayoi's hand with heavy eyes.

For a moment, the underage high school fell into the trap of a weathered old man lamenting that life has grown short, and he sighed heavily.

Yayoi: ???

Suguru's hand trembled: "..."

Don't ask, asking meant your hands were not clean.

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· Genuine translation can be found only in OchatimesBlogspotCom, FanFictionNet, and Wattpad

• Omake •

Gojo the Naughty Cat: It turns out that there are sneaky cats in places I didn't know about!

Suguru: Don't ask, just ask for sterilization.

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[1] Tea smell, cha qi (Chinese slang): A popular word on the Internet, is a word used to describe boys as "b*tch-like" or "b*tchy", but it is not a derogatory term. It still makes people want to protect them when they see it.

[2] Grass mud horse; cao ni ma; f*ck you mother; f*ck


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