#lonelycat

Ever felt like a lonely cat, waiting for love to find you?

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summary: You’re normally by yourself and are,for the most part, okay with it. Somewhere within you though you wish you weren’t so alone all the time. Maybe a pet will change that.

more info: reader x jaebum, fluff (I think)

word count: 1424

authors note: this will be in parts because I wrote a lot even though I tried not to. This is also my first fanfic ever so while I hope anyone who reads it enjoys it I am also welcome to constructive criticism whether its on my writing or on the story itself. Although I might not make changes to the story itself I will keep stuff in mind for future stories. Anyway as you can see I write a lot :)

[5:15 am] You shiver while sitting at your bus stop. The sun not being out yet made it colder than usual.You wish you had brought a warmer sweater with you.

The reason you were out and about so early was because how far you lived from campus. This was the only way you could get to school on time, luckily you didn’t have to do this often.

You’re sitting there still wishing for sort of warmth and rubbing your hand together when someone else comes up to the stop and sits next to you. Someone else being here at this hour is unusual. You decide to peak at them. The single street light doesn’t allow you to see their face clearly and their black hood being pulled over their head doesn’t help you either. You stare a bit longer for some reason, then decide to just stare ahead to the empty parallel street. This person don’t so much as glance at you while you two wait and you’re okay with that.

The bus finally shows up and the stranger gets in before you. At this hour a choice of seats are present so you sit as far away from each other as possible. Yet, you can’t help but sneak a peek over at the stranger now that there was better lighting. You were glaringly obvious in the way you turned. The stranger looked away from the window and right back at you. You try your best to casually look away. Now you decide that you will not turn around at any time again in this ride.

[7:18 am] You’re actually glad to be in your warm classroom. You slowly begin to forget your strange interaction from before as the teacher begins the class.

[6:00 pm] This was the last class of the day and it is also your least favorite. The teacher and the subject were a bore. Without a doubt your mind began to wander. You wonder if you would see the stranger from the bus again or not. Whether you would see them tonight on your way back or the next morning. Seeing them tonight again would be too much coincidence.

[7:29 pm] It was too much coincidence. You climb into the empty bus and only see a few people, mostly asleep. You sit in front of the one person who isn’t asleep. You have to take a double take to realize that the person behind you is the stranger from the morning. You let out a little surprised “oh”. You turn back in your seat. Once again acting as if you hadn’t noticed this person.

The bus finally reaches your bus stop. You suppose that it its your and the stranger’s stop now. Once out of the bus you give each other your backs and walk home.

[8:00 pm] You enter your apartment that despite being well furnished didn’t feel homely. Even though now you were inside the temperature remained the same as outside. You make your way to thermostat, turning on lights as you go. You then make your way to the kitchen to heat up something to eat. You don’t mind living on your own, yet now that you sat in your warm and lit house with no one else to share your food with. It made you wish you could arrive home to someone. A person or even a pet would be nicer than eating dinner alone.

[5:13 am] Once again you find yourself alone at the bus stop. This time you did bring a better sweater and for extra measure a fashionable coat.

After sitting there for a good amount of time you no longer find yourself alone though. You feel something next to you, not physically, but you know someone is there. You turn expecting the stranger from yesterday. Instead you see a small cat. It stares at you just as intensely as the stranger had when he caught you peeking a glance at him.

Almost as if you had called him with your mind he is standing over the cat. You look up at him to see how he will react to the cat. You watch as he brings down his hand to pet the kitten. He doesn’t stop petting the cat, but he does squat to be at eye level with it. You’re still looking at him so he lifts his head and surprises you with speaking.

“Why do you always keep staring at me and can’t be discreet about it?” he asks. You don’t answer yet because what would be a good answer to that?

He tries again “Is this your cat? Do you keep staring because you think I’ll take your cat?”

“I don’t own a cat so no it’s not that”

“So if it’s not about the cat would you won’t mind if I kept it?”

“I guess not”

He looks like he is about to ask you another question when the bus arrives. Despite this short interaction once you’re in the bus you both take distanced seats.

[7:30 am] Sitting in class you can’t stop thinking about the stray cat or the stranger. The way this person’s appearance was just like that cat enthralled you. His ripped jeans and old converse made him look like a stray himself. His uninteresting style contrasted his eyes that had shifted from sweet to intense in the small amount of time you had been able to look into them. You were looking forward to interacting with this stranger again.

[8:23 pm] Normally you’re exhausted after classes, and today was no difference,but at least today you had something to look forward to. That something being the person who was now sitting in front of you in the bus. It was the stranger from before. Surely, he had seen you getting on the bus, but he acted like he didn’t. So you both stare out the window at the blurred stationary objects and people on the streets. You think that he must also be seeing the way people are dragged out in the light of shops and street lamps. That it almost becomes hypnotizing to the point of slumber. Until the bus stops and you realize this is your stop and that the stranger had gotten up. You follow him to the bus door and out.

Where the stray cat was waiting for you or the stranger. Who knows. The stranger lowers down to pet the kitten’s head. You walk over and squat down as well, but don’t pet the cat.

“I can’t keep you” the stranger says to the cat.

You answer for the cat  “Why not?”

He doesn’t look at you. “My roommate said I already have way too many cats.”

“That’s impossible” you say. You almost miss his small bittersweet smile.

“Right? I feel bad leaving it alone here in the cold” he says. Something clicks in your head and you find yourself saying, “I can keep it. I’ve never had a cat or a pet, but I wouldn’t mind one now”. This time he does look at you. “I could probably help you take care of it if that’s not weird with you.” he says. Not at all you think and say “Sure that’d be okay”.

This time you do see him smile a closed mouth smile as he extends his hand to you and says “My name is Jaebum, what’s yours?”. You grab hold of his hand which is to your surprise, warm, and introduce yourself as well “My name’s y/n”.

“Nice, so what’s our cats name?” he asks. Our? You think.

“I don’t know what do you think?” You were just now taking in the cat’s dun wiry fur.

He hums in thought before saying “Tiger?”. You give an abrupt giggle, but nod at the name.

You pick up the kitten who is feathery in weight and in the way it feels. Jaebum tells you that he has to go and you check your phone and realize that so do you. You part ways again.