CH 76

Chapter 76. [Word That Can’t Be Conveyed, Feelings That Can Be Conveyed]

Just as I was thinking about it.

“Oi. Wait!”

-Nyaaaa, I’m free! I’m free-nyaaaa! –

The cat escaped and ran down the hallway.

No way, Did I forget to close the cage? Oh no, I was careless because it was still in the hallway.

As I was panicking, I heard a carefree voice from the side.

Ah-nee was smiling at me.

“You’re so clever, kitty. I can’t believe you can open it by yourself… Buekkushon!”

“No, she opened the door herself! If you were watching, you should have stopped it. Ah-nee!”

I hadn’t closed the cage properly.

She reached through a gap in the cage, which was not closed properly, and opened it herself.

What a naughty girl, as usual.

“I’m sorry, it’s my child.”

“It’s okay. I’ll go get her.”

My mom, with a hand that’s familiar to the cat, quickly captures the cat and returns her home. Wow, that’s amazing. The cat was violently flailing in her embraced chest.

“I’m sorry – you’re scared. I took you to a bad hospital, didn’t I?”

The cat had been like this ever since she was feeling better.

I don’t understand the language. That’s what I mean. I can’t clear up misunderstandings.

There are only so many words I can communicate to the animals.

Just as the words I can hear from the animals are limited.

I can understand and convey feelings rooted in instinct, such as the hostility I heard at the veterinary clinic.

But it’s very difficult to convey complex things and, above all, to make them understand.

That’s why…

-Let go of me-nyaa! Let me run more-nyaa! Let me play-nyaa.-

You can’t convince a cat to do something like this!

It’s not the same as ‘don’t play’, and it’s even harder to get her to understand the ‘why’ of ‘not now’.

“Ugh, the cat hates mom.”

The mother is crying ‘yo yo’, but unfortunately, she isn’t well-liked in the first place.

I think she’ll get even more depressed if I tell her that…

Oh no.

We don’t have the words to tell each other.

But apparently, words were not necessary to solve the problem.

-What are you doing-nya? Are you in pain-nya? It can’t be helped, so I’ll lick you!-

“Oh… You’ll forgive me?”

Seeing the grieving mom the cat misunderstood that the wound was painful.

It then begins to lick the wound.

I thought, “That’s a scratch you gave her.”.

I thought to myself but decided not to be tactful.

I heard that cats recognize humans as ‘big cats’.

That’s why they’re licking our wounds and trying to heal you.

“Ugh, thank you so much. Please forgive me.”

My mom had a funny look.

I’m glad she forgave her, but every time she licks her, her rough tongue, like a file, hurts the wound.

I see. That’s why they have Elizabethan collars.

Licking sterilizes the wound, but too much licking makes it worse.

My mom put the cat back in the cage with regret.

It was in kind of a good mood.

“Thank you for forgiving me, kitty.”

-Hoo, I did a good job-nya! Thank me-nyaa!-

They both misunderstood each other. But whatever!

It’s a happy ending!

“I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you very much.”

“I hope we can go to America together!”

With that, the manager and Ah-nee left.

The cat is very dry and on the verge of leaving.

-Master, I’m hungry-nyaa!-

“Ugh, cat! See you again!

Cats have no sorrow. That’s why they don’t regret saying goodbye to my mom or me.

But this kind of goodbye is not so bad.

***

I thought.

The next day, my mom was opening a catalog.

“Oh, good morning Iroha! Hey, what kind of cat do you like?”

“Oh, that’s the first thing you said to me this morning? Wait a minute? Could it be that this is why you were looking so difficult yesterday? Not about going to America?”

“Heh? It’s up to you to decide. Whichever you choose, I’ll support you as much as I can. It’s a decision you’ve already made. Anyway, I’ll let you know. Calico cat? Do you like calico cats? I don’t know, calico cat!”

“Mom…..”

I swallowed what was coming up.

Then I smiled back.

“I’m talking on the premise that I’ll keep it! I don’t like it!?”

“Eh~~~~!?”

No more animals.

I went to school with my wireless earphones, remembering to bring them.

***

<<Go to America. Hmmm! Iroha finally got a chance to talk about it! I’ve been itching to tell you all day.>>

I was talking to Angu Ogu in my room, which was quiet for the first time in a long time.

It’s been so noisy when the cat was here.

<<Of course, you’re in, right?>>

<<….. >>

<<… What? Don’t tell me you’re not going to join us. I thought you said your mother permitted you!>>

<<That’s true, but…>>

I hesitated to answer.

There was one reason that made me hesitant to participate.