Chapter 6- Moody Owner

Caden had a good night's sleep as he was dead tired yesterday but his mind was wondering, did he hear someone fighting on top of the roof last night? Or was it just his imagination?

"Awake?"

Caden's furs stand on end as his mouth let out a frightened sound.

Evan makes a disapproving glance at him, "You're sense of awareness is very lacking. You need to be trained or else, you will hold me back in the future."

Caden sticks his tongue out, see if I listen to you!

Suddenly his tongue was pulled out making him freeze in shock.

"I will pull your tongue out the next time you will pull this move." Caden felt scared and he look at him with his watery eyes, his pupils round and cute.

"That will not work on me." The other sternly warns him.

 

Then it doesn't work, please let go of my tongue. Caden was begging silently in his mind.

The other finally let go of his tongue and he immediately put it back inside his mouth. His tongue doesn't feel like it was his own anymore. Feeling wrong, he looked down, his eyes watering.

He used his two paws to cover his mouth looking at the other pitifully, but not daring to look up at his expression.

"Do you want me to pull it back again?" Caden let go of his mouth and drop on all fours to the ground.

Bad human! Caden yells in his mind and he immediately feels better. Good, good. Just curse him out on his mind. Good, good.

After feeling better, he felt his body being lifted finally settling on the other's chest with only his head peeking out making him dumbfounded, he felt that the person who just threatened to pull his tongue out earlier is not the same as the person carefully lifting him up. Anyway, this is much better than walking with his palm size body on the ground, he might end up being stepped on if he insisted on walking on his own.

"Hello Esteemed Guest, do you want your breakfast to be served now?" The same woman who had entertained them yesterday spoke to them.

"Prepare a bath for me in my room. I'll have my breakfast here," He was about to turn around when he pause and then added to the woman who is now bowing her head, "Please prepare a little bowl on my table add more meat on it, and a tiny bathtub with body wash enough for this little beast on my room."

 Caden felt warm inside knowing how the other was so considerate of him.

When he was put on top of the table he looked at the man before him with shining emerald green eyes and called out softly.

"Remember these favors I gave you and repay me by being useful to me in the future, do you hear me?"

Caden wanted to stick his tongue out again but remember what happened earlier, so he put his forepaws on his mouth to cover it.

 

He doesn't know his cheeks are bulging. Evan looks at it and pokes the bulging cheeks with his finger softly.

Caden was poked and he almost tumble, but then he immediately balance his body.

Looking at the man before him, he found him leaning with his arms propped on the table, supporting his head, his eyes looking somewhere but him.

Caden felt this man is so weird. His owner seems to be moody, isn't he?

But he soon forgive his owner's weirdness when he smelled the food, stimulating his senses. The food was served, and he was itching to eat it as soon as the bowl landed before him but he held back.

 

His owner is still not lifting his utensils.

 

He looked up and meet the other's deep eyes. There was a hint of gold in those pair of eyes.

 

Caden suddenly remembered this person has golden eyes when he first met him. Those eyes were like a blazing ball of fire, they looked fiery and very intimidating. Are his eyes normally like this? It was fascinating to see his eyes changing at times, they look beautiful despite the danger.

"Good, you have a sense of proprietary,"

Eh? Caden didn't know if that was a praise or not, but he still feel a bubble of satisfaction.

Of course! He is once a human after all. He is polite and obedient when he was still a human, and that's why so many people liked him. Remembering his life before, he felt a pang of pain in his heart.

He cannot go back to his former world, can he?

Regardless if he is a human or a beast, Caden can solve his depressing thoughts with food. After seeing the other finally lift his spoon and fork and began eating, he also digs on his own.

Actually, Caden doesn't have anyone besides his friends waiting for him in his former world. He was born and raised in an orphanage, and the nuns and caretakers of the orphanage were his parents--- they give him a home and everything that he needed, even gifting him a cat pet. Because he is a good student and a skilled artist, he was given a scholarship to a prestigious university. Just when he just started his university life, he hang out with his friends at a bar, drank a beer for the first time, and the last thing he knows is he was gasping for breath, his friends frantically calling out his name in vain. When he woke up, he was in this world.

When he died, did his friends cry for him?

Caden didn't know his bowl is being filled every so often by the man before him. He just keep his head down on the bowl, sweeping every single meat and sauce he could sweep with his tongue. When he was feeling full already, he finally realize why his food didn't even reach the bottom.

His action of cleaning the corners of his mouth froze, and he swallowed back his little tongue. 

 

Why is his owner looking at him with a smile that is not a smile? Scary.

"Are you full?" That question doesn't sound inquiring, but is it more like a statement?

 How can he answer this? Answering he is full seems to be very embarrassing, but not answering seems to be shameless.

Caden wants to cry a river of tears if only he could talk to explain himself.

"Not thankful enough?"

Selling cuteness can only be the key!

Shameless or not, he is his owner! He should sell cuteness to him so his moody owner will feel better! His cat likes to do the same to him before!

Thinking so, he approached him with big round pupils and rub his head on his owner's resting hand on top of the table.

Not long after, he felt his body being rubbed softly. He purred to the touch. So this is how his cat feels when he is being rubbed? It felt good and relaxing!

 

Caden's eyes were closed and he was lying on the table without a care, a lazy cat being spoiled to death is perfectly displayed. 

"You eat so much so I expect you to grow bigger after a month, later we'll take a bath and then I will take you somewhere to train, you need to train so you can assist me in the future."

Caden snorted in secret, his owner is very moody. Forget it, he just needs to be obedient! Besides, he felt a bit of excitement hearing they will train later. He wondered how he is supposed to train in this world! He is a beast and he remembered his body is very agile, his claws and teeth very sharp and his timing is very accurate when deciding! He is very powerful, isn't he?

 

He was so full after so he was rolling and selling cuteness to his indifferent owner every now and then. Later, he was even given snacks for free by the woman who serve them food, praising his cuteness and how they have never seen such a cute little beast like him. Caden felt his ears ringing with praise and felt very happy, he sell cuteness to the woman but his left ear was suddenly pulled.

"I'll pay for the dried fish," Caden heard his owner speak blandly to the woman, the woman was also pulled back to reality when he spoke. Feeling embarrassed that she had taken a liking to someone's familiar, she immediately left after excusing herself politely. 

 

When the woman was gone, Caden's left ear was soothed by a warm touch, caressing it softly making Caden feel a bit pacified. That pull hurt his delicate ear, he is just a tiny kitten after all. This owner of his is really so brutal. His moodiness erupted again.

His wagging tail also fell listless on the table, no longer being playful.

 

"You had fun playing with other people, no longer afraid of them after meeting me?" 

Sensing this man's dangerous tone he immediately becomes obedient, climbs into his clothes, and settled himself in his chest, his head peeking out of the clothes.

 

He cannot let his owner feel aggrieved. It is okay if it was only him feeling aggrieved.

"You're done eating?"

"Meow~" Caden's voice came out sticky and raspy.