Jade envied her cat greatly. Beelzebub purred softly as he settled on his stomach on the rug, sunbathing in the warm golden hour sun. All his life was like a vacation, at least from Jade's point of view. And she wanted a vacation too. Maybe she should become a cat, the thought appeared in her mind. It wouldn't be hard. Just for a little while.
Careful not to disturb him, Jade lay by her cat. It was hard to relax at first. Rest was guilt, she had work to do. But she stayed put. If Beelzebub could be stubborn about his need for constant naps, she could too. She deserved a nap.
Beelzebub was gone when she awoke. It was dark out already, but the moon's light was strong, illuminating her home. He wasn't in the house, she checked, so he must have left out of the cat door. Stepping outside required a moment of mental preparation for Jade, but she resolved to be more like her cat. No hesitation. She stepped out into the night.
Sure enough, Beelzebub was out there on the grassy patch across the street. He turned towards her and meowed, it sounded like an invitation. She joined him on the grass for a while, but it became too humid quickly. She scooped him up and took him home.
For the next to weeks, she mimicked Beelzebub around the house. He found it almost amusing at first that his human was copying all his actions. However, it became annoying to share a bathroom with her.
One night, when the moon was full and strong again, there was a knock on the door. Jade almost panicked and hid with Beelzebub, then she remembered she was a person and had to answer the door. It was getting harder and harder fro Jade to remember that essential fact sometimes. Life was feeling more and more like a vacation though, that was the only thing on her mind, not the fact that midnight is a strange time for a visitor she was not expecting.
Before her stood a beautiful woman with sun-soaked skin and lilac hair. "Would you mind if I joined you?" she asked.
Jade was so taken with her ethereal appearance she almost forgot to reply, "what do you mean?"
"I've seen you moon bathing across the road, that's where my house is. Aren't you a witch?"
Beelzebub appeared at the door right then, he made a big show of rubbing himself on Jade's calf and meowed at her to follow as he trotted across the street. "Come on," the woman took Jade's hand and led her out the door.
"Why do you think I'm a witch?" Jade asked Glow, that was her name, Glow. Even her name was beautiful.
"For two weeks, every night, you've moon-bathed. I thought maybe you were a witch and this was some sort of ritual."
"Nope, I'm a regular person. I just follow my cat out here. He likes the moonlight."
"If you want, you could come out with me tomorrow and we could sunbathe like cats and regular people do sometimes."
Jade couldn't tell if Glow was making fun of her, but she didn't really care.
