Purring
Gian had a secret. It happened only when his body went under a great amount of stress. Only one other person knew about this. His boyfriend, Gage.
It started happening a year ago. He was at home studying for finals when he found himself staring up at his desk, it was three feet taller than him. His eyes trailed down, reaching the floor. Instead of his legs and feet, there were two small black paws. Silver lines bounced into view and found them to be whiskers. What the hell? He went to yell for his parents but only a small squeak came out, followed the sound of a meow. He was a fucking cat.
I'm dreaming, I have to be. I just need to wake up and see myself at my desk. I have to be.
Gian did everything he could to wake up from this nightmare. Nothing. He finally gave up and jumped up on his desk chair. From there, he used the rest of his energy and jumped up onto the table. In front of him, his review papers were laid out.
Shit. This was one realistic dream.
His mother yelled up the stairs. "Gian! Your friend Gage is here!"
That's it. This dream is the worst.
Only one thing made this dream worst for the kitten. His boyfriend seeing him.
The door freaked open. "Gian, I brought browni.." The senior came into the room and looked around for the junior. His eyesight falling on the black kitten sitting on the desk. "Well, hello there little one. Have you seen Gian?"
The cat meowed in response.
"No?"
The cat meowed even louder and gave him an agitated look.
"So you have?"
The cat meowed and seemed to nod.
"Where?"
If cats could roll eyes, this one would. It jumped up and walked over to his owner's tablet. As it entered in the password and opened a new document, Gage stood back with wide eyes. This cat was super intelligent. But he shouldn’t be surprised. Gian was it's owner.
As it typed away slowly, Gage made it easier for him to see the screen. It simply read, 'I'm Gian, you motherfucker.'
No. This wasn’t possible. "Gian's playing a prank on me. Isn't he?"
The cat shook it's head and typed even further.
'I'm not lying. it's me. I'm not sure what happened.'
Gage laughed. Not one of those funny ones after a joke. No, this was a hysterical, can't be happening laughs. "You're fucking with me." Gage pinched his arm. He turned to see the cat, no gian type again.
'I thought it was a dream too.'
"This is just great. My boyfriend's a cat and I don’t know how to change him back." The black fur with deep brown eyes stared up, with almost a pleading glare.
Gage reached down and lifted the kitten into his arms. It was so adorably tiny. If this cat was truly Gian, placing it on his lap will be really uncomfortable for the two of them. So he kept it tight in his arms. He could feel the feline's muscles tense and slowly relax as it burrowed itself in his shirt. Scratching between his ears, the cat started to purr. Very loud too.
The cat, almost a half hour later, jumped up from Gage's arms and onto the floor. He didn't want to but he had a sick feeling in his stomach. Gian ran into the bathroom in the hall, as fast as the little legs could carry him.
Gage awkwardly waited and swiveled in the desk chair. He was worried for the poor kitten. He didn’t mean to scare it, no Gian. A coughed interrupted his thoughts.
Gian was stood in the door frame. Human him, not the feline version.
"That was an adventure." Gage smirked.
"Don’t ever bring it up again."
"But when you purred, it was so adorab.."
"If you say adorable, I will kill you."
"It was ADORABLE!"
"I will kill you!"
Gage sprinted out from his boyfriend's room and down the stairs to the front door. With Gian shortly behind him, he went to lock himself in his car. He was barely able to close the door before the junior started pounding on the window.
"Unlock the door!"
"No! Not until you admit you're adorable." Gage crossed his arms and put his chair slightly back.
"Never!"
"Fine, I guess I'll head home then."
"No! wait." Gian stepped back from the car and let Gage open the door. The two stood facing each other. The senior pulled the junior into his arms and snuggled his head under his chin.
"If you're ever stressed, I'm here."
Gian smiled and snuggled closer to his boyfriend.
"You're purring again."
"Shut up."