the day had been pretty exhausting and all jaebum wanted was to get to his place and probably sleep his tiredness away for the rest of the night. however, he knows quite well he has a lot of things to do—study, to begin with, and a few exams from the junior students to check on before handing it to the actual physics teacher of hongik high school. he honestly expected to see hyerim on her pajamas and probably watching tv, but as soon as he opens the door of their studio, he finds it empty. well, the light was on, the place was a mess, but there was no one there. or so he thought.
closing the door behind him, he walks towards the kitchen and puts his backpack down on a near chair, taking a look around the place. though he is tired, he just couldn’t help seeing everything like that, like they had a pet letting everything fall on the floor or—most likely, hyerim couldn’t help in making a mess everytime she went out.
it’s a freaking monday, though, he thinks to himself, furrowing his eyebrows. sighing, he places his keys on the table beside him and finds something he didn’t notice there when he arrived: a note, clearly from his sister.
wish I could be there to see your face but my boss is an asshole. hope you like it!!! now you have 7 lives to take care of so you can leave me alone now!!!! lol love ya—kinda
that only confuses him. like what? seven lives? walking around the place with the note still on his hand, the corner of his eye catches something way faster than his brain was able to process.
there, under the coffee table, he could see a pair of eyes staring at him. “i can’t believe this” jaebum mutters to himself, sitting on the couch and smiling at the little thing. he reaches to try to get it and the little kitten walks toward him, looking up with those big blue eyes. getting it on his arms, he pets her neck, feeling happy with the presence of something so cute. it almost reminded him of the cat they had back in busan—well, that he had, considering he was the one that took care of abby.
suddenly, he understands his sister’s note. “now you have seven lives to take care of” he reads it loudly, laughing and shaking his head. well, hyerim knew him better than anyone else, that wasn’t even up to discussion—she knew he was mad at the whole ‘lee seunghoon coming back to their lives’ and tried to calm him by giving him something, well someone else to take care of.
he looks at the kitten, that at this point is on the back of the couch, next to his shoulder, looking back at him. jaebum smiles brightly, one of his most sincere smiles, and offers his hand to the cat, that quietly accepts and walks down on his shoulder and gets into his arms again. “i am gonna call you nora” he finally decides, now too distracted to remember all the things he needs to do.
