Box on the side of the road.
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Sam walked home from school.
Sometimes he wished his mom could pick him up but he knows that’s just a wish, especially with how hard him and his mom work to get the farm up and running.
By the time he got to the street he was going to he saw a cardboard box and letter. He picked up the paper and began to read it.
After Sam read the letter he knelt down and opened the box. When he opened the box his heart melted when he saw the cats huddled together for warmth.
All five are companion cats, but each fur pattern is different.. and they all already have collars so Sam decided to look at each collar tag to see their names.
Benny’s fur is a solid sandy blonde colour, Caleb’s fur is a grey tabby, Lilian’s only a kitten but her pattern is clearly a bi-colour salmon pink with orange fur.
When he tried to take a look at the last cat’s collars one of them hissed as sam’s hand drew closer, making Sam quickly bring his arm back. They both have white socks, different fur colour, while the black cat has a missing back leg.
He didn’t want to seem like a threat to them so he slowly and gently placed his hand in front of the two. The brown cat growled lowly while the black cat with the missing leg slowly crept towards Sam’s hand, sniffed it and immediately head budded the hand.
Sam saw this as a sign of trust and scratched under the chin, Sam stopped when the brown cat crept over next to the black cat and did the same thing, he patted both of them when they warmed up and took a look at their names.
“Tim and Tom? No wonder you’re so protective.” Sam commented as he scratched behind both of the their ears. “C’mon, let’s get you lot back to my place.” Sam said as he picked up the box carefully and walked straight back home, making sure not to startle them all.
When he got home he explained to his mom how he found the cats and that they’re on the side of the road, she agreed to take care of them all until they can call the number who wrote the note.
Sam laid down on his bed after the cats are fed, he bag to wondere why no one else would take their time to look after them.. who was the person that left them there.. why’d they put them on the side of the road... why didn’t sam meet the owner?
Sam got dragged out of his thoughts as he heard a meow by his side of the bed, he looked down and saw Tom staring up at him, Sam smiled and helped Tom up onto the bed, as he scratched behind the cat’s ear Tim jumped up with Lilian in his mouth, he placed her down and curled up beside Sam and his twin.
Sam chuckled as the other two came up and joined their siblings, Sam laid down slowly to make sure not to move so much. “Goodnight you five.” Sam spoke quietly, he yawned and closed his eyes, enjoying their company.
And it was the first time he sam hadn’t got a nightmare.
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I... I’m very sorry for lying about not doing this au... I wanted it to be a surprise.
The au is of course by @vinehasnohopeleft, They’re amazing... I’m very sorry for lying to you all about not doing it.. I hope you like it
