CHAPTER 2

Every time I sip the noodles, it will look at me but it will come back to drinking its milk. I love this cat. When it ran out of milk, I put the bowl in the sink. I threw away my container but washed the spoon I used. I picked up my bag that was just hanging over and looked at the clock.

It's already 9:15 am. I put on my rubber shoes and grabbed the bag. My eyes searched for the cat but I couldn't find it. Maybe it's just under the sofa or out the window. I closed the window and put the book in the cabinet. I lock the house and the gate.

I'm only 17 and still studying. There are many schools here. But the most well-known schools are Hetereo University, Harvard University, St. Collins-Cooper University, and Lumnious University. Well I study at Lumnious University because it is the closest school to my house. And I was a scholar at that school.

I was walking and I thought I could find my phone in my bag but to my surprise I immediately removed my hand from my bag again. The cat's head came out so I was even more surprised.

"How did you got in there? Maybe your owner is looking for you. I thought you came out of the window"

I talked to him but I only heard meow. I stroked its head so he meowed again.

"Don't you like your owner anymore?"

I asked him but it does not speak because he is a cat.

"All right, you can always come with me. And I will call you Astral. You are Astral. As long as your owner is not looking for you, you should be with me so if someone look for you then I could tell"

I continued walking while holding his soft fur. Its head was inserted again in my bag so my hand was also inside.

I reached the gate of our University. The guard smiled at me so I smiled at him in return.

"Don't come out of my bag Astral huh so that they won't catch you. They'll catch you when you come out and see you. Then they'll throw you away from me"

I threatened him. He meowed like he was angry so I laughed softly. I got to my classroom and then sat in the back. I like it here because others don't notice me that much. Only when the teacher called me for answering some questions.

My grades are high and I don't interfere with my other classmates. I am also not good at closeness or friendship. Sometimes they think badly of me but I don't know why. Many eyes are always on me when I walk down the hallway at mealtime. But I ignore it. Instead I just think that I am not the one they are looking at.

I put my bag in front of me so that when Astral's head comes out a little, I can put it in again. I stroked its fur and it was really soft. Its head came out and I was about to put my hand when I saw its eye color change. I was surprised but I did not get up. I felt the pain and no one noticed me. They may think I'm crazy.

Its former blue eyes are now green. I do not know what it means but there's something urging me to hold it in its head. So I touched its head and its eyes turned orange. I was about to touch his ear when he bit my wrist. But instead of shouting, I just turned my head on my desk and endured the pain of his bite. I remove his fangs from my wrist but he didn't let go.

Suddenly, I felt that he was removing his fangs so I looked at my wrist with tears. The cat looked at me as if he is apologizing. My tears were about to drop but because my head was upside down and I was close to the cat to look at my wrist, he lick the tears before it could go down, so I was surprised.

When I saw my wrist I only saw one mark. There is no blood but a mark. A circle with fire in the middle is on my wrist. Two circles with fire to be exact. I felt that he lick my cheek.

Why do I have this? What kind of cat is this? He left me a mark and I don't know what to say. I felt my eyes light up so I closed my eyes sharply then open up again. I picked up my cellphone and look at my eyes at the screen. My eyes are still gray like this. So I took a deep breath.