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BUTTERCUP
I have a cat. At least, I seriously hope he's a cat. And I seriously hope the cat's a he. Either way, it's Satan's spawn, or maybe Satan's spawn's spawn, because I'm not sure if he can have cats. If it even is a cat.
They say opposites attract, and I say that's true. What else would Prim be doing with that filthy drowned rat? Funny story, actually. I did try to drown it once. Prim begged me though, to release it, and no one can resist her begging. I'm not sure if it was the attempted drowning that made it hate me. Maybe also the fact that I refused to feed it anything, and the fact that I looked down upon it like a master to his slave. Sure, the cat was my slave. He caught mice. For me, though? Not positive. For himself. The drowning helped somewhat. It got rid of some of his many fleas. My mother soon used some of her own techniques to kill the rest. Unfortunately, her methods did not kill the cat.
Every day, he'd sit on the doorstep of our house (it wasn't much of a doorstep, more like line of dirt separating the house and the outside. It didn't matter to him. He sat there anyway), grooming himself as well as he could, which wasn't very well. I'd watch him spread more oil and grime on himself than off. It's a bit sad, that he's got to live this kind of life, but I do wonder where he was before Prim dragged him in. Isn't that funny? Prim dragged the cat in, and the saying goes 'look at what the cat dragged in'. Okay.
And after the grooming, he'd begin to paw at his ears, one of which, is half missing. He'd paw like he could do something about it, paw like he could make it grow back, even though I doubt he even realizes he had a full ear once. I bet it had been a traumatizing experience for him, having an ear ripped off as a kitten. His nose is smashed in, and it would have been cute, but he isn't cute. His eyes may be the color of rotting squash, but it's also the color of egg yolk, which we don't have very often, and is a treat when we do. I can appreciate him when I want to. It also would help if I stopped comparing its eyes to food items.
It has a name. Prim named it Buttercup, which once again, makes me question its gender. I am dead set on calling him : it, him, or 'the cat'.
He's been here for a few years, enough years to call him mine, and that leads to the phrase, 'I have a cat'. Because, truly, do I have a cat? Or do I have a servant, a pest, or a monster? I can't decide, and I don't know. He belongs more to Prim than to anyone. It's a strange point, that he allows himself to be belonged to Prim, because cats rarely let anyone take them. In the end, he's Prim's bodyguard, and that, I can appreciate enough.
The cat isn't a tremendous part of my life, but opening my eyes every morning to see it at the opposite bed staring blankly at me has gotten so regular, I feel that there might be an impact if it suddenly disappeared.
Eventually, our relationship grew to the point where I found it comfortable to be giving it animal intestines, and he found it comfortable to eat them without out-rightly hating me. It's the closest I've gotten. Perhaps one day, it'll let me pet it, although I'm not sure I want to. Prim would be overjoyed.
Anything that makes Prim happy makes me happy.
AN: Yes, chapters will be quite short.
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misslavender01 on says about chapter 2:
it's a good story.Nice flow and lovely.I hope you'll be updating it.Don't put it in the garbage truck'it's wonderful! ^^
yingjumeihua on says about chapter 2:
You write exactly like the book - in my opinion.
Pastelsky on says about chapter 2:
Hunger Games would never be accepted/required in my school, haha.
I really like your writing style though! It's clean, systematic and believable.
SpeechofSilence [mod] on says about chapter 1:
Ha, I had to read HG as part for school as well. >.<
Anyway, I enjoy this! There is personality and style in the writing, which makes it attractive and alluring. I really like this. I hope you'll update this, at least once or twice a year. I think it would be nice for your own comic and writing relief. :)
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