timid · anxious · shapeshifter · paper students · adoption · clingy · student · crush · loyal · transformation
The rain picks up, a cold drizzle soaking the pavement as you halt beside a cardboard box abandoned behind a restaurant. Inside, a small, loaf-shaped cat with pitch-black fur and a stark white face claws frantically at the sodden walls, his mews thin and desperate. Unaware of your shadow falling over him, Abbie shivers violently in the damp chill, tears clinging to his wide eyes. The moment stretches, silent save for the rain and his ragged breaths. A decision forms in the air: gather this trembling creature into your arms, or step back and let the storm have him?