Minho is a lonely cat hybrid, who has lost everything or well, except for his blanket, trying to survive in the streets.
Jisung is a rapper with the stage name J.One as part of the rap trio 3racha. He had never really seen himself as a cat person an...
3racha studied their guests' reactions to their song closely, Felix being the first one to speak up: "Ah, this song reminds me of somebody." - "You mean Minho-hyung, right?", Hyunjin figured, chuckling at the rappers' confused faces, "Minho-hyung was one of our classmates, one of the best, if not the best dancer in our class. This song would have been right up his alley." - "Oh, are you friends with him? Maybe all three of you want to work on the choreography", Chan offered, maybe three dancers would fit a group with three rappers. Felix sadly shook his head, explaining: "I don't think anyone was friends with Minho-hyung. He mostly stuck to himself and we haven't seen him in a while." - "Yeah, the two of us missed some classes due to a project we were working on and when we returned, he was gone. Our classmates didn't tell us where he went, only used some very foul language when referring to him", Hyunjin added bitterly, "I don't get it because although he was on top of the class, he was never arrogant and when someone struggled, he always offered help and often stayed longer to teach some of our classmates, who wouldn't have been able to keep up otherwise."
Minho couldn't help but tear up, hearing his former classmates saying something nice about him. Afraid somebody would notice, he buried himself under his blanket and pretended to be asleep. He only barely caught the comment Chan made about how funny of a coincidence it was that Jisung had adopted a cat with the same name not long ago but on the other hand, the name wasn't that uncommon. "You know, Minho-hyung was the one, who taught me the language, when I first came to Korea to enroll at that academy", Felix hummed, "He often acted cold but he was always there when someone needed him. I just wish I would've gotten to tell him good bye and to thank him for everything." Hyunjin nodded, he too had struggled in his first months of enrolling at that dance academy, often staying late into the night practicing despite having to get up really early the next morning. He was frequently doubting himself, which resulted in him practicing more than he would have needed to. Minho was the one to stay with him, to either reassure him or to just dance together, so Hyunjin would know somebody was there. The explanation, Hyunjin and Felix found most logical for their hyung's departure, was that the older had found a different institution or that maybe an entertainment company had taken him under their contract and they'd soon get to see him on the big screen because there was no way Minho would give up on dancing.
Chan sent the audio to both, Hyunjin and Felix', so they'd be able to play it as often as they needed, only asking the two dancers to be careful with it, so nobody would hear before it would be officially released along with their performance. They had discussed everything they needed to discuss around lunchtime but getting along well, they decided to have lunch together. Changbin and Felix went out to get lunch for all of them, 3racha insisting that they couldn't eat out because Jisung couldn't leave his adoptive cat behind. While the youngest rapper fixed another bottle for Minho, he chatted with Chan and Hyunjin, the dancer telling them more about their academy and their former friend. Remembering he still had a picture in his camera roll, Hyunjin showed it to the two.
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"Wow, he's handsome", Jisung commented, turning his attention back to the cat in his lap and offering the teat to it. Trying to ignore the weird fluttery feeling in his chest, the hybrid latched onto it, greedily suckling his milk as he fought to stay big, so he could continue listening to their conversation. "He is", Chan agreed, "Especially his eyes are really remarkable. He does look sad though." - "Yeah, that picture was taken before one of our performances. His parents had died only a week prior and honestly, neither of us thought he'd participate. We would have understood if he had wanted to take some time for himself, to grief and to figure things out but he insisted he wanted to make his parents proud. That's another reason my heart is aching so much, not knowing what became of him", Hyunjin sighed sadly, showing the picture to Jisung again. The rapper couldn't help but shudder, taking a closer look. Those eyes! He felt like he had already seen them before but couldn't recall where.
Feeling Jisung tremble, Minho kept his eyes closed, afraid of being recognized. He finished his milk and purred when the rapper continued to pet him. When Jisung tried to place him back into his box, the hybrid dug his claws into the fabric of his jeans, wanting to be held. He felt overwhelmed from everything he had heard today and Jisung's warmth was the only thing soothing him at the moment as his head spun with emotions and his tummy ached with worry. Minho couldn't help but slip into his headspace, suckling on the material of the rapper's shirt to comfort himself. The hybrid fell asleep with the fabric still in his mouth, not even noticing how Changbin and Felix returned and handed everyone their food. Jisung didn't have the heart to remove Minho from his lap as he had clearly wanted to stay there, so he ended up eating with the cat curled up in his lap, trying to ignore the odd feeling he had felt ever since he saw the picture Hyunjin had shown them.
