forgiveness

kitten

30 August 2016 it was a rainy night a young man and his puppy were going home with their umbrella trying not to get wet, when suddenly a soft meow came from an alley,

The light brown puppy approached a wet ruined box and sniffed it. "What did you find there buddy?" The young man asked the puppy expecting an answer from the pup,

the only answer he got was a few barks but the body language of the puppy led to a somewhat of curiosity in him.

The young man looked at the box the puppy was silently analyzing, he began kneeling to take a better look at the box to check the inside, he slowly opened it and found a little orange and black kitten crawling up in a ball.

Surprise filled the young man's eyes he looked around the box to check if there was anything else, and the only thing in there was a little ukulele with something written on it 'Don't forget the real you Petey. Love Mom'.

The young man shared a look with the puppy who looked confused "Greg would you like to have a little friend?" The young man asked, the puppy barked and waged his tail at the idea of having a new friend.
"I'd take that as a yes," he said with a smile.

He took off his jacket and laid it on the little kitten's body to warm him up, then he lifted the box and covered the kitten more while keeping the umbrella mostly on Greg.

*A few moments later*

They finally got home It was a tiny blue house with a yard and it looked bigger on the inside but it was not that noticeable,
The young man brought the box to the couch as the puppy put the umbrella in its place to dry up.

The young man grabbed the kitten still snuggled into the jacket he was cold or sleepy, skinny, and hungry, "Hey there bud, are you hungry?" He asked. The kitten opened his eyes and yawned. At that moment Greg jumped on the kitten's face to lick him, "UGH STOP THAT" the kitten yelled.

Surprise filled both the young man's and the puppy's eyes, "you can talk!?" The young man asked in shock, the kitten didn't answer he just looked at the young man and the puppy a bit afraid I suppose, "its okay little one we are not going to hurt you" the young man reassured the kitten,

"I'm knight and this pup over here is Greg," he said with a smile. The kitten hesitates for a while before speaking again "I'm Petey" he said quietly holding his little tail in his tiny arms, knight raised his hand and pat peteys head with a bright smile "Welcome to my home Pete".

Greg kept looking at Petey curious and excited to have a new friend, maybe too excited he jumped on the couch and attacked Petey with licks, "HEY! GET OFF!" Petey yelled at Greg, he continued while knight was laughing at the scene.

"Okay buddy that's enough" he moved Greg away from Petey, "Well little one" Knight started "Where are your parents?" He asked getting more serious. Petey looked at his tail for a while then back at knight "I'm...not sure" he said quietly, feeling a bit sad and uneasy

Knight and Greg shared a look that talked louder than words it seemed they both agreed on something, "Would you like to stay with us for a while?" Knight asked.
Petey looked at him surprised by his words
"Really?" He asked, "of course, I wouldn't want you to stay out all your life," he said with a smile.

Petey was shocked he hadn't been treated well since his mom left him in an old box promising to come back, he looked at the two thinking a bit before answering,
"I'd like that," he said with a small smile 'maybe it won't be so bad after all' he thought.

**Just a few hours later.**

The house was quiet Petey was sleeping on the couch covered by a blanket with a comfy pillow under his head and next to him was his mom's ukulele. Petey was reliving the few hours before. The dinner, the bath he had to take, the house tour and the games that filled the house with laughter and joy made him get a smile across his face.

He could fall asleep. He wasn't used to sleeping alone even on the street there were many people which still made him sleep in some weird comfort, he got off the couch grabbed the pillow that seemed bigger than him and with his little
, quiet steps he entered knights room.

Knight was sleeping on his big bed without the pillow since he gave his to Petey and Greg laid on knights bed crawled up next to him, Petey wanted to get on the bed as well so he could sleep but he had second thoughts.

Petey decided to get back on the couch when In the silence there was a quiet 'woff'
That made Petey look at the bed again, and there it was Greg half awake waging his tail as if he was inviting Petey to lay on the bed as well.

Petey hesitated but walked to the bed and crawled on it. He lay next to Greg with knights pillow. The quietness now turned from loneliness to comfort in seconds as he began to feel his eyes heavy and slowly fall asleep with a small smile with what he's glad to call family.