A Purring Friend

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I walked out of my apartment, ready to go to school once again. It was stressful and we had lots of projects and homework so I was practically longing for some sort of vacation or just something that would relieve me from the major pressure on my shoulders.
I sighed and locked the door and walked out of the building.

'Click, click, click.' The heals of my shoes made a rhythm on the ground as I kept walking.
I felt like I was being watched, just by feeling someone's gaze burning holes in my back. I looked behind me and saw the end of a white furry tail quickly disappearing behind a wall.
It's a cat.. I hope I don't get an allergy attack.. I thought.
I looked behind me once more, clenching the handkerchief - which was kept in my pocket- in my hand so that I'd be prepared for my own sneezes. I saw no signs of a cat or whatsoever, so I continued my path. Though as I wanted to walk further, a white cat blocked me. It was probably the same one I saw just when I looked behind me. It was beautiful. Even more when the golden rays of the sun hit it's soft-looking fur, making it irresistible for me not to pet it.
"Hi, little one!" I sneezed mid-sentence. The creature cocked it's head to the left a bit, looking confused.
Oh no, the allergy is kicking in! But I really want to pet it..
I scooted closer to the white animal through an attack of sneezes. I reached out my hand and touched it's furry head with the tip of my finger. As nothing happened for a minute, I felt a little safer and pet it with my whole hand. Then, I started to feel itchy and another wave of sneezes prickled in my nose. "I need to go!" I whispered to the cat, as if it could understand what I was saying.
With the handkerchief at my nose and a red, slightly throbbing hand, I walked away quickly.

"Meow". I heard something behind me. I knew it was the cat again. I looked back and I was right. "No, you can't follow me! I'm sorry!" I hurriedly shoo'd the animal away, but not too harsh because I won't ever want to hurt an innocent creature. The cat brushed past my legs, satisfied by it. It purred loudly and I wanted to hug it, but I couldn't. "You're stubborn," I giggled with a loud sneeze afterwards, "but you really need to go."
The cat finally gave up and I had some time to calm down my nose. I kept an eye on the white creature as it was walking away. It stopped in it's tracks, turning back to lock its bright green eyes with mine once more. It meowed again and then turned away.
I chuckled in confusion but shrugged it off and finally continued my way to school.

School was done for today and I was already on my way home as I saw a young man walking towards my direction. His hair was a blonde, cream-like color and he had a sharp jawline. He wore a black choker with a little charm hanging from it and a white hoodie with some black jeans and sneakers. I must say, his fashion taste is not bad. Not bad at all.
Eventually, our shoulders brushed when we walked past each other and I felt a sneeze coming up. And another, and another. I stopped walking and kept on sneezing. The boy also stopped and was watching me with a confused, yet surprised look.
"Hey, are you okay? Here, have this." a clear, soothing voice said. I looked up at him with bloodshot eyes, smiling when I saw a handkerchief in his hand. I hesitantly took it from him and sniffled. A tear rolled down my cheek, my eyes were starting to prickle because of the allergy. But why now? There's no cat in sight! I thought and there was indeed no cat around. I felt a warm thumb on my cheek. The boy wiped my tears away!
"You're crying? What happened?" I heard the worry in his voice. "Just a cat allergy, nothing else." I laughed a little, still confused. The trace on my cheek he made with his thumb was now itching.
Something's really wrong, here...
I scratchend my cheek a bit as I laughed shyly at the boy, who was still darting his beautiful green eyes over my face to make sure nothing was wrong.
"I need to go..." he then said.
What? Why?
"Wait! ...I'm Y/N. What's your name?" I asked hesitantly.
"It's San." He smiles softly, showing cute dimples on his cheeks. Then he turned away. I just stood there, letting everything sink in for a moment.

That was weird.