The Love That Remains

I take the sip of my second coffee and wait. It's been three days since my outburst at the hospital. Lan Hui Yao brought me home on the same day. Next day, he called and told me that he can send me somewhere far away if I still wish to. I haven't answered him yet.

Yesterday, I received an unexpected message from an unknown number. That person told me that I should meet him at the spot where I was reborn.

I was suspicious of the message first. Why suddenly? It's been more than a month since I am reborn. Who can this person be? Not anyone normal. Anyway, I want to see this person. If this person is related to my rebirth, he is getting a beating. If it is a prank, he is still getting a beating. After this, I am going to the school to find that ghost at the rooftop,

A white cat jumps on the table. I am startled. The coffee cup falls on my lap but doesn't spill over my clothes. A miracle. I tightly hold the cup and frown at the cat.

"Yo! Finally, found you."

I look around. The coffee shop is not crowded. I am sitting alone on the table near the window. I can see the corner where Sung Jun and I met for the first time in my both lives. That's also the place where I was reborn.

"We were supposed to meet there." The white cat with beautiful heterochromia eyes is licking its paw. Its one eye is yellow and another eye is blue.

I turn my gaze away. This cat is beautiful, but I am not a cat person or a dog person. I am immune to beautiful people or animal after being around Sung Jun for a long time.

"Hey!" The cat's paw is up. "Why are you ignoring me?"

I don't answer. I stare at the cat blankly. I look around the coffee shop. Nobody is paying attention to the talking cat. Am I going crazy? What is this disease called? Shit! I was not serious when I said that going to mental asylum was better than living like this. Dear God, please don't take me seriously. I don't want to go to a mental asylum. Seeing ghost is enough insanity.

"Don't worry. They won't notice me." The cat sits down on the table, playfully moving its tail. "We were supposed to meet at that place." It points at the place where Sung Jun and I met for first time with its paw.

"What the hell are you?" I whisper to the cat.

"I am the god of time." The white cat blinks once. "You don't recognise your benefactor?"

"What benefactor?"

"I am the one who gave you another life," The cat answers me arrogantly. "I am the one who turned back time. I am the one who granted your wish. I am your sponsor, Rene Reis."

I leave the money for the coffee on the table. I pick that cat by his scruff.

"Hey, what are you doing? I am a god. Kneel on the floor and apologise." The cat screams and tries to scratch my face. The waitress looks at me with confusion.

"It's my pet. It follows me everywhere."

"Lies! I am not your pet. Puny human! I am a god. How can you do this to me? Put me down this instant or I will incinerate you into ashes."

I don't reply. The people in the coffee shop looks in our direction, but they aren't get astonished by this talking cat. I assume that they can't hear what I can hear.

"FANG AISA! YOU WILL REGRET THIS."

I take the cat with me to an isolated alley and throw it on the ground. The white ball rolls and jumps on its four feet. It eyes me with fury.

"Before you start..." I crack my knuckles. "Let me tell you this. If you are really a god, I don't appreciate your help. I didn't want you to turn back time and give me this life."

The cat blinks again. I have to admit. This cat with heterochromia eyes is beautiful. It can become a cat model. If I raise it, I can take its picture and put them on social media. I will gain followers and opportunities to earn money. This kind of thing is a trend in the future.

But it's a talking cat who thinks that it's a god.

"Second, if you are truly a god, I don't think that you will be a cat. You would have incinerated me into ashes the moment I grabbed you."

Suddenly, the cat launches itself on my face. I shift to the left. The cat falls into the dumpster behind me with a crash. In the next moment, there is another loud crash right at the spot where I was standing.

When the dust clears, I can see a boy around seventeen in a long black coat and a mask. In his hand, there is a bare sword half dug into the spot where I was standing a moment ago.

Cosplayer? Isn't he into his role too much?

He stands up straight and points his sword at me. His thin lips curl downward.

"What are you?" He asks me in English.

"Do you know that it's illegal to walk around with a real sword?" The tip of the sword moves an inch closer to my throat. "A foreigner like you will end up in a major problem if you attack a civilian."

"What are you?" He repeats the question.

"Move this sword first." I frown at the cosplayer. He isn't a psychopath who kills young girls in alleys, is he?

"What are you?" He doesn't move the sword.

Behind him, the cat is making weird gestures. I don't understand what the cat is trying to say. I smile at the boy. I must an opening.

"Homo sapien." I put my hand in my pocket and find a coin.

At the same time, Wang Mei appears out of nowhere. This time, her foot finds its mark. I flinch when I hear the crack. The sword falls on the ground. The boy's wrist is broken. That must have hurt.

To my surprise, the boy doesn't cry or show any pain. Wang Mei doesn't waste any time and picks up the sword.

"Say, how should I end your life?"