mark was awoken by the birds chirping outside and the bright light coming right to his face.

however, the boy was feeling so comfortable in his bed that he kept his eyes shut, just to enjoy the moment. he just had a peaceful night, no one had bothered him, he hadn't woken up, no nightmares, no sudden need to pee... to sum it up: a perfect night. and his morning was starting the perfect way. well, almost.

when mark opened his eyes and then decided to sit down, his actions were blocked by a weight on his chest.

mark furrowed his brows in confusion. looking down, he saw a honey-haired boy sleeping peacefully on his chest.

mark immediately pushed him off, making the person fall off the bed, but the boy landed on his hands and knees, fully awoken.

"w-what are you doing here?" mark asked looking at the stranger.

the boy sat crossed legged on the floor, tilting his head and staring at mark with his brown orbs. that's when mark noticed the two fluffy white triangles that were slightly moving in his head. mark kept his eyes fixed on them, making their owner shy.

"stop staring at my ears." the boy whined, putting his hands on his head to hide the two fluffy ears.

"your ears? w-who are you?" mark asked.

"who do you want me to be?" the boy rolled his eyes. "i'm haechan."

mark raised a brow. "haechan?" he asked.

"well, technically, my human name is donghyuck, but in my cat form you know me under haechan's name."

mark looked at the boy rambling with a serious look. "get out." he spat.

"i'm sorry, what?"

"i told you to get the fuck out!" mark said pulling the boy by his arm, noticing another detail: a fluffy white tail trailing behind the boy. mark ignored it and pushed the boy towards the entrance door.

"renjun is going to kill you if he learns you threw me out!"

"have you been spying on me?" mark asked, puhing the boy out of his house. "how do you know mine and my best friend's names when i don't know who you are?"

the boy sighed. "i told you i was the..." mark slammed the door at his face. "...cat." donghyuck finished before sitting in front of the door.

"let's finish my night..." he said, laying on the ground and finding a good position to fall asleep.

mark on his side started to look everywhere for the stupid white cat.

"haechan?" he called, entering every single room of the house.

he looked for the animal in every corner of the house, under the beds, behind the shelves, inside the cupboards, under the beds again... but he couldn't find him anywhere.

could the boy be telling the truth? could he really be the cat?

that was impossible...

but he had cat ears this morning. and mark swears he had the same fucking habit of tilting his head. and the same brown eyes. and the same fluffy white ears. and he also had a white tail. and when he talked, mark swore he had seen pointy fangs.

well... maybe it was him.

mark rushed to his front door, opening it to find the boy curled up in a ball on his doormat, his tail moving from time to time, as if to chase the flies away.

"uh... haechan?" mark asked, using his feet to shake the boy awake.

the cat person yawned cutely, allowing mark to see the canine teeth of the creature which opened its eyes and met mark's orbs.

mark made a gesture signalling donghyuck to go inside so the boy followed the other's orders.

"tell me, haechan- "

"donghyuck. my name, is donghyuck." the cat person cut him, earning a glare.

"so... donghyuck, what exactly are you?"

"a cat hybrid." donghyuck replied.

"and...?" mark asked, expecting for some explanations.

"i have a human form and a cat form. i can switch from one to another by doing one specific thing but i still don't know what that thing is."

"does that mean i'm stuck with a human cat from now on?" mark groaned.

"until we find a way to turn me back, yes." donghyuck told.

mark looked at the sofa donghyuck was sitting on. "then, you'll be able to clean all the mess you did yesterday. you seriously are a pain in the ass." mark spat at the cat person.

"i hate taking baths. you know it now." donghyuck replied.

"well, prepare yourself to take one tonight because you'll need to because of the disgusting smell you'll reek once you'll have finished cleaning the whole house from your cat paws."

the room became silent until mark realised something.

"wait! if you're a hybrid... this means that when i took my shower yesterday... you saw me..."

"oh yeah..." donghyuck smirked. "by the way, you have a pretty big- "

mark ran out of the living room screaming, leaving donghyuck alone and laughing his ass out.

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"hello mark!" renjun said waving at the camera.

"hey junnie, how are you?"

"i'm fine, i'm fine."

"is your grandma okay? and what about the rest of your family?" mark asked worriedly.

"granny is okay, she was happy to see me. i saw the rest of the family, my parents say hi by the way."

"good." mark smiled at his best friend.

mark and his best friend talked for a bit, most of the time mark listening to renjun rambling about his family problems. but that was until renjun gave him the voice.

"mark, where is my baby?"

mark lifted his head from his phone, his eyes falling on donghyuck who was lying on the sofa in his human form watching tv. he couldn't tell renjun his cat wasn't actually a 'cat' but a 'human-cat'. however, donghyuck's ears perked up at the pet name used by renjun, and he would have jumped in front of the camera if it wasn't for mark giving him that deadly glare.

"i-i don't know." mark stuttered.

"mark... don't tell me you lost my cat!" renjun approached his face from the screen.

"no, no. he got to be somewhere in the house. surely in your room." mark said. "he's ignoring me a lot lately because i bathed him yesterday." mark explained.

"oh my god, you bathed him!" renjun exclaimed. "it took me hours to do it! he wouldn't stop gesticulating!" renjun chuckled.

mark raised his head to look at donghyuck who was also chuckling at the memory of him and mark falling inside the bathtub together.

"yeah, so, now he's mad at me i think..." mark explained. "but don't worry, i'm taking care of him."

"that's all i want to hear." renjun smiled. "anyway. sorry mark, i have to go. i'll call you tomorrow surely. bye, love you."

"love you." mark said before hanging up.

"tsk. taking care... more like torturing me..." donghyuck groaned looking at mark.

"shut up or you're not eating tonight." mark spat at him.

"see?" donghyuck snorted. "torture..."