Will's POV

The moment we walked into the story, one of my fears came to life. The store looked like a room with a large pen in the middle and cat items hanging on the walls. Not a very good first impression. The cats looked scary too. There were about 10 of them and they were all really skinny and had unhealthily short fur. Some even hissed at me while I tried to get a good look at them. But I picked mine! He was a tiny kitten with full black fur. Bad luck, I know. But he was the only one who actually made eye contact with me. It was kinda weird. He was just huddled in the corner. He looked like he was lost in thought. Cats can't.. Do that right? 

But I got him anyway! He's adorable. And shy. It's kinda of disappointing to have a cat after so long.. And then have the cat want nothing to do with you. I haven't named him yet, but for now I call him "Little Buddy". I've suggested names, but he doesn't seem to like any of them. So, we settled on "Little Buddy". Don't get me wrong, he's really cute. And we don't have to get him fixed since he's still a baby! And he's completely healthy.. For the most part. Apparently Buddy's  very undernourished. I knew something was weird about that shop. He even looked unhealthy. Poor little guy. 

Buddy seems afraid of everything. He jumped on top of the fridge when the toaster went off. I had to stand on top of a chair to get him. He didn't scratch me when I grabbed him. I heard cats do that when they're scared. If anything, he kind of melted into me and mewed as I gentle stepped off the chair. He really likes being high up. Is that a cat thing? He climbs on me a lot too. For a kitten, he has a lot of strength. His claws don't even hurt. Is it because he's a kitten? I'm not sure. 

Buddy disappears every so often and I'm not sure why. He would hide in the closet and wouldn't  make any noise for a while. The door would be stuck, from the inside! That only happened when he was in there! How was he doing that? 

He still looks like a thinker. He would sit on the rug in front of my bed and just.. Stare into nothing. When I tried play with him or something, he would just stare at me then walk away. It's like he was trying to avoid me. He doesn't eat much either. Or really.. At all. I've had to treat him like a dog when it comes to eating and other stuff too. He wouldn't do anything until I told him too. Is that a good thing? He'd seem nervous as well. When I placed food in front of him that one time  and didn't tell him to eat, he just stared at me. As if he was waiting for something. I felt bad after I figured out what he was waiting for. I went all the way back to my room and stayed there for about ten minutes before I came back down and discovered he was still there. Just.. Staring. I then remembered I needed to tell him to eat before he would do so. I told him, of course, but he only took a few bites and then walked away. It's like he's not hungry. 

My new little buddy is weird, for sure. But I still love him. He doesn't fight me when I pick him up just to cuddle with him. If anything, he would purr when I did that. It was so cute. He didn't seem to like the fact that he was purring. He purred a lot. He purred when I bathed him the moment we got home. My mom said I needed too. She didn't trust the store at all. But he had no fleas and didn't have any diseases so I didn't see what the problem was. He jumped right out the tub the moment I put him in. I guess water just isn't his type (Wink wink). I still managed to bath him without a fight. He's really well behaved. Maybe it was the owner. He seemed like a nice guy.. In a creepy and suspicious way. 

Do cats normally have really dark brown eyes? They don't even look like cat eyes. They looked really human. I've gotten a good look at them once. It was awkward though. I just picked Buddy up and had a staring contest with him for about a minute. I think he thought it was awkward too. When I put him back down, he stared at me for a little then slowly walked away from me. I've never felt so embarrassed by a cat before. 

I'm not sure why people think black cats are bad luck. Nothing bad has happened with Buddy yet. I showed him to my two best friends, Cecil and Lou Ellen. They loved him. Lou wanted to call him, "Shadow" but Buddy didn't seem to like it. Lou said he reminded her of Wizard, who died a few months ago from getting in a fight with a wild dog in an ally way. I looked at him and I saw some resemblance. They were both dark and quiet cats who like jumping on high places. But Wizard was a tuxedo cat and Buddy is just plain black. It didn't matter to me though. Buddy was.. Loving? I mean.. He didn't seem to hate me or my parents. If anything, he seems afraid of my parents. When it was just us in the room, he'd just walk around or stare at me. But the moment my parents, or one of them, walked in he would bolted away from them. What did they do to him when I wasn't looking or home? 

But hey! I asked for a cat and I got a cat! I couldn't be happier. He didn't scratch or bite. He didn't claw the furniture. He didn't poop or pee in the house. He didn't do it at all when people were around. He slept through the night, when told to, and wasn't loud at night at all. He was a good cat and I couldn't ask for more.