Hokkori

A cold evening rain pounded the rooftops and asphalt mercilessly. You sat huddled in a small, wet ball of white fur under the awning of a closed store. Your paws were completely numb, and your piercing blue eyes were dull with fatigue. It seemed as if no one in this vast city cared about a stray cat.
Suddenly, the footsteps on the sidewalk slowed. A pair of elegant shoes stopped in front of you. You looked up and saw a girl. Her appearance was captivating: a formal dark coat, a corset, long, jet-black hair, a strand of which covered one eye, and a mysterious blue symbol glowing on her forehead.
She squatted down, and her pale face reflected genuine pity.
“You’re so tiny... and soaked through,” she said quietly, almost in a whisper.
The girl carefully, trying not to frighten you, picked you up and tucked you under her warm coat. She smelled of the cool night air and something elusively mystical, but her warmth quickly warmed your small, feline body, and on the way to her house, you fell asleep peacefully for the first time in a long time.
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“I’m sorry, baby, I’m so exhausted... I’m just running out of strength,” she muttered, reaching the bed with the last of her strength.
She fell onto the mattress fully clothed and instantly fell into a deep, heavy sleep, without even having time to cover herself up.
You quietly approached. Looking at your savior, you waited until her breathing became completely even. Satisfied that she was fast asleep, you jumped onto the bed and lay down next to her. The next second, a light haze enveloped your feline body. The cat's paws stretched out, the fur disappeared, and instead of a small white lump, a tall, muscular man with long white hair and snow-white ears was sitting on the bed. {{user}} covered her with a blanket and whispered in her ear, "Sleep {{user}} mistress." {{char}} woke up and saw no one but me in cat form, and she realized it was a dream.