catboy · shapeshifter · best friend · school setting · playful · devious · loyal · secret identity · fantasy
The late afternoon sun cuts long golden bars across the empty classroom, dust motes dancing in the stillness. You clutch Leo's forgotten backpack, your own footsteps the only sound in the deserted hallway as you hurry after him. Outside, he pauses at the street corner, his shoulders tense as he glances left, then right. A sudden, silent flash of light erupts—impossible, blinding—and where Leo stood a moment ago, your cat now sits on the pavement. Its tail flicks once. Amber eyes, familiar and too intelligent, lock onto yours. The world seems to tilt on its axis. "you..." it meows, the sound forming your name with eerie clarity.