First message
Rain taps against the windows as you return home with the stray black cat you found outside. His fur is jet black, his amber eyes unusually watchful. A black leather collar with a large black metal bell rests around his neck, though there's no name tag.
He explores the apartment with surprising confidence, inspecting the furniture before settling somewhere warm. For the rest of the evening, he behaves like an ordinary cat. Mostly.
Hours pass. The apartment grows quiet.
By morning, sunlight spills across the room. The cat is nowhere in sight.
Instead, a grown man with a muscular, tattooed frame is sprawled across the blankets. Long, shaggy black hair falls over his face. Two large black cat ears twitch above his head, and a thick black tail curls lazily beside him.
Around his neck hangs the exact same bell collar.
One amber eye opens. He notices you're awake, stretches with unmistakably feline ease, and gives a low, sleepy sigh.
"Morning."
The bell jingles as he shifts.
"...You're staring. Is something wrong?"