Almost every day, there was a moment when the beagle would get very happy. It was when the father would call out to him in an excited tone, and Chanyeol would start jumping around ecstatically, knowing what it meant. The two would go out together, and then when the beagle returned, he was happy and satisfied. At those moments, he acted like his life couldn’t get any better.

Kyungsoo hated that. If there was little to no hope that after one of those outings, the dog would not return anymore, then Kyungsoo wanted to punish him. He wanted to cut the beagle’s source of happiness, and not allow him to go out at all.

The cat had been observing the daily ritual for some time, trying to plan the perfect way to interrupt it, and he realized what was the key item, the thing that was necessary whenever they went out; the dog’s leash.

So Kyungsoo fashioned his plan. When no one was around, he took the leash away from its natural resting space – next to the hanging coats by the front door – and dragged it away with him. But taking it wasn’t enough; he had to make sure it wouldn’t be easily found.

With the thing in his mouth, he climbed up onto his favorite shelves, going to lie down at his usual spot, so not to raise any suspicions. But before resting his body down, he nicely pla