an extra life based on my previous work: un coin de soleil!

no one said they had to meet as humans in every lifetime, right?

this time, he was being taken care of--not like minhyun hasn't taken care of him all those other lifetimes, but to think he'd see the day where he'd be on the receiving end of baby talk and cooing was...well, an experience, to say the least. jonghyun would continuously paw away minhyun's face every time the other tried to kiss him, retreating into minki's arms and curling up into a ball.

this was beyond embarrassing, but at the same time he felt safe. he was with the person he loved the most in the world, and minhyun, who lived with aforementioned person (in this lifetime, minhyun didn't know how to choose cat food properly; minus points for him)

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"minhyun, you do remember that jonghyun's my cat, right?"

"he's our, cat, minki. we're flatmates, it's a given."

"that's not how this works."

"that's how it's always worked."

"not when you eat my damn overnight oats, you monster," minki huffed, crossing his arms as he looked at jonghyun, who was curled up on one of the sofa throw pillows.

jonghyun, though he knew the small black cat he'd adopted loved him and was rather affectionate compared to other cats, seemed to pick favourites depending on the day. some days he'd bare his claws and run away at the sight of minhyun, others he'd find the cat sleeping, curled up in the crook of his best friend's neck. it was the same for him. sometimes he'd come home with jonghyun rushing towards him, climbing him and making a