A fat cat

Abe woke up from his slumber. It was already at noon as he considered himself as a night creature. Abe grabbed a nearby shovel, clearing out every inches of the wood ashes from his fireplace, and place it steadily into a nearby soil where he planted some herbs. His mind was still intrigued by what the uncle warned him last night.

Abe grabbed only a handful of copper coins that he had been hoarding for few years. He was a cheapskate and always feed himself with anyting free, from hunting a small rabbit or collecting chestnut along the vast graveyard.

However today is a special day where he will walk aimlessly around the town and marvels himself with the creation of living person.

He dressed himself neatly like an ordinary child and he only had a single set of it. He still walk bare-footed because he didnt want to part ways from the earth that he was living in. Once he is prepared, he stood there silently by his lovely hut waiting for someone or something.

"Meowwwwwww"

A fat cat that is white in color was walking elegently towards him. Its fur was hideously matted, looking like an enourmous ball of fur and its eyes had alternating colour of blue and white.

Abe stared at the matted fur, resisting his mental urges to cut all those furs naked. He knows there is nothing he could do since the cat was a ghost itself!

Behind the cat was a small lady who looks around 8 years old. She was also a ghost but Abe never queried how she met her demise. She developed a strong bond with the fat cat and today was the day where they will visit her late family! Her name is xiaoxiao

Abe leisurely took a stroll along the wide street while treating himself with some random street food. He looked at a distant house, a casual spot where he would silently climb on top of its roof where he basked himself under the radiant sun.

"Young lady, that weird kid is stalking again" There was a three storey mansion ahead of Abe's line of sight, which houses visiting pilgrims from a noble house. A young lady was having a tea session with her caretaker, while occasionally peeping back towards Abe's spot.

"She looks like my elder sister but she was different" Little Xiao mumbled as she stared towards the mansion while patting fat cat's back.

Little xiao was too small to understand the concept of time. She died nearly 20 years ago and her current elder sister had a daughter who bear a resemblance like her mother. Everything had changed, and her family that she once familiar with made her feels alienated.

"I wonder if they still remember me" Little Xiao sobbed silently. The pain of being forgotten is often heavier than the death itself. Her family only visited the graveyard every five years, and Little Xiao felt distanced for each time they met.

Abe sat there silently. He doesnt quite understand since he does not have any familial connection with anyone living. He doesn't even know his parents or how old he is.

"You still have me. I'll be your elder brother this life and the next life"

Little Xiou was comforted the moment she heard that. She wiped her tears eventhough she knew nothing came out from her ghostly eyes.

In all of sudden a war siren rang continously at every corner of the cities. A big commotion happened immediately as if a catastrophic chaos had befall the mortal plane.

"All civilians please evacuate yourself through the western gate now!"