Catnip

Koura took out the phone and tried to turn it on, regrettably, she didn't use her phone often and just never charged it. So, it just didn't turn on.

'I guess i'm walking. I'll have to charge it when I get home.' Koura put her phone away and began walking.

Luckily, it wasn't an incredibly long distance, and it took around thirty minutes to get back to a general area that she knew. After that, Koura wandered around a little, just to get some more energy off of her.

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"Mom! I'm home!" It was probably around seven when Koura returned home.

Usually, she would at least get some form of a greeting, but today it was completely silent. She couldn't hear any movement in the house either. Not even the scent of them in the house.

'Where did they go....?'

Koura didn't mind it as much, since they should be back around dinner, and went upstairs to her room and then immediately charged her phone. After which, she laid on her bed, to rest a little and regain the energy she used to walk home. It would worry the other cats if she didn't return for any longer. Cats were mostly nocturnal anyways.

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[Somewhere with the Meiren Family]

Inside a large room, was a fairly large round table. The entire room had a very ancient Chinese vibe to it, colored in red and gold or yellow.

"Ahem, Mrs. Meiren, I heard you had two daughters, however I only see one of them here?" A seemingly middle aged man questioned.

Koura's mother, Meiren Shiliu, looked a little nervous for a second and said, "Ehm... My second daughter... she had been injured, so she needs to stay in the hospital for a while."

"I'm quite sorry for you, but, it's such a coincidence~! My son had also helped someone get to the hospital a week ago! He told me all about it. The girl just walked in covered in blood and injuries!"

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"Hear are your dishes. Please enjoy." A few waitresses came in and swiftly left after putting down all the food on the table.

"Hoho~! everyone, eat up, I'll pay for the dishes. Mrs. Meiren, I hope to see your second daughter sometime."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhe!" Mrs. Meiren smiled and started gathering portions of the food to put on her plate.

Everyone at the table smiled and ate, while talking from time to time. Hobbies, introductions, and things like that.

The only one that kept a cold poker face was the young man sitting next to Mr. Zhe. His son, Zhe Kai, with sharp blackish blue hair and deep blue eyes and handsome looks and figure.

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Kouran was now sitting impatiently on her bed thinking, 'Geh-! Why are they not home yet.....? What about dinner?'

It was already ten, and her family wasn't back yet. Her phone was charged and she wasn't tired anymore, now she was just straight bored. Kouran could just turn into a cat and go hang out with some strays under her territory, but running from the house to the busy part of the city would probably reopen her wounds.

'Hn? This scent.....!' She definitely knew it, and purposefully stayed away from it, since most of her anatomy was still like that of a cat's even when she looked human and it caused trouble for her when it came to certain things.

Lately, her mother had been bringing in some of these plants into the hallways and rooms close to one side of the household. Sometimes, Kouran couldn't help herself and snapped a few leaves of it, which made her really...

That's right. it was catnip. It was a few months ago when her mother brought in a catnip plant and Kouran just got(looked) high for it and destroyed the entire plant. It was no doubt that she got in major trouble.

She got up and opened the door to her room and took a peek outside. It seemed that one of the catnip plants were moved closer to her room and she didn't realize until now.

"Well.... since no ones home... i'll help myself to just a tiny bit~!"

Kouran swiftly went over to the pot of catnip like a cat targeting its prey and sat down on the floor next to the plant. The closer she had gotten the more she wanted the plant and now that no one was home and she could quickly throw away the plant afterwards, Kouran didn't hold back any longer.

She broke off stems of the plant and began munching.

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"Nyuhuhu~! I feel like I have infinite energy~~!!" Koura was rolling around on the floor with a huge mess.

Dirt and chewed up catnip all over the floor. What was worse, was that somehow, she managed to smash the pot itself! In a matter of minutes she was bored of just rolling around in the catnip, and instead unknowingly transformed into her cat form.

Unlike her clothes, that disappeared and reappeared between her human and cat appearance, the bandages that were tied around her waist were too big and instantly became loose before falling to the ground.

Koura's wound only had about five days to try and recover in human form, nonetheless, it would've taken much longer for that sort of injury to heal completely. It was even worse when she was a cat, since she was quite nimble, and her stomach area moved and stretched more with her body.

Despite the wound faintly began to reopen with every step, she could barely feel any of it and didn't pay attention. Then, she ran with all the speed her paws could take her, through the crack between the door to her room and the doorframe.

Just as she could see the moonlight from outside of her balcony, her little blue eyes lit up and automatically ran up to the door and jumped to hang from the doorknob while swaying side to side. Her pink paw pads succeeded in turning the doorknob.

Koura let go and zoomed out the moment the door opened. "Nyuhuhu~~!"

Subsequently, being on the edge of the balcony, Koura leaped off the edge and took the landing from the second floor. The consequence however, was her wound opening from not being able handle such quick and large movements.

Regardless of the blood stained wound, her stomach still felt numb. The only thing she felt like doing at the moment was to run and keep running. In a mere split second, she hurriedly sprinted away on the sidewalks.