Cecila Romina

I blinked my eyes several times. My chest was wet, my shirt soaked completely, and the sounds of sniffling and crying was all I could hear. I looked down at my chest, and I got a face full of fur as two fluffy ears poked me in the face. A mane full of white hair was draped over my chest, falling to my sides, and the now human sized lump on my chest shook with her sobs. Despite all of this, I knew that fur. I would never forget it. It was impossible, and yet...

"Cici?" I asked, and the fluffy eared girl twitched before looking up at me, and once I seen those green slitted eyes, even with a human like face, I knew it was her.

"Eli!" She yelled, and began to nuzzle into my chin, making me wince, as she was a lot heavier now than before, yet not overly so. She was actually leagues lighter than Rachel, and she had one of those sensual hourglass figures.

"Woah, woah. Becareful." I said, as I reached down and began to run my hand over and through her incredibly soft hair. Even looking like this, she purred.

Not gonna be lie, I was pretty fucking shocked, but reacting like a confused idiot wasn't going to help matters. Plus, knowing it was my Cici did help matters a great deal. She was still so loving, and so cute, that I couldn't be anything but happy with her around.

I then noticed her impressively full chest that was smushed up against my stomach, and I had to stiffle a cough. From what I could tell, Cici was a fully grown woman, early 20s if I had to guess. Not to mention, she was completely naked. I looked down even further to see not just a fluffy white tail whipping around emphatically, but the round bubble butt that almost stared back at me had my throat going dry for a second there.

"Cici... what the hell is this? I knew you weren't a normal cat... but... what?" I asked, and now the confusion was definitely catching up to me.

"Please don't leave me, Eli! Please! I finally found someone who treats me well, and is worthy of being my mate, and I can't lose you..." She said, tapering off into sobs at the end.

I began to tear up despite the odd situation. No one has ever shed tears for me like this. Her words struck me then like nothing really had before. Then, her words caught up to me and they made me pause.

"Mate?" I asked, and she looked at me, tears flowing from her eyes like waterfalls.

She rubbed at her eyes with her arm. She tried to give me a smile, but it looked forced given her current state. I began to pet her head, and while it felt strange at first, she reacted to it the same way.

"I'm sorry, Eli, you must be so confused." She admitted and I chuckled.

"You could definitely say that. Are you going to tell me that I've been living in a fantasy world this whole time without even realizing it?" I asked, and she looked pensive, before shaking her head.

She got off of me, and laid next to me, hugging my arm tightly against her very nice breasts. My cute little kitty was this beautiful woman the whole time? I mean, she was still incredibly cute and little, but in a different way now.

"I didn't know I would ever show myself to you... at least not who I really was. But this past month... has been wonderful. You showed me that humans can be kind and caring, and even now, you're not angry or upset with me, even when I hurt you." She said, her voice small.

I reached down and brushed some hair out of her face, allowing me a perfect view of it as well as her beautiful slitted eyes. She had a beautiful structure to her face, with beautiful cheekbones and a curvature to her jawbone and chin that made her more attractive than any model I'd ever seen. Framed with her stark white hair as well as her furry ears, and she was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.

"Of course I'm not angry at you. I could never been angry at you, Cici. Even if you are... much different than I thought you were. Will you tell me where you are from?" I asked, and she teared up, and rubbed her nose against my face. I chuckled softly, as she still behaved like a cat in many regards.

"Okay... you see Eli... the thing is, I'm not from this world." She said, and that made me blink.

"You mean like some isekai type shit?" I asked, and now it was her turn to blink at me.

"Ise... what?" She asked, perplexed.

"Right... you see, that's like... when you get teleported to another world from yours? You didn't die, did you?" I asked, some concern in my voice, and that made her smile.

"No, nothing that bad. I... used a portal travel from Nagalise to here." She said, and that both answered many questions and left me with so many more.

"A portal that connects your world to Earth... and Nagalise? Is that the name of your world?" I asked, and she nodded.

"Yes. I was running away from... well..." She said, her eyes misting at the edges, and out of pure instinct, I wrapped my arms around her head and pulled her to me.

She buried her face into my neck, taking deep breaths, and I felt wet tears soak my shirt again.

"Shh. It's okay, just breathe. If it's too painful, don't worry about it." I said, but she shook her head against my chest as she steadied her emotions, and turned her head to look up at me.

"I'd never taken the portal before you met me. We weren't allowed, but our people have guarded it and kept it hidden for a long time. There are others as well, but I have no idea where those are..." She said, her eyes growing sad as she continued, "My village was attacked by slave traders... they captured so many people, and killed many as as well... and they laughed the entire time. I've lived there with my parents for 20 years... and nothing like this ever happened... why did it happen to us?"

Tears began pouring from her eyes again, and I did what I could for her, but how the hell do you heal a wound like that? I waited patiently for her to continue, gently stroking her hair, and telling her how brave she was.

"Before everyone was captured, mom told me where to go, and her and my dad distracted them while I ran. I wanted to stay, but I was so scared... and I don't even know what happened to them!" She screamed the last part, deep, powerful sobs wracking her.

I felt the biggest spike of anger I'd ever felt before come over me just then. I hated slavery with a burning passion, and I hated what usually came from that even more. The feeling of wanting to rip someone's throat out was just as strong as when my dad made my mom cry. Cici started, and looked at me with wide eyes.

"I can feel your anger Eli... it's like... an aura." She said, and I looked at her quizzically.

"Those exist in your world?" I asked her, and she nodded.

"You can feel someone's power and intent through their aura. Yours is weak, and yet... it's not." She said, not looking puzzled herself, "I guess humans can have that feeling to them as well?"

"Well, that definitely helps." I said, and she frowned at me, "I'm sorry Cici... I'm just trying to help you feel better."

She rubbed her face against mine, and I kept rubbing her head and naked back as she did. She gave me a pained smile.

"Then people that attacked us were humans from the closest human city. I assume they acted on the Baron's orders. I've heard he looks at Beastfolk like they are no different then animals... but they've never done anything like this before. Still, I was always told to be wary of humans, and after that day, I became terrified of them... until I met you. No matter how much I hurt you trying to get away, you were so kind and gentle with me." She said as I kept rubbing her head affectionately.

"You were smart to be wary." I said, before I frowned, "I'm so sorry you had to go through that, Cici."

Inside, I was boiling. I wished I could do something for her. She told me that she loved me, and the best I could do was hold her, and tell her everything would be okay, but it was far from okay. Her family was taken from her, as well as probably many of her friends as well. Just because she was different now didn't mean I loved her less.

"Eli, you might be the last person I have left, and soon... even you'll leave me..." She choked out, and now my eyes flowed like rivers again.

I held her close to me.

"I know, Cici, I know... I don't want to leave you. I don't want to die. I want to be there for you, to protect you, and to learn more about you. There's so much more about you than I knew." I said.

There was a literal cat girl in my arms, I could finally speak to her properly, and yet, for how long? How much longer can I even last?

"I was content to stay here and let you care for me. You are so nice, and so warm. I only had enough mana to transform back to this form once because this place doesn't have any, and I didn't think I would but..." She said, and looked at me with shimmering eyes of emerald, "I had to tell you how I felt. I wanted you to know that I love you. For everything you've done, and the person I've found you to be. Whenever you spoke to me, I could feel you were being truthful with me, and that's when I knew you were my mate. Someone who cares about me, just for being me."

She surprised me then, as she leaned up to me, closed her eyes, and kissed my lips softly. I wanted to pull away, as getting even closer to me was not in her best interests, but I couldn't. It was such a soft and gentle kiss that it made me feel more loved and wanted than I ever had in my life. Yes, this was the cat I had taken care of for the better part of a month, and yet... this didn't feel as weird as it should.

Cici looked into my eyes after she broke the kiss, and there was a level of love in her gaze that I haven't seen someone give me in a long time. I... I wanted to stay with her. The cat that I rescued had turned out to hold many qualities I loved in a woman, even more so than Rachel, yet she was so much more.

Cici was not a pet, but I never treated her as such. She was my friend, first and foremost, but now I knew her to be a gorgeous woman, and wonderful person. One that was troubled, even more so than me, yet I couldn't help her. Worse, I was dying. I didn't want to leave her. Still, she was from another world, and she mentioned mana, so maybe...

"I don't suppose you know any healing magic or something, do you?" I asked, not really expecting good news, but Cici paused.

She looked at me sharply, and instead of just tears now, there was hope in her eyes.

"I can't believe I didn't think of it... I don't know any healing magic," She said, causing a little of my hope to fall, but she continued, "I can't help you, but maybe the framework can."