My name is Yuta Hayashi.
I'm an ordinary high school student. I'm 17 years old and live alone with my white cat, Ren. He's two years old.
I walk into my house and see Ren watching TV.
How did he manage to use the remote control?
I walk up to him to pet him, but he scratches me.
Me: "Ouch, that hurts."
I step back a few paces. But Ren doesn't care and keeps watching his show.
Disappointed and defeated, I head to my room.
In my room, I decide to do my homework. I sit at my desk and start studying.
An hour later, Ren walks into my room and meows.
Annoyed, I answer, "Leave me alone. I remind you that you scratched me."
I ignore him and keep studying.
Suddenly, he starts meowing loudly and stares at me. His gaze is cold, but I still ignore him.
Then he whips his tail against the floor, but I keep pretending not to notice.
Angry, he jumps on me and scratches my face.
I scream in pain and shout, "Okay, you win! Stop, that hurts!"
He stops, and he drags me to the kitchen.
Once there, he points his paw at his bowl.
After feeding him, he calms down and finally lets me pet him.
Sometimes, I get the feeling he likes being the boss.
After I pet him, he falls asleep on my legs. I smile and whisper,
"Sweet dreams, Ren."
The next morning, I wake up at 6:35 to get ready for school.
First, I brush my teeth. Then I brush my hair.
After that, I eat a chocolate bread before putting on my black school uniform.
Before leaving, I put some treats in Ren's bowl.
Ren (Me)
I wake up at 9 and notice that my servant has gone to school.
I get up from my basket and stretch.
Then I groom myself for about an hour and a half.
Once I'm done, I leave the house to go visit my buddies.
Buddy 1: "Hey Ren, you ready? Today we're fighting the rival gang."
Me, in an arrogant tone: "Of course I'm ready. We're gonna crush them."
Suddenly, a gang of cats shows up—it's the rival gang.
They have thirty cats, and my gang only has ten. But whatever.
The fight begins, and it's a total massacre.
In the end, we win, but my friends are covered in scratches—except for me.
I hid the whole time; I didn't want to get dirty.
Thanks to this victory, we expand our territory.
After the battle, I go flirt with a few females, even though I'm already married—but who cares?
I come home around eleven, eat my treats, and go to sleep.
Yuta (Me)
I come home and see Ren sleeping comfortably on the couch.
He's so lucky—I have to study for exams.
Since he's asleep, I try to pet him.
Like a ninja, I try not to make any noise.
I'm sweating bullets as my hand is about to touch him, but his tail suddenly flicks and pushes me away.
His tail hits me, and it hurts.
I whisper, "Even when he's asleep, he won't let me pet him without permission."
I head to my room.
But instead of studying, I read my favorite manga, Narito.
It's the story of an orphan ninja who has a nine-tailed demon inside him.
After reading for five hours, I fall asleep without having studied at all.
The next day, on exam day, I'm super nervous.
When the teacher walks in, a heavy silence fills the room. Nobody says a word.
The teacher hands out the exam papers, and at first glance, you can tell it's hard.
We have 50 minutes to finish, and there are 20 exercises.
The maximum score is 35 points.
After 50 minutes of intense concentration, I hand in my paper.
The teacher takes an hour to grade everything, then returns the sheets.
My heart is pounding like crazy.
When I get my paper, I'm shaking before even looking.
After taking a deep breath, I turn it over.
I got 30 out of 35.
I'm so happy that I shout out loud.
My classmates look at me like I'm crazy, and my friend mutters, "Just a reminder—we're still in class."
Embarrassed, I blush bright red.
When I get home, I see my cat lying on the floor, asleep.
I walk up to him to move him to the couch.
But just as I'm about to pick him up, a glowing circle appears on the ground.
Before I can react, everything goes dark.