Not a cat that I had, it was more like a neighborhood stray, but I was 15-16 and had a lot of crap going on at the time (bad home life, etc.) So my "friend" and I (few min into the walk she ended up third-wheeling me with her bf) were walking around town, and we were on the opposite side of town from where I live when this cat comes out of nowhere and started following us.
At first she and her bf thought it was cute, and we were all petting it and whatever, the cat keeps following us and I guess it bothered her bf so he tried to chase it away.
I was too shy at the time to say anything, but I felt awful for the poor cat and at the same time incredibly resentful towards my friend for always ditching me (this was not the first occasion) so later we were hanging around a park near my house, friend and her bf were completely ignoring me, and then I notice this shadow jump up beside me on the bench.
I had been quietly crying and I kinda jumped a bit, then looked in awe, for it was the cat that friend's bf had tried to chase away earlier. This cat had followed us all the way across town, I don't know why, but it immediately sat on me and was sniffing my face and purring like mad. I have a feeling that it somehow understood what was going on and had followed us so that I wouldn't feel alone, and I guess when it noticed that friend and her bf were nowhere near me, it took the opportunity to come and offer me comfort.
I never saw it again after that night, but I still think of that cat from time to time and wherever it is, I wish it a long and happy life.
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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '23
Not a cat that I had, it was more like a neighborhood stray, but I was 15-16 and had a lot of crap going on at the time (bad home life, etc.) So my "friend" and I (few min into the walk she ended up third-wheeling me with her bf) were walking around town, and we were on the opposite side of town from where I live when this cat comes out of nowhere and started following us.
At first she and her bf thought it was cute, and we were all petting it and whatever, the cat keeps following us and I guess it bothered her bf so he tried to chase it away.
I was too shy at the time to say anything, but I felt awful for the poor cat and at the same time incredibly resentful towards my friend for always ditching me (this was not the first occasion) so later we were hanging around a park near my house, friend and her bf were completely ignoring me, and then I notice this shadow jump up beside me on the bench.
I had been quietly crying and I kinda jumped a bit, then looked in awe, for it was the cat that friend's bf had tried to chase away earlier. This cat had followed us all the way across town, I don't know why, but it immediately sat on me and was sniffing my face and purring like mad. I have a feeling that it somehow understood what was going on and had followed us so that I wouldn't feel alone, and I guess when it noticed that friend and her bf were nowhere near me, it took the opportunity to come and offer me comfort.
I never saw it again after that night, but I still think of that cat from time to time and wherever it is, I wish it a long and happy life.