【Wasabi Family Cat Diary🐈‍⬛🐾】 My cat reads the room

I used to think that cats were creatures that didn't read the room.

They sit on your lap only when you're busy, walk across your computer keyboard, and lie down proudly right in front of you just as you're about to stand up.

That's the image I had.

However, my cat is different.

It reads the room incredibly well.

When I'm rushing around with housework.

When I've just returned from shopping and am putting things away.

When I'm writing an article.

When I'm concentrating on something.

For some reason, it doesn't come.

Normally, you'd think it would be decided at a cat meeting that 'now is the perfect time to get in the way!', but my cat is different.

It watches me intently from afar.

I call out, 'Come here.'

And then I call.

But it doesn't come.

It doesn't come even when I call.

It doesn't come even when I call again.

It doesn't come even though it's looking right at me.

The look on its face is indescribable.

It's as if...

It's as if they are saying, "You're only doing this for now, right?"

They seem to be saying that.

"You're calling me now, but you'll start doing something else in five minutes, won't you?"

"I know all about it."

That is the look on their face.

And then, they turn their back on me and walk away.

I am not trusted by my cat.

No, rather than not being trusted, I am being seen right through.

However, it is a strange thing; it is only when I truly make time that things are different.

The housework is done.

The chores are finished.

Alright, now I will play with the cat.

The moment I think that, they appear from nowhere.

And they climb onto my lap.

They sit next to me.

They tell me to pet them.

I pet them.

They make a satisfied face.

They tell me to pet them some more.

I pet them.

She makes a satisfied face again.

In the end, she stays by my side the whole time.

She acts so affectionate that I wonder where she was just a moment ago.

It seems that in her own way,

"Now is really my time"

she has decided.

Rather than a cat, she is like a family member I have lived with for many years.

I wouldn't mind if she were a more cat-like cat.

It's fine if she bothers me when I'm busy.

It's fine if she meows unreasonably.

It's fine if she suddenly starts running around like crazy.

And yet, my cat is strangely considerate.

Every time I see her like that, I think.

I am fully aware that I am a doting pet owner.

Even so, after all.

A cat that reads the room is precious.