Yukinoshita's Correction Method

"I've thought about forgetting this, but I just can't. Maybe I'm just waiting for today... waiting for someone to help me muster up the courage." Yuigahama Yui smiled a little dejectedly, "Xue No is right, I should face this and try to overcome it... instead of being afraid of separation and being afraid of the one I love - are you willing to listen to me?"

Dong Yunshan put down his pen and nodded.

Yukinoshita Yukino closed the book and looked at her intently.

Hikigaya Komachi gently hugged Yuigahama Yui and touched her head lovingly.

"Well... let's start from the beginning." Yuigahama Yui bit her lower lip lightly, "I discovered it in September."

It was the autumn when Yuigahama Yui was in the fourth grade of elementary school.

On her way home from school, she heard a cat meowing not far from the apartment building.

But I didn't see any trace of the cat around, so I thought it was an illusion and didn't pay much attention to it.

The next day when I went out to school, I heard the cat's meow again.

The location was the same as yesterday, so Yuigahama Yui felt that the cat must be hiding somewhere.

She followed the sound carefully and found that the cry came from underground.

In the gutter covered by the iron mesh, there was a small calico cat.

It must have been washed down from the ditch on the road. It was meowing and scratching the wall in the ditch.

Yuigahama Yui wanted to rescue it, but the iron cover of the drain was stuck tightly in the drain and could not be lifted.

She was about to ask an adult for help, but then she remembered what a classmate had said: "If an adult finds a stray cat, they'll probably take it to the health center. Don't you even know what a health center is? It's a place where stray cats and dogs are killed."

Yuigahama Yui was only ten years old at the time, and of course she believed it without a doubt. She thought that as long as the adults knew about it, the stray cats and dogs would be caught and killed.

But she couldn't just leave it there, so she ran home, stole a fish sausage from the refrigerator without telling her mother, tore it into small pieces and threw it into the gutter.

The kitten gobbled it up.

Yuigahama Yui was very happy and stared at the kitten until it finished eating the sausage.

And then of course I was late.

After school, she went home and took a sausage to feed the kitten.

From that day on, she would go to feed the cat in the morning and evening.

I heard that eating only sausages is bad for kittens, so I used my pocket money to buy canned cat food.

I fed it for about five days.

Although Yuigahama Yui couldn't touch the cat at all because of the manhole cover, she was still very happy.

But this is not a solution after all.

It's so pitiful to stay in such a dark and narrow place.

One person's power is limited, so Yuigahama Yui decides to ask her friends for help.

After school, she took her three friends to the drain where the kitten was and worked together to pull open the lid.

But the gutter was too deep for the child, and he couldn't reach the kitten even if he put his hand in.

They tried a lot of methods, such as putting down a jump rope and building a ladder with branches, but the kitten was always vigilant and refused to come up.

Although it was a bit dangerous, Yuigahama Yui decided to jump into the gutter and rescue the kitten.

Her friend who helped her stopped her: [“It’s dirty.”]

This is true.

The gutter was full of moss and mud, and the space was narrow, so going in would definitely get your clothes dirty.

"If I get my clothes dirty, how do I tell the adults?"

"Someone will save it."

"After we left, it crawled out on its own."

"Let's go..."

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Volume 3: Spring Break Ending Chapter 67: Sudden Departure

It rained heavily.

The day after Yuigahama Yui and her friends left, it rained heavily.

Did someone really rescue the kitten?

Can it really crawl out by itself?

If...if I hadn't paid attention to the clothes yesterday and saved it.

After leaving school, Yuigahama Yui ran towards the gutter in the rain.

Look inside cautiously.

In the rising water level of the gutter, the kitten struggled to raise its head above the water.

This time...Yuigahama Yui didn't hesitate.

She jumped into the ditch and lifted the kitten into her arms.

The ditch was cold and dark, and she couldn't help feeling sad when she thought about the kitten staying in such a place.

Yuigahama Yui struggled to crawl out, took the kitten home, gave it a bath, and gave it milk.

Want to be with it forever.

But you can't be discovered by adults, or you will be killed.

After blow-drying the kitten's hair, Yuigahama Yui took the kitten outside the apartment building and let it go before her family came back.

The kitten looked back at her, meowed, and ran away.

I thought I would never see it again, but a few days later, Yuigahama Yui found it in the atrium of the apartment building.

As soon as our eyes met, it came running towards us.

Yuigahama Yui touched its head and it purred comfortably.

She decided to secretly raise the kitten in the atrium of the apartment building.

It is said to be raising, but in fact it is the same as before.

I only feed it when going to and from school, and play with it on holidays.

The kitten would appear in the same place every day waiting for her, and would lie on her thighs and step on them with its front paws.

The claws stung a little, but Yuigahama Yui was very happy.

Because cats are not allowed in the apartment building, Yuigahama Yui was very panicked when she was discovered by the children living in the same building.

She was a girl two years older than her and was the class monitor at school.

Yuigahama Yui feels that the class monitor is in cahoots with the adults.

But the squad leader didn't, because he was also secretly raising a cat.

It's not just Yuigahama Yui and the class monitor, there are many children in the apartment building who secretly keep cats without telling their parents.

The monitor told her many things to pay attention to, such as what can be fed and what cannot be fed, not to tell other children about the cat, the fewer people who know the better, and to be careful of the manager of the apartment building.

I heard that the administrator hates cats very much and will immediately catch any stray cats he sees and take them to the health center.

Yuigahama Yui kept the class monitor's teachings in mind, and time passed day by day.

One day after school, Yuigahama Yui saw a girl with pigtails playing with a calico cat.

After asking, I found out that there was also a child living in this apartment building who wanted to secretly keep a cat.

The two quickly became friends and often played with the kitten together after school.

Yuigahama Yui told Pigtails all the things that the class monitor had said needed attention, and Pigtails also shared her own stories with her.

Pigtails has two good friends, but they haven't played with her recently. When she was wandering around alone, she found a calico kitten.

A few days later, Pigtails suddenly said, "Can I take care of Yui's cat? The cat food seems very expensive. Leave it to me from now on."

This cat is basically a wild cat and does not necessarily need to be fed by humans.

But Yuigahama Yui feels that if she doesn't feed the cat, it will run away.

So I have been using my own pocket money to buy cat food.

Pigtails' family conditions seem to be better, and she has more pocket money, so she can afford the cost of cat food more easily than Yuigahama Yui.

Yuigahama Yui refused.

She rescued the cat and she had to take care of it until the end.

Don't want to give it to anyone else.

Moreover, Yuigahama Yui has decided to tell her family about this.

Even though adults would send stray cats and dogs to the health center, Yuigahama Yui believed that her parents were different from other adults.

Maybe mom and dad have other ways, maybe they will discuss it with the administrator... With this idea in mind, Yuigahama Yui confessed everything to her parents.

The parents agreed and were willing to discuss with the administrator. If the discussion failed, they could place the dog in a pet shop or at other relatives' homes, which was better than letting it wander around.

But...the kitten is gone.

I searched desperately in Yuigahama Yui's apartment building, but couldn't find her in the parking lot, on the rooftop, or in the drain...

She went outside to look again, but still found nothing.

She couldn't eat anything for two days, and she was still searching on the third day.

Then I met the squad leader.

"My cat seems to have run away too." The monitor said, "It's a shame, but cats are just like that."

When the family was old enough to have a pet, Yuigahama Yui did not get a cat.

Instead, he got a dog.

"...Well, that's about it." Yuigahama Yui took a big sip of her drink, her voice a little hoarse. "Because of its departure, I was sad for a long time, thinking it didn't want me anymore. Later, I heard a little bit of cat knowledge, saying that cats disappear when their death is near, and they don't want their owners to see them in such a weak state. I guess it was just trying to keep me in mind."

"Yui..." Hikigaya Komachi, with red eyes, hugged Yuigahama Yui, "You have done a great job. It must be very happy to be with you."

"Thank you, Komachi." Yuigahama Yui leaned on Hikigaya Komachi.

Yukinoshita Yukino suddenly said, "That's not right."

Yuigahama Yui raised her head: "What?"

"Experts who study wildlife behavior believe that cats hiding before death is a response to the law of the jungle. When injured or ill, cats conceal their weakness and seek a secluded area away from threats to recover," Yukinoshita's voice barely fluctuated. "They hide in dimly lit, cold places to recover and regain their strength. However, they may die due to severe injuries or illnesses that prevent them from recovering on their own."

"So..." Yuigahama Yui smiled sadly, "It's not taking care of my mood."

"I mean, it might still be alive." Yukinoshita Yukino whispered, "The light is dim, the temperature is low, it's in a place it's familiar with, and it's far away from any threats. Haven't you already looked for it?"

"That drain!" Yuigahama Yui suddenly realized, and then fell into a new confusion, "Then why is it...?"

"Most calico cats are female, and female cats mature earlier than male cats, generally around six months. The time of maturity varies depending on nutrition, growth environment, physiology, and psychology. Premature maturation can show signs of early maturity at four or five months." Yukinoshita Yukino paused. "There are three estrus periods a year, each lasting a quarter: mid-January to early March, May to June, and, in the case of you, August to September."

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Volume 3 End of Spring Break: Chapter 68 Exchange of Mailboxes

Although it still looks like a kitten, the calico cat has grown up and is old enough to fall in love.

"It's more likely than your guess..." Yukinoshita Yukino's eyes were gentle, "It got married."

"If that's really the case..." Yuigahama Yui's eyes blurred, and trembling tears fell, "That would be great..."

"As I said, dialogue is a better way to overcome psychological trauma than to avoid it." Yukinoshita Yukino lowered her head to drink her drink, "So it's better to speak out."

"That's right!" Hikigaya Komachi nodded vigorously and took out a tissue to wipe Yuigahama Yui's tears. "In that case, Yui, do you think we can go to the cat cafe now?"

Yukinoshita Yukino replied almost seamlessly: "I can go with you."