Chapter 11: Child custody
Penny went under the shrub to rescue a kitten, but this wasn't a kitten.
What welcomed her was a petite young boy. He looked a little gaunt and pale, but his eyes were brooding as if he were the grim reaper himself.
"What are you?"
"What are you?"
They asked in unison, but Penny was most taken aback because his low-pitched voice didn't match his sickly appearance. He frowned while her brows rose.
Before she could say anything, she heard a soft 'meow' from somewhere. Averting her eyes, she caught a small and frail kitten coming from his other side.
"Oh." Her lips formed an o-shape. "There's the kitten."
A big smile appeared on her face as she looked up at the boy. "I thought you were."
Did he look like a kitten to her?
The boy looked at the girl's round face and noticed that her nose looked pink. He bit his tongue, knowing whatever he was about to say was rude.
"It looks hungry and... oh, it has a company?" Curiosity was seen in her eyes as she stared at the cute rain frog.
Seeing this, the boy looked at the cat and froze.