I'll Remember You Both

Three weeks ago, I went back to my hometown. First thing when I reached my home was to hear kittens crying. Then when I peeked at my neighbors' house, there's two of them - one a ginger white kitten and another a white and with grey patch and black stripes.

I dismissed my feelings of worries for them as I seen my neighbor's kids taking care of them. But, usually, they wouldn't let pets into their home. I spent the night telling myself 'they should be alright... if they have someone taking care of them, they won't need me and they will be safe'.

The next day when I woke up in the afternoon, it was cold and wet. It's been raining since morning and the drizzle just refuse to stop. Once in a while, we could hear kittens calling. And then it just disappears. Then, my grandma told me that the kittens went missing. Later in the evening, found the kitten under a car outside the house opposite, drenched and cold. I took the ginger kitten back, gave her(yes, female) a warm bath, dried her and attempted to feed her.

For her sibling, it was last sighted in the arms of little brats in the house opposite. They refused to give it up. They told me that they didn't have it when I went to the house after dinner.

I saved one of them. But I couldn't forgive myself for not acting out earlier. If I did, both of them would've survived. I couldn't sleep the night and I kept crying and regretting over the stupid choice I made... I should've never trusted anyone when it comes to saving lives...

The day after I saved the ginger kitten, I sent her to the vet. After sending her to the vet, I went for lunch. As I was passing a back lane to head towards KFC, I heard a loud kitten-cry. I looked out for the source and found another kitten probably a few weeks older than the ginger kitten I saved the day before. I tried feeding her kitten biscuits, she seemed to be not able to eat.

At that moment, I couldn't just walk away after the poor decision I made to just ignore the ginger's sibling. I just took the kitten in my sight and sent her to the vet.

All in all, Ginger and her sibling taught me to not turn down cries of kittens. They need help and protection, hence their screams. And I will never turn their distress signals ever again if I hear any from now on.

I dedicate this to Ginger and her sibling(which I couldn't identify the gender, but it looks like a male and it gives me an impression of a male kitten). Ginger, sadly, did not survive the ordeal well due to my mistakes.

Two weeks ago, on Sunday, Ginger passed away, in my room. It was a painful mistake I did. I didn't wake up to feed the kittens and they were not eating very well and vet did mention they should be force fed. But the night before, I was awake late guarding them. I let my guard down and slept a little more and overdid it. 5PM evening, I found Ginger breathless and cold in the cage.

Thank you very much to ~FiendSoul and Yumi's boyfriend, Ken for helping me through this. I really appreciate it. . I wish I could repent for the sins I committed but, it's never so easy.

Rest in peace... and I love you both...

Estimated: 45mins - 1 hour
Medium: 80gsm A4 paper, Kilometrico blue Fine pen. Edited with Photoshop.

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