I sit there for a while longer before flopping onto my back and looking up at the sky. Since it was Spring and not the heart of summer the sky was getting dark and there was a spattering of stars in the sky.

There wasn't any light pollution out here so I could see the sky in all its glory. I knew that I would only be able to enjoy these few hours of darkness for another month or two. Out where I was the summer sun was almost always up, and when it wasn’t the sky hardly darkened as the sun hovered not far off.

After I got my fill of fresh air, I hear my stomach growl and feel some warmth come into my cheeks. It doesn't matter if I am happy, or sad my stomach would always demand food.

It wasn’t as bad as it used to be, until recently I was on a rather restrictive diet. Now I could eat whatever I wanted, somehow this brought me less happiness than I always thought it would.

I groan as I sit-up and pull my feet off of the roof’s edge. Well, I have to feed the cats as well. If it was only me, I might have stayed here a bit longer, but I had other living beings to think about other than myself.

Once on my feet I wipe all the debris off myself. I look around me and wonder if it was worth sweeping the roof. I should look around to see if there is anything I can bring up to create myself a little nest.

Right! It seemed as though there were things by the telescope for that purpose. I nod to myself. Sure, it would be nice to clean the roof as well, but the attic alone would be a chore and a half. I didn't want to think of any cleaning projects outside of that.

I wonder to myself if I am going to end up coming across anything interesting while cleaning the attic. I don't want to be disrespectful by digging through other people’s personal belongings.

Also, I had seen enough horror movies to know better than to mess around with items found in an attic in a cabin out in the middle of nowhere. I got in enough trouble with the basement today “nice attic. You are a very nice attic” I say to the room.

I get the sense I went unnoticed, but that wouldn’t always be the case.

It was good to know that I had developed some self-preservation as it had been missing in my life for a little while. I knew it and didn't like to acknowledge that fact. I had enough reminders…

Anyways, time to go feed myself and the cute little kitties, Anubis and Bastet. I was still trying to process the fact that those two could talk.

I have been reading a lot of stories where characters transmigrated. Is that what was happening here with me? I doubted it, isekai stories didn’t often include paperwork and contracts, but I would be fine if that was the case.

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I make my way down to the kitchen, sneezing from the attic dust on the way down to the first floor. I keep myself alert to see if I can spot the cats on the way.

I didn't see them but decided to fill up their bowls and assume that they would come eat when they were ready to. After filling their bowls, I stand there wondering what I want.

I ended up settling on grilled cheese and tomato soup made with milk. I prefer it creamy, especially when I am wanting to warm myself up.

I hum to myself as I cook, I somehow missed their approach as the two cats were already at their bowls.

"Food!" Anubis says and then sticks his face into his bowl and happily munches away.

"Thank you for the food." Bastet says and delicately starts eating.

I’m not sure how you delicately eat food face first, but she managed. I love how much of a personality each of these two have.

"Oh, should we have waited for you?" she asks, lifting her face away from her bowl.

"Oh no, by all means please keep eating. It makes me happy to see the both of you enjoying your food so much." Their ears and tails twitched contentedly. They were so cute I just wanted to scoop them up.

"Sleep after food?" Anubis asks, mouth half full.

"I plan to, yes" I answered him.

“Don’t talk with your mouthful Nubi, humans find that rude” Bastet gently comments.

"Sorry Tet, so many new things.”

“I really don’t mind it” Aurora says in response, trying not to yawn and failing.

“We sleep in bed with you? Warm and comfy together." Anubis says and purrs at his own statement.

Who could say no to such an adorable request? "Of course."

It doesn’t take me much longer to finish cooking and setting my food on the table. I look across from me and think about setting down a plate for Noah, but I couldn't even see him and honestly, do ghosts even eat?

I thought about it some more and set down an empty plate for him, to make it feel like we were all eating together. What a warm and happy thought.

After I finish my food, I gather up all of the dishes, and bring them to the sink. I wash and put them all away before going upstairs to bed.

I couldn't stand the thought of leaving dirty dishes in the sink. A memory tries to surface in my mind and I shout “NO! There have been enough memories already today, instead I’m going to think about how good I am going to sleep tonight.”

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Noah felt touched by the gesture of Aurora setting out a plate for him. He thinks that it would be better if he could actually eat the food, but he was happy just to be included.

"Maybe if I get stronger and can materialize?" he asks himself. Noah followed Aurora upstairs planning on continuing to his room on the third floor, he thought it was like walking her home.

Noah paused for a moment after passing into his room, good thing he didn’t need the door as it was too heavy to open. Something itched.

Noah sits at the dining room table waiting for his parents to show up. He knew they were both busy today and had been frustrated lately.

Noah wanted to do something nice for them, so he cooked dinner for all of them to enjoy together. Unfortunately, Noah didn’t know how to cook many things so he settled for making grilled cheese and tomato soup. But Noah thought he made darn good grilled cheese and tomato soup, nodding to himself with the thought.

Noah sat at the table excited at first, his parents were really going to like this. His excitement slowly wore off though as he watched the clock tick.

Five minutes passed but he thought, that’s okay, I can still microwave it.

Ten minutes passed but he thought, that’s okay, I can always warm it up on the stove.

After another ten minutes passed Noah took his plate and warmed up his food. While eating he thought, that’s okay, I don't mind eating alone.

The last thing he did before going to bed was leave a note on the fridge ‘I made food, enjoy!’

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