Half of the Reason Why

That same moment, Sei was still in dazed when Zaki saw Davi appear at the entrance. The girl signaled the disguised Zaki to keep silent as she carefully stepped towards them like a sneaky ninja.

However, before she could approach him, the man already felt her presence and he immediately turned his head, causing the girl to halt midway.

"I'm home," she said and as Sei looked at her and her dazzling smile, he just felt as though the silent and cold living room a moment ago suddenly turned warm and sparkling as soon as she appeared. At that moment, Sei could tell that she was indeed the sole bright candle in this house, and that without her, everything would turn dark as usual.

The next second, Sei immediately walked towards her.

"Are you alright?" he suddenly asked, causing the girl to get a bit confused.

"Hm?" she uttered with question marks in her eyes.

"The cat…" he just replied, causing more question marks to appear in Davi's head.

'T-the cat? Wait… could it be…'