Yulina felt a wave of calmness wash over her as she stepped into her parents café. The nostalgic smell of freshly baked Pumpkin Pie, the noise of customers chatting while sipping their warm tea, and most of all, her cat, Freddie.

"Welcome back, Yulina! How have you been?"

Yulina snapped out of her nostalgic trance to see her childhood best friend, Harper, behind the counter.

"Harper, hello! I've been busy, but good." Yulina replies, with a smile on her face.

"I get it, moving back home after 4 years must be hectic," Harper says while taking out the ingredients for Pumpkin Pie. "Care for some Pumpkin Pie?"

"That sounds great."

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Yulina sits on her bed, looking out her window to the busy nighttime street with bustling citizens enjoying the cool air.

"It's been a long time since I've been here," Yulina says to Freddie. "So many childhood memories flowing back to me."

"It must be weird, just adjusting to your new life in Belgium, then having to come back to Canada." Freddie says, jumping onto Yulina's bed, trotting over to lay on her lap.

"It was annoying, yes, but I'm kind of grateful to be back. Moving to Belgium made me realize how much I missed Canada." Yulina sighs, laying back on her pillows.

"At least you still have me, your talking feline friend." Freddie says, shifting his body to lay next to Yulina's waist, before both the feline and human fell into a deep slumber.