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Chapter 16 - Notice me...

"This is so awesome!"

I'm a Hamster.

"Who knew my parents would have allowed me to get a pet! Man... What should I name you little guy?"

And this my human.

"Hmmm, how about Mr. Bubbles? How's that sound to you little guy?"

I moved my head up and down, exited to be named.

My human is an energetic one, always happy and always smiling whatever the situation. He played with me every day, and I enjoyed it.

But one day, he came to his room looking down cast, and on the gap of the door, I and his mom looked eyes...

It felt like I was being looked at as some disgusting little bug... No offense to my friend John the spider of course, he was a fun guy, too bad we got separated because of my human buying me.

My human quietly closed the door, and we locked eyes.

There it is again. Those eyes... It made me feel like a complete eyesore...

That day, I didn't know, that it was the day something big will change...

...Forever.

As the day went on, my human ignored me.

'Hey look!' I squeaked at him. 'Come on human! let's play!' But he didn't bother to even look at me.

...

'Human...?' I squeaked as he passed by. 'Please say hello to me...' He kept on walking.

-But then, he turned around and looked at my direction.

'Ah! Human! Play with me! Come on!' He started going towards me.

'Haha! I knew you still liked me! Tell me about your day again, like old times!' He reached out his hand, and I positioned, ready to be patted on the head.

...But his familiar finger pats never came.

As I open my eyes, I saw him holding his bright metal electronic. The one that was just next to my cage a moment ago...

'What did I do wrong...?'

...

*Days passed*

'Please say hi to me, human... It's already been a week...' I squeaked at him, but he just keeps fiddling with his bright metal electronic, not even glancing at me.

Running on the hamster wheel, one of my feet got tangled in the gap.

'Ouch!'

Getting off the hamster wheel, I looked at my human...

'I'm hurt...'

'Human...?'

...

'Here. You can have one of my seeds... So can we please be friends again?' Again, my human ignored me.

*A few minutes passed*

'Please notice me human...'

'Here... you can have my whole stash... please, notice me... let's be friends again...'

...

*A month passed*

There, in an empty cage, lies an empty feeding bowl, an empty water bowl, an empty little house... and seeds that's just sitting at the entrance.