Saeng just closed her eyes and heard a thud sound, she then noticed another creature behind her upon which that raccoon lady jumped as if it was going to attack her, that creature was a monkey with sharp nails, brown fur, medium-sized, his eyes were filled with fury, he was looking wild and dangerous and had a predatory urge to attack Saeng but the raccoon was fighting against him to protect her child and her.
The monkey said," I won't hurt our child if you let me handle that lady". The raccoon lady denied it, then the monkey became furious and said, " Fine, then both of them will be killed, our child was weak anyway and there is no place for weak ones to live on this planet".
The raccoon lady defended Saeng even after getting badly injured.
The baby cat hugged Saeng's knees, but she is unbothered and neutral, the monkey somehow trapped the raccoon lady ( Her wife )in the closet, then that monkey stepped closer to Saeng and laughs evilly and hunger reflecting in his eyes for superiority.
That monkey looked towards his child and said, " You don't deserve to live, this place is not for the weak ones. I tried to convince your mother to leave you alone forever".
The baby cat cries shivering in fear. The monkey then looked towards Saeng and tells her with an ugly smirk on his face, " You look quite pretty to appear strong and bland, I will spare you if you let us alone and leave now".
Saeng doesn't reply anything, then the monkey furiously takes that baby cat away from the villain, his cries became louder, and the mother raccoon was trying her best to get out of the strong wooden closet, her painful cries can also be heard trying to escape out of the closet by using raccoon abilities.
She requested Saeng to help her child, she then looks at the monkey protruding out his claws and directed them towards the baby cat's stomach, she then scans around and she founds nothing that can keep him off for long.
She then realizes something and takes out the injection and hurriedly fills the syringe with anesthesia and then runs to him and injects anesthesia in his neck, then that monkey falls unconscious on the floor with a thud.
Then that baby cat jumps up on her and hugs her tightly with his claws hurting her skin a little, leaving claw marks, she feels nothing but felt burning on her skin.
Then she takes the raccoon lady out of the closet, then that raccoon lady hugs her baby cat, they sob and comfort each other.
Saeng informs them, " Anesthesia will keep him unconscious for long hours but he might gain consciousness at midnight or tomorrow morning, so it would be better that you trap him with tight security or leave to somewhere safe, which he is not aware of".
They were going to thank her but she already walked out of that shop and then she reached her house after some time, the whole road looked empty but not silent, there were human-animal voices, screams, and cries, so, she felt tired.
She went inside her flat and was going to take a shower, but she hears a knock, she then opened her door, and Yeong's mom and Yeong are looking worried and scared and sweat beads falling from their face.
Yeong's mom asked her whether she is okay or if she faced any trouble or creature, she observed fear in their eyes, and she asked them to come inside, and they agreed.
Saeng sat with them on the sofa and asked them, " Did something happen in your flat? Did some creature crash into your room? ".
They denied it and said no, they were just afraid to be alone, as Yeong's dad went to Busan for work purposes. They are worried about him.
Saeng observed that Yeong was unusually silent and she was not habituated to his silent nature.
She felt something like pain inside to see him like this, she then ordered, " Stay here in my flat until Yeong's dad returns back".
Yeong's mom agreed, suddenly hugged her, and said, " You are really sweet, and thank you for caring about us".
Saeng just stayed neutral even though she felt something warm inside her which made her feel good somehow like she feels when she treats the animals and those animals make happy sounds assuring they are healthy and happy.
She then takes a shower and changes into her nightdress, then she found Yeong sitting on her bed, looking fearfully at the closed window, she then looked at Yeong's mom, who was deep asleep on the sofa, she then locked the windows and secured the locks, so that they feel safe, then she went inside her room.
Then she tapped on his shoulder and made a scared noise, he notices his teacher staring at him with her hands behind her back.
Then she tells him, " Windows are the portals to the outside world, where scary and beautiful things both exist, sometimes beautiful things can be scary sometimes but it is not evil every time, some might be evil, some mean, some rude, and some good, some sweet, etc.
But there are sides to every person, after all, we are animals too".
Then she brings her hand forward and reveals a cute rabbit plush, which looked beautiful, then she turned his back and there were stitches and some flaws that didn't look perfect.
She then says, "Rabbits, these are innocent animals but they also have their wild sides, they can be also mean, rude sometimes and some of them evil, but we humans think we are not like them, we have superior brains and animals have inferior brains but that's not true, our structure, features, language, and our anatomy are not exactly same, there are differences, some are huge and some small, but one thing is most importantly same, that is our hearts, which is exactly same in every living being, humans are also known as animals but advanced one because of our brains still they forgot the animals also have advanced features that we humans don't possess. But still, we try to dominate them and feel superior and think of them as inferior to us".
Yeong asks, " So we are animals that mean we and animals are the same. We also act mean, rude, soft, sweet, and defensive sometimes, which animals also do.
You are right, teacher, you are really a genius. I will not be scared of them and will protect myself like an animal or human does if someone tries to harm me Or my mother or you".
He placed a kiss on her cheek and took that rabbit plush and walked into the hall room where his mom was asleep.
Saeng followed him, found him cuddled against her mother, placed the plush in between them, and covered his mother with his small arms trying to protect her from cold.
This scene made something warm blossom in her chest, and a memory popped into her head, when her mother was sick with a high fever and her body was shivering due to cold even after she was wrapped with a blanket.
Small Saeng stood near her and observed her with a neutral expression, she felt nervousness bubbling in her chest but she was unable to understand what to do to help her mom cure this sickness.
Small Saeng then remembers a video where she watched a small tiger cub snuggled against his mother tigress, who was looking quite sick and was shaking a little and making painful cries, but when her cub snuggled against her, then caressed her mother's fur trying to warm her somehow.
Small Saeng then decides to do the same then, she took her rabbit plush with her and pulled out the blanket a little, cuddling with her mom, rubbed her hands against her arms and caressed her forehead, and then rubbed her hands, trying to give her warmth.
She then wrapped her arms around her mother with keeping that rabbit plush in middle, this action was felt by her mom.
Her dad also witnessed this scene, and after some time, she felt sleepy, she looked at her mom and dad whose eyes were filled with tears, she was puzzled by this, she then wiped her tears through her sleeves, then her mother hugged her close and at that moment, her dad clicked a photo of them.
She felt happy and warm as her mother's shivering stopped and her body temperature felt a little warmer than before.
Saeng then returns back to reality, she picks up her instant camera and took photos of them, she then kept the picture inside her rectangular metal box.
She walks back into her room and slept and her phone screen light was flashing on and off as numerous calls were being missed due to her phone being in silent mode. Those missed calls were Mi-Ok and U-ram.