It wasn't hard to predict the outcome of the confession.
Despite the simple "...sorry, I'm not interested at the moment," hurting my pride a little bit, unintentionally, my goal was not for him to say yes.
Making him fall in love with me was going to take a long time, and it needed to begin with me falling in love with him first.
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I wanted to get a cat. I wanted a cute fluffy cat I could take care of and pet. The experience at Shin's house reinvigorated my desire to get one. I was independent enough to the point where I probably could get one anyways, especially since my parents aren't home that much anyways. I'd just buy everything I needed myself.