猫になりたくない(I don’t want to become a cat.)

猫は可愛ければ生きていける。 僕は可愛さは少しはあるはずなんだけどうまく生きていけない。 猫は美味しいものを食べたい時に食べたいものを食べると喜ばれる。 僕は美味しいものを食べると何故かお腹の周りや顔がふっくらしてくるの。 猫になりたくないの？ 可愛い猫になって楽しく生きていきたいって思わないの？ ううん。だって僕が猫になっちゃたら「一緒に寝てあげてもいいよ！」 とか 「お腹を満足するまで撫でてなさい」 とか 「触られるのは嫌だけど、同じ部屋になんとなく居なきゃ駄目」 とかの彼女達の可愛いワガママを聞く仕事がなくなっちゃうじゃない？ それが寂しいだけ。 それが嬉しいだけ。 I love cats from the bottom of my heart, but it’s not that I want to become one — I just wish this moment of living alongside them could last forever. I pray to the heavens for that. I pray for it every I pray for it every —english Cats can live just by being cute. I think I have at least a bit of that cuteness too, but I still can’t seem to live well. When a cat eats something delicious whenever it wants, everyone finds it adorable. But when I eat something delicious, for some reason my belly and face start to plump up. “Don’t you want to be a cat? Don’t you want to live happily as a cute one?” No. Because if I became a cat, then I’d lose my job of listening to their sweet little whims — like “I’ll let you sleep next to me!” or “Go ahead and pet me until your heart’s content,” or “I don’t like being touched, but you have to stay in the same room with me.” That’s the only thing that would make me lonely. And the only thing that makes me happy. I love cats from the bottom of my heart, but it’s not that I want to become one — I just wish this moment of living alongside them could last forever. I pray to the heavens for that. I pray for it every day, and every night.