Chapter 2Confessions of a Feline White Moonlight

I had a reason for approaching Liam. I was happily employed in the "Operation: Mooch from Naive College Students" program. They named me Duchess because my "Cat Morals" were impeccable. Life was good, except for one small annoyance: I hadn't heard a normal human voice in months. It was all baby talk. "Who's a widdle kitty-witty? Who's my precious baby? Yeeeees." And the meowing. So much meowing. Not from me. From them. Still, I was set. I was going to be the beloved campus cat for life. Until this "Evil Sidekick System" thing bound itself to me. A second later, it went stiff. [Wait. Why are you a cat?] [My data said to bind with the most famous female on campus! I was supposed to get the freakin' Campus Belle!] I flicked my tail. Old-school system. These days, the campus belle has nothing on the campus cat. It tried again, cautiously: [Um. Meow? Would you be interested in a side hustle? Great benefits.] I was confused. [A side what?] The system realized it couldn't unbind. It started to short-circuit, sobbing about how it "only bound the wrong person, it wasn't a bad system," and then it started humming "Mr. Brightside." I took pity on it and allowed it to pet me, hoping it would shut up. It petted me and cried at the same time. So annoying. [Fine,] I finally hissed. [What do you want? What's in it for me?] It brightened. [If you complete the mission... I can make you human!] Me: [So you can't help me at all? Useless. And why would I want to be human?] System: [Uh... you can eat more stuff? And you live longer? Like, 80 or 90 years!] I was unimpressed. [Eat more 'stuff' like 'crow'? Live longer to 'pay bills'? No thanks. What's the job?] It went quiet. [Okay, I have an idea. The plot's weird anyway. Just... go seduce the male lead.] It braced for rejection. I just blinked. [That's it?] So, I swaggered over. And he walked right past me. Fine, human. You've successfully piqued my interest.