The Smell of Trouble
Yellow Cat Story 32 begins the moment Black gets close enough to inspect Yellow properly. One sniff is all she needs.
“Ugh… cheap perfume.”
Yellow freezes. He has not even finished preparing his first excuse, but Black has already opened the investigation. She wants to know where he has been, who he met, and why he returned carrying a smell that definitely did not come from home.
Yellow insists it is nothing. According to him, mysterious perfume simply appears on busy men with important business. Black looks unconvinced.
Yellow’s Emergency Defense
Yellow immediately begins explaining. The perfume could have come from the street, a passing stranger, a chair, the wind—or perhaps an unusually fragrant business meeting.
Black asks one question after another, giving him no time to build a believable story. Every new answer creates two more problems.
Yellow finally complains that Black is always suspicious. In his opinion, a man should be allowed to come home smelling like mystery without facing a full investigation. Black strongly disagrees.
The Argument Reaches Full Volume
Black is no longer asking gentle questions. She wants a complete report: where Yellow went, why he stayed out, and whether he is already preparing to leave again.
Yellow, meanwhile, has decided that the best defense is irritation. He complains that there are too many questions, too much suspicion, and absolutely no respect for a cat with a complicated schedule.
The louder Black becomes, the more offended Yellow acts. It is a perfect argument: Black believes every excuse proves his guilt, while Yellow believes every question proves he deserves more freedom.
Black Grants His Freedom
Yellow finally declares that he has had enough. If Black plans to question every smell, every late return, and every mysterious appointment, perhaps he should simply stay away.
He expects Black to stop him. Maybe she will apologize. Maybe she will admit that her questions went too far. Yellow even begins walking away slowly, leaving enough time for a dramatic reconciliation.
Black watches him go and delivers the answer he was not expecting:
“Exactly. Stay there.”
Yellow wanted freedom from suspicion, questions, and supervision. Black grants his request immediately—along with a safe distance from the house.
For once, Yellow has no excuse left. He has won the argument, lost the invitation to return, and discovered that freedom can feel surprisingly cold when dinner is served somewhere else.