"Don't do it", the voice said. "You remember what happened the last time you did, right?"
How can I forget that? I thought to myself.
I found I can only bond with one animal at a time. It was by accident really. A stupid cat. I didn't even like him. He was always chewing and scratching shit. Every time I tried to scratch his belly he would try to bite me. Like he was saying, "Dude, what the fuck? I'm trying to sleep, and here you go just up and fuck with me. You must be gay."
I always messed with this cat. wiggling his head when I pet him. After a while, the cat would follow me around, and he became my buddy. I swear he talked to me; we were in sync.
Several months had passed. I was lying on the floor at night pretending to do push-ups in the living room when the cat strolled in. He sat in front of me, and watched me do a couple more push-ups, my arms struggling. His  head moved up and down in time with my body. Exhausted, I dropped to the floor. I laid there for sometime before looking up at my cat. He looked curiously at me. I stared at his eyes, they were so cool. Green, with awesome vertical pupils. I wondered, to myself. "What are you thinking?" I just stared into his darkness. Time slowed. Sound with it. I could hear my heart beating in slow motion. It was eerie. I continued to stare into my cats eyes. "What do you see with those eyes of yours?" The cats pupils started to widen. My pounding heart felt like it was a mile away. It was almost inaudible. I didn't feel like I was lying on the floor anymore. Floating maybe. I could barely see the green of my cats eyes. His pupils were enormous. I could feel a tingling sensation at the back of my neck. I don't know if the cat was mimicking me or if I was mimicking him. All I know is that his fur was standing too, like there was electricity in the air. In that moment, I felt like we inseparable buddies. My thoughts were no longer directed to me but directed to him. "We're gonna be buds forever. I'll watch your back, and you watch mine?" I felt the cat say yes.