Meow, Meow , Flop

Cats are a bit of a mystery to me, never having had much experience with them.

I've had a few over the last decade who won my hearts but I still find cat language mystifying.

I know the basics, and I do not rub bellies, despite how tempting that is, but like there's a cat in the neighbourhood (I don't actually think cats should be allowed out and about but it's a benefit for me that they are!) that I have sensibly named "orange cat" (I'll let you guess why) and orange cat has started to allow me (?) to interact with him (I assume... not willing to attempt to find out!)

This cat will head in my general direction when I "pss pss pss" and like acknowledge me and then flop over onto its side in a way I see as a "hello, I like you, you can pet me" so I do but then he leaves.  And then the other day he walked up to me and then stopped directly in my path to sniff at something and I had to stop walking to not boot/trip over him but like... that seemed entirely on purpose!

So yeah, I may have a cat friend, I may not at all, I have no idea but I like to think he likes me, you know?