Hello everyone, For the past month or so I have been providing food and water for a handsome black kitty I named Nox who started to randomly appear in the back yard. He wasn't a regular visitor at first so I was not prepared to TNR as I couldn't determine when were good times to monitor the trap or make an appointment for the vet. Slowly in the past two weeks he has been showing up daily. He usually doesn't mind if I stand 5 feet from him when he eats but has never come up to me or made a noise . Last night at around 9:30 I send outside to take out the trash , it was completely dark but I could see a familiar cat shape by the garage. Suddenly Nox ran towards me with his tail in the air and spoke for the first time when he got next to me. I am partially deaf and could hear his gruff meow but could not tell if he hissed.I was so startled to see this change in his behavior and unable to see his body language to know if he was ill or angry so I tried to go back in the house but he followed. I walked around the house swiftly trying to loose him and he followed but I was able to get inside at last. I feel horrible if this was Nox trying to befriend me and I just practically ran from him. Does anyone know why he could have such a seemingly overnight change of behavior? Should I be concerned or just let him be near me next time so he'll be easier to trap? Thanks in advance