About a year ago, a couple who purchased a couch on Facebook Marketplace quickly realized that the item came with more than they had bargained for.

Derian, known on TikTok as @derian.and.everlyn71920, recently shared a clip about the surprise he received after placing his newly purchased couch in his home. He set it up in the living room, noticing the perfect fit, but at 3 a.m., things took a turn.

He looked between the back of the couch and the wall and saw an object moving. A furry animal began shimmying her way out. As it turned out, this Facebook Marketplace purchase came with a surprise that wasn’t part of the buying agreement: a cat.

He posted the throwback video to TikTok on July 27, showing the moment the feline crawled out from the couch. She hesitantly climbed from behind to the top, cautiously taking in her new surroundings. Derian wrote in the video that she was “so confused.”

She entered an entirely new home, with new smells, new people and new surroundings. Whatever home she had previously was no longer. Plus, she made it through the transport and travel while the couch was on a truck.

He told Newsweek via TikTok that he had contacted the sellers, but they said they did not own a cat. This left him with a new cat.

With confirmation the cat didn’t belong to the sellers, Derian and his family happily welcomed her into their home and named her Maddie. They couldn’t turn down an extra furry companion, even if they didn’t plan on it.

“Maddie is in excellent condition,” Derian said. “She’s a beautiful, loving blue Russian cat. She just loves to love. She also has a sister named Mia.”

Viewer Reactions

The TikTok video amassed over 1.2 million views and 144,600 likes within two days of posting. Stunned at the unusualness of this video, people flooded the comment section, calling it a “win” for this family.

“Listen, the cat’s name is now Couch, and you bought him fair and square,” joked a viewer.

Another pointed out: “That cat’s probably like, ‘Wait…how long was I sleeping? Where am I? WHO am I?!'”

Looking on the bright side, someone else wrote: “Better a cat than bugs or mice. Cats are sweet creatures.”

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