Zero chance. Before the virus can get to the salivary glands it has to pass through the brain, which your descriptor of "sweet and affectionate" precludes; some animals with aggressive tendencies can become calmer and more affectionate during the prodromal stage of rabies infection, but that's not seen in cats, which have a 1-2 day prodromal stage and tend to basically go straight to the furious stage where they behave like angry meth addicts.
And most cats don't drink much water. I personally have never seen my cat do it.
Thanks for this comment, it seriously helped. I have a tendency to have major "episodes" over really ridiculous things like this (and supervolcanos and super tsunamis and most illnesses I hear about), and I know it's pointless, but it's just something I do, and I get to a point where I can't calm myself down about it. This really helped a lot, though, and came with great timing, because I was just about to force myself into bed where I knew I would be too stressed about nothing to get any sleep. So thank you.
The cat came back very briefly, was still mildly affectionate and seemed to enjoy me petting her, but she nibbled me at one point and then tried to bite me when I tried to pet her while she was laying down, and now I'm freaking out about rabies again. She never came close to breaking the skin, but I have lots of fresh cuts on my hands from not paying attention when chopping vegetables. D:
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And most cats don't drink much water. I personally have never seen my cat do it.
You're fine! \o/
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