The yowling was unbearable.

Day and night. All that would come out of that goddamn cat's mouth was loud, annoying, horrible, terrible yowls, and Rin was about ready to choke the damn thing until it would stop fucking yowling.

"Please," he groaned, looking over to the little black cat, "Please please please, for the love of Christ, will you shut the fuck up?"

Ichigo looked up at him, then rolled onto her back and let out another loud yowl. Rin groaned and slammed his head on his desk.

He knew he needed to get Ichigo spayed, he should have done it a while ago, really, but money had been tight and he just couldn't afford to do it. He figured if he could just make it through midterms, and then when he got home for spring break, he could ask his parents for the money to get her fixed.

The one thing he forgot, however, was that cats eventually go into heat.

And that when cats go into heat, they are annoying.

And they will yowl when you're trying to study.

"Goddamn it, Ichigo," he muttered, standing up. He stomped over to where Ichigo was rubbing herself amorously against the door to the balcony. He picked her up, sputtering when she began rubbing her head against his chin and purring. "You're going into the bathroom since you can't behave."

He set her down on the ground, and she wound herself between his legs. "No, in the bathroom. I can't study when you're being a loud mouth." He nudged her in, closing the door behind him.

"Finally," he huffed, settling back down to his work, "Now to get some work done."

It was only two minutes after he began working again that Ichigo began to scratch at the door, yowling pathetically to be let out.

-xxx-

Thap thap thap.

"What are you doing, Kabocha?" Makoto scolded, nudging the cat with his toes. "Leave that poor bird alone." The little white cat with brown spots looked up at him, mewling lightly. He glanced outside to the bird hopping along the balcony railing. It flew away, and he looked across to the apartment complex next door to see a red-haired young man picking up a little black cat and walking into the unseen depths of his apartment. "Or were you batting at that little cat across the way?"

Kabocha meowed again, rubbing against Makoto's legs. He grinned, kneeling down to pet him.

"Either way, you need to stop that. I'm trying to study."

Makoto stood, wandering back into his bedroom, sitting down at his desk to begin reading over his textbooks for class.

He glanced back out to the living room, where Kabocha had settled in front of the door to the balcony, watching the birds outside with keen interest and twitching ears. Makoto smiled fondly at the kitten, chuckling as he batted at the window again.

Thap thap thap.

He went back to work, highlighting important points and jotting down notes in the margin and into his notebook. After a while of working, he suddenly smelled something...off.

He looked over to Kabocha, who had proudly sprayed all over the door to the balcony.

"Kabocha!" he cried, dashing over to the door, now covered in cat pee. "Ugh, Kabocha, whyyyy?"

The kitten let out a meow and wandered to the kitchen to eat.

Makoto groaned in exasperation, following the kitten to grab some cleaning supplies.

"I should have known," he muttered, "It is spring. And you're not neutered."

While Kabocha ate, Makoto wiped down his window, muttering curses to himself. Yeah, he probably should have gotten his kitten neutered a while ago, but he couldn't afford it right now. Plus midterms were right around the corner. He had been saving up, and during spring break when he was working, he could collect enough money to get Kabocha fixed and he'd never have to deal with this again.

-xxx-

The next morning, Rin stumbled out into the living room, muffling his yawn behind his hand.

"Ichigo, breakfast," he called, looking around for the little black kitten. "Ichigo?"

The cat in question let out a meow, squeezing her way into the living room through the slightly cracked balcony door. She trotted over to Rin, rubbing against his legs affectionately. Rin stared down at her.

"...Are you fucking kidding me?"

HELLO ANOTHER MULTI-CHAPTER FIC YES HELLO

It's MAKORIN! Why? I'm not sure. When I thought of the plot, I thought it would suit the two of them best. Plus I had been looking at fanart of them and was like "aww baww aww cute why so cute whyyyy"

SO! I really need your guy's support for this one! There are still a few kinks I need to work out plot wise, but other than that, feel free to be as critical as you'd like! Since I've been out of the writing game for a while, I feel as if I'm still a bit rusty.

So PLEEEEASE let me know what you think!

Also, Ichigo means strawberry in Japanese, and Kabocha means pumpkin. WHY DID I NAME THE CATS STRAWBERRY AND PUMPKIN? If I knew, I would tell you. (Part of me feels I named Rin's black cat Ichigo because I was subconsciously thinking about Tokyo Mew Mew. HURR DURR.)

Please review! I'd really appreciate it (: