There's a maine coon that's been prowling around Fuuta's neighborhood.
A sandy brown one with fur that has not a knot or mat in sight, fluffy strands giving its body beautiful volume. It looks elegant, powerful as it prowls around the streets, a miniature lion carrying its head up high. It patrols the around the nearby houses relaxed but aware of its surrounding, its copper eyes sharp and filled with an unnatural level of intelligence as it surveys the area.
It's big, intimidating cat even considering the breed but not aggressive in anyway. In fact, Fuuta knows the cat to be friendly, especially with their own cat, Natsu.
Natsu became Fuuta's responsibility after their brother moved overseas for work, and though they adore her with all their heart, they're pretty sure she's the wimpiest cat in the world. The sweetest thing ever, but a giant coward all the same.
She's a tiny orange tabby with big brown eyes that likes to cuddle and nap and hide in hampers. Her fur is also voluminous, but with her large eyes and the way the strands flare out wildly, she looks more like Kuriboh than an elegant lion. An awkward, frumpy looking thing, she cowers at everything. Fuuta's seen her take off running when a bird flapped its wings a little too close to her.
Though Natsu is nothing impressive, the maine coon seems to have taken a liking to her. It drops into their yard every day to spend the morning with her, letting out a gentle mewl upon arrival so she isn't spooked when it comes to nuzzle against her. Together they'll catch butterflies (usually ending with Natsu tumbling face first into the grass) and lay in the sun's warmth, their tails intertwining as they lay pressed together until one of the kids (usually Fuuta) called Natsu back inside on their way to school.
Fuuta's younger siblings, Lambo and I-Pin, adored watching this love grow, cooing every time the maine coon appeared in their yard. They even asked about giving the cat a place to stay at their home, but Fuuta couldn't allow that. They weren't sure of the cat's sex or if Natsu was spayed (their older brother didn't seem like the type to think about that), so they didn't want to risk having to deal with kittens. Knowing their luck, their siblings or they themself would get attached and they'd end up with a few too many pets.
Imagine the dread they feel when they begin to notice Natsu's stomach swelling up after Lambo forgot to bring her back in when he was late for school one day.
The kittens are adorable and have the softest fur and the sweetest little squeals the Sawada siblings have ever heard. They are all immediately enamoured by the tiny creatures and Fuuta is losing their mind because there's six of them and how on earth are they going to take care of six kittens? When Lambo and I-Pin beg them to let them show the kittens to their father, they decide to put off thinking about it until they can talk to their mother of brother about it (their mother on honeymoon with their father) and prepares to supervise this meeting.
Fuuta is a little worried when the maine coon hops up onto their fence from the neighbor's yard, right on time for his daily date with Natsu. Natsu and the kittens lay on a pile of soft blankets inside their living room just beyond the open sliding door leading into their yard, tiny and weak and vulnerable if the father decides to reject them. Fuuta motions for Lambo and I-Pin (sitting in a corner farther away from the action) to stay completely still as the cat drops down from the stone fence and walks right into their home as if he owns the place.
Natsu lifts her head slightly in acknowledgement and he gently butts their foreheads together, allowing Fuuta to release a breath they hadn't realized they were holding in.
Then the cat turns to the kittens and Fuuta's heart stills once more.
Copper eyes scan the little balls of fur. His head dips down to take in their scent. He pauses.
Then he starts giving each of them gentle kisses.
Lambo and I-Pin coo from their corner, pulling each other into a tight embrace as they tear up over the scene. Fuuta lets a smile spread across their face upon seeing it, warmth filling their chest.
And then the cat ruins it all by abruptly turning around and walking straight out the house, suddenly not wanting to spend a second more with his kittens. Fuuta's jaw drops as he climbs onto the fence and drops into the neighbor's yard without sparing another glance back.
"Deadbeat!" they shout after him without thinking, offended on Natsu's behalf as she's just lying in her blankets, not realizing her and her children have been abandoned.
Lambo and I-Pin, coming down from their initial shock, lose their minds laughing at their outburst, making Fuuta's cheeks and ears burn.
The next day Fuuta stumbles on their way out the front door, their foot fumbling over something that isn't supposed to be there. They take a few steps forward and manage to catch themself before they can spill face first onto the pavement. After they're steady, they whip around to see what tripped them, ready to kill Lambo if it's yet another online purchase.
Their temper is quickly extinguished when they see two bags of dry cat food, one specifically for kittens.
They walk up to inspect them and notice a note taped to one of the bags. It was a note composed of two simple words:
Child support.
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