Title: Cats

Pairing: Greece + Japan

Rating: K+

It was Greece-kun's birthday, and Japan had no idea what to get for him. It should have been easy, all things considered. Greece-kun liked three things: Cats, sleeping, and sleeping with sleeping cats. All Japan really had to was put on a pair of cat ears and he would be golden.

But, somehow he felt that that would be really impersonal, and while Japan was not overly affectionate in public, he was affectionate enough to want to buy Greece-kun, his... almost-not-quite-something a nice birthday present.

And so that was why, one rainy spring morning when the cherry blossoms were too cold to come out, Japan set out on a journey across the world to look for the perfect cat.

He started first in his own country, dissecting each street of each city, town, and village, trying to find it. He didn't know exactly what it was, but he knew that when he saw it he would know, he would be able to feel it. Japan had never thought of himself as particularly romantic, but he couldn't deny that there was a part of him that believed that his heart really could lead him to all he desired, whether it was a cat, the perfect manga, or just a place to rest after a long, long day.

Once he had been through all of Japan, he moved on to China. After that came the various other Asian countries, and then Australia, where he says a quick hello to Bruce and his boss, then all the little and not-so-little islands surrounding Australia. After that was Africa, though it's ruggedness scared him, as did its cats. Really, cats shouldn't be that big.

Next came Europe. He enjoyed visiting his friend England-san, and he tried to ignore the fact that America-san was there as well, and that they had both came out of England-san's room with their hair all mussed, clothes just slightly askew. He sat down for a cup of tea and explained to them what he was doing, and exactly why he couldn't play video games with America-san, and then left to search around England. And then France, though he avoided France-san, as we'll call him for clarity. He didn't like being alone with him after hearing the rumors about what France-san had tried to force England-san to do...

After France he went to Germany, both North and South Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Liechtenstein, and all those other countries, even Russia, though he gave him the creeps. Sadly, he didn't find any cats in any of those places, so he went first to his friend Canada-kun's house, who helped him look, and then America, Mexico, and all of South America.

Finally, the only country he hadn't checked was Greece.

He went back to his home to think over a cup of herbal tea. He didn't know what to do now. Should he go to Greece? Or should he go somewhere else? But he'd been everywhere! There was nowhere left for him to go but Greece! But how would he enter without Greece-san's knowing? He... he would go under cover! Yes! It was perfect! Greece-san would never know that it was him!

And so began operation Invade Greece-san.

And yes, the name sounds like it could be misread as perverted, but whatever, Japan wasn't going to sweat the small stuff, not when he had a cat to find!

Greece was sitting in one of his mother's ruins, watching cats frolicking around in the stones like it was nothing, when his phone beeped. It only ever beeped when Japan was... um, arriving (not entering)... and so he looked at the message he had been sent. It was a life feed to one of his few security cameras. It showed Japan, possibly trying to go incognito, walking through one of his security measures in one of his airports. It seemed as if he was trying to pass as a normal human, but he had come to Greece so often that the security guards knew his face all too well.

He walked out of the airport and into the sunlight. As soon as the light hit his face he pulled a large, floppy sunhat out of his bag and stuck it on. It was still spring in his own country, Greece knew, and it was much to bright here for him at the moment.

Greece got slowly to his feet, dusted himself off, and then began walking to where Japan had been. If his friend-ish-person was sneaking around inside him-ah, his country, he was going to be following him around to see just what he was doing.

Japan was feeling pretty proud of himself. Not only had he managed sneak into the country of Greece, but he had done it without Greece-san noticing him, and he just knew that he would find the perfect cat for Greece-san here.

First he went to Greece-san's mother's ruins, because he knew that there were usually a lot of cats there. There were a lot of them today as well, but none of them were the right one, and so he left again. He wandered through the countless streets of all the cities in Greece. He saw families going out to eat together, laughing and talking and having a good time. He saw people break up, people get together, people say goodbye, people say hello, and all sorts of things. The one thing he did not see, though, was what he was looking for: the perfect cat.

He sat down on a low wall on some street of some city in Greece. He looked down at the ground beneath his feet, feeling frustrated. Why couldn't he find the cat? It had to be here! He had looked everywhere else! It just had to be here.

"Mew."

He felt like moaning. He knew what he would have to do: he would go looking all over the world again. it would another day or so, and the birthday present might be a bit late, but-

"Meeew."

His head jerked up.

"Mew mew."

He turned to look behind him.

"Me-OW."

Sitting behind him, just a few inches away, was the perfect cat: pure black eyes cute expression, black on top and white on the bottom, including its face. It also had a cute little tail that looked like a little ball.

He slowly, carefully reached out a hand. The cat looked at him as if it had no idea what he was doing. "Come here, Neko-san," he said softly. "I won't hurt you..." The cat slowly, daintily picked it's way towards him, carefully making sure not to step on any pebbles, and hopped onto the small wall beside him. It sat down at cocked its head curiously at him, as if wondering what he wanted from it. He slowly reached out a hand and gently fondled it's ears.

"Meow," it said. I began purring as he scratched under its chin.

"You're perfect." Japan said softly. "Now I just have to find Greece-san."

He picked up the cat, cradling it in his arms, and began to walk towards Greece-san's mother's ruins.

It took Greece a moment to realize that Japan had found what he was looking for and was beginning to walk back to Greece's usual haunt, his mother's ruins. He ran back there as fast as he could, ducking around normal humans and cars and trying not to get run over. He knew he wouldn't die even if he got thrown halfway across the world, but it would still hurt.

He finally managed to reach the ruins after about ten minutes of running, pretty good, considering he went halfway across the country of Greece. He sat on a piece of rubble, trying to slow his breathing down to normal before Japan came. It couldn't be too long.

A couple minutes later, he heard soft footsteps coming up behind him. He turned to see Japan carefully edging his way through the rubble, cradling a black-and-white cat in his arms as he walked. Greece felt a rush of affection for his possibly-more-than friend. He kind of wanted to hug him, but he knew that the Japanese man would freak out if he did.

"Japan," he greeted, smiling slightly at him.

"Hello," Japan said back. He looked nervously down at the cat he was holding. "I, um, got you a present for you birthday," he explained, coming to sit down next to Greece.

"What did you get?" Greece asked, sincerely wondering. Why was he holding a cat?

Japan awkwardly held out the cat, blushing. "I-I got you this cat." he said.

Greece took the cat, feeling touched. "Thank you, Japan." Japan looked up at him expectantly, and Greece wondered what he wanted before remembering that Japan expected him to name the cat. "I think I'll name it." He said decisively. He picked up the cat and held it up to his face so that he could look it in the eyes. "Your name, from this moment one, will be... Japan- cat!" he told the cat. He set it back down on his lap, feeling very pleased with himself.

"Japan-cat?" Japan asked, feeling embarrassed. "Why did you name it that?"

Greece looked at him, feeling a little bit confused. "Because he reminds me of you. Look at how cute he is." His heart quickened as Japan blushed adorably.

"O-oh," Japan said. "I understand now." Greece was pretty sure he didn't really.

Japan stayed there with him for a while, and as the sun set before them, he wondered if he should tell Japan that he'd had this cat for quite a while already...

A/N Okay, so the suggesting a story thing works like this: You review, give me a prompt, a pairing, a rating and a general genre and then I have to write a oneshot about it. Sound cool? Cool. Then give me a story! :)