"You think we need streamers?"

"Of course we need streamers, Amanda. What kind of party doesn't have streamers?" Akko pointed to a powder blue role of streamers that was just out of her reach, and Amanda handed it to her with ease.

The two girls had a plan for a one month anniversary surprise party for Pumpkin. It was going to be great – balloons, streamers, cake, and cat food galore. The idea was mostly Amanda's, but she chose to let Akko run with it since she was a lot better at party planning. Nevertheless, Akko made sure that the others knew it was her wonderful, terrific, adorable girlfriend that came up with the idea. And Amanda was sure she'd burst with how flustered she felt.

"You know what we need?" Akko started, skipping down the aisle with her basket. "Cat ears bands!"

"Huh?" Amanda paused with her own basket, scrunching her face up at Akko. "Cat ears bands? Like from Halloween costumes?"

"Yeah, there should be some in the Halloween supplies, let's go look!" Akko snatched up Amanda's hand and yanked her along, not minding the yelp that escaped her girlfriend as they powered through crowds of grumpy mothers and excited kids. "Here we go!" Akko squealed when she spotted the accessory.

"I dunno, Akko," Amanda started, "these don't really look like Pumpkin…" She crossed her arms under her chest, scrutinizing look locked on the four different pairs of ears. One set was solid black and covered in sequins; another was orange and had tuffs of burnt orange mane sticking up. Then there was a leopard print as well as –

Akko plopped a pair of cheetah ears in Amanda's hair, giggling happily. She tucked a few strands of wild hair back and pulled others forward, grinning like crazy. "They suit you!" Akko cooed.

Amanda felt her face light up red, and she wanted to rip the ears off and hide, but she swallowed her pride and nodded for Akko's sake. "Fine…just – just get enough for everybody!"

Akko nodded and pulled off five other pairs of ears before spotting a hidden pair of ears. "Ah, look at these ones!" she squealed, snatching them up and plopping them on her head. They were flower cat ears, and Amanda thought they were adorable. The wire was shaped to look like cat ears, and then roses and daisies were wrapped around the wire like a flower crown. "What do you think?" Akko asked as she stuck silly poses.

Amanda snickered and nodded, leaning over to place a kiss on Akko's cheek. "They suit you, that's for sure."


That next day was spent decorating Akko's room for the party. They kept Pumpkin in Amanda's room so she couldn't see the party planning, which meant that they worked fast so they could get their cat.

"OK, here comes the streamers!" Akko said as she tossed the roll toward Amanda. Amanda taped it to the ceiling and they repeated with purple, orange, red, and green. They tacked up a banner that said 'CELEBRATE' to Lotte's bed, and balloons quickly filled the room in bunches. By the time they were done decorating and spreading out food, their roommates impatiently burst inside.

"Party time!" Amanda shouted, pushing past the others to get out the door. "I'll be right back with the guest of honor!" She ran to her room and found Pumpkin laying on her bed, Bowtie the Bear between her paws. "Hi, sweetie," Amanda cooed, petting the kitten gently. She scooped Pumpkin up, Bowtie and all, and slowly headed back to Akko's room. "She's here!"

"Yay!" Akko squealed, rushing over to hello to the kitten. "Welcome to your surprise party, baby!"

"Mrewww," Pumpkin wiggled until she was let down. She explored the room curiously, testing ribbon and streamers cautiously before deciding these were great toys.

"So now what?" Sucy asked. "The cat likes it, so what do we do?"

"We eat!" Akko announced. She ran over and grabbed a plate (which had the design of a tuxedo cat wearing yellow sunglasses, mind you) and started to fill it with food. The other girls followed suit, but before any of them even touched their food, Amanda dished out a whole can of wet food onto a plate and emptied a packet of broth on top. She added a candle on top and lit it, holding it out to Akko.

"You gonna blow out the candle for Pumpkin?"

"Yes!" Akko giggled and told Pumpkin to make a wish, waiting a few seconds before blowing out the candle. With that, Amanda set the plate down in front of the kitten, and they were all allowed to dig in.


"Oh, Amanda! We forgot the ears!"

"The ears!"

Quickly, Amanda and Akko scrambled to grab the bag with cat ear headbands inside, digging them out and tossing a pair at each girl. Akko fixed Amanda's pair of cheetah ears once again, meticulously rearranging Amanda's bangs. They both grinned widely at each other, and Amanda hugged Akko from the side tightly, barely allowing Akko to move enough to fish out the last thing in the bag.

"Here, Pumpkin," Akko cooed, stooping down. Pumpkin trotted over unsuspectingly with a 'prrrt!' Akko quickly arranged a party hat on the kitten's head, and Amanda grabbed the camera as fast as she could to snap several pictures of the cat. The watermelon-designed party hat was slightly big on Pumpkin, so they had to work fast to get good photos, but within a matter of a minute the hat was a new toy.

"That was perfect!" Amanda laughed, holding the camera out for Akko to take. "Awesome!" She fell to the floor and tickled the kitten's belly, rubbing her wildly to rile her up. Constanze plopped down beside Amanda, and the two made the kitten jump and run in their play.

Then, there was a knock on the door. They all froze and swallowed their laughter (save for Pumpkin) as the door opened slowly. "What is with all the noise coming from in…here…" Diana poked her head inside, and it was impossible to miss the kitten clung to Amanda's wrist. She didn't know what to say, nor was she sure what part of the whole scene was the most surprising.

"You saw nothing," Akko said. "Nothing!"

"I-"

"Don't worry about it!"

"Who-"

"Her name is Pumpkin!"

"Is that the kitten that was in the convenience store a few weeks ago?" Both Akko and Amanda nodded. What was she supposed to do? This wasn't allowed, but there didn't seem to be any harm aside from the glitter bomb that Akko had apparently set off for…whatever they were doing. However, any question of what she should do disappeared when she felt something rub against her leg.

Diana looked down and saw the little kitten staring up at her, and a soft meow escaped the kitten, which effectively melted her heart. She smiled down at the cat before crouching down and petting her on the head.

"…We have cake?" Akko offered.


"Are you two going to do that really cheesy couples thing for cake?" Lotte asked once all seven girls had their pieces.

"Which one?" Amanda asked. "Smash the cake in each other's face?"

"No!" Lotte sighed. "Locking arms and eating your cake that way!"

Amanda looked at Akko, trying not to laugh. "You want to?"

"Sure!" Akko laughed. The two turned to face each other, already laughing too hard to even pick up their pieces of cake. "OK, OK!" Akko tried to calm herself down as she picked up her piece and linked her arm with Amanda's. To say there was cake casualties would be an understatement. At least they didn't have to worry about sweeping as long as they had a curious kitten around.

"You have a little chocolate there, Akko," Amanda said with a laugh.

"Huh? Where?" Akko wiped at her cheeks and chin, and Amanda shook her head.

She leaned over and stole a kiss on the corner of Akko's mouth, sitting back with a grin. "Right there."

"Mrow!" Clearly Pumpkin's moms didn't deserve all the affection at her party!


Inspired by the birthday party my friends and I threw my cat this morning!