🐾 𝑨𝑹𝑬 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑳𝑳𝒀 𝑪𝑨𝑻𝑺?

Taking the two cats into the house was purely accidental. I found them on a rainy night in the pilotis parking lot of the two-room apartment where I live alone, and I remembered hearing that kittens can't regulate their body temperature, so even on a summer night, they can die of hypothermia if they get soaked in the rain.

A large fellow with black fur and mint eyes, and a slender one with a pretty mix of calico fur.

The first few days were a blur. Raising cats was more work than I thought. But I adapted quickly. No, rather, we got along so well that I couldn't even remember when they weren't around.

Before long, Guest thought of a practical problem.

The vet.

They needed vaccinations and health checkups. And since they were both male, eventually—

"Should I get them neutered?!"

It was at that moment.

The mint eyes of the black cat dozing on the sofa snapped open. The calico cat, who had been wagging its tail by the window, also froze. Guest continued talking to themselves while looking down at their phone.

"Should I do it after the vaccinations? Or is it okay to start with the neutering?"

Silence. It was an unnervingly perfect silence.

Guest looked up.

The black cat and the calico cat were looking at each other. As if they were having a conversation.

"...What?"

Two pairs of eyes turned to Guest at the same time.

"Don't tell me you understand the word 'neutering'? Puhaha, how cute."