watched him quietly from a safe distance, he knew it was the other's birthday soon. He had a gift in his hands and like every other year he

probably wasn't going to end up giving it to him.

was oblivious to the fact that he was being watched. He smiled to himself as a small kitten pounced over to him and tackled the flower.

continued to watch him quietly, well the other did have one attractive quality. Just one though.

pulled the flower away and trailed it in the air for the kitten to chase around. Unfortunately after a few passing moments more cats_

appeared to chase the flower. He sighed and put the flower down. Having so many cats around made things difficult at times.

frowned a bit as he watched, he sighed softly to himself before he approached him. "Greece."

tensed, and looked up from the cats. "Turkey."

stopped for a moment before he held the gift out to him, the white cat that he'd found a few days go had a big red bow around it's neck.

blinks at the cat for a few seconds before smiling at it and reaching out for him.

held it out for him to take, he loved the cat but he worked to much to be able to take care of it.

rarely worked! He happily took the cat, surprised by the gift. "Thank you…"

nods a bit, "you're welcome. Happy Birthday."

notices that the cat seems trying to reach out towards Sadiq. "… Would you like to sit?"

looks up at him for a moment as he considered that. "I... shouldn't."

won't press it. He looks back at the cat and strokes under his chin.

rubbed the back of his head a bit before. "Would you like to go out for coffee and cake? My treat. The other half of your gift." To make up

for the other years he had... not given a gift.

looks at him cautiously. He wasn't sure what was going on, but free cake and coffee was nice, and if they went out for it the likelihood_

of poisoning was low. "Why are you giving me a gift?"

frowns at the question. "Am I not allowed to give you a gift?"

is skeptical. "You've not given one before."

nods as he watched him now. "I meant to... I always got you one... just never gave it to you."

furrows his brows with a mixture of disbelief, confusion, and frustration. "Why would you do that?"

shrugs with that. "I've always just figured you wouldn't accept them even if I did try to give them too."

"Oh…" He probably wouldn't have, though he was still confused as to why the Turk would have gotten him a gift in the first place. "Why would

you get me a gift?"

rolls his eyes with that. "Because when you were younger you enjoyed getting them and I liked that giving you a gift got me some peace and

quiet."

had enjoyed getting gifts when he was younger… and he still did to a certain extent. "Well… Thank you." His boss would be proud of him.

nodded a bit, "you're welcome..." he didn't know what else to say.

doesn't know what to say either, so he stands up with the cat still in his arms. "…Does it have a name?"

shakes his head at that, "ah I couldn't tell if it was a boy or girl so I've just been calling it Cat."

lifts the cat up and looks between its legs. He pushed the hair out of the way. "It's a girl."

blinks as he watches this. "Ah..."

"If they have nothing right here they are female." He explained, motioning to the spot where he had moved the hair.

nods at that, "got it, you don't need to explain."

frowns. He had only been telling him so that in the future he could know the gender of random cats he found.

understood it well enough, though he doubted he would find anymore cats.

"… Would you like to name her?"

is surprised by the offer, "I still like the name Cat."

will think of the stinky old man any time he sees the cat anyway, he may as well let him name it. "Very well… Hello, Cat." He said to the_

cat as though it could understand him.

thinks he's still an annoying brat. He watched the two for a moment before he turned away.

turned back to him. "When are we getting coffee?"

paused for a moment, "how about right now?"

nods. "I'll put Cat inside the house."

will wait patiently outside then. "Alright."

walks in to the house and sets Cat down on his bed. He grabbed a light jacket and his keys and walked back outside.

was waiting outside for him, wondering why he was doing all of this.

glances at the Turk, trying to keep as friendly of a face up. So long as he didn't start acting like a jerk he could tolerate the company.

wasn't planning on acting like a jerk, he didn't even know what he did to piss of the other half the time.

finds his existence enough to be a constant memory of painful past experiences.

thinks he treated him fairly decently back then. >>

thinks his idea of 'decent' may be off. "Let's go."

doesn't think so at all, he'd like to know what he did that was so horrible. "Right."

doesn't want to talk about it, so he would make random conversation. "How is your boss?"

shrugs as he started walking. "Fine. Greece, do tell me what I did to you to make you hate me so much."

frowns tensely. He hadn't wanted this topic. "What didn't you do?"

tucks his hands in his pockets. "I really don't know, I gave you the best education, I gave into a lot of your wants."

scowls. "Millions of my people died on account of you and your boss. Most of my people lived in poverty due to heavy taxation, and the_

majority of them couldn't even *read* because of your rule."

winced a bit at that, he had been a bit of a tyrant... "I apologize for that, I was... completely different then."

narrows his eyes. "Were you?"

nods with that, "I had power. My bosses of that time had worked to build a great empire. Fear was something I... my people used to their

advantage."

didn't doubt that. "You think you've changed?"

shrugs a bit, "I don't have power anymore. I'm not the same person I was then. At least, I'm not cruel anymore."

"That may be true," he sighed reluctantly. He didn't like admitting that the Turk may not be evil. "You still smell bad and need to shave."

glares at him with that. "I do not smell bad and I keep it clean and trimmed."

shrugs. "You look like you have a bush on your face."

is tempted to smack him for that, "I do not."

hums quietly, "You do, too. It's no wonder why Japan likes me more."

is really irked by that now, "he does not like you more."

shrugs. "He does; So does female Japan."

stops with that. "You know what, I tried." He turned away with that and headed back towards his place.

huffs and starts back towards his house. "You didn't try very hard."

stops and looks over at him, "I'm not the one who's bringing up things like the Japans."

"I didn't realize it was such a touchy subject for you." He shrugged.

scoffed at that, "I'm sure you didn't. You live to get under my skin."

"Not as much as you do mine."

glared at him, "you always know how to ruin everything."

scoffs, "I don't ruin anything."

ignores that as he went home.

huffs and goes home to make his own coffee. At least now he had another cute cat to keep him company.