When Wendy Lim’s boyfriend David came home from work one rainy night, he spotted a kitten he had not seen before, and it was limping.

“There was a wound on the kitten’s leg and it looked like he had been grazed by a passing car,” she tells FMT.

“We took him in as we were worried he was lost and might get injured further if left outside.”

Wendy and David decided to keep the little tuxedo kitten in the bathroom for the night as they were boarding other animals in the house and didn’t have space.

“We were also worried about fleas,” Wendy admits.

“When we put him in the toilet, we were rather surprised that he didn’t make a sound.”

The couple took the kitten to the vet the next day and gave him a bath, before asking their neighbours if anyone had lost a cat.

“It turns out he belonged to one of our neighbours who had many cats. We asked if she wanted him back but she said no.

“We also found out that he used to hide in the storeroom, so he likes dark places, which is why he didn’t make much noise when we put him in the toilet.”

They named the kitten Hiro and slowly introduced him to their other felines. One of the others, Michi, initially did not like him, but the animal animosity did not last long.

“Hiro kept following Michi everywhere and tried to play with him. After two weeks, they bonded over a toy and started playing with each other. Their favourite thing to do together is wrestling,” Wendy shares.

Hiro turned out to be a clumsy kitty who had problems jumping around, likely owing to the injury in his leg. “He tumbled over our cat tree multiple times while playing with Michi. He did learn eventually, but it was a funny sight,” Wendy laughs.

As Hiro settled in, his personality began to emerge, and the couple discovered they had a cheeky but lovable boy on their hands.

“He’s the most interactive – he will carry his favourite mouse toy over to our friends and ask them to throw it so he can play fetch with them. Every one of our friends loves him. ”

But even as Hiro grew increasingly comfortable in the home, he continued to stay in the bathroom. “He is there by choice, we don’t lock him inside or anything,” Wendy says.

“Maybe it’s because he likes to play with water. He does this thing where he turns the bath water on at random times. He will come running to us every time we turn on the bidet.”

While this might sound like a cat’s natural curiosity, Hiro’s antics have led to some pretty wet and wild times.

“Once, he broke the shower pipe and caused a flood in the toilet when we weren’t home,” Wendy recalls. “We learnt to close our toilet doors before we leave the house since that incident!”

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