Sabastian and Simon have always been close friends. The two stray dogs enjoyed the fact that they never left each other behind. They’d be perfect together if they could just find a forever home and leave the streets behind.
Then, one day, their opportunity arrived, and they weren’t going to let it pass them by.
“My best friend bought a new home, and the very first week they moved in, a stray came up onto their porch and had kittens,” Colleen Green, Simon and Sabastian’s mom, told The Dodo. “[My sister] took them in and planned to find homes for them all. I’d go over to visit, and the little fluffy orange guy named Simon … who had such a spunk.”
Despite Green’s initial idea of possibly rescuing one cat, the clever felines had a plan of their own.
Green recalled that whenever she went to see Simon, “the shy, fluffy black one started coming up into my arms along with Simon.” “They would embrace one another and look at me with such adoration. They would move their little heads together as if they were one if I said anything.
Every time Green stopped by, the pair acted in the same way.
“I’d tell them, ‘I’m sorry, I can’t take you both,’” she said. “Yeah, that worked.”
After a few of these incidents, Green gave in and took both cats home.
Now, Green can’t imagine having only rescued one of the sweet kitties. The former strays were so close they never spent a night away from one another, and Green didn’t want to be the one to break them up.
“They were just so connected,” Green said. “I described them as night and day, complete opposites, yet they needed each other to be whole. When I had them neutered, the vet said they complained so much they had to break protocol and put them to recover in the same cage.”
Green described them as “a pretty unique duo.” It was simple to fall in love with them.
Together, Simon and Sabastian enjoyed a long and fulfilling life. The two cuddle bugs were forever thankful to have a secure home and gave each other daily hugs.
“When Simon died when he was 16 years old, I knew Sabastian wouldn’t let his brother go without him. A month later, he went away,” Green remarked. “I can tell they’re embracing wherever they are,” you say.
