I feel like it should be an orange tabby or maybe a Red/Cream Siamese/Balinese mix.

I’m not going to get in your way here so totally agree. (That said if it was a black non-boots cat may open up some possibilities? We had a black cat NYC rescue when we were kids called DJ Catwinkle. The Deej never failed to plop down across and ruin any board game. That sociable).