#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define all(v) v.begin(), v.end()
#define rall(v) v.rbegin(), v.rend()
#define rep(i,n) for (int i=0;i<(int)(n);i++)
#define codefor int test;scanf("%d",&test);while(test--)
#define INT(...) int __VA_ARGS__;in(__VA_ARGS__)
#define LL(...) ll __VA_ARGS__;in(__VA_ARGS__)
#define yes(ans) if(ans)printf("yes\n");else printf("no\n")
#define Yes(ans) if(ans)printf("Yes\n");else printf("No\n")
#define YES(ans) if(ans)printf("YES\n");else printf("NO\n")
#define vector1d(type,name,...) vector<type>name(__VA_ARGS__)
#define vector2d(type,name,h,...) vector<vector<type>>name(h,vector<type>(__VA_ARGS__))
#define umap unordered_map
#define uset unordered_set
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
const int MOD=1000000007;
const int MOD2=998244353;
const int INF=1<<30;
const ll INF2=(ll)1<<60;
//入力系
void scan(int& a){scanf("%d",&a);}
void scan(long long& a){scanf("%lld",&a);}
template<class T,class L>void scan(pair<T, L>& p){scan(p.first);scan(p.second);}
template<class T> void scan(T& a){cin>>a;}
template<class T> void scan(vector<T>& vec){for(auto&& it:vec)scan(it);}
void in(){}
template <class Head, class... Tail> void in(Head& head, Tail&... tail){scan(head);in(tail...);}
//出力系
void print(const int& a){printf("%d",a);}
void print(const long long& a){printf("%lld",a);}
void print(const double& a){printf("%.15lf",a);}
template<class T,class L>void print(const pair<T, L>& p){print(p.first);putchar(' ');print(p.second);}
template<class T> void print(const T& a){cout<<a;}
template<class T> void print(const vector<T>& vec){if(vec.empty())return;print(vec[0]);for(auto it=vec.begin();++it!= vec.end();){putchar(' ');print(*it);}}
void out(){putchar('\n');}
template<class T> void out(const T& t){print(t);putchar('\n');}
template <class Head, class... Tail> void out(const Head& head,const Tail&... tail){print(head);putchar(' ');out(tail...);}
//デバッグ系
template<class T> void dprint(const T& a){cerr<<a;}
template<class T> void dprint(const vector<T>& vec){if(vec.empty())return;cerr<<vec[0];for(auto it=vec.begin();++it!= vec.end();){cerr<<" "<<*it;}}
void debug(){cerr<<endl;}
template<class T> void debug(const T& t){dprint(t);cerr<<endl;}
template <class Head, class... Tail> void debug(const Head& head, const Tail&... tail){dprint(head);cerr<<" ";debug(tail...);}
ll intpow(ll a, ll b){ ll ans = 1; while(b){ if(b & 1) ans *= a; a *= a; b /= 2; } return ans; }
ll modpow(ll a, ll b, ll p){ ll ans = 1; while(b){ if(b & 1) (ans *= a) %= p; (a *= a) %= p; b /= 2; } return ans; }
ll updivide(ll a,ll b){if(a%b==0) return a/b;else return (a/b)+1;}

template<int MOD> struct Fp {
    long long val;
    constexpr Fp(long long v = 0) noexcept : val(v % MOD) {
        if (val < 0) val += MOD;
    }
    constexpr int getmod() { return MOD; }
    constexpr Fp operator - () const noexcept {
        return val ? MOD - val : 0;
    }
    constexpr Fp operator + (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) += r; }
    constexpr Fp operator - (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) -= r; }
    constexpr Fp operator * (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) *= r; }
    constexpr Fp operator / (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) /= r; }
    constexpr Fp& operator += (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        val += r.val;
        if (val >= MOD) val -= MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr Fp& operator -= (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        val -= r.val;
        if (val < 0) val += MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr Fp& operator *= (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        val = val * r.val % MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr Fp& operator /= (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        long long a = r.val, b = MOD, u = 1, v = 0;
        while (b) {
            long long t = a / b;
            a -= t * b; swap(a, b);
            u -= t * v; swap(u, v);
        }
        val = val * u % MOD;
        if (val < 0) val += MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr bool operator == (const Fp& r) const noexcept {
        return this->val == r.val;
    }
    constexpr bool operator != (const Fp& r) const noexcept {
        return this->val != r.val;
    }
    friend constexpr ostream& operator << (ostream &os, const Fp<MOD>& x) noexcept {
        return os << x.val;
    }
    friend constexpr Fp<MOD> modpow(const Fp<MOD> &a, long long n) noexcept {
        if (n == 0) return 1;
        auto t = modpow(a, n / 2);
        t = t * t;
        if (n & 1) t = t * a;
        return t;
    }
};

using mint = Fp<MOD>;

int main(){
    INT(n);
    vector2d(char,s,2,n);
    in(s);
    vector<ll> dp;
    for(int i=0;i<n;){
        if(s[0][i]==s[1][i]){
            if(i-1>=0&&s[0][i-1]==s[1][i-1])dp.push_back(2);
            else if(i-1>=0&&s[0][i-1]!=s[1][i-1])dp.push_back(1);
            else dp.push_back(3);
            i++;
        }else{
            if(i==0){
                dp.push_back(3);
                dp.push_back(2);
            }else{
                if(s[0][i-1]==s[1][i-1])dp.push_back(2);
                else if(s[0][i-1]!=s[1][i-1])dp.push_back(3);
            }
            i+=2;
        }
    }
    mint ans=1;
    for(int i=0;i<dp.size();i++){
        ans*=dp[i];
    }
    out(ans);
}

Measured memory_bytes: 3660