I Almost Said I Love You-Chapter 81

As usual, the pup was trying to wake his mommy and daddy up in the usual fasion, whimpering and crying up at them, unable to get at them at the top bunk.

Klepta: *he was sleeping at another bottom bunk n heard the pup, in which he got up n put the pup outside instead of the toilet like Thrax does, leaving the door open just a little bit so tht Ness can come in*

Chico: *woke up to find her puppy friend was gone n started mewing for him*

Nessie did what he had to do and sniffed around a little, rolling around in the grass. Though, hearing the mewing, he sat up instantly, whimpering and bounding back into the van and rushing to Chico, looking almost panicked as he ran back and forth before jumping on the couch and licking at her.

Chico: *calmed dwn once Nessie was bk n purred, nuzzled noses with him*

Twins: *yawned as they got up, Rodeo first before Rouge*

Rodeo: Chico-chan. Breakfast time desu~

Chico: *mewled n went to her Mommy, circling n rubbing herself against his ankle like all cats do*

Nessie blinked before panting and following after her, keeping close to his new friend before sitting in front of Rodeo, his tongue hanging out as his tail wagged at the mention of Breakfast. He was hoping he could get some, too.

Rodeo: Hai, hai. I'll make some for u too, inu-chan *took out the dog food n poured into the dog bowl tht Oz bought n gave it to Nessie, then softened up some cereal with warm milk to give to Chico, since she's still too young for solid food*

Chico: *sniffed at the milk n cereal for a while before digging in, enjoying her first breakfast outside of the pet store*

Nessie yapped happily, his tail wagging as he watched the virus get him some food, licking his leg before he bound to the food. He sniffed at it and tilted his head. It wasn't like the food his mommy and daddy usually gave him. He pawed at the bowl before eating some, coughing and whining as he nudged the bowl away.

Rodeo: A-ra? Oeshi ja nai ka? (isnt it not tasty)Ur Mommy got this for u, u knw. He'd be upset if u dont eat it *made himself some coffee*

Rouge: Hai, hai. U've been eating too much ppl food ne. Bout time u eat something of ur own

Nessie looked up and lowered his ears, whining out and whimpering. Looking down at the food again, tilting his head before pouting and starting to eat the food.

Rouge: Sa, I'll try n get ur Oka-san to get better food, ne? Yakusoku desu (it's a promise) *pets the pup's head*

Rodeo: *giggled at the way Chico was enjoying her breakfast*

Nessie whined and huffed, eating up the dog food, missing the food his mommy and daddy ate. Blinking, he looked over at the kitten, sniffing her food and pouting more. Her food smelled nicer!

Chico: *finished her food n nuzzled at Rodeo's feet, in which Rodeo picked her up n nuzzled her*

Rodeo: Ku~! Kawaii ne~! *cuddles her close*

Nessie blinked and huffed, yapping when his friend was taken from him, leaving his food since he didn't want to eat the dog food.

Rouge: *sees Nessie's reaction* Moh~! Arent u the jealous little mutt, ne, inu-chan? U hv to remember Chico-chan is ours, ne~! *giggles*

Klepta: *has already woken up n was reading some tab magazine he brought along frm dog city* Dont tease the mutt, Rouge. He saw her first, dont forget

Rodeo: Dont care. Chico-chan is ours now, ne, Chico-chan~?

Chico: *mewled n nuzzled in Rodeo's chest, glad to finally hv a Mommy*

Nessie watched them, his ears and tail hanging as he whimpered before he sulked off and hid under the buck beds, curling up in the corner.

Ozzy groaned and stirred a little, yawning out and rolling over, his arm falling out of the curtain as he groaned.

Thrax: *stirred a little as well, as his hand automatically brought Oz's hand tht stuck out of the curtain inside*

Klepta: *saw tht n chuckled, returning to his magazine*

Ozzy whined and wriggled around, snoring softly before his arm fell out from the curtain again. "Nnngh..." he groaned, starting to stir before his eyes fluttered open, looking a little confused as he rubbed his eye lightly.

Twins: *pulled the curtains open before the cell could make sense of things* OHAYOGOZAIMASU~!!!

Thrax: *was jolted awake* Fuck!! Wht the Frank?!

Ozzy's eyes widened as his vision blurred, looking like all sense had been knocked out of him as he fell out of the bed, crashing to the ground with a low groan, only wearing a large shirt that just covered the cells private area.

Twins: *sees him in tht delicious display n smacked his butt* Suge eroii ne~!

Thrax: *saw it n grabbed them both by the hair n bonked them against each other* Assholes!

Twins: Itaii~!! @_@

Ozzy yelped out, bucking in surprise and whining, tugging his shirt down, aching from last night as he curled up tightly, yawning before ending up falling back asleep like that.

Klepta: *surprised to see Oz just KO-ed like tht n chuckled* Man, u gave him another number now, didnt ya?

Thrax: I would say the same thing abt u three *carries Oz n lay him on the lower bunk n tucked him in* Where's the mutt?

Klepta: Under the bunk bed, sulking

Ozzy whined and turned over and pushed his thumb into his mouth, suckling on it lightly as he slept. In a matter of moments of the cell moving around, he was tangled up in the blankets.

Thrax: *chuckles as he kissed the cell's forehead before going on all fours to look for the pup*

Nessie had his back to them, curled up in the corner. His ear twitched as he heard Thrax move, but he didn't look at him, still sulking.

Thrax: *shook his head n reached ovr to drag the pup out before cradling him under his arms* Yo, mutt. Why the long face, huh?

Nessie blinked and whimpered, gripping onto the floor to try and stop the virus pulling him out. When he was pulled into his arms, he flopped limply, not looking at the virus as he whimpered softly.

Klepta: Ol' mutt is jealous tht Chico is not his friend anymore

Thrax: Is tht all? *chuckles* Man, ur just like ur Mommy. U cant blame them for hogging tht cat. They're just behaving like ur Mommy dotes on u. U knw it better than anyone else

Nessie whimpered when he heard the name 'Chico', his ears lowering to his head. He missed his friend, he found her first! It wasn't fair.

Thrax: *rolled his eyes* Alright, mutt, listen. How bout this: I promise u the nxt time u go jumping into a pet store, u get to keep wht u find. Deal?

Nessie's perked up for a moment but just hung his head again and whimpered. Acting more child like. Ozzy groaned and soon woke up to the sound of the pup's whimpering. "Mmm... shh baby... mommy's here..." he mumbled sleepily, rubbing his eye.

Thrax: *heard the cell say tht n chuckled before putting him in Oz's arms* There, go sulk the rest of ur mood off with Mommy. Daddy's got work to do

Twins: Oh? Korosu jikan ka? (killing time)

Klepta: Sounds like it *cracked his knuckles*

Ozzy yawned and wrapped his arms around the snuggling puppy, kissing his head before curling around him as he rubbed his belly. "Mmm... good boy..."

Thrax: I'll go scout abt the area for an opportune moment. Either of u can stay n watch ovr Oz while I'm gone, bt no monkey business

Klepta: I'll stay. I need to make some repairs on this van anyways

Twins: Sa, take care of Chico-chan for me, ne~? *passed the kitten to Klepta before heading out with Thrax to scout the area*

Ozzy awoke properly when Thrax had left, whimpering and yawning as he walked out of the bed area, holding down the front of the shirt. "Mmghh..." he groaned, his stomach growling with hunger as Nessie followed behind him, still looking sad.

Klepta: *was at the front of the van with the hood up, making repairs n maybe some modification into it*

Ozzy yawned and peeked out the window, shrugging before moving to the kitchen area, holding down the shirt as he leaned up, looking through the cupboards for food.

Chico: *got bored of watching Klepta fixing the van n went bk in, purring n rubbing against Oz's ankles before doing the same to Ness*

Ozzy blinked in surprise and looked down, smiling some. "Mmm... hey kitty." he said softly, reaching down to scritch her before getting out some ceral. Nessie looked to the kitten and huffed before sitting down, his legs spreading out on either side of him, still sulking.

Chico: *being innocent, doesnt knw tht Nessie is sulking n lay on top of Nessie, making them both look like an X*

Ozzy looked down at them, laughing and shaking his head as he poured himself some ceral and milk and sat down at the table to eat, turning on cartoons on the t.v.

Klepta: *finishing his repairs n came inside to take a shower, then saw Oz up* Ah, rise n shine, doll

Ozzy blinked and looked up, holding the shirt down though his butt was nearly showing. He wrinkled his nose as he looked him over. "What happened to you?"

Klepta: Heh, just being a bit busy with repairs n modification. U'd want a trailer van to last the journey while we're on the road now, dont we? Saves so much on hotel bills. I gotta go get a shower *turns before looking bk at him* N u might wanna put some pants on *chuckled as he went into the bathroom*

Ozzy blinked and flushed, pouting before blowing raspberries at him. "Maybe I don't want to!" he called out, flushing and going back to his ceral. The virus shouldn't of been looking anyway!

Klepta: *showered to wash off all the grime n grease, washing his hair at the same time. Once he was done, he came out with just the towel, n it reli showed tht he had almost the same sexy physique Thrax had*

Ozzy looked up from his soggy ceral when Klepta came out, his cheeks heating up as his body glowed slightly when he saw the virus' body, shyly looking over him, unable to stop himself from admiring how good the virus actually looked. He caught himself staring and snapped out of it, quickly looking down at his ceral and ate silently.

Klepta: *noticed him being watched n smirked* Take a picture, doll, it'll last longer *laughed as he took a set of change clothes*

Ozzy choked on his ceral and flushed more, glaring up at him. "Get better looking and maybe I will!" he huffed at him pouting and pushing his ceral away, sitting back on the seat and looking back to the cartoons.

Klepta: *changed his clothes n started towel-drying his hair. He could pass off as Thrax's twin, if it werent for the fact tht he had vry dark green skin n blonde hair tht reached past his butt, n unlike Thrax's eyes, they were like snake-eyes the colour of blood-red*

Ozzy looked up when Klepta came back out, flushing deeply and squirming around, his eyes widening when he saw how long his hair was. "... Wow..." he mumbled, shuffling around.

Klepta: *heard him n smirked* Like it? Been keeping this hair for quite a long while now, although if it gets too long, I'll cut it till it reaches just past my shoulders

Ozzy blinked in surprise before he shook his head, pouting a little. "Don't... don't cut it, it... it's nice like that. You suit long hair..." he said, shuffling around on his seat.

Klepta: Yeah well, I still hv to make sure it's managable. Thanks anyway. Besides, my hair grows vry quickly *looks in the mirror to make sure his hair was dry, then smiled sadly* Heh. This is the only thing I've inherited frm my real dad tht still stayed on me *ran his claws against his dark-green skin*

Ozzy blinked and frowned some. "You're dad had the green skin?" he asked softly, crossing his legs on the seat. "Well, you should be proud of it then! So... who was your dad, if you don't mind me asking?"

Klepta: *turns to him* Frm wht I heard frm Thrax, I thought ur a mind reader. This dark green skin is frm Pops, our real dad tht's married to Big Mama, not the dad tht raised me

Ozzy pouted a little. "Ugh, that's annoying... it's weird... it's when I touch things... sometimes it just hits me, other times I have to concentrate..." the cell said, grumbling a little before blinking. "Ah, it's all so complicated~" he whined, pouting a little at the virus. There were so many people to remember, he felt like his head would explode.

Klepta: *chuckles* Tht's wht I meant by me having the trait tht still stayed on me, while my other physical parts hv adapted to the new family I was raised. Blonde hair n eyes, both r frm the mother tht raised me

Ozzy blinked a few times. "I thought that was a little odd and why I didn't recognise you... from your letter, I got a vision of you, it was blurry, but you looked different." he mumbled, rubbing his head and pouting.

Klepta: Heh, yeah. U can say I was born the exact copy of my dad wen I was in the Roja family. Obvious traits for a firstborn. My hair used to be black n I got the same eyes as Thrax does, bt aftr being raised by the Rabies family, I somehow changed without knwing, bt the skin colour is still the strongest gene still hanging on

"Well, if it makes you feel any better... you still look really good. Uh... well... I mean... you know, nice and... um..." Ozzy stuttered, flushing a little and rubbing the back of his neck. "Th-there's nothing wrong with how you look?"

Klepta: *chuckles* Thanks. I appreciate tht. Did u knw the twins hv the same skin n hair colour like Thrax, courtesy of Big Mama's genes?

Ozzy blinked in surprise. "Really? Wow... they sure did change alot... too bad they didn't get rid of that spazziness with it..." he grumbled, resting his chin on his hand as he watched the other virus.

Klepta: Yeah, Japanese enciphalitis r usually born albinos, so their traits changed accordingly *chuckles* I told u, it's their defense mechanism. They'll laugh away any pain they felt to forget abt them. The last time I hv evr heard them cry was the day they turned one. They've been spaztic ever since

Ozzy sighed softly and rubbed the side of his face. "Maybe they just need to... cry again, you know holding it in isn't good... even for viruses..." he mumbled, pouting a little, absently glancing to the t.v.

Klepta: Yeah, I guess so. I myself dont evn remember the last time I had a hearty cry *chuckles* Bt I cant cry. Not now. I'm the big brother. I'm supposed to look out for u guys, huh

"So? Even the big brother has to cry sometime... you can't always be the strong one... sometimes... sometimes it's nice to have someone to look after you..." Ozzy mumbled, drawing patterns on the table as he smiled at the male. "If you ever want a shoulder to cry on, I'm here."

Klepta: *smiled at him, then reached ovr n hugged him close to his chest* Thanks, Oz. Ur such a doll

Ozzy blinked in surprise, flushing a little before his arms slowly wrapped around the virus, hugging him back. "Well... family sticks together, right?"

Klepta: Yeah, totally. In fact, I... *hears a sort of desperate bt slow banging on the door* Wht the...?

Ozzy jumped at the creepying banging, clinging onto the virus more and gulped a little. "Thrax and the twins would of just come in..." he mumbled, worried about who it was.

Klepta: Stay here with the pets *went ovr to answer the door, brandishing his claws. Unlike Thrax who had a killer claw, Klepta's claws were like emitting plasma-like energy tht crackled like electricity*

Ozzy gulped and shuffled back, picking up the puppy and kitten as he kept back, moving to hide behind the couch with them, watching curiously, worried for the virus.