Chapter 1

"Brake Way, It's not my style…" the radio blared, waking up the residents of the dorm room.

"Odd! It's Sunday! Turn that stupid thing off!" Ulrich yelled, putting his head under his pillow. The music continued, blaring the English track of S'envoler. "Odd!"

Ulrich sat up, looking over to his friend's bed to find him still asleep, sprawled through his bed. "If you want something done, you've got to do it yourself." Ulrich said, getting out of his bed, rubbing his eyes with his hands.

He walked over to Odd's desk, almost tripping on something. Ulrich pressed the Off button and looked down, only to freeze.

"Uh, Odd, did you bring someone home?" Ulrich asked, looking at the boy laying on the floor, butt naked. He noticed how his hair was the same crème color as Kiwi's fur.

"What, no." Odd said, sitting up. "I crashed early, remember?"

"Than who is he?" Ulrich asked, getting Odd to stand up.

"Not a clue." Odd said. He knelt down next to the boy who was sound asleep, curled up in a ball. "Excuse me! Wake up!" Odd shook the boy's shoulder to get him to wake up.

"Huh?" the boy asked as he sat up. He looked at Odd and Ulrich and smiled, sticking out his tongue. "Morning Odd, Morning Ulrich. Sorry about your bed last night." The boy said, looking at the two, Ulrich standing and Odd balancing close to the floor.

"What? How do you know our names?" Ulrich asked, crossing his arms over his chest.

"And who are you?" Odd asked, trying not to look down.

"I'm Kiwi. I'm glad you can finally understand me." Kiwi said, using his foot to scratch his ear. Kiwi put his foot down and looked at Odd, questioningly. "How can you understand me? Normally I have to bark my head off to get you to let me out."

"Uh, here." Ulrich said, grabbing a mirror off of his desk and held it in front of Kiwi's face.

"Who's that!?" Kiwi asked, started by how the person in the mirror copied his movements.

"That's you." Odd said. "I think, after Jérémie separated us, something messed up."

"You think?" Kiwi said, sounding like a duh moment. "Hey, any chance you could let me out?"

"OH no!" Ulrich said, shaking his head as he dropped his arms. He pointed at the dog and continued. "You're a human. That means you have to use the restroom."

"And you have to get some clothes on first." Odd said, standing up. He held out his hand and said, "You got to stand up."

Kiwi grabbed Odd's hand, surprise went through-out his face as he realized he had thumbs.

Odd helped his dog get onto his feet to find out that Kiwi was about the same size and height that he was.

Kiwi let go of Odd's hand, finding it easier than expected to balance. He walked around the room, getting used to the feeling. "You guys have it made. I've never been this high on my own before." Kiwi said, smiling.

"Here's some clothes." Odd said, handing his dog the bundle in his arms.

"Why do you wear clothes?" Kiwi asked, dropping the pile on Odd's bed.

"Because we don't have fur." Ulrich explained, pulling on his pants.

"Just put it on." Odd said, getting out of his maroon night tee. "If we hurry, we can get breakfast."

"Will you bring me back some?" Kiwi asked, looking over at Odd from trying to put on his boxers.

"You can come if you can put your clothes on." Ulrich said, sitting down so he could put his shoes on.

"Really?" Kiwi asked, surprised. He did as he had seen Odd do all his life and pulled his boxers on. He bent down and grabbed Odd's old pair of jeans.

"Uh, Kiwi, you've put your shorts on backwards." Ulrich said, sad he glanced up as Kiwi had bent down.

Kiwi turned his head and asked, "What do you mean?"

Odd looked at Kiwi and smiled in amusement. "The hole's supposed to be in the front."

Kiwi looked down and pulled them off. He turned them around and pulled them back on. Kiwi looked over towards Odd as he tried to put on his pants again, asking, "Why does the hole go in the front?"

Odd looked at Ulrich, both of their cheeks reddening. "This is going to be a long day." Odd said.