May I remind you that I do not own any characters to Littlest Pet Shop. I believe Hasbro does. I've decided to start out with a Sepper story. Yeah yeah, I get it, you Vinil lovers don't like Sepper, but I'll get to a Vinil story soon. It also has a tiny bit of Vinnieling and Russinka. It might seem cheesy, but oh well. I have more stories to write too.

Love and Rain

A loud crash was heard through the pet shop, immediately sending Sunil to the little pet house. He hid in there, frightened. Yet all the other pets seemed amazed by the storm. They gathered at the window.

"Woa, it's really storming out there." Pepper said gazing at the sky.

"Woa, it looks…almost evil." Vinnie sort of laughed while crawling up the window.

"Well…the sky's certainly filled with cumulous clouds. These are unbelievable though. Hopefully it doesn't form into a tornado." Russell spoke.

"What! They can form into tornadoes!" Sunil spoke in a shivery voice.

All the other pets sort of glared at Russell. He realized what he said scared the mongoose.

"Uh…oops." Russell spoke giving an embarrassed look.

Pepper rolled her eyes. How was it that Sunil was scared of almost everything? She wasn't judging him. She was just curious as to what frightens him all the time.

"C'mon Sunil, what's so scary about a little rain?" Pepper asked.

A loud crash of thunder was heard, along with a flash of lightning. Sunil scurried up in Pepper's tail and hid.

"That! That's what's scary about rain!" The mongoose said, a worried look on his face.

Pepper let out a laugh. She thought it was funny. Just how scared he was. Sunil was still her friend though.

"Well don't worry about it Sunil. It'll go away soon." She replied.

"Rain doesn't stay long you know. Just like that song Rain, Rain Go Away. You know it right?" Zoey spoke.

Sunil just rolled his eyes in annoyance. He just wanted the rain to leave, or at least not be afraid of it. Yet he was always scared of almost anything.

"Yes, yes I've heard it! I only wish this rain, rain would go away, and never come back any day." He said in a mocking-like way.

"And to think, Blythe's coming home in that." Penny Ling spoke looking out the window.

Suddenly a familiar voice was heard.

"Hey guys, what's up?"

All the pets turned around to see the very girl Penny Ling was speaking of. She looked to be a little wet.

"Blythe!" the pets shouted cheerfully.

They all surrounded her and chatted away.

"Blythe, did you see how much rain is raining outside! It's like WHOOSH!" Minka spoke excitedly jumping up and down making gestures.

Blythe laughed at her.

"Yeah, I kinda found that out myself, as you can tell." She replied pointing out her wet clothes.

"I'm actually surprised you made it home okay." Penny Ling said.

"Yeah, all of us were worried about you." Russell chimed in.

Blythe smiled.

"Well I'm glad I made it home to see you guys." She replied.

Just then thunder boomed, and immediately Sunil latched onto the pet closest to him. The lights fluttered off. All the pets were chatting about what just happened.

"Alright guys, calm down. Just listen to me. I know you can't see, but I want you to find someone." Blythe spoke.

Most of the pets had grabbed onto someone.

"Blythe? Can I stay with you?" Zoey asked.

The girl replied with, "Of course you can."

"Okay, has everyone found a partner?" Blythe asked.

Most of the pets replied with a "yes" or an "I think so".

"Good, you stay with this pet until the lights come on. Zoey and I are going to see if Mrs. Twombly knows what to do." Blythe spoke.

Before they left she turned on a small dim flashlight. Despite the low quality it was the only one they had as of now. Blythe set it on the floor. She and Zoey then left the day camp area to check on Mrs. Twombly.

"Uh Vinnie? Is that you? It's Penny." Penny Ling spoke.

She held and felt his hand to see if she could recognize its features.

"Yeah. Are you the one squeezing my hand?" Vinnie asked.

"Mmm hmm." Penny replied.

"Then yeah, that's me." Vinnie laughed.

He felt his cheeks get warm. Just the touch of her hand gave him shivers.

"Um. You don't mind if we just hold hands do you?" Penny Ling asked.

Vinnie could tell he was blushing.

"Uhhhh sure, we could hold hands. It's a good way to stay together. I don't wanna get lost in here."

"That's true. It's kinda scary in here." Penny spoke.

"Ouch!" Minka felt something prick her finger.

"Oh! Minka was that you? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you." Russell spoke squinting to see if he could find her.

"Russell? Are me and you partners?" Minka asked.

"Umm, I think so." He replied.

"Yay yay yay! I didn't think you and I were going to be partners! This is so fun just being in the dark!" the spider monkey chattered.

"Yes yes, that's great but calm down. We don't wanna get lost in here." Russell spoke.

Minka stopped jumping and carefully wrapped her tail around her partner.

"Okay. It'll be just me and you. Team Russinka!" she shouted.

Russell just awed at her for a moment. He was surprised she came up with a cross name for them that quickly. His heart began to pound at the touch of her sitting next to him.

"I guess it's just you and me Sunil." Pepper spoke.

Sunil was latched onto her, shivering. He froze when he heard her voice.

"Oh hehe I suppose we are partners?" he sort of laughed realizing his arms were still wrapped around Pepper.

"Um…sorry." Sunil spoke letting go of her, a shy smile creeping up on his face.

"It's fine. We gotta stay together. We're partners, remember?" Pepper replied wrapping her tail around him.

Just then there was another crash, and a flash of light came through the window for a split second. Sunil attached himself to Pepper again. Almost all the pets jumped, but none were as skittish as Sunil. He began to whimper. Tears were flowing, and he tried to hide his face in Pepper's fur.

"Sunil calm down, it isn't that bad." The skunk spoke nonchalantly.

"That's easy for you to say! I'm just a big coward. I honestly don't think I'll ever be brave of anything. I'll always be looked at as a scaredy cat. I wouldn't be surprised if you all started to call me scaredy Sunil. I think I have a phobia for almost anything. I even get afraid of the tiniest little things. I bet you wish you had a different partner, don't you?" Sunil spoke sadly, holding his head low.

Pepper's heart sunk for him. He doesn't deserve to feel that way. To her he's a funny, skittish, cute mongoose. He has plenty of friends, she doesn't know why he'd have such low self-esteem about himself.

"Of course not Sunil. You're the only pet I'd want for any kind of partner. Aside from the girls." Pepper replied.

The flashlight managed a bit, and she saw Sunil look up at her with surprised, golden eyes.

"R-Really?" he asked softly.

"Really. You're my friend. I'd never judge you in such a harsh way. All of us are your friends. We like you for who you are. I know there were times when it didn't seem like it, but we truly care about you, I care about you, and you shouldn't let any problem you face bring you down. You're great and you're special the way you are." Pepper replied.

Sunil stared in awe. He was surprised that the funny joking Pepper Clark could say pure words like that. Especially to him. He didn't think she cared so much about him.

A smile sat on Pepper's face. The flashlight could show it perfectly. Even her pretty violet-red eyes. A smile crept up on Sunil's face.

"Thank you Pepper. I…I care about you too."

Pepper leaned towards him and kissed his cheek. Sunil's tail went up in surprise, and he could feel blush on his face. His heart began to race faster than before. When she pulled away she still had a smile on her face. Just then there was a sweet smell in the air. Sunil cleared his throat.

"You…You smell lovely." He spoke.

Pepper looked down bashfully.

"Thank you."

Pepper looked up at him slowly, and they both gazed into each other's eyes. The trance seemed to last for a long time.

"Crash!" the thunder started up again.

Sunil latched onto Pepper, hiding his face in her fur. Sunil was shivering. Pepper gaped at him for a moment before smiling.

"Sunil"

He looked up at her, fear filled his eyes. Pepper just wrapped her arms and tail around him. His shivering slowly died,

'Her tail feels so soft' Sunil thought nuzzling up against her.

A smile grew on his face as he closed his eyes. He honestly never thought anyone would like him that much. He thought no pet would love someone as cowardly as him. Yet out of all the pets, he never thought someone as so funny and jokingly as Pepper would like him. Sunil felt happy. He just wanted to be close to her like this. Maybe this rain should stay.