Holiday Magic
Ch 1: Christmas Wish part 1
{ thoughts }
'Well, you've destroyed my UnChristmas-Inator, so I suppose everyone's going to enjoy their Christmas tomorrow...' Dr. Doofenshmirtz trailed off, his shoulders hunched and his expression sadder than Perry had ever seen.
Agent P sighed and stepped closer to his nemesis, reaching up to tug him on the sleeve of his over-sized lab coat. The scientist looked down and watched the platypus gesture to a nearby photo on the lab table.
'What? No, Vanessa decided to go to Hawaii with her mother, so I'll be spending Christmas alone again this year,' Doofenshmirtz answered, avoiding the agent's eyes.
Perry stepped back to give his nemesis some space. He must be going soft. Seeing Heinz... no, Dr. Doofenshmirtz, looking so sad and rejected made his heart hurt. The agent cast another look over his shoulder before activating his rocket pack and flying out the broken window.
'Merry Christmas, Perry the Platypus!'
Agent P nearly spun around when he heard the unexpected goodbye, but it just wasn't agency protocol to comfort your nemesis. Instead he kept flying until he reached the house, trying to ignore the twinge in his chest at leaving the scientist looking so dejected.
'Merry Christmas, Perry. Have a good sleep. We have to be well rested so we can get up early tomorrow and open Christmas presents!'
Perry smiled to himself as he nestled down in Phineas' bed. The boy was the most cheerful, thoughtful human on the face of the planet. He was so happy that Phineas and Ferb were his boys and not some other agent's.
'It's wonderful that everyone gets to spend Christmas together, isn't it, Ferb?' the redhead smiled over at his brother.
'I agree. No one should spend Christmas alone,' Ferb answered quietly from his own bed.
'That's right. No one should spend Christmas alone,' Phineas agreed, stroking Perry's soft fur.
The twinge in his chest was back. Perry stared sadly out the window at the moon as his boys slept. Tomorrow he'd spend Christmas with his loving family, as he did every year, but Heinz... Dr. Doofenshmirtz would be all alone in his penthouse suite.
Sometimes life just wasn't fair. If Perry could have one wish this Christmas, just one, then he'd wish for Doofenshmirtz to not be alone tomorrow. Yawning, he curled up once more and tried to sleep.
'Oh joy. Another Christmas alone. Well, I don't need them. I'm an evil scientist and spending Christmas alone isn't going to get me down. I'll just work on an UnChristmas-Inator... no wait, I already built one and Perry the Platypus destroyed it. Sigh! Might as well get dressed and make breakfast. I can't believe I fell asleep on the couch again... HEY! Who are you and why are you sleeping... NAKED... in my bed?'
Perry shook himself awake to the familiar voice of his nemesis. Really, it was just way too early to be fighting him. Besides, wasn't it a holiday? They had an unwritten agreement to never again fight on Christmas.
'Look at me when I'm talking to you. Who do you think you are? Sneaking into someone's home and falling asleep naked in their bed. I don't care if it is Christmas, there are some things you just don't do,' Heinz continued.
Perry rubbed his eyes and sat up, eyeing his nemesis sleepily. Really, what was the man going on about now? For one thing, Perry was a platypus and didn't wear clothes normally, so why would he be dressed? Two, wait a minute... the secret agent looked down, then up at his frowning nemesis, then back down at his pale-skinned human fingers.
'What? This can't be... I'm a platypus, not a human. Why am I a human?'
Heinz eyed the teal haired young man sitting naked in his bed. Then he spotted the familiar hat next to him on the pillow.
'What? This can't be... I'm a platypus, not a human. Why am I am human?'
The scientist felt his heart skip a beat when chocolate brown eyes focused on his, waiting for an answer. There was a man in his bed that claimed to be a platypus... a PLATYPUS? Wait, hat plus platypus equals...
'Perry the Platypus?' Heinz shouted, pointing at the young man who had gone back to examining his new human form in amazement.
{He makes a very attractive human... Good thing the covers are keeping him from completely exposing himself... Never mind.}
The scientist rolled his eyes at his clearly naive guest who had just decided to jump out of bed, fully nude, to race to the closet mirror to stare at himself.
'I don't know why you're a human or how you got into my bed, Perry the former platypus, but humans do not walk around naked,' Dr. Doofenshmirtz commented, rummaging through his drawers for something the young man could wear.
'Here. You're shorter than I am, so they might be a little long,' Heinz tossed a basic pair of pants and a t-shirt (and underwear... how embarrassing) at the teal haired young man before turning around to find his own clothes.
'Just meet me in the kitchen when you're done dressing,' Heinz called over his shoulder before slipping out the bedroom door with an armful of clothes. The thought of changing in front of his nemesis... it was just weird, that's what it was.
'What do platypi even eat anyway? Oh well, he's getting bacon and eggs whether he likes it or not,' Doofenshmirtz grumbled aloud to himself as he began frying up the bacon.
When the now-human Perry finally stepped into the kitchen, breakfast was already on the table. Heinz looked up from pouring the coffee and felt heat rise to his cheeks.
'Really? Just the shirt? I hope you at least have the underwear on,' the scientist forced himself to look away, rather than stare at the adorable younger man taking a seat across the table from him.
Wide brown eyes took in the food on the table with unhidden interest, until Perry realized that Heinz was staring at him. A flush came over pale cheeks and the platypus-turned-human looked away, unused to showing so much emotion to his nemesis.
Breakfast was... interesting. Teaching a former platypus how to use utensils brought back fond memories of Vanessa's toddler years. By the time the table was cleared, Perry had more jam on his face and shirt than in his stomach. Despite this, Doofenshmirtz was amused to hear a familiar churrr from his nemesis.
Perry was happily fed and could barely keep a cheerful smile off his face as he watched the professor clear the table. Who knew the evil scientist could be so nice?
'Time to get you cleaned up and properly dressed. Now that I think about it, you're about the same size as Vanessa was a year ago. I'm sure she wouldn't mind you borrowing some of her old clothes. They're from before her goth kick,' Heinz commented aloud, gesturing for the former platypus to follow him out of the kitchen.
'Okay, now I think I found an outfit that would actually fit you... You know, I'm starting to think you're allergic to underwear, Perry the former Platypus,' Heinz sighed, watching the young man struggle to pull the shirt over his head.
'I'm just not used to clothes,' the agent mumbled through the cloth, getting more tangled up by the minute.
'Clearly. Well, it's a good thing you were a male platypus, cause this would be REALLY awkward if you turned into a young woman instead of a young man,' the scientist commented, cheeks flushed at the mostly nude man sitting on his bed.
'Got it. Do I have to wear clothes?' chocolate brown eyes focused on the older man pleadingly.
'Yes, yes you do. Even if we weren't going out, you'd still have to wear clothes. Now, underwear first... and I'm not leaving the room this time. The last thing we need is you getting arrested for flashing people,' Doofenshmirtz rolled his eyes at the thought.
Once the former-platypus was finally dressed and properly cleaned up, his first words were, 'Now what?'
'Well, I suppose we could go to the mall. They've got a big Christmas celebration going on. That was part of the reason I built my UnChristmas-Inator. All those endless commercials about it. Oh well. I'll just call us a cab,' Heinz left the room to do just that.
'I think I'm starting to like that strange human nemesis of mine,' Perry mumbled to himself, shaking his head in amazement.
...tbc...