Unexpected Couple

"And remember, do not let ANYONE in. Especially that Ringtail." Skipper said to Private and Rico.

"Why do you have to go at this time, Skippah?" Private asked.

"Because Marlene asked us to, and we agreed." Skipper said dully.

"And we promised." Kowalski added.

"But, it's pouring out there!" Private whined.

"Hasn't stopped me before." Skipper said.

"Why can we watch the movie with you?" Private asked again.

Skipper groans and rubs his head with his flippers while he mutters to himself. Kowalski looks at Skipper and sees how frustrated he looks, so he decides to answer for him.

"Marlene thought it would be too gorey for you, Private, and also thought it would be too lovey-dovey for him, which I'm 85.4% positive that she's correct."

"But, what if-" Private started to say, but Skipper cut him off.

"Private, before you ask us another question, let me tell you this; Rico is going to be here with you. So, there's no need to be afraid of the thunder or anything like that."

"I'm not worried about-" Private tried to say, but was cut off by Skipper again.

"You're worried about us."

Private nods his head.

"Well, don't be. We'll be fine." Kowalski said.

"If you say so..." Private said, not really believing what Kowalski said.

Private watches Kowalski and Skipper climb up the ladder, then turns around and sees that Rico was a few inches away from him.

"Well, I guess we're all alone, huh?" Private said with a nervous giggle.

A wicked smile starts to form on Rico's face, and he takes a step forward, which makes Private take a step backwards. "Alone." Rico grunted.

"Uh, yeah." Private said nervously. "Uh, do you want to watch Telly or something?"

Rico nods his head slowly, that wicked smile was still formed.

Private sits towards the TV and flips through the channels to see if anything was on that they both would enjoy. He changes the channel, and sees a show that was called "In the Path of Shining Monster Trucks". He turns to face Rico, and sees that Rico is still giving him that same look, which makes him very uncomfortable.

"Are you Ok, Rico?" Private asked. "You're acting a little funny..."

"Just peachy!" Rico responded with a wide smile.

"Ok..." Private said while giving him a suspicious look. "I think I've found a show that we'll both like. It's about monster trucks." He turns his head towards the TV, to watch the show.

Rico walks up to Private and puts his flippers on his shoulders, which makes Private jump a little. Private looks up at Rico and smiles at him nervously, then tries to scootch away, but he felt Rico's grip tighten. He knew that Rico wanted him to stay there, so he follows Rico's command.

"Feesh?" Rico asked him.

"Uh... the show's about monster trucks, Rico... not fish." Private said while trying to hide his fear because he's never seen Rico act like this before.

Rico shakes his head. "You. Want. Feesh?"

"Oh! You mean to eat? Yeah, I'll have some." Private said.

Private heard Rico let out a low chuckled and watched him walk to the table. "Are you sure you're OK?" Private asked.

"Yup!" He happily said, then regurgitated two knives to cut up the fish.

He's not OK. He's acting weirder than usually. Private thought to himself.