Notes: This one was inspired by the zoo(surprised?).
Summary: McCoy and Kirk finally convince Spock to go to the zoo, where certain petting zoo animals seem to like Spock.
A Trip to the Zoo
After several days of whining, complaining, and bickering, Kirk and McCoy finally won. They were finally able to convince Spock to go to the zoo with them. Although the Vulcan would have much more preferred to stay on his home planet for shore leave, or at least stay on the ship, he was tired of hearing the constant, obnoxious "pleases" from the Doctor and Captain.
They had beamed down and found their way into the zoo, and already Spock was skeptical. Looking around at the animals in the cages, he turned to Kirk and raised an eyebrow. Before he could comment, McCoy jumped in and shook a finger in front of the Vulcan's impassive face.
"Oh, no you don't. I don't want to hear a single negative thing from you. Not a comment on the animals, cages, food, nothing. Ok? Ok." Spock lowered the eyebrow and nodded solemnly. He could at least humor the Doctor for one day. However, it seemed to get substantially harder not to comment on the animals as they passed a bird that seemed keen on screeching directly into Spock's sensitive ears.
"It likes you." Kirk said, grinning happily.
"Must be those silly ears." McCoy added, and they moved on, a disgruntled Spock trudging behind. He was regretting ever coming to the zoo, and was considering if he would be able to sneak away without notice.
"A petting zoo!" Kirk said enthusiastically, running, with McCoy at his side, to buy crackers to feed the animals. Spock walked up to the short, wooden gate to wait for his friends, behind which were the animals. He pointed out seven goats, a cow, and a young camel. The goats looked at him once, then walked off to find someone who had food.
"Why do you get pleasure out of feeding goats?" Spock asked as Kirk came up behind him. McCoy had gone to feed the cow, so now was Spock's only chance to ask the Captain a question and not get yelled at.
"Try it." Kirk said, his eyes sparkling with amusement as he handed Spock a handful of crackers.
Spock did as he was told and threw one goat a cracker. It snatched the food from the dusty ground and swallowed it quickly. Suddenly every animal seemed to know that Spock had food, and they seemed eager to get some as well. All seven goats, the cow, and the camel came scuttling over to the surprised Vulcan, crowding around him and pressing up against the fence, their outstretched mouths gaping and begging for food.
"Captain!" Spock nearly yelled, stepping back from the animals, his eyes wide. He looked at Kirk, who pushed his science officer back towards the greedy crowd.
The Vulcan held out another cracker to the camel, and the animal took it, slobbering all over his hand. As he wiped his hand off, he noticed one of the goats stretching its head through a slot in the fence, reaching for his shirt. He pushed its head away, but was surprised when another quickly reached out and grabbed his shirt sleeve between huge teeth.
"Spock, make him let go." Kirk said, laughing as he walked up beside his friend. But it was too late.
Three goats came from nowhere, grabbing various places on Spock's shirt and tugging him closer to the fence. In self defense, Spock threw the crackers over, but it didn't help. The other goats found his pants, and started chewing on them. The camel was now slobbering all over Spock's neck, and the cow was licking and breathing into Spock's ear.
"Captain, what are they doing?" Spock demanded, trying to break free from the animals but having no luck. He held back a grimace as a slimy tongue slipped over his face, leaving behind a slick trail of slobber.
"They like you." Kirk said, holding back laughter. He had to look away from his first officer as McCoy came up to watch.
"Well, Jim, isn't that cute?" McCoy commented, looking at the struggling Vulcan. McCoy and Kirk took one look at each other and started cracking up laughing. The Doctor fell to the ground, crying.
"Bones, this was totally worth it." Kirk said, and McCoy nodded, slipping into another fit of chuckles.
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