Fun fact: I started this chapter at eleven last night. It is currently noon. So, yeah, thirteen hours and one pot of coffee later, you have this. And, yes, by pot, I mean a full twelve cups. No one is allowed to lecture me as to why a fifteen year old shouldn't have that much caffeine, so if that was your goal, fuck off. It gave you guys a chapter, and myself some more ideas for other chapter. So, for this chapter, I would like to thank International Delight for making Heath flavored and Almond Joy flavored coffee creamer, because that shit is amazing.
So, anyway, this is the next chapter, obviously. So, you guys honestly blew me away with the amount of OCs that I got, and I find that amazing. Now, trust me on this, not a single one of you had a bad OC, I was actually pleasantly surprised to find that most of you guys actually went above and beyond with your OCs, which is fucking awesome. Honestly, it was extremely difficult to choose just five. And, yes, five. I ended up coming up with an idea of my own that I really wanted to put in. Anyway, I'll credit them all at the end of the chapter. Now then, let's go.
What an Odd Group of People to Live With
As soon as the door opened, I was flung onto my back, a cloud of light blue fur blocking my view. I let out a gasp as my breath was knocked out of me, my body colliding with the concrete walkway that leads from the driveway to the door, as Haru's suitcases dropped as well. As a jolt of pain shot up my spine, I opened my eyes to see that I had, in fact, been tackled by a Glaceon, and she was currently laying on me, her face buried in my chest.
"Um, excuse me." I said, poking her head. "What exactly are you doing?"
She looked up from my chest her eyes wide, but they returned to normal when she saw me, maybe even closing slightly.
"Well, hello there, cutie." She purred to me.
"Um, hi." I said, awkwardly. "So, um, why are you on me?"
"Oh, no reason really." She purred again. "Although, I am not complaining about the wonderful contact."
I sighed, exasperated. I suddenly became conscious of something stabbing me in the stomach.
"Would you mind moving?" I asked. "Something appears to be stabbing me."
"Oh, I feel something stabbing me as well." She purred. "Except I have no issue with your excitement."
I sighed, and said, "Listen, I want you to get off of me. We just met, and we don't even know each other's names. And, no, I am not aroused, that would be whatever is jabbing into me as well."
"Ice, would you stop flirting and get off of the guy." I heard a calm voice say.
I looked past the Glaceon, whom I presume to be Ice, and saw a guy standing there, in front of a large staircase, two green crests on his head, standing there, tapping his foot in impatience.
"Oh, you're no fun, Caius." Ice said, getting off of me. "I was just introducing myself to him."
Haru extended his hand down to me, and I accepted it, saying, "Thanks."
"Yeah, no problem." The Luxray replied.
When I got to my feet, I quickly dusted myself off, taking a second to readjust my hood, as the fall had knocked it off of my head. I took this chance to look at the duo that stood before us. Ice is, as I previously stated, a Glaceon morph. She's wearing clothing similar to her species, just as I and Haru are. Her pants appeared to be very light blue skinny jeans, while her shirt is an ice white color, which matched her pants in the fact that they were tight against her body, which, as one would expect, helped accentuate her average feminine features. Her face was locked to mine, a smile on her face. The signature ribbons were absent from her head, just as they are on all Glaceon morphs, but she appeared to be trying to fix that in her own way, as there was a light blue scarf wrapped around her neck, not quite as light as her fur, with a darker blue diamond at each end. Looking down, I saw that she was wearing a pair of light blue sneakers. She also appeared to have a black case in her hands. My eyes switched over the male, Caius. He appeared to be a Sceptile half-breed, proven by his green hair, which, upon closer inspection, appeared to be slightly wet, and the aforementioned green crests sprouting from his head. His wrists had the two blade/leaf things sprouting from the back of them, with his Sceptile DNA being rounded off with his bushy leafy tail, although it appeared to be a fair amount shorter and skinnier than a standard Sceptile's, or even a morph's, which was most likely due to the higher amount of human DNA, with it obviously being an uneven split. He was wearing no more than a pair of green cargo shorts, topped with a red belt, as well as a pair of green sneakers on his feet.
"Now then," he said, extending his hand towards Ice, "may I have my property back?"
She sighed, and said, "Oh, fine."
She handed Caius the small black case, which he accepted. He opened it up, revealing a pair of Skullcandy headphones, which he slipped around his neck.
"Much better." He said. "From now on out, please don't steal them from me when I shower. Okay?"
She sighed, and said, "Fine."
Haru nudged me, and said, "I feel like we're interrupting something."
"Agreed." I nodded.
The duo seemed to notice us again, as they turned to look at us.
"Oh, right." Caius said, approaching us. "You two are here. So, um, who are you two, exactly?"
"Well, I'm Haru and this is Veil." Haru introduced us. "We're going to be living here with you guys."
"Oh, yeah, Sven mentioned that you two would be here today." Ice popped in. "But, y'know, we assumed that we'd get a call ahead or something."
I just shrugged, and said, "Well, we're here."
"So I see." Caius said. "Well, I guess that a tour of the house should be given. Granted, I'm not entirely dressed yet, so I guess that I can't do it."
"I can." Ice said, sliding over to me, and squeezing my arm.
"No, thanks." I said, freeing my arm. "Really, I wouldn't want to interrupt your busy day for something like that."
"Don't worry, I'd love to do it." She said, trying to grab my arm again, but I kept it out of her reach.
I heard someone laugh, before they said, "C'mon, Ice. They're the new guys here, and if he wants to be polite and not interrupt you, than let him."
I looked at the source of the voice, which was at a double door on the right wall of the large foyer, to find a rather odd sight. The owner was indeed an Umbreon, that much was undeniable. But, he was like no Umbreon that I had seen before. Where my own fur is black, his was an ice white, similar to an Absol's, with his rings the same black that his normal fur should be. My gaze drifted from his body up to his piercing stare, one that was locked onto Ice, his crimson eyes unwavering. His clothes appeared to be set to match his body, with his shirt, pants, and sneakers all the same ice white. He started walking toward us, taking a drink of the Monster that was currently in his hand.
"Hey." He said, upon reaching us. He stuck his hand out, and said, "Luroi."
Haru shook his hand first, saying, "Haru."
I shook his hand next, and said, "Veil. Nice to meet another Umbreon."
"Likewise." He replied. "No matter how weird one of them is." He turned to Ice, and said, "So, how about you get back to what you were doing? I'll take care of giving them the tour and getting them settled."
The Glaceon sighed, before saying, "Oh, fine."
With that, she started up the stairs, stopping halfway up to blow a kiss at me, adding a wink as she turned around. I sighed, as she turned a corner.
"I guess that this is my cue to go, as well." Caius said. "Besides, I'm only half dressed."
He turned around and started up the stairs, his headphones bouncing slightly with each step. When he hit the top of the stairs, he turned to the left, the opposite way that Ice had went.
I sighed, and said, "Well, she seemed… friendly."
"Yeah, she really is." Luroi said. "Granted, she hasn't been that 'friendly' to anyone other than you."
I face-palmed, saying, "Wonderful. Been here for, like, five minutes, and someone already likes me."
Haru laughed, and I just glared at him.
"Dude, c'mon, it's pretty funny." He said.
"I will kill you." I replied. "That, or I won't give you anymore pocky."
"You win." He said, sighing. "Why do you know my Achilles Heel?"
I laughed, and said, "Because I gave you that heel."
Haru shrugged, saying, "Yeah, I guess."
Luroi looked at us, his silent laughter obvious in his eyes, and said, "Have you two known each other for a while?"
"Not really." I replied. "We just met each other on the train."
"Train?" He asked us. "Wouldn't it have been faster to just take a plane?"
Haru shrugged, and said, "Not a big fan of planes."
I nodded, agreeing.
"Um, okay then." Luroi said. "Well, how about I go ahead and give you guys the tour. You can leave your luggage here, and we'll grab it when I show you around upstairs."
"Alright." I said, standing Haru's suitcases up.
I dropped my own bags on the ground next to them, being careful not to be too rough.
"Now then, shall we go?" Luroi asked. Haru and I nodded, and Luroi said, "Well then, let's go."
Luroi led us through the open door to the right, the one that Luroi had come from. We entered to find that we were in a large kitchen.
"Well, this is, as one can assume, the kitchen." Luroi said.
"No dining room?" Haru asked.
"Nah." Luroi replied. "We prefer to either eat in the living room, or just stand in here and eat."
"So, who cooks?" I asked.
"Well, we normally take turns." Luroi said. "Which mean, that one of you two will be cooking tonight."
"How do you figure that?" I asked. "I mean, are you just gonna throw us into the cycle, rather than wait until the end?"
He shrugged in response, and said, "I don't know. It's mostly just that tonight's Ice's night to cook, and pretty much all she knows how to make are omelets. And, well, I'm not really in the mood for eggs."
Haru and I looked at each other, before I shrugged, and said, "I guess that I can see that."
"So, you guys can decide who cooks." Luroi said. "Now, onto the living room."
We left the kitchen and went through the foyer to the other doors, on the opposite side of the room. The room itself was, once again, fairly large. On the far wall was a flat screen T.V., which was sitting on an entertainment center, of sorts. Truly, it was no more than a black coffee table, which had a shelf under it, which was full of game and movie cases. Looking around the T.V., it was obvious why the cases existed. There were multiple game consoles on the table around the T.V., with game cases stacked on them, as well. Looking to my right, I saw that there was a couch next to me, an armchair at each end, with two people on it. One appeared to be a normal girl, her body covered in a black hoodie and a white skirt, with her almost waist length blue and silver hair giving a fair contrast to the clothing combo. The guy next to her, on the other hand, had a rather different appearance. He was wearing a burgundy shirt, with a black jacket covering it. His lower body had a pair of black skinny jeans on them, with his feet covered with a pair of burgundy sneakers. The most obvious and striking differences between the two, though, were the two pointy black ears sticking up from the cloud of waist length burgundy hair on top of the guys head. They both appeared to be playing Halo against each other on the Xbox 360 that was sitting next to the T.V., and they seemed rather immersed in the game.
"Um, I feel as if we shouldn't disturb them." Haru said. "They seem rather preoccupied."
"Nah, they won't mind." Luroi said, leaning down and pressing the center button on the girl's controller.
As the guide popped up, the girl said, "Hey, Lur, what the hell?"
The albino Umbreon laughed, and said, "I want you two to meet the two newest arrivals to our house, rounding off the set of eight."
The two turned to us, eyeing us.
"Hey." I said, feeling extremely awkward, waving slightly. "I'm Veil, and this is Haru."
The girl was the first to respond, saying, "Kelsea. And, before you ask, no, I am not a half-breed. I am a total human."
"Yeah, I could guess by the lack of ears." I answered, chuckling lightly.
She shrugged, and said, "Yeah, probably. I've just had some people in the past ask me, due to how my hair is and how I dress, if I was actually a Lucario, or not. So, it was just a precaution."
"I guess that that would be a good idea." Haru said.
Next, the Zoroark half-breed spoke up, saying, "Hey, I'm Zach. Unlike Kelsea, here, I am obviously a half-breed."
"So I saw." I commented. "Y'know, it's kinda hard to miss with the red bush on your head."
"Well, anyway," Luroi said, "I just wanted to introduce the guys to you. They need to go and unpack, so that they have enough time to cook dinner."
"Alright, then." Zach replied, waving to us. "Hope you cook well, or else I'll kill you."
Kelsea elbowed him in the side, and said, "Oh, shut up." She looked up at us, and said, "Don't worry, he wouldn't hurt a fly. And, besides, I'm sure that both of you can cook wonderfully."
"Oh, they better hope so." Zach added, as we left the room.
Out in the foyer, Luroi turned to us, and said, "Well, as I said, you guys should go and unpack, so that one of you can cook. I'll take you to your rooms, and then I'll leave you to it."
We went over and picked up the luggage again, before heading upstairs. At the top, I looked right and saw four doors on the back wall, with the same setup to my left.
We started down the left, Luroi explaining along the way, "So, on the other end of the hall are my room, Ice's room, Caius's room, and Kelsea's room. On this side, it'd be the empty rooms, which will now be yours, Wisp's room, and, in the center, next to Kelsea's room, Zach's room."
"Wisp?" I asked, confused.
"Yeah, Wisp." Luroi answered, as we reached the first of the vacant rooms. "She's the Reames's only child. She's lived here longer than any of us, the only thing is, she is extremely shy. She was actually homeschooled up until this year, when her parents thought that it'd be a good idea for her to go to a standard school. Honestly, I imagine that one of the reasons that we are able to live here is to try and be friends with her, and help her adjust to normal life."
"So, have you accomplished that yet?" Haru asked.
Luroi sighed, and said, "Not really, no. I mean, it's not like we haven't tried, it's just that she's always in her room. She doesn't even come out to eat, so we just got into the habit of making a plate for her and leaving it in the fridge."
"That sucks." I commented, feeling sorry for the girl.
"Yeah, it does." Luroi said. "Anyway, here are the rooms. You two can take your pick of who gets which one."
With that, he left us.
I looked over at Haru, and said, "So, you get the room to the left, I get the one on the right?"
He shrugged, and said, "Sounds alright by me."
I dropped Haru's luggage that I was carrying, hiking my own to backpacks up higher on my shoulder.
"So, I'll catch you when I'm done unpacking, and we can decide who cooks then." I said.
He nodded, and I entered my room, closing the door behind me. I looked around the room, taking in the sight before me. On the left wall, in the center of it, stood a large king sized bed, with a dresser a few feet away from it, on the far side, and a desk a few feet away, on the near side. On the right wall were two doors. I stepped over to the nearest one and opened it, revealing a large walk-in closet. As I closed the door, I noticed that the door had a body mirror on it. I glanced in it to see that I was still wearing my hood, which I had forgotten about. I dropped my backpacks on the floor and slipped my hoodie off, letting my long ears be free from the slightly constricting hood. I balled the hoodie up and threw it onto the bed. Knowing that I would obviously need the closet open while unpacking, I left it open and went to the other door. I opened it, revealing a half bathroom. It didn't quite keep up with the giant room and bed, but it was more than enough for me. I returned to my bags, ready to unpack. Twenty minutes later, I was done. All of my clothes were put away, my laptop was sitting on the desk, it's wireless mouse and keyboard in front of it, and my bags were put on a shelf in the closet. I sighed, reaching down to the bed, where my hoodie was still lying. I picked it up and draped it over the back of the rolling chair at my desk. I checked the time on my phone and saw that it was almost nine. Well, we should probably go and sort out dinner. I left my room, closing the door behind me. I turned and approached Haru's door.
I knocked, and was greeted with, "Come in."
I opened it to find Haru sitting on his bed, with only one suitcase and his duffle bag unpacked. He appeared to have done the same as I, as I saw a laptop resting on his desk, as well.
"Well, it looks like the hoodie is not, in fact, attached to the Umbreon." Haru joked.
"Haha, jackass." I said, sarcastically. I looked around, and said, "Dude, you are fucking slow at unpacking."
"Seriously?" He said. "You had, like, what, two things? I've got all this shit to deal with."
I shrugged, and said, "So, don't bring so much shit."
He sighed, and said, "Trust me, it wasn't that easy. I mean, one of the reasons that I'm here is because my parents thought that it'd be a fairly good way of getting used to the thought of moving out after high school. And, besides, they made it fairly obvious to me that if I don't take it, it's getting trashed. And, well, I have some shit that I want to keep for the memories."
I shrugged, and said, "Fair enough. Anyway, what exactly are we going to do about the dinner situation?"
Haru thought for a second, before saying, "Well, we could always share our turns to cook."
"How so?" I asked.
"Y'know, we work together to make a meal on both of our nights to cook." He replied. "That way, it gets done quickly, and it makes it much easier."
"Alright, I'm up for it." I said. "So, you ready to go?"
"I guess." He replied. "If not, then Zach will kill us."
I chuckled, and said, "Nah, we can take him."
He laughed back, and said, "Yeah, I don't doubt it."
We left Haru's room, and went downstairs. We entered the kitchen, where we found Caius, his body fully dressed in green, and a bottle of water in his hand.
"Oh, hey." He greeted, as we entered. "You guys about to start dinner?"
"Yep." I replied. "Any restriction?"
"Not really." He replied. "You can use pretty much anything in here. Pretty much the only restriction is that it can't suck. If it does, we may kick you out."
Haru laughed, and said, "Do you people always threaten your new house mates, or just us?"
"Just you two, mostly." Caius said, walking past us. "Anyway, just yell when it's done."
"Got it." I replied, as he left the room.
When he was gone, Haru sighed, and said, "These guys are extremely friendly, wouldn't you say?"
I shrugged, and said, "Well, they haven't reached 'Ice' level yet, so I don't care."
Haru laughed, and said, "Yeah, it'd be pretty fucking awkward if, like, Luroi started hitting on you."
"What makes you think that it'd be awkward?" I asked, as he went over to the fridge.
"Well, it'd be pretty fucking awkward if he just suddenly started-"He began, but stopped. He suddenly froze, his eyes widening, and he said, "Shit, you aren't-. Fuck, man, I'm sorry if I offended you."
I chuckled, and said, "It's alright, trust me. I mean, it's not like you could have actually known my sexuality when it's never come up before."
He breathed a sigh of relief, before saying, "So, um, are you actually, um, y'know?"
"What, gay?" I asked. He nodded, and I said, "Well, not really. Just bisexual. Granted, I am more interested in women, but I wouldn't say no to a guy."
"Interesting." He said, opening the fridge and starting to look through it. He suddenly shot up after a few seconds, and said, "Wait a minute. Back on the train, were you actually checking me out?"
I shrugged, and said, "Who knows? Maybe I was, maybe I wasn't. All I'm saying, is that you aren't the ugliest person I've ever met."
He just went silent after that, and I could see a blush form under his blue fur. I chuckled, and he quickly hid his face behind the fridge door. I just smiled. He truly is cute when he blushes.
I went up behind him and leaned over his shoulder, saying, "So, what do we have to work with?"
He jumped slightly at my approach, making me laugh internally, and said, "Oh. Um, well, all I've found so far that won't take a fair amount of time to cook is some Farfetch'd."
I thought for a second, and said, "Here, move."
He complied, and I crouched down in front of the fridge. I found the Farfetch'd that he was talking about, and I pulled it out, handing it to him. I then continued searching, until I found some vegetables. I pulled out two heads of lettuce, a few tomatoes, some broccoli, and a few carrots. I passed them off to Haru, before finding a block of cheese, as well as some eggs. I stood up and sat the cheese and eggs on the counter, before closing the door.
"So, what are you planning, exactly?" Haru asked me.
I just put my hand up, telling him to wait, and went to the pantry. I opened it and found what I was looking for. I pulled out a few potatoes, which I sat on the counter.
"Now will you tell me what you're planning?" Haru asked me.
"Simple." I said. "Cooked Farfetch'd, with some oven fries and a side salad."
"Sounds alright." He replied. A smile crossed his face, and he said, "And, I think I know of a way to make it quicker."
"How so?" I asked.
"Allow me to demonstrate." He answered
He picked up a Farfetch'd breast from the pack and put it on the counter. He put his hands over it, and I watched his tail twitch, followed by a few sparks flying from his nose. After a few seconds, a small amount of blue lightning shot out from his hands, hitting the Farfetch'd. When the lights went away, the meat was fully grilled, with a little bit of smoke coming off of it.
"Wow." I complemented. "That's pretty fucking impressive."
"Thanks." He said. "It's a little trick that I discovered."
"Does it make the food any different?" I asked, finding the cooking trays and getting one down.
"Well, it tastes better, but, other than that, no." He replied.
"Awesome." I said, putting the remaining pieces of Farfetch'd on the tray. "You wanna take care of these while I find the other dishes?"
"On it." He replied.
While Haru took care of the entrée, I started searching through the cabinets. I eventually found the plates, and I got out eight of them. I sat the plates down, and got out eight forks. I then found some large plastic bowls, and I got a few of them out. By the time that I had finished this, Haru had finished with the Farfetch'd and was currently plating them up.
"Well, that was fast." I commented.
He shrugged, and said, "Yeah, I guess. So, shall we get started on the fries and salad?"
"Yep." I replied, beginning to place to bowls on the floor in a circle around me.
"What are you doing?" Haru asked me.
"You decided to show off your skills, so allow me to, as well." I replied. "So, just stand back and watch."
Haru complied, moving back slightly. When finished putting the bowls in place, I stepped over to the counter and grabbed the contents of the salad, as well as the potatoes, excluding the eggs, for obvious reasons. I placed each different kind of ingredient in a bowl, leaving me with a bowl containing the lettuce, one holding the broccoli, another with the tomatoes in it, yet another one holding the carrots, another one holding potatoes, and, finally, one with the cheese in it. I stepped in the center of the circle of bowls, and closed my eyes, concentrating. I coated both of my hands in Iron Claws, before using Psychic to send all of the ingredients straight into the air. I spun in a circle, my eyes still closed, swinging my clawed hands in the process. I stopped when I heard multiple small thuds. I opened my eyes and looked into the bowls, to see that everything was cut perfectly. I looked up when I heard someone clapping. I looked over and saw that Haru was sitting on the ground now, and that he was the one clapping.
"Impressive." He complemented. He came over and glanced into the bowls, and said, "All even cuts, as well. I guess that I have some competition for most talented chef."
I chuckled, and said, "I don't know man, I can't cook shit with my hands."
He shrugged, and said, "Yeah, and I can't even cut that straight with a knife with my eyes open. Your point?"
"Good point." I said.
It was at this moment that I noticed that my claws were still on my hands, and that they were dripping tomato juice. I brought the right one up to my mouth and licked the juice off of one of the claws, even wrapping my tongue around it to make sure that I cleaned it completely, quickly following up with the rest of the hand. I then moved onto my other hand, making quick work of it, as well. When I was done, I noticed that Haru was just staring at me, a slightly perturbed look on his face.
"What?" I asked him.
"I'm just trying to decide whether you were trying to look creepy by licking red shit off of your claws," he replied, "or if you just really like tomatoes."
I shrugged, and said, "How do you know that I wasn't trying to look seductive by showing off my skill with wrapping my tongue around things?"
Haru groaned, another blush appearing on his face, before saying, "C'mon man, please don't tell me that you flirt more than Ice does."
I laughed, and said, "Calm down, man. I'm just kidding. Truthfully, I just really like tomatoes."
He let out a sigh, and said, "Then why the fuck do you keep doing shit like that?"
"It makes you feel extremely awkward." I replied, shrugging.
"Whatever." He said, sighing.
As he started walking to the other side of the kitchen, I added, "Granted, you do look really cute when you blush."
At that, he froze, before slowly turning around.
"Veil, you can stop with the joke now." He said. I didn't reply, so he said, "That was a joke, right?" I didn't reply again, instead just getting rid of the Iron Claws and bending down to pick up the bowls, so he said, "Veil? You were joking, right?"
Instead of responding, I just glanced over my shoulder at him. I smiled, allowing my fangs to stick out over my lower lip, before turning around. As Haru continued standing there, I put the bowls on the counter. I reached over and grabbed the eggs, before bending down and retrieving a pan. I went over to the fridge and pulled out a stick of butter, and went back over to the stove, grabbing the cooking pan from the counter next to the dumbfounded and silent Haru as I went. I dumped the potatoes onto the tray, before sticking them in the oven and turning it on. I then turned on the stove, dropped some butter in it, and watched it melt. When the butter was no more than a liquid, I cracked the eggs into it. I returned the butter to the fridge, before combining all of the current salad ingredients into the largest of the bowls. I then mixed them together, before turning around, to see that Haru was still in the same position as before, his eyes wide.
"So, are you just gonna stand there like that all night, or are you going to move?" I asked him.
This seemed to snap the Luxray out of his daze, and he said, "That depends, will you answer my question?"
"What was the question?" I replied.
"Were you joking about my blush?" He asked me.
Instead of replying, I just smiled again, showing my fangs. I then ran my tongue over one of them, narrowing my eyes slightly.
He sighed, and said, "I'm not going to get a straightforward answer from you, am I?"
I shook my head, saying, "Nope. Therefore, you'd be best off just dropping it."
"Yeah, I thought so." He replied. "So, how long till the foods done?"
"Not too long." I replied, checking the eggs.
They appeared to be done, so I turned off the stove and sat the plate on the counter.
"Here," I told Haru, "you cut that into piece while I check the fries."
He nodded, and grabbed a knife from the rack. As he grabbed the pan of eggs, I returned to the stove and bent down, opening the stove. I grabbed an oven mitt from the small hook next to the stove and pulled the tray of fries out some. I saw that they were about half done, so I took them out and set them on the stove. I then grabbed a shaker of garlic pepper salt from the spice rack, and dumped some into my hand.
"Garlic?" Haru asked me. "To season fries?"
"Yeah." I replied, returning to the stove. "What, have you never had it before?"
"No, can't say that I have." He replied.
"Well, it tastes amazing, trust me." I said.
I then sprinkled the garlic pepper salt over the fries, before returning them to the oven.
"You done with the eggs?" I asked, going over to Haru's side.
He nodded, so I took the pan from him. I dumped the chopped eggs into the salad bowl and mixed the contents together. I then got down eight small bowls, which I dumped a fair amount of salad into each one, which still left about half of the bowl.
"Hmm." I said. "Y'know, it just occurred to me that we may have made too much salad. And possibly fries, for that matter. I mean, we used, like, ten large potatoes."
"Yeah, maybe." Haru replied. "But, I mean, food's food. If it's not used tonight, it can be saved and used with other meals."
"Indeed it can, my electro-comrade." I replied, turning around from the counter.
"Did you just call me your electro-comrade?" He asked me.
"Yep." I replied. "It was either that, or portable phone charger."
Haru shrugged, and said, "Hey, laugh all you want, all I'm saying is that I don't have to have my phone's battery in to use it."
"Wait, do you really not?" I asked, shocked.
"Yep." He replied. "I discovered that I can give off enough electricity from my body to where it can't really be felt, but it can still send electric signals through things. So, yeah, I can charge phones."
I chuckled, and said, "Gotta say, that's pretty cool."
He shrugged, and said, "I try my best."
I checked the fries again, and saw that they were done. I took them from the oven, turned it off, and gave a fair amount of fries to each plate.
"Hey, can you call for everyone?" I asked.
"Yep." Haru replied. He stepped out of the room, before I heard, "Yo, food!" He came back in, and said, "Done."
"Not quite what I had in mind," I said, shrugging, "but it works."
A few seconds later, the others, minus the currently unidentified Wisp, had gathered in the kitchen.
"So, what've you got?" Zach asked.
"We are glad that you asked." Haru said, as he and I were standing in front of the food.
We moved aside, revealing the food, and everyone's mouths immediately began watering.
"We have for you," I said, dramatically, "lightning cooked Farfetch'd, garlic seasoned oven fries, and a freshly cut side salad."
Everyone was silent for a moment, before Luroi said, "Holy shit. This has got to be the most extravagant food that has been cooked here."
"Extravagant?" Haru asked. "Dude, this is just a standard meal."
"While that is true," Kelsea said, "pretty much all that has been cooked here has been, like, shit from a box and eggs. So, for this household, this is extravagant."
I just shrugged, and said, "So, are you all going to just stand there drooling, or do you want us to hand you your food?"
They all nodded in sync, and I had to fight back laughter. Haru and I passed the food out, before grabbing our own. We both waited, watching the others as they prepared to take a bite. As soon as they did, their faces lit up.
"This. Is. Fucking. Amazing." Zach said, his mouth still full.
"Thanks." I said. "But, don't talk with food in your mouth, it's disgusting."
He nodded, and we all continued eating. Everyone except for myself and Haru finished eating within twenty minutes, and they all started putting their dishes in the sink. The last one to do so was Ice, and she, of course, couldn't leave easily.
"The food really was amazing, Veil-kun." She purred, rubbing her body up against mine.
What she called me almost caused me to choke on my food, but I managed to keep from doing so, instead just saying, "Thanks, Ice."
After that, she left the room, skipping out the door.
"Um, did she just skip away?" Haru asked me.
"I'm not sure." I replied. "I was a little too preoccupied with the whole 'kun' suffix added to my name."
"Yeah, I could see that." He replied. "She really does seem to like you, doesn't she?"
I sighed, and said, "Yes, yes she does."
I stepped out of my bathroom, releasing the built up steam from my shower. I sighed, happy to finally be out of the humid hellhole. Arceus, now I remember why I normally take cold showers. I went over to my bed and grabbed my double perforated belt. I ran it through the loops of my jeans and fastened it. I glanced down at my combat boots that were sitting next to my bed, debating whether or not to put them on, but decided against it. I checked the time on my phone, to see that it was midnight. Let's go check up on Haru. Have a chat with him. I left my room, not bothering to put a shirt on. I went to Haru's door and knocked.
"It's open." Was the response, so I entered.
I saw that Haru was sitting on his bed, his black sneakers sitting at the foot, and, judging by the dampness of his fur, I assumed that he had just gotten out of the shower, as well. The difference between us being that he was fully dressed.
"Hey." I greeted.
"Hey." He returned. "What's up?"
"Nothing really." I replied, pulling his desk chair over in front of him. I spun it around and sat down, my arms resting on the back of it, and said, "Just wanted to have a chat."
"Okay." He said. "About what?"
I shrugged, and said, "First day impressions, really."
He sighed, and said, "Well, it appears to be a nice place. I mean, our house mates are pretty cool, and I've never really lived in a place like this before, so I'm enjoying it."
"Yeah, me too." I replied. "I mean, coming from a guys who's never really had friends, I hope that these guys do turn out to be as cool as they appear."
"Yeah, that'd be nice." Haru replied.
I was about to reply, but I was interrupted by the sound of glass shattering, coming from downstairs.
Haru was about to leap up, but I stopped him, saying, "I'll go and check it out."
He nodded, and I rose from my seat. I left the room, slowly creeping towards the stairs. I went down them, before turning to the kitchen first. I looked in and saw a Flareon standing in the dark, the only light coming from the open fridge. She was on her knees, holding her hand. She appeared to be surrounded by shards of clear glass. Is that Wisp? I silently inched closer, going unnoticed. As I got closer, I saw that she appeared to have a fairly large shard of glass protruding from her palm. I rushed over and dropped to my knees next to the Flareon.
She looked up at my face, her eyes wide with fear, but I stopped her, grabbing her wrist and saying, "Wait, I want to help."
She seemed reluctant, but held still anyway. I gripped the glass and lightly tugged on it. She let out a small gasp of pain, as the shard moved slightly, allowing a small amount of blood to ooze out. I released the glass, before standing up. I moved over to the sink and grabbed the rag that was hanging by it. I dampened the rag, before returning to the Flareon. I dropped to my knees again, gently gripping her wrist.
"Listen," I said, my eyes locked with hers, "this will hurt some, but I'll need to do it to remove the glass. Okay?"
She nodded, and I gripped the shard of glass.
"Alright, on three." I said. "One. Two. Three."
On three, I yanked the shard of glass out of her palm. She let out a loud gasp of pain, and I quickly pressed the rag against the wound, trying to staunch the blood flow as much as possible. I thought for a second, trying to think of what I could do to help. I then remembered that I saw a first aid kit in the cabinet under my sink.
"Listen, I need you to hold this onto your hand, okay?" I said. "I need to go upstairs and grab a first aid kit, and I'll return in a second."
She nodded, and I let off of the rag. She quickly pressed down on the rag, replacing my pressure with her own. I quickly dashed upstairs and into my bedroom, and into my bathroom. I flung the cabinet doors open and grabbed the first aid kit, before rushing back downstairs. I found that the Flareon hadn't moved while I was gone. I dropped to my knees at her, opening the first aid kit. I moved the rag away off of her wound, and quickly dripped some antibiotics on it, causing her to wince in pain. I quickly bandaged her hand up, wrapping the bandage around her hand tightly. When I was done, she looked up at me, and I could see that there were still some tears in her eyes.
"There we go." I said, panting lightly. "All better." She nodded, and I said, "Hey, you're Wisp, correct?"
"Yes." She replied, surprising me. "Thank you."
"Yeah, no problem." I replied. "So, what were you doing that got you hurt?"
"I was just getting some dinner." She replied, sniffling slightly. "I was getting something to drink first, when I dropped the glass. I tried to catch it, but I couldn't. It landed on my palm and exploded on contact." She sniffled again, before saying, "I'm sorry about that."
I could see that she was on the verge of tears again, so I wrapped her in my arms and brought her to my chest.
"Relax." I said, trying to calm her down. "It's not your fault. It was an accident. They happen."
This seemed to calm her down, oddly enough. I had actually worried that it would only make it worse, due to her shy nature.
I released her, and she faced the floor, and said, "Thank you. I never caught your name, by the way."
"I'm Veil." I said. "Myself and Haru, a Luxray, just moved in today."
"Well, it's nice to meet you, as weird as it is for me to say that." She replied.
I could still here her sniffling some, so I took her head in my hands. I brought her face up to look at me, and I wiped the tears from her eyes.
"Yeah, you too." I said. "But, y'know, this wouldn't have happened if you ate with the rest of us."
Wisp sniffled again, and said, "Yeah, I know. I just can't, though."
I sighed, and said, "Yeah, I understand. Well, I guess that I should leave you to your dinner, shouldn't I?"
I stood up and started for the door, but stopped when I heard Wisp say, "Thank you, again, Veil."
"Yeah, no problem." I replied, smiling at her over my shoulder. "And, hey, if you ever need help with something again, you can come and get me. Okay?"
She nodded to me, slightly nervously. I went upstairs, heading to Haru's room.
When I entered, he said, "So, what was it? You were gone for a while."
"It was Wisp." I replied. "She dropped a glass and hurt herself. So, I helped her."
"Well, that was nice of you." Haru replied.
I shrugged, and said, "Yeah, I guess." I yawned, and said, "Anyway, we should probably get to bed. G'night."
"Yeah, night." He returned, as I left his room.
I entered my room and flopped down onto my bed with a sigh. What an odd group of people to be living with. I fell asleep, that thought flowing through my mind.
So, fun chapter? Yeah, I think that it was. More OCs, some character development, especially for Veil. Yeah, this was fun. Also, another fun fact, I had a momentary lapse of intelligence while writing, and I slightly forgot what a Luxray looked like (fuck off, it was at five in the morning) so I Google image searched one, and I found the perfect picture for if I actually go through with the whole Veil/Haru relationship. *Shrug* I don't know, more randomness from me. So, I believe that all I have left to do is credit the guys who's OCs I used, so let's get that done with so that I can sleep.
Ice Hale, the Glaceon, belongs to a guest, one known as A Feral Furry.
Caius, the Sceptile half-breed, belongs to ChronosSplicer.
Luroi Zakinthos, the albino Umbreon, belongs to Luroi. And, a side note to you, I noticed that you didn't give me a specific sexuality for your character. You have two choices, either drop a review or PM telling me what it is, or I'll decide, obviously. It's up to you. Also, I really liked the fact that Luroi reminds me of Izaak, from The Half-blood Pokemorph. And, before anyone says anything, that did not give me any bias whatsoever.
Kelsea Cunnington, the human, belongs to Vulpix's Flame.
Zach Cypher, the Zoroark half-breed, belongs to Nicranger.
And, then, Wisp is the one that I put in.
Anyway, thank you all for submitting your OCs, and a double thanks to the owners of the ones that I'm using. Now, I believe that I will get off and go to sleep now, as it's currently twelve thirty, and I'll be gone most of the day anyway. So, yeah, I'll see any reviews and shit from you guys in about ten hours. Have fun.
