-1Chapter 3: Pit Stop
"How was I supposed to know he wasn't toilet trained?" Prilla defended herself as the trio were sitting patiently at the table, waiting for their meal. "I only assumed he was!"
"Ugh… Forget it, I just hope that's the last time I have to clean stuff like that up," The fudgehog huffed as his head fell into his arms.
"Fff-food?" Markus asked Prilla, who shook her head.
"Not yet Markus, we have to wait until they're done cooking it," the pretztail informed him for the fourth time. The mallowolf whined as he became a spectator to a nearby horstachio devouring a triple-decker sandwich.
Saliva worked it's way down markus' lips as he watched the horstachio take bite after bite into the sandwich.
"Aww Markus, you're drooling again, you gotta stop that," Prilla groaned as she took a napkin and wiped his lips dry.
Markus kept his mouth shut as he began to work his telekinesis again. His target? The horstachio's sandwich. It wiggled free from the horstachio's grip with ease. The sandwich began to make it's way to Markus as, luckily for him, the horstachio was eating an imaginary sandwich with his eyes closed. It took only a few more bite before the horstachio realized his sandwich was missing. Markus' new meal had now made it to the table.
Unfortunately for him, Prilla had witnessed nearly the whole thing. "Markus! You can't just take other people's food!" She nabbed the sandwich that was still floating in mid air.
Markus let out another whine as another voice entered the conversation, "excuse me, but did you pay for that?" Prilla looked up to see the horstachio of before looming over her. Fayez raised his head out of his arms to get in on the action.
"N-n-no, b-but but my son here-!" The horstachio cut her off, nabbing the sandwich back.
"You're just lucky you've got a pretty face," he stomped off, taking a bite of his sandwich.
"…Thanks Markus," Prilla glared at the mallowolf as her sarcasm certainly showed, "you just made me look like a total thief!"
"Suh… Sorry," Markus glanced at the table below him, knowing he disappointed his friend. He had also used that word when the duo got worked up over the recent mess they had cleaned up.
"Just hang in there Markus…" Fayez rubbed the mallowolf's back to console him. "Our meal should be done any second now," and as if it was predicted, the waitress pretztail presented them with their food. Instinctively, Markus went for the first plate that was laid out, which was Prilla's.
"Aah! This isn't what you ordered Markus," she slapped his paws away as he retracted them with another begging whine. Markus' plate was the last to be served. With Fayez's help, Markus' meal consisted of five different combination of burgers. All five were gone before the minute was up.
"Damn Markus, slow down, you're gonna choke on your food one of these days," Fayez gawked at how fast Markus had consumed his meal. However the mallowolf only replied with an obnoxious burp that could have easily turned a few heads.
"Markus!" Prilla shouted, "where are your manners?" she demanded when clearly they never went over manners at all. The mallowolf only gave another whine as his head drooped.
"Prilla, come on, be easy with him, it's only his first day. You've got to keep in mind that you have no idea where this guy's come from," Fayez forked around with his salad.
"True… But still, do you know how many people are staring at us right now?" She asked quietly.
"No, how many?" The fudgehog began surveying the room for onlookers, only to have Prilla stop him.
"Don't look Fayez!" She whined, almost ready to slap him across the face.
"Geez! Sorr-ree!" He focused his sight back on Prilla, who cheeks were now glowing red.
"Just keep quiet, hopefully they'll leave," Prilla remained hopeful as the duo returned to their meal in silence. The occasional beg came from Markus' lips, only to be hushed by one of the two piñatas. Eventually Fayez gave in and let the mallowolf have half of his meal, which easily disappeared in a matter of moments. But at least it kept him quiet until they had all finished up.
"Well that could have gone better," Prilla grumbled as they left the place.
"Be lucky he didn't destroy the place," Fayez remained positive as Markus let out a yawn.
"Heh-heh… At least we'll have some peace now," Prilla yawned as well, unable to wait for a break from this chaos.
"Better make sure he uses the toilet before he falls asleep, we don't need anymore accidents," Fayez shuddered thinking about it.
"You can do that… I need some sleep," she tried to suppress another yawn but failed.
"Fine… But you get to do the shift next time then," he agreed as they boarded the RV.
"Whatever…" Prilla was the last on as she closed the door behind them.