The drive home was uncomfortably quiet. PJ wasn't a real talkative person, but he would always try to talk with his son. But as of right now, Blu's father was silent. His eyes were more droopy than usual, so Blu can tell something is wrong.
It wasn't until they were halfway home when Blu decided to break the silence.
"Daddy…why did we leave so soon? I wanted to hang out with Uncle Parappa." The Blue and purple colored bear pouted.
His father sighed, feeling uncomfortable.
"It's…you wouldn't understand." PJ states, clearly upset.
"I'll try." Blu says, wanting to know the reason that they left so soon.
PJ looks back at his son, a look of worry was on Blu's young, innocent face.
"Alright…you know your Uncle's little boombox, Boxxy Boy?" PJ asks the young boy.
"Yeah! He's really cute! He's kinda old though." Blu exclaims.
"That's because he is old. Parappa's Dad made Boxxy for him when he was your age, and they were together ever since. That little boombox really means a lot to Parappa, he stuck with your Uncle through thick and thin after all this time." PJ sighs again.
"Your Uncle asked me for money, so Boxxy can be repaired. A lot of money…" PJ emphasized the last few words as he pulled into the farm's driveway.
"Anyway, I had to give him some." The adult bear states as he parks the old car.
Blu got out of the vehicle and hugged his Dad with a loving embrace.
"Aww, you did a good thing Daddy!" Blu smiles as he looks up to his father. PJ smiles back at his son, despite knowing he gave Parappa hundreds of dollars that his family could have used.
"You boys are back early." Sunny says as she approaches her family with baskets filled with fresh-picked berries.
"Yeah! We were only there for a little bit because Dad had to give Uncle Parappa money!" Blu innocently states as PJ freezes, he didn't plan on telling his wife that he gave away several hundred dollars.
"Wait, what?" Sunny says surprised.
"Look, Parappa needed some money so he could fix Boxxy Boy. So I just wanted to help him out." PJ says defensively.
The Berri family aren't the richest bunch in the world, so they usually try to save money whenever possible.
"Well I wish you could have told me first!" Sunny exclaims, not happy.
"I wasn't planning to give him anything! He begged me!" PJ argued back.
"Please don't yell…" Blu whimpered. He hates it when his parents argue.
The mother and father look at their son, quickly calming down when they see that he's upset.
"...I'm sorry sweetie." Sunny apologizes to her son, hugging him.
"I'm sorry too." PJ speaks up as he hugged the both of them.
"Next time, tell me first before you give anyone money, okay hun?" The flower woman asks her husband.
"Sure…" PJ yawned, starting to feel tired.
...
The rest of the day went normally, Sunny picked the rest of the berries, getting the stand ready for tomorrow, with PJ taking a nap, and Blu playing outside with his toys. The day had gone by and now it was evening, the sun was setting, and the family was having dinner.
"So how are the berries coming along?" The grown up bear asked his wife, already finishing his plate of pasta.
"They're growing well! They should be ready to sell tomorrow! I'll probably give some to Katy and Lammy in the morning." Sunny says with her usual warm smile.
"Maybe we should give some to Parappa too, that would probably make him feel better." PJ suggests.
With his Dad saying that, Blu suddenly remembers the note in his pocket.
"Hey, look what I found earlier!" Blu shouts with excitement as he pulls out the piece of paper.
"What's that kiddo?" PJ smiles at his son.
"It's a note I found in Uncle Parappa's drawer!"
The husband and wife's eyes widen in shock.
"What?!" They both exclaim in unison.
"Blu! That's-That's bad! Stealing is bad!" PJ stutters, shocked that his son took something that belonged to Parappa.
"Blu! I thought you knew better!" Sunny scolded the hybrid boy, who is now sulking in his seat.
"I-I'm sorry…" He mumbled, embarrassed and sad.
"You don't take what doesn't belong to you!" Sunny scolded again, but not as harsh.
"Hand it over." PJ ordered his son with has hand out. Blu looked down as he handed the paper over.
PJ glanced at the paper, starting to read it. A few seconds later, PJ's eyes shot wide open. A rare occurrence for the lethargic bear.
"He lied to me…"
PJ quietly whispers to himself as his widened eyes turn into a frown. Another rare occurrence.
"What is it?" Sunny asks, being concerned.
"I'm going to pay Parappa a visit." PJ says, abruptly getting up and walking out of the house, his frown still on his face.
"PJ! Wait!" Sunny chased after him, with Blu following, worried.
As PJ got in the car, Sunny called out to him.
"Tell me what's going on?!"
PJ looked at her and simply said four words.
"He's at it again." Before driving off.
Sunny stood there, knowing exactly what those four words meant, while Blu stands there puzzled.
"Mommy…is…Daddy mad at me?" Blu looks up at his mother.
Sunny sighs as she frowns.
"No sweetie, he's mad at your Uncle."