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Chapter 4
Everything and everyone is still, deathly silent. Joey nods his gold-colored wolf head. He slowly gets off of me, stretches, stands, and changes into his normal human form. He opens his mouth to speak but a voice, not my own, stops him.
"You really found him? For sure?"
I whip my head towards the location from which the voice came from. I see a small house cat with emerald eyes shining in disbelief. It's Duke. When did he ge- 'Boo!' I jump in surprise as someone 'says' it. I recognize that voice. I then frantically start to look around me. When I don't find the one I'm looking for I reply with,
'Kuriboh? Where are you?'
'Here… No, here! Look up uncle Yugi!'
I look up and sure enough, there is Kuriboh in his monster form. A small puff of light brown fur and antique and green eyes. He's gotten a LOT bigger! 'What are you doing here,' I ask.
'Visiting,' he replies. The others are sleeping in their usual rooms (1). I was just lying there when I felt you enter the household. I then came down here and got ready to surprise you when the time seemed right.
'Okay, thank you for telling me.'
"Hey Duke," I ask the teen.
"Yeah Yug'," he asks innocently. I start tapping my foot like the mother hen I am.
"Why aren't you in your bed, sleeping," I demand from him. Duke turns his feline head away from me in what seems to be shame. Fake or not, I do not know. He then jumps off the window sill and in mid-jump, changes into his normal human form too. He grins at me nervously before saying, "I just couldn't sleep and decided to lay out here for a bit and relax is all."
I look at what he's wearing. True to what his 'alibi' says, he's wearing a pair of pajamas. They seem to be a bit rustled. It's the pair that I got him last Christmas. It's a pair of black silk pants and a long-sleeve, button-up, black with blood-red dice, silk, PJ shirt. Good to know he still likes them. I then turn to look at Joey. As I'm starting to inspect him, Kuriboh lands softly on top of my head, in the crown of my lightning-like golden bangs. I leave him be, having to tend to yet another troublesome teen.
Joey's wearing his work clothes from Mama's Pizza (2). His uniform consists of a red cap, black slacks (3), and a red t-shirt. His nametag reads 'Carl' in bold black letters (3). He must've gotten home just minutes ago.
"And just pray tell what you were doing, Joey," I ask again in that tone I usually get when disciplining a person. The blonde werewolf just shrugs nonchalantly and replies with a calm and collective, "I was just checking up on everyone else der Yug. Though I had ta help Dark with convincin' Girl ta go ta bed." He grimaces at that last part. I understand about that part. Arguing with Girl was like trying to make the entire world have the same religion or like having Communism be chucked out the door. It's nearly impossible. The only one she really ever listened to or never argued with was me and Kuriboh.
I just sigh. It's too late to be dealing with this shit and I need some rest after all the excitement so far. Between having Celtic, Dark, Girl, and Kuro unexpectedly staying over, having been jumped on and scared, AND having just made sure the person I thought was Master was him, I definitely need a break. I look at the two teens and gently grab Kuro from my head and look all three of them in the eyes.
"I need to go to sleep and I expect all of you to do so too. Joey, I want you to take a shower first. I'm sorry to say this honey, but you reek. Kuro, give me a hug and go to bed." I give Kuro his quick hug before he vanishes up the stair and watch as Joey also goes up stairs. I turn to look at Duke who is still standing there, knowing full well that I have something to tell him
"Duke, I don't want you to tell this to anyone else. Joey already knows not to and so does Kuro. And before you ask, the reason I don't want the other's to know yet is that I don't want them to overreact and go after him. I know that Girl, Noah, and Celtic would do so in a heartbeat just for me to be happy. So please. Do. Not. Tell. ANYBODY. Okay?" He nods. I smile. Then walk over to him and hug him.
"Thanks darling. You know that I love all of you like my own, right?" He smiles and nods again.
"Good. Now, please try and get a good night's rest, okay? Night."
With that, I run to my room that's on the main floor. I close the door behind me as I run in and jump onto my bed. I get comfortable and as soon as my eyes close, sweet sleep comes and takes me into her arms to relax and find some temporary peace until the sun comes up again with morning.
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(1)- Their usual sleeping arrangements are as such: Kuriboh sharing with Noah's room, Girl sharing with Mai's room, Celtic sharing with Joey's room, and Dark sharing with Duke's room.
(2)- I made that entirely up and if such a establishment does exist, they own all rights.
(3)- His work requires that workers don't use their real names in case of an emergency
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