Days later….

Krypto had slept off the poison. Luckily, being far away from any Kryptonite helped him fight off the poison despite getting weakened in the Kryptonite pond. When he woke up he found Superman, Streaky, Batman, Robin, Ace, and the Dog Stars there. Even Ignatious was there!

"How're you doing Krypto?" Ignatious asked.

"Much better, I think I fought off all of the poison…wait…Kevin!" Krypto cried.

Superman quickly held Krypto down before he could leap off the bed.

"It's okay Krypto, Kevin is still alive. Better wait until the vet says you can leave before getting up." Superman smiled.

"Where am I?" Krypto asked.

"The hospital, Superman figured that you would want to be near to Kevin." Streaky explained.

Krypto smiled and nodded. Just then the vet, who had traveled from the veterinarian's, walked in.

"Based on my tests and Superman's judgment I say you're free to go." The vet said.

"Thank you. Wait, what about Kevin?" Krypto asked.

"Sorry not my department but I'll contact a doctor." The vet replied.

Sure enough, a doctor soon walked in.

"How's Kevin?" Krypto said quickly.

"He's still alive but…." The doctor hesitated.

"But what?" Superman asked, standing up.

"He's still in critical condition…and he hasn't woken up yet." The doctor finished.

Krypto zipped away without another word, and Superman and the others followed. When Krypto saw Kevin in his hospital ward, he saw an awful sight. Kevin was unconscious in his bed, pale, and wearing a breathing mask. Kevin's parents and Melanie were facing away from Krypto, so he only saw their backs, but he could still sense how worried they were. Andrea and her mom were on the other side of the bed; Andrea's mom was only concerned, but Andrea almost looked scared and was pale too. Krypto smiled in spite of himself, he already knew that Andrea cared that much about Kevin and it wouldn't be surprising to him when she did fall in love with Kevin. 'When' was Krypto's point of view, Kevin was still thinking 'if' at the time. Krypto walked in.

"Hi Superdog." Melanie smiled with a sneaky wink.

Krypto was startled; did she still know his secret identity?

"Here, you can lie on the bed." Kevin's mom smiled, petting Krypto a little.

Krypto smiled again, that was the first time he ever heard that from her. He gently got onto the bed, and surprisingly Kevin woke up!

"Kevin?" His dad said.

Kevin just smiled a weak smile at everyone, with the biggest one at Krypto. Everyone then realized that Kevin was only worried about Superdog/Krypto and so couldn't recover very well because of it. They relaxed; now that Superdog/Krypto was better soon Kevin will get better too. Weeks passed, and soon Kevin was well enough to get off the breathing mask. The doctors still forbid him from talking for long periods though, so he took turns with his friends and family. However, it ended up not being very long until Kevin was allowed to talk whenever he wanted; Krypto's recovery had greatly speeded up his own healing.

Later….

"It's amazing how close Kevin and Superdog have become." Andrea's mom pointed out one night.

"Well Kevin did save his life, he's as huge a star as Superman and his pets now." Kevin's mom replied.

Kevin's rescuing Superdog had become such big news that reporters were forbidden completely from the hospital. Despite that, Kevin was on the news every day, with most of the reports being about how no one really knew Kevin or Superdog's condition. Kevin's cousin Bailey hated watching this, but it was only out of jealousy. The villains took it happily because they thought that the doctors wanted to keep 'Superdog and Kevin are dying' a secret.

"Krypto and Kevin have had a close bond even before I met Kevin." Superman smiled. "Especially after Krypto saved the zoo animals from the sinking ship."

Kevin, Krypto, Andrea, and Streaky paled. Melanie however looked at Superman with interest.

"WHAT?" Kevin's parents and Andrea's mom gasped.

"You mean…." Kevin's dad broke off.

"Bailey was telling the truth the whole time?" Kevin's mom finished. "Krypto is Superdog?"

Embarrassed and nervous, Kevin and Andrea nodded.

"It's okay, calm down." Superman said.

Before Kevin's parents could say anything more, Superman quickly explained. Krypto was in an experimental rocket that his dad back on Krypton was testing, and that Krypto must've accidentally programmed the rocket to fly to Earth. After he found out about Superdog's first rescue he visited Kevin after tracking down Krypto. Krypto smelled him out, and he and Kevin went to the window. Kevin gave him the drawings he found in the rocket (which he and Krypto hid underground in the backyard) and mentioned that Superman was probably going to take Krypto back too. Krypto, like Kevin, was actually sad about the idea, so Superman took it into consideration when he allowed Kevin to keep Krypto. The other reason was that he was just too busy to keep a pet, so Krypto would be better off with Kevin. Besides, he had already spent years without his pet, and he could spend some more years without him.

"So you actually…? But what about the danger…?" Kevin's mom broke off.

"What danger?" Superman retorted with a smile. "Because Kevin has Krypto for a pet he has close connections to him whenever he gets into trouble, and he's even helped Krypto many times, I saw him."

"You've been watching him this whole time?" Andrea asked.

"Yes, I wanted to see how he does with Krypto and he's been doing great. He's even been a great sidekick to Krypto."

There was an awkward pause….

"If Krypto is Superdog, then is Streaky Supercat?" Andrea's mom asked.

Kevin and Andrea nodded again.

"I didn't find out until much later myself, and that was an accident." Andrea added. "I obviously never told you because it was mostly Kevin's secret."

"Why didn't Kevin tell us then?" Kevin's dad asked.

"Mostly because he was worried that you wouldn't let him keep Krypto anymore." Andrea replied.

"Heh, I always knew." Melanie smiled.

"Huh?" Everyone stared, startled.

"I knew ever since we first saw Superdog on the news, but of course no one could really understand me while I was at that age." Melanie explained. "And after I learned how to talk properly I decided not to say anything because Kevin never did."

Everyone smiled, especially Kevin and his smile was one of gratitude.

"So, I get to keep Krypto?" Kevin asked nervously.

"Since Superman is the one who personally gave you permission then yes." Kevin's dad smiled.

Kevin let out a "Yes!" and hugged Krypto; Krypto wagged his tail as gently as he could without disturbing anything.

"How did Streaky get superpowers anyways? That's the one thing I never understood." Melanie asked.

Since Andrea found out a long time ago, she explained. A trio of alley bullies called the Junkyard Dogs chased Streaky into Lexcorp and Krypto followed hoping he could help. In the commotion a duplicating ray activated, fired, and hit Krypto on the chest. The ray then bounced off and hit Streaky. She then explained how she found out and how that led to her first time helping Krypto and Streaky.

By this time, the doctors had already told the reporters that Krypto was fully recovered and that Kevin was well on his way to full recovery. Unfortunately, that meant that the villains eventually found out, but the good guys in the hospital didn't think of that even after they watched the doctor's report on the news.

Later….

One night, Kevin and most of the others were deep asleep but Krypto and Andrea were wide-awake.

"Krypto, can I tell you a secret?" Andrea asked.

"Go ahead." Krypto smiled.

"I think I might be in love with Kevin, but I'm not sure. I first started to think that back when I was scared that Kevin might actually die, my heart almost started breaking at that thought."

Streaky actually woke up, which was very unusual especially for him.

"I hope you are, I think Kevin would make a great boyfriend for you." He said.

"And I always thought that Andrea would make a great girlfriend for Kevin." Krypto added. "You should tell him."

"But I'm not even sure…." Andrea protested.

"If you were in such pain just thinking about Kevin dying then I say that's proof enough." Streaky interrupted. "I may not always give the best advice, but hear me out on this: you two are best friends and work really well together, as both friends and Superhero partners."

"Yes," Krypto agreed. "And you've got to admit, Kevin's pretty handsome for a human." He winked.

Andrea smirked at that for a moment, and then watched Kevin sleeping.

"I am in love with him." She whispered. "Just watching him sleep peacefully makes me feel warm, as if he's hugging me. Plus I can feel it here…." She put a hand to her heart. "But what if it ruins our friendship?"

"I doubt that'll ever happen." Krypto smiled as Streaky nodded

Andrea smiled and kissed Kevin on the forehead before falling asleep in his chest.