Heinz set the recliner up and Perry squeaked and clung to him, when he was picked up.
"what do you weigh, like five kilograms?" Heinz ask. Perry wasn't even hurting his back, and lifting things always hurt his back.
"well, I weighed about 2 pounds as a Platypus. factor in my size 5'7, from my original size 1'3, it about... 97 pounds, give or take a few." Perry replied tiredly.
"less math more sleep." Heinz mumbled plopping them both on the bed. they curled up together in a perfect fit.
*next morning*
When Heinz got up, Perry was gone, but he could hear him and Vanessa talking. so he dressed and left his room. he followed the noise to the kitchen.
"dad's not gonna be happy." Vanessa laughed.
"shh! don't tell your dad!" Perry giggled. he raised an eyebrow and walked in.
"don't tell me what?" Heinz ask walking in. "what did you do to my kitche?!" Heinz exclaimed.
"nothing!" Perry exclaimed defensively. "I was making pancakes when Norm came bounding in and for some reason, they exploded." Perry shrugged.
"oh really?" Heinz ask.
"it's true dad, saw the thing." Vanessa said. she sounded like she didn't believe it herself but she'd seen it.
"alright go get a shower. you look like a pancake your self." Heinz said to Perry.
"a what?" I ask. a bath is what I was always given as a Platypus. havent bathed in a while, I must stink.
"I'll show him what a shower is and get him some clothes." Vanessa said. Heinz nodded and began to clean up.
*later*
after Perry had a shower and everything was cleaned up, Perry left to go see Phineas.
"hey." Perry waived entering the room.
"greater than man?" Ferb ask. Perry looked down at his shirt.
"Doofus let me borrow it." Perry replied.
"doofus?" Phineas ask weakly.
"my ex-nemesis." I replied.
"you mean the guy your completely smitten for?" Phineas ask. both boys laughed when Perry's face lit up bright red. Perry turned to leave. "awe don't go, you know i'm joking." Phineas said. Perry sighed and turned around.
"I was going to ask how you were doing, but obviously since your cracking jokes your just fine." Perry huffed.
"thats just the pain meds." Ferb replied. Perry shook his head.
"what is in your hair?" Phineas ask. Perry walked over to the mirror and glared.
"he is so dead and he's washing my hat." Perry mumbled. "I was making pancakes this morning for Vanessa, one of her cravings, and Doof's robot Norm came bounding into the kitchen and some how made them explode. I showered and Vanessa checked my hair after I got dressed. then Doof handed me my hat, which felt a little heavy, but I didn;t know why. now I do." Perry muttered. he walked over to the trash can and knelt over it. he went to pull his hat off but stopped. "on second thouht, i'll leave it. if he's going to pull pranks, i'm going to make him clean them up." Perry huffed.
"bye Perry." Phineas waived. Perry waived back.
"normally I'd tip my hat but, a wave will have to do this time." Perry said walking out.
*DEI*
"oh Doofus!" Perry shouted walking in. Doof and Vanessa both looked up as he came in. "guess what." Perry said leaning over Doof ,who was laying on the couch.
"what?" Doof ask.
"this." Perry replied. he pulled his hat off and shook his hair out. "and guess what. you get to clean my hat for thinking that it was funny to fill it with flour." Perry said dropping the hat on his flour covered chest. "instructions are attached to the inside." Perry added walking away. Vanessa laughed as her dad took in what just happend. by the time he caught up Perry had come back ,with a towel, drying his hair. Doof grumbled something about 'how he was supposed to pull his hat off in the hospital' before getting up and dusting off the flour. he shook it out of his hair and went for the vacuum.
"nice Perry." Vanessa giggled. they slapped high-fives.
"score 1 for Perry." Perry said doing a little dance.
"you are so weird! I never knew you were this weird." Vanessa laughed.
"there's a lot you don't know about me. like... oh! do to a childhood injury, one of the boys early inventions broke and landed on me, I can easily be knocked out by a blow to the top of my head. which is why I always wear a hat thats made into a helmet." Perry explained. he paused. "hey Vanessa, can I ask you a question?" Perry ask.
"you just did but go ahead." Vanessa replied.
"Phineas ask me to get something for Ferb. they're... lovers but not acutal brothers and their 18 so it's legal, anyway not the point, what do I do?" Perry ask. Vanessa laughed.
"I was going to go shopping tomorrow, wanna come, maybe you can find something there." Vanessa offered.
"why were you going to the store?" Perry ask.
"well, since Johnny wants nothing to do with his kid, I'm going to start buying stuff for it." Vanessa replied. Perry shrugged.
"ok." Perry said.
"I told you that Johnny fellow was no good." Heinz said coming in with the vacuum. Perry launched himself at the other side of the couch and the other two watched his leopard like movements. he landed on the couch ,perched on the back, and glared at the vacuum. "well that was unexpected." Heinz muttered. Perry hissed lowly at him.
"as was that." Vanessa laughed and left for her room.
"Perry are you afraid of a vacuum cleaner?" Heinz ask. something flashed in Perry's eyes as he rapidly shook his head no and lost his balance, falling off the back of the couch. Heinz walked over to help him up and just as he let go of Perry, the vacuum was turned on and Perry was gone. "Norm! turn this damned thing off!" Heinz shouted. the robot ignored him and went on cleaning the couch. Heinz stormed over and pulled the plug. "go make muffins!" Heinz shouted before storming off to find Perry.
"ok dad!" Norm shouted. Heinz groaned. he decieded to start with his room, since it was closer and most likely where he'd be. he searched his room and was just about to leave when he heard a muffled sneeze from his closet. he rolled his eyes and opened the closet.
"what are you doing in here?" Heinz ask. Perry looked up half sheepish and half shyly. a vage memory of Vanessa hiding in her closet while he and his ex-wife argued popped into his mind but he pushed it away. he reached a hand down but Perry didn't take it. "come on I told Norm to shut it off." Heinz said. after a moment Perry hesitantly took his hand and was pulled out of the closet. "if you don't mind my ask, why are you afraid of the vacuum?" Heinz ask.
"because it hurts. do have any idea how many times Candace or Linda has run me over with one of those things?" Perry ask. Heinz shook his head. "more time then I care to count. I've been to the vet more times because the got my tail stuck in that thing than I've been to it because Pinky got hurt." Perry huffed. "it's an irrational fear." Perry mumbled.
"not really. whose Pinky?" Heinz ask. Perry smiled.
"Pinky is the Chihuaua who lives next door. he's pretty cool and one of my best friends." Perry replied. "but he says I smell funny. not like a Platypus and not like a human, something like a mix of those two smells." Perry added. Doof nodded.
"wait you can still understand him?" Doof ask. Perry nodded.
"of course! thats a skill I learned in the agency. my teacher was a Squirrel. so yeah I can talk to animals." Perry shrugged. after a quiet moment Perry spoke again. "so i'm new to this whole 'dating' thing and the whole 'human' thing, so what exactly do you do?" Perry ask dropping on Heinz's bed.
"well, it different. have your boys ever been on dates?" Heinz ask.
"no. they like to build things and even if they had I wouldn't know. I get to see the beginning of their project and then I have to come fight you by the time I get home we have a snack or supper then we chat and or go to bed." Perry replied.
"wow I took over a lot of your life didn't I?" Doof ask sitting down beside Perry. Perry nodded and curled up closer to Heinz.