Grizzly stood awkwardly by the couch as Zoey glared at him. He looked around, trying to think of what to do. His gaze fell onto the TV.
"So, uh, Zoey. Want to watch TV?" He asked. Zoey looked at the TV then continued glaring at Grizzly. He frowned, trying to think of something else. "Oh! How about we try playing video games?" Zoey continued glaring. He sighed. It finally hit him on what he could do.
"I got it!" He exclaimed then ran into the kitchen. Zoey leaned over the side of the couch, wondering what he was doing. He came back carrying a chair before running back into kitchen. Now very curious as to what he was doing, Zoey slid off the couch and wandered over to the doorway leading into the kitchen. Again, Grizzly came out with another chair and went to retrieve a third. Zoey sat down to watch just as Grizzly ran out with the third chair. He then picked up the tossed blanket and draped it over the chairs, creating a blanket cave. Grizzly stood back, thoughtfully patting his face as he decided if it needed anything else. He then went rushing down the hall past Zoey.
"I'll be right back!" He called to her. She stood up and followed him as he entered his room. Grizzly grabbed the blanket off his bed and the pillow and ran out, and back into the living room. Zoey ran after him and back over to where she had left the stuffed animal on the couch. Grizzly put his blanket on the floor in the blanket cave, then placed his pillow and the pillow meant for Zoey against two chairs.
"There! All done!" He announced to her. He looked at her while placing his paws on his sides. "Well, go ahead! Check out the cave!" Zoey carried her toy into the cave, looking around before sitting on one of the pillows. She then set the stuffed toy onto the other pillow then looked at Grizzly. Grizzly was watching her with a grin. Zoey finally gave him a small smile back and started babbling to the stuffed animal. She pointed to the chairs and the blanket providing the ceiling then picked the toy up and looked back at Grizzly. He now looked a little confused.
"What is it, Zoey?" He asked. She responded by patting the pillow then waiting. "You want me to sit with you?" She nodded. He gasped out of surprise and joy and crawled into the little cave and sat on the pillow next to her. She smiled at him and gently patted him. He chuckled a little at how cute she was being. She then went onto making the stuffed toy move around then handed it to Grizzly. Surprised, he took the stuffed animal, not sure what she wanted him to do with it. She sat and watched him expectantly. Finally, he thought he figured out what she wanted and started making the stuffed toy move around.
Zoey clapped her paws in delight then tugged on the toy animal. Grizzly willingly gave it back and watched as she started making it move. This time she turned it to face him and started babbling as she made it move. Grizzly chuckled again, realizing she was pretending the toy was talking to him.
"Why hello, Stuffed-" He paused to look at the stuffed animal. "-bear?" He was uncertain what kind of stuffed animal it was. It was orange and mostly resembled a bear, though it also looked a little cat like. Zoey didn't seem to care what he called it and happily handed it back. He smiled and raised the pitch of his voice a little.
"Hello, Zoey!" The stuffed bear greeted her. Grizzly let out a short laugh as Zoey giggled as well. Suddenly, Zoey's stomach growled and she frowned. Grizzly set the toy down.
"Hungry already?" He asked. His stomach growled shortly after. They both looked at his stomach before Zoey grinned and picked up the stuffed animal. She shook it slightly and made a fake growling sound then patted its tummy. Grizzly laughed at this, and crawled out of the cave.
"I'll go get us some snacks then." He said. Zoey crawled out after him with the stuffed animal. Together, the two of them went into the kitchen to find food.
Panda was wakened by the sound of banging on his door. He groaned as he looked at the clock, which read 12:09. He sat up and rubbed his eyes before stumbling out of bed and shambled through his dark room to the door. He opened the door and looked down to see Zoey. She looked up at him with a blank expression. He sighed and squeezed out of his room, not letting Zoey in. She stared into his room until the door blocked her view and she grunted. Not being able to access his room, she toddled back into the living room. Panda sighed and shuffled over to the bathroom door to go put his contacts in.
Once he had his contacts in, Panda walked into the Living room, looking around for his older brother. Snoring caught his attention and he noticed the cave Grizzly had made for Zoey.
"What the?" He muttered and looked inside. Zoey was inside making Panda's stuffed animal dance on Grizzly, who was passed out. Panda grumbled as he knew he had to stay up with Zoey now. He went to go sit on the couch but heard a crunch when he did. He quickly stood up and look at the cushion to see a bag of half eaten chips. "Ugh, Grizz!" Panda sighed and moved the bag of chips. Zoey crawled over to the mouth of the blanket cave with the stuffed toy and watched Panda. Panda just glared sourly at her.
After a while of just staring at each other, Zoey walked over to the couch and started taking crushed chips from the bag. Panda, who was watching the stuffed animal, decided to try and take it away from her. However, Zoey noticed him reaching for it immediately and snatched the toy back out of reach. She glared at him and hugged the toy tight.
"No. Mine." She growled. She sat down and started babbling to the toy. Panda started feeling uncomfortable when he noticed she would have the toy face him as she 'talked' to it. He started getting a feeling that she was talking bad about him to his own toy.
"Would you cut that out?" Panda demanded. Zoey stuck her tongue out at him. He growled and stood up. "Alright! That's enough! Give it back!" He lunged for the stuffed animal, causing Zoey to cry out in surprise and bolt away from him. He started chasing her around the living room, trying desperately to get what belong to him. After a while though, he started getting tired and stopped to catch his breath. Zoey stopped as well to watch him. Panda sat down, finally giving up.
"Fine. You. Can. Keep it." He breathed before completely laying down. Zoey approached him and sat down. They stared at each other for a while before Zoey handed him the stuffed animal. He sat up in confusion. "Wait, your giving it back?" Zoey just stood up and went back to the chips to take another pawful. Panda looked down at the stuffed animal. After looking it over, he saw that it was perfectly fine. He looked over at Zoey and strolled over to her.
"Um, thank you for returning my stuffed animal." He thanked her awkwardly. She looked at him and offered him some of the crushed chips. He waved a paw in refusal. "No, I don't want any." She shrugged and went back to munching on them. Panda sat down on the couch, staring down at his stuffed toy. He was starting to consider that, maybe Zoey wasn't that bad after all.
Panda lasted three hours before he couldn't stay awake any longer. He stumbled over to the fridge to wake up his little brother. Zoey was following him around. Panda opened the door, almost instantly waking up Ice bear.
"Your turn." He moaned from exhaustion. Without waiting for a response he stumbled off to bed. Ice bear exited the fridge and ambled over to the living room entrance. Zoey was following Panda making distressed sounds as he slid into his room with the stuffed animal. Ice bear watched as she sat down in front of Panda's room and started making the weird screeching noise she'd made the night before. Ice bear cleared his throat to get her attention. It worked and she instantly stood up and strode over to him. She sat down in front of him, just staring at him.
Ice bear blinked then wandered over to the closet. Zoey stood up and followed him. Ice bear opened the closet and reached inside. Inside the closet, there was a shelve with art materials. Ice bear grabbed a stack of paper and a box of crayons. He then closed the closet and set the grabbed materials on the table in the living room. Zoey drew closer, sniffing the box of crayons and the paper before looking at Ice bear. He picked up a crayon and took a piece of paper, passing both over to her. She took her crayon and started to try putting it in her mouth when Ice bear stopped her.
He placed a paw over the crayon and shook his head. Confused, Zoey looked at her crayon then at the paper. She looked at Ice bear for approval as she hovered the crayon over the paper. He slowly nodded and Zoey proceeded to scribble on the paper. She gasped in amazement and started giggling. She scribbled on the paper more before grabbing another crayon. With her new crayon, she started scribbling with it and was even more amazed to see a different color come from it. She excitedly set down the crayons and showed Ice bear her drawing.
Ice bear looked at it then grabbed a piece of paper for himself. Taking a crayon, he started drawing his own picture. Zoey watched with pure wonder and amazement. When he was done, he held up the paper, showing a picture of Zoey. She stared at it, not really understanding what it was until Ice bear spoke.
"Zoey." He said, pointing at her then the picture. She looked at the drawing again then looked at herself. Finally noticing the resemblance, she let out an excited squeal and snatched the drawing away and hugging it. Ice bear smiled a little. Zoey placed the now slightly crumpled drawing on top of her own and stretched across the table for another paper. Once she grabbed one, she carefully looked through the crayons for the perfect color to use. She settled for a black crayon and started drawing. When she finished, she happily showed him a very crude drawing of him. She pointed at it then at him.
"You!" She shouted gleefully. Ice bear stared at the drawing then at Zoey.
"Ice bear is flattered." He told her. She shoved it towards him, grinning as he took it. He held onto it for a while before setting it on the table. Zoey eagerly grabbed a third piece of paper and went straight to drawing again. When she finished, she showed Ice bear her finished work. It looked like another drawing of him but with a crude drawing of Zoey. He tilted his head slightly, pointing to himself. To his surprise, Zoey shook her head.
"Me." She explained slowly, pointing to her drawn self first. She then pointed to the other doodle. "Mommy." She looked at Ice bear. She smiled weakly at him then looked at her own drawing and frowning. Ice bear looked at her drawing again before she started hugging it. He blinked in surprise when he heard her sniff. Looking over at her, he noticed she was starting to cry.
"Miss. Mommy." She mumbled. Ice bear looked around, not sure what to do.
"Where is Zoey's mom?" He asked. Zoey looked at him and sniffed. She dropped her drawing and suddenly hugged him.
"Me don't know!" She sobbed. Ice bear was frozen, not sure how to react. Finally, he gently picked her up and gave her a comforting hug back.