Chapter 6

Well it was the day of the festival and Ai thought she was going to have a day off, well that didn't happened. She was swamped with animals either hurt from fireworks from dumb people, or in the kennel until tomorrow for safety. She was running all over the place. A shot there, a stitch there, a mop in some rooms, snacks in others, she was about to collapse when she heard the door opened and saw BlackJack, Pinoko, Largo, and Master. She looked at him said, "I'll pay you each $200 if you help me."

Pinoko nearly laugh when she saw how much of a mess Ai looked like. Her hair was messed up, her clothes were almost ripped to pieces, glasses were broken and her arm and legs were in the fritz. BlackJack held him his chuckled. "You got yourself a deal." And soon enough those 4 were swamped with customers. Pinoko was feeding the animals, Master was cleaning the pens, Largo was trying to calm down the baby animals, and Ai and BlackJack were taking care of the injured.

Ai said, "I'm starting to hate festivals. Do you get this problem before?"

BlackJack said, "Mostly the aftermath. Though once there was in incident that happened during one."

Ai asked, "What happened?"

BlackJack said, "Let's just say after some corruption at a hospital, an invisible man became noticed."

Ai looked at him confused and just shrugged her shoulders and went back to work.

As soon as it hit midnight, the rush was over. The animals that were injured were gone, the animals in the kennel were taken to their owners, and it was closing time. In the house, everyone was in the living room exhausted. Pinoko was also on the floor, Master was out on the couch, and Largo was asleep on the chair. Ai and BlackJack saw the 3. BlackJack asked, "Do you have spare bedrooms?"

Ai said, "I have 2 but you might have to share mine. You'll get Pinoko and I'll get Master." The 2 went to the sleepy trio. Ai went to Master and woke him up. Once he opened his eyes she said, "I have a spare bedroom you can sleep in." She helped him up and took him upstairs so he can sleep comfortably.

BlackJack went to Pinoko and picked her up in his arms. Then he went to Largo and woke her up. Largo woke up and followed BlackJack to the other spare bedroom. He got her into bed and pulled the blankets over her. Then Largo got on the bed and went to sleep.

Then Ai and BlackJack went to the main bedroom. "You know this reminds me of the time were in the hospital and we shared a bedroom." She got her pjs and went to the bathroom to change.

BlackJack said, "I was thinking the same way. Too bad you don't have a big window." He changed to his boxers."

Ai called out, "No but I got a sunroof. Look up and we'll see the stars again." She started to brush her teeth.

BlackJack looked up and saw what she means. "Wow. Did you pay extra for that?"

Ai got out of the bathroom in her pjs. "Would you believe me if I tell you it came with the design but only pay extra for extra inches?" she asked.

BlackJack saw her and blushed red. "Y-yeah." He quickly got into bed before he got caught.

Ai said, "Well at the old house after I got my arm and legs, I had a full room." Then got into bed and lay next to him. "Somehow it didn't feel the same until I saw some stars." She took her glasses. "It's hard to stop something when you finally get used to something." She kissed his cheek. "Well goodnight BlackJack." She lay down and went to sleep.

BlackJack sigh in relief then looked at her. "I know the exact feeling Ai." He lay down and looked up at the sunroof and saw the stars. He his put his hands behind his head wide awake. Then he heard a moan and saw Ai turn over and lay her head on his chest and a big smile appear on her face. BlackJack blushed again but then smiled and put his arm around her. "Have happy dreams Daisuke." He kissed her head and went to sleep himself.