Disclaimer: I do not own Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Yogi Bear, Boo Boo Bear or Cindy Bear. They are the property of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. I do own Snagglepuss' mother Liza.
Notes: Here's a new HucklePuss fic project I decided to undergo. Yeah, I'm in the mood to write some HucklePuss, but I'll return to HuckleFlower soon too. Anyway, this project was inspired by a post on Tumblr called 100 Ways to Say I Love You. You'll notice though that I'll only have 99 of them here. One of them turned out to be a great first-part to a multi-parter coming soon.
These will range from romantic to platonic and will take place during the different canons they interacted in, including Yogi's Treasure Hunt, Fender Bender 500 and Yo Yogi!.
Warnings time! As these are HucklePuss, a pairing containing Huckleberry Hound and Snagglepuss, there is a slash warning for some chapters. I'll let you know in the title headers if they are romantic or platonic, and it will be up to you to decide which to read if slash isn't your cup of tea. There's also potential OOC for them at some points, though I am trying my hardest to keep them in character.
I hope you enjoy this collection of stories known as Many Ways.
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Inspired by "You can have half". Yo Yogi! series. (Platonic)
It had been a typical day for the L.A.F. Squad. They started their morning taking inventory of items that had been turned in the day before. They double-checked the lists of items reported missing and tagged each accordingly.
Following a short break, they then proceeded to return items. Anything that belonged to store owners or was property of said stores were taken to them by Yogi, Boo Boo and Huckleberry. As for Cindy and Snagglepuss, they stayed behind to assist those who reported to the office; either taking note of missing items, accepting those turned in or returning items to their owners. It was a lot of work and it wasn't always easy. But, since Officer Smith hadn't felt a need to remind them not to slack off and visitors were satisfied, the five youths must've been doing a great job.
Nobody was working harder than Snagglepuss though. He was saving up for something, so he made sure to do what he was paid for. It didn't mean he'd be paid more, but he was hoping his enthusiasm in his work could help him land something extra. As it was, he had started an early morning paper route.
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Lunchtime soon rolled around. The L.A.F. office was temporarily closed so the five youths could get some lunch while Officer Smith continued patrolling Jellystone Mall.
"I'll find us a table, somewhere to sit, even," Snagglepuss stated before heading off to to do just that.
"Isn't he gonna buy lunch?" Boo Boo wondered.
"Snag's still savin' for them tickets he wants," Huckleberry explained to the preteen cub. He followed the ursines into the Pic-a-Nic Basket.
Snagglepuss found a table and sat down. He reached into his backpack, but after digging around, he didn't find what he was searching for. "That's funny..." He continued searching, but no luck. "I thought I had grabbed it off the counter..." He thought back to that morning.
He sat at the table, hurriedly eating his breakfast. He was careful not to choke on his food.
"Snagglepuss, I'll leave your lunchbag on the counter. Don't forget to grab it on your way out," Liza had stated before leaving the kitchen.
"Thanks, Mom," Snagglepuss responded. He downed his orange juice and gazed at the clock. "Heavens to Murgatroyd, I'd better get going, leave, even!" He put his dishes in the sink and hurried out of the kitchen, his lunchbag still on the counter.
He groaned as he allowed his forehead to meet with the surface of the tabletop. "I don't have time to go back home and get it. I'll just have to wait until after work."
"Snag? Where's your lunch, sugar?" Cindy questioned as the three bear cubs and one puppy made their way to the table.
"I left it at home..." He looked up.
"Well, that's no problem! Just buy some!" Yogi suggested.
"I can't. I've been saving for tickets to the stage production of Swingin' in the Rain; all my money is at home so I wouldn't be tempted to spend it."
The three ursine cubs exchanged glances. They'd only brought enough money for their own lunch, so they didn't have any to loan to the mountain lion cub.
Huckleberry had spent all of his too. But, he had an idea. He sat beside Snagglepuss and positioned the tray so they could both reach it. "Here. You can have half of mine."
"Are you sure? I can just wait until later." His stomach loudly protested that idea.
"Your stomach says otherwise. We could wind up havin' a longer day if'n any trouble comes along. Ya can't work well when hungry, right?"
His stomach let out another grumble. He had to admit he was too hungry to be able to wait, especially considering their job could get unpredictable.
Huckleberry unwrapped the burger, broke it in half and handed some to the feline. "Here. Help yourself to some fries too."
He accepted the offer. "Thanks, Huck."
"You'd do the same for me. Matter of fact, ya have done the same for me. Guess I'm just returnin' the favour." He put two straws through the hole in the lid of his orange soda. "There. You can have some of the drink too."
"Thank you."
At that, the five friends started to eat their lunch. They still had plenty of work to do afterwards.
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After notes: Raise your hand if you've ever been in the same situation as Snag? Me too. I was inspired by memories of times friends shared their lunch with me in school if I forgot mine while in a hurry. Swingin' in the Rain is mentioned as Snag's favourite movie in this canon, so I thought having him save up for tickets to a stage production of it would be the best incentive to get him to not wish to spend any money at that moment.
Thanks for reading, more to come soon!
