Kyoya: He-

CPR/KM: hissing Yesssss?
Kyoya: ...

Lilly: Oh...

Tsunayoshi: hiding behind Alaude S- Scary...

Alaude: ...

CPR/KM: On we go then~!

Disclaimer: Someday it shall be mine, I tell you! But first... runs from angry lawyers

Summary: Alaude has never fancied himself to buy a Pet, much less own one. Yet, here he was in front of a shop about to buy one. And that was all because his cousin thought it would be a great idea for him to own one. If only Alaude knew what trouble was ahead of him with buying one.

Warnings: AU, Het/Yaoi/Yuri, Shounen-ai/Shoujo-ai, Cross-dressing, Gender bender, Language, Smut, Lemons/Limes, Male-Pregnancy/Pregnancy, OOCness

Pairings: AlaudeFEM!Tsuna, JulieSuzuki, I-PinFEM!Lambo, RebornVerde, AsariG, GiottoFEM!Daemon, HaruDino, HanaKyoko, LuceFon, CozartEnma

Rating: M

Pet Shop: Willkommen im Irrsinn!

Chapter 13 Aftermath

~ Time skip Giotto's Mansion...

After the confrontation with Byakuran and having come out as a victor, Giotto had called the whole family to come together and his friends. Of course, that only happened after his property had been rebuild and nothing was left of the fight that had taken place to that time. It would ruin the spirit if anyone saw the destruction of the place, now wouldn't it? So, here Giotto was now in the dining room of his mansion together with his friends and family. It was not a big get-together. He had only have Dino plus his little family here, Alaude's little family and of course his friends. He had not invited his mother, father or his aunt and uncle. He did not really know what he should tell them as to why it gave this little get-together.

Giotto sweat dropped when he saw how Lambo was scowling down at her little brother that had been disposed into her lap. That girl really hated little children and it seemed that not even her own little brother was an exception to that hate. He pitied the boy to have to grow up with such a sister. Right next to Lambo was I-Pin who was trying to hide her giggling at the situation that Lambo was in. It was just so funny to see Lambo struggle with the baby and try not to shove it away from her. Because even though Lambo hated children in general, she would not just shove her brother away like that. He was after all a baby, maybe later when he was older she could do it. Haru and Dino were opposite of Lambo and I-Pin and were in their own little word, a world without kids in it.

G on the other hand was glaring darkly at Verde who was smirking at him with glinting glasses. How that man was able to pull such a stunt off was still a mystery to G and it was one that he would really like to solve. Reborn who was right next to Verde was chuckling and shook his head in amusement. That man really had too much free time on his hands. Why had suddenly gotten such an idea was beyond him. But he had to admit, this idea of Verde would bring great entertainment.

"What the hell, four eyes?" G hissed out and glared at Verde. "Why the hell did you do that?"

"To satisfy my curiosity," Verde said a calm voice, yet some excitement was heard out of it. "You and Ugetsu were the best ones to test it on."

"What?" G exploded which let Lampo scream at the loudness of G's voice.

"Ah, Lampo-chan calm down, please?" I-Pin begged the crying baby who only wailed louder.

"Gah! Shut up, brat!" Lambo said while holding the baby away from her.

"Lambo-chan, give him to me," Haru said and stood up.

Asari sighed and shook his head. G really needed to learn to be more mindful of his surroundings. Giotto winced when he heard his own two daughters join Lampo into his screaming. He let out a groan. That was just great. Now it would be much harder to calm the babies down again. It was only good that Alaude had yet to appear with his family if he even showed up at all. Giotto doubted that his cousin would appear at all. Although, he was very much curious to meet Alaude's son Kyoya and how the baby looked like. He was at least happy that there was not another crying baby in the house right now. Kami-sama knows how long it would take them to calm them all down.

Giotto was trying his best to calm a crying Chrome down in his arms while Daemon was rocking Nagi in her arms. But so far, nothing was working, not with Lampo always crying anew and this starting the circle of cries again when one baby was calmed down. At least Reborn had taken it upon himself to slap G at the back of his head. It was the red head's fault that the babies were crying in the first place.

"I am going to murder you when this is over," Reborn hissed while his eye twitched at the loud wailing.

G growled at Reborn while rubbing the back of his head where Reborn had hit him. Asari shook his head yet again at G.

"Try it, old man!" G spat back.

Before G had the chance to start yet another screaming, the door to the dining room slammed open. Everything became immediately silent and the three babies stared with wide eyes at the person that was standing in the door. Giotto and Dino sweat dropped at the entrance that Alaude had done and then looked at their silent babies. Somehow what had just happened did not make any sense to them, at all. How did the loud banging of doors make babies stop crying? Or maybe it could have been because a very murderous and pissed off aura was coming off of Alaude who glared at them all. Giotto decided that it must be because of that little fact that the babies were silent. He should thank his cousin for that miracle of his someday.

Alaude was glaring at the idiots that he had to meet today and crossed his arms over his chest when he noticed that all was silent now. He had heard the loud wailing from the brats that his cousins call their babies even outside of the mansion. It had given him a headache and he wanted them to shut up. But not only for his own good but the one for his son and wife's too. Tsuna had pressed her ears flat to her skull when she had heard the wailing as had Kyoya and both had whined at the loud noise. So, as to rescue his wife and son's hearing, Alaude had done the only thing he could do. Be himself and hope that everyone shuts up then. It had work, like always. Not that he had doubted it would not.

Tsuna let her head poke out from behind Alaude and stared at the silent room now. This was so much better now. With a flick of her ears, Tsuna came out from behind Alaude. Kyoya, who was in his mother's arms, let out a yawn and snuggled into his mother's chest with a twitch of his ears. All eyes in the room were now on the Fox-Girl with the baby in her arms. The reactions at seeing the baby in Tsuna's arms were mixed.

"What the fuck...?" G said when he saw just like whom that baby looked liked. "Why?"

"Ahaha~ told you I was right, G~," Asari sang out while giving Tsuna a bright smile.

"Shut up, Flute-nut," G hissed out. "It's just hard to believe that a bastard like him is allowed to be a father!"

"Don't be like that, G," Knuckle said while clapping his shoulder, hard. "Everyone is allowed to have some extreme happiness!"

"Don't touch me, boxing-dolt!"

Reborn rolled his eyes at the way G and Knuckle began their bickering and here he had thought that today they would let it rest. But it did not seem to be like that. Asari was trying his best to calm his angered friend and boyfriend down but that only earned him a near hit on the head with a plate. Verde on the other hand had his clipboard out again and began to scribble something down it while giving thoughtful hums out. `Now what are you planning this time, Verde?´ Reborn thought with a slight chuckle. Ah, he would be finding out soon anyways. So why bother about it now and give himself a headache with just thinking about it?

"So that is Kyoya Aunt Luce told us about, huh?" Dino said, having walked over to get a better look at the baby. "She was right; he really does look like you!"

"Hn, get your face away from him, pony boy," Alaude growled out when Dino came a tad bit too close to Kyoya for his liking.

"H- Hey, I- I go already, no need to get angry!" Dino said nervously while backing away from Tsuna.

Tsuna blinked at the nervous Dino while her tail swished in confusion behind her. Why was Alaude suddenly like that? This was new to her. Sure, Alaude had already been possessive before but now after she had given birth to Kyoya, it had gotten worse. Sighing softly, Tsuna looked around the room and tilted her head to the side when she saw Daemon staring at her. She stared right back at the woman who then smirked at her before turning her attention to the bundle in her arms. Tsuna frowned and was about to ask Daemon what she wanted from her when Giotto suddenly talked, thus turning her attention to the blond.

"I didn't really think you would come," Giotto said while walking over to Alaude with a silent Chrome in his arms.

"Hn," Alaude grunted out, not really answering Giotto.

"Will you ever change?" Giotto asked with a sigh.

"I doubt he will," Tsuna said this time with a smile.

"Even your wife is against you, what will you do now?" Giotto asked in a teasing tone.

Tsuna giggle slightly at the tone before turning her attention to Kyoya who had gripped her hair and was tugging on it. Now, what could her little one be needing from her this time?

"Why did you call us all here, Giotto?" Alaude asked his cousin.

"Ah, I just wanted to have us all together!" Giotto said with a bright smile.

"What an idiot," was the only thing Alaude said before walking away from Giotto.

"H- Hey!" said idiot whined out.

"Go away, Sawada!"

"Your father seems to be in a bad mood, Kyoya," Tsuna said to her son.

Kyoya blinked confused at Tsuna while his ears twitched a little. He did not really understand what his mother had just said but he didn't think that it was important anyways. He was sleepy and wanted to sleep on his Kaa-san now, like he always did when he took a nap.

"GAH! LET GO OF ME, YOU LAWN-HEAD!" G suddenly yelled.

And thus the circle of wailing began anew. A round of groaning went around the room while many glares were thrown G. Why could that man not once shut up when it was needed of him?

"Damn it, G, can't you ever be silent?" Daemon yelled right back at said man.

"Don't you have a damn indoor voice?" Haru hissed at him.

"We just got them to be silent!" Lambo whined out.

"AAYYAA! My ears!" I-Pin said while holding her ears closed.

"I kill that idiot!" Tsuna hissed out with her tail and ears were standing at attention.

Giotto let out a low groan. Great, G had managed it to piss off Tsuna. This was so not going to end well. Reborn let out a chuckle at the new development of events while his eyes had this certain glint in them. Now, this was something interesting. Alaude only grunted and did not pay any attention to what was going on now. The pink haired idiot had dug his own grave there and he would not help him to get out of it. Not that he had planned to help him.

"Aw, shit!"

~ Time skip a few weeks in a park...

Tsuna was sitting under a tree on a white and red chequered blanket. Kyoya was lying on his stomach on the blanket and looking with wide eyes around. His little black fox tail was lying limp to his side while his ears were twitching like mad, taking in the new sounds around him. Tsuna's ears were twitching too and always sending that gentle ringing tone which would let Kyoya's tail twitch. Alaude was not far from his family leaning against a tree and his lips would twitch a bit upwards when he saw his son's tail twitch. It was an adorable sight but sadly his idiot cousin had to join them on this day that was only for Alaude and his family planned.

What an annoying little pest Dino was. Well, in Alaude's mind he was at least. Why that blond had pestered him about coming with him, Alaude did not know. But he regretted that had agreed to let the idiot to come along, even if it was to just shut up him. He glanced to his left where Dino was with Haru, I-Pin, Lambo and Lampo who were all taking a nap. Now that is something new. `At least they are not being loud or in any other way annoying to me,´ Alaude thought with a mental sneer before pushing off of the tree he was leaning against and walking over to Tsuna and Kyoya.

"Aw, aren't you a little cutie, Kyoya-chan?" Alaude heard Tsuna coo out.

A loud and happy shriek was the only answer Tsuna got but it made her happy. Laughing, Tsuna laid herself next to Kyoya while her tail slowly wrapped around the little Fox-Boy. Kyoya blinked when he felt something fluffy around him and he let out a sudden yawn. Why was he suddenly feeling so sleepy?

"You play with dirty tricks," Alaude commented as he took a seat next to the lying Tsuna.

"How so?" she asked with a tilt of her head. "I am just making sure he is warm enough and not cold at all~!"

"Of course, you do that," was the dry reply.

Tsuna blinked innocently back at Alaude who was watching her with hawk eyes. Little Kyoya decided in this moment to let out another yawn. He did not like being ignored and thus let a whine follow immediately. Tsuna's attention immediately switched back to Kyoya and she was cooing over him. Alaude raised a brow at this but decided to not comment on it or try to rip his wife away from his son. It was already bad enough that he caught himself always glaring at his own son when he was alone with him. He just did not like it that Kyoya was always hooking up all of his Tsuna's attention. He hated that fact. But still, it was his son that he was jealous of. His eye twitched a little and Alaude could have sworn that his son was giving him a smug look.

What a little bastard his son was. Alaude glared right back at the baby who blinked innocently at him. `Stupid baby, Tsuna is mine!´ jealously was such an ugly thing, no?

"Stop glaring at Kyoya, Alaude," Tsuna said, not looking up from cooing over her baby.

"Hn," was the grunted reply she got.

"Men!" Tsuna huffed out.

Alaude just gave a tiny smirk as an answer to that. How it was amusing to watch Tsuna pout like that. He would never grow tired of it. He would really miss it when Tsuna would stop pouting. But when there was suddenly a loud wail, Alaude decided that this was something he could do without.

~ Outskirts of Namimori...

A woman that looked to be in her thirties was leaning against a tree. She was dressed in a black skirt and jacket with black heels at her feet. She had long curly black hair which was in a high ponytail thus it reached between her should blades. A pair of black fox ears was twitching atop her head while a frown was marring on her beautiful face. Well, at least her mate always said it was such a beautiful one. Indeed the woman was beautiful, a sharp and elegant face with arched black eyebrows, pink full lips, cold icy blue eyes and a button nose. Her body was to kill for too, having a big chest and round waist. The chest being the part of her body that her mate was loving the most of her, what a pervert he was. A black fox tail was swishing angrily behind her while the woman's eyebrow was twitching.

She glared at the male fox to her left who was throwing up into a bush. The male fox had brown hair which looked more like an orange and was long-ish in a way. A white hat with a black strip around it was atop his head while orange fox ears were sticking out of holes that were cut into the hat. Said ears were lying flat on the rim of the head. A pair of glasses was perched on the nose of the male and a little orange goatee was at his chin. Amber eyes were currently closed shut while throwing up. The male looked to be in his thirties too and was wearing white pants, a yellow shirt and a black jacket over the shirt.

"Oh Kami-sama, Cozart never drive again!" the male fox groaned out while his orange fox tail twitched.

"Ah, I am sorry, Julie!" Cozart laughed sheepishly out.

"You be- better be!" Julie groaned out with his ears twitching again.

"Tch, man up!" the woman hissed out.

"Now, now, Suzuki, be nice to him," Cozart said with a smile only to let out a shriek when Suzuki glared at him.

Cozart was a red head which short red hair that had this shaggy look to it. Red eyes were widening at the woman in front of him and showing a bit of fear in them. Suzuki was really scary when she was angry. Cozart was dressed in black pants and a white shirt and currently trying to hide behind the one that he called husband. Said husband looked like a copy of Cozart safe for the fact that he was smaller than Cozart about two heads and had a calm expression on his face. And he was not as muscular build as Cozart, yet still looked fit.

"You need to man up too, Cozart," the little red head said.

"Waa! Not you too, Enma!" whined Cozart out.

Enma's lips lightly twitched upward before he turned his head away. He did not want to let Cozart see that he was laughing or blushing for that matter. Cozart clung to Enma and nuzzled into his neck, letting out more whines. This lead to Enma flushing a brighter red and Suzuki let out a chuckle.

"I am dying!" Julie whined out.

"Shut up, idiot, and continue puking!" Suzuki snarled out. "I want to see my little girl again!"

"Sure thing, dear," was the groaned answer.

"Cozart?"

"Yes, Enma?"

"I am driving from now on, clear?"

"... Yes..." was the depressed answer.

~ In a supermarket...

"No, Giotto, put that away," an annoyed Daemon said.

"Oh come on, please?" Giotto asked with puppy eyes.

"I said no, Giotto!"

Chrome and Nagi were both sitting in their own carts and watching how their mother and father were currently fighting over ice-cream. Both blinked again when Giotto let a yelp while Daemon was putting the ice-cream back. Giotto was holding his head and letting out a hiss where Daemon had whack him. The whack was hurting like hell and Giotto wondered with what Daemon could possibly have whacked him with. Daemon just gave Giotto a smug look before taking the cart with Nagi and pushing it away from the idiot she had married. Sometimes, Giotto was even worse than any a child when it came to shopping. Chrome waved at her older sister who was rolling away from her with their mother and got a wave back. What cute children those two were.

Nagi looked at their mother who was smiling down at her and smiled back. Her Mama was such fun at times! Giotto had stopped clutching at his head and pouted. Daemon was so mean today to him. Sighing, he pushed the cart with Chrome in it and followed Daemon who was strolling down an aisle and seemed to pick random products out of the shelves. `Next time, I am staying home when she says we need to shop,´ Giotto thought sullenly to himself.

"You are coming with me next time," Daemon said without turning to look at Giotto.

"E- Eh?"

"You heard me, Giotto," Daemon said while throwing a glare at the blond man.

"... Evil!"

"Such a child you are, even your daughters are more mature than you are!"

Now that stung. Pouting, Giotto pushed the cart and did not choose to answer. `Evil woman!´

~ In a house not far away from Giotto's...

G was scowling darkly at a smiling Asari who was holding his cigarettes out of his reach. He glared at the flute playing man and was cursing inside his mind Asari and Verde in every language that he could think off. He was going to murder Verde when he saw him next time. Why had this man thought it would be funny to do something like that to him was beyond G. How had that crazy man even found out how to get males pregnant in the first place? Sure, G knew it was possible for male Pets to get pregnant. But a human was a whole other matter! Human males were just not made to be pregnant, ever! He needed a damn cigarette now but sadly he could not smoke or the baby would be in danger. `Screw this! I kill him just now,´ G snarled inside his mind.

Asari continued to smile at G who seemed to glare harder at him. He could not help but feel uneasy suddenly when a smirk settled on G's lips. Was it just him or seemed G suddenly darker and more evil with that smirk on his lips? Laughing, Asari let the cigarettes vanish in one of his pockets before he stared down at G.

"Whatever you are thinking about, G," Asari said with his smile getting sharper. "Don't do it, it is not worth it and you know it."

"Tch, don't tell me what I can do and what I can't do! That four eyed and green haired bastard has it coming!" G hissed out.

"But you can't deny the fact that you like it," now he was just trying to get G to calm down.

"Tch!" G turned his head away with a light blush on his cheek.

"Ahaha! I knew it! You do like it!"

"S- Shut up!" G stuttered out, flushing a darker red.

"Aw, you are red!"

"I said shut up!"

~ Time skip Alaude's mansion in Kyoya's nursery...

Tsuna was sitting in the rocking chair which was in Kyoya's nursery. She was rocking in said chair while watching Kyoya clinging to her in his sleep. Her tail was acting as some kind of blanket while Kyoya used his own one as a teddy bear. It was so adorable and Tsuna smiled down at the sleeping toddler while gently tracing with her finger along Kyoya's face. She let out a quiet purr and continued to watch him sleep. Alaude was standing in the threshold with his arms crossed and glaring at his sleeping son. What a little attention whore Kyoya already was, stealing all of Tsuna's attention for himself while he had to go without any of it.

Alaude really hated this baby right now and wished that his son would leave his wife alone. But even though he was jealous, which he will always deny when asked about, Alaude knew that Kyoya needed Tsuna right now. Hell, that boy needed Alaude just as much as he needed Tsuna. But that did not mean that Alaude would accept so easily that he had to share Tsuna like this. It is something that he might never accept. Letting out a quiet growl, Alaude silently walked into the nursery. Tsuna never stopped her purring while her ears twitched slightly when she heard the silent footsteps of Alaude.

"Something the matter?" she asked in a soft voice.

"Hn."

Rolling her eyes, Tsuna readjusted her grip on Kyoya while making sure as to not wake him up. The only thing of protest that she got from Kyoya was a whine and a bit shifting around in her grip. Looking up from the sleeping baby in her lap, Tsuna looked at Alaude who was glaring at her lap. Well, more at that certain someone that was lying in her lap and sleeping. She sweat dropped at the envy and jealousy that she could easily detect in those blue orbs. `Alaude, really...´ Tsuna thought while letting out a soft sigh.

"Alaude...?"

"Yes, Tsuna?" Alaude said with a calm voice despite him glaring at Kyoya.

"Why are you glaring at Kyoya... again?" she asked with a tilt of her head.

Alaude blinked when he heard this question and how Tsuna used the word again in it. Had Tsuna noticed him glaring at Kyoya when he thought that no one was looking? Was it really so easy to read it in him? Alaude doubted this because not even his own parents could read him so easily, yet Tsuna seemed to do it with just a glance.

"Hmpf," Alaude grunted out, not wanting to answer the question.

"Could you be jealous?" Tsuna asked with a small smile.

"I am not jealous," Alaude said while turning his head away.

"Uh-uhu!"

Was it just Tsuna or was there a blush on Alaude's cheeks? Alaude's eye twitched a little when he heard a light giggle from Tsuna. He was being made fun of, he was very sure of that. Tsuna let out a sigh before she stood up from the chair and made her way over to Kyoya's crib. This seriously needed a talk. Carefully, Tsuna freed her tail from Kyoya's tight grip while she laid him in his crib. Kyoya whined a little in his sleep when the source of his heavenly warmth left him but let out a sigh of content when Tsuna put the blanket over him. Ruffling carefully Kyoya's hair, Tsuna withdrew her hand before walking over to Alaude who was glaring at the wall. `This is stupid. He is like an overgrown child,´ Tsuna thought and walked over to Alaude.

Alaude stiffened slightly up when he suddenly felt his two arms being lowered and then felt another pair of arms wrap around his waist and a head burrowed itself into his chest. He relaxed into the hug when he remembered who it was that was hugging him and wrapped his arms slowly around Tsuna. The glare on his face vanished and he turned his face so he was looking down at the brown head with twitching fox ears. No matter how many times he and Tsuna had hugged, Alaude was very sure that he would never get used to this and always tense up first before he would remember who it is that is hugging him. He blamed it on his idiot cousins. They had always been too touchy feely for his liking.

He tightened his arms a bit around Tsuna and looked down at his wife. Happy that he finally had some alone time with his wife without the little devil spawn he called his son. It was so much better seeing Tsuna without Kyoya in her arms.

"Alaude," Tsuna's muffled voice reached his ears. "You can tell me, are you jealous of Kyoya?"

"Hn, I am not jealous of that little spawn from hell," Alaude growled out while tightening his hold on Tsuna again.

"... Listen to your own words and tell me how that sounds to you," Tsuna said with her head still burrowed in Alaude's chest.

A few seconds of silent passed between them before Alaude answered her.

"I am not jealous of him," Alaude said again with a calm voice.

"Alaude," Tsuna pulled away with a sigh from him. "Admit it, you are! For Kami-sama's sake! He is your son!"

"I told you I am not jealous," Alaude said again but this time a hint of anger in his voice.

Tsuna did not say anything, having heard that little anger in his voice. She would rather not have to start a fight in the nursery and thus waking Kyoya up which would turn everything even worse. She did not want this to happen and looked at Alaude with wide eyes, her ears flat on her skull while her tail was between her legs. An angry Alaude is not something Tsuna wanted to deal with now. Alaude frowned when he felt how Tsuna tensed up under his warms and stared into her suddenly wide chocolate eyes. He even saw the tail between her legs and ears flat on his skull. Great, she had heard his anger in his voice and was now afraid of him. He had been even careful enough to not let his anger show, yet it still did.

He cursed inside his mind while staring down on Tsuna who was watching him with wide eyes. How was he going to show her that he was not angry at her but angry at himself? That he was angry at himself for the fact that he really was jealous of his own son? Alaude let out a growl and pulled Tsuna tight to his body and burrowed his nose into her brown locks, not intending to let go of Tsuna any time soon. Tsuna didn't know what to do now and was keeping still in Alaude's arms, letting him do as he pleased. She did not really want to anger him in any way.

"Alaude...?"

"What is it?" Alaude muttered out.

"A- Are you angry with me...?" Tsuna asked in a whisper, her ears twitching a little.

Alaude let out sigh before answering her, "No, I am not angry with you."

"But you sounded..."

"I am not angry at you," Alaude said in a firm voice and then picked Tsuna up. "This is something not to be discussed here."

Tsuna let out a squeak and clung to Alaude while said person shot a glance at the sleeping Kyoya to bring his point across. Nodding, Tsuna understood what Alaude meant but did not let go of him. Alaude let a smirk settle on his lips and walked out of the room with Tsuna. Time to get this over this with his jealously which was not jealously at all!

CPR/KM: And there we go~!
Kyoya: ... smirks smugly at Alaude

Alaude: glaring at him

Tsunayoshi: You- why?
Lilly: How evil of you...

CPR/KM: I know~! And a little omake~!

OMAKE

Like Father, like son

"Get off of me, Takeshi!" five year old Gokudera yelled at his two years older brother.

"Aw, but Haya-chan, I am just doing what Kaa-chan and Oyaji do~!" Takeshi sang out while straddling his younger brother.

"GAUAFGHS!"

G was wondering why it was suddenly so silent in the house and no Hayato was running around while proclaiming how he was going to get rid of his brother. Mhm, that was very strange. Normally he would have to get between those two by now. `Where could they be..?´G thought while entering the living-room only to freeze at the sight he saw.

"What... the... fuck...?"

There in the middle of the room was Takeshi straddling Hayato and leaning really close to his face. It looked like the two were kissing and Hayato's blushing face did not help G to stay calm at all.

"What the hell are you two doing there?" G asked with a twitching eye.

Laughing, Takeshi answered him, "What you and Oyaji always do~!"

"!" G yelled out.

It was official now; he was going to murder the flute-nut as soon as he was home.