Chapter 21 Happy birthday mum

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That evening after the last patient was checked over Piranha reminded his boss that he was going to take a few days off to go see his parents. He got the permission and now Piranha was helping Pinky packing a small stay-over bag.

"So we are going to be staying at your parents' house for 3 days?" Pinky asked. "And your mothers birthday is tomorrow? What have you got planned for the other 2 days?"

"Quite a bit Pinky." Piranha smiled, "I want to show you how I grew up."

Pinky giggled and nodded his head excited. After the last of Pinky's things were stored in a stay over bag Piranha carried the lot into his car. Pinky walked after him and sat back into the passenger seat.

Piranha smiled, set his sat-nave up before typing his parents home address. And then they both were off. Piranha was sure Dr Rodney will do nothing too stupid while he was away. Plus the baby has another few months to go before it can be born.

After travelling for 4 hours back to his hometown of Washington DC, Piranha stopped the car in front of a charming looking mansion in Washington.

It has 2 stories, a garage where Piranha has parked the car opposite of the door, on the ground floor is a patio, a roof over that and the second floor was built on top of it forming its own walls with the roof on top of it.

"Wow, lovely family home Fluffels." Pinky smiled looking first at the house then back to Piranha.

Piranha smiled and nodded his head, "It sure is. Come, my parents must be waiting for us now."

Piranha and Pinky climbed out of his car, Piranha then walked up to his family's home and rang the doorbell. After a short while, the door was opened.

Pinky came face to face with an elderly couple. The man looked about in his late 70's and the woman in her 70's as well. Both smiling and holding hands.

"Fluffels, welcome back home son." The man spoke first and hugged Piranha to his chest.

The woman leaned up and kissed her son on his cheek, "We've missed you. Naughty boy, been out and about for the past 10 years and haven't once had the decency to write, telephone, email, or text us? Naughty boy."

Piranha blushed a bit, "Sorry mum and dad, I've been very busy with work. Pinky these are my parents, Ben Piranha my father and my mother Rose Piranha."

Rose chuckled and grabbed Pinky by his hand shaking it hard. "Don't worry kiddo, we don't bite despite our last name. Come in you two out of the cold."

Pinky was just smiling as he followed these two very colourful characters. Rose and Ben seemed like two children at Christmas over having Fluffels back home. As the family entered the hallway Pinky and Fluffels hung their coats up.

"I'll put the fire on, dear can you please get out guests something to drink?" Rose asked.

Ben nodded his head and lead Pinky and Fluffels into the dining room where a bar with drinks is set up. He mixed for himself a mudslide and Fluffels and Pinky asked for the same drink.

The 3 men returned with the drinks, Rose just had a cup of coffee and sat next to her husband on one of their couches. Pinky and Fluffels took the couch opposite of his parents.

"So, Fluffels, how did you and Pinky meet up?" Rose asked smiling at her son.

Fluffels blinked, wondering if he should tell his parents the truth, or a lie. But his father's hard glare towards him made it clear he wants to know the truth.

"Well mum and dad, Pinky was transferred to the South Shore Hospital because he was having constant panic attacks as well as malnourishment. I took on the challenge to get him back on his feet and we chatted together in his hospital room about his condition and our lives." Fluffels explained.

Pinky smiled and held Fluffels hand, "Yup. Your son has paid very close attention to me and helped me get over a series of heart aces. He's a wonderful doctor, you can be very proud of him."

But Ben scrunched his nose up a bit, "Well Pinky, we are proud of him for being such a good doctor. But we both are also mad."

Fluffels blinked at his parents, "Mad dad? What about?"

"Fluffels you are 30 years old now, and you still haven't been able to hold a steady relationship down longer than a year, you are not married or have provided us with any grandchildren we could pamper. Fluffels you know you are our only son, the only heir to the Piranha family fortune and estate. And we both aren't getting any younger. We wish to see some grandchildren from you before we both have to die." Rose explained glaring at her son.

Fluffels glared back at his parents, "Mother, father, I am not 16 anymore. I can decide for myself when and if I want to settle down. But my job just won't allow it. That was one of the reasons my ex-girlfriend left me. Just leave me to live my life-"

"Fluffels." Ben snapped back, "Stop being such an overgrown teenager. We are not asking for much. Please, son. Even if you have to do a male on a male experiment with another man. Please grow up and start a family."

But Fluffels just held a glare on his parents and stormed into his bedroom. He slammed the door shut and sat on his bed, screaming in a pillow.

Pinky blinked, he looked mad back at Ben and Rose before heading after his lover.

Fluffels remained in his room shaking with fury. After about 10 minutes he heard someone knock at his door.

"I DON'T WISH TO TALK ABOUT IT!" Fluffels screamed back at the door.

"Fluffels, it is me Pinky, not your parents. Can I come in?" Pinky called through the door.

Fluffels quickly whipped his tears and dropped his pillow, "Um... yeah, yeah come in dear."

Pinky opened the door and stepped into Fluffels bedroom. It was a decent size, Fluffels suitcase was sitting beside the double bed and Fluffels on the bed. Pinky also saw a desk with lots of books on it, a shelf filled with doctors books, framed rewards posted across the room.

Pinky walked up to Fluffels, who has taken a seat on his bed in his bedroom. The man looked embarrassed and half destroyed threw this one visit to his parents, who he so dearly loves. Pinky walked up to him and sat beside the man, he took his boyfriend's hands and faced him.

"Fluffels, what's wrong with your relationship between you and your parents? Why don't you want to grant them their wish?" Pinky asked him.

Fluffels sighed and scratched against his ear, "Pinky, for over 10 years my parents have been bleeding my ears for me not forming a stable enough relationship with anyone. For 10 years they have asked me to settle down with a decent woman or man and start a family... b... but I just can't. I was never able to get anyone to notice or like me. Maybe Dennis Anderson might have liked me, but after trying to get in contact with him he is distant and ice cold towards me. So I know I've lost that ship a long time ago."

Pinky chuckled and hugged Fluffels, "But I've offered my heart to you Fluffels. Could I try and make you happy sweet pea?"

"Um... you... you love me like that Pinky?" Fluffels asked surprised.

Pinky giggles, "Yes Fluffels Piranha, you've saved my life all over again. You know I was so deeply hurt and destroyed threw 'people-we-shall-not-mention' and yet you didn't turn your back on me. You talk to me like a decent person, if I fell you would be there to get me back up again if I was crying in the night like a little baby you would scrap your own sleep and rock me back to my normal sleep. You stop and listen to any problem I ever have and help me find solutions to it. Fluffels, your kind-hearted nature is one of your best assets to you, and I really do mean it. I love you so much that I don't want to lose you ever."

Pinky quickly threw himself into Fluffels arms and embraced him into his chest, Piranha blinked and held Pinky close to his heart. Both men smiled in their embrace as their hearts beaten in-tact with each other so much so that it was a romantic moment for the two of them.

After crying in his room for 20 minutes Piranha managed to somewhat calm down, he nodded, took Pinky's hand and the two walked back downstairs to the celebrations.

It wasn't much of a celebration rather then the mother opening her gifts. Rose received from her husband a new writing set of letters and pens, from Pinky she got a bundle of pink roses and Fluffels gave his mother a diamond necklace with sapphire diamonds on it.

She thanked everyone, and as the evening came everyone headed to bed.

Fluffels curled up on his side of the bed and wanted to continue crying his hurt emotions out because of his mother, however, Pinky had other ideas.

The Mexican pulled Fluffels into his embrace, he stroked his head and kissed down his partners back. Fluffels blinked and turned round to Pinky.

"Pinky, I'm sorry for hurting you like this. It's just... complicated being here with my parents again." Fluffels sighed.

Pinky chuckled, "Well Fluffels... how about we give them tomorrow what they are asking from you... please."

Fluffels blinked, "What Pinky?"

Pinky got out of his side of the bed and headed to his suitcase, from where he pulled a red ring box and walked up to his lover.

"Dr Fluffels Piranha." Pinky began.

He melted to the ground and presented to him a silver engagement ring, Fluffels blushed madly over his cheeks as he stared back at him.

"W... what Pinky?" He asked feeling like a bumbling idiot.

Pinky smiled up at him, "Fluffels, you are a fantastic person. You are very strong and whenever someone is close to your heart you give it your all to please them any way you can and to help them. I've come to the South Shore Hospital Centre a nervous wreck, whenever I was close to having a panic attack you jumped to my aid and saved me from my own insane. You've showered me with the perfect love I could have ever found and you are serious with me. Please Fluffels, I want to marry you and remain with you until the end of our days."

Piranha could hardly stop blushing, quickly he shot through all the months he's spent with Pinky and asked himself if he felt that way for the Mexican as well or not. And his heart and mind agreed that he did. Fluffels chuckled, nodded his head excited and accepted Pinky's proposal.

Just as they both hugged each other, happy to be together, they heard someone coughing behind them. Quickly both men spun their heads around and see they've just been caught by Ben and Rose.

Both older grown-ups chuckled as Fluffel's was turning 3 different shades of red, and Pinky was chuckling alongside him.

"Well go on son," Ben said whiles laughing, "Kiss your soon-to-be-husband on the lips."

Fluffels chuckled, he embraced Pinky and both men shared a deep and passionate kiss, sending both emotions into overdrive and beaming all the way.

"Well, this is going to be an interesting wedding." Rose smiled, "But don't worry Pinky, we will get it all sorted out."

Pinky smiled, he's now as happy as can be. And nothing will stop their happiness together, Fluffels also beamed and hugged his new 'husband-to-be'.

The next morning, Fluffels asked Pinky to join him for a morning jog around his hometown. Both men got washed and dressed in their clothes, Fluffels wrote to his parents a small note where they were and then Pinky closed the door behind them.

Both men headed together down the street, one-foot step after the other. They jogged away from the house and Fluffels showed Pinky the road he grew up on. Along with some paths, Pinky saw a playground, shops where Fluffel's had to get his family's shopping, a bank until finally, they reached the park.

Both Fluffels and Pinky were now tired after that long jog and decided to sit on a park bench together. Pinky, got two cold water bottles out and handed Fluffels one of them.

Fluffels smiled, "Thanks Pinky."

"It's alright." Pinky smiled and looked round Piranha's home. "This is a lovely area. Um... Piranha there is another thing I don't quite understand."

"What is it? I thought I explained everything." Fluffels pointed out.

"Well Fluffels, there are 117 different hospitals around the Washington state where you could have worked, and yet you've moved halfway across the continent to Danville and work instead in the South Shore Hospital Centre. Why are you so far away from your parents when you could have found a job here in your own hometown?" Pinky pointed out.

Fluffels Piranha remained dead quiet, his thoughts were racing, he knew he couldn't tell Pinky about his history with Dennis, that he raced halfway across the American state to have Dennis harmed... so he decided to tell him a creative lie.

"Well, Pinky... most of the 117 hospitals here in the Washington State are far too big for me to work in. I would have far too many patients to look after, over 1000 a day and then checkups and operations. The South Shore Hospital Centre is a bit different. Its a lot smaller with about 100 patients, about 3 or 4 checkups a day and I can give my personal attention to the patients who would need it." Fluffels explained. "Plus if I've never moved to Danville and would have never gotten the job at the South Shore Hospital Centre, then we would have never met and I would still have been single to this date."

Pinky beamed and embraced him, true Pinky felt very lucky for knowing Fluffels. The two friends jogged their way back to Fluffel's parents home.

At home, Pinky and Piranha were meet up with a surprise. During their outing, Rose and Ben have hacked Pinky's phone and called a few friends over.

Perry, Heinz, and even Peter. The friends smiled and Perry and Heinz embraced Pinky happy to see him again.

"W... what? Guys, what are you all doing here in Washington?" Pinky asked surprised.

Dr Piranha shot to his parents a death glare, he wanted to spend some alone time with Pinky, not have more people turn up to scare Pinky even more and make him begin his therapy session from stage one.

"Hi, Pinky. We just wanted to check on you. Sorry, we haven't visited you so often." Perry explained.

Peter nodded his head, "We've been swamped with more OWCA work, and Heinz has helped us modernise some great OWCA equipment."

Pinky smiled, "That's great."

Dr Fluffels Piranha was still unsure what was planned, "Mother, father why did you invite them here?"

"Well, as far as we've been told. Dr Piranha you've been proposed to by Pinky. Pinky loves you and wants to marry you. Me, Heinz, and Peter heard about your planned wedding and as your 'friends' we've decided to help you and be at your wedding. Pinky you know you were my best man at my wedding to Heinz." Perry explained.

Fluffels sighed, "I have only proposed to Pinky a few hours ago, can we have a bit of time before planning the wedding?"

Suddenly a voice from behind them spoke out, "Actually no Fluffels."

Everyone turned around and saw Ben and Rose there holding hands.

"Sorry for not introducing ourselves, Ben and my dear Rose Piranha, we are Fluffel's parents. Anyhow Fluffels, you are only here for another 24 hours before you and Pinky have to head back to work at the South Shore Hospital Center. We will do the wedding here now in 10 hours, no buts." Ben explained.

Fluffels blinked and knew his father was right, Pinky chuckled and agreed to it as well.

About 5 hours later they had the last things set. As a wedding cake was baked and set up the last guest was dressed in a suit or their best clothes they could get their hands on.

Pinky and Fluffels stood at one end of the wedding aisle, wearing two black suits. Perry stood next to Pinky and promised him to give him away, whiles Ben (who has dressed in a black suit also) was at the other end of the aisle next to his son.

Heinz and Rose both sat on the chairs set up, and Majer Monogram they chose to be the priest. The man smiled a bit and agreed to it. As everyone was ready, Heinz activated on his iPod the wedding march.

Perry smiled at Pinky and walked him down the aisle, as Pinky was next to Fluffels the man smiled at him and took his hand as well. Perry shock the doctor's hand and stood then next to Heinz and they took their places, Ben shook Pinky and his son's hands as well before taking his place.

Majer Monogram sighed facing Pinky and Piranha, but he nodded his head and opened his book.

"Dearly beloved friends, colleges and acquaintances. We all are gathered here today, to witness the union between Pinky Chicock and Dr Fluffels Piranha. Together the two men have stood trials and tribulations, they helped become better people just by being with one another and their love has grown strong and secure over the course of a few years." Monogram read out.

Pinky and Fluffels smiled at each other and nodded to Monogram to continue.

"Ok, we begin with the wedding vows, Dr Fluffels, take your wedding ring and slip it on Pinky Chicock's ring finger and hold it in place." Monogram continued.

Fluffels smiled and did what he was told, Pinky smiled back and could feel a blush rising to his cheeks.

"Dr Fluffels, will you promise, with this ring and from this day onwards, that you will love, honour, protect, and guide Pinky threw your lives. Will you provide for him and yourself a safe home?" Monogram asked and faced Fluffels.

All eyes were on the orange haired doctor, he smiled and stared with all honesty into Pinky's beautiful baby blue eyes.

"I promise and I do." Dr Fluffels smiled.

Monogram nodded his head, "Ok Pinky take Fluffel's wedding ring and slip it on him as well."

Pinky could barely stop smiling as he did, he faced his lover with all honesty he could.

"Pinky Chicock, do you promise, with this ring and from this day onward, that you will love, honour, protect and guide Fluffels threw your lives. Will you provide for him and yourself a safe home also?" Monogram asked facing his ex-Agent.

Pinky smiled, "I promise and I do."

Monogram smiled, "Has anyone got any good reasons as to why they may not be joined in holy matrimony or any other reason their love may not succeed, they may speak now or forever hold their peace."

It was dead quiet, Monogram smiled, "Then by the power handed over to me, I can officially announce you two: Dr Fluffels Piranha and Pinky Chicock as husband and husband. Um... who's surname are you two now taking on?"

Pinky blinked and looked at his lover, however, Dr Fluffels already smiled.

"Would it be ok if you take mine Pinky?" Fluffels asked.

But Pinky shook his head, "How about we use my name as a middle name and your name as our surname. So: Pinky Chicock Piranha and you: Dr Fluffels Chicock Piranha."

Fluffels smiled across his face, "Sweet idea my love."

Pinky giggled and they signed their marriage document, before sealing it up with a kiss. Everyone applauded before celebrating this new marriage. Pinky truly felt like he has reached his happy ever after.

After the celebrations, Pinky and Fluffels left to their chambers. Together the newly married couple smiled before making themselves ready for bed.

As they were lying side by side in bed they smiled and planted a passionate kiss on each other's lips again.

"You really want to stay with me forever Fluffels? I know I've been using the word 'amazing' not so often. But whenever I am near you, it just fits so well." Pinky smiled.

Piranha chuckled again and kissed Pinky, "Your welcome. And yes Pinky, you've taught me so much and more about love then I could have ever studied, I really mean it Pinky, I love you."

Pinky giggled and kissed his husband all over again. Both men happy over the newly found love, excitement and now they were a family together.

The next morning Fluffels and Pinky have packed their bags back together and parked it in Fluffel's car. As the last things were stored away both men walked up to Rose and Ben.

Pinky embraced his new 'father-in-law', and 'mother-in-law', Fluffels hugged his own parents as well.

"Stay safe both of you. And enjoy your lives." Rose smiled. "Thank you for coming for my birthday and thank you Pinky for making our son the happiest man alive."

Pinky smiled and kissed Fluffels, "Well you guys are now stuck with me forever. And thank you, Rose and Ben."

Both adults nodded their heads, gave their new family member and old a hug goodbye and then Pinky and Fluffels were heading all the way back to the South Shore Hospital centre.

Once back 'home', Fluffels lead Pinky back into his room and even set his own bed up in Pinky's stay room.

"We can stay here at the hospital, for now, Pinky, until we decide to move in somewhere." Piranha offered.

Pinky nodded his head, he has basically reached his happy ever after.

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