DoppelHibi's POV

"Lookit the cows!"

"Lookit the pigs!"

"Lookit the llama!"

"Hibiki, that's an alpaca…"

I grinned sheepishly. "Right. They jus' look so similar-like and such."

Ganaha nodded and smiled. "'Ey, it's no problemo! Even I get 'em mixed up sometimes."

Since early in the morning, Ganaha and I had been at the zoo, checking out all the cool animals. After a long time of meandering around the site, we'd found ourselves at the petting zoo. Ganaha was spending a lot of time by the horses, and I was sitting with the goats.

Ganaha grinned. "Ain't this place just the greatest?" she asked me. I nodded.

"It sure is. So many cute little animals…" I sighed wistfully. "Not that I don't have enough at home."

"Ya can never have enough at home!" Ganaha gasped. "Not when it comes to animals. All animals're friends an' ya can never have enough friends."

I laughed. "I s'pose you're right," I admitted. "I'd love to own a cow."

"I'd want an alpaca. An' a cow. An' a chicken. An' a pig. An' a-"

"I think you've proven your point, Ganaha," I interrupted.

Ganaha laughed. "Yeah, I probably have," she agreed. "Ah well. So, what's your favorite animal, Hibiki?"

I shrugged. "Cats, I think. An' birds. An' moose. I like moose," I added. "What about ya?"

Ganaha gasped loudly. "You're tryin' to make me CHOOSE a favorite animal?!" she cried. "I can't choose favorites! They're all…jus' fantabulous!"

I blinked. "Ya told me to pick a favorite."

"I didn't know ya were gonna actually be able to pick one! An' I didn't know you'd make me pick one!"

"Calm down!" I ordered. Ganaha whimpered a bit but didn't say anything else. "I love all animals, don't get me wrong. But there're jus' some I like more then others. Y'know?"

"No," Ganaha stated simply. "OK, well, enough 'bout that. What about your favorite food?"

I shrugged again. "Anythin' Okinawan. An' bean buns. Beans buns're delicious, yo."

"Ugyaa, I totally agree 'bout the Okinawan food thingy. Okinawan food's delicious."

"All food is delicious."

"All animals are beautiful," Ganaha pouted. "But nah, ya had to pick favorites!"

I sighed and petted the friendly goat kid in front of me. "Sorry," I muttered.

Ganaha shook her head and played with the horses. "Nah, I'm pushin' it. It really ain't that big o' a deal."

"Ya sure?" I questioned her.

She smiled and nodded. "Yup! No problemo!"

iDOHibi's POV

I didn't consider it a falling out or anything.

After all, it shouldn't bother me that my twin was able to pick a favorite animal, right? Lots of people had favorites. For instance, Uta-chan was rather fond of birds, Shijou liked pretty much anything except for snakes, Miura-san had a dog, and Hoshii liked cats. But for me, it almost seemed unnatural to even think about developing a favorite.

I had always loved my pets, my family. All of them were equally important. As I was thinking this, I reached a hand up to Hamuzou, my hamster, who was seated on my shoulder, and gave him a quick pat.

"Ya seem real fond o' that there hamster," Hibiki called to me.

I nodded. "This here's Hamuzou. He's part o' the family back home I bring 'im out with me a lot so he can experience the outside world and all that stuff," I explained. Hibiki came over to me and we walked to the alpaca together.

"He's cute," she said brightly. "Hamuzou, that is. Well, this alpaca's cute too, but…yeah."

"I know," I stated proudly. Hamuzou straightened on my shoulder a little and seemed to grin in pride.

Hibiki laughed. "Aw, lookit 'im! It's like he understands us!"

"'Cause he does," I announced.

"Wow!" Hibiki exclaimed. "That's amazin'! How'd ya teach 'im to do that?"
I shrugged. "He jus' kinda picked it up, I guess," I commented.

Hibiki nodded slowly. "So, is he like…your favorite pet?"

I gasped for what seemed like the thirteenth time this hour.

"O' course he ain't!" I shouted, louder then I meant to. A couple people turned to stare at us. Hamuzou himself drooped a little and squeaked in annoyance. I patted him lovingly. "It ain't that I don't love my little Hamuzou to bits an' pieces, but I love 'em all the same."

Hibiki waved her hands in surrender. "OK, OK, I get it. Sorry for bringin' it up," she mumbled.

I sighed and threw an arm across her shoulders. "Don't worry 'bout it," I insisted. "It ain't a problem, really. I ain't mad at ya."

Hibiki smiled. "Thanks. I'm glad ya ain't mad." She folded her hands behind her head and I pulled my arm off her shoulders. "'Ey, Ganaha, you're super cool, ya know that?"

I smiled warmly. "Thanks. You're super cool too, Hibiki," I responded.

"Sorry for tryin' to make ya pick a favorite animal."

"Sorry for makin' such a big deal out o' it."

"Sorry for suggestin' ya had a favorite pet!"

"Sorry for makin' ya feel like ya had to apologize for all this!"

"Sorry for makin' ya feel like ya gotta apologize for my apologies…!"

"Sorry for…somethin' else…!"

Hibiki laughed loudly and I joined in, putting an arm on her shoulder to steady myself. Hibiki wiped a tear from her eye and I gave her a big hug. She hugged me back.

"We're freaks, ain't we?" She chuckled, the laughter finally starting to die down.

I nodded. "Maybe, but we're cute, awesome super-freaks, so it's all good, yo," I assured her. She released me and I pulled back from the hug.

"Y'know how all those other twin people are gonna be goin' home?" Hibiki asked me.

I nodded. "Wait…ya ain't goin' home too, are ya?" I asked, the idea just hitting me. Maybe Hibki's gotta go home too. After all, I'm sure she's gotta family, an' I'm sure they miss 'er a lot…

But Hibiki was grinning. "Nah, Miki, Takane and I don't gotta go anywhere! So we can stay with ya people!"

I beamed. "So you're stayin'?"

"Yup!"

I let out a breath of relief. "That's good," I said fondly. "'Cause ya rock. Hard. So I'd hate havin' to say goodbye."

Hibiki smiled back and tipped her head, smiling. "Yup! I'd hate leavin' ya too!"

I reached over and hooked my arm around hers, and for the rest of the day we strolled around, looking at all the different animals. Right before we went home, Hibiki asked me one more question:

"Are ya sure ya don't have a favorite animal? 'Cause there were some pretty darn cute animals in there. How 'bout gators? Aren't gators cute?"

"Hibiki, I own a gator. An' he's gorgeous. An' I don't gotta favorite. So stop suggestin' it."

"'Kay."