And after a harrowing exercise work-out, how do you end the night? Eating out, of course!

Chapter 21: Friday Night Fun

After spending 3 and a half hours at Roaring Muscles, Vincent took Mikey, Clawhauser, Brutus, Stanley, Grizzoli, Fangmeyer, Delgato and Wolfford out for a little something something to eat after some exercising and both Mikey and Clawhauser knows how much they're desperate for a little snack...or maybe a big snack, considering their big appetites. Vincent could tell that there are some sparks flying between the panda and the cheetah as they couldn't help but glare into each other's eyes and he looked on his car mirror and said, "I saw that, you two."

Both of them snapped out of it as they got caught by Vincent's glaring eyes and Mikey said, "We were playing a staring game!"

Vincent chuckled in disbelief as he heard that line before and said, "Right...Gilbert said the same thing when we got caught staring at each other. I already know that look from a mile away."

"We're just friends, Vince. Nothing more!" Clawhauser exclaimed, blushing.

"Yeah, right..." Vincent replied, sarcastically.

After a couple of minutes of driving around the city, they finally pulled over to this buffett called Golden Glutton where they serve every food from under the sun and as the other officers followed suit, they parked their cars and made their way over to the establishment and if there's buffets, Mikey and Clawhauser cannot resist a good amount of food right in front of their eyes. They were completely excited to go into the buffett and indulge themselves in many amounts of food.

As they all entered, they were seated and everyone got their plates full of everything they could desire; some got vegetables and fruits, some got veggies and meat and most got just meat altogether and for Mikey and Clawhauser, they got one of everything as they helped themselves to every amount of food they see before themselves. Mikey had his load while Clawhauser had more than his load of food.

As everyone got to their seats, everyone couldn't help but notice the array of food that's on both chubby cops' plates and Brutus looked at the quality of the items in both plates and said, "Isn't that too much for you guys?"

"Brutus, do you see this array of food all around you? Who wouldn't want their pieces of everything all in one plate?" asked Clawhauser, feeling stoked up.

"Yeah, this is suitable for us. Luckily, our stamina in eating is very, very normal. Someone's gonna pop their buckle after this food goes through my fat stomach." Mikey agreed, patting his belly.

"Just don't overdo it, you guys." Vincent responded.

After that, everyone just ate their food and talked about what they've been through this week and what might happen next week as well as working out at the gym and Clawhauser just gobbled on his steak and said, with his mouth full, "That gym was like torture! I almost lost my 9 lives doing all that treadmill and weight-lifting."

"Aw, come on Benny! It wasn't even that bad!" Grizzoli responded.

"Maybe not when you're muscle bound, but when you're like me...the last thing you wanna do is lift something that's 10 times bigger than you." Clawhauser added, eating his prime rib.

"Yeah, my weight and gyms have a love-hate relationship thing. The love, it motivates me to get fit and healthy and the hate; throwing up, sweating, feeling the burn in your legs and feeling like you're about to die. I can't compete with healthy living." Mikey responded.

"I know it's hard for you guys because of your weight and that you're not a fan of the gym, but you just have to put in a little bit of effort when you're getting healthy. But at the same time, I can sympathize with your situation. Gyms aren't for everyone." Vincent added.

"Yeah, Vince is right. Plus, it's a lot of fun to let out some steam after a week of intense work at the ZPD." Stanley agreed.

Everyone nodded in agreement and Clawhauser could understand what they're saying and said, "I see your point. There's not really much to do when you're a receptionist except just sit all day until your butt falls asleep."

"Very much so. Same as when I solve crimes online to lure predators and give them a taste of their medicine." Mikey added.

As the evening goes on, everyone just kept talking as they're eating and at some point, Brutus and Stanley were each slurping one piece of noodles and it reaches closer and closer until it nearly reaches the tip of their lips and when they looked at each other, they were surprised and even embarrassed that they nearly kissed and they just broke away, chuckling nervously.

"Um...I hope no one saw that." Brutus chuckled, awkwardly.

Stanley checked to make sure and everyone was just busy eating more food and even Wolfford and Fangmeyer were tearing that piece of steak apart and said, "Yeah, they didn't notice."

Brutus chuckles softly at this and he said, "That's good, Stan. I would be so embarrassed if they knew I kissed you."

"Very embarrassing." Stanley agreed, chuckling.

"Welcome to the club, guys." Clawhauser responded, with his lips all over some cake.

Both Brutus and Stanley looked at Clawhauser's mouth, all smeared with cake and tilted their heads to the side as if he had some form of frosting lipstick all over. Clawhauser blinked his eyes and asked, "Did you guys want some cake?"

"Uh...no thanks." Stanley replied.

"All yours, Benny." Brutus agreed.

With that, Clawhauser gobbled up some more cake as he devoured the whole thing and Mikey wanted a piece of the cake Clawhauser got and ate some of it. Not long after, Clawhauser looked at Mikey and asked, "What you doing tomorrow?"

"Nothing. Why?" asked Mikey.

"Would you like to hang out with me in my apartment? I've got an entire DVD collection of some really awesome movies." Clawhauser replied.

Mikey couldn't resist a good movie night and there would be nothing more than to spend Saturday with Clawhauser and said, "Will there be snacks?"

"There will be snacks." Clawhauser replied.

Mikey giggled in response and said, "I'll take you up on that offer."

Clawhauser giggled back and said, "Yay! I can't wait!"

There will be another Mikey/Clawhauser moment soon! But until then, the next chapter focuses on Lionheart and Bastien!