This story was requested by Minerpore on Wattpad. Also, apologies this is a little late. Honestly...no excuse this time lol. I hope you enjoy anyway.

Ninten parked in the parking lot of a pound. He wanted a pet. He was lonely for a while. His sisters had moved out to live with their boyfriends. His parents, while still alive, were living a life of travel. They took trips from country to country. They'd visit Ninten and his sisters once in a while between their travels, but nothing was ever permanent with their family. As much as Ninten wanted that to be the case….permanent was just never in the family dictionary.

He entered the pound and noticed….an oddity about this pound. These "animals" weren't animals. He was expecting to see typical dogs, cats, maybe even bunnies. But these weren't animals. Or at least not fully animal. He couldn't tell if these hybrids were human with animal add-ons or animals that, for one reason or another, look human. But yes. All of them looked like humans wearing cosmetics that belonged to various animals. Foxes, Dogs, Bunnies, Cats, to name a few. Before Ninten could fully understand what was going on, someone walked up to him.

This person was also an animal. But looked less human than the others. In fact, not a part of him looked human outside of the fact he was bipedal. He was a wolf. This wolf was pretty frightening. He looked battle-ready. An eyepatch over one of his eyes, and a grain of wheat in his snout. "Mornin'," he said with a dark accent.

"What is this place?"

"Whatcha think? It says it on the damn building. Issa pound."

"Yeah, but I was expecting...animals. Not...humans."

"If ya don't like it, get the fuck out."

"Is this place even legal?" Ninten crossed his arms, wanting to keep up the high and mighty persona. The wolf growled before sitting down, resting his feet up on the table.

"It's as legal as I say it is." Ninten didn't believe him. The wolf sensed this. "And if it is illegal, you're already on a list, bub. Just start shoppin'" the wolf waved him off. Ninten huffed before deciding to just do it. He started down the aisle of hybrids. Some looking way too malnourished, some looking beaten and abused, some were scared of him, it wasn't a good sight.

"What's wrong with them?"

"Everything. These poor creatures have been through the wringer alright. Rape, abuse, malnourishment, you name it, they lived it."

"Horrible."

"Very." Ninten returned to his window shopping of the poor creatures until he got to near the back of the pound. There was a hybrid that had caught his eye. It was a cat hybrid. It looked to be a boy around his age. His orange head of hair made him unique compared to the others. This made his ears and tail orange as well. His eyes, however, were a potent and evil-looking red. Unlike the others, who were scared, he seemed to be quite the opposite. He was angry. The second he noticed Ninten looking at him, he ran to the bars and scratched forward, not reaching Ninten. After realizing he couldn't reach, he hissed.

The wolf walked toward him. "Cat catch your eye?"

"What's his name?"

"Claus. Feisty ain't he?" Ninten stood up.

"Who was his previous owner?"

"Someone named Porky. Did some bad things to this feline." Ninten looked back down at Claus's angered self.

"L-like what?"

"Pretty much anything that isn't sexual. Poor thing had broken limbs, cuts, marks, burns, all of that shit." Ninten looked at the hybrid sympathetically. He couldn't even begin to imagine how it affected him. Sure, he could tell Claus was angry, but an outward appearance very rarely says the full story. The fact that he was a cat made things easier because he had prepared himself for a cat. But he also prepared himself….for a cat. Not a hybrid. He was hoping they took the same things.

"Can I have him?"

"Sure thang." The wolf walked back toward his desk to enter the room behind it for the documents he needed Ninten to fill out. Ninten kneeled down to be at eye level with Claus. He could tell Claus was actually taller than him, if he bothered to stand on his legs rather than all fours.

"Hey there buddy, my name is Ninten." Claus shot forward and scratched at Ninten's right cheek. Ninten made a pretty loud yelp, which frightened the hybrid, prompting him to go hide in the corner. Ninten rubbed the three deep scratch marks that were now present on his cheek. The wolf-whistled and when Ninten looked at him, he was issued over to him. Ninten looked back at the shaking hybrid. "Poor thing." Ninten grabbed the can of tuna he had in his back pocket. He opened it and placed it inside his cage before standing up and walking away.

Claus's shaking slowed to almost a halt. The new and appealing smell of tuna infiltrated Claus's nose. The more he sniffed, the more he was enticed. After a while, it was too much for him to handle. He walked toward the can. However, he didn't start eating right away. He needed to inspect it for anything out of the ordinary. But there wasn't anything. It was just a good ole can of tuna. He took his first lick of the tuna and his mouth burst in flavor. He devoured that can of tuna in a span of three minutes.

After filling out the sheets needed to obtain Claus, he walked over to him and saw the empty can and tuna all around his face. "Liked that huh?" Claus hissed at Ninten before shooting around. "I have more at home if you'd like." Claus's hair stood on end at the sound of that. "I also have mice for you to catch, whether they're real or not is up to you. Oh, and catnip." Claus turned around and looked up and down Ninten's figure. He walked forward and sat down.

"Mrow?" Ninten extended his arm between the bars to hopefully pet the hybrid but failed because Claus shakily backed up.

"Not there yet? Alright then." The wolf walked over with a pet carrier. Ninten looked at the carrier then at Claus multiple times. He realized something. Claus didn't look comfortable at the sight of the carrier. Ninten theorized it had something to do with the cage-like appearance. "We don't need that."

"You sure?"

"Yeah, trust me." The wolf shrugged. He opened Claus's cage. "You're a lucky one." The wolf walked off, his job having been completed. Ninten looked down at Claus.

"You wanna keep the name, Claus?" Claus nodded. "Alright. Just follow me." Ninten led the hybrid out of the building, with Claus being hesitant of course. When he got out of the building, he was thinking of just running away. Ninten could tell this thought was on his mind. He leaned down next to him. "If you wanna leave. Go ahead. I won't keep you if you don't want to stay." Claus ran off. Ninten stood and watched him as he ran. Claus was expecting Ninten to run after him, despite what he said. He looked back to see if his expectation was reality, but to his joyous surprise, it wasn't. He stopped and noticed Ninten's slightly disappointed but approving face.

Ninten sighed before walking to his car. He entered the driver's side and smiled softly. "Poor thing." He started the car and instantly heard a meow. "Strange. I don't remember buying a catcar…" He heard a meow again, prompting him to look out of his window to see Claus. Claus tilted his head. Ninten lowered the window. "You don't wanna leave?" Claus shook his head. Ninten's soft smile grew happier. He exited the door and opened the passenger's seat door. Claus jumped in and sat there. When Ninten reentered the car he made sure to put the seatbelt on him. Claus looked at him a bit confused. "I want you to be safe. I'm a pretty good driver but I can't exactly control other drivers. Better safe than sorry, right?" Ninten giggled before starting the car. Claus was staring at him in shock and awe. So far, in the few minutes, Claus knew him, Ninten treated him nicer than Porky had ever done. He smiled before looking out the window.

"Thank you." Ninten instantly slammed on the breaks. He shot his head to Claus.

"D-did you just….speak?" Claus was a bit thrown off by the sudden stop but after the question Ninten posed, he understood.

"Yeah. All hybrids have the ability to speak English and whichever language of the animal they're a hybrid of."

"So you really are just a human and cat mixed." Claus nodded. He looked back out his window. Ninten shook the initial shock out before continuing to drive.

After a while, he made it back to his house. "Here we are, Claus." Claus looked out and saw that it wasn't the biggest house out there, it was small and homey. Granted, he thought the same thing about Porky's house but clearly, looks can be deceiving. Ninten left the car. "Let's go. I've got some food in there for ya." Claus's eyes brightened up. He tried to leave, but couldn't figure out the seatbelt. "Oh, you just need to-" Ninten was cut off when Claus tore through the seatbelt with his claws. "Press….the button." Claus looked at Ninten, full of guilt and fear.

"S-sorry. Please don't hurt me."

"No no, don't worry. I should've told you beforehand."

"Y-you're not mad?"

"No. You're too cute to be mad at," Ninten giggled, "Now let's go. I'm sure that can of tuna didn't suffice." Ninten walked over to his front door, leaving Claus to himself. He looked down at his claws as they retracted back into his fingers. He felt a sort of heat build into his cheeks. Actually, he felt that since he was called cute. Porky would call him cute all the time, but the way Ninten said it seemed genuine. It seemed like it had no ill-will behind it. It was just a nice compliment. Claus didn't make Ninten wait much longer. He got out of the car and ran over to Ninten, still on all fours. Ninten opened the door. Claus flinched a little, but when he looked into the house he smiled. It wasn't naughty things or things that would cause harm. It was a soft-looking couch for him to stab his claws into. He ran in and looked around, seeing a normal living room. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Ninten could tell how happy and comfortable he looked. "You like it?"

"Yeah…..it's great." Claus walked forward and jumped onto the couch. He started kneading at the soft couch cushion to mainly feel around the soft thing that he'd likely call his bed. That was when a certain smell came into his nose. He looked around and saw a bowl of food. It wasn't tuna, it was some oddly shaped food, but it smelled like chicken. He ran to it and started essentially inhaling it. He loved the taste of the food. Its texture was a bit surprising, but the flavor was outstanding. Ninten couldn't help but smile as he watched Claus consume the food he had prepared.

"You like it?" Claus didn't answer. He was just consuming the food. He watched Claus eat until he was done, which wasn't too long. Claus looked up at NInten.

"Th-thank you."

"Of course. That's what an owner is supposed to do." He smiled. Ninten's smile made Claus smile. Claus looked down and his smile grew. He couldn't believe Ninten cared for him as much as he did. He just met him, but cat hybrids have a keen ability to sense intentions. He did sense Porky's intentions, but he denied that Porky had those intentions, he learned that he should trust his feelings more. However, despite having learned that he needed to trust his feelings, he still wanted to confirm Ninten's intentions. He bowed his head. "Wh-what is it?"

"Pet me."

"Are you sure?" Claus already enjoyed the hesitance to pet him.

"Yes...please." Ninten gulped before softly putting his hand into Claus's hair. Claus flinched, but realized how gentle he was so he calmed down fast. Ninten started to softly and slowly rub and scratch. This was causing Claus to purr. It was an odd feeling for him since it was a while since he was able to purr. Ninten giggled because Claus's purring was pretty loud. Ninten stopped, which made Claus look up at him in confusion. "Why did you stop?"

"Don't wanna make you uncomfortable." Claus sat down and smiled. "Anyway, I'll be in the shower. Need anything before I go?" Claus thought for a moment before shaking his head. "Alrighty." Ninten patted Claus's cheek before walking off. Claus walked into the living room and saw his reflection on the tv. He jumped a bit, but when he noticed it was just him he recovered. He saw that his face was pinker than it normally was.

He heard the shower start running. He was intrigued. He followed the sound and made it to the bathroom. The door wasn't closed all the way, leaving a little crack. He pushed it aside and soon the door slowly swung open. It showed Ninten, fully naked, getting all wet from the shower. Ninten jumped a bit when he realized Claus was watching. "Oh, h-hey Claus." Claus was staring at Ninten's body. It was well-toned and slim. He wasn't insecure about his body either. He didn't hide his dick. Seeing all of those made the heat in Claus's cheeks grow. It even made his own dick bounce a bit. "Claus?" Claus shook his head. "What's wrong?"

"I-I...I need to be cleaned?"

"Aren't you part cat? Can't you clean yourself?"

"Y-yeah...b-but…" He could, by all means, clean himself. But did he want to? No. He wanted to be in the shower with him. "I-I wanna be in there. P-please." Ninten smiled.

"I guess I could help you. If that's what you want." Claus nodded hysterically. Ninten giggled at his excitement.

"Alright. First off, can you stand?"

"I can try. C-can you help me?"

"Of course." Ninten turned off the water and stepped out, closer to Claus causing a bigger blush and a harder dick. Ninten grabbed Claus's hands gently. "Ok, now keep your eyes on mine, ok." Claus hummed a response. Claus stared into Ninten's eyes. Ninten slowly stood up, bringing Claus to his feet just as slowly. Claus noticed this. He noticed the odd feeling in his legs but kept his eyes and attention on Ninten's eyes. Ninten stood up straight, with a smile for how proud he was of Claus. They stayed still so Claus could get used to the feeling of standing. Eventually, Ninten let go and Claus didn't notice until Ninten said it. Claus looked down and cheered. "Ok, now can you take your clothes off?"

Claus looked up at him and blushed deeper. "Wh-what?"

"If you want to shower, you'll need your clothes off." Claus knew he was hard. He knew it and was scared to show himself. "You don't need to. I'm not going to make you do anything you're uncomfortable with." With this, Claus's feelings of nervousness disappeared. Once more, he could tell Ninten was being truthful. Ninten wasn't going to force him to do things. Ninten wasn't going to hurt him. Ninten wasn't Porky. Ninten was exactly what Claus wanted. "So, do you want to do this or no?"

"I-I can do this." Claus grabbed the bottom of his raggedy shirt and took it off slowly. Ninten couldn't take his eyes from Claus's body. It was pretty pale but slim and fit, exactly the type of body he liked. Ninten's eyes followed Claus's hands as they went down to his shorts. Ninten gulped when Claus started lowering them. After lowering his shorts below his dick, it showed he had a semi-hard dick. Claus simply blushed, letting go of the shorts, letting it fall off his feet and tail. Ninten, seeing Claus's dick, started getting hard.

"Ok, n-now do you know how to walk?"

"Walk?"

"Yeah, it should be similar to being on all fours. But with more balancing involved." Ninten walked in place to show how it was. Claus looked down at his feet and struggled a bit but soon was able to lift his left leg. He was soon able to do it with his right foot and eventually was walking fully in place. Claus even was able to jump in excitement. When he landed he lost his balance a bit but Ninten was able to steady him. "You did it. I knew you could." Ninten's smile was so honest that it made Claus smile. "Alright, let's get into the shower now." Ninten stepped into the shower and motioned for Claus to do the same. "You'll need to lift your leg higher up. But I believe in you." Claus nodded. He walked over, still a bit unsteady, but was able to lift his leg and enter the shower.

"Floors cold."

"Yeah. But it won't be for long." Ninten started the hot shower and Claus's face was hit with the water. "S-sorry forgot it was aiming that way." He adjusted the showerhead. Claus shook his head of the water. Ninten started showing Claus how to clean himself. He was scrubbing all over his body. Claus noticed that it was actually his whole body. He was thinking that maybe he'd leave his dick alone, but no, even that was cleaned. Claus's scheming brain grew an idea.

"C-can you clean me?"

"Me? Y-you want me to clean you?" Ninten asked with a blush. Claus nodded his head, with his own blush being deeper. "I-if you say so." Ninten washed the sponge he used before squirting some body soap on it. He started scrubbing Claus's chest. He moved over to his arms and his back. He skipped Claus's dick and butt and moved to his feet.

"M-my penis too…." Ninten gulped. He started doing just that. As expected, Claus got hard. Claus even let out a small moan.

"Heh...y-you liked that…."

"I did?" Ninten looked up and saw Claus's confused face.

"Yeah. You're hard after all."

"What does that even mean?"

"Being hard?" Claus nodded. Ninten couldn't imagine someone his age not knowing about being hard or really anything of the sort. "Essentially it means you're excited."

"Oh...will it get soft?"

"Yeah, maybe, eventually."

"EVENTUALLY! I-I want it down now!"

"W-well…." Ninten was blushing hard now, "There is a way…but…"

"NOW"

"...f-fine. Mr. Bossy Pants." Ninten stared at the hard dick, still nervous. He swallowed his nervousness before licking the base of his dick. This earned some groans to come from the hybrid. Ninten took that as a groan of pleasure so he continued licking the dick. Going up and down the length methodically. He gave extra care to the tip, earning extra pleasure-filled groans from the hybrid. Soon enough, Claus took the dick into his mouth. Claus gasped before putting his hand into Ninten's black hair.

"Oh wow…." Ninten bobbed his head up and down, sucking hard and licking all around the length. Claus started moaning louder and faster. Ninten deepthroated the entire thing causing a certain sensation to bottle up inside Claus. "I-I….I need to pee." Ninten didn't stop. He sucked only harder and seemingly deeper. Claus squirmed a bit before succumbing to the feeling and cumming. Ninten was surprised by the amount and gagged a little, prompting him to take the dick out and cough out some of what was shot into him. "I-I'm sorry. I-I…"

"Hey, it's ok. It's only natural." Ninten stood up and washed the cum that dripped onto his chin.

"Wh-what was that?"

"It's sperm. It shoots out when you feel excited. Like super excited. Did it feel good?"

"I-it was amazing, Ninty."

"Ninty?"

"Y-you don't like it?" Ninten smiled.

"No, I like it. I like it a lot," Ninten said as he ruffled Claus's hair, earning a giggle from him. That was when Claus saw that Ninten was hard. He smiled before getting on his knees and licking it. Ninten let out a moan. "C-Claus?"

"You made me feel good. I want to do the same for you." Claus didn't wait to see Nitnen's response and simply licked more of it. Claus licked more and more, his tongue being a bit rougher than Ninten's and thus feeling a bit better. Soon enough, Claus cautiously put the dick into his mouth, trying not to scrape it against his fangs.

"Oh wow...your mouth…" Claus bobbed his head quickly. If Ninten didn't know any better, he would've thought Claus had done this plenty of times. Claus took all of Ninten into his mouth. "Ahh, C-Claus….so close." Claus took this as a plea to do better. So he did. It didn't take long for Ninten to cum. Claus swallowed everything that was shot into him, not spilling an ounce. He stood up and licked his lips.

"Tasty."

"Th-that was awesome Claus." Claus giggled.

"Thanks." Claus's smile was so innocent yet dirty because of the knowledge of what he just finished doing. The two of them properly cleaned up and left, drying up as well. Ninten looked at Claus in his clothes and made a decision.

"Hey, want some new clothes? Those look dirty and…..just bad." Claus looked at himself in the mirror. He smiled when he saw himself standing up. His ears perked up and his tail happily swayed. He did see the difference between his new attitude and his clothes though so he nodded.

Ninten led Claus into his room and looked through his clothes. Eventually, Ninten found an outfit he thought would look nice on Claus. It was a turquoise and yellow striped shirt, light orange shorts, and some blue shoes. Claus grabbed them and put them on. After having all of it on, Ninten took a step back and smiled. The outfit did indeed fit. Ninten needed to cut a small hole in the shorts for his tail, but it still looked good. "How does it feel?"

"It feels right." Ninten smiled.

"I'm glad. Now then, shall we go on to start our new life?" Claus smiled happily.

"We shall."

For the next however many hours, the two of them just happily did things. They watched movies, ate, went on a walk. Claus was being treated like a prince. He was being treated in the way he always wanted. And Ninten was doing all of that for him. All of that just in one day.

Sometime in the day, Ninten left for the store. Claus was a little tired so he asked if he could stay, which Ninten allowed. However, Ninten didn't set any ground rules. So Claus didn't have anything to not do. He ended up entering Ninten's room. He saw a laptop. The laptop was closed. He walked over and opened it. There was a passcode needed to enter. "Dang it." Claus started typing random things. Random letters, numbers, and symbols mixed. When Claus typed in "Password" it worked. Claus chuckled. The thing that showed up was a video on a site. The people in the video, both guys, were doing naughty things. Making naughty noises. Claus knew this must've been related to what he and Ninten did in the shower. He started watching and teaching himself how things, he found out was called sex, worked.

Ninten soon arrived, putting the bags on the table and sighing. "I'm back Claus!" Claus didn't answer. "Claus?" Ninten grew a fear that Claus ran away. He started walking around the house and started hearing moaning and groaning. They were coming from his bedroom. When he entered it he saw Claus touching himself, fully naked, with the laptop open. "Fuck!" Ninten ran forward and slammed the laptop shut, spooking Claus. When Claus saw him he smiled.

"Ninty...can you fuck me?"

"Wh-what? Where'd you learn that?"

"The videos."

"Crap. Th-those videos are-"

"Please Ninty. I want you to fuck my brains out."

"I-I…"

"I want that delicious cum in my ass."

"Jesus. You really learned a lot from the videos." Claus started tugging at Ninten's pants. "A-are you sure you want this?" Claus was in heat. Due to being part animal, he had animal instincts. One of those instincts…..was the ability to go into heat. He never got into it, since he was part human he needed something to "activate" the heat. Those porn videos were what activated it along with teaching Claus what he needed to know.

"Fuck me!" Claus's order echoed through Ninten's ears. And his other head beat his own. And within seconds, he was naked and on top of him.

"Last chance to back out, Claus." Claus started sweating when he grabbed the collar of Ninten's shirt.

"I don't want to back out. I want to feel you inside me."

"Hehe, you naughty kitty."

"Mrow~" Ninten cautiously guided his dick to Claus's hole. Ninten, despite being really horny, still had one thing on his mind. Claus's safety. He didn't want to hurt Claus, and he knew if he was careless he would hurt him. And Ninten didn't want to hurt him. He slowly tried to insert his tip but needed to add a little force in order to do it. He was scared that the little bit of force hurt Claus, but the look on his face took away all fear. Claus was loving having just the tip in. Ninten smiled as he slowly inserted more. This wasn't exactly satisfying Claus though. "C-come on! Fuck me hard!" Ninten wasn't listening to him. He also wanted to do it hard, so he needed to take this cautiously. He knew that Claus was in immense pain from his previous owner. The last thing he wanted was to hurt him. Ninten slowly and methodically pushed more and more in. Soon enough, all of him was inside. Claus was purring loudly as his tail was rubbing his back

"Alright…..I'm going to start moving."

"FINALLY!" Ninten started thrusting in and out in a rhythm that still had some resting time. Even with the resting time, Claus was loving it. He gripped the bed, which scared Ninten for a second, but the cooing from Claus assured him that he wasn't gripping the bed from pain, but pleasure. He smirked before speeding up. "Y-Yes….fuck me!" Ninten steadily gained speed, giving less and less time for the breaks. Soon enough, the breaks stopped completely and he was just fucking him. Claus wrapped his arms around Ninten's neck, moaning loudly into his ear. "Th-this is the best!~

"Y-yeah…" Ninten eventually thrust hard right into Claus's prostate, causing him to shake a bit as he shot a powerful stream of cum onto Ninten's chest. This also caused his hole to tighten up around Ninten so within a few more thrusts he also came. Ninten fell forward, onto Claus, and panted. "H-how do you feel C-Claus?" Ninten heard Claus purring loudly and intensely. He sounded like 5 cats. Claus had his eyes closed as he recovered from his intense heat.

"I-it….was the best thing ever!" Ninten pushed himself up to see his face. Claus slowly opened his eyes and they looked as lewd as ever. He smirked. "This whole sex thing is fun."

"I-I didn't want to hurt you, so I hope I didn't."

"There was a bit of a pinch, but I really do appreciate the care." Claus licked Ninten's cheek. Ninten blushed.

"Was that a regular lick or was that a kiss?" Claus's face was smug but it was obvious which of the two that lick was. "Well, allow me to show you how humans kiss."

"Please do. For…..teaching reasons."

"Yes, for teaching reasons." Ninten leaned down and collided their lips together. Ninten passionately kissed Claus. That was when a memory shot into his brain. He tapped Ninten's back, prompting him to stop the kiss and shoot up. "What is it?"

"My brother…."

"What about him?"

"I want to see him. He wasn't taken by Porky, he's likely with an owner by now."

"Oh, we can try to find him. But Ultimatum is a large city, I'm not sure how easy it'll be." Ninten got off Claus, already fully ready to help Claus find his brother. Claus saw this readiness and smiled. They both got dressed. "Oh, you have a good sense of smell, correct?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Do you have something that belongs to him? Maybe you could get his scent from it." Claus walked over to his old clothes and looked through them. He found a little sunflower pin that once belonged to his brother, Lucas. He sniffed it and Lucas's scent invaded his nose.

"Woah….follow me!" He ran off, not waiting for Ninten. Ninten was able to follow though. Claus was running on all fours so he was very fast and almost uncatchable by Ninten. But Claus took precautions by stopping every now and then for Ninten to catch up. Eventually, they made it to a house. Ninten knocked on it and soon a similar-looking red-capped boy opened the door. He crossed his arms.

"Yes?" he asked.

"Hi. My friend here thinks that maybe you have his brother. Could we check?"

"What's your name? I don't invite people in without knowing their names first."

"Oh, uh right. I'm Ninten and he's Claus."

"Hmm, well I'm Ness. And…." Ness took a look at Claus and tilted his head. "I think I do. Is he blonde with pretty blue eyes and a fondness for omelets and sunflowers?"

"THAT'S HIM!" Claus excitedly said. Ness smiled before stepping aside for Claus to enter. Claus did, almost immediately. "LULU!" There was a loud shuffling coming from the second floor. The noise moved around and even came down the stairs. When Claus's eyes adjusted to the darker area of the house, he saw the person he was looking for. His brother Lucas. Lucas's pretty blue eyes shone brightly at the sight of the brother he thought was dead.

"Claus…." They ran toward each other and collided with a hug and some waterworks. Ninten stepped in and crossed his arms.

"Cute aren't they?" Ninten asked.

"Very," Ness agreed. They stayed silent for a while. "You fucked him, didn't you?"

"Yup. You?"

"100% Does that make us horrible people?"

"Most likely."

"I can live with that."

"Same." As the two of them bonded over their "activities" with their hybrids, the two hybrids were catching up, still all watery. Claus looked around at his new family. His past may have been rough and rocky. But that didn't matter now. He was with people he loved. That's what mattered. The present. Not the past, nor the future. The here and now.