Puppy Boy Part 1 DM x J3T

Hey guys, this is my first hybrid one shot for the band and it is kind of a tester to see how it goes down with you guys before I consider making a story with hybrids in it other than We Are Broken from The Start which should be available on my page somewhere. I will love it if I got some feedback for this one please.

Anyway, this is the Deuce era and it is 2009 in the story so Deuce will be in this part but not the next one. Yes, this is a two-parter.

G.P.O.V

Today I decided that I was going to walk to the studio instead of drive. It's a sunny day so I didn't see the point in getting stuck in the endless lines of LA traffic this early in the morning when walking could be quicker. Something in one of the alleyways about two blocks from the studio catches my eye. It felt like someone is watching me, but I couldn't really see if it was a person or an animal. I am early for work right now so I think it wouldn't hurt to see if the person needed any help, if it was a person. It isn't like my day was going to be completely ruined if it turns out that whoever is watching me didn't need my help.

As I get closer, I notice that it was a person watching me and they looked like a hybrid. If this guy turns out to be a hybrid, then I am going to try my best to help him out. It is too risky to be out here in the open if you are a hybrid. From what I know they are all raised in the worst conditions in institutions and if they are lucky enough to escape the institutions then the owners will want them dead. I knew this hybrid is a male because of the tattered boxer shorts and the tattered t-shirt which shows a completely flat male chest. Hybrids are babies who are subjected to animal DNA in utero or shortly after birth and they are taken from their parents under the premise the child has passed away.

They are then raised in the institutions where they will gain the features of the animal they have been mixed with if they survive long enough. The most popular and most likely to survive are the ones with dog and cat DNA, even monkey. Although due to the similarity between the two, you hardly see monkey hybrids. I think I have heard of success stories with mouse DNA and Snake. The features cat and dog hybrids get are the ears and the tail, the cat hybrids don't get whiskers as far as I know. I think the snake hybrids get scales and the forked tongue and the mouse hybrids get the ears and the tail too, they also squeak occasionally.

The hybrid I have found and is crouched right in front of me seems to be a dog hybrid. I couldn't be too sure due to the lack of light his hiding spot has. I also couldn't really be sure but he looked to be an adult who is around 5"3 tall and that surprises me considering most hybrids don't survive to adults or leave the institutions they are raised in. Most of them die quite early on considering we are not supposed to be experimented on this way and it leads to genetic complications. The rest die due to the shocking conditions and abuse that they go through while they are in the institutions.

I know by stopping and trying to help this poor guy I am bordering on becoming late for work but I have a gut feeling that this guy needs my help. I have a packet of cookies in my backpack that I could give him since he probably hasn't eaten in at least a day. I could also use them to convince him that I am not a threat and I could help him survive this cruel fate he has been born into. The hybrid is fully aware that I am watching him but he isn't really making any move to run away from me. That means he isn't too afraid of me at the moment.

"Hey there, I am not going to hurt you," I tell the hybrid, hoping he would believe me. I take another step towards him and he tenses up a little which I was expecting. "You're not going to hurt me?" the hybrid asks, he sounded nervous and he nearly stuttered when he was talking. "I promise you that I am not going to hurt you," I reply, speaking calmly. If I was calm while I talk to him then maybe it would send the right message and he would be calm as well and it would be easier to get to know him and start a friendship.

He allows me to get to arm's length from him before I knew he didn't want me to be any closer. At least he is already starting to trust me which is really good. Now all I need to do is prove that he isn't wasting his trust on me. I get the packet of cookies out and show them to him, making sure he knows they are sealed. The hybrid looks at the bag of cookies with curiosity and he definitely looked like he was hungry. I had wished that I had brought more snack foods with me but I didn't know I was going to be doing this today.

"Are you hungry?" I ask the hybrid just to make sure. The way his little ears perked up when I asked him that question was incredibly cute. He also had his head to one side and he seemed to be confused. He was probably wondering why a stranger like me was asking this and why I was trying to help him out. His stomach answered before he really got the chance to and it growled. I couldn't help the smile I had when a slight a blush appeared on his cheeks. "Yeah, I haven't eaten in a while," he confesses to me. "You can have this bag of cookies if you want them," I tell him, holding out the bag of cookies for him to take if he wanted them.

The hybrid debated it for a minute or so before he took the packet of cookies from me and I smiled again. He managed to open them without too much of a struggle. He started to eat the cookies that I had given to him, yea they were small but he was eating something. It was making me happy because I was getting him to trust me now. A few minutes later he had finished the cookies and he was now playing with the empty packet. He was looking from the packet to me a couple of times. "Do you have any more food?" he asks me, he trusts me a lot more than I thought he did.

"Not on me right now but I can get you some more," I tell him. Then I decide to tell him some basic things about me. If I am going to help him in anyway then he was going to have to get to know me and make his own judgement. I learn that his name is Danny and he is twenty-two. He is a dog hybrid for sure but he doesn't know which breed he is and he tail needs to be removed at some point. It was just a stump which keeps getting infected. Obviously, he went through some mistreatment with his tail so it is painful and just causing issues.

His ears are a lighter brown then his hair, which makes them stand out a little bit. His ears looked like they could have been a Labrador puppies but even I found it hard to tell what type of dog he was. His eyes were amazing chocolate brown with a black ring along the edge. From what I could see as well he looked incredibly pale but he also had a lot of dirt and he didn't have any access to a shower to clean himself. Like I said before his clothes are extremely damage and they were all too big for him. He was so skinny I saw some ribs and his hips were very visible too. It just made me feel sorry for him and more determined to help him out.

"Hey Danny, I know this might seem sudden, but if you let me take you in, I can help you out," I tell him and he seems to be a little bit shocked. "You want to help me?" he asks me which breaks my heart a little bit. The way in which he said that leads me to believe that he is used to being abandoned and people not really caring about him or helping him in anyway. "Yeah, you're a really nice guy and I have somewhere you can live and feel safe with me to protect you," I tell him.

That seemed to be the only words that I needed to say. Danny moved a little closer to me, I put my hand out for him and he nuzzled it almost straight away. That was another adorable factor. "Thank you, George," he tells me and I smile at him. I know I can clean him up at the studio because there are some spare clothes that should fit him and look a lot more decent. There is also a shower at the studio as well so he can be completely clean. I am sure he will feel better once he has had a shower and some cleaner clothes and some good food.

"I have to go to work now, you could come with me for the day, there is a shower there and some clean clothes," I tell him. I am sure that most of the guys won't mind, we could get Danny to help us out at the studio and on the road so he is not stuck doing nothing while we are working hard during the day. I felt him take my hand like a nervous child when he nodded and agreed to come with me. I help him up to his feet and I take my hoodie off and put it over Danny's head so he has something else on other than the tattered clothes he has. We then finish my walk to the studio with him holding my hand the entire time.

The hoodie went down to his knees almost because he is a considerable amount smaller than I am. The guys were shocked when I walked into the studio with Danny just behind me. Jorel was really curious about the new guy in the room. Aron on the other hand was really angry. "So, you turn up five minutes late and you expect us to let this random homeless guy in, what the fuck?" he asks, he was shouting. Danny was scared by Aron's reaction and he kept a tight grip on my hand. "So, what you turn up and leave when you please. George seems to be helping this guy out which is better than what you've done," our manager Jason says.

I look to Jorel, hoping that he would help me clean Danny up so he looks better and we can see if he has any injuries or something. "Jorel, do we still have those spare clothes in the small size?" I ask him as he looks to Danny. "Yeah, we do. I'll go and get them now," Jorel says and he gets up from the sofa. I lead Danny to our bathroom and sit him down on the toilet seat so I could explain what was going on right now. "I am going to let you have a shower on your own so you get all cleaned up and you could tell us if you have any cuts. I won't be leaving you completely and I'll be just outside the door," I tell him. Jorel brought the clothes in.

Danny had put the hood up while we were walking through the streets to hide his puppy ears. He now takes his hood down, showing Jorel his puppy ears. "You're a hybrid?" Jorel asks and Danny nods a couple of times. I smile at the two, I have a feeling that they are going to get along quite well once they know each other more. "Hey, I am Jorel and I want to help you out as well," Jorel tells our new friend. "Hi, I'm Danny," our little hybrid friend replies. Danny's hair is getting quite long no so he could benefit from a haircut which we could give him.

We give Danny some privacy to shower, we stay outside the door because I promised him I was going to be just outside. He would be worried about us leaving him and being on his own and struggling to survive once more. It left us a few minutes to chat. "Do you think he'll let me cut his hair after?" Jorel asks me. I shrug "The only way you'll know is if you ask him," I reply. It didn't take long before Danny appeared in the doorway. He was in the outfit we had given him but he decided to keep my hoodie on.

I honestly don't mind if he keeps my hoodie, I have plenty more and it suits him and seems to bring him some comfort. His hair is still wet so that would help Jorel if he really wanted to cut Danny's hair. "Hey Danny, can I cut your hair please? I'll be careful around your ears," Jorel asks Danny. Danny walks over to me and takes my hand again. "Yeah I think it could do with a trim to be honest," he replies, it shows he trusts both Jorel and I a lot already which is really good. I wasn't expecting it to be this soon but I hope we are the people he needs.

He also was completely calm whenever he took my hand. I led him to a chair and I let Jorel get to work with the kitchen scissors and a hair brush. He was so careful around the puppy ears which Danny must have appreciated a lot. Jordon was watching with curiosity, none of us had ever seen a hybrid in person but we knew of them. "Thank you Jorel," Danny says once his haircut is done. Jordon and Jorel then talked to him for a while until they knew they had become friends. Matt is talking with Aron about song ideas so I wasn't going to pull him away and get Aron all riled up and upset the others.

Danny will be friends with Matt in time anyway; there is no need to rush it. I doubt that Danny will be friends with Aron at all but no one will be too fussed with that fact. You can't get along with everyone all the time anyway. Aron is a moody git at the best of times; he also hates it when the attention is not on him. He is such an attention seeking idiot it's unreal, and the stuff he demands us to do like he is some A star celebrity is fucking ridiculous. I can't wait until we decide to drop his ass.

Today is a writing session for our second album so we sit in groups, one group of three and one of four. Danny was with Jorel, Jordan and I and Matt was with Aron and Dylan. The other three had no idea about Danny's hybrid status since Jordon ever so kindly gave Danny his snapback so he was able to hide the ears. Aron was glaring at Danny the entire first half of the day but it was because he wasn't getting as much attention as the new guy is. We gave Danny his first ever hot chocolate since it was getting to that time of year and he really enjoyed it.

It turns out that Danny hadn't heard of many of the things that we know and take for granted. He had never heard of fast food before and Jordon nearly cried. So Jordon made it his mission to get Danny Del Taco for lunch and he gave a dramatic sigh of relief when Danny demolished the taco in no time. It was going to be interesting to find out what else Danny hasn't tried or heard of before. I personally have never been in a hybrid institution before so I don't know how they raise the people there and what they can and can't do. He'll know what the basics are like water but I have no idea what they fed the kids there so they might have had milk, they might not have. It's all a guessing game now.

I'm most certainly going to call a hybrid specialist so I know exactly how to help the little guy out. I need to know how to look after him properly and what could happen if he gets sick. It would be helpful to know if he has any allergies and if he can't eat certain food because of the puppy side. He is going to need an operation sooner or later on the disaster of a tail he has left. A little nudge on my side brings me out of my thoughts and I'm staring at Danny's brown eyes which I can see some pain in. "George, my tail hurts," Danny says quietly to me once he knows he has my attention. I rub his arm to calm him down in case he gets upset. "Do you want me to take a look at it?" I ask him and he nods so I take him back to the bathroom.

I looked at his tail and it looked like it was showing signs of an infection starting to set in. No wonder why it was starting to bother him so much, it looked so painful. "Looks like infection is starting to set in bud," I tell him and he starts whimpering, I guess he doesn't like the infections but who would. I carefully hug him and he hugs me back instantly. I was being so careful because I didn't want to make his pain worse. "I know a nice doctor who could help me," Danny tells me. I'll get the number from him later and then arrange a home visit so that Danny could get looked at in a more calm environment.

"I'll call them when we get to my house so they'd be there a bit later but I can always make it earlier if you need it," I tell him. For now I guess we can only give him some Tylenol wouldn't do him any damage. Before we head back into the main studio area I decide to disinfect his tail with the anti-septic wipes we have in the first aid kit so that I could prevent it from getting any worse before it gets seen by a doctor. It could tell even though I was being gentle as possible it was still hurting him a bit and I was feeling guilty. "I'm really sorry Danny, I don't mean to hurt you," I tell him. "It's okay George, I know how much you want to help me," Danny replies. He is such a sweet kid, and we walk back to the seating area and I get the pills.

I hand Danny the pills and a glass of orange juice when I come back. He took the pills and downed the juice before he hugged me again. I smile at him and allow him to rest against me to see if he could get comfortable. I could see he was moving around a lot so he wasn't going to put pressure on his tail. Matt decided his curiosity was too much to ignore so he decided to come and sit with us and get to know Danny during the second half of our work day. Aron was still being a moody bugger and we all ignored him for the second half and let him have his childish sulk.

I really hope that I can get Danny's tail sorted sooner rather than later. It was really starting to bother him and cause him some problems. Matt noticed Danny seemed uncomfortable and he wasn't really settling in the seat so he gives Danny a cookie to munch on so he could have a little bit of a distraction from his tail troubles. "Danny, what's the doctor's number?" I ask him. I might as well get the appointment set up at my house so I can start getting him used to the house and not have to worry about the doctors too much. He writes it down on a piece of paper and gives it to me. I know he'll be fine on the sofa without me being there as he has Jorel and Jordon and Matt and Dylan to give him plenty of attention.

I make the appointment; the doctor will be at my house an hour after I get home with Danny. This will give me a head start on having Danny settled a little bit and knowing where everything is. I don't waste any time in returning to the seating area back to my new companion. Danny saw me coming back and his eyes instantly lit up which I found cute, he really likes me already. Jorel smiles at me when he sees how Danny reacted and I sit in between the two. "The doctor is going to come about an hour after we get home and I bet you'll be feeling better in no time," I tell Danny who nods and snuggles into me again.

Jorel heard our little conversation but the others didn't since they were discussing song ideas for our new album and trying to come up with good lyrics. I'm pretty sure that Jorel is the only other person who knows about Danny's tail since he has heard us mention it and he might have seen it. Jordon saw his ears so he knows Danny is a hybrid but I assume he thinks Danny has a full tail and it's hidden in his trousers. Matt, Dylan and Aron have no idea about Danny's hybrid status. He might tell Matt and Dylan when he trusts them more but not Aron.

The walk home wasn't very eventful, I bought Danny some clothes and some basic hygiene items like a razor in case he grows a beard, deodorant and a toothbrush. We decided to give Danny some old clothes that no longer fit us tomorrow when I bring him with me again. Aron won't be so kind so we never asked him. I only bought the clothes he would need for overnight and tomorrow and things the guys weren't going to hand down like underwear, socks and shoes. The thing that surprised me most about our growing bond is how close he stayed by me the entire time we were shopping. He was curious as it was a first for him; he has never been shopping before. He never wandered away from me even if there was something that caught his eye. I do believe part of it has to do with his fear of being abandoned so I would reassure him every now and again that I was going to stay with him and I wasn't going to leave.

I gave him a house tour and he really liked the thought of having his own bedroom for once since he told me they always had over five kids in the same room on crappy little metal beds which needed to be replaced. Having said that he might stay in my room with me until he gains some more confidence to be by himself for eight hours even though I am only in the room next door. I found a blue fluffy soft throw blanket in my storage cupboard that I gave him to use when he wants like a comfort blanket and he took to that straight away. He said thank you a lot during the afternoon, which I was expecting. I have done so much to help him.

Then the doctor came, exactly when he was supposed to if not a minute or two earlier. He is a hybrid specialist and knew all about Danny and his tail woes. "I'm going to try and arrange surgery for you as soon as I can, that tail or what's left of it needs to go," the doctor tells both me and Danny as I am now essentially Danny's owner. He also gives me some information on how to care for a puppy hybrid and some information about Danny I never knew. His birth name was Nathaniel Morris and to keep him out of the institution his name would be legally changed to Daniel Murillo. The name Nathaniel will die so the doctor's in the institution won't come looking.

I saw a scar on Danny's arm. It's where he has a tattoo of his institute patient id number and location. He had tried to take it off with a lighter or something when he left the institute I guess. It didn't really work and he only managed to remove a small portion which had his initials and the start of the number. I told him that we could get it covered up with a nicer tattoo eventually and for now we could bandage it to hide it from the public if he chooses to wear short sleeved shirts. I learned that he had managed to escape from the worst hybrid institution in the states, the doctor told me this was going to have a severe impact on how Danny will react around others and how he will behave in certain situations.

It was a fact that didn't deter me from my decision to help the youngster out. I am going to support him in any way that I can. It's not going to bother me in the slightest if he is going to be a little childlike at times or he is going to suffer with really bad nightmares and night terrors. I'll comfort him whenever he needs me too whether he asks me or not. He is my responsibility now and I was going to look after him to the best of my abilities. I was given some anti-biotics which should sort the current infection on his tail for the moment and if I keep disinfecting it then he should be okay before he needs to go under for surgery.

I made a simple dinner, chicken nuggets with fries and some peas and I made sure that I cooked enough for 3 people just in case Danny wanted some more food. He nearly didn't finish his lunch so he might not eat all the food I put out for him. He is not used to eating full meals and three meals a day. "Don't worry if you can't eat all of your dinner tonight Danny," I tell him as I place the plate in front of him. He made a good attempt at his dinner and he ate most of it but I knew when he was done and I didn't force him to clean his plate. I put what he had left to some of the leftover nuggets on the plate so he could eat them as a snack or for lunch tomorrow. I am shocked when I turn around and see Danny had washing the dishes for me.

"Aw Danny, you know you don't have to do those. I would have rinsed them and put them in the dishwasher," I tell him and he tilts his head to one side when I said dishwasher. This makes me think that he hasn't heard of a dishwasher before. "George, what's a dishwasher?" he asks me, so he hasn't heard of one before. I take his hand and show him the dishwasher I own and it was currently full of clean dishes. I dry them and put them away. "A dishwasher is an appliance which cleans the dishes for you," I tell him.

Tomorrow at breakfast time I will show him how the dishwasher works. I know this isn't going to be the only appliance that I will have to show Danny how it works and I didn't mind. I wasn't sure that Danny knows what a TV is but when I turned mine on he seemed to have a basic knowledge but was shocked at the different things I could do on it. "They rarely let us watch TV at the institute and it was only to keep the younger ones quiet," he explains to me as I start channel surfing so we could find out what to watch and what genres he liked or disliked. He flinched when the horror channel came on so I knew to avoid it while he is around.

It makes me feel sorry for the youngster. His upbringing was so much tougher and harder than any of ours and we thought we had it tough. Los Angeles is a rough city to be in at the best of times and it's always a tough fight for survival or kill or be killed. I could not imagine living or being in the worst institution in the states from the day that I would be born until either the day I die or I am lucky enough to escape in my twenties. I would hate to have the illnesses that Danny will suffer with because of the DNA mix up. I settle down with two cans of pop on the sofa and Danny comes over to me and snuggles up to me. I tickle behind his ear and he enjoys it.

I started to watch a new series I started about a week ago and I hoped that if I started from the first episode then I would get Danny interested and it could be something we could talk about. I have no clue what genres he likes or hates apart from my earlier discovery of his fear of horror. This means I am going to have to learn the hard way. While I was setting up the TV Danny had gone and changed into his new comfortable pyjamas and he looked good in them. His hair dried naturally from his shower so it was nice and soft and fluffy to play with. He also looked so much happier now then when he first saw me and I first met him. It was so much nicer to know that I was the reason behind his happiness.

It turns out Danny wasn't really interested in the show that I tried to get him into. So I decided I would let him pick out a show that he might like better. We started watching the show that he picked out and I found it to be quite interesting for the both of us and it would be the show that we could talk about and discuss theories. It was interesting to see how he reacted to the certain situations that happened in the show and his facial expressions were cute. It was starting to get quite late in the day and it didn't surprise me during the third or fourth episode we were watching that Danny had fallen asleep cuddling me. I finish the episode that we are watching before I decide taking the little one to bed would be a good idea. I could tell him how the episode ended if he asked me.

Danny didn't wake up while I was carrying him up the stairs to his new bedroom. He was out like a light and he seemed peaceful which I doubt would have happened while he was living on the streets. I put him under his duvet and tucked it in on one side. He looks so adorable with his hand next to his head. I decide to leave his room and walk into my own; he should be fine if he is out for the count. I hope he will be fine to wake up on his own, he might freak out at first if he doesn't recognise where he is. He does know where my room is and I let him know that he could come into my room at any time if he needed me or wanted me for any reason.

I fell asleep without realising on top of the covers and woke up a few hours later and I noticed there was a little puppy boy in my room. Danny was sitting next to me and he was sniffling quite a bit, like he was going to burst into tears at any second. "What's the matter Danny?" I ask him, sitting up in bed and looking at him. "I had a nightmare, I'm sorry I woke up," Danny mumbles and looks down to his legs. I smile and pull him close to me and hug him tightly. He then burst into sobs and I started rubbing his back to try and calm him down. "Don't worry little pup, I am here to help you," I tell him and he managed to calm down after a few minutes.

I let him snuggle up to me and we went under the covers so he would be warm and feel secure. I might as well see if he wanted to settle down and go back to sleep considering it is three in the morning. "You can stay with me tonight bud, don't worry I am not going anywhere no one will hurt you with me around," I tell him. He looks at me with a small smile but he looked calmer. He rests his head on top of my chest and he puts his hand flat on my chest as I wrap my arm around him. My other hand was playing with his hair to add some extra comfort to him. I don't think he wants to talk about his nightmare so I decide it's best if I don't bring it up.

I felt happy when I had managed to get Danny to fall back to sleep without any issues or any struggles. I already knew Danny would be staying pretty close if not exactly by my side for the next few days while he settles into his new life and I would be taking him to work with me every day because I don't want to risk him suffering any separation anxieties with me. He might be staying home once he is more comfortable to be on his own and he wants to stay at home and not be in the studio with us. I decide to check my phone to see if I have any messages because unlike Danny, I am not going to go back to sleep so soon. Jorel had texted me and the others hadn't but that was fine with me.

Jorel: Hey, how's everything with pup?

Me: Good, he's settling great so far. We've had one nightmare tonight but he is fine now and he is snuggled up to be peacefully sleeping.

Jorel: That's good, he trusts you a lot. Will we see him tomorrow at work?

Me: Yeah, he's not going to leave my side anytime soon.

Jorel: Aww, he is just adorable. You are the best friend everyone needs in their life. Saving a hybrid is the nicest thing you could do.

Me: Yeah, I just knew when I saw him that I had to do something to help him and just couldn't leave him there in the alley.

Jorel: Nice, I can see why. Anyway I am off to bed now, night.

Me: Night.

I decided after talking to Jorel that I should also get some more sleep because I know Aron is going to be difficult tomorrow especially since Danny is now in the frame. We are going to be focusing on helping Danny out and letting him recover from his ordeal. Aron was trying to make us buy him a personal assistant when we really don't need one as a group. We aren't famous enough to warrant one. Having said that he might try and take advantage of Danny and make him the personal assistant instead. The thing I have learned through research is that hybrids are often trained to be slaves to people and then sold to whoever will pay the most money.

I have a large reason to believe Danny has been a slave at some point and either escaped from them or sold back to the institute and escaped from there. In his sleep he starts tossing a little bit away from me and mumbling, often mentioning the word master and don't hurt me. Each time I rubbed his arm he seemed to calm down a bit. He might have another nightmare since I can't rub his arm while I am asleep myself but he might snuggle into me some more and get comfort that way. I decide we should sleep on our sides with him cuddled into my and both my arms are securely around him.

The next time I wake up is a more reasonable time at seven am but only because I heard my pup react to my alarm clock. Danny was definitely scared of the alarm and he was on the other side of the bed just staring at the alarm. "It's okay Danny, it's only my alarm clock," I tell him and he only came to my side once I turned the alarm off and he buried his head into my neck. He calmed down as soon as the noise stopped. "Sorry George," he tells me, mumbling again. I ruffle his hair as a little calming measure even if he was calm. "You don't need to say sorry to me buddy, I should have told you about it last night so you wouldn't be as scared of it," I tell him.

I cuddle Danny for a minute then I tell him to stay in my bed. I'm going to attempt to make him breakfast in bed for the first time in his life. This might not be successful since he may believe that I have left the house and left him alone. He might then decide to come and look for me and then my surprise will be ruined. Hopefully he stays in my bed and I can pull this off. He seemed really sleepy despite his reactions to the alarm clock. I doubt he woke up properly so he might fall asleep again while I am cooking.

The alarm clock didn't help him this morning and I think I will turn it off and get him used to having a song play every morning to help me wake up on time for work. He was half-awake when I was calming him down. That could mean that he would go back to sleep if I left him alone on my comfortable bed. That wouldn't bother me again. I made two plates of breakfast. I ate mine quickly so that I could get Danny his breakfast before it goes cold. I put it on a tray and add a glass of orange juice to take his anti-biotics. I only made waffles and put syrup on them, it's nothing special really but I am sure he'll enjoy it.

I walk back up to my room to find Danny fast asleep curled up on top of the duvet with his thumb in his mouth to calm him. It was the most adorable sight I've seen in a while. I didn't want to wake him up but I need to get ready for work and I can't leave him on his own. I usually leave by eight thirty in the morning to get to the studio for nine and to avoid the bulk of the rush hour traffic. "Danny, come on buddy, it's time to wake up now. We have to go to the studio today," I tell him, and I shake his shoulder gently. A couple of moments later his eyes opened, his thumb came out of his mouth and a blush appeared on his cheeks.

He then looked at me with a little sleepy smile. This was so much better and not to mention cuter than when he first woke up this morning. "Morning George," he tells me and he sits up. I smile as he rubs his eyes and then I hand him breakfast. He seemed impressed by the food I put in front of him. "Good morning Danny, I made you some breakfast. You can have it in bed but it's not going to happen all the time," I tell him. He took his pills first and then dug straight into the waffles. He was confused at first but he found out that he liked the food.

"Thanks George, I've never had waffles before," he tells me, we didn't bother mentioning that he had his thumb in his mouth when I brought his food in but I said I was going to accept his little quirks. Then I took him to show him how the dishwasher works. He was so curious and I told him that he could load and unload it every day if he wanted it to be his chore while he lives with me. "It's the least I can do after everything you are doing for me," he replied and I smile. I might give him another task or two to do but the cute kid needs to learn how it feels to just relax as much as possible.

I know for now that he is limited on outfit choices. He only has two outfits he could wear and because he is so much smaller than me I know any of my outfits wouldn't fit him. The hoodie I gave him yesterday goes down to his knees so our sizes are completely different. He puts his new outfit on and he looks to the hoodie which is lying on the dresser after I let him get changed last night. "Do you want this back George?" he asks me as he picks it up and offers it out to me. I shake my head and gently push his hand back towards him.

"Nah, you can keep it buddy, I have other hoodies I can wear don't worry," I tell him and he smiles and puts the hoodie on straight away. I could tell it was like a wearable comfort blanket for him, he wasn't going to take the blue blanket everywhere with him so this was something that if washed often enough would become his comfort item he could wear pretty much every day. He was thankful for everything I've done for him for sure. My next task or challenge was going to be Danny's first car ride with me. I don't even know if he has ever been in a car before now but if he was a slave then he might have done. It would be easier if we travelled to and from work with the fact he would be getting five bags full of clothes at least and it would be easier to put them in the trunk then carry them home.

I think once we made it to the studio it was safe to say that Danny did not enjoy the car ride one bit. He was scared when the engine started, it turns out it was his first time in a car and he would be knocked out and put in a van if he was being transferred to slave place. The puppy ears would not have helped the poor lad with the noise and coping with some of the drivers you would see around. I couldn't hold his hand while I was driving and that made me feel bad. I even felt a bit guilty even though I know it isn't my fault. Once we got to the studio parking lot I went and hugged him and calmed him down again. He'll get nervous again when we go into the studio but at least he will know I can hold his hand now.

I made sure Danny had the snapback on before we went in to cover his puppy ears. I am not one hundred percent sure that Aron will be there or if Danny wants him to know about the hybrid status. Danny had a tight grip on my hand when we walked into the studio and I sighed in relief when I discovered Aron wasn't here because I wasn't really in the mood to deal with him. Everyone else was there and there were a few bags of clothes for Danny to have. Swan songs had come out a year ago and desperate measures has only just come out, that means that Danny would have only just celebrated his birthday. Today is the 25th of November.

"Danny, this weekend we should do something special considering your birthday was for days ago," I tell him and he gives me a smile. I guess he will love the party I will throw him even if it is just a movie night with a couple of beers. They wouldn't really celebrate the birthdays with the kids in the institution; they would just write down that the kid survived another year of life. "Wait, how would you know when his birthday is? You only just met him yesterday," Jordon asks us. Danny wasn't bothered too much by his tail today as I put cream on it and a big band aid on it the doctor gave me so he would be comfortable while the infection goes. He was very close to me and cuddled quite comfortably on my side. "I needed to take him to the doctors and they told me a few things about him," I tell him.

We all then said happy birthday to Danny even though it was four days late. We'll get it on the day next time. Now we decide should have small celebration in preparation for the weekend's events. We could either get him a full birthday cake which we would all share or we could get him a little cupcake and put a candle on it and we'd all have a cupcake too. It will be a strange thing for Danny to get used to but I feel like he will enjoy having birthdays and getting presents, having a day where he will be spoiled and loved on by friends and family.

We decided today that we would get a pack of cupcakes and he can have the full cake of his choice on his party on the weekend. Aron didn't show up at all today so Danny decided to take his snapback off. He did mention to me earlier how hats make his pup ears feel weird and that would be expected since they are not used to having hats on puppy ears. On the plus side it gives him a chance to hide his ears from the world. They also block out a little bit of the noise so it could help him on the car ride home. He knows we are going home by car since it's the way we came. Hopefully we will have a better reaction and experience this time around.

Today went by really quickly and I felt like it was because it was the most fun we have had during the day at the studio in years. It might be because of two reasons, one Aron wasn't there to spend the eight hours moping like he usually does. The second was because of my little pup, he has brought such a nice atmosphere to the place and we were constantly having a laugh and messing around while getting work done at the same time. It was a lot of fun having Danny around and I had only found him yesterday. We all get along with him so well and it was nice to have a sixth guy who was a happy soul.

He did cope better on the car ride home from work then he did the car ride to work. Which was nice and I suppose it was because he was starting to get used to riding in a car and he trusts my driving abilities. I am sure he will be fine once he has been in the car a few more times throughout the week as I teach him new things. Matt and Dylan discovered Danny was a hybrid when they saw his ears and his snapback was off. They didn't mind at all when they discovered this fact, in actual fact they found that it was quite cute that we had a puppy hybrid. His puppy ears were soft to touch and every time you would touch them they would twitch.

I decided that today we would have Chinese takeout for dinner so I could introduce Danny to more food and eventually find out his favourite food. The doctor told me that Danny has a peanut allergy so I take that into account when I order or buy food in. He doesn't seem to be too fussy about what he eats which is good and it makes him easy to cater for I guess. He did enjoy the sweet and sour chicken with noodles he got. Again he was still getting used to having those three meals a day. He did leave a little bit of his dinner but that was perfectly okay with me. After dinner we snuggle up on the couch and I put the TV on so we could continue watching our show.

Danny falls asleep at 10:30pm right at the end of an episode of the show and tonight I decide to take him straight to my room to spend the night. It might help his nightmares if he gets to stay close to me during the night. I also do see a chance that in the future once Danny is completely settled into new life then me and him will go out and be a happy couple. Only time will tell with that and for now I am happy to snuggle up to him as friends.

At this is the end of part one, I will post part two when it's ready but no guarantees on when that will be. I hope you all have a good Christmas guys!

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