The Others- Chapter 12
"Put them in a bath together? Rowen, you come up with the craziest ideas!" Mia exclaimed as Rowen shrugged.
"Well, they're both cat-like, and they both hate water. They like each other, and they both need showers. I don't see why not!"
"They're two 14 year old boys! If that's not enough reason, I don't know what is!" Rowen shrugged.
"Mia, oh well. They are fourteen, yet they have the minds of five year olds that have raging hormones. Unlike Cye, they hate baths. I think that like a toddler, if you put one in, the other will follow. Well, in this case they would have to be put in at the same time, but at least they'd get in the water."
"Rowen?" A tired voice asked as Rowen turned to the doorway to see both Sage and Cye.
"Yeah guys?" Rowen asked as Sage yawned.
"We can't sleep."
"Read to us." Cye finished. Though Cye knew the basics, he was up to the "See Spot Run" books, Sage, having never been near humans in his life, was completely illiterate. Rowen sighed as Mia grinned.
"Well, Rowen, you know that reading to our boys is more important then our conversation." Rowen turned to the other boys.
"Why don't you two have Ryo read to you?" Ryo was the best reader among the wildlife boys (as Rowen dubbed them) and he tended to read things such as fairy tales to Sage, and sometimes Cye as well.
"He already fell asleep." Cye stated.
"And we couldn't take waking him up. So then we thought of you!" Sage said.
"Well, actually, we thought of Kento first. But he was eating, so we chose not to bother him."
"And then we thought of you." Sage finished as Cye nodded in agreement.
"Ok, come on boys. Which do you want me to read today?" Cye thought for a moment, before beaming.
"Rainbow Fish!" Rowen shook his head.
"OK Cye, you go get the book, Sage, you come with me. And then I'll read to you both." Sage nodded as they watched Cye run out of the room.
"Come on, wolf-boy." Rowen stated as Sage walked after Rowen, to Mia's amusement.
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"…The end." Rowen finished as in his best efforts he tried to untangle himself from Sage and Cye's sleeping forms. Ryo was in the bed as well, but he had been asleep before and was on the other side of Sage, so he was wrapped around Sage, not Rowen. With a slight effort, Rowen lifted Cye into his arms and carried the boy out of Ryo's and into his Cye's room. He was well aware that leaving Sage in Ryo's arms was perfectly acceptable, and that the black haired boy would do nothing to Rowen for leaving another person in his bed. He laid the other boy down, who soundly slept the entire time. Obviously, Cye was a heavy sleeper. With a sigh, he made his way to his own room.
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"Mall? What's a mall?" Sage asked curiously as Cye and Ryo looked up, eyes twinkling in the same question.
"Well…" Mia began. "A Mall is a place that has a bunch of places where you can buy clothes, toys, food, ect. As long as you have money that is. And we really are stripped for cash, but you guys really need clothes, you can keep taking Rowen's because Sage is too thin, the pants don't fit, Cye is to much shorter, it's like he's a gangster with how baggy those things are, and Ryo, well, OK, Ryo fits in them fine. But Rowen doesn't have enough clothes to spare. And he's the only one with clothes even close to your sizes. So, come on everyone, it's off to the mall for us." The three animal raised boys shrugged, still not exactly sure what a mall was, but not pressing the issue and deciding to wait to find out what the creation was.
The car ride was an interesting affair. Sage kept trying to stick his head out of the window like a dog, instincts guiding his reaction to the car. Ryo was finding that buttons were fun to play with, and no matter how hard Anubis tried to stop him, he was faster then the older man, and Anubis had to keep both hands on the wheel, being the perfectionist that he was. And Cye was trying to figure out how to un-buckle the restraining thing that held him down. Finally, to the relief of the others in the car, they arrived at the mall, to the shock and amusement of the three boys.
"WOW!" Were the first words out of the auburn boy's mouth as he stared in shock and tried to take in every thing at once.
"This is amazing!" Ryo exclaimed after Cye, as Sage merely nodded in agreement. Rowen watching in amusement as the Cye and Ryo dashed off towards the food, Ryo's hand wrapped tightly around Sage's as he dragged the other boy with him.
"Ok, Mi and Anubis, watch Cye. Kento and I'll go make sure Ryo doesn't somehow kill Sage in his excitement." Mia laughed as she and Anubis headed after Cye.
"Well, come on big guy, let's go follow the flirts!"
"Ro, they do not flirt!"
"As I said to Mia, you call them what you want, I'll call them what I want. Which is flirts." Kento sighed as they ran off to find the other two.
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"Wow! Sage! Look at this!" Ryo said, manhandling a puzzle box while parading around a toy store. Ryo kept tugging at the box, while Sage laughed. The laughter abruptly stopped though, when Ryo accidentally ripped the box in half, scattering puzzle pieces everywhere. Sage looked at Ryo with horrified eyes as Ryo shrugged and brushed the box and the pieces under one of the racks.
"Shh! Sage, don't say anything." Sage nodded, eyes still wide, as they bolted out of the store. Panting, they ran straight into Rowen and Kento, falling to the floor on impact.
"What did you two just do?" Rowen demanded as Sage glared.
"Nothing that matters to you." He swiftly rose to his feet, using his well arm to assist him, as he reached out and helped Ryo up. Ryo hung his head guiltily, as Sage sighed and pulled Ryo away from the other two.
"OK Kento, You and I are going to follow them, but we can't let them see us. We don't want them to get mad, or in trouble. Got it?" Kento nodded as he and Rowen raced after the other two.
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"Look Miss Mia! It's a stuffed whale! Just like my mother!" Many nearby people turned to look at him in disgust.
"What?" he asked in confusion. "She is!" Shrugged and not understanding, he ran over to Mia an Anubis.
"Can I buy it? Please? It looks just like Ocrana, my mum!" Anubis glanced at the "Free Willy" Tag, but said nothing.
"Oh come on Anubis, I think that we can spare a few bucks to buy the boy a stuffed animal." Mia gently pried the stuffed animal from Cye's grip, and read the take.
"Good grief! 10 dollars for a stuffed whale?" Cye's eyes went wide.
"They stuffed a whale? But it doesn't feel like mum? Wait! That's because they stuffed her!" Cye burst out crying, to the amusement of the bystanders.
"Cye, calm down. This is a fake whale. Not s real one."
"Then why did you call it s a stuffed whale?" He asked as she sighed.
"It's a figure of speech." Cye nodded.
"Well, can I still have it?" Mia glanced at the small thing and sighed.
"Fine, you can have it."
"Yay!" Cye exclaimed as he hugged Mia.
"Well, Cye, let's go to the counter and buy it." Cye skipped up to the counter with Mia and Anubis.
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Rowen couldn't hide his laughter as he watched Ryo and Sage go into a toy store. A toy mouse was rolling around the floor, as Ryo froze. Sage glanced down at it and shrugged, but the same did not go for the highly feline boy. Kento joined in the laughter the moment that Roy pounced, grabbing the toy in his mouth.
"Um, Ryo, that's fake." Sage pointed out as Ryo spat the toy out of his mouth.
"What do you know, it is." It was then his head perked up as he spotted Rowen and Kento.
"You followed us!" He exclaimed as the two nodded, whipping the tears from their eyes.
"Ok, well, yeah we were. And anyways, we better be getting home." With an annoyed sigh, Ryo grabbed Sage's wrist, again, and followed the other two off. The moment they exited the store, a bouncy and energy filled Cye ran up to them, clutching the stuffed animal, Mia and Anubis in tow.
"Look Mr. Kento! It's a big whale! Just like my mum!" Kento smiled and nodded to the younger boy.
"Well, It's been a long day, I think we better head home." With nods of approval, Mia led the boys to the car.
To be continued…
Ok, I cannot apologize enough! I had a HUGE science project due (I turned it in yesterday, so I can write again), and I was working on something else for one of my friends (Shadow, I'm taking about "Love Ties"), and it was all around that I couldn't write. Plus, every time I got on, and finished checking my e-mail, my brother (Jerk!) Or Father would kick me off. Plus, my brother wouldn't let me on the computer to work on the project the entire week, so all the time I got on Tues., Wed., and Thursday, were spent typing up the stupid things (6 freaking hours!) And, well, I wanted to apologize! I did work some on "The Outcasts" So hopefully I can work on that and get the next chapter out. And my spring break is the week after next, which for me is heavy-duty writing time! Well, again sorry!