The next morning, Pouncival, Tumblebrutus and Plato approached a lounging Tugger. They had amusingly stern looks on their faces and had their arms crossed. Tugger chuckled to himself as he turned and saw them.
"Well, lads, what can I do for you?", Tugger said, sitting up.
The tom kittens looked at each other, then Plato was pushed forward.
"We love Jemima", Plato said firmly.
"And Etcetera", added Tumblebrutus.
"And Electra" , piped up Pouncival.
"And we would very much like it if you didn't hog all their attention all the time", Tumble said furrowing his eyebrows.
"Yeah!!! They don't even know we exist because they're so focused on you!", Pouncival exclaimed.
Tugger let out a hearty laugh and motioned for the kittens to sit down next to him. As he put an arm around Tumble and Pounce, he quickly grew amazed. He then looked at all three of the male kittens closely, and noticed that they weren't exactly kittens anymore….they were about to come of age. No longer were they tiny little energetic balls of fur, but they were getting tall and strong and starting to fill out…Tugger realized then that the lives of the Jellicles were about to change.
But he put all thoughts of that aside and focused at the present matter…Jealous boys.
"Boys, I care a lot about the girls. Everyone does…but I don't see them the way that you obviously do. I love all the girls as if they were my sisters, and nothing more. But while I do enjoy the attention they give me, I know that they're not in love with me. It's just a girl thing.", Tugger said, reasuringly.
"Well, how can we get them to love us back?", Plato asked, his eyes wide. He looked at his friends and back to Tugger, all of them smiling big.
To this, Tugger smiled back and leaned in close.
"Here's what you do"
~*~A/N: awwwww…..the boys have crushes!!!!!!!!!! Check back later to see what they girls are up to…and what about that mysterious sacrifice Munkustrap was talking about?