THE PET!!!!!



Warnings: 1x2x1 3x4x3. That's pretty much it.... i think.....



A/N: these stories of the hamster are based off of true events that have happened to me and my hamster.... my hamster, Whiskers. i love him!!! but in later chapters i will tell u which gw character is taking the place of which person in my life. this chappie doesn't have ne thing to do w/ ne thing that's ever happened to me.



Characters-

hamster/Hammy- Whiskers

Quatre's cat- my cat Silverbell



Chapter 1-

"Heeeeeeerrrrroooooooo. . .!"

Said boy looked up from his laptop and shot a death glare at his koi across the room. "You're starting to sound like that girl, Duo." Heero said under his breath.

Duo pouted and crossed his arms across his chest. "That wasn't nice, Hee-chan." He said as he waled over and sat in the chair next to Heero at the dinning room table.

"Hn."

"Heero," Duo said. "You said you would buy me a pet." Heero rolled his eyes.

"We have a cat in the house." He mumbled. Duo growled.

"That's Kitty-Quat's cat. I want my *own* pet." The braided boy said.

"Can you take care of it?" Heero asked, sipping his coffee. Duo looked hurt.

"Of course I can." Duo said stubbornly.

Heero sighed. "Fine. Go get the others. . . if you want them to come. . ." He said, closing his laptop.

"YAY!" Duo yelled, glomping Heero. Heero let out a surprised yelp and pried Duo off. "Thank you sooooooooo much Hee-chan!" Duo said as he bounded out of the room to get his other friends.

***

Ten minutes later they were all packed into the minivan. Heero was driving, Trowa had shot gun, Duo and Quatre had bucketseats and Wufei was squished in the back. "Hurry up, Yuy. I can't sit back here much longer." Wufei grumbled.

"Hn."

"Oh Duo! What animal are you going to get?" Quatre asked, bouncing a little in his seat.

Wufei grunted. "Probably a misbehaved dog, know Maxwell."he said quietly.

"No! I think I'm gonna get a. . . a hamster!" Duo said happily.

Wufei grunted again. "You should get the dog." The Chinese man said.

Duo grinned. "Nope! I want a hamster!" The violet-eyed boy said.

Wufei groaned. "Fine." He said quietly.

Just then, Heero pulled the van up into the parking lot of the local pet shop. "We're here." He said softly.

"Yay!" Duo and Quatre shouted as the jumped out of the car. Both of them were inside the story before Wufei was out of the van.

Heero, Trowa and Wufei walked into the shop and looked around for their friends. Trowa found them looking at the hamsters in the back.

"What kind of hamster are you going to get?" Heero asked, looking into the cage over Duo's shoulder.

"I think I want a. . . golden hamster." Duo said, tapping the glass cage lightly as a small hamster walked toward him.

"Gender?" Trowa asked.

"Hmmmm. . . male," Duo said. "I want that one." He pointed at the hamster sniffing the glass his finger was on.

"Alright. I'll go get someone." Heero said, turning around to look for someone who worked there. He soon found a perky young blonde woman.

"Excuse me." He said. She turned around and smiled.

"Yes? What would you like?" She asked.

"My. . . friend found a hamster he wants." Heero said.

"Alright." The lady said.

They walked to the back and saw Duo had the small hamster in his hand. There was a man standing behind Duo, a worker. Heero cursed mentally. 'He already found someone. . . great. . .' He thought.

"Hee-chan! You're the best ever! You're actually buying me a hamster!" Duo said, handing the hamster to Quatre and glomping Heero. Heero turned bright red when he heard two people laughing, two people he didn't know.

"Duo. . . we're in public. . ." Heero hissed into Duo's ear. Duo grinned.

"Yeah. Forgot you were still shy about *it*." Duo said, getting off of Heero. Heero blushed deeper and Duo's grin grew larger. "You're so cute." He said. Quatre burst out laughing at the look on Heero's face and Trowa chuckled.

"Shut up!" Heero spat.

"You want that hamster?" The man asked.

"Yeah! But we need to buy food and a cage for him." Duo said, taking the hamster from Quatre, who frowned.

"Alright. He'll be at the desk." The lady said, taking the hamster from Duo.

"Ok." Duo said as he dragged Heero off to get a cage.

"Don't go so fast!" Heero said, trying to walk on his own.

Duo gave him a toothy grin and stopped running. "Ok." The braided boy said as he waited for Heero to catch his breath.

When Heero was finished, Duo grabbed his arm and marched off, dragging Heero behind him again, but not as fast. "Wonder where Wu-man went. . ." Duo muttered as he looked around for a sign that would point them in the right direction.

"Dunno. But, the cages are that way." Heero said, pointing down the isle they were next to.

"Oh! Lets go look at them!" Duo said, dragging Heero down to the cages.

After a few minutes of inspection, Duo said, "Heero! I like that one! And if we get it, we won't have to buy a water bottle!"

Heero raised an eyebrow as he studied the cage Duo was pointing to. It was a Critter Trial(R)(1). Duo was right. It came with a water bottle and a food bowl, *and* a wheel. But, it was very colorful(2) and it would clash with their room. Heero sighed. "Alright." He said and picked up the box.

"Come on! We need food!" Duo shouted, dragging Heero off again.

***

Quatre shook his head as he watched Duo drag Heero away. "They're crazy." He said quietly.

He turned when he heard a chuckle from behind him. "We all know this. Even they know it." Trowa said.

Quatre smiled. "We should go get bedding, they'll probably forget it." Trowa said. Quatre nodded his agreement and fallowed Trowa to the bedding section. After they chose a good bedding, the went up to the counter to play with the hamster before Duo and Heero came back.

Maybe five minutes later, Heero and Duo were at the counter buying the food, bedding, cage and hamster. When that was over, the four ex-pilots looked around.

"Where's Wufei?" Quatre finally asked.

"If you're talking about your other little friend, he went out to your car." They all turned around to see the man that had helped them.

Duo grinned.he does that a lot. . . "Thanks man!" He said as he ran out the door with his hamster box in his arms, leaving all the heavy stuff for the others.

Duo stopped at the door and waited for his friends. Quatre was carrying the food, Trowa was carrying the cage and Heero was carrying the bedding. "Heero! Wu-man locked us out!" Duo whined as he pulled on the door handle uselessly.

"I've got the extra keys, don't worry." Trowa said.

Heero raised an eyebrow. "But I have the normal keys, how did Wufei get in the car?" He asked no one in particular.

"I dunno, and I don't care! Lets just go home!" Duo yelled.

*SQUEAK!*

Everyone looked at the box in Duo's hand. "It speaks!" Duo yelled.

"No, it squeaks." Heero said, fiddling with the keys. Everyone stared at Heero, general shock written on their faces. Heero turned around when he finished unlocking the door. "What?" He asked when he saw all their faces.

"Y-you made a joke. . ." Quatre finally said, well, stuttered.

Heero raised an eyebrow. "So?" The cobalt-eyed boy asked.

"I didn't know you knew how to. . ." Duo said, his mouth hanging open.

Heero shrugged. "We've gotta get home before that hamster dies." He said, stepping into the van. The others stepped in as well, same seats they'd had before.

"Why didn't you tell us where you were going, Wu?" Duo asked when Heero started the van. Wufei didn't answer, he just sat there staring at the box that contained the small fuzzy hamster.

"Oh well. Duo, what are you gonna name him?" Quatre asked, gesturing toward the box.

"Hmmm. . . how about. . . Buddy?" He asked, cocking his head to the side.

Quatre's nose twitched in distaste. "Naw. That's not a good name. . . how about Whiskers?" The Arabian boy asked.

"Too common. . . I've got it!" Duo shouted.

Heero raised an eyebrow. "What?" He asked, not looking away from the road.

"His name is Hammy and it's final." The braided one said happily.

"Cute." Quatre said. Trowa didn't say anything and Heero grunted approvingly.

"Wufei, how do you like the name?" Duo asked, looking over his shoulder at the Chinse man. Wufei was silent. Duo just shook his head and looked back out the window.

***

Once they were home, Duo ran upstairs with the hamster and its cage. Heero fallowed him up with the food and bedding. He found Duo in their room, sitting on the floor building the cage. Heero stood in the doorway and watched.

Heero's eyes widened when he saw how fast Duo had finished. It had taken him no more than ten minutes without the instructions.(3)

"Give me the bedding and food. You take this and go fill it with water." Duo said, taking the bedding and food out of Heero's arms and placing the blue water bottle in their place.

Ten minutes later they were both standing in from of the finished cage, watching the fuz ball explore his new surroundings.

***End chappie!!***

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i finished!! Sry. I'm tired..... yeah. I'm gonna write other chapters........ at least three.... yeah! :-D

(1)- I DUN OWN IT!!!!

(2)- very very colorful, I'll tell ya. And it does clash w/ my room....

(3)- its pretty easy to put together, but it took me a while considering i can't put ne thing together w/o help.... yeah....

Pls r&r.... i would love it if u did........................ but don't flame!!!!