I'm glad that all of yous like this story.. ::bows:: This is to all my friends that know. Yes, this can happen.

Disclaimers are usual, I do now own PSoH.



The next day D prepares to go home. Leon brought him a clean pair of clothes, and the doctor was going through the cart one last time. Sadly D noted that the doctor was looking for a reason to hold D just one more day. It hurt him to see a human try to hard to save him, if he only understood his reason. Course D was just oblivious to the fact Dr. Carter knew all to well. He seen this one to many times in all his years of practice.

"Ready D?" Leon asks.

D nods weakly, and walks towards Leon. Dr. Carter closes D's medical file and stares at Leon.

"If you feel ill or anything just call." Dr. Carter insists.

Leon nods and wraps his arm around D's shoulders. One more action to cover up the truth. As they left D stole a look back as the doctor threw down his file. Dr. Carter was figureing D to be anouther lost soul. Leon would go back to the way he used to be, he had to.

As they rounded nearer to the shop, Leon pulled over. They were still a couple blocks away, so D sat a bit confused. Leon looks at D, and growling he leans over and opens D's door. D understood clearly then that Leon wanted him to walk the rest of the way to the shop.

Respectfully, and crossing his fingers he was fast enough D gets out of the car. Leon then leans over and slams shut the door. Leon drove off leaving a weak D to walk the rest of the way home. The movie was over, it was back to the truth of reality.

As he walks down the street he watches as people pull away from him. It was like he was a sad reminder of there own lives, or something they are trying to deny. D picks up his pace to almost a jog. He didn't want to be out here. He wanted to be home, and all alone. Tet-Chan needed to be checked on. Leon kicked him, as D recalls in horror.

D cuts down a ally. It would save him a block or maybe two. He never liked to take this route, but he didn't feel well and we wanted to sit down. Be alone for as long as he could, thoughts of yesturday float through his mind as he walks. It hurt more then words can say.

Rounding the pet shop D walks down the stairs. Leaving the doors unlocked, he was open. It would make Leon happy, and hopefully he'd escape a beating tonight. D looked at the couch. So much of a temptation to collapse and take a break. But where was Tet-Chan? D hobles around the shop looking for him. Stopping has his head realed in pain. The medication was wearing off. He needed to take more.

D tries to make his way to the couch but his vision blurred with pain. D cries in desperatoin, such a weakness, damn him. Why was he so weak. D forces himself foward a little more and trips over something. Somethign that made a squaking noise. More then D's cry when he hit the floor.

"Tet-Chan?" D asks wimpering.

Unfortually it wasn't Tet-Chan, it was just anouther stray pet that escaped it's cage. He couldn't take it, he breaks down and cries. Why him why now? D punches the floor angerly, trying to punch out the fustration. Hope was ever fleeting, and now Tet-Chan was gone. His most beloved pet.

The door jingles a costomer. D gulps in the air, pushing his emotions inside of the shell forming in his mind. He picks himself off the floor and wipes his eyes the pain had to wait. Closing his eyes he forces himself to ware a blank face. D walks out and notices a young woman with a kid standing in the door way. The kid was crying hysterically D notes through fogy site.

"Hello how may I help you?" D asks trying to be casual.

"Yes, I need a pet for my kid." The woman says bluntly.

"You are the second woman to come in here to look for a pet for a kid." D states. "She bought a Teddy Bear hampster, would that be a choice for you?"

"No, I need something special. You see her best friend died the other day, I need something to be a companion."

"Ah yes." D says his mind wishing for his own companion. "I got just what you want in back, please come with me."

D walks towards the backroom. The woman follows her daughter tight at her side as they walk down the hallway. She had no clue what type of place this was, but she dared not asked. D opens the famous doors in a pained push. Confidently D walks foward and imedently collapses. He couldn't hold in the pain.

"Sir are you alright?" The woman asks concerned.

"I'm sorry I just got out of the hospital today and I'm not feeling to well." D says in a whispers trying to dull the pain in his head.

"We can co-"

"No it's fine." D whispers. "The pet is strait ahead."

The woman nods and walks foward and see's a parrot. A buetiful bird so colorful and healthy looking. The little girls eyes glowed, she saw a young boy with green hair. She pulled on her moms arm to show she wanted it. And it seemed to like her to.

"I'll take the parrot?" Her mother asks.

"Good," D cringes. "There's 3 conditions, first you must feed it what ever it wants, second you must feed him seeds, water him and change his cage everyday, and fourth of all, you must not let anyone but you two see him."

"Yes, yes I understand."

"Please sign the contract on the table." D groans. "I don't think I have to remind you to love it."

The girl giggles, the parrot flies and lands on her shoulder. D looked at the child, she was happy. At least someone could be happy today. D watches as the woman walks away with the parrot, the contract signed. A paper bag drops by D. Q-Chan lands by him. D takes the bag and takes his medication sprawling on the floor.

"Thank you Q-Chan, watch the store, I need to rest." D fades off.

Q-Chan flies off, today it was the pets that would care for D. A return favor for all the sacrifices D made for them.