Bryankuznetsov: Most people do… :D

Hikaru-chan-4ever: Thank you…

Bra-Two: Eh… I can't remember… That's the point… -sweatdrop- My dad's like that too… It's really annoying because we used to have one, but she died… Her name was Kira…

Melanie: -blushing- Thank you…

Physis: You're back! –glomps- School's a bitch no? Anyway… Thank you… I know what you mean; there is no other fanfiction or fanart… -cries-

Chapter 10

"Got any threes?"

I shook my head a smile working its way onto my face, "Go fish." I heard Bryan's growl and that made my smile more, "Got any eights?" He flicked the card at me, muttering a few obscenities after it, "No need to be shitty." I heard the squeak of a bark and laughed, "She agrees with me." I said, jerking a thumb at Kira.

Bryan pouted, "You're both against me."

I nodded, "That'd be right." He smiled.

I think Kira sensed we wanted to be alone when we awoke this morning: She'd completely disappeared when I had woken. It hadn't worried me though and after spent at least half-an-hour just staring at Bryan, letting my fingers slide through his hair, letting them brush against his cheek, that was put on hold as I realised Kira disappearing could become a potential hazard.

After a few minutes of shifting Bryan and rummaging around the room, my attention was caught by a moving towel. I'd smirked and kneeled down next to it, poking it for the hell of it. I'd known it was Kira it seemed she didn't know it was me though. She growled and tried to bite my finger, the towel stopping her. I'd laughed and pulled the material off her.

I'd eventually made my way back to the bed with her, tossing her on top of the blankets. Watching her bound over the folds until she'd quietened.

Eventually Bryan was licked awake: Kira becoming either bored or hungry. She'd licked his cheeks, eventually starting to jump on him and squeak at him. I'd laughed and got smacked.

Of course, that was when we discovered that puppies needed to be house trained. It was amusing. Watching Bryan titter around the house looking for cleaning supplies always was.

WOOF!

"What?" I watched as Bryan talked to the dog, "Don't tell us you're hungry again." WOOF! "She eats more than you." Hey! … I didn't eat that much.

He chuckled at my insulted look as he stumbled out to the kitchen, a certain puppy jumping and biting at his feet. I sighed and rested against the back of the couch, my eyes falling closed.

So this is what taking care of something feels like? Frustrating, amusing and … good. We'd never really had anything to take care of: only ourselves and their beyblades. There was no guess work in helping yourself, not with hunger and all that. When you're hungry, you're hungry. Keeping our beyblades clean and in top spinning condition (as Tala calls it) wasn't hard either: if you made a mistake it was easily fixed. But looking after something that was living and breathing really was different.

I sighed, I'm being thoughtful again.

"Spencer where did you put the meat?"

"Fridge, bottom shelf, to the left." I hollered back. I leant against the back of the couch again.

Hm, that's strange, I've never heard a car down here before… Except for when Tala, Kai and Ian left for that … thing.

My eyes snapped open as I heard doors slamming, about a second before Ian rushed through the door.

"'Morning Spence! We're home!" He was beaming, probably enjoyed himself.

I stared as Ian plonked himself beside me, grinning like the idiot he was, "What are you doing home?" I asked completely befuddled by his early returning, even more confused with his reply comment.

He shrugged, "Tala's not too happy and… You've been blamed."

Me? What have I done? Since when was I the cause of one of Tala's moods? Well there was that time I'd made him believe eating lots of peas could make you fly……

I looked back up towards the door as our captain himself stomped threw the door, "Come with me." I followed straight away, nobody did anything in their own time when Tal used that voice. He directed me into his room, it was clean, too clean for Kai and Tala to be 'living' together, "Now, sit down."

I did, "Why are you… In a bad mood?" I resisted the urge to use any sort of swearing, slang or anything else I knew angered my captain.

"You and Bryan."

…

Don't tell me this jealousy thing actually worked, "I'm not following." I said, a confused look with it. When in doubt, deny, deny, deny! Or at least feign idiocy.

"You're not together!" I held back my laughter, "And I don't appreciate lying."

Well… We were lying in the beginning, but now we're not, "Well you see…" I paused, eyeing his standing with his weight on one foot and arms crossed stance, "Bryan WAS very jealous of Kai. He only wanted you back."

"So you agreed to make me jealous?" I nearly winced at Tala's narrowed glare. What's he want to do? Create a hole in my head?

"No." I sighed, relax Spencer, "I sorta… accidentally agreed to it and so I was stuck participating in the idea." This isn't going too well, I'm getting jittery. "But we're not lying now." He rose an eyebrow. I sighed, "After a few days of (what I classify as) flirting, a few accidents, Ian's meddling and of course the new team member, Bryan and I have actually become a couple, though we're still getting used to the idea."

I watched rather amusedly as both his eyebrows rose and his mouth opened a bit, "Oh." That's it? All I get after that very nerve wrecking explanation, is a crumby 'oh'? "What new team member?"

I was wondering when he'd ask about that, "She was an unplanned edition."

"She?" I wish I had Ian's camera, this really is priceless: Tala's eyes were wide, his mouth hanging slightly open. The fact that he'd been burnt a bit around the cheeks (making him look like he was blushing) didn't help his look at all.

"Yeah, you'll meet her soon." Just wait till you find out she's a puppy, she'll be spoilt.

Tala's always had a soft spot for anything that was covered in fur and walked on four legs. I guess that's why he likes K- I've been hanging around Bryan too much.

"She?" He looked at me in disbelief, "Bryan's been tolerant of a 'she'?"

I chuckled, "I know Bryan's slightly… agro, at times. But really he can't say no to her." Tal nodded.

He looked like he was about to comment again when a high pitched squeak echoed in our ears. Oh shit.

o0o0o

"For Pete's sake Bryan, you didn't have to hit me that hard!" Kai was rubbing his bruising shoulder as Tala and I came in.

I watched as Bryan growled back at Kai. I moved over to him in case he decided to attack him again, "You stepped on her tail!"

"It was an accident! And what's a fecking dog doing in this house anyway?" Tala had wound an arm around Kai's waist, forcing him to calm down.

Bryan growled again, before looking down at Kira. She was whimpering quietly, her tail seemingly paralysed for the time being, "She alright?" I asked as he scratched behind her ears.

"She'll live."

I looked over at Ian, Tala and Kai, they were staring. I smiled slightly, "Tala, meet the new team member." I held her up properly, receiving a light glare from Bryan.

The red-head's eyes widened before he leapt over to us, "A puppy!" I nearly laughed out loud; Tala's such a kid when it comes to dogs.

"Tala you're not going to keep it. You do notice she'll cause trouble and it'll take us ages to fly her everywhere."

I heard Bryan's snort, "We've taken care of her so far. Kira's not that much trouble."

"We're not keeping it." Kai growled out, "It doesn't need a name."

"That's not your choice." I looped my right arm around Bry's waist. He IS going to kill Hiwatari.

"I don't see any problem with this." We all peered down at Tala (who was currently playing with the mutt), "I think it'll be good for us."

"Maybe we can teach her to sick Hiwatari." I smirked at Bryan's mumbling as Ian snickered and Tala glared. He shrugged, "I'm not giving her away."

"You'll get sick of her soon and do that anyway! Just give her away now before Tala becomes attached." I nearly laughed out loud at that one. Bryan's spoilt her, I doubt he'd give her to a stranger.

I heard Tala sigh, "We're keeping her!" We stared down at him, well… Kai was glaring, "What?"

I shook my head and looked up at the clock, "Come on mutt, time for lunch." She stumbled after me as I dragged Bryan along with me, motioning for Ian to follow.

I think Kai and Tala need to talk.

Fire: I wonder why Kai doesn't like dogs… Eh, oh well…

Poor Spencer… I'm sorry for making Tala mad… -pats head… if she could reach it-

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