Disclaimer: I don't own Rent, La Boheme, or Giacomo Puccini, but I do own Giacomo the terrier x3

Hello again, readers! I know I took a long time on this, but I've been laazyyyy :P I enjoyed writing this little lovey-dovey section at the beginning, so expect more little sweet tidbits. I didn't really get any name suggestions, so I decided to name the dog Giacomo, which I believe is pronounced yah-coh-moh (correct me if I'm wrong), after Giacomo Puccini, composer of La Boheme :3 Oh, and "il cane" is Italian for "the dog"

December 28th

Angel opened her eyes, not wanting to move from her comfortable spot in Collins' arms. She held in hers the small puppy, as of yet nameless.

"Poor thing, still without a name. We'll have to fix that." She kissed the soft fur on top of its head, smiling. It kissed her back, making her giggle and squirm, which woke Collins. He appeared a bit startled at first, having almost forgotten about the dog in his state of half-consciousness, but then he remembered everything from the night before. He reached across Angel's body to ruffle the dog's fur, his hand straying across his lover's chest in the process. Angel giggled and turned her head to kiss him.

"Now now, honey, not while the dog is watching," Collins scolded her jokingly. Angel gave him a playful smack on the arm before snuggling more into him. Collins wrapped his arms around both Angel and the dog.

"So, have you decided on a name yet?" Angel had been delegated Official Dog Namer last night, and the process had as of yet not come to a finish.

"I've been thinking a bit, and I know the perfect name."

"Yes? What is it?"

"Giacomo."

"Yaka-who?"

"As in Giacomo Puccini. Famous composer of many operas." Collins had figured that the dog would be named after someone he didn't know, but he had never placed Angel as an opera fan.

"You like opera?"

"Well, my Abuelita was a big Puccini fan. My favorite is an opera he wrote called La Boheme. Mostly because one of the main characters is named Mimi."

"She anything like our Mimi?"

"A bit, but she doesn't have Mimi's wild streak." Angel laughed; the two Mimis were as different as night and day, yet they both had their similarities. "Well, little Giacomo, do you like your new home?" Giacomo responded with a wet kiss on each of their laughing noses.

"I think he's going to like it a lot here. He has a beautiful mother…"

"…Not to mention a very sexy father." Collins gave Angel another kiss, laughing.

"You know it!"

"I believe I do." They both giggled, diving into what would have been a rather long make-out session, had Giacomo not crawled over Angel in between them, wagging his tail. He panted loudly, a look appearing in his eyes that screamed "Give me food, I'm adorable!" The lovers couldn't resist The Look, and, sitting up, began to get out of bed.

Angel pulled on her outfit du jour, which consisted of a shoulder-length layered auburn wig accompanied by a maroon tightly-fitting sweater, a short black tiered skirt, red and black-striped tights, and, of course, Angel's signature platform heels. She smoothed down her hair and quickly applied a coat of deep red lipstick. She struck a pose for Collins. "You like?"

"Very much." Collins played with the tiers of Angel's skirt as he kissed her again.

"Slow down there, I just put this outfit on; I don't want to take it off just yet. Besides, we have to feed Giacomo!" She stepped away from Collins, who pouted, crossing his arms.

"But you looked so pretty…" He said childishly. Angel laughed and gave him a quick kiss before turning towards the kitchen.

"Don't be such a baby, Col." Collins' pout grew, but soon turned into a laugh; he just couldn't keep a sad face around his Angel.

"Fine, I'll help you feed him, but then can we…?"

"Collins, we can't spend the whole day in bed! I have to tell Mimi and Maureen; they'll love him! And you haven't seen Roger or Mark since the Life Café!"

Collins poured some kibble into the blue bowl he had bought the day before and sighed. "Fine, fine…"

Angel's face lit up and she kissed him happily. "I can't wait! Meems is gonna FLIP!"

Yay for fluff! There will be more, since I seem to be good at fluffiness :P I'm also thinking of writing a Rent fic based on my church and my experiences there, especially with a cross dresser, Joan, who is the lay reader :3 My church is very open and affirming, so I was thinking maybe Mimi would have found it and be getting baptized there and drag Angel along and she finds that not all Christians are bigoted assholes :3 Of course, it would be the East Village counterpart :P