Lylla smirked, arriving at the festival seeing lots of people and life-forms gathering around the stage makijg the female otter-cub's paws tingle with excitement seeijg the show was starting, listening to her favourite band just being herself, recording on her phone to remember how fun tonight was, hoping she might see Rocket there, hoping he was alright, scanning the area after the performance, hearing familiar laughter seeing Rocket there, smirking, guessing she had enjoyed the show just like everybody else.
They were chatting and eating, unaware that Groot was watching carefully, impressed this was who he had talked about earlier seeing him so happy, despite stuttering and messed up his words despite blushing which the muscle-bound treelike being found sweet, hoping the others in the band would not tease him, if they knew he had a special friend, feelijg his phone buzz, as it was Shocket on WhatsApp askijg if he was alright, typijg gently.
"Sorry about that, Shockie was anxious about me." he told her.
He told Lylla about Casey and Shocket which she thought sweet, seeijg him breathing deeply, seeijg the rest of the band wonder, where Rock-E was makijg Groot nervous, in case they discovered or blew his secret identity
"I am groot, I am groot." Groot said seeing them relieved and Lylla's eyes widening realising her suspicions were true, makijg Rocket sigh, tellijg her he was Rock-E and why hedisguised himself sometimes, which she was cool with, promising to keep his secret giving him a crazy idea, as he felt like goijg home, askijg her if she wanted to see his house and hang out, seeing her nodding.
"Groot can distract my fans, he's my best friend, but also my bodyguard." he told her, as they left the festival, sirprising Lylla as they approached a huge house like her family's one, entering, hearing giggling from the living-room seeing Casey playing video-games relieving him, guessing Shocket was in her room, making the female-kit stunned, her uncle was home.
"I didn't feel like staying after the performance, this is my nakama, Lylla, let's order-in." he said.
"Okay, as we forgot." Casey answered makijg Lylla ask if Casey was his kit, makijg Rocket blush.
"N-No, she's my niece, Lyllie, like Shocket." he replied makijg Casey smirk, she knew she and Shocket had to act like Rocket was their uncle in public thanks to his manager, seeing Shocket in pyjamas hugging his furry leg, makijg him smile along with Lylla as she loved this family of sorts, hearing the doorbell, seeing Limda, with her dad, makimg Rocket and Shocket happy, as to Shocket, the female ducklijg was her soulmate.
"Yo Shockie, you missed the festival, it was lit!" Linda said hugging her.
"It's okay Ducky, there'll be other ones." she said makimg Casey sigh.
Lylla noticed she was sad seeing her cousin with Lijda, as the kids here didn't get her, and didn't believe Rock-E was her uncle hovering above the couch, impressing the female otter-cub, asking her, if that was normal, seeing her nodding.
"Yep, I have super-powers but still learning to control them, my mom let my uncle take me in." Casey said unaware Rocket had seen this knowing she wanted friends here as she missed living in New York with her mom and her best friend Crystal.
They then were eating a while later, hanging-out and being friends, makijg Lylla happy, not realising it was late.
That next day, Lylla was in a happy mood at school, despite being tiredafter her exciting night beijg with Rock-E and his friends not caring if the other kids in her grade were treating her like she was invisible, paying attention to her sensei and had her phone on silent so she wouldn't get in trouble, because her parents had questioned her, about where she had been all night tellijg them she had been with her friends relieving them.
At recess, she was texting Rock-E on WhatsApp, guessing he was busy practicing or jamming with his band so would check later, hearing the bell ring goijg back inside, hoping he was having a good day like she was of sorts.
At the end of the day, she was at home in her room doijg homework, finishing after a while feeling her phone buzz as it was WhatsApp as it was Casey saying her uncle was not so hot, worrying her as she left.