He continued to lie on his stomach, sleepily staring at the wall in front of him. He wore a rather large frown on his furry, red face.
"Borrrrred~ When are they getting back?"
Mau5 had awoken to find Raven gone. He had enjoyed sharing the night with her, but he felt a little sad to wake up alone again. Thomas told him that Marie had come and taken her to go clothes shopping, and they would be back soon.
Mau5 sprawled his bare arms down and let his fingertips touch the floor. Thomas and Guy had just finished another 'tweeking' process, which left him a lil tired, so he remained lying there on the stretcher while he waited for his energy to recover. Thomas and Guy had left him alone to go about working on their projects. Mau5 had little knowledge about what his creators were up to these days. They never really bothered to share much about themselves…
Mau5 blinked at the floor, his large eyes thoughtful.
Thought… he usually never had it. But now that Thomas and Guy were adjusting his brain waves, he could really ponder.
He was becoming more human.
This made the frown on his face turn into his signature idiotic smile. "Human… just like lil Raven."
…
"Okay, my dear, ready to show the boys your new clothes?" Marie said.
"Sure, I suppose." Raven said, smiling sheepishly.
She felt.. different. She had never worn such average, girly clothes before. Not since she was very young. Her outfit consisted of the pair of red mini shorts, low cut pink converse and the white spaghetti strap top that had the field mouse design on it. Marie had insisted she wear this top first, because they both knew for a fact, Mau5 was going to be very pleased by it.
She and Marie stood just outside the Domain (which is what she began to call Thomas, Guy and Mau5's home). As Raven observed from leaving and returning, it looked like the building use to be an old business corporation on the outside. Now it was remodeled on the inside to be the studio for the robots. Even walking into the building, it looked like an empty lobby. Then they just had to make a turn down the hallway and there was the door to the actual house. Guess they wanted to keep the building as a disguise.
"Um… I'm thinking these shorts are too short for me." Raven said, looking down at her outfit again, feeling a lil nervous.
"Oh nonsense! You look great. You have a perfect body for it."
"Thanks.." Raven mumbled, not feeling any better.
"C'mon!" Marie said, taking Raven's hand and opening the door. Somehow, Raven was getting the impression that Marie was starting to act like an older sister to her, particularly from how the woman was babysitting her and making a big fuss over her. She didn't mind it, but she did find it a little strange since they just met each other.
As soon as the two walked into the room, she saw Thomas sitting on one of the couches in the 'living room.' He was reading a book and looked up when they two girls entered. A smiley icon scrolled across his visor. "OH HELLO, MARIE. HELLO RAVEN." He stood up and brushed his coat off in a polite manner.
Marie smiled and nodded to him. "Hello Thomas. What do you think? Doesn't Raven look adorable?"
Raven smiled again, feeling rather shy.
Thomas nodded. "YES INDEED. MARIE, DID YOU FIND HER ENOUGH CLOTHES?"
Marie lifted up the two large shopping bags in her hands, not including the other two Raven was holding. "Plenty. We put together at least 30 different outfits with these. She'll be fine for a while."
"WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, MARIE." Thomas said.
Marie nodded, and turned back to Raven. "Okay, Raven, I have your idea for your raving costume, but could you label the color coordination for it so I can get it made?"
"Sure, sure." Raven took the piece of paper with her Cotton Candy design on it, along with the pen that Marie was holding out to her. She squatted down and quickly labeled the pink and blue parts of the costume. She then handed it back.
"Great!" Marie said, turning to leave.
"NOT GOING TO SAY HELLO TO GUY?" Thomas asked before she could reach the door. "HE'S JUST WORKING IN THE SOUND BOOTH."
Sound booth? Wonder where that is…
Marie sighed, but kept her pleasant smile on her face. "I wish I could, but I have a lot of work to get started on. Tell him hello for me?" She winked to Thomas.
Raven gave a small shudder. Nu-uh, don't wanna think about that.. She told herself, trying to think elsewhere.
"CERTAINLY."
"Bye now. See you soon Raven. It was fun," She said, opening the door.
"Yes, indeed. Thank you." Raven waved to her as the woman vanished out the door. Immediately afterward, Raven heard a loud click noise come from behind it.
"Wot was that?" She asked Thomas.
"THE DEFENSE SYSTEM. MARIE HAS A SCANNER THAT CAN MAKE THE DOOR LOCK. IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT IN CASE THEY STUMBLED UPON THIS PLACE."
"But now its to keep me in too.." Raven said softly.
Thomas's face lowered. An unhappy frown scrolled on his face, along with the words 'Yeah.'
…
After putting down her enormous amounts of clothes, Raven sighed, "Thanks, Thomas."
Thomas also puts down the other bags that Marie had brought. "OF COURSE. I BET MAU5 IS DYING TO SEE YOU."
"I don't doubt that at all." Raven said, shaking her head. "Where am I going to put all my clothes?" She asked, avoiding the topic of Mau5. She had noticed that her guest room did not have a closet.
"WE WILL FIGURE SOMETHING OUT FOR YOU. WHY DON'T YOU HEAD TO THE KITCHEN? WE HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU." The word 'surprise' along with a smiley icon scrolled across Thomas's face.
Raven lifted an eyebrow. "Wot's that?"
"WELL, IF I TOLD YOU, IT WOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE."
"Ah, okay." Raven said, grinning.
…
Raven walked out of the room and started down the hall to the kitchen. Once she made it there, a huge smile went from ear to ear.
The room was recognizable, but not the same old room she remembered. To her astonishment, it looked almost identical to her kitchen back in her old apartment.
She stared, her mouth wide open. The same fridge, the same old fashion, gas stove, the same counter space and same microwave, placed in the corner. Even the lay out was pretty much the same. The only difference was, the walls, ceiling and floors were still a dark metallic color, the counters were a different type of tile and color, and there was no sink. The small table that use to be in the very center of the room was no pushed to the left and rearranged just like the old table in her home.
How did… they know?
Suddenly, a figure hiding behind the open door of the fridge caught her attention. Mau5, who was busily investigating the supplies stashed away in the fridge, was humming a tune to himself, his large tail swishing slowly. He then stood up, revealing half of a watermelon shoved in his large mouth. The very sight of him, with his large, round eyes now staring blankly at Raven, and his mouth bulging full of fruit, was… odd.
Raven stared, then kind of let out a muffled giggle.
Mau5 immediately pulled the giant piece of watermelon out of his mouth and beamed.
"Oh Raven~ you're back!" He said. He quickly put down the watermelon and closed the fridge door with his tail. He then bounded over to Raven, excited. "Did you get a lot of clothes?"
Before she could answer him, or even react, he let out a gasp. His idiotic grin stretch across his entire spherical face.
"Oh! Your shirt." He pointed a finger at the small mouse design. "It… it looks like me~"
"Hahaha, you think so?" Raven teased him, looking down at the little field mouse in the bottom corner of her top.
"Sure it does!" His expression was full of glee. "I like it. What other clothes did you get?"
"You'll just have to see when I wear them." Raven told him. She then looked back around the kitchen, still shaking her head in amazement. "How did you lot make this kitchen look like mine back home?"
"Thomas did some research, I think. He said he got some government people to figure out what your old house looked like. He wants you to feel at home here." Mau5 said, as he looked back around too. "I think it looks interesting."
"Yeah, I guess you've never really seen many other styles of living space before, have you?"
The giant rodent man shook his head, blinking several times.
"So wot do we have to eat now?" Raven announced, waltzing over to the fridge.
"Lots of strange stuff I have never seen before.." Mau5 commented.
Raven opened the fridge door and peered in. There was a gallon of milk, bag of fresh snow peas, lettuce, carrots, green onion, cucumbers, broccoli, grape fruits, strawberries, blueberries, the other half of the watermelon which was bitten into, a block of cheese and a ham log. Raven then opened the freezer door. Inside there was a giant bag of frozen dumplings, and boxes of pre-made Asian food. Perfect.
"Any sauces..? Ah!" Raven said, noticing that there were bottles on the counter, such as soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, etc.
"Oh yeah, that is a much better selection of food."
"What're you going to make, lil Raven?" Mau5 asked curiously.
"Fried rice." She announced, pulling out one of the Asian food boxes that was labeled 'pork fried rice.' She pulled the plastic container out of the box and put it in the microwave.
Mau5 walked up next to her and watched with wide eyes as she punched in some numbers on the device and it began to hum loudly.
"What does that do?"
"It heats the food. It's already made, it just needs to be warmed."
Mau5 put his face up to the screen and watched as the Asian food rotated slowly around. "I can feel the waves coming off of this thing~"
"I wouldn't stand that close to it, its bad for you." Raven said. She remembered when she was little and her mother use to get after her for doing the same thing.
Mau5 only giggled idiotically. "It's tickling my nose."
Raven raised an eyebrow as she watched him. He has a nose…?
"Raven.. will you teach me how to make all the kinds of food you do?"
"Uh.. sure I guess so."
"Oh good! Because when Thomas and Guy finish upgrading me, I will be human enough to eat all kinds of food. And I want to know how to make it all~" He had a very thoughtful expression on his face.
Raven smiled. She had to admit, she admired his determined personality. This guy was definitely a positive thinker. "Sure thing, Mau5, I'll teach you how to cook food."