A/N: I know it's been awhile. I finished my other story and am planning for a third. I decided to give you all a much needed update on this story though. Enjoy!

Chapter Five

Castiel, who had been napping, awoke and heard a small amount of commotion. He shifted his head in Gabriel's lap and looked around with a small yawn. He watched carefully as Jo whooshed past carrying a few items that he'd seen in the back when she'd fixed him and Gabriel up. She seemed anxious. Castiel crawled over to the side of his cage and poked his little head up. He chirped once as Jo walked back by and cocked his head.

"Hello precious baby," Jo cooed and petted his head. "It's ok. Today's a special day. Adoption day! Who knows, maybe you'll get a new mama or daddy?"

She petted his head again and walked back off towards the back room. Castiel smiled, but soon it faded. A new family, it was a nice thought, but for once he was happy. He liked it here. He liked his warm little bed in the corner of the cage, he liked the readily available food and water, he liked playing with the other angels.

He liked being with Dean.

Suddenly Castiel gulped and chirped uneasily. What if Dean got adopted today? What if Castiel did? Or even Gabriel or Sam? They'd all be separated, right after just meeting and getting used to each other too! No, Castiel couldn't let it happen. He tore over to where Gabriel was lying and squeezed himself behind him, so that he was virtually unseen.

"What is it Cas?" Gabriel asked, concerned. He crawled a bit away from his little brother and looked down in his fearful big blue eyes.

"They're gonna take us away Gabey!" Castiel shook in fear and whimpered. Gabriel lifted the littler angel up from his hiding space and sat him down in front of him. He started running his fingers through Castiel's feathers, fixing the obscured ones.

"Adoption isn't a bad thing Cas," Gabriel said. "We'll get a new life, a new mommy and daddy to take care of us."

"B-But…" Castiel protested and bit his lip to keep from crying. He wanted that more than anything, but he couldn't shake the feeling that he got when he was around Dean. He wasn't willing to give him up for all of that.

"C'mon precious little ones," Jo said, picking Gabriel and Castiel up from the cage and carrying them a ways away to the pen they'd played in the day before. "You're gonna get adopted for sure, you're both so cute."

"Hey!" Castiel heard Dean's familiar voice. "What about Sammy and me? What are we chopped liver?"

"You and Sammy too Dean." Jo laughed and walked off to grab other angels from their cages. Castiel huffed out a sigh and blew his hair away from his forehead. He suddenly felt weight on his side though and turned to see Dean, almost purring deep in his throat and nuzzling his cheek.

"Hello Dean." Castiel smiled and nuzzled back. He felt his heart leap for some reason and he touched his chest in thought. He found himself blushing a bit.

"Hi Cas." Dean stopped nuzzling and sat down closely next to him. "You excited?"

"I guess…" Castiel sighed as he felt that feeling in his chest again.

"What's wrong?" Dean asked. He was truly concerned.

"I have this funny feeling in his chest," Castiel replied. "Where my heart is. And my cheeks keep turning red."

"Are you sick again?" Dean asked, cocking his head and watching as Jo and Ellen both placed two more baby angels each in the pen. They immediately shook out their feathers and crawled near each other.

"I don't think so," Castiel replied. "Just a funny feeling."

"Oh," Dean shrugged. "I don't know then."

Dean had been given another injection of the heat suppressants before Jo placed him in the pen. He no longer had the urge to push Castiel down and mount him right then and there, but the strong pining feeling was still there. He wanted to be near him and the feeling had grown worse when Jo had put Gabriel in Castiel's and his cage instead of Dean. Jo didn't want to risk Dean doing anything inappropriate in front of potential adopters either.

"So you know how this thing works?" Sam asked Gabriel, Dean and Castiel listened in.

"I have a vague idea." Gabriel nodded.

"The people will look at all of us," Sam explained. "And decide if they wanna take us home or not. It's pretty simple. Just look cute and act like you didn't just come from where you did."

"I take it you guys have been doing these things for awhile?" Gabriel asked.

"We're practically professionals." Dean said, lying down and scratching his feathers a little. He preened at a few with his teeth before sitting back up. "Cas'll have no problem he's so cute they'll be all over him."

Castiel blushed profusely this time. He covered his little mouth to keep himself from smiling.

People started coming into the shop and Dean immediately sat up, wide eyed and smiling. Sam did the same. Gabriel and Castiel tried to copy the actions of the other angels. A few people came in only to discuss products with Ellen who was busy helping them. Jo picked up one of the baby angels a smiling couple had pointed at. Castiel chirped at the various people and tried his best to look cute as Dean as called him. Gabriel was a bit overwhelmed as a few other angels bowled him over to get to the front of the pen and chirped happily and flapped their wings. Gabriel pouted and tried his best to stay near the back so he wouldn't draw attention to himself.

"Bobby Singer!" Jo exclaimed and hugged the man before her. Castiel and Gabriel gasped. It was the same man who'd rescued them from the street. They both crawled forward more in his direction. "What are you doing here?"

"Well," Bobby explained and pointed to the black haired sort of gruff looking man next to him. "John and I decided our houses were getting a little quiet lately so we decided we'd try to adopt maybe a few of your little ones here."

"Awesome Bobby!" Jo smiled big and motioned towards the pen. "Well, have at it. Take your time and let me know."

"Will do," Bobby bent down and came eye to eye with Castiel. "Well what do you know; you're the little guy I picked up off the street. Your brother's here too. Hey John what do you think of this one?"

"Kinda got my eye on this one here." John pointed to Dean and carefully leaned down so Dean could sniff his hand. Dean cautiously did so and gently moved his hair under John's hand and John petted him. "That's a good boy."

"Cas!" Dean looked over as Bobby picked up Castiel and held him. Dean whined and chirped, whimpering loudly. His wings quivered and he paced back and forth nervously. Bobby took notice and set Castiel back down into the pen. Dean immediately ran over to Castiel and nuzzled him, licking a few of his feathers with his tongue and holding him close.

"Looks like they come as a pair John," Bobby chuckled then pointed to Sam and Gabriel who were curled up together in the back of the pen. "Those two also."

"Problem?" Jo re-merged and looked into the pen where only a few baby angels remained. Her eyes moved from Sam and Gabriel to Dean and Castiel.

"No problem," Bobby chuckled. "I'm interested in the two little ones I brought here and John here likes that longed haired one and the one with green eyes."

"Sam and Dean?" Jo asked John, who nodded in response.

"Well Dean is in heat right now," Jo sighed. "I know that's often times a deal breaker. He's on suppressants, but he seems to have grown quite attached to Cas here."

"Cas?" Bobby asked.

"The blue eyed black haired one is called Cas," Jo nodded. "His brother is named Gabriel."

"I see," Bobby nodded. "You think you can maybe put them on hold for the both of us?"

"I don't see why not," Jo said. "I suggest taking Dean after his heat, so would you both just like to come back then? I can call you when his heat is over?"

"That sounds great thanks." John nodded and he handed Jo his phone number on a piece of paper. Jo pocketed the paper and walked back over to the pen. She picked up Sam and Gabriel first in one arm and Castiel and Dean in the other. She placed them both back in their original pens and came back moments later with two signs which she plastered on the glass of both their cages.

"Waiting on adopters" the signs said.

"Cas!" Dean exclaimed and nuzzled his cheek again, trying to push down the urges he felt now that they were back together in the same cage. "We're gonna get new daddies!"

"I know." Castiel nodded and smiled big as Dean pounced on him and smiled huge. Dean nuzzled him again and nipped at his ear. Castiel giggled and rolled around with Dean for awhile until they were both yawning, the time had passed by so fast they hadn't even noticed and the pet shop was closing for the day. Dean and Castiel both laid down in Castiel's little corner, pulling the hay closer to their bodies and snuggled close to each other. Castiel fell asleep first and Dean, with a small smile his way, joined him soon after.

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So they're getting homes! Yay! But with different people? How will this work?!

Will they all find a way to stay together?

More to come soon!