February was not one of Bushroot's favorite months. It was a winter month for one thing. Given his dislike of the cold, this was one strike against the month. That was not the worst part about February though. It was that stupid Valentines holiday.
Valentines had never been good for Reggie. Mainly because he never actually had a girlfriend. That might not had been so terrible if the other kids during his school years hadn't noticed it too. Many a Valentines Day had ended with Reggie in tears.
It only got marginally better when he became an adult. At least then most of the time his lack of conquering the other sex was unnoticed. Well, except by Gary and Larson. But those two were jackals, sniffing out any weaknesses. He wondered what they would think of his love life now.
Only recently he and Liquidator had started dating. Reggie never pegged himself as going for the males. But then, he had never thought he end up a mutant plant duck. Life was odd that way. As odd as it seemed to him sometimes, they just seemed to work together. Bushroot was happy about that. Still, he wasn't expecting anything big for Valentines Day.
The morning of Valentines Day, Bushroot was busy tending to some of the flowers in his greenhouse. He was so involved in the work he nearly jumped when Spike did a light head butt against his left root.
"Spike! Don't do that!" Bushroot shouted. "You scared the sap out of me!"
Bushroot's annoyance at being frightened quickly dimmed when he saw something pink in the mutant flytrap's mouth. Spike left out huffing noises that seem to tell Bushroot to take the item. Taking that cue, Bushroot took the item. It was a pink envelope. A slightly damp envelope.
With that clue, Bushroot didn't even have to guess who the envelope was from. As excited and curious as he was, he made sure to open the envelope slowly so not to rip the contents. Once it was opened he pulled out a sheet of paper that simply said "check outside."
Bushroot wondered just what Liquidator was up to. There was only one way to find out of course. He opened the front door. There stood a shiny and extremely expensive looking sunlamp. A red ribbon was wrapped around the head of the lamp, signifying it as a gift.
Looking around, Bushroot noticed a lack of the gift giver who he had a suspicion on who it was. He was about to call out for Liquidator when he felt two watery arms wrap around his waist. Somehow, Bushroot wasn't surprised as Liquidator had a habit of slipping into the greenhouse and doing this.
"You really went all out with stealing a gift this year." Bushroot said as he smiled and leaned against Liquidator's chest.
"Only the best for my best customer with benefits." Liquidator said with a chuckle.
Liquidator then leaned his head down to give Bushroot a watery kiss on the neck.
"Let's give your new toy a test run then." Liquidator just about purred.
The two enjoyed each others company so much that day, the gift Bushroot had gotten for Liquidator (which was a really nice trench coat with waterproof inner lining.) was pretty much forgotten.