Author's note: Thanks a lot to Ghastly Eternity for beta-reading and to Maknatuna, Mello18, BloodyRosie, Maddy Love Castiel, Slytheringod013, Creativity Incarnate, Darla M, Tendencia and RejectedShyRebel18 for last chapter's reviews.

12

When Gabriel woke up again the following evening, he was incredibly happy and still cuddled up to Sam so much they might have looked like one extremely fat hamster instead of two well built ones.

The golden hamster nudged his mate with his nose a couple of times until the taller hamster blinked awake.

"Huh?" Sam mumbled sleepily.

"I love you!" Gabriel replied with a bright smile that lit up the entire hamster-house.

"That's nice, Gabe," the brown hamster sighed and closed his eyes again. Alright, it wasn't that early for their standards, but he had found out that Gabriel was very demanding and had too much energy in more aspects of his life than just the ones Sam had already known about, so he could really use some more sleep.

The golden hamster wasn't completely satisfied with that answer, however. He nudged his mate until he looked back at him once more.

"I love you!" Gabriel repeated, "I love you and I adore you and I love you some more!"

Sam was starting to feel like he was missing something, but his tired brain couldn't quite work out what his partner was getting at. "Uh… yeah?"

"Yes, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you!" the golden hamster squeaked and nodded to emphasize his statement even more. To top all that off, he climbed onto Sam's back and started to knead his fur.

"Love you, too," the brown hamster sighed contently and closed his eyes again. And that was all Gabriel had wanted to hear, really.

"Are you ill, Sammy?" Castiel asked the taller of his hamsters worriedly. The animal was moving rather slowly that day and he seemed to be very exhausted.

"You see, I might have worn him out a little too much," Gabriel apologized to their human, "But I'll let him sleep a little more today and then everything will be fine, promise."

Castiel thought that the golden hamster was very worried about his companion as well when he heard his quick squeaking, however. The little human hurried off toward the kitchen to get some extra healthy power food for his two furry friends. On top of the usual cut vegetables he added some pieces of a hard boiled egg and dipped a few pumpkin seeds in honey. Someone at school had told Castiel that their hamster loved that and that the animal was always super upbeat afterward. It sounded exactly like the thing his two friends needed right now!

Castiel put the dish back into the hamster cage under the curious looks of his pets, especially Gabriel. The little human pet Sam's head with a single finger very gently before the closed the door again.

"Don't let Gabriel take everything from you!" the preschooler told the taller hamster very seriously, "Maybe you are just malnourished."

He'd have to make sure that the brown hamster got enough to eat, as well. He didn't want to have Sam starve on them! Gabriel would be crushed as well. He surely wouldn't do that on purpose, after all!

"Hey, hey, hey, I always leave all the healthy stuff for him!" Gabriel squeaked scandalized because of the unfounded accusation, "He's just tired, because I'm a demanding lover!"

The brown hamster shook his head at his partner with an amused snort. "It's really good that the kid doesn't understand you!"

Sam still hurried over to the dish and grabbed one piece of egg, stuffing it into his mouth dutifully. He didn't want Castiel to worry, after all. He'd have to have a talk with his 'demanding lover' later, however. Hey, they were both young and horny, but one of them apparently needed a little more sleep than the other.

"Ah, Cas and I understand each other," Gabriel stated completely convinced of what he had just said. He curiously poked the pumpkin seed that seemed to be covered in something he hadn't seen before and was a little startled when his tiny fingers came away sticky. The golden hamster licked over them to clean them immediately and moaned blissfully when he tasted honey for the first time in his life.

"We totally understand each other! Why else would he give those to us?" Gabriel exclaimed happily and started to devour the seed he had picked up.

Sam frowned at his partner, but didn't comment. He assumed that they had just been introduced to some new sweet and unhealthy treat, judged by the golden hamster's reaction, however.

"You let Sammy have one, too!" Castiel demanded when Gabriel grabbed the third honey covered seed in a row and then added a threat his mother loved to use on him for emphasis, "Don't make me come in there!"

Gabriel snorted, but was a good boy and quickly licked the honey off the seed he was holding and then handed it over to Sam. His partner gave him one of his bitchfaces, but accepted the food and ate it, if only to make their little human happy.

"Sometimes I really think you understand me," Castiel whispered in wonder, ignoring the fact that his hamster was also misunderstanding him on purpose, apparently.

"Wish you'd understand me too, kiddo," Gabriel replied, "I could just tell you to get us a two hamster hamster-wheel then."

The little human cocked his head, but decided to go and do the drawing for preschool he was meant to show the following day.

While Castiel was walking toward the door Sam dragged his fingers through the honey on one of the remaining seeds and licked on it.

"Bleh, much too sweet," the brown hamster decided and went back to the piece of cucumber he had set his eyes on earlier.

"See? See? He doesn't want it, anyway!" Gabriel yelled after their little human and quickly secured the last two pumpkin seeds for himself, too.

That night Sam got to sleep nearly uninterrupted, because the golden hamster had went to the hamster-wheel straight after diner and had run like a maniac. Apparently, all the sugar had given Gabriel a serious power boost, but when he finally collapsed next to Sam, he slept deeply as well.