Trivia: The scene in last chapter where Kabuki decides to go get the sleeping bag and Mac goes to take a shower was rewritten or four times before I decided to have Kabuki give the order to split up.
"Hmm… It should be around here somewhere…" Mr. Friemont said.
"What color is it?" Kabuki asked as he came down the stairs.
"I'm pretty sure it was an eye-catching red an-" Mr. Friemont stopped, realizing that he was answering someone.
"Ah, sorry! I didn't hear you come down," Mr. Friemont sputtered.
Kabuki raised a paw. "No, it's fine. I just got down, after all," Kabuki said, stepping over to the storage boxes that Mr. Friemont had been searching through.
"How big was the sleeping bag?" Kabuki asked, wanting to know if it would fit.
"He used it during our camping trips while he was in high school and he was about the same height back then. I'll get you a pillow if it's too short for you," Mr. Friemont explained.
Kabuki nodded and the two searched in silence for a moment before Kabuki decided to ask his question. "So, what do you really think of me and my kind?"
Mr. Friemont froze in place, his hand reaching out for a box flap. "…I had a dog that changed when I was a kid. I thought we were the best of friends, but one day he started biting me. I was too young; I didn't realize that I was treating him incorrectly at the time and I had no idea why he was being so violent. One day I came home and my mom sat me down and told me that he wouldn't live with us anymore," Todd stood up, facing Kabuki before continuing.
"As a kid I had assumed that he had died, but my mom hadn't used that word, dead. I kept wondering what she meant until I saw my dog in the street one day, walking on two legs. I confronted him and, well, you can imagine how it went. Turns out my parents had been keeping me from knowing about humanoid-animals because they didn't approve of them, so they kicked him out," the man explained.
Kabuki listened in silence to the story. As a former alley cat, he didn't know what it felt like to change around an owner, though he had heard stories of humanoid-animals either being taken from their families or thrown out after they began changing size. "I'm so sorry," he said, but Todd opened his mouth again.
"I still can't get over how, just because you're shaped like a human, it isn't considered bestiality anymore; Even though humanoid-animals can't impregnate humans. I saw that you still had a cat's tongue during dinner, too" Mr. Friemont added, a look of disgust on his face.
"Well, all the changes do, in terms of our bodies, is reform our body into a human shape," Kabuki explained, "As for 'bestiality', well unlike normal animals, we can give our consent, but I suppose your idea of it is another part of it as well," Kabuki admitted.
The cat had thought about the same thing himself quite a few times, but he had never brought it up with Macaron since the human had never seemed to question having an animalistic member inside of him. Despite the mayor usual composure, Mac could be a bit of a slut when they were alone.
Kabuki let out a bit of a chuckle when he thought about that and when he looked back at Mr. Friemont the man was looking at him with a raised eyebrow. "Ah, sorry. Uhm, if it's a problem, I cou-" Todd shook his head, figuring out what Kabuki was trying to say.
"No, no. You shouldn't break up with him just because of me. Setting that aside, my mom's become much nicer towards humanoid-animals in her old age, as I'm sure you've seen. You usually don't see that in old woman, huh?" Mr. Friemont asked, chuckling.
Kabuki nodded. "Definitely not," he agreed, glad to have the air cleared of that sensitive topic.
The sleeping bag was found not long later and once Kabuki had set the sleeping bag and extra pillow up in Macaron's bedroom, Kabuki joined the Friemont family in the living room. Macaron looked a bit more cheerful and Kabuki cuddled with him a bit, ignoring the look that Mrs. Friemont gave him because of that.
By the end of the night Kabuki felt full of Toy Day cheer and he kissed his boyfriend before they went to bed. "I think this was a good idea," Kabuki said, surprising Macaron.
"So it went well, then?" Macaron asked. Kabuki could sense that the question was to soothe the human's mind and the cat nodded.
"Yeah, it went well enough," he smiled, "No one got punched, after all," he added as he settled into the old sleeping bag.
Macaron nodded. "Yeah… I guess the only thing we really got were glares ,huh?" The human asked, smiling to himself a bit as he changed into his pajamas.
Meanwhile, all Kabuki had done to get ready for bed was to remove his pants. The cat was still used to wearing the same shirt for a long period of time, it seemed. Macaron pulled out a music device before he went to bed, plugging in headphones.
"Too used to the constant music in your house?" Kabuki asked, rolling over to see Mac's surprised expression.
"Uhm, yeah," Mac said, blushing a bit in embarrassment.
"Ah, it's nothing to be embarrassed about," Kabuki said, apologizing in his own way, "I still remember that time you decided to time your moans with the gyroids, you know," Kabuki added, winking; That got a squeak out of his partner.
After a bit more teasing, the sleepy couple fell asleep and the night passed in silence…
After a morning shower and a nice breakfast (in which Grandma Friemont insisted on cooking up some bacon just for Kabuki, I might add.) the boys headed back upstairs to make sure they had everything in their overnight bags before they left.
"Brrring!"
Macaron looked down at his cellphone and took the call. "I think I got possessed last night," were the first words that Macaron heard.
"What, with Toy Day cheer?" Mac joked.
"Well, sort of. More like the spirit of a long-dead Santa," the girl on the other end explained.
"Who is it?" Kabuki whispered. Macaron mouthed 'Robo' and Kabuki held out his paw, wanting to talk to the girl.
Macaron rolled his eyes before talking to her again. "Well I hope Jingle helped," he said.
"Of course he did, but I'm pretty sure he knows that I'm a robot, Master Mayor!" Robo shouted, freaking out.
Mac's eyes widened and he turned away from Kabuki. "Okay, calm down. He has no reason to tell on you. We can talk about this later, though. Right now Kabuki wants to talk to you, okay?" Macaron said, waiting for the sound of Robo's fans to slow down before he handed the phone over to Kabuki.
"Hey, how was Toy Day over there, Robo?" Kabuki asked as he hefted his bag onto his shoulder.
"It was… good… Santa came by to help Jingle with passing out gifts for a bit," Robo said, calculating her words carefully in a way to make Kabuki excited. For a robot trying to be a human, she was bad at calculating social situations.
Luckily, Kabuki still didn't suspect a thing because he got excited just like the P.R.R. had calculated. He was used to the times that she spoke slowly by now. He chatted with her for a while, about her hamster and her extremely tall house before Macaron insisted that he could talk to her later.
After saying goodbye and getting hugs from Grandma Friemont, the boys headed back home, a taxi waiting outside for them. Mac relaxed in the back as Kabuki told the driver where to go and a train trip later the two were back in Fairies, a nice memory in their heads.
"I guess everything went as well as expected, huh?" Macaron mumbled to himself.
Notes:
Macaron as a 'slut' – Sorry, sorry! I don't bring this argument in my head often, but Macaron definitely isn't one to shy away from sex, despite his usual composure. Even if he's dressed entirely in pink, he'll be serious about his position as Mayor. (I blame the fact that I'm a fujoshi/Yaoi fangirl, haha.)
Robo getting possessed – the tag is 'ACNL Toy Day' on my tumblr (ranty-ramblestein) if you want to read her slowly getting possessed by a genderless Santa. Most of the story is in the picture captions, though, so make sure you're on a device that can read captions! (And, yeah, I probably should've given those story posts an original tag, since all of the other posts that mention Toy Day also have that tag.)
Disclaimer: Any of these headcanons are up for changing or editing on the blog. (Since I forget things about my characters extremely quickly)
A/N: And with that terrible ending, that's a wrap, folks! I hope you had fun reading this 'Edgy Toy Day Special', haha!
