So I took the time to wrote these one down to take out my frustration over exam in the previous days
I'm quite stressed and somehow publishing new chapters calmed me down a bit
So today, another three chapter
I hope you all happy about this and you better be
Gifts Of The King is approaching its opening as Chasing You is approaching its ending
Enjoy Reading And Review If You Feel Like It!
Previously on Chasing You,
This was going to be a long two days.
The walkie-talkies went on in a sudden.
"Look, there's only one bed!"
"Look, there's only one bed!"
"Look, there's only one bed!"
Correction, this was going to be a very long two days.
Chapter 20
Gerard and Valka were the first one to up among the group although they heard banging from next door last night. Both of them were grinning, expecting what they were expecting.
They first thing that greeted them outside their door were kittens, sleeping around the cats. Some of them even snored cutely. Remembering RJ's cold warning, the two silently maneuvered around the sleeping felines, leaving them undisturbed.
When they arrived at the café area, they were surprised to see some of the employees there drinking coffees and teas. Some of them invited the two to join and they gratefully obliged. The two married couple realized that it was early in the morning, and it was nearly at the work hour.
The employees left the two at the table as they began to prepare for the work on their duties. Gerard and Valka were amused at how everyone in the Yuki's Companion Café treated cats like a part of family. They gently petted every cat they passed by.
The married couple noticed that they prepared some dishes although there was no one in the café except for them. Their question was answered when the dishes was set on the floor and cats and kittens poured out from the door they came in from.
Toothless appeared at the said door, only to plant his face on the floor when cats jumped on him and shot out for breakfast. He grumbled, his voice got muffled by the floor as cats and kittens walked on him like he was nothing. He immediately got up and went to his parents' table.
"Good morning, Hank," greeted Gerard as Toothless sat down, rubbing the sands of from his eyes. He yawned again before he grumbled a reply.
"Why looked so tired, son?" asked Valka as Toothless yawned yet again.
"I heard some banging from next door," he muttered while grinned widely like his parents, expecting what they expected. "I wonder what the two were up to"
"Oh, probably somethin' dedicated aboot their future," Valka replied followed by a nod from her husband.
"Speaking of the two, 'ere they come," Gerard nodded towards the previous door, revealing the couple who, like Toothless earlier, got their faces planted on the floor simultaneously. Before Hiccup and Astrid could get up, two cheerful waiters picked them up and then set them at the table where the other three were.
"You all need to order something?" said one of the waiters while the other took out a pencil and a small notebook after the couple sat down, yawning during the process.
"I'll take a glass of coffee," Toothless said as the waiter jotted it down.
"A glass of lemonade," Hiccup said.
"Same here," Astrid added.
"They will be arrived shortly," said one of the waiters as the other one skipped away.
The table was unusually quiet because Toothless, Val and Gerard were too busy grinning widely while Hiccup and Astrid avoided their gazes, also blushed furiously. Then, a waitress came to the table.
"Free French fries today!" she exclaimed cheerfully and spun and skipped away, greeting the new guests that just entered the café. The five then noticed that every single employees were cheerful today.
"Everyone's cheerful today," Toothless commented as the other nodded.
"What day is today?" Hiccup asked.
"It's Saturday, why?" Astrid answered. Hiccup then thought for a moment as he took a bite on the fries.
He noticed that the café was dedicated to the ever so lovely Yuki – even the name of this café had her name on it – and the café was filled with cats and kittens. What does Saturday means to cat people?
Oh…
"Caturday," Hiccup groaned, the other four just said 'Oh' at that statement. Well, that explained the cheerfulness. It was cat's day for them and they were cat lovers, so they were happy for the day.
Gerard yelped in surprised when something jumped onto his lap. He frowned as he looked at what made his surprised. No one make 'Stoick the Vast' surprised. His eyebrows shot up, disappeared from his forehead – if possible – at what made him surprised.
"Well hello there wee guy," he softly spoke as he petted a Scottish Fold kitten who purred at his touch. Gerard picked up and cradled the kitten in just one hand and petted the kitten with the other hand. "Ye gave me a wee surprise there," he chuckled, unaware that four pair of eyes was on him.
The other four on the table gushed and melted at the sight where Gerard showed his soft side. He playfully rubbed the kitten's belly, tickling the kitten to which he fought back with cute harmless bite on Gerard's massive finger.
Feeling eyes were on him – except for the adorable kitten's eyes – Gerard looked up and noticed that his wife, two sons and his, ahem, ahem, future daughter-in-law, ahem, ahem, were looking at him, grinning widely at him. Clearing his throat, he gently put down the kitten on the floor, making the kitten chased another kitten.
"You all see nothing," Gerard muttered as he sat back upright, face flushed in embarrassment. But the grins on their faces didn't faltered a bit. In fact, they were getting wider.
"Your orders are here!" then came a waitress with their drinks. "Have a nice Caturday!" she exclaimed. Even that the grins doesn't even change. Hiccup's phone suddenly rang so Hiccup picked it up, putting it on loud speaker since he knew who was calling.
"Good lovely Caturday morning you all! I-" RJ suddenly went quiet, making everyone worried a bit.
"RJ?" Hiccup leaned in a bit, feeling worried.
"Why do I feel that one of you just melted and played with a kitten?" Gerard went red in embarrassment. "Anyway, how's your rest last night?"
"Oh, it was interesting," Val amused as she glanced at the couple, grinning at them. "Me and me husband heard banging next door"
"Oh, me too," Toothless piped up, also glancing at the couple. "I wonder if the bed had to do something with it"
"What are you all talking about?" Astrid asked as she and Hiccup looked at the three in confusion.
"Oh, nothing," Gerard innocently looked away. "Just expecting some news that we will be expecting some grandbabies in the near future"
"What do you-" Hiccup cut himself off when he suddenly realized what they meant. He blushed furiously as Astrid still stared in confusion.
"What?" she asked, still in confusion.
"We did not do it last night!" Hiccup yelled, face red as tomato.
"Do what?"
"They would you care to explain on the banging last night?" Toothless asked, grinning like a madman. Hiccup was about to answer but Astrid already beat him to it.
"Oh, that, yeah we done it last night," she answered like nothing was wrong. Hiccup sharply turned toward her, face even redder than ever.
"Astrid, NO, she's lying!"
"I did not lie," she said. Before a word could formed from Hiccup's mouth, the other three softly clapped their hands as RJ tried to get their attention but failed.
"Goody! When can we expect the news?" Val asked excitedly. Everyone else leaned closer in curious manner as RJ again tried to gain their attention but yet again failed. So he hung up and play with Yuki instead.
"In a few days time"
"Astrid!" Hiccup yelled.
"What?" she asked even confused than before. Her question got answered by Val's excited question.
"We'll be grandparents sooner than ever, Stoick!" she clasped hands with her husband who grinned widely. Astrid narrowed her eyes in confusion until it struck her like a sledge hammer. Eyes widened and blushed furiously – much redder than Hiccup's face – she stood up and yelled.
"NO, I AM NOT PREGNANT!" that gained everyone's attention at the café, including the cats. And kittens, they were the most important one in the café.
"She's pregnant?"
"She's pregnant!"
"She's a newlywed pregnant mother?"
"There's a pregnant mother in the café!"
"There's a new mother in the café!"
"There's a new happy pregnant mother in the café!"
"Let's celebrate it!"
The café erupted in a celebration as cats and kittens ran around, also felt the excitements from the people.
"No this is a misunderstanding!" Astrid desperately tried to gain their attention but they didn't even hear her. Her faces along with Hiccup's were getting redder by the second.
"In case you're wondering, we here at Yuki's Companion Café do not sell alcohols," said a passing waitress. "So they're not drunk. They just ignoring you," she added. So the whole time Hiccup and Astrid had to sit quietly as everyone celebrated a misunderstanding. Once everything was quiet down Gerard spoke.
"Ye were saying?"
"I'm NOT pregnant!" she yelled.
"What!?" everyone in the face yelled.
"I'm not pregnant"
"But you said you did before"
"That was a huge misunderstanding!"
"So what's up with the banging last night?" Toothless asked.
"Astrid fell down from the bed and her muscles went stiff for no apparent reasons, so she needed massage. They will be back to normal in few days time," Hiccup answered, still red in embarrassment.
"Oh," everyone at the table muttered, feeling disappointed. Now everything was quiet after they found out the truth, feeling very disappointed.
The five racers were discussing on their plans for the next stage race and it went for quiet a while. It was near noon when something happened.
A customer got lifted from the ground and slammed onto a table. Shouting of shocks and surprises ran through the café, cats and kittens ran away to safety and the five racers jumped in surprised since it happened right next to them.
It turned out that Scotty was the customer. He was pinned on the table by one of the café's waiter who was struggling on his grip on Scotty's arms. Heather came in and jumped onto the waiter's back, releasing Scotty. He spat away the blood as more waiters and waitresses came, surrounding him and Heather.
"Get the hell out of the café right now!" yelled one of the waitresses as people started to gather around. The once assaulted waiter got back to his feet with the help of Hiccup and Toothless.
"What happen?" asked Toothless the waiter who wiped away the blood from his lips with a handkerchief. The waiter shook his head a little to keep conscious.
"That arrogant boy over there along with his devil siren were about to hurt the family," the waiter answered as Scotty stood tall, trying to look menacing as Heather went to his side.
"What family?" Hiccup asked. His question was answered when the waiter picked up a scared kitten that had wide scared eyes and hugged the waiter's shoulder for comfort. The five racers paled.
"He was lucky that Sir was not here," commented the waiter as he delicately stoke the kitten, emphasizing the word 'Sir' for knowing who he was.
"Make me!" yelled Scotty at the café employees as he and Heather balled their fists.
"You better leave this café right now and never set foot here ever again or you two regret it!" shouted back a waiter.
"What? Just because of a kitten you'll kick us out? And why should we regret it? You'll going to scratch us to death?" Scotty snickered, followed closely by Heather. "You and your stupid cats!"
The backdoor slammed open, nearly taking it off from the hinges. Everyone jumped at the sound as they looked at the person who entered. The employees parted as the boss stormed in.
The boss was massively huge. If you found Gerard was vast then imagine that you're Gerard while calling the boss humongous. Gerard himself admitted that the boss was huge. He was not only huge but also muscular; very muscular.
Scotty shrunk in fear as the giant stormed towards him that made the ground shook. Everyone else stepped back in fear while the employees gave room for their boss.
Upon arrived at his target, the giant pushed Heather to the side, making her fall to the ground hard before swiftly grabbing Scotty's leg. With just one hand, he swung Scotty to the air, nearly hitting the ceiling, and brought him down hard onto the previous table, shattering the table into bits.
The giant brushed off the dusts from his hands as Heather passed out from the fall and Scotty was not moving on the ground over the table debris. Everyone was silent at the event just happened.
"That is what you get for insulting the family," the giant said in his deep scary voice. "Get back to your own business," he said calmly to everyone in the café and they obliged, fear that he will to that to them if they didn't listen. The cats and kittens were nowhere to be found.
The five racers kept glancing at the giant boss, clearly very scared at him. He looked around the café with his golden eyes, clearly checking if there was anymore sign for trouble. Then, a waitress leaned up as the giant leaned down. The waitress whispered something to his ear, glancing at the group of the five racers. The giant approached them as they shrunk, terrified.
"May I acquire why you are here and how you know my best friend?" he asked softly, his previous action forgotten.
"We are here for joining the racing tournament called The Run. Your best friend, RJ Ralph, was our teacher," answered Gerard with a small hint of fear. There was a glitter of amusement in the giant's golden eyes as he raised his eyebrows.
"Ah, I see. Oh pardon me, I have not introduced myself. You all may call me Commander. It is a nickname that was given by my best friend"
"I'm Gerard Haddock"
"I'm his wife, Valka Haddock"
"Hank Haddock, the older brother"
"Henry Haddock, the younger brother"
"Astrid H-"
"Haddock!" Toothless cut Astrid off, earning him a glare from her while he grinned innocently at her. Commander looked at them with amusement.
"It is nice to meet you all. If you had met my best friend, may I ask how has Yuki been?"
"The princess is fine and very playful," answered Toothless. The previous fear for the giant began to disappear as they asked him questions.
"So you're the boss of Yuki's Companion Café?" asked Astrid.
"Why yes, and it is dedicated to the little lovely princess"
"How did you meet RJ?"
"A very long time ago when he was still a racer. He saved my and the life of my mother. Even if he was a racer back then, he still has a compassionate heart. If it were not for him, my mother would not have arrive at the hospital in time"
"You seemed to be compassionate about cats"
"And kittens," Hiccup added after Toothless commented.
As if on cue, cats and kittens appeared out of nowhere and jumped around in enthusiastic excitements. The employees bent down to pet the felines as the giant leaned down and scooped up a litter of kittens with just one hand. All of the kittens in his hand purred.
"It is because RJ touched us with how he treated his family and we do not want the traits to end with him in the future. It is nice to speak you all, Haddocks," and with that the giant walked away, still with the kittens in his hand.
"But I'm not…" Astrid trailed off when she noticed the grins from the three adults.
"I don't think we're going to get away from this," Hiccup whispered to her, his face matching hers.
Everyone was ignoring the passed out couple.
So, the lesson of the day was...?
