Mike sat in his chair with an unamused look on his face. Having seated next to a seemingly obsessed Japanese hare while his new friends continuously bicker about their future wedding was taking a toll on his tolerance. Every action he did, Bonnabelle, aka Bonbon, would mimic him with a huge innocent smile on her face. Despite being annoying, he couldn't bear telling her to stop.
He never knew that cuteness was a powerful weapon.
However, he found their company to be very helpful in livening up the place. Back in Manhatten, no one spoke to each other in the appartment he used to live in, aside from a few whispers here and there. Having at least someone to talk to was a nice change of pace to his life and he was definitely wanted to get used to it.
After finishing his last slice of buttered toast, he reached out to grab a plate full of sliced apples. Bonbon, whom had somehow sensed this, reached out and grabbed hold of the plate even before Mike could move his arms out. She held it over to him with a smile and a small blush on her face. Mike, seemingly stunned by this, thanked her and grabbed a few slices, his face feeling flushed as well.
Chichi, who was next to her sister, snickered at the sight. "Gosh! And I thought the prince was supposed to spoil the princess. Not the other way around!" She laughed, her sister joining her.
Freddy, who continued to read to read his daily paper, took a sip on his coffee before addressing to the two sisters. "Oh hush now you two!" Freddy scolded them in a slightly angered tone. Despite this, the sisters contiued to laugh at the unusual 'couple'. Freddy sighed, knowing full well that they wouldn't stop even if he tried. "Oh well...Though, I cannot argue with you on that" He commented with a smirk.
Freddy sipped on his coffee yet again before contiuing to read his paper. A purple furred hand shot past his and grabbed the plate full of donuts. Bonnie took a few before placing the plate back and began to munch down on the vanilla frosted donut with gusto. "I suggest you break up with her, Mike" Bonnie commented with her mouth full of donut.
Mike furrowed his brow and sighed. "How...How the hell do I break up with someone when I am not even dating them in the first place?" He asked, rubbing his temples as Bonbon continued to latch onto his right shoulder.
Bonnie shrugged her shoulders and continued to munch on her donuts, eating her second one which was honey glazed. Mike sighed yet again before looking at Bonbon, who was staring at him with her baby-blue eyes. He could have sworn he saw something glimmering within her eyes.
"Nani?" She asked in her native tongue, her eyes giving away nothing but her innocence. She fidgeted a little in her seat and moved closer to Mike, adjusting her red and blue kimono.
"Umm...Can you...uhh...let go?" Mike asked awkward her cheeks were flushed.
The blue bunny hummed in thought, her eyes staring up onto the ceiling. She seemed to be deep in thought. In the end, after a moment or two, she looked back at Mike with a smile as she shook her head sideways. "No!" She exclaimed in a cute manner, causing Mike to groan as Freddy chuckled while the rest of the girls laughed out loud.
However, their laughter was cut short when the doors to the canteen had swung open and a creature emerged from beyond the doors. Though, as from what Mike saw, 'creature' was too harsh of a word. It was a vixen in particular and by far, from the entirety of Mike's life, she was the definiting of a lady. She had a lush, glistening white fur coat with patches of pink on the tip of her tail, on the palm of her hands and a little bit on her neck. She was wearing a beautiful red, low cut dress that showcased quite a bit of her cleavage and stopped just between her two mounds.
She was wearing a ruby necklace with a silver lace hanging on her neck, with the ruby itself positioned in her cleavage. She seemed to be wearing a fair bit of make up, with her cheeks slightly pink and was wearing red lipstick with a red handbag on her right shoulder. From what Mike could tell, she must be heading to someplace fancy or meeting someone on a date. Though, despite her clothing and how she looked, the way she walked with her hips swaying just seemed to hipnotised Mike.
"Good morning everyone" She called out, her voice sounding like pure, melted chocolate to Mike's ears. Smooth, sweet and yet seductive.
Everyone replied with a "Morning" of their own, with Bonbon staying quiet as her grip on Mike's shoulder tightened. It was apparent that she had noticed Mike's prescence around the table, as her eyes were set on him and she looked mildly surprised. "Oh my. A new resident, I pressume?" She asked in a polite manner as she pulled out a seat and sat down next to Bonbon. This act only made Bonbon tighten her grip on Mike even more.
Mike shook his head and broke his stupor before addressing back to the lady. "Oh! Yes! My name is Mike Schmidt, Madam. Pleased to meet you" Mike replied with a smile as he held out a hand.
The lady held out a hand of her own and grabbed his own firmly, shaking it. "My~ I never expected for another human to live here. Pleasant to meet your aquiantance, Mike. My name is Mangle Liebevolle Roza. Just call me Mangle" She replied with a smile.
"Glad you could join us Mangle. You hardly join us around the table for breakfast" Chica commented, which made the snow white vixen giggle.
"Yes. Quite. I decided to have a light breakfast before I head on out to the nearby mall" She commented before grabbing a plate for herself and added a few slices of toast and a couple of pancakes.
"Really? Buying something or off to see someone~?" Bonnie asked with a cheeky smile on her face which made Mangle blush a little.
"Ahem...I'm going to be seeing someone over there. We arraged this for a while now". Mangle then began to take a bite out of one of her buttered toast, the warm feeling melting her body.
"Oh wow! Really?! You, whom we all know to have scared away so many men, has an arranged date with someone?! Oh wow this is priceless!" Bonnie began to laugh along with Chichi. This only made the blush on the vixen's face to deepen in embarrassment.
"Sh-Shut up! I'm trying my best to put on my best look to impress him later, okay?! It's not my fault that I have two pairs of arms like some sort of spider..." She bit on her toast and pouted her cheeks as if she were a child who did not recieve what she wanted from her parents.
However, this managed to surprise Mike. Was what she said true? Did she really have two pairs of arms?
"Wait...You have two pair of arms?" Mike asked, finding the idea highly ridiculous.
Suddenly, from the side of her dress, an arm shot out of the fabric, causing Mike to flinch and back away in surprise. The fabric looked as if it were patched perfectly, but from how easily it managed to slip out, Mike could only tell that the fabric must have a slight gap. Not to large for it to be noticable, yet large enough for her extra arm to slip by.
The arm on its own looked quite similar to her usual ones, though the only noticable features of it were how there were more patches of pink fur on it and that it was slightly skinnier than her usual ones. Noticing the other arm on her other side, it was exactly the same. And yet, Mike oddly found it cool. Another pair of arms means more multi-tasking.
If I had those, he thought, I could have easily finished all my homework back then.
"See? Even Mike finds it freaky" She stated in a sad tone which made Mike guilty for reacting that way.
"Ahh...No. It's just that I was surprised at first. Actually, its really cool. You can multitask like crazy if you had another pair" Mike commented with a warm smile. "I could have finished my homework with one pair while playing computer games with the other!" He exclaimed, fist pumping the air as his eyes sparkled for a moment.
"Ano...Watashi no ōji-sama!" Bonbon called out towards Mike, tightening her grip yet again.
"E-Er...Yea?" Mike asked in an awkward manner due to how close she was. She was practically clinging onto Mike at that point.
She stared at him, her cheeks flushing pink and pouting a little. Everyone else, even Freddy, were staring at the duo holding in their breaths as if what were to happen was something mindblowing. Mike couldn't help but feel very nervous at the heavy atmosphere.
And mindblowing it was.
"Anata wa Daisuki!" She exclaimed, more so as if stating the obvious.
Everyone else in the room had yelled out a collaborated "Huh?!, as they gawked at the duo. Even Freddy has stopped his actions for a moment and looked mildly shocked at what he had just heard. Mike, on the other hand, looked at everyone with a clueless look on his face, more worry started to seep in as he saw the faces of his new friends.
"Woaa! Woa! Woaaa! Slow down blue-butt! You just met him!" Bonnie exclaimed as if ridiculing Bonbon's statement. Bonbon, on the other hand glared at her with a pout on her face.
"Sh-Shut...up! Y-You...! S-Stup-pid!." The blue hare replied in broken English, much to everyone's surprise.
"Ohh! Why you little...!" Bonnie yelled slamming her first against the table, seething in rage.
Mike sighed at the two and rubbed his temples.
This was probably going to take a while
After the issue was resolved, with Freddy having to restrain Bonnie while Mike was restraining Bonbon, the group was quiet for a while. The awkward atmoshpere was taking a toll on everyone, especially Mike who was apparently the center of the problem. It also didn't help the fact that the both of them had threw something at each other during their warfare.
And Mike and Chichi were the unfortunate targets that they managed to hit.
However, thankfully, Mike had broken the ice and lightened up the mood, this time asking about Mangle's background. Mangle was more than happy to tell him, from the smile on her face. "Alright...Let me see..."
"Well, first and foremost, I was raised from birth to a fox cub for about a few years by a Globet Trotter with my mother. He had apparently spotted my mother, whom he named Thea, trapped in a bear trap and decided to help. When he found that she was pregnant due to me, he nursed her back to full health and subsequently, she had given birth to me"
However, at that time, when I was still small and could barely walk, I had stumbled on a rock and fell down a rather high cliff, down to a lake below. The man, who was looking after me with my mother along, went into action and helped me up from the river. I was badly bruised and had managed to injure my right eye, thus the darker shade of purple present on my fur" Mangle explained, which Mike took note of when he inspected.
"Anyways, fast-forward a few years later, the sudden appearance of the anthropomorphic animals started to take place. At the time, I was considered to be a mature fox already, and was coming back home to the small shack the man lives in. I, along side with my mother, had suddenly transformed into what you see me as of today. Needless to say, we were all shocked" She giggled as she remembered fondly of the memory.
"I took on the name of Mangle a few weeks later as a sort of joke at first, since the three of us used to say how I often get into trouble that lands me getting injured. My surname and middle name came from the same man, whom I now often call as my father. And despite the comfortable life I was living, I desired more. I wanted to see the world. You know, travel. And I can safely say I have been to quite a number of places before staying here" She ended her brief summary of her story.
Mike noded. Perhaps he could ask the others about their pasts. It would be the very least to know about each other as he was obviously going to live here for a bit. Though, he had placed that aside for a while, his train of thoughts diverging to something else.
Most particularly, a job.
Since he would living here, he would need a stable source of income.
"Say...Is there any available jobs around here? My savings wont be enough to keep me here for more than a month if I pressume" Mike voiced out his concerns.
"Well...There is an avaible outlet for being a teacher at a nearby middle school where Mangle works. Not sure if that is to your liking" Chica suggested, causing Mike to have a look of surprise. Mangle as a teacher? Now that was surprising since her looks and feminine physique made her a perfect candidate as a model.
"Hey! There's like, a nearby mall. Maybe you can look there! Or maybe help out Bonnie. She said she needed some help" Chichi said, causing Mike to look confusingly at Bonnie.
"Err...You see..Just before we bumped into each other, I was just closing my shop" She awkwardly said.
"...A sweets shop. Also she sells toys along with her assistant. Some odd fellow that wears black and purple" Freddy answered, his face behind the newspaper he had continued reading.
Mike nodded his head. He did recall yesterday that Bonnie looked very tired when he met her. It must be because that she had worked late. Though, he was surprised that she even owned a shop, more so one that sold sweets and toys. There was definitely something new to find whenever he is with these odd individuals.
And thus, he thought. Where shall he go now?
And that about wraps up this chapted. Sorry for making it short, but my reason is this.
I want you guys to go ahead and give me your thoughts on what you want Mike to have as a job. It can be as crazy of a job as possible and if possible, give some idea as to how he had gotten it.
The reason why I am writing this is that I want you guys to participate in the carving of Mike's journey in The Morningstar.
This shall be the first of many participations. I do hope you all dont give Mike too much trouble or give him a heart attack.
Anyways, I shall see you next time!