I've been slacking with my writing... Meh. Sucks, but, whatever. Personal reasons, and shit. And school starts back up in a week. Whatever. Short as hell chapter, and a short as hell note. Let's go.

They're Assholes

"There's nothing to fucking do here." I sighed out, staring at the ceiling of the living room, my back on the floor.

"Was there ever anything to do?" Chris asked, sitting up slightly from his chair.

"Not really." Kyle replied, his arm dropping off of the couch and tapping me on the leg. "I mean, sometimes, but we get into these ruts where we have absolutely nothing to do."

I scoffed, saying, "Speak for yourself, man."

Kyle leaned over to look at me, asking, "What do you mean?"

"Oh, come on, man." I retorted, rolling my eyes. "Jess and Riku have been out of the house constantly for the past few weeks, man."

"Yep." The Mightyena in the chair agreed. He chuckled quietly, adding, "Maybe they're spending some time together."

I heard a low growl, followed by a Dark Pulse forming in Kyle's hand, as he told Chris, "You better not be insinuating what I fucking think you are, mutt."

My eyes shot to Chris, as the Mightyena threw his hands up, quickly stuttering out, "N-No! Of course not! J-Just saying that they're friends, and could be hanging out together. Th-That's all."

The Zoroark glared over at our friend, before slowly removing the Pulse, growling out, "Good. Because I'll skin him alive if he fucking touches her."

We stayed in a rather tense silence, before I cautiously spoke, "Speaking of her relationship status, we still have unfinished business."

"Yep." Chris agreed, nodding. "Still need to deal with that asshole."

"She said that you don't need to get involved." A voice spoke up, drawing our attention. "So I advise leaving it to her."

"You really think that I'll let him get away with dumping her, Ash?" Kyle asked the Ninetails, as she and Ashtynn entered the room.

"Why do you need to fuck with him, though?" Ashtynn retorted, dropping down to sit next to my head. "Hell, she didn't seem all that torn up about it. Seemed happier than before, in all honesty."

"And you hate Levi, anyway." Ashley pointed out. "So isn't it sorta a good thing that they aren't together anymore?"

"Doesn't mean that I'm letting that asshole off free." Kyle growled out.

The Ninetails and Blaziken sighed, but I reassured them, "Don't worry. If he tries to kill him, I'll stop it. I'll be fucking slaughtered if he does anything to him."

"Thanks, Adam, but I doubt that you'll be able to stop him." Ashtynn told me, leaning down to give my cheek a quick kiss. "The sentiment is nice, though."

"Can you please just stay out of Jessica's love life, Kyle?" Ashley asked him. "I know that you like protecting her, but she's able to keep herself safe."

"Whatever." The Zoroark retorted, growling quietly. "Not even taking that into account, Levi is still a fucking douche. He's an asshole to all of us."

"And I'll let you kick his ass for that." The Ninetails told him. "Just use that to justify it, because he deserves it for that."

As that conversation ended, Ashtynn asked us, "So, what exactly are you guys doing?"

"Nothing." I replied. "Just like yesterday. And the day before that."

"And the day before that." Chris added.

"And the day before that." Kyle finished.

"So you're bored." The Blaziken concluded. She appeared to think for a second, before suggesting, "We could go walk around town."

"Are you kidding?" Kyle asked. "It's fucking snowing."

My girlfriend sighed quietly, before leaning over me, her breasts resting on my forehead, as she asked me, "Can we go, Adam? We've barely gone out at all."

I chuckled quietly, replying, "Sure." The Blaziken backed up, allowing me to get up, as I said, "Guess it has been a while since we've done something."

"Thanks." She replied, smiling, before leaning over to kiss me.

I returned the action, and we we separated, Chris asked, "So, doesn't that feel odd, or anything?"

"What?" I asked him, raising my eyebrow.

"Kissing her." The Mightyena said. "I mean, don't you technically have a beak, Ashtynn?"

"Not necessarily." She replied. "It actually isn't as hard to the touch as you think."

"Yeah, kissing her feels perfectly fine." I told him. "And if you ever ask for proof," I tapped the horn on my head, "then this'll go through your fucking neck. Got it?"

"I know, man." He said, nodding. "Hadn't thought about it. You two go have fun on your date, or whatever you're calling it."

I rolled my eyes, taking Ashtynn's hand in mine, before leading her out of the room.

"Take your jackets!" Ashley called after us. "It's cold out."

I chuckled quietly, as we grabbed our jackets off of the chair by the door, throwing them on.

"And be back before dark!" The Ninetails added.

"Okay, mom!" We both replied simultaneously, as I led the Blaziken out of the house, and into the falling snow. We started walking down the driveway, staying close in the cold, before I asked, "So, where are we going, exactly?"

She merely shrugged, replying, "Not sure." She kissed my cheek, adding, "Just wanted to get out of the house, and be with you."

I smiled back at her, saying, "Yeah, it's been too long since we've been alone. It's fun hanging out with the others, but being with you is never bad."

"The feeling is mutual." She told me, kissing my cheek. "So, anywhere that you want to go? Or just walk around?"

"Wandering the streets seems nice." I replied, as we turned off of the driveway.

"Of all the things to do, you go out in the snow." J said, giving Ashtynn and I our coffee.

I merely shrugged, shooting a quick amused glance across the table to Ashtynn, before telling the Feraligatr, "Well, it seemed fun at the time."

"Still don't fully regret it, really." The Blaziken across from me added.

J rolled his eyes, chuckling out, "Yeah, well you're lucky that I'm not one for reprimanding. Otherwise," He ruffled my black fur and Ashtynn's red feathers, "you two would be getting one hell of an earful."

"Shame, too." The Croconaw behind the counter commented. "Perfect conditions, seeing as the shop is empty."

"You act like you haven't deserved to get bitched out, Reno." I shot back. "Remember when you broke, like, two coffee pots in one day?"

J's nephew simply deadpanned, shooting a glare at me, before going back to cleaning the counter. With that, the Feraligatr chuckled, before leaving us.

As we drank our coffee, Ashtynn tentatively asked me, "So, Adam… Don't you ever miss going back home? I mean, you never really talk to your family anymore, and I've been thinking… Doesn't that ever hurt?"

I froze momentarily at the random serious question, before slowly replying, "I mean, not really. They don't pay much attention to me, anyway."

"It still must suck not going there, though." She pressed. "I mean, they're still your family."

I sighed, replying, "Listen, Ash, because I would prefer to only say this once. I really don't give a fuck. Only person there that I don't hate is my dad, and he's even drifted away from me recently. I just don't fucking care. Got it?"

She nodded slowly, her eyes on the floor. After that, we were plunged back into a rather awkward silence, our only sounds coming from us drinking. We finished our coffee rather quickly, before heading back into the cold. As we started back down the sidewalk, I noticed a figure walking a ways in front of us, clad in black jeans and a blue hoodie.

I chuckled, nodding forward to him, commenting, "Well, at least we aren't the only people crazy enough to go out for a walk in this weather."

"I suppose so." Ashtynn agreed, nodding. "We should start home, though. It's getting late."

"True." I said. "Let's get going."

As soon as the words had left my mouth, I heard rapidly approaching footsteps behind me, followed by something colliding with me. I tripped from the force, barely catching myself before completely losing my footing.

"What the hell, asshole?" Ashtynn shouted after the fleeing person, as I stood back up.

As I watched the form run, I noticed something in its hand.

"Hey, fucker!" I called out, angered. "That's my fucking wallet in your hand!"

I started to give chase, with Ashtynn right behind me. As the thief reached the person in the blue hoodie, I was shocked to see the hoodie spin around, fist raised, launching it into the thief's face. I stopped short, shocked at what happened. I watched the form hit the snow covered ground, before starting to cautiously walk forward.

As I grew closer, I heard the guy in the hoodie say, "Are you fucking serious, Andy? Really?"

My ears perked up at the name, and I sped up my approach. When I arrived at the two, I glanced down to confirm the thief's identity as the asshole shark, before looking at the person in the hoodie, whose identity shocked me.

"Ron?" I asked, confused.

The blue haired teen let out an annoyed sigh, replying, "Please don't call me that. I told those fucking assholes that I hate that."

"Assholes?" I inquired. "Y-You mean your band mates?"

He scoffed, saying, "Hardly. I left the night that you beat us."

"Why?" Ashtynn asked, as she joined us.

"They're fucking assholes." He told us. "When you beat us, the others wanted to fuck with you; get revenge. And this was one of their plans. But, I wasn't about that shit. They had been standable before that, but they just got worse afterwards. So I bailed." He stuck his hand out to us, adding, "By the way, we never got a proper introduction. Cyron, but you can just call me Cyr." He sent a sharp kick into the fallen shark, saying, "Not fucking Ron."

We both shook his hand, as I asked, "So, you hate them now?"

"Yep." Cyr replied. "You guys seem pretty chill, though. Don't see any reason why they'd hate you."

"They're assholes." Ashtynn said, as I bent down and grabbed my wallet.

Yeah, it's short. Meh. Anyway, I'm going to try and make chapters longer and better. See you guys.