F/D: Favorite Drink
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You covered your ears with a pillow to block out the annoying groans of the cats.

"UAGHH! THERE ARE TOO MANY CATS!" Katelyn growled.

"Aphmau, Hun, I love cats as much as the next person but...Katelyn has a point. THERES TO MANY CATS!"

"Get. Them out!" You glared.

"Aww! But they're so small! They don't take up any room!"

"THEY TOOK MY BED!" Travis pointed as all the cats rolled around on his bed.

"Yeah, but they took it AFTER you were done using it." "Ah, True..." "What about me!? They ate all my food!"

"Prove it." Katelyn dragged Aphmau over to the table and pointed to the empty plate and crumbs.

"Look. They ate MY food."

"T-That's just an empty plate! It proves nothing!"

"Oh yeah? They tried to eat Bubba earlier! Now hes to scared to do any of the flipping tricks I taught him! Those cats'll eat anything and you can't convince me otherwise!" You scoffed.

"Not to mention! Tubby cat is right next to the plate with crumbs next to him!"

"Meow..." The cat bellowed.

"Aww! He was just hungry!"

"So...Was I."

"But hes so cute!"

"What about Celestia?" "She's been playing with the kittens. It's like she has lots of little brothers and sisters now!"

"Aphmau!" Katelyn groaned.

"Ugh...Fine. I'll take them back to the Crazy Cat Lady's apartment."

"Thank Irene..." You sighed.

"How do you plan to get rid of all of them?" Travis questioned.

"Ehehe...Easy! We'll get Kawaii~Chan to help!"

"Does she even speak cat?" You muttered.

"Aphmau...Just because she's a Mei'fwa one doesn't mean she can communicate with--"

In a flash, Kawaii~Chan was leading all the cats away with fish and back to the crazy cat ladys apartment.

"Huh. What do you know." You smiled.

"Ehehe...You were saying? Katelyn, I've known Kawaii~Chan long enough to know; she knows cats."

"Fine...You know her best I guess..."

"Well, you gotta be KITTEN me." You groaned and covered your ears.

"Oh, no no no! No more cat puns! I am leaving meow! Ugh! Now I'l doing it!" Katelyn wailed, before running off.

A few hours later, you sat in the grass at the park and let the crab you found explore the new found area.

Bubba was safe and sound at home since there were no more cats around and nobody would try and eat him.

You made Kawaii~Chan promise too.

"Enjoying your Poopsie?" Katelyn smiled.

"Yeah..." Aphmau sighed.

"What about you Y/N? You likin' your
F/D?" "Mhm~!" You grinned, as your crab picked up a peice of grass with his claw and shook it a little.

"Huh...Man...It feels like it's been forever since we've been to the park. I don't even think I've even taken Y/N to the park."

"Yeah. It does. Hm? Is that Aarons jacket?" "Huh? Uhh...Err..." "Yup!" You answered.

"Y/N! Uhh...Katelyn! What are we gonna do? We only have a short period of time at the hotel and no one's found any place for us to live."

"Calm down Aphmau. I mean we're bound to find something."

"Hopefully. I still can't believe our house is blew up. Ugh, It's making ny stomach churn just thinking about it!"

You let the two talk and watched your crab interact with it's surroundings.

A squirrel scurried past and it protectively snipped its claws near it making you giggle.

You turned your head and suddenly saw someone you didn't think you'd see again.

Your tail wagged so fast it began to beat against the bench as you scooped up your crab and stood up.

"LAURANCE!" You cheered, catching Katelyn and Aphmaus attention.

The brown haired male whipped his head to you only for you to leap into his arms and hug him.

"Whoa! Hey Y/N!"

"I missed you so much! You've missed so much! We have so much to talk about! Gah! I miss youuuu!" You laughed.

"I know. I heard you shout it through the phone." He smiled, placing you on his neck.

Aphmau went over to Laurance and also hugged him with a bright smile.

"Laurance!? Whoa ho ho, I was not expecting you! How are ya'man?" Katelyn smiled.

"I'm fine but how are you guys? Garroth messaged me to meet you here. Um, which by the way...Why here of all places? Is there an emergency?"

"Uhh...Kind of...You're gonna need to sit down for this." Aphmau sighed.

You all explained it to him as he tried to process it all. Once he did,
"WHAAAAAAAAT!?" Is all he screamed.

"Our house blew up!? You have got to be kidding me!"

"See? This is why I wanted to meet you here! It wasn't just your house, but um...The entire neighborhood. So like everyones house is..."

"Yeah it was all," Katelyn made a bunch of explosion like noises before speaking again. ",And now we're put up in a fancy hotel for a short period of time."

"Ahaha! I wasn't expecting that kind of description from you Katelyn. I forget, you like acting."

"Heh...I'm also trying to lighten up a bit these days." "I see...Summer experience change you?" "Kinda." "I think Trabis had something to do with--Mph!"

Katelyn quickly covered your mouth with a blush making you look up at her confused.

"How about you Laurance? How was your summer?"

"Oh! Actually? Maybe we should wait for Garroth to get out of this job interview." "Garroth's getting a job?" You questioned.

"Mhm. I told you this remember?" "Oh riiight." You muttered.

Laurance chuckled and placed a hand on your head.

"I forgot how much I missed this ones little antics." "Hey!" You pouted.

"And, its okay. Really. It's been a busy summer for me!" "What happened exactly? I never got the full story." " I'm a big brother now, Hehe!"

"Really!? Thats so cool!" You grinned, wagging your tail.

"Yup! My mom went into labor about a month before Summer started. Mom and dad really needed help with the new baby and the farm, so Cadenza and I want to spend the summer there with them."

"Aww! That's so sweet of you guys! How is the baby?" "Is he adorable?" You and Aphmau smiled.

"His name's Kaleb and he's adorable, take a look." He showed you all a picture of the baby as your eyes widened into stars.

"Awww!" The three of you crooned.

"Heh...Yeah. you ladies say that now but wait until it keeps you up until 5 a.m. in the morning." Laurance sighed.

"Yikes. Yeah, that's why I don't particularly have a thing for babies...Unlike some people." Katelyn smirked, turning to Aphmau and yourself.

"Only because I want a younger sibling!" You defended.

Aphmau only squealed at the thought of a baby.

"Well, I used to but after all the sleep I lost this summer...Man. They're hard work."

"Still, it's so great of you both to help your mom!"

"What about your summer? How did things go with Love~Love Paradise?"

"It's...a...long story. But we'll tell you on the way back to the hotel! Come on!"

"I'll help with your bags." "Thanks guys." Laurance smiled.

And with that, you four made your way back to the hotel.

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"Heyyy! We're back~!" "And look we found!" You and Aphmau smiled, stepping aside so Laurance could enter.

"Laurance!" "Garroth!" The two grinned. They ran foreward to embrace eachother in a hug.

"Aww! I missed you bro!" "Same bro, Same!"

"Aww..Bro!" "Bro!" "Why are they saying bro?" You muttered.

"And now I'm going to go throw up it's so sweet." Katelyn scoffed.

"Aww...They're such bros!"

"Alright! Well Aphmau, Y/N...I'll leave you two here to watch over them."

"Huh?"

"Where are you goin'?"

"Uhh, Work? You know, the thing I got to do to make moneh'z. Heh, see you later. Bro." "Bye, Bro~"

"Later Bro!" You and Aphmau giggled.

"Man, it's great to be back! But uh...Where is everyone?"

"Everyone's got regular jobs or temp jobs or are looking for jobs right now."

"I see. So pretty much everyone is busy. What about you Aphmau? Y/N?"

"I still work part-time at the maid Cafe." "And I'm a kid so I have no job."

"Where's Aaron?" "Work, of course."

"Zane? Dante? Travis?" "Work, Work, and Work again!" You smiled.

"Man, you guys have been busy since you all got back."

"Pretty much. Since we're all living in joining hotel rooms, everyone's been going out more. Kind of...Really cooped up in here."

"Speaking of which, what happened to all the kitties?" "Hmph Katelyn, Y/N, and Travis made me get rid of them..."

"Awww..." "So...It's my first night back, you guys want to do anything?"

"Well...Garroth, Y/N and I we're going to try to look again for a place where everyone can live, but it is your first day back."

"Ooh~! How about we go look around for a place and then go get something to eat!" "Food!" You cheered.

"That sounds great!" "Perfect!" "Let's go!" You all left the hotel took to look for another place to live and came across another building.

"Hmm...Guys?This place seems too good to be true."

"Last time a place was too good to be true, we ended up rooming with a few cats for a couple of days and I don't want to go through that again." You sighed.

"Look innocent enough." "The ad said it was vacant, it has plenty of apartments for everyone."

" I...Don't know guys, I'm getting weird feeling from this place still." "Well, we won't know until we meet the landlord!"

"Where is he by the way?" "Maybe he's inside, let's go find out." "Wait for me buddy!"

"Guys! Wait! Ugh, this is just like them. Y/N, hold my hand and stay close. I don't like this place." Aphmau sighed.

"Mkay Aph." You smiled, doing as told.

With that, you two followed the boys.

When you both entered, the place actually looked fairly. "Huh...This place looks nice." "Really nice." You heard Garroth and Laurance say.

"G-Guys...We shouldn't be in here. We weren't let in."

"Don't worry Aphmau. I have my ears on high alert and my scent on overdrive. Everything is gonna be fine." You nodded.

"Exactly. Its fine, don't worry."

"Okay...Well--" The door suddenly shut and the lights flicked out.

You jumped and felt your tail stick up straight.

"Hey, who turned out the lights?" "Don't look at me!" "Okay, Maybe this was a bad idea."

"Garroth!? Laurance! Y/N! Where are you guys!" Aphmau called.

You opened your eyes and for someone reason only saw Aphmaus.

Not her body but just her eyes.

"Over here! Follow my eyes!" "Is anyone else concerning we can clearly see each other's eyes?" "Nah." "No, not really."

"Yeah, this is more like a scene creators do when they don't want to animate or body at the scene." "Exscuse me!?" "What? I said it. You wrote this." "Nice script writing Jess." You sighed.

"Hah! I have no idea what you're talking about! Stop breaking walls!"

"What are you talkin about? There are no walls! Look I'll show you." Garroth did something that caused him to end up on the floor.

"Ow! Okay, so there are some walls still." "This place is dark..." You muttered.

"See? Told ya'~" "Ah, who knows that now. Glad you put effort into smashing my face!" Garroth growled.

"Oh come here and say that to me, Eyeballs!" "Oh now it's on!"

"Guys, come on! We need to find a light switch or a way out to--...Uh...Guys? Who's eyea are those?"

"Huh? What eyes? Uh--Aww...They're so low on the ground!"

Now that anyone could see it since its so dark.

"It might be a tiny little kitty! C'mere kitty, Kitty~" Aphmau continued to croon at the eyes you prayed were a cat as you slowly backed up until you ran into Garroth.

It then rose in height cutting Aphmau off.

"Ohhh nooo..." She muttered.

You three screamed in fear before the lights came back on.

You looked foreward to see a blond male with light blue eyed and a brow haired male with piercing preen eyes.

"What the--!?" "Hello and Welcome!"
"To your new home!" The two grinned. "You practically scare me to death!" "Hahaha! You can blame my brother for that one."

"I'm a huge fan of spooks!" "Are you guys the landlords?!"

"Yep!" "What's the big idea scaring people like that?!" "Not cool! Not funny!" You and Laurance yelled.

"Halloween's almost here!" "Its September!" Garroth scoffed.

"Actually, he's got a good point. Halloween is almost here."

"Again, our apologies for that. We didn't mean to scare you guys too much. We just like to put on a show! Because if you got a scare out of that, you'll get the scare out of the low prices to rent this place!"

"Come again?"

"I was introduced ourselves! We are the Phoenix Brothers!" "Phoenix Property Brothers to be exact! We're here to help you find a home with no contract!"

"Aha! You mean SOME contract!" "Some contract!" The two continued to bicker as you four just stared, still shaken by the scare those two gave given.

"Well, that's nice of you boys but I don't think I want this place after the scare we got from you too." Aphmau smiled, voice trembling.

"No worries! We can easily help you find another place, that's her job after all!"

You, for some odd reason, found yourself feeling fimilar to the boys. As if you've known them before. It almost made your tail slightly wag.

"If you don't like this place, maybe we'll show you around town!" "Really?" "Can we trust them?" "Hey! It helps us, what harm can it do?"

Back at the hotel you curled up in a ball on the floor, Terrified at all of the scares the two Property Brothers kept doing.

"Ugh, Those Property Brothers kept scaring us..." "Whoo! So psyched for Halloween now! Ahaha!"

"Its September! Sep-Tem-Ber!" Garroth growled. 

When Aaron walked in his smiled at the sight of Laurance.

"Hey Laurance! To see ya'! Um, Ar-Are you guys okay?" "Aaroooon...." You groaned,.hugged the side of his arm.

"No...more...spooks..." Laurance muttered before him and Garroth kicked the bucket and fell asleep with you slowly giving into sleep as well while leaning on Aaron.

He chuckled and lifted you up to hold you.

"Aph? What's going on?" "Ahh, just a long day." "Are you okay? You look pale, like you seen a ghost.."

"Whaat? Me? Huh...Nah...I'm just very---" Suddenly there was a bump making Aphmau shoot up.

"AH! SPOOKS! AH!" She yelped.

"Uhh...Okay..?" Aaron chuckled at your sleeping face and placed you in bed next to Laurance.

You instinctively got closer to the male for warmth as he draped an arm over you.

You smiled in your sleep as did Laurance.

It was good to have him back.