forum Monsters? These are my children -Ben (o/o with lisapickle)

Started November 05, 2019 by @chickenfrogman group

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Miki bent over laughing. "Why were we even making this again???"

Silver gasped in excitement and carefully touched the bird, running her finger down his back. "Ohhh he's so soft!" She whispered.

Gabriel slips his hand over hers, carefully correcting how she’s petting the bird. “Like this.” He whispers. “He doesn’t like his head or wings touched.”

Cage shrugs, standing. “But we’ve come this far so we gotta finish.”

"Oh okay. I'm sorry." She barely breathed as he moved her hand along the bird's body. "He's so beautiful."

Miki nodded. "Yeah we do. And I want to see how gross it is when it's done."

A smile flits across his face. “I think so.” He quietly whispers.

Cage pulls out the machine then pours the ice cream gunk in. “Alright, here this goes.”

Silver beamed up at him. "I had no idea you loved animals so much."

Miki plugged it in and turned it on, watching the paddle go around. "Well. Our arms aren't gonna die now."

Cage nods. “Yeah. That’s why I love machines.”

His cheeks flush again and he tries to hide a shy grin. “Yeah. They’re… sweet.” He quietly says, staring at the bird.
and they don’t talk.

Miki watched it for a minute before flipping on the floor. "Now we can lay on the floor for an hour instead."

Silver bit her lip to keep from giggling, her eyes on him and not the bird. "You love them, don't you?"

Cage spread out on the floor. “Ah, much more productive.”

He nods slowly. “Do you like them?”

Silence reigned for several minutes, only disrupted by the whirr of the machine motor.
" This house creeps me out now." Miki whispered. "I feel like there are things crawling on me."

Silver nodded, glancing back at the bird. "Of course I do."

Cage sighs. “Actually there’s a fly on you right now so you’re not wrong.”

Gabriel goes to speak when Ben calls up rather quietly. “Gabriel? Can you get those out of my house please? I don’t-“ He sighs. “I don’t want random animals in my home.”

Silver reluctantly let go of Gabriel and crawled to the top of the ladder. "We're working on it. Where–is there somewhere else we could put them? Do we have a shed or anything?"

"AHH" Miki jerked up and smacked her arm so hard it left a mark on her skin.

Ben rubs his hand over his face, then places his hands on his hips. “Ey, no? The backyard? They’re animals, Sil. They belong outside.”

Cage gasps. “GEEZ mik. It’s just a fly.”

"They're…" She glanced back over her shoulder at Gabe, then turned back to Ben and whispered, "He loves them, Ben. They're not just animals to him. They're his friends. Please?" She begged.

Miki rolled her eyes. "I'm just super creeped out right now, Cage. Don't judge me."

Ben stares up, brow furrowed. “Ah- Sil, do you expect me to just leave them here?? They go outside. They’re not puppies.” He whispers.

Cage purses his lips. “I’m… judging, sorry.”

"Yes." Silver nodded. "Outside, in a shed or something. I don't want them to stay in here either. But you know if we throw them outside Gabe will build a stick fort by the pool or something. Or sneak them into the basement."

Miki smacked him (LIGHTLY). "I feel so betrayed." She put a hand over her heart and sniffed. "I never thought it would come from you, Cage."

He shakes his head, looking around the hallway and thinking of a plan. He looks back up to Silver. “Tell him I’ll buy him a pet, but he can’t keep those in the house.”

Cage giggles. “I’m joking. Hey, how do you think he ice cream will taste?”

Silver half sighed, half groaned, and crawled back to Gabriel. "I'm trying Gabe." She whispered so Ben wouldn't hear. "I don't think he knows what the word 'shed' means in English."

"Nasty." Miki replied without hesitation. "Greasy and nasty."

Cage tries not to laugh, but ends up snorting and laughing so hard his eyes water. “It will be though!”

Gabriel stares, blinking and petting a raccoon.
Can I not keep them?
I can’t put them back outside.

Silver stretched out on the floor and stared at the ceiling, thinking, and patted his leg consolingly.
"I have like $200 dollars saved. I wonder if that's enough to buy a shed."

"Seriously! Greasy ice cream! Why did we think that was gonna be a good idea??"

Gabriel bites his lip, showing his pointy canines. “No. Don’t spend your money on… me.”

Cage continues laughing, covering his mouth and wheezing.

Silver frowned at him and booped his nose with her finger. "I'll spend my money on whoever I want. And I don't have anything better to do than spend it on people I love."

Miki tried to hold in her giggles. "Oh my word it's not that funny, Cage." But the more he laughed the more she laughed, until she couldn't stop.

Gabriel still stares of in the distance and gives his nose a small rub with his hand after she’s taken her finger away.
“Sil, it’s okay.” He scratchily whispers.
They've lived outside before…

Cage rubs his eyes as his laughing calms down and he stands, stretching. “VIIIIII. When are you guys leaving tonight?”
She peers over the balcony, “six I think.”
He nods. “You guys are gonna be out for a while.” He says to himself, rubbing the back of his neck.

Silver sighed. "Babe, I know it's not the worst thing ever but…" She sat up. "I know how much they mean to you." She twisted her lips to one side thoughtfully. "I wonder if I could ask Ben for a shed. For me. Not for you." The idea took root and her eyes lit up. "They might have to be outside for a short while before we get a shed set up, but let me go talk to Ben again." She pressed a quick kiss to Gabe's cheek and scampered down the ladder.

Miki raised an eyebrow. "They won't be back before ten or eleven. I wonder where they're going?"

“Dinner.” Cage states, peering into the ice cream machine. “Or that’s what they said. Maybe they’re really bad guys though and they’re going to tell their boss everything about us.” A grin crosses his lips.

His brow creased, Gabriel watches Sil quickly climb down the ladder.
???
Ben, once noticing she’s finally come back down, walks to Silver, having been leaning against the wall talking to Violet. “Well?”

"Oh my word, you weirdo." Miki rolled her eyes. "And they only rat us out after two years and moving half way around the world??"

Silver stood in front of him and cross her arms. "Can I have a shed?" She asked, pointing at herself.