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She woke up in the adoption center again. She woke up to the same small cramped room with a peeling wall and creaking bed. She sighed and got up, marking the calendar on her desk. She did her morning routine just like every morning, she grabbed her glasses, got dressed, brushed her teeth, combed her hair (she had been trying to grow it out to look more feminine but it was taking longer then she would have preferred). She stared inthe mirror for a while at her reflection.
She was short with medium length brown hair, she had two small green horns sticking out of her head and small green scales under her eyes. Her eyes these small black slits in green pupils. Her ears where longer then most and had green scales at the tips and she had small sunflower earrings hanging from them. She wore a wore a basic white shirt with a stripped green and white long sleeve under it, holes cut in both so her small wings could pop out. She wore a basic long green skirt with another hole in it for her tail.
*i look so girly*
*i love it*
She walked out of her room down the hall and into the waiting room, it was a large room where the kids would sit and wait for families to come in to see them.
*Todays the day*
she thought, but she thought this every time, every time for the past 4 years.. She was 9 now about to be 10 and was wondering if maybe this wasn’t the day, maybe the day will never come.

Time passed, minutes turned into hours, and yet no one showed up, at least not for her.The first hour, She saw a blue bird person and a guy with a red hoodie, they walked past her and went straight for Bobby, she was excited for him of course. She waved goodbye as she watched him walk out the door with his new family.
*it’s probably something with me, that would make the most sense*
*of course they want Bobby and not me, he is perfect, he doesn’t get upset over a change in routine or the wrong textures, he’s normal*
*He is normal but as normal as a kid could be. I’m normal, maybe not as normal as Bobby but still normal.*
Another hour passed, she was coloring when the sound of a voice stopped her, causing her to look up, there was a man in the shop this time. He looked like a demon and was staring at her.
her tail started flicking
*stay calm, stay calm*
She walked over and sat down
“Hello, i’m Juanaflippa, flippa for short” she signed to him, smiling
“Hello! I am bad” he signed back
They talked for a bit before he said goodbye to her and moved over to Dapper. He was smiling and laughing.
*why didn’t he do that with me*
She hadn’t talked to Dapper as much as Bobby but was still smiling and waving as she watched him get picked up by the man and taken away.
*What was so special about him and not me?*

A few more hours passed and more kids left, Chayanne was taken by a bird looking man, Leonarda was taken by a weird shark looking creature and a buff man, Ramón was taken by a bald man, Tilin was picked up by a weird smiling man, and last Trump was taken by a man in blue. That was it, that was all of them, except for her. Once again she was alone. This whole time not one person stopped to talk to her, not one looked in her direction.

*Is it because of the way I dress? I like dressing more girly, I feel pretty when I do*
*Is it because I make weird noises when i’m excited that can’t be it everyone does that, we are part dragon after all*
*Is it my hair, my tail or wings, the fact I wear glasses. I don't understand. I’ve done everything right so why does no one want me*
She can feel herself getting ready to cry, she starts pacing back and forth her tail flicking side to side, her hands shaking up and down
*Is it my personality? I don’t know how to change that*
*I have to be the problem there is no another solution, it can’t be the families they know what they want and it’s not me… how do i become less me*

Just then there was a tapping on the glass, she stops pacing and looks. There are two people standing there. To the left a man with brown hair, glasses, green eyes and a shirt with hearts on it. To his right a man with brown hair, glasses, a yellow suit and a cape. The cape looked fluffier then a normal cape should be. The man in yellow waved at her and smiled. She turns and stares at them.
*oh.. Stay calm stay calm stay calm*
*They have glasses.. Like me*
She walks closer to the glass and looks at them, smiling.
“Hello, you both have glasses, like me” she signs then points to her glasses
“Yes! We do” the man in green signs back
“What is your name?” the man in yellow asks
“Juanaflippa, flippa for short” she signs back her tail flicking back and forth at a fast rate
*they want me they want me they want me*
*Well, I hope they want me. I don’t want to get my hopes up. Just because we have glasses doesn’t mean they want me*
Her tail slows down in pace
“That's a lovely name” the yellow man signs
It picks back up
“What are your names”
*be polite, politeness is always good*
*if your polite maybe they will want you*
“I’m slimecicle or slime for short” the man in green signs
“I’m Elmariana or Mariana for short, look at that another thing in common, shorten names”
*please let this be it, please let them be the ones*
Her tail moves faster
“We have so much in common” she signs smiling at them
*please.. Please, i can’t stay another night here, alone*
Time passes and they talk for a while. She learns slime's favorite color is bright green, he’s favorite creature is slimes, he plays the kazoo, he doesn’t know how to cook or decorate a home, apparently, mariana added in that last fact. She learned Marianas favorite color is red, he knows how to cook, loves to explore and has broken at least 3 pairs of glasses. They learned that flippa loves the color sage green, she loves to draw, she can spit a small amount of fire, and can make chirping noises like a bird. The last two were common dragon facts but she liked sharing them anyway.
*we have been talking for so long, why haven’t they signed the papers… the other only talked to their families for a few minutes, it feels like it has been hours*
She wasn’t complaining, talking to them was nice. They liked to pick fights with each other in a playful way and it was funny to watch but deep down she started to wonder if maybe they just kept talking cause if they left they knew it would break her heart….
They had to leave eventually though and they did. They said goodbye with a smile and then left.
Leaving her confused, heart broken and upset. She walked back to her room shut the door, laid down and sobbed
*Did I do something wrong?*

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He was perfect, or maybe she.. he wasn’t sure but they were perfect at least in Marianas eyes. They were sweet, kind, funny and yet had the fighting spirit in them. They would be perfect for the family and yet their walk home after seeing flippa was quiet.
*i thought he liked them, he was laughing and smiling, he agreed to come and said he was thinking about the idea of a family, the next step*
Kids were always a touchy subject, Mariana loved them and so did slime but when it came to thinking about raising one thing would go silent. They both knew they weren’t perfect parent material but Mariana was willing to try it out. Slime was more apprehensive about it but would never explain why he felt that way.
“So” the silence breaks
“What did you think of them?” mariana asked looking at his husband
He was staring ahead, walking slowly almost like he was thinking about something, something in his past. Mariana knew he had a strange past but never asked about it. He was told a few small things but when he asked about it in more detail, slime ended up staring at the wall in their home for a day straight, going into his natural goo like from, it looked like slime, it had his build and eyes but his body would become a translucent green and become viscous, sinking into the couch and just staring, tears rolling down his face. After that he decided to never ask unless slime brought it up.
“mi amor” marian gently grabs his face stopping, making him turn and look at him
Slime stare his eyes unblinking, his facing becoming more viscous and green
“Sigues conmigo”(Are you still with me) he stares at him, his head tilting
After a while slime responded
“Yes” the green disappearing being replaced with his normal skin color and his eyes unglazing. That was something Mariana was still getting used to, the natural goo form and the human form he would take when they were out and about. He was a slime hybrid so it wasn’t shocking he could become slime but watching his skin melt into the slime or the skin like cover surfacing was always weird.
Marian give him a small kiss on the head
“Good”, he moved his hand off his face and down to his hand grabbing it and continued to walk, slime was never super affectionate when it came in contact with other people. He would give them hand shakes, dap them up or even hug them from time to time but when it came to mariana he was always so physical. His theories for this was that 1. Slime hybrids when in goo form tend to leave slime trails and just the goo isn’t always the greatest texture to be touching 2. When in human forms they can only hold things for so long before the slime parts start to seep through due to the sweat build up, something about how slimes like moisture 3. Mariana didn’t mind the slime texture so he didn’t care how normal or gooey slime was; he loved him all the same.
“So what did you think of them?” he asked again
“They are.. Perfect, "Slime said.
*wow…. That's a shock.. I know he wasn’t a huge fan of raising a kid but if this one stole his heart maybe there is a chance for a family*
Mariana smiled
“I thought so as well, i” he was cut off
“But i don’t think we should adopt them” slime said, his hand tightening around marianas
“por qué”
“I’m not a father mariana, we both aren’t, i don’t think i ever will be as much as I would love to think I could be. I don’t want to ruin this kid's life because I don't know how to be a parent. That's not fair to them”
“no digas eso,(don't say that) you will make a wonderful father!” he signed “we have a lot to learn, yes, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try. We can learn to be good parents for them, we can learn to be amazing fathers but we won’t know unless we try. We both know we want a kid eventually so why not now”
“Mariana, it's not that simple. You can’t just adopt a kid so you can learn to be a good parent! You have to know you are a good parent or know you are ready to be a good parent so you can adopt a kid. They aren’t pets that if we learn we suck at parents we can return” his hand gripped tighter, it was starting to melt absorbing around his hand
“sabes que eso no es lo que quise decir”(You know that's not what I meant) he lets go of slimes hand.
“I want to adopt that kid because i want a family and i know deep down that i can be a good father if i am given the chance, i know you have mixed feelings about this and that is fine, i will wait til you’re ready but i want you to know i am ready” he sighed and then grabbed slimes hand again
“Y creo que en el fondo estás listo para hacerlo, eres simplemente sagrado.”(And I think deep down you're ready to do it, you're just sacred.)
Slime stares at him and sighs
“ your right, i am scared… and i do think they are perfect for us, just let me think it over, this is a lot”
“Ok”
They continue the walk home in silence once again but this time not a silence of confusion but of acceptance

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Slime laid in bed next to Mariana wide awake. It has been hours since seeing flippa and their talk and yet those things keep playing on repeat in his head. Walking into the adoption center, seeing Flippa, his heart filling with joy and love, them laughing, him melting over it, leaving, the heartbreak. The walk home, the silence, how perfect flippa was, the fear of being a bad father, Marianas expression, his words, the end. These thoughts played in his mind never leaving. He knew flippa was perfect, they were everything he could want and he only met them once. He knew he wanted to be a father and raise a kid but after… Tommy… he wasn’t sure he could try again.
*Tommy*
His heart skipped a beat
*Tommy, tommy*
His breath quickened
*you let him die*
*that wasn’t my fault*
His heart was beating to fast, it hurt
*he trusted you and you killed him*
*he tried to kill me first, i need to kill him*
*no you didn’t*
*yes i did*
He grabs his throat hoping to let air into his lungs
*no you didn’t you killer, he was just a kid*’
*I HAD TO DO IT FOR GRIZZLY*
He sat up in bed, tears beginning to fall, breath fast, heart pounding
*grizzly*
He stood up slowly, shaking, leaving Mariana alone as he left the room. Almost on autopilot he walked to the couch and sat down, staring at the wall. He began turning green, his skin slowly melting and his goo like from sticking to the couch, becoming one with it.
*grizzly*
*i did it for him*
He blinked slowly and as he opened his eyes he was back on his throne. His brothers next to him, laughing. He looked over and there he was, alive, grizzly. He blinked again and he was dead, dying in his arms. He blinked again, Tommy, slowly burning in lava, he blinked again and in front of him was a ram -headed man standing in a white room, a table, two chairs and a cheese board.
“Charlie.. Your remembering again” the Ram said, snickering
“I..i.. Fuck”
“Take a seat my friend, might as well chat while your mortal body relieves your trauma, i’ll give you 5 minutes this time, lets just say i’ve missed you”
It all starts to come back, his brothers, their god hood, jschlatt, grizzlys death, his deal, 100 days, Tommy, his deals. His demeanor changes in a flash, he was once a mortal man, with a wife and soon to be kid
*When did he decide that?*
and now he was a god, playing games with another god. His form shifting back into its god-like state. It felt natural, comforting.
He had his classic brown hair but with glowing green tip and a halo of enchantment ruins around his head, a golden crown of leaves as well. Earnings and elf like ears, long black cape with a galaxy of ruins on the inside. Along the trim is golden leaves and plants, flowing up to the center of it which holds a cornucopia. He wore a button up green shirt with a long flowing green sleeve with open ends. The button up opened to show a glowing apple where his heart should be, his chest and arms slime and bones. He had a belt with 3 red hearts like his shirt. Basic pants with a flowing green fabric piece in the middle with a crafting table on it and no shoes.
“You missed me huh, that's a first” he walks over taking a seat at the table moving a pawn.
“What can I say? I’m a sentimental man” the ram walks over, taking a seat and moving a pawn.
He looked exactly as chalire remembered him. Hlaf man, half ram. His bottom half full ram, hooves accented with gold and hips adored with gold chains and belts. His upper half was a slick white suit with a blood red tie and a small golden apple symbol on the breast pocket. His hands a blur of human and ram switching in a flicker. His head the same, sometimes a full ram with jewelry on the horns, other times a half way with his human face and ram ears and horns or just human with those ugly mutton chops.
Today seemed to be a halfway type day. His horns sticking out and shining with gold.
“I didn't expect you to be one ethier, charlie, a wife and a soon to be kid… i’m shocked”
“What can i say..things change” he moves another pawn.
“So what caused the trigger this time?” His ram-like hand slowly peels away revealing a human hand till his is a mix of ram and human. He gives a smug grin as he moves a knight.
“Tommy, who then moved to grizzly’s death” he moves a knight. Staring daggers at this goat man, they had a weird friendship. Simply put they were two gods playing each other till one gives up. They were at war and yet talked like they were old friends. It was strange, two powerful gods in a room playing cheese like old friends when in reality they are seeing which one breaks first, pushing each other to their limits till one finally falls. Two halves of an evil making a whole.
“Mmmm that's the 2nd time so far you’ve thought about grizzly’s death…he’s ok now thanks to you, you can't stop thinking about him” he moves a rook. Smiling still. Charlie's hand balls into a fist.
“Well if it’s such an inconvenience for you why don’t you just completely erase my memories so i don’t have to keep coming back here” he moves another knight. Venom filling his tone
“Well where's the fun in that, then we won’t be able to play cheese” he laughs a bit and then moves his rook once again. He lifts his hand checking his wrist, we’re a golden watch lays.
“Ah well would you look at that, checkmate” the table vanishes before chalire can even see if he had lost, where the table was now sits, his mortal body currently silently crying and sinking into the couch. Looming above it stood that white bear, cucurucho, but he had small ram horns coming out of his head, he was slowly leaning down and picking up slimes body.
“Welp Charlie,our time has been fun but it’s time to continue the game” jschlatt standing, smiling at him. Charlie stands as well staring daggers into him.
“So be it”
The man's body lights into flame and becomes a ram once again, his hand out, and in a flash of fire, an apple appears
“Good luck my friend”
The apple beings to spin
“APPLE”
Slime wakes up in the arms of the bear, who was slowly putting him back into bed next to mariana. Who was surprisingly still asleep. He kicks at the thing and falls onto the floor. Quickly looking over to make sure he didn’t wake Mariana.
*nope that man could sleep through a hurricane*
He stands up and pushes the bear out of the room. “What the fuck are you doing here??’
“You were not feeling well. I was helping”
“I am fine now, please leave.. Get the fuck out”
The bear leaves and he is now alone in his living room again
*How the fuck did the bear even get into the house?*
*that was fucking weird… anyway*
He walks back into their bedroom and looks over at his wife and then stops. He remembers what he was thinking about.
*flippa*
He leaves the bedroom and walks back over to the couch sitting down. They were perfect, slime couldn't lie. They seemed like the perfect fit for the home, chaotic and yet peaceful. He stood up and started pacing. If he really loved them this much, why was he so scared to adopt them? To take that final step? Mariana had talked about kids for months and slime had told him he thought about it as well so why not get one. He wanted to be a dad.. He was just scared of fucking up but with mariana maybe it would work out.
*you know what fuck it. I want this and so does he.. Let's get a kid*
He began working on plans for their bedroom that night, to surprise mariana, to show he was ready to be a father, to have a family. While he wasn’t the best designer or builder it ended up looking pretty good… a stone room with a bed, chest and a bookshelf without books.
*yeah this is good.. Really good*
He headed down the ladder that leads into the room and back to their bedroom, mariana was still asleep but judging by the sun rising he would be up soon.
*shit have i been working all night?*
“Mariana” slime whispers as he sits down on their bed.
“mi esposa perra”(my bitch wife) he whisper again and mariana began to wake
“si, mi marido puta” (yes, my whore husband) mariana responded, his voice very sleepy
“I have something to show you” slime smiled and grabbed his wife's hand. Mariana got up without a fight and slowly followed slime, still very sleepy and rubbing his eyes.
“When did this hole get in our house?” Mariana asked as slime led them to flippas room.
“It’s always been there. Anyway just head up that ladder” slime followed behind him and once they were up he smiled at mariana and waved his hands
“Tah da!!!”
“¿Qué diablos estoy mirando?”(What the hell am I looking at?) mariana said wide eyed and awake
“There is a hole in our fucking house???” he said moving his hands around the room confused
“It’s not a hole, it is flippas new room! I know it’s not perfect but.. I wanted them to have a room before we went and got them… i.. I want to adopt them mariana, I'm ready.. I want to have a family with you” slime said, staring at mariana smiling
*Why was that so hard to say, why was he so nervous?*
Before he can react he watches as Marian's wings shoot out and both his arms and wings wrap around him. He begins kissing him, laughing and spinning around. Once he stops he pulls back, grabbing his hands and looking at slime.
*he is perfect*
“I want to have a family with you slime”
He hugs him again
“te amo”
“I love you too, my bitch wife” he smiles and for the first time, he feels happy.

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Flippa woke up in the adoption center again. She sighed and got up, marking the calendar on her desk. She did her morning routine just like every morning, she grabbed her glasses, got dressed, brushed her teeth, and combed her hair. She walked out of her room down the hall and into the waiting room.
*maybe todays the day*
She sat down and began to color, not noticing the door opening and the couple walking in. she was coloring a picture of flowers, a bouquet of roses, lily’s and sunflowers, when she heard a knock on the glass. Looking up she was met with 2 pairs of glasses, a pair of green eyes and a pair of brown ones. She almost passed out
*ooooooooooo!! It’s them! They came back!!*
*why?*
*Maybe adopt me!!* she began walking over to the glass, her tail flicking back and forth at a rapid pace and her hands flapping up and down
*be calm be calm, be cool be cool*
“Hello slime and mariana!” she signed sitting down now face to face with them
*if only the glass wasn’t in between us*
“You remember us!” slime said
“Hello flippa!” Mairana signed
“Of course I remember you!” she signed
*Why wouldn’t I remember you? you were the only family that wanted to talk to me*
“Flippa we have something we want to ask you” Mariana signs, smiling
Flippas tail starts wagging faster, back and forth, back and forth.
*please let it be you want to adopt me*
*i’m jumping to conclusion it could be so many different things like, what's your favorite season, who is the best kid to adopt, why do you shake your hands around when your excited*
*they talked to me a lot last time so maybe it will be like that again*
“We were thinking about adopting you” Mariana says
“we just wanted to make sure it was ok with you first, I know you met us yesterday and some kids only met their parents for a few hours but we thought we should ask anyway in case you don’t want us to adopt you” slime says
Flippas heart jumps out of her chest. She begins chirping and hoping around in circles, tail wagging and hands flapping
*yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesye*
It takes her a little while to calm down, she turns and looks at them and blushes a bit from embarrassment. She calmly walks back over to the glass.
*so much for being calm*
“Yes, i would love it if you adopted me” she signed, her tail wagging again
“Perfect!” Mariana says smiling wide
“I will go start on the paperwork, slime, do you want to stay with flippa while I go fill that out?”
“Sure” slime said standing closer to flippas glass room
*It's happening. It’s really happening..a family wants me… they really want me*
Mariana walks off out of flippas view and then it was just her and slime. She sat down next to the glass, tail swishing, staring at slime.
*this is my father now….i’ve never had one of those.. I guess I do now.. This is so weird and exciting*
*i wonder what their house will be like, i wonder what we will do together, go on a picnic, watch movies, color, do puzzles, be a family*
*family.. family*
It felt weird to think those words….flippas eyes started to tear up
*i have a family*
“woh , hey flippa are you ok?” slime asked looking concerned
“Yeah just happy” she signed back
She watched as slime sigh
*he was worried…how kind*
“So what would you like to do when we get out of here?” slime signed
“I don’t know” she signed back
*i have so many ideas, how do i pick just one*
“How about flower picking” she signed her tail swishing
“That's a wonderful idea flippa! what’s your favorite flower?” slime signed
“Sunflower” she signed smiling
*i haven’t seen many flowers, we have only been let outside for field trips and those where rare*
“That's a nice one! There should be some on our way back home, we can pick them up” slime said
*home*
*i have a home now*
After a while of talking back and forth Mariana came back
“Alrighty, paperwork is done! Do you want to go grab your things flippa?” Mariana asked
“Yep” she signed as she headed back to her room, she picked up her old green backpack and began grabbing things and throwing them in. A few coloring books, coloring supplies, a few books she was trying to read, and her small poppit fidget keychain. She hid that deep in her bag, it was the color of the trans flag and she still wasn’t sure if they were ok with trans people.
*I can't mess this up right away. I just got a family i can’t lose them*
She walked out of her room and down the hall where the exit to the waiting room was and there they were. Slime and mariana, her family, waiting for her.
“Ready flippa?” slime asked
“Got everything?” mariana asked
“Yep” she signed
Mariana reached his hand out and she took it. Her tail swished as they headed out the door.
The sun was brighter than flippa remembered but it felt wonderful on her skin, it was nice and warm. She looked around and immediately let go of Marianas hand running toward the open world in front of her.
“Flippa, wait up!” They both cried as she began sprinting.
*It's beautiful! Look at all the flowers and tree and bugs*
She began grabbing flowers left and right. Poppy’s lilies, roses, and more. Whatever she could get her hands on. Mariana and Slime managed to catch up to her and she was just sitting in the grass looking at the flowers in her hand, smiling, tail swishing as she made chirping sounds.
“Ok, new rule, no running off, please” Mariana said sitting down next to flippa
Slime followed sitting next to mariana
“Sorry, i was excited” she signed again, looking down, the flowers slipping from her grasp
*I messed up. I was so excited to see flowers*
*that's not an excuses, this kind of slip up could send me back to the adoption center*
*I don't want to upset them. I can listen and be good*
“No, no it’s ok flippa, don’t apologize, we just don’t want you to get lost or hurt and we are not there to help” Mariana said, quickly handing her a poppy.
“Yeah it’s ok flippa, you did nothing wrong” Slime said
They sat there for a while just relaxing. Flippa stared at the flowers she had gathered and asked her new parents what types they are, how they grow, if they have meaning and more. Slime and mariana sat there next to her answering all her questions and smiling. Eventually the sun began to set and Mariana stood up.
“It’s time to head home, Flippa. We don’t want to be out when it gets dark” Marian signed and reached his hand out for her to grab, which she did.
*i heard that spooky things come out at night*
Slime stood up grabbing all the flowers Flippa had gathered and began walking with them back home.
*home… home..home*
It was dark when they made it home. The home was smaller than she thought it would be. It was also inside a large wall so that was another surprise.
*what a weird place to build a house*
Mariana let go of her hand and let her explore with slime while he starts a late dinner.
“Oh! Flippa before I start making dinner, do you have any dietary preferences?” mariana asked before she took off running toward the living room.
“I am vegan” she signed back
*i hope this doesn’t cause any issues*
*it shouldn’t he asked so that means he cares so its ok*
*he cares*
“Alrighty good to know” Mariana says as he heads into the kitchen
*he wasn’t upset…*
“So Flippa, what do you want to see first? We have the living room, our bedroom, the bathroom and your room” Slime says
*my room.. They already have it done. I mean it makes sense they wouldn’t adopt a kid without having a room ready
*she starts flapping her hands
“My room please!!” she signs
“Your room it is” Slime says as he starts walking towards a hallway, after walking for a second they stopped at a hole in the wall
*ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm*
Slime kept walking into the hole and then to the right. Flippa ran to catch up and grabbed onto his leg
“This is spooky” she signed
“It’s ok Flippa, it’s just the hallway to your room…. It’s not done yet so that's why it’s just stone but one day we will make it a nice wood like the house” Slime said as they made it to a ladder at the end of the hallway
“Up we go” Slime signed as he helped Flippa climb the ladder.
Once they were up she was met with her room. It was all stone. The walls. The floor. The ceiling. In the corner of the room was a bed with basic black sheets and a simple patterned blanket, next to it was a small nightstand. In the other corner is a desk and a bookshelf on the wall near the ladder.
*this looks like a prison*
*i’m going to die here*
“Taaa DAAA!! Do you like it?? I built it myself! I know it’s not much, mariana promised to take you shopping tomorrow to make it fit your style more but for now what do you think?” Slime said smiling at her
*that your a bad builder and no one has the guts to tell you, other then Mariana*
*that’s mean don’t say that, he will return you*
“It looks great. Thank you for making this for me” she signs
“Your welcome flippa” Slime signed back smiling
“Here why don’t we draw a few pictures to hang on the wall to add some color till Mariana can take you shopping” Slime said walking over to the desk and grabbing some paper and markers
“YES!” she signed her tail flicking back and forth
They both sat down on the cement floor together and started drawing. Flippa draws a picture of flowers, some bees she saw while sitting with her family in the grass and a forest. Slime drew pictures of slime.
*ok so he can’t build or draw…..*
*at least he is trying to make you happy*
*he is the best*
Her tail began to speed up as they continued to color. She drew a few more pictures and slime helped her pin them to the cement wall.
“Look at that! Your a real artist Flippa” Slime said staring at the wall of art
“Can you stand next to the art wall? I want to get a picture. If that is ok with you” Slime said, grabbing a camera from his inventory.
*he… he is asking for my consent*
*he cares so much about me and he hasn’t even had me for a day*
*he made a room for me, helped decorate it and now wants to save this moment forever*
She could feel tears rising but she shoved them down and smiled
*we can cry later it’s picture time*
“Yes that's ok”she signed as she stood next to the art wall smiling
“1….2…..3” and then a click and a flash of the camera
“That was a good one Flippa” Slime said
“Let me see. Let me see” Flippa signed as she jumped up and down trying to see the picture
“Ok ok. Here” Slime said as he put the camera down to her level.
*i look so happy*
Her tail began swishing and she started to making chirping sounds
“It looks great” She signed
“la cena está lista”(Dinner is ready) Mariana shouted
“Welp, you heard your mother. It’s time to eat” Slime said as he started to head down the ladder
*mother*
She followed slime down the ladder and through the stone hallway back into the main house and into the dinning room. There was a lot of food on the table
*wow….i’ve never seen this much food before*
“What would you like to drink Flippa?” Mariana asked from the kitchen
“Water please” She signed to slime who yelled it to Mariana
“I made vegan tacos… i hope that is ok” Mariana said as he brought in the drinks and set them on the table. Slime walked over and showed Flippa where she would be sitting and then sat down. Mariana was at the head of the table with slime on his left and Flippa on his right
“That is perfect, thank you” She signed
Mariana passed out the food and they all began eating
*This is incredible. It taste amazing*
*Make sure to say something, you don’t want to seem ungrateful*
*They have offered you so much you have to make sure they know you appreciate it*
*If not you could seem rude and they don't want a rude kid*
*Slime made a room for you and Mariana made you a good dinner*
*you have to be grateful*
*you are grateful*
“So tell us a bit about yourself Flippa”
The sound of Marianas voice broke her thought
“Like what” She signed
“Well we know your favorite color and flower… what about your favorite book?” Mariana asked
“I didn’t read much while in the adoption center… i can’t read very well” She signed
“Oh, well we can help you with that” Slime said
“Yeah we can pick up some books on our shopping trip tomorrow and help you read” Mariana said
“Ok” she signed back
*I've always wanted to read books.. Not just picture ones*
“What about your favorite animal?” Slime asked
“I don’t have one” She replied
This went on for a while, simple questions, it was nice. They laughed and slime answered some of the questions which lead into mariana joining in and they all learned a lot about each other.
“Ok let's do something a bit more personal. You don’t have to answer this one if you don’t want flippa but do you have preferred pronouns”
She went still
*oh no*
“I use he/him” Slime said
“I use he/him or she/her, since i am your mother” Mariana said
*they both have pronouns which means they believe in them*
*But that doesn’t mean they accept it, they could be lying*
*why would they lie about that*
*it’s a safe space. They wouldn't ask unless they didn’t care*
She was starting to get stressed, her ears flicking back and she was starting to make a low growl noise.
*it’s ok, you can say it*
*no not yet, it’s no soon*
She started picking at her nails, the growling growing loader
“Flippa?” Slime said
“It’s ok you don’t have to tell us, i just wanted to ask so we don’t misgender you” Mariana said
“This is a safe space Flippa but we will not push you, are you ok with they/them till you're ready to tell us?” Mariana asks carefully grabbing flippas hands to stop her from picking at them
“Yed” She signed her ears returning to normal and the growling stopping
“Ok” mariana said smiling
“How about we get ready for bed Flippa, it’s been a long day” Slime said as he stood up from the table
“Ok” she signed
She did her nighty routine and made her way to her new room, her Father? In toe
He tucked her in and Mariana joined a bit later to read a bedtime story.
“The end” Mariana said
“Goodnight Flippa” Slime said as he headed down the ladder
“Goodnight” She signed
“Goodnight Flippa, I hope today was fun for you.” Mariana said as he put the book on the shelf
“I’m sorry if we overwhelmed you, we are both very happy you are here and want to make sure you now that and we could have gotten carried away” Mariana said looking at her
“No, no today was perfect” She signed
“You are both amazing” She signed
“I’m glad you think so” Mariana said as he turned and headed toward the ladder
“Goodnight Flippa, we are so happy you are here with us”
“Mariana, wait” She signed
“Yes Flippa” Mariana signed
“She/her…. I use she/her pronouns” She signed
“Good to know, thank you for telling me. Goodnight flippa”
“Goodnight”
And for the first time in her life she had a good night sleep

Chapter Text

Mariana woke up first, like always. He slowly and quietly got out of bed careful to not wake his husband and headed to the bathroom. He did his morning routine and headed toward the kitchen before stoping and walking toward flippas room.
*i’m going to have to get used to this.. Another person in the house*
He slowly went up to her room and opened the trapdoor. There she was, sleeping soundly. Mariana stared
*She looks so peaceful….*
*she looks so calm…*
He sat there for a while watching the rise and fall of her chest before heading back downstairs to start breakfast. After making that he headed back into her bedroom where he sat down on the bed.
“Buenos días mi marido cabrón” (Good morning my bastard husband) He whispered as he leaned down and kissed slime. He watched as his husband slowly opened his eyes.His goo like form shaping into a more human appearance.
*he sleeps in his natural form, he uses up so much energy to keep up looking normal… and for what. No one would care if he was slime and green, bad is a demon after all…i don’t know, he said he does it so he doesn’t slip into unwanted places or get goo everywhere but whatever, he is hot in either form*
He smiles as he snaps back into reality staring at his husbands sleepy face
“Good morning to you too, my bitch wife” He kisses mariana back
“How is Flippa?” Slime asks as he gets out of bed and begins getting dress
“Good still sleeping, breakfast is ready. Ill go wake her up if you have to leave early”
“No, no it’s ok. We can have breakfast before i leave” Slime said as he headed toward the bathroom
*He always works so hard for us and yet takes the time to care… he is perfect*
Mariana left the bedroom and headed up to flippas room slowly opening the trapdoor and entering the room.
*well maybe not perfect, he cant build or decorate for shit*
Staring at the stone walls that make up flippas room
He walked toward her bed and crouched down gently putting his hand on her shoulder
“Flippa” he whispered while shaking her a bit
She stirred a bit but did not wake
“Flippa, it’s time to get up” He whispered again
She let out a whine as she rolled over and looked at him, squinting without her glasses on
“mamá?” she says softly, as she blinks a few times staring at him, still clearly tried
He stares at her, holding his breath
*mama… did she really call me mama.. She just met us and already she thinks of my as a mother, someone who is there for her*
Mariana could feel his cape part and his wings fluff up and had the urge to wrap them around flippa,to keeping her safe with him forever but stopped himself
He can feel his heart growing with love and affection as he stares at flippa, his daughter
“Yes, it’s me flippa. Breakfast is ready if you would like to join us, slime is heading to work after and once we clean up breakfast we can go shopping” he said softly as she slowly sat up and grabbed her glasses. Staring at her while she put her glasses on he thought
*wow she looks so much like slime with those on*
“I will join you and slime for breakfast” she signed as she got out of bed and grabbed his hand
He took her downstairs to the dinner table where slime was already waiting, table set and ready for breakfast
*my favorite housewife at it again, so kind to make the table*
“I made vegan pancakes for breakfast if that is ok with you Flippa. If not i can cook something else”
“No no this is amazing, thank you mariana”
*ah so she was just tired.. That's ok, these things take time.. I'll be mama one day*
They all sat around the table making small talk, what they dreamed about, plans for the day, what could be for lunch. After breakfast Mariana sent Flippa up to her room to get dressed and ready for their day of shopping, while he cleaned up after breakfast. Slime gave Flippa a hug and Mariana a kiss as he hurriedly left for work.
*such a cookie cutter life, husband goes to work, i stay home with the kid….it’s both a blessing and a curse, i can't believe i became a housewife. Slime is more bitchy than i am* mariana thinks as he finishes up the dishes
*I did ask for this life after all, to have a kid to take care of, to protect and love.*
Marianas wings began to stir again
*I love this, i can’t be second guessing everything now it’s only been a day, i’m just adjusting to the new life thats all*
Mariana feels a tug on his pants and he is snapped back to reality, jumping up into the air, wings puffed out and on full display
“FLIPPA!! SANTA MIERDA!” (holy shit) he looks down at her eyes wide, hand on his chest
“Sorry sorry sorry” Flippa signed, backing up from him, tail curled around her, ears pinned back
*gods she looks so sacred*
“No no it’s ok, i was just lost in thought and didn’t see you come into the kitchen” he says now crouching to her level making eye contact. His wings slowly folding back behind his back into a cape like form.
“Next time ill try and pay more attention” he signs smiling at her
*she looks so scared like she messed up… i would hug her but i feel like that would make it worse… we haven’t discussed physical contact. This is awful. I don't want to rush anything but i want to make sure she knows she is ok and safe*
Flippa just stood there and staring at the ground, tail still curled around her
“I am ok flippa i promise, you didn’t do anything wrong, you just startled me that is all. I promise i am ok” He said still crouched staring at her
*if i cant hug you i can try and make it feel like im hugging you. I need you to know i am ok and you are ok*
She slowly looked up at him
“Promise” she signed
“I promise” He signed back smiling at her
“Now are you ready to go shopping?” he said as he stood up and reached for her hand
*i know hand hold was fine and i promised i was ok, please take my hand flippa, please*
She slowly lifted her hand and held his, smiling softy
“Yes” she signed
“Perfect, then lets get going” Mariana said as he held flippas hand and the head out.
They walked in silence for a while, flippa holding his hand and staring at all the forest and flowers around. A few more minutes into their walk flippa let go of his hand so she culd run around and look at the wildlife around. Mariana stopping a few times so flippa could pick a few sunflowers or look at some bugs. What was usually a 30 minute walk or a 10 minute fly if Mariana was using his wings was now an hour but he didnt care as long as flippa was happy he was happy.
*good to know all it takes is a walk outside for her to feel better*
They finally made it to the marketplace an hour later and flippa just stared in wonder. There where so many places and things to look at. There where people everywhere hopping from stall to stall, building to building buying things.
“Alright flippa just some ground rules, please hold my hand or stay very close to me since it is busy today. I dont want to lose you in a croud. If you find something you like let me know so we can go together and look at it. If you ever want to leave because things get to much let me know, this shopping trip is all about you so i want you to be as comfortable and have as much fun as possible.” Mariana said smiling at her
“Ok” she signed back tail now wagging
*she is so cute*
They stared off with basic shopping for flippa, what type of soaps she likes, what hair products she needs, what color towels she wants,textures she hates the basics. They ended up buying some dark green towles and then found some gred bed sheets that flippa fell in love with but wouldn’t say so mariana just throw them into the cart.Everything seemed to be going fine till they entered the room decor section of the store. Mariana walked with flippa slowly through the girls section staring at everything with flippa. Pointing out things he thought where cute like some pink stuffed animals with bows on them, a bed curtain with butterflies, a purple rug, and some other things.
*i dont know what girls like……*
Flippa didn’t really seem interedned in anything and yet kept going up and down the isles. The more she did this the more agitated it seemed she was getting.
“Flippa if there isnt anything you like we can go to the boys section or go to a different store” Mariana said as he stopped the cart and looked at flippa
“No, no, no its fine i just need to keep looking” Flippa signed as she started walking again, her tail swishing back and forth in an aggressive motion
“Flippa, can you tell me what you are looking for exactly so i can help” Mariana said following her
“I don’t know.. Something to match my room” Flippa signed now circling the isle again, her hands now flapping.
*shit ok umm*
Mariana could feel his wings puffing up, the needed to hug Flippa and calm her down taking over again.
“Ok well it’s clear we arent finding it here so why don’t we try the boys section. Maybe they have what you are looking for?” Marian said now stopping the cart again and couching down
“NO” flippa signed, hands flapping and tail swishing
*what is going on? Why does she hate the boys section so much?*
“Ok, ok we dont have to go there. Can you tell me what you want to do then?” Mariana said calmly watching flippa. Flippa started to get more worked up, now starting to cry.
Mariana felt his wings start to unfold now hovering around him
*shit shit shit i have an idea on how to help but i dont know if she will let me*
“Flippa” He said slowly, moving slowy towards her. She didnt seem to notice.
“Flippa, i’m going to touch you, is that ok, i know how to help but i need you to trust me?” Mariana asked calmly now close to flippa.
*please say yes, this will be embarrassing but anything for flippa*
Flippa seemed to nod so he quickly hugged her. He pulled her close to his chest putting his hands around her ears, he let his wings circle them fully making it a dark space and then with a quick look around making sure no one was there
*alright here we go please work*
He began to purr. He felt his chest rumble and felt flippa slowly stop crying. He held her there for a while. He felt her slowly calm down, her grip on his chest began to lossin and she seemed to stop shaking as much.
*i’m glad you let me help. I was so worried you would say no. im not good with talk, im good with physical touch. Not that thats an excuse but shit flippa i hope your ok* his thoughts where racing a mix of feeling awful for not knowing how to handle the situation and his brid brain going *Keep safe, keep close, hold*
*i cant have a panic attack over this later flippa needs me*
“Flippa?” mariana said softly moving his arms to around her back and removing his wings slowly
She stood there pressed against him, her face still in his chest
“Flippa?” He said again and then fully folded his wings back
She looked up at him finally. Her eyes where red but other then that she seemed ok
He moved his hands up to her face and whipped her tears.
“Flippa, are you ok?” Mariana asked staring at her
“I’m ok” She signed slowly now looking down at the floor
“I’m sorry you had to see that, i didn’t mean for that to happen” She signed now tearing up again
“Oh flippa, its ok” Mariana said pulling her into a hug again
“It’s ok. Things like that happen sometimes, what’s important is your ok now”
*Im so glad your ok*
Mariana let go of her and she let go of him now both standingin the girls decor isle.
“Do you mind telling me why that happened? If not we can leave it and move on with shopping” Mariana said smiling at her.
*I promise nothing is wrong*
“I…its… maybe another time” Flippa signed looking around the isle and then back to the floor
“Ok” Mariana signed and then opened his hand, which flippa took. The rest of the trip was uneventful. They bought flippa some new clothes consisting or a few long skirts, dresses, sweaters, jackets and some clip on earrings. After that they moved onto grocery shopping and mariana tried to get flippa to help him. Trying to lift her sprits. He sent her on a quest for fruits since he wasnt brave enough to enter the fruit isle, and when she returned he celebrated and said she did amazing, that got her to smile. They started theri walk back home the sun now slowly starting to set
*Shit its getting dark.. it took us an hour last time and we dont have that kind of time*
“Hey flippa do you want make this walk back faster?” Mariana said looking at flippa her hands full with a bag of fruit she bought and mariana said he was “to weak” to carry
“How” she signed
“We fly” Mariana smiled and opened his wings, flippa slimes and tried to open her tiny ones
Mariana grab her by the arms and he took off. Flippa pretending to fly while Mariana did the heavy lifting.
*Thank gods. The last thing i needed you to see is me killing creatures to keep you safe*
They made it home just in time to see slime heading up the stairs
“Hola mi marido puto”(Hello my whore husband) Marian shouted as he circled slime
“HOLY SHIT! WHY ARE YOU UP THERE!” slime yelled as he watched mariana land next to him, slowly letting flippa down.
“We lost track of time and had to take the fast way home” He said kissing slime on the cheek. They all headed inside the house. Flippa running into her room with her bag of stuff and mariana heading to the kitchen to get dinner ready.
“How did the trip go?” Slime asked moving to get the table set
*It went like a rollercoaster on steroids*
“It went well. We got some new stuff for flippas room and some basic hygiene stuff for her” Mariana said smailing while he worked
“Thats good. Did she have fun?” slime asked as he slowly came up behind mariana and hugged his waist resting his head on her shoulders
*Do i tell him.. Thats not my information to share but if he knows then maybe he can be ready for when that happens*
“Kinda, everything was good till we got the the decor section, she couldnt find anything she liked in the girls section but wouldn’t go to the boys and she had a breakdown? Melt down? I don’t know….” Mariana said signing and placing a hand on slimes head petting his hair.
“I was able to calm her down by hugging her and purring like i do with you but i dont know. I was so scared i was doing the wrong thing and i should have comforted her better. Maybe tried to talk to her more before it happed.”
*im a bad mother*
“No no Mariana you did amazing” Slime said spinning Mariana around so they where face to face.
“Melt downs are hard to handle and since you have only every helped me you didn’t know what else to do. You tried what you know works. You did amazing. It does make me wonder if she is autistic like me if what you did worked” Slime said
“I dont know,I didn’t see anything in the adoption paper, not that it would have changed our minds but i just felt like a bad mother for not handling that situation better” Mariana admits
“No you are not a bad mother don’t say that. This is just something that comes with parenting. It is something all parents struggle with, you did what you thought would help and thats all that matters” Slime said holding his wifes face
*he was so hesitance about becoming a father and now he is telling me how to parent. He was scared of nothing, he was ready to be a father*
Mariana smiled and then looked over to where flippas room is.
“Why don’t you go help her decorate her room” Mariana said. Slime kissed him and then smiled
“Ok”
As mariana turned to get back to cooking slime quickly smacked his ass and then ran off giggling. Feeling a wooden spoon smack the back of his head
“OW!”
“¡Hijo de puta! Te odio y no puedo creer que me haya casado con tu puta. Perra. Quiero el divorcio después de eso.” (Son of a bitch! I hate you and I can't believe I married your whore. Bitch. I want a divorce after that.) Marian screamed after him
Mariana smiled once slime was out of sight.
“My bitch husband and my amazing daughter. What a life” he said going back to working on dinner