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Macaques POV:
I couldn't believe that I agreed to this.
It was a Monday afternoon, MK randomly asked me, (when he spotted me) to help clean up Sandys boat. Now, I'm not sure if I've ever been on a boat, or nor am I a expert. But I don't think it's safe to just-.. CLEAN, a boat. At least not without proper care.
I'll admit, the only reason I agreed to help is because I knew that MK and that dragon girl Mei weren't the best options when it comes to cleaning. Especially for some big boat? Defedently wasn't safe. Unlike Wukong I don't just let MK throw himself into danger. (Well- Sometimes...-)
It was around 4pm when I got there at the time. the big blue guy they called Sandy, well-, he seemed nice. He offered me tea as soon as he saw me. From the sound of his heat beat I could tell that he seemed like a gentle soul. A gentle giant type if you will. I was doing some basic things like sweeping, dusting, etc etc. For it needing a cleaning it didnt look that bad. Maybe it's just because that Sandy guy took good care of it. Or maybe it didnt need cleaning at all and MK and Mei just wanted a excuse of getting out of something. Probably both knowing those two.
I was finishing some dusting when I noticed MK and his friend goofing off. Not surprising of course but, I didn't think of it being safe goofing around on a boat. Anything could happened.
"Hey kid. Try not to do anything that'll get you hurt. Ok?"
I said to MK, I could tell that he heard me because he shouted back
"WILL DO!"
In that happy childish tone he always had. I never understood how he could always be so cheerful all the time. As I kept doing some normal chore stuff I kept hearing a creaking sound. Every time I tried to ignore it, it kept getting louder. I looked around and it seemed that none of the others heard it. I sighed a bit trying to push the feeling of paranoia to the side but when I heard it again I gave in and decided to see what the noise was.
When I went to investigate the noise I noticed that it came from the area MK and the dragon girl where at. I saw them messing with some stuff so I went up to them to see what was going on.
"hey uh... whatcha doing there bud?"
I said as I looked down at the two
"just seeing what kind of cool stuff Sandy has!"
the kid replied cheerfully as usual.
"Yeah he's kinda a tech guy. And as a fellow techi I reallllyyyyy wanna see what kind of stuff he has!!"
The dragon girl said in a excited tone
"hey Mei I think has more of a mechanic or engineer then techi-"
"Hey I do that stuff too and it's still cool!"
"You got a point."
They said to each other. I had to admit at least they were curious about this stuff. Back in my days I didn't see that many people into this stuff.
I watched as they kept messing with certain items, some random buttons, some little remotes. Most of it was scrap stuff anyways tho. So I guess there was nothing to worry about.
When I began to walk away, I guess one of the buttons can release one of the boats hook in the ground? I believe it's called a metal steak. I heard the clicking sound again so I stopped. That sound was the metal steak thingy popping out if the ground. Before I had time to react I felt a Sharpe numbing pain.
The metal steak just slammed into my foot.
All of a sudden my ears felt like they were ringing and my foot was in great pain. It felt like someone stabbed a knife in my foot and left the knife in there.. it felt like a stabbing pain in my foot and in a part of my bones. I couldn't hear well, everything was muffled and every time I tried to move it felt like that the knife in my foot would slowly move as well. I could see a blurry image of what looked like a panicked MK trying to help me up. The dragon girl most likely went to go get the one they call Sandy. I thought that only pain I felt was in my foot but for some reason everything felt numb and my head started to hurt. Sure this wasn't even close to how dying felt but... it still felt awful.
Then I felt tired...
....
I suddenly woke up in what looked like a small living room. Had a lot of cats in it, Must be Sandys place. The problem is, I don't even remember passing out? What did I just let myself fall asleep?.. that doesn't sound like me.
I looked down to see that 1, I was sitting on a couch, 2, my foot seemed to be wrapped up and casted. 3, I saw what looked like a nervous MK. Before I could even speak he hugged me and doing a ugly cry apologizing.
"Woah bud- I'm ok uh-..."
I was never good at comforting people-.. at least not on the spot
"Don't worry about it kid. Accidents happen yknow? Besides it's not like I died. And I've also had worse injuries then this."
The kid was holding onto my arm as he rubbed his nose with one of his arms
"But- But- it's because of us that your hurt!!! And i- I'm sorry! Please forgive meeee-!"
The kid said as his face was now rubbed in my arm. Oh my Buddha this kid really felt bad-? Why even care after everything I've done? Sure after the whole ink demons and cursed scroll event I've been ok when hanging around them but I still haven't even began to apologize for what IVE done..now to think of it...he kinda reminds me of how Wukong used to act in the past....
....
Makes me sick to my stomach.
"Its fine kid. Don't worry about it, I forgive you ok? Now stop crying before you get snot all over my arm-"
I guess when I said that MK finally stopped crying and just gave me a nod. He looked like a kicked puppy when he made that sad face. But he then gave me one more hug and a small smile before he ran off to one of the other rooms. I'm guessing the room where Mei was. After what felt like a minute or two Sandy walked in with a tea tray.
"Tea Mr.Macquack? It could help keep your mind off from your foot. I know a good cup of tea makes me feel nice and relaxed!"
..did He say "Macquack"? Meh. Now that I think of it it's not the first time he's called me that. Should I correct him on it?... nah. Why bother.
"Uh.. Sure, I wouldn't mind some tea."
I said as I tried to sit up a bit. He then handed me a tea cup that looked like a kitty themed tea cup. Is this guy like a crazy cat lady type or something? Or Is he just one of those proud cat dad's? Judging by the amount of cats he has and all of the cat themed stuff it could be both. The tea wasn't bad tho. It tasted nice and it was soothing enough to distract me from the numbness of my foot.
After some time went by, I'm guessing a hour or two based off the tv clock, MK and Mei went into the room that I was in
"1, once again we are sooooososososo sorry!"
"Its true! Sorry monkey man-"
"Ahem. 2, me and Mei kinda promised each other that we would go to the arcade and that we will try it with each other-.. And since Sandy has a meeting with his therapist he isn't going to be here either...so....-"
"Where gonna have someone babysit you!"
"Mei!"
"Oh right- I mean.. watch.... ov...er you?"
"Good enough."
I listened as the two spoke and had some what seemed like friendly bickering in the middle of it. watch over me? Oh wowza can't wait to see who's the idiot taking care of me.
"that's fine."
I said as I shrugged. I didn't want the kid worrying over me and if I suggested me staying alone he wouldn't of let that happen anyway so I might as well had agreed.
"great! Just so you know before they get here that 1, they were the only one who had nothing to do- and 2! They actually wanted to do it. Im surprised that they seemed worried-"
Worried? Now who in their right mind would be worried about me.
After MK finished talking him and Mei gave a quick goodbye before they ran off doing their activities. I sat there in the house for a bit before the door opened almost as fast as it closed. What came into my vision shooked me a bit.
"..Wukong-?"
Out of all the people, Wukong?! Oh well this is gonna be just peachy. But... Why-.. Why would Wukong be worried? Why would he even care-?.. he probably lied or something like that. I know that Wukong isn't one to hurt his "ego". I was going to say something snarky but I was caught off gaurd when wukong suddenly was sitting beside me and checking on my foot.
"macaque are you alright?! What the hell happened?! What did you do?! Does it hurt?! Can you walk-?! I mean I knew the kid said it was bad but I didn't know it'll be bad enough to be in a cast!"
his ginger fur seemed to stand on end... was he actually worried?... no.. the great sage wouldn't care... right?... damn it Wukong. Why can't I seem to get away from you...
"calm down 'your majesty' don't get your damn panties in a twist. I'm fine, it was just a accident. MK and his friend were messing with that big blue guys stuff and one of the buttons released like a steak thingy from the ground and slammed into my foot maybe skimming some of my skin off. No biggy."
Appearntly it WAS a big deal- because when I said that Wukong looked at me with a horrified worried expression on his face.
"no biggy?! NO BIGGY!? macaque it fucking SLAMMED into your foot! You probably- no you DID lose some skin! I mean the kid said you bleed a bit on your foot so you clearly lost skin! Did you not see it coming your way-?! You usually had great senses- i- no. If it suddenly popped out of the ground you probably didn't see it coming- or else you would of dodged it and-"
Could he talk anymore frantically?! Jeez... I haven't seen him this worried since I broke my arm that one time.. how did I even break it..? I already forgot because that was over 500 years ago or something like that!... I still don't believe that he's actually worried but... he did seem concerned...
"stop worrying about it Wukong. You get over bearing whenever you stress to much."
with that Wukong just looked at me with a slight pout and stood up.
"you better get used to it. This doesn't look like it'll heal for at least a week or two! So I'll be taking care of you. Got it?"
He said it in a way that clearly showed that I'm not getting rid of him anytime soon. Whenever Wukong went into caretaker mode he made sure I never left his sight and basically acted like a worried mother that swore to Buddha that her child was going to die.
.... this is gonna be a lonnnnggggg week
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