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Welcome to our house, we’ve sure got lots of tookas!
“Omega!”
Hunter was staring at their sofa.
The nice comfy, family size setting in their living area of their new home on Pabu. Hunter having imagined on having of a nice nap on said sofa before their late meal having felt a tad fatigued after a hard days work.
As it was, the whole family had been working all day. Busy in helping to build Cody and Rex’s new house onto the island. The two commanders planning on retiring there at some point. Until that time, using the house as a weekend getaway.
Just then, Omega trotted into the room, looking around all innocent like.
Alas the loud purring sounds of the furry clowder laying there without a care in the galaxy or around them, was something in a need of bit of an explanation.
“Yes, Hunter?”
Flashing her lashes even if she knew exactly what Hunter was on about.
“How many tookas do we have living here now, in this very house, exactly?”
Omega looked at the cats having spread all across the wide furniture, counting them as she did.
“I um, appears we have a few new ones in the mix?”
“A few? Omega! We agreed to limit the number of pets in this household.”
“But Hunter…” Omega was trying to explain.
Just then Crosshair strolled in. Simply walking past the two and making his to the sofa. Crosshair casually picked up two kittens from a spot before making himself comfortable with the two tookas on his lap.
Hunter stared at him in total disbelief.
Crosshair feeling the two sets of eyes on him, glanced up and at the two from his already blissful state. Seeing Omega sporting a grin while Hunter looked, confused, bewildered, hangry perhaps?
“Wot?” Crosshair too looked perfectly innocent, well…
“Care to explain all of this, Cross?” Hunter motioned around the general area of the sofa with the plethora of tookas hanging there and now Crosshair too.
“They were hungry, cute and cuddly and needed a home.” Simple explanation, right?!
As it was, Crosshair had most likely collected as many pets as Omega had. Hunter really should have known better. And those two weren’t the only culprits either, as Wrecker and Tech certainly had picked up their fair share of strays, even Echo having ‘found’ a couple!
“Cross, I just.. We talked about this already.“
“You told the rest of us Omega couldn’t have more pets.”
“Cross!”
“We’re not letting these go. Look at their cute little fluffy faces…” Crosshair tried to prove to Hunter.
Hunter only rolled his eyes at the display while Omega giggled.
“Look at you! So, so cute.” Crosshair was holding one of the tookas in his hands, the kitty close to his face while the former badass soldier was babbling with the cat like the feline was a wee baby. Even rubbing his nose against the kitten’s while cooing to them as he did. “Yes you are, aren’t you!!!”
Hunter, feeling rather overwhelmed got closer to the sofa. Picking up one the cats, holding it first at a distance from himself while staring at the tooka for a moment. The purring starting immediately.
“Guess… they are kinda cute.”
Hunter then sat down with a heavy sigh with the tooka on his lap when another made their way there too, slotting themselves on Hunter like it was the most perfect spot.
Omega joined the two as well, the three of them surrounded by tookas as they lounged there in perfect and comfortable silence.
Soon enough Wrecker and Tech joined them as well. Finding their own favourites from the litter quickly enough.
Echo was the last one there, seeing his family having become covered with felines.
“What the…??? Hunter?”
Hunter simply shook his head, the two having talked about this between them earlier while agreeing on the pet situation in their house. Alas clearly, they were outnumbered and outgunned on this particular mission.
“Oh hell! Well, when on Coruscant!”
Echo mimicked the others. Picking a pleasant enough spot amongst the cats and humans with two tookas neatly seated on his lap.
Guess, when you can’t beat them, join a tooka clowder?