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Expunged keeps complaining to Bandu that he needs to clean out his closet so Bambi and Brobgonal came over to help out. As Bambi opened the closet, a pile of random junk collapsed on him.
"Please help Bambi." Bambi said.
"Damn Bandu, when's the last time you cleaned out your closet?" Brobgonal asked while trying to dig out Bambi from the clutter.
Bandu shrugged.
"I honestly don't know."
After Brobgonal pulled Bambi out of the clutter, they got to work cleaning and organizing the closet, throwing away any unnecessary stuff. After about an hour, the group decided to rest.
"I think we're making good progress you guys!" Bandu said.
Bambi nodded in response.
"Yeah, we should be done by tonight. Bambi going to go continue now."
As Bambi made his way to the closet, he noticed something green sticking out of the clutter. He went to pull it out but to no avail.
"Hey, what's this green thing here?"
Bandu perked up the moment he heard "green thing" and flew over to block him from grabbing it.
"Heeeey, you guys have been working super hard today so how 'bout I finish up while you guys go home?" Bandu said, panic clearly visible in his voice.
"Why would we do that when we almost done?" Bambi asked confusingly.
"Seems like Bandu is hiding something from us…" Brobgonal said while floating up to Bandu.
"Nononono, I would never! It's just that it's my closet so I should be the one to finish cleaning it right?"
Bambi and Brobgonal just looked at each other before Brobgonal pulled out some candies.
"Want some candy Bandu?"
Bandu immediately forgot he was guarding the closet and started chasing Brobgonal around for the candy. With Bandu out of the way, Bambi continued to pull on the green thing until it finally popped out of the closet. It appeared to be a costume of a furry creature. Bandu stopped in his tracks and flew over to quickly grab the costume and hide it.
"I-I can explain!"
Bambi just shrugged.
"Explain what, it's just a costume."
"That ain't just a costume Bamber, that's a fursuit." Brobgonal specified.
"Bandu was trying to hide the fact he's a furry."
Bambi just tilted his head in confusion.
"Furry?? What's that??"
After about 10 minutes of Brobgonal and Bandu explaining what a furry was to Bambi, he understood.
"Ooh, Bambi sees now. Bandu didn't have to hide this from us."
Bandu looked away embarrassingly.
"I-It's not something I'm really open about. I could barely tell my brother about it."
Bambi understood that.
"Well, it doesn't bother us, right Brobz?"
Brobgonal frowned.
"Considering my bad experience with a furry, nah. But Bandu gets a pass because I know Expunged will have my head if I don't."
Bambi smiled awkwardly.
"Well uh, Bambi isn't bothered for sure, Bandu, so don't worry."
Bandu smiled and went up to hug the two of them.
"Thanks guys."
The group hugged for a good while before Bandu pulled away and asked a question.
“Do you guys want to see how I look when I have it on?”
“Sure!” Bambi said excitedly.
“I don't have a choice so sure.” Brobgonal said.
“Yay! I'll be right back!” Bandu said as he flew into the bathroom with the fursuit.
A few minutes later, Bandu re-entered the room with the fursuit on.
“So… What do you guys think?”
“Whoa! Bandu looks like a cat!”
“I think it's supposed to be a dog Bambi.” Brobgonal said.
“Hehe, yeah, it's a dog. You guys think it looks nice?”
“Yes! Bambi want outfit like Bandu's!”
“R-Really!?” Bandu said in shock.
“Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! We should all be furries!”
“Wait I didn't agree to-”
Before Brobgonal could finish, Bandu snapped his fingers and two fursuits magically appeared on Bambi and Brobgonal.
“-this…”
Bandu made a mirror appear so the two could see themselves.
“What do you think? I wasn't sure what animals you guys liked so I just guessed.”
“Ooooo! Bambi is deer! Bambi likes this!”
“A racoon huh? …I'm not gonna lie, this doesn't look half bad Bandu.” Brobgonal said honestly.
Bandu smiled happily before rushing over to hug his friends again, who hugged him back. Unknown to Bambi and Brobgonal, Bandu had started tearing up.
“You guys have no idea how happy I am to hear that…”