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"Hey dad- HEY!"
007n7 stirs. His eyes open for a moment, and he sees a blurry red figure in front of him.
c00lkidd, his son, continues to scream at him. He's shaking him to try pry him awake. Which ultimately is working, but it is annoying to 007n7. Not like he can yell at him tho, he's still pretty much asleep.
007n7 grabs his glances and blinks a couple of times.
"You can stop shaking me." He says. c00lkidd listens, staring at him silently.
The clock says 7:30 AM. 007n7 almost groans, asking why c00lkidd has woken him up so early. Especially when he knows his son loves sleeping in.
But c00lkidd beats him to it. Answering him like he's a mind reader. "We have to set up my stand!"
007n7's eyes widen. Suddenly he's awake.
That's... Right. Oh boy.
Next week is the school book fair. And while 007n7 plans to give c00lkidd about a 10 to spend at it, he knows his kid would probably like to buy more then one book.. Or random junk. It's either going to be a book or five weird smelly markers.
But that's not the point. The point is they're setting up a lemonade stand to make some extra money for it. Something c00lkidd is very excited for. Hence waking his father up as soon as he possibly can.
007n7 sighs. "Okay.. Let me at least get dressed."
He pats c00lkidd's head. His smile is tired. "Set up what you can, and I'll help you with the rest when I'm ready."
c00lkidd lights up. "Okay!!"
He scoots over a bit so 007n7 can stand up. 007n7 stretches before shooing c00lkidd out. c00lkidd doesn't need to be told twice tho, as he runs out of his father's room with a giggle.
Worry flashes over 007n7's face for a moment. What if c00lkidd can't do it himself? What if he makes a mess?
But shakes his head. No. His son can do it himself. He needs to do this on his own.
007n7 steps out from his room and down the hall to the laundry room. Beside the washer and dryer is a set of clothes for him and c00lkidd stacked up. Or well... There should of been.
He notices before he opens the door a strange sound. He gasps when he is met with the strangest little creature... Eating HIS clothes!
007n7 stands there for a moment. His mouth dropped. He thinks for a second.
The creature hasn't noticed him. It.. Doesn't look like anything he's ever seen. It kind of reminded him of morph magic. As it's face is kind of Robloxian like, but it has the body of a chicken. But it doesn't look sentient in the eyes.. Especially since it's eating a pair of shorts.
He closes the door hehind him softly to not alert it. He steps forward and freezes once it locks eyes on him.
.... And begins to scream at a pitch similar to a dog whistle.
c00lkidd paused. What was that noise?
He was in the middle of setting up his stand. The only thing he really needed to do was bring out the lemonade and cups to serve it with.
He looked up online how to make it once given permission by his father. He begun making it while he waited for 007n7 to return home from work. No one besides him had taste tested it.. But he was sure it was good!
He stepped inside to grab the cups and winced. Covering his ears with his hands as he heard that noise again.
But now he was hearing it up close. He realized it was coming from the laundry room.
c00lkidd froze when he heard his father scream. His eyes went wide. "Papa?!" He called out, panic coursing through him.
He ran to the door. Horrified at what he might find.
He swung the door open. He found his father, on the ground, seemingly wrestling something within his shirt. c00lkidd stood there for a moment before asking "Papa what's that?"
007n7's eyes shot to c00lkidd. "Close the door!"
What appeared to be a bird popped out from his shirt. c00lkidd almost didn't process 007n7's words in time. But when he saw the thing dart towards the door, it dawned on him, and he slammed it in it's face.
The thing- whatever it was- was squeaking. Like a panicked guinea pig.
"Help me catch it!" 007n7 pointed a finger at the thing. "It's going to eat all of our clothes!"
"Have you tried bribing it?" c00lkidd asked.
When his father just looked at him, he chuckled and shook his head. Like it was obvious.
c00lkidd held his hand out and closed it. "Hey there little guy." He said to grab it's attention. It looked at him, before noticing his hand. "Want a treat?"
But c00lkidd didn't have anything for it. 007n7 realized what his son was doing, and was honestly proud of his trickery. It took a step forward with a little tilt of it's head and a cluck. Once it was close enough...
c00lkidd grabbed his head again. 007n7 grabbed it and it started screaming it's head off.
"Open the door!" He could hear him say. c00lkidd didn't need to be told twice.
The door was opened and the two of them ran out in opposite directions. When it and his papa were far enough, c00lkidd looked to see what he was doing.
There was a plant hanging in their living room from the ceiling in a bird cage. 007n7 quickly took the plant out and shoved the creature inside of it. He huffed and he puffed before groaning "Quit screaming!"
c00lkidd took a hesitant step forward. Curiosity filled his eyes. "What is it?"
007n7 wiped sweat from his brow. "No idea.... Did you finish setting up your lemonade stand?"
"Um.. No." c00lkidd frowned.
"Hey hey. We still have the time." 007n7 reassured. "What's left?"
"The sign.. The lemonade.... And- and the cups." c00lkidd recalled. His lip curled. He felt bad that his dad had to fight this thing while he was busy setting up his stand.
007n7 gave a half smile. "Let me get dressed and I'll help you carry it all out. It'll be alright, kidd."
"Okay.." c00lkidd nodded.
He pointed up to the creature, still screaming it's head off. "What do we do with it?"
A shadow casted over 007n7's face. "Oh I have an idea."