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Mellow rested the back of his head behind the red chair placed next to some weird globe with little maps marked with words that blurred and made his head hurt when he thought about it to much, of course mellow was bored, be was 9 after all and most of the people inside the house either went to grab groceries and snacks became they ran out all because of admittedly mellow himself, tip, scribbly, and partly rodger but for most of the day he spent hiding in small crevices nobody even saw until they peeked inside to find the noise of something scurrying only to get faced by the veinied multiple pupiled eyed clone of mellow though it did take them a week to figure out the layout of small crevices rodger found and left dinner and or snacks which mellow usually gave him more to made rodger feel safer at the sudden increase of people and noise.
Mellow rested his hand against his cheek eyes half-lidded yawning staring at the front door waiting for the others to arrive including the surgeon who was basically dragged out of the house and forced to experience the real life world.
"Hi mellow!"
Mellow flinched, he couldn't help it, an instinct he couldn't control even if the memories remained forgotten. He looked towards where the voice came from and saw Tip staring at him bouncing slightly to be against the arm rest of the couch.
"Wacha doin'? You seem pretty bored kid."
"Im just waiting for the others to come back.. especially surgeon. He said he would try to teach me how to read!"
Mellows excitement was clear in his tone and how he jumped up from his relaxed position to sit on his feet gripping the arm rest with his hands and faced tip but as quickly as he moved, as quickly as his excitement faded, his grin falling slightly as he felt this sudden pool of dread in his gut. He knew that feeling, it happened to him so often that it was instinct and it meant to stop being loud.
"I-I am so sorry i didn't.. i did not mean to be so loud."
He didn't lift his hands away from the arm rest but instead he curled into himself albit tucking in his feet as if bracing for something even though Tip couldn't do much but yell at him.
"Mellow don't apologize for being loud its what kids do."
Mellow blinked feeling stunned that he wasn't being reprimanded, that him being loud was actually natural and it wasn't something he couldn't do or had to do silently or face a sort of punishment. He felt a little embarrassed that he didn't know that sooner he saw scribbly being loud and tip being louder but he never took it as him also being able to do the same, he just thought it was favorite pickings.
"Oh.. well thank you!.."
His smile came back on his face but dissapeared slowly as tip gained a sudden expression of something dawning on him that he'd never realized.
"Mellow.. you can't actually read?"
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Mellow sat on the floor in the corner near the hole where rodger mainly kept to himself at and rarely came out, usually only coming out to find mellow or beg for food though he always made a few freak out. Mellow had a second bowl of spaghetti on the side while he has his half empty one infront of him the sauce staining his mouth but he didn't care because rodger looked messier. Rodger came out occasionally after snacking on spaghetti quietly but mellow could still hear it because he was near him hearing him chew on the noodles like he hadn't eaten in weeks, which if mellow was honest, rodger probably didn't because he basically had to lure him out of the dying gods mouth covered in the thick black bile. The bath resulted in alot of injuries maily from boon and boone. Rodger peeked his eyes out of the hole looking at mellow who seemed distracted with eating his noodles.
"Nooo... noodle.."
Rodger spoke, mellow looked at rodger who only had his hat and half of his eyes showing from the inside only focusing on mellow instead of the general room. He was against the idea of just spoon feeding rodger when he was already tearing it up so he decided to put the entire plate of spaghetti inside the hole tensing slightly when he felt the cold almost slimy texture of rodgers hand touch his for a split second before he pulled away with a tiny yip, along with rodger mellow also flinched back raising his fist slightly as if to block only to realize that rodger was just flinching away. Mellows tensed body relaxed a bit and used familiar words.
"Its okay im not mad."
Rodger knew that, he only pulled away because mellow was shockly just as cold as him and the touch felt electrical in its freezing temperature. He nodded and simply grabbed the plate dragging it deeper inside the tight crevices while mellow simply listened for his twisted body to squirm into a comfortable position almost struggling to walk without himself instinctively wanting to go upside down.
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"I ponder your excuses on bringing me here when i could be doing such value as if right now."
"Your only value is teaching mellow to read."
Catthew responded eyeing down a small bag of plastic furred toy rats but before he would most likely drag ticketo there and bug him for it he was pulled away from the surgeon to where the other people where at whining and scratching at the rough almost rusting metal but to no avail as usual. Ticketo and ticketa seemed to be more focused on the type of bread products they should get for everyone since most people at the house where stingy and picky, mostly ticketa. Ticketo grabbed a loaf of pre cut white bread observing the general ingredients and ignoring the feeling of a person behind him.
"Hubby!! Hello!"
Ticketas arms wrapped around ticketos waist as he let out a quiet sigh of relief that it wasn't some green weirdo asking for money in that annoying begging tone. He threw the loaf of bread in the cart missing by an entire overthrow and landing it directly on the head of catthew who had long focused his attention on bothering ms mania on mozzarella sticks.
"HEY!"
"Sorry! That was a bit intended..."
Ticketo murmured
"I HEARD THAT!"
Ticketo rolled his eyes as ticketa giggled grabbing a random snack of something off brand without even looking at the name and tossing it in the cart to look like she was helping.
"We should go guys. Tip and scribbly are probably going to destroy something by accident."
"Your right.."
Most agreed, catthew throwing a small can of wet food inside the cart without anyone noticing besides the surgeon who simply did not care because he wasn't paying, nobody was, the group walking along eachother with the cart rolling looking left to right at the general surroundings of the store checking for any employees or customers, after the coast was clear, all of them booked it out of the store bringing the cart along with them as they sprinted home checking back at the store occasionally until they couldn't see the bright fluorescent lights.
"Y'know i never thought this would be on the plan of shopping!"
Ms mania giggled while sprinting, the others following suit behind her some already breathing heavily while others seemed content.
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The front door burst open with the surgeon basically shoving the cart inside the door and smacking it against the brick wall fireplace by accident yet nobody really cared and instead quickly rummaged through the stuff they ran out with grabbing their own things and either opening them to eat or contemplate on why they picked it. Ms mirianne walked out of the kitchen stressed with the sound four people arguring in the distance
"SPAGHETTI IS BETTER WITH SAUCE!"
"NO ITS NOT! ITS MESSY IT STAINS!"
"I THIINKK THAT... THAT SPAAA.. SPAA GHETTI IS BETTER WITH SAUCE!"
"SPAGHETTI WITHOUT SAUCE IS SCRIBBLETASTIC! YOU GUYS JUST DONT UNDERSTAND!
It was no other then them. Tip, scribbly, mellow, and rodger. All of them arguring if spaghetti is good with sauce or without and of course rodger was agreeing with mellow, they are the same person. Mirianne looked tired but had a hint of a smile on her face like the banter amused her
"They are arguring again.."
The others outside packed into the house going their almost seperate ways with the limited room and shut the door while the surgeon grabbed a few bags of cold meat and or eggs heading towards the kitchen where mellow and rodger both yelled "surgeon!" In unison. Mirianne walked towards catthew who was now eating at the wet food, her tail curling in the air slightly.
"I heard cat food is expensive.. how did you all afford any of this?"
"Well uhm mayor.. we didn't."
mirianne stood still at the revelation that they basically just ran out of the store without buying anything and even took the cart which should've been her first warning that they all did something stupid
"Yo-"
A knock on the door interrupted mirianne, it wasn't loud thudding, it was quiet, almost polite. Mirianne sighed and gave catthew a glare which he sheepishly looked away. Mirianne took short few steps to the door opening it to reveal a small child with blonde hair and the same wide eyes pale skin floating hands and feets. She looked at miranne with curiosity before abruptly speaking
"Monkey!"
The sound of a new voice drew everyone in including everyone in the kitchen who peeked their head out besides the surgeon.