The morning light reached through the curtains to awake Eren. Sliding out from the sleeping pair on the bed, he rose to his feet. Carefully, he carried each of them to the waiting bed in the saferoom. They groggily adjusted and were quickly back to sleep, Bucky cuddled around behind Lillian.
Eren took this time to get some chores done that he had been neglecting. He also used this time to set up a collapsible pen out in the backyard, making sure to pick up any items on the ground around it.
Once back inside, he started placing various supplies he thought he might need for the dayâs event by the back door. All the while, his mind wandered, trying to build up the nerve to reach out to a few people he had been meaning too.
Eren shot his brother-in-law a text first, sending general pleasantries. Afterwards, he did the same to an old acquaintance of his and childhood friend of his wife. Thinking to himself, âI hope she hasnât changed her number.â
Surprisingly, he got a text back from Linda rather quickly.
Text Conversation
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Hey Linda, this is Eren. How have you been?
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Eren, wow. Itâs been a while, I donât think Iâve seen you since the funeral. Iâm so sorry about what happened. Itâs good to hear from you
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Thanks, I appreciate that. Itâs been rough but Iâve been managing. Better recently since I adopted some fluffies. Are you still doing work with them?
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Fluffies? You? I wouldnât have thought youâd have some. After the kids, I heard you werenât doing well. Of course, Iâm still a doctor. Iâm even doing a veterinary practice at a fluffy hospital, FluffCare.
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Oh wow, sounds like youâve been doing well for yourself. Congratulations. And yeah, it was a recommendation from my therapist. Though I may have gone overboard and adopted five, the shelter must have seen me coming from a mile away.
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Eren, thatâs quite a lot to take on at once. You should probably come by, get them checked out. Thereâs a lot to consider with pets and with fluffies they can be tricky. Wouldnât want to see you become worse mentally from stress
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I definitely need to get them checked out soon. I know it may have been a mistake, but if I didnât take them a known abuser would have taken whoever was left. Donât exactly need anymore guilt weighing me down. Besides, they have really given me something to focus on in my free time, especially since one might be a smartie.
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Smarties are really difficult, Eren. If itâs around other fluffies it could be a danger to them. You really should separate it from the rest. At any rate, Iâd bring it in. Neutering a smarty can also be a good idea if itâs male, especially if itâs a foal. Males can have aggressive behavior and assault your other fluffies, even other stallions.
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Well, he is a colt at this point but it seems this is a relatively new development. Because of that and him being young Iâve been directed to look into smartie-friend training. I know it isnât a guarantee but he is surprisingly self aware so I want to give it a shot. He still has his sweet moments.
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I canât keep you from trying, I know that. But it wonât be easy. Iâll still want to get a look at all of them. Especially your potential smarty.
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You said FluffCare, right? Iâll give them a call and see what is available. Thank you for being concerned and helping, maybe after meeting them you can give me your honest opinion. I might need that.
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Yes, and of course, Iâd do anything for Kali. Youâre the one she cared more about than anything. And besides, itâs my livelihood. Also, Iâll never pull punches, youâll always get it straight up. That might even be things you donât want to hear. But if youâve got a lot of fluffies, the whole is more than the sum of its parts.
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Thanks Linda, Iâll see you soon. Take care.
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âWell, thatâs fortunate. Glad to see things have gone well for her.â Eren says to himself.
Sighing heavily, he looks at the time and thinks, âWell, letâs get breakfast out of the way. Noon will be here soon.â
Eren quickly got breakfast for Bucky and Lillian ready and kibble ready for the three outside, all up and awake to some degree. Jasper was looking a bit haggard, obviously having not slept well.
Watching from inside, sipping his morning tea at the window, Eren sees Jasper sullenly talk to Breeze and Slater. From their reaction afterwards, hugs and chipper attitudes, Jasper must have come to terms with his mistake and apologized.
âGood, he is going to need the support soon, Iâm sure.â he thought while looking up the number to FluffCare and hitting dial.
Aston muttered loudly to himself after being buzzed in through the security gate, driving down the driveway with all his windows down and radio turned back up to max volume. âIâm not getting paid enough for this shit.â
The source of his annoyance coming from the back of his van, whatever sedatives were used had obviously worn off. Now this medium-sized box was leaking shit and piss from the corners and, while it sounded like a fluffy, it cursed, swore, and demanded like nothing he had ever expected. Thankfully, the music drowned out most of it.
As Aston pulled up he saw Eren coming out of his house. He quickly hopped out of the driverâs seat and threw open the back doors. He was thankful he secured the box well, preventing a bigger mess, though he wished he had given the thing inside a rougher ride.
Plopping the cardboard box on the ground right behind the van, Aston slams the doors shut again and hops back into the driverâs seat. Before Eren had even stepped off the final step of the porch Aston was driving off, leaning out the window hollering at Eren while flipping him off, âThere you go you sick fuck. I hope you and that thing burn in hell together.â
As Aston reached the end of the driveway he felt relieved and finally turned down the music, thinking to himself âWho would possibly want something like that?â
Eren stood there in disbelief as he watched the van drive away, dumbfounded at the interaction.
As Eren approached the box he could hear the small hooves beating against the sides of it, all the while trails of brown and yellow liquids oozed from it. From inside he could hear a shrill voice, âWet smawtie Joo oud dummehs! Gonna num aww yu fingies off yu nu-hooves!â
Eren grabs the sides of the box and carries it over to a collapsible metal dog kennel he set up at the side of the house. âProbably had a rough trip, huh.â
âFuk yu! Dummeh hoomin! Joo put yu in sowwie shit bawks and gib sowwie-poopies on yu!â Joo screeched as Eren tore open the top of the box.
âCome on now, calm down and Iâll get you cleaned up.â Eren suggested as he reached in to scoop up the crap-covered, purple smartie.
Surprised by the sudden lunge, Eren wasnât able to react in time as Joo hopped up and bit into the meaty part of his hand between his index finger and thumb. âWhat theâŚOww!â
Joo quickly took the opportunity to latch her front hooves around Erenâs wrist to get leverage as she used her back hooves to rake down his forearm, the nicks and damage on her hooves causing several scrapes and scratches.
Eren panicked from the sudden pain as Joo ground her teeth, some jagged, into his hand and was thrown off balance as he swung his arm wide, shaking it, as hot liquid shit ran down the fresh wounds on his arm.
Joo finally released her hold as Eren slipped and fell on some of the freshly dropped crap. Instead of running, the hellgremlin charged at the prone man and beat its hooves on his side yelling, âGib smawtie bestest sketties. Fugwy kunt! Gib wickie-cweanies tu poopie place nao ow Joo kiww dummeh!â
Gathering his wits as the assault turned much milder, Eren quickly snatched Joo up by her scruff causing her to hell, âBad upsie!â
âGet in the fucking cage you repugnant terror.â Eren said, losing his cool. He quickly tosses Joo into the cage and latches the door shut.
âWet Joo oud nao! Asshowe!â the hellgremlin grimaced out as she beat against the cage door.
Snapping at Joo, âNo, chill the hell out. Eat something. I need to get these cuts cleaned.â
With the bowl of kibble pointed out to her, Joo dove headlong into it. After several hearty bite she kicks the bowl over and shouts, âDis poopie kibbwe, gib sketti nao!â
Annoyed, Eren tosses a treat into the cage, âHere, eat that. It should taste like âskettiâ.â
The poop-matted fluffy quickly gobbles down the treat before glancing back up, âDummeh gib mowe tu smartie!â
âSure, Iâll go grab you some more. Iâll be right back with them.â Eren says as he rolls his eyes, back turned to Joo as he walks away.
Thinking to himself, âHope that kicks in soon, that thing is a nightmare to deal withâŚshould I still do this?â
Twenty minutes later, Eren was back outside with a clean set of clothes, freshly showered, and wounds cleaned and dressed. Joo was soundly snoring, face pressed against the cage wall.
Carefully, he takes Joo out of the kennel and quickly gets to work cleaning her up. Pulling her from the wash tub, he uses the hose to rinse her a final time.
Eren looks Joo over as he dries her off, appreciating the multi-colored mane and surprisingly fluffy pink tail now that they were clean, âShame, Iâm sure some would really be interested in her if she wasnât a complete nightmare. Probably the only reason she is still alive.â
With the purple, fire-maned fluffy tucked under his arm, Eren carries her to the backyard and places her in the pen. The three colts rush over from playing huggie tag as Eren covers the enclosure with a dark sheet.
Jasper asks as he gets close, âDaddeh, wat am dat?â
Standing next to Jasper, Breeze sniffs and adds, âSmeww wike fwuffy mawe?â
Nodding in agreement, before focusing in on Jasper, âThatâs right, but more importantly she is a full blown smartie, a pretty severe case. Jasper, I want you to see what Iâm worried about you becoming. It will be a part of your lesson today.â
Looking between Slater and Breeze, Eren continues, âI want you two to see it as well.â
Addressing the group again, âAlright, go play some more for now until Joo wakes up. Maybe you can get through to her.â, Eren did his best to hide a nervous grin.
Eren moved to make his way back inside, feeling the need to let Bucky and Lillian know what is going on as well. He wanted to open up the window in the saferoom so they could see and hear it.
A little over an hour had passed before Eren heard any stirring coming from the pen. He had posted up in a chair to read on the patio next to the window for the saferoom. He could hear Lillian singing to Bucky as they played and the three colts napping in the grass.
It started as some faint, groggy muttering and noisy eating of some cheap canned spaghetti, but it didnât take long to start yelling loud enough to rouse the trio from their nap. Eren made his move over to the pen and pulled the dark sheet, inciting a loud âEepâ.
Joo quickly recovered, puffing her sauce-covered cheeks, âWhy dummeh hoomin maek tu bwite!â
Eren just ignored the fluffy and made his way back to his chair, Breeze quickly running up to the side, âHewwo nyu fwiend! Wan pway?â
Joo adjusted her attention to the dark blue fluffy, taking his appearance in, âDummeh wingie, nu-see pwace wan pway? Pway wit sowwie-hooves!â
The purple hellgremlin launches herself at the penâs side, getting her legs through the fencing enough to land a hit on one of Breezeâs mostly healed burn wounds, âAss fuk! Ugwy fwuffy need ged huwties!â
Breeze lets out a surprised squeak as he lets out a squirt of poop behind himself before stumbling back into it and falling on his side, leaving the colt sobbing as he tries to get back up, âHuu. Why fwuffy meanie and gib hurties?â
Jasper quickly moved to position himself between the pen wall and Breeze, puffing his cheeks at Joo, âWhy mawe am beinâ meanie tu bwutheh?â
Joo flashes a quick grin and says, âDummeh wan pway su smartie pway.â
Jasper replying, âJaspeh nu wet yu huwt hewd. Nu mowe pway wike dat.â
The hellgremlin responds back, assessing the red colt as she does, âHewd? Dis nu am hewd. Dis am smawtie Joo wand nao.â
Seeing Jasper was out of reach to grab, Joo moves to present herself to Jasper by pressing her rear against the wall, looking to lure him closer, âGib enfies dummeh, Joo ged gud feews and maek nu-dummeh hewd.â
Plopping down on his rump, Jasper says, âDis am daddehâs wand and smartie-fwiend Jaspehâs hewd. Nu wan gib meanie mawe speciaw huggies.â
âNu cawe bout speciaw huggies, Joo take enfies when Joo wan enfies. Yu nu am smartie, yu am enfieboi. Nu knu hao gib gud feews tu Joo? Dummeh, need sowwie-hooves tu wearn?â Joo demanded.
Wincing at the words, Jasper hops back into his hooves as he puffs his cheeks in defiance. As he stands he flips his mane to expose his horn in as threatening a manner as he could manage, âNu! Yu nu ged enfies! Yu am bad fwuffy and wowstest, dummeh smawtie!â
Looking back at Jasper, Joo loudly lets out a cackle, âWat am dat? Yu take a pointie fwom wittwe babbeh?â. Joo lets out a mocking gasp, âDat why yu nu wan enfies, yu am jus a wittwe babbeh. Yu am a jus enfie babbeh, ged sowwie poopies, gib smartie wickie-cweanies.â
All the while, Lillian and Bucky were huddled together, watching in disbelief. Slater had moved over to Breeze, hugging him to try and comfort the tears away. Eren sat back in his chair, fighting the urge to stay quiet and intervene.
Joo starts hopping around the pen, poorly, yet loudly, singing her taunts, âEnfie babbeh, dummeh am wittwe enfie babbeh, wittwe tinie pointie, nu knu hao tu enfiesâŚâ
Tightening his brows, he retorts, âNu am babbeh, am big cowt. Fwuffies am jus wan pway an wuv an huggies. Why Joo nu wisten? Why nu twy be gud?..JaspehâŚJaspeh hatechu!â
Pausing her prancing, âHate Joo? NU, JOO HATECHU!â
With the sudden shift, Joo went back to bashing against the pen wall repeatedly, shouting âFUK, SHIT, KOK, ASS, TITTIES, BONEH, BISH, MUFF, PUSSY, KOK, BUTTHOWE, BAHBWA STWEISAN!â
Eren blinks stoically, confused by the outburst, while all the fluffies wince at each word shouted.
Turning her rear back at Jasper âJoo wiww kiww dummeh, ged sowwie-poOPIES!â
At this display Eren was on his feet trying to rush over as her tail lifted but he didnât even make it halfway as a torrent of liquid shit showered the wide-eyed unicorn. Unfortunately, Breeze and Slater werenât out of the splash zone but only received a smaller amount.
Thinking enough had been done, Eren stepped back to grab the sheet and used it to cover the pen as Joo continued to shout and rant. He grabbed the sobbing Jasper off the ground, holding him at a distance, telling the other two to follow him around to the washtubs.
There were plenty of tears to be had during the bathing, but surprising little was from the water. Jasper repeatedly apologized to Eren and both of the colts. âHuu⌠Nu wanna be bad smawtie. Huu.â
Once cleaned, Breeze and Slater were quick to console the defeated fluffy. Wrapping them up together in a clean towel, Eren carried them back to their little house, placing them inside to calm down and sleep.
He went to console the pair inside next, choosing to ignore the screaming terror for the time being.
It was mid-afternoon by the time Eren heard back from the person adopting Joo. He wondered what kind of person would want to deal with this thing long term and why. What kind of future was Joo in store for? He didnât want to think too deeply on it, she probably deserved whatever it was but it was still unsettling. If faced with something this severe again he would rather just make it a quick end and be done with it.
Pushing those thoughts aside, Eren headed back onto the patio and grabbed what he would need to get her out of his hair.
Lifting one side of the dark sheet, Eren saw Joo move over to him.
Unsurprisingly, Joo elected to continue her verbal assault, âWet Joo out bish wimp-dik!â
Having little patience left, Eren grabbed her by the scruff as he continued, âSuk my diwty dik swut! Wet Joo gu!â
After pausing a moment to consider, he says to Joo, âYou donât even know what youâre saying do you? You are basically just a shit-spewing parrot, arenât you?â
Angrily flailing, âJoo nu am dummeh! Yu am shit-spooing dummeh hoomin! Wiww swit yu thwoat yu fukinâ whowe!â
Eren let out an exhausted chuckle. When Joo went to respond, he shoved another sedative treat into her mouth. He held her mouth shut until she swallowed it, kicking and fighting the whole time, releasing piss and shit all over him again.
Once satisfied that the treat was swallowed he quickly shoved her into a carrier and latched the door. Ignoring anything more that she said, he carried her out front to the driveway. After placing it down, he covered the carrier.
Talking over the hellgremlin, Eren stated, âGoodbye, Joo. You wonât be missed.â
Eren turned to his porch, lamenting having to shower yet again and questioning if this today was even worth it in the end. He knew one thing for sure, he didnât want to tell anyone about this, especially Linda.
Eren was waiting on the porch after buzzing the person through the gate to his driveway. It had been about thirty minutes since Joo was given the sedative and could be heard snoring from where the carrier was left next to the driveway.
As the old red pickup truck pulled closer, his brother-in-law was calling his cell, âHey Jay, good to hear from you.â
âHey, bro. You holding up okay?â Jay said.
Since the sun was going down the truckâs headlights were shining in his direction, making it difficult to see the driver but he still waved his bandaged hand to greet them. âIâve actually been feeling a lot better lately.â
âGlad to hear it, I know itâs been hell for you the past few months.â
As the driver slips out of the driverâs seat, Eren calls out, âShe is there in that carrier next to you under the cover, the sedation should only last a little bit longer. Be warned, she is a complete nightmare.â
From what Eren could tell, the person was relatively short. Their grey-hued silhouette seems to have two long ears and gleams of red and blue shone from their eyes. Thinking to himself, âMust be one of those hoodies with animal ears teenagers wear.â
As they place the carrier in the back of the truck, they excitedly say, âThanks.â, before hopping back in and quickly taking off back down the driveway.
Turning his attention back to his phone call, âSorry about that, Jay. Had someone swing by to pick up some unwanted trash for me. But anyways, I was hoping to have you come by and hang out soon, maybe talk about starting up the projects around the property again.â
Jay cheerfully says, âYeah, I should be freed up within the next week or two. Would be great to see you again.â
âAlright Jay, just text me when you want to swing by. Love you.â Eren says.
âWill do, love you too, dude.â Jay says before hanging up the call.
Tucking his phone in his back pocket, Eren went back inside. The boys would be up soon and he needed to see how today impacted them and figure out what to do next.
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(Joo is a character created by @angry19 and was adopted by @Eded_ted who then put her up for adoption as well. Joo took a quick stop with me before going to @Thatmotherfluffer who has adopted them. Thank you for everyone involved.)
