Neighborhood Fluffs #14 by Chikahiro

<— Part 13

“Babbehs! Come out bebbehs! See nyu fwens! See hewd!”

Five little heads peer out of the carrier. A blue pegasus with yellow wings trots out while the others look around uncertainly. It looks at the mess of a hugpile, eyes looking at Sonic.

“Daddeh?”

Sonic’s mouth dropped. He stared at the little fluffy, then at Saffron, then rolled onto his back trying to see his no-no stick and lumps. Eyes darted back to Saffwon then her child.

“How…? Sonic… bu’ no hab…? Ne’bah eben gib…?”

You try not to laugh. As the pegasus stallion sits in bafflement, the other little ones make their way to the floor. Saffron smiles before removing herself from the hug-pile, clearing her throat.

“Wingie babbeh iz Sky,” she starts, introducing the little almost-colt. Wisps of a yellow mane were sprouting from his head. He’s still looking at Sonic with a sense of wonder.

“An’ wed babbeh iz Cwimson,” Saffron motions toward a red pegasus, meekly hiding behind Sky. Burgundy mane is starting to show, matching her tail. There’s a good chance whoever named her did so ironically given her personality seemed quite the opposite of her namesake from the Josef Mongola novels.

“Babbeh am Cuwwy!” confidently states a foal. Its fluff is a rich brown color like its namesake, with a tuft of white on its tail and right behind its horn. It goes alongside Crimson giving her a big hug.

“Babbeh am Ti,” sings a little pegasus, its fluff a dark, full green resembling a leaf from a ti plant. Yellow fluff can be seen on its tail and head, eyes beaming.

“An’ den dis babbeh am Coco,” Saffron says as she picks up brown filly. She’s an earthy mono-color, fidgeting in her mama’s hooves.

The adult Coco strides up to the little one, sniffing. Neither can quite take their eyes off the other.

“Coco namsie is Coco tu.”

“Coco wub Coco namesies! Coco pwetteh!”

Saffron hugs her daughter who squeals in delight. Sky goes up to Sonic, asking again, “Daddeh?”

The older pegasus looks to the colt’s mother, “Sonic no knu wha’ fow say!”

“Sonic no am Sky’s daddeh,” Saffron says, watching her son deflate a bit. “Sonic mowe bettah dan dat fwuffy!”

The two blue pegasi looked up in surprise.

“Dat fwuffy awweady hab speshul fwen, but gib Saffwon speshul huggies anyhu,” melancholy tinging her voice. “Said dat fwuffy’s daddeh gib fwuffy an’ speshul fwen sketti an’ toysies if fwuffy gib speshul huggies.”

“Aaaaw,” Sonic moaned. “Dat no faiw.”

“So Sonic betteh ‘cause Sonic awways hewp Saffwon when was soon-mama, eben tho’ Saffwon no teww was soon-mama. Was awways nice to Bubbwegum eben when Bubbwegum was stiww wittwe. Sonic awways gib Coco an’ Huwk heawt happies by bein’ siwwy an’ gib bestest huggies!”

The blue stallion felt his chest swell up, face covered with a big, goofy smile. Sky looked up at him, grabbing his tummy.

“Sonic be Sky daddeh?”

Coco looked at Coco. Heads tilted to the left, then to the right. Sensing an impasse, snoots drew closer and closer until they touched, a gentle boop shared. The little Coco fell back giggling while holding her nose. Big Coco nuzzled the foals belly, making you smile at the sound of giggles and cooing from the pair.

“Be gentle, Coco,” you say, more because you need to than out of worry. “Little Coco had to see the vet not long ago and she needs be careful for another few days.”

“Babbeh see vet?”

“They all did. The vet needed to make sure they’re healthy,” is replied while you hold onto the copies the Humane Society gave you. All healthy, all growing well, and all had been fixed two days ago. “Even Saffron.”

The yellow mare nods, head a bit lower than before.

“Dey said dat deese gon’ be Saffwon’s onwy babbehs. Dat Saffwon’s babbeh pwace haff go bai-bai.” She puts on a smile while gathering up the brood. “So Saffwon gon’ wub babbehs fowebah an’ fowebahs!”

She lays down, letting Crimson and Ti nurse. Coco, Curry, and Sky stop what they’re doing and head to their mother, nuzzling together. Getting up, you excuse yourself from the safe room, closing the child-gate behind you. According to the paperwork, the foals are 18 days old, and ought be hitting the weanling stage soon.

The kibble should last a while, but you’ll need to pick up more oatmeal soon. At first you thought the meal replacement shake was for the foals instead of formula, apparently its for Saffron. They were giving it to her in a bowl to drink, but it should work fine in the oatmeal and kibble mix you’d been giving the fluffs.

As you return to the safe-room, food in hand, little Coco and Curry are nursing while Sky, Crimson, and Ti play. Big Coco is watching the youngsters, encouraging them to “pway nice.” Saffron is cooing gentle as Sonic happily saying “speshul fwen’” over and over while he big-spoon hugs her.

Well, that was quick!

Chapter 15 ---->

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Sonic: gotta go fast

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Heh. It’s been on his mind. After her dream special friend wasn’t what she was expecting (they met again at the Humane Society, which I’m write later), she was open to the idea. They’re all good fluffs so… :slight_smile:

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Sonic face on Sky so cute and funny :joy:

Big and lil coco staring and tilt head match :grin:

Love making Josef as a novel here :grin:

Saffron and her babbies are now “sealed” as rule glad she is happy to luv her foals forever.

Nice chapter

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“Wha Hippowyta fink of nyu Cwimson?”

“Fink she betta, wess of a munstah. Maybee she be fwiend.”

“Napoweon wike nyu fwiend.”

……

“Bu wai dewe twu Cwimson’s nyo?”

“Hippowyta fink it wike muwtivewse, dis Cwimson am vawient of daddeh Joesep’s Cwimson.”

“OH! Su she opp-o-sit of meanie Cwimson, dat make hew da gud wun.”

“Dat sound wight.”

“Napoweon hope bad Cwimson neba meet dis wun. Am scawed he might fink ‘Gu enf youwsewf’ am a chawwenge nyo.”

“Wet’s keep a see-pwace on da fowth waww tu be safe.”

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lol! That’s great! :slight_smile:

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Napoleon and Hipolyta looked at Napoleon and Hippolyta.

Oh fwuff,” the four said at once.

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Not sure if there is more planned for the series but this has made me so happy. This chapter is exactly what I needed to start the day with.

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OOOH MY HEART!

I love all these guys soo much, Coco is my favorite but they’re all soo damn cute! :heart: :heart_eyes: :heart:

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Honestly, there was never much planned for this series. At all. I just knew I wanted to write something with the threat level of “My Neighbor Totoro” based on where I grew up. I also wanted to try doing 2nd person again as last time I tried (Bad Baby) was a bit half-assed when I look back at it.

If I’m disappointed in anything its looking back it would’ve been good to work on backstories before introducing the fluffs but this was a lazy writing project with lazy (but fun to write) hugbox. I did want to avoid “magical protagonist syndrome” where the protagonist had everything they needed for whatever wackiness (regardless of box). But as a result I also avoided a lot of things such as the fluffies getting hurt.

Well, that and the complete lack of references. I mean, jeez, I /only/ made reference to @BFM101 material now and we’re already at #14. I could’ve put in one every other story referring to folks I like I’m sure… what’s the point of writing something like this without silly indulgences? :wink:

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BTW, @BFM101 - the cat woke me up at 3am for reasons, so when I took a peek? Your post gave me a nice, big smile. Your take on Napoleon and Hippolyta was a lot of fun to read, well in character, and was just a treat to read :slight_smile:

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That little herd is the most adorable family. So much love. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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