Dueling Critters, a Smiling Critters x Yu-Gi-Oh AU Story

Chapter 76

Chapter 76: Memories Of The Spiritual Siblings

Trigger Warning: This chapter contains flashbacks of emotional and mental abuse mentioned in the story. Please read this chapter with caution.

CatNap meanwhile was eating pasta with sausage with Baba Chops in her apartment.

“Glad you could give me some shelter while the heat was on between be and DogDay.” CatNap said,

“Anything I can do to help.” Baba said as she was eating some of her pasta she made herself and CatNap, “And I think you being hungry for some dinner would also be quite the help on my part.”

CatNap looked around at Baba's apartment as it looked pretty normal.

“Huh, your apartment looks normal.” He said,

“I live in the safest area of Sunshine Valley.” Baba said, “If I even redecorate it, then people are gonna suspect me like DogDay would.”

“Figures…”

“Besides, the only place I redecorate was my bedroom. Only a 1 bedroom apartment, but you can sleep with me since it's a king sized bed.”

CatNap was surprised.

“No shit, really?” He asked her,

“Yeah, ya know it.” Baba replied with a smile before going back to eating some of her pasta with sausages,

CatNap also went back to eating some of his pasta and sausage as well. Sleeping with a woman the same age as him for the first time in his life could go either way. He tried to not let it run his mind.

“This tastes good.” CatNap said to Baba,

“Thanks.” Baba said, “I eat pasta like once a month.”

“I eat it once a week.”

CatNap and Baba shared a laugh as they continued their dinner together.

Later on, CatNap was in a new tank top and shorts provided by Allister Gator who was next door to Baba. He was looking at his photos on his phone of him and DogDay under an album titled, “Bros” and sighed. He then looked at one with him, DogDay and CraftyCorn. Then at another one with him and DogDay moving into their new apartment together after graduating middle school and having DogDay away from his mother. He sighed.

“I know he would never do something like that to me or to Baba…” He said to himself as he closed his eyes and lied on the couch, “He's just frustrated about it all… I know it…”

Flashbacks occurred years ago when CatNap was about 7-9 years old, crying behind a tree. He had no one to talk to as he was the oddball of the orphanage he was in. No one wanted to talk to him. Except, one orange dog critter as he went over to calm him down.

“Hey, are you ok?” He asked him, “What's wrong?”

The young CatNap sniffed.

“No one wanted to talk or play with me…” He replied,

The young orange dog critter looked at the other kids in the same orphanage as CatNap playing together. From toys of the likes of Huggy Wuggy, Mommy Long Legs and Pianosaurus to playing with soccer balls, tennis and toy trucks.

“Aww, I'm sorry… Here, how about you play with me?” He said to CatNap, “It's ok, don't cry anymore.”

Young CatNap sniffed as he wiped the tears from his face.