We're Only Animals: Book 2 - Part 1: Building the Tower

Chapter 100 - Wake Up

Louis' eyes opened slowly and he felt a weight on him. "Mmm...what time is it...?" He grabbed his phone and looked. A little past ten. Great.

Said weight snored softly, his wool a mess. Pina looked completely and utterly at peace.

Louis had an arm around him and he smiled. "Hey...Pina."

Pina's breathing slowed, his eyes still closed. "Hey, Louis." He smiled.

The buck sighed. "You were already awake?"

"Just resting. Are you upset that you weren't actually watching me sleep?"

"What? No, of course not. Don't be daft," Louis said. "I'm sure I'll see plenty."

"Yeah, you can watch me sleep later." Pina's eyes opened, revealing their stunning aqua color. "Mmph, how long has it been since we got off the phone with our boys?"

"A few hours. Ichi will probably be calling us in soon. Unfortunately," he sighed.

"I'm surprised he wasn't insulted by your hybrid Chimera," Pina noted. "I guess he's, like, uh, a collector. Just wants them no matter what."

"We don't know how he really feels about it. He might have complained to Ni while they were copulating last night. Maybe he unloads in multiple ways like that."

Pina let out a carefree laugh. "You really truly just say 'copulate' unironically, don't you?"

"Fornicate as well."

"God, yes. Can't forget that one, grandpa." Pina planted a kiss on Louis' forehead. "Wanna do something before Ichi crashes the party?"

"You have an idea?"

"Find Nori and Hachi and get some breakfast?"

"Ooh, yes, of course," Louis nodded. "I wonder what happened after Nori left. He must be so embarrassed."

Pina's smile faded. "Oh, yeah. Hope he doesn't, like, disown us or anything."

"He might already have..."

"Noooo I love that lil' guy!" Pina pounded Louis' chest gently in a mock tantrum.

"I wonder if Kai would disown us if he saw what Nori did...Considering we know..."

"Hmm, I hope not. I mean, the dude who runs an LGBT alliance club should be open to poly relationships, right?"

"I don't think that part would matter."

"Well, he'd better be okay with it. That dude is too entertaining to stop being friends with." Pina sat up and stretched, back cracking as he yawned.

"Entertaining? I don't think I would call it that..."

"Well, we'll find out at the Meteor Festival." Pina fumbled around for his leg, still naked.

Louis watched, closely. "I think Dom will squeal once he finds out. You know, like he does."

"Oh, he will." Pina brought Kai, the leg, over once he found it as well as a pair of underwear. "The drama club folks are in for a surprise, too."

"Oh, he will." Pina brought Kai, the leg, over once he found it as well as a pair of underwear. "The drama club folks are in for a surprise too."

"I bet they're going to think that it was some big plan this whole time. To drop out, one by one, so we could ride into the sunset and be together. Of course, I didn't drop out." His hand moved up to his bad eye.

"You didn't exactly graduate either," Pina pointed out. "I just hope it's not too awkward to be there. Sometimes I feel like we all abandoned them."