Chapter 119 - The Stalkers (2/2)

”Yeah, I know. That big old brain of yours has way to many thoughts for your own good. You should try to be more like me and think less. It's a much better way of living.” Even while pushing Reggie from behind, the short girl was nodding her head as though agreeing with herself out loud. Reggie couldn't help but laugh at her and started walking on his own.

'Seriously though, what am I afraid of? It's not like he's going to kill me in broad daylight or something.' Reggie finally picked up his courage with the girl at his back and began walking faster.

Laz returned to his seat after scaring away the kids and decided to lay down. Despite the fact that the seats were ripped from broken down cars, the cars themselves were in decent condition so the chairs were fairly clean. He decided to ignore the kids since they didn't seem to want to talk and posed no threat. After all, it's not like he went around exposing his power or anything. Since he and Vivi had decided on not hunting on the wonderfully clear spring day, he figured a nap was in order. Vivi had already beat him to it after her last snack and was already fitfully snoring in her stuffed, oversize chair.

'Not like I have to worry about someone trying to rob us. That really was wonderful what happened that last time. I swear Vivi literally frighten the shit out of them both. They even turned themselves in. Ah... rest...' With that last thought in his head, Laz closed his eyes and fell asleep quickly.

As Reggie and Dee approached, Reggie noticed that the young man in question had fallen asleep. Hesitating for a second, he suddenly wondered if it was the right thing to do to wake him up. He didn't want to get on his bad side after all. Sadly for him, the choice quickly went out of his control.

”OH MY GOD... SHE IS SOOOOOOO CUUUUUTTTTTTEEEEEE,” Dee screamed in excitement and launched herself away from Reggie and pounced towards Vivi who had been curled up while sleeping. Even though she couldn't have known before, after seeing Vivi, Dee automatically assumed she was a girl and having an addiction for small furry animals, couldn't control herself.

Laz, who had just fallen asleep a few minutes ago, awoke to find a strange girl suddenly pounce towards Vivi. Of course, he didn't move. After figuring out the girls strength, he knew that if Vivi wanted to do something, she would. Besides, he had just gotten comfortable and didn't want to get up yet. Laz did look over to see how Vivi would react though.

Much to his surprise, Vivi just sat up and looked at this strange girl while yawning, almost as though she was asking, 'what do you want? I'm sleeping.' Dee, not reading the mood, just hunched down in front of Vivi while looking at her closely.

”She's even got such a cute star over her eye like a real idol.... it's sooooo adorable,” Dee said after soaking in all of Vivi's cuteness. Vivi, hearing the praise, raised her head and nodded, as though agreeing with Dee's statement. She then inclined her head back as though giving Dee permission to pet her fur. Dee happily complied, gently rubbing the soft and silky black fur while looking like she was in heaven.

'She's way to easy to win over. A bit of food or praise and she goes into her little princess mood. I swear to god...' Although Laz complained to himself silently, he knew Vivi's senses were incredibly sharp. Had this girl had any bad intentions, Vivi would have been the first one to notice and react accordingly.

”Oooh uh uh uh... Wait. I've got it... There is one thing she is missing to complete this perfect picture.” With that said, Dee reached up and undid the ribbon that was holding her hair in place, thankful that she had gone with a ribbon today and not a hair tie. She then held out the ribbon to Vivi's face as though asking for her approval. Vivi, getting excited herself at the suggested idea, vigorously nodded her head before standing up and facing forward while remaining still. Without wasting any time, Dee tied the sparkling purple ribbon into a nice loose bow around Vivi's neck. Once she was done, Vivi quickly turned around to ask this attentive admirer for her opinion.

”A girl just isn't a girl without the right accessories. Perfect, SSSOOOO PERFECTLY CUTE!” Dee looked as though she was about to overload while grabbing out her phone and turning on the camera. Changing it to selfie mode, she showed Vivi who suddenly started wagging her tail in excitement at it.

*Human, Human... Look... LOOOOOKKKK!!!!* Vivi, who disliked barking like other canines, suddenly let out a little yelp of excitement while staring at Laz.

”Yep. Adorable. Totally.” Laz's unenthusiastic response came out. It wasn't that he didn't think it looked good, he just didn't understand what there was to be so excited about.

Vivi, having expected this reaction, just ignored him while checking herself out in the phone. She then got down off the chair and started prancing around, looking like a dog on a runway. Dee, seeing this couldn't help but clap in encouragement.

Laz, having lost all interest, rolled over and closed his eyes again, attempting to go back to sleep when a sudden fake cough woke him up again. Turning over, he noticed the guy who had been stalking him for a few weeks standing right there and looking a bit nervous.

”Hmm?”

”Um.. yeah. Sorry. I... eh... just wanted to ask you something...” Reggie finally mustered up the courage to speak.

”What?” Laz didn't know what this was about, but it was getting in the way of his long awaited nap so he hoped that the guy would get to the point quickly.

”Are you.... like us?”