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[n5]

I need you to take me to the vet.

[ Guess who fed a stray and ended adopting the puppy. As much as it annoys him to ask, he needs the assistance of an adult looking person to convince the vets to vaccinate the poor dog. ]

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[n5]

You mean in zombie movies? Not exactly the same. And I think that's because vets are more used to their patients trying to bite them so they know how to avoid it.

[ If this what will take to convince Klaus...Five sends a picture of the puppy. ]

[ouiking_ouija]

[He'd been about to reply that that made sense, and then the picture loads.]
Okay yes, let me get my shoes, we're going right now.

[n5]

Good to see we are finally focused on the important thing and not discussing my medical history.

[ Thanks good. He's surprised Klaus didn't ask questions, bit relieved too. ]

[ouiking_ouija]

We'll worry about that later, there's more important things to worry about now.
[Texting even as he walks down the hall, and then just barging into Five's room, as he's wont to do]
For instance, where the hell did you get this? Does it have a name? Can I pet it? Because I'm definitely going to pet it.

[n5]

[ Five is sitting cross-legged on the floor, a very playful puppy in his lap as he tries to brush his fur. It stops being an easy task the moment Klaus walks in, getting the dog's attention immediately. Brush set aside, Five watches the dog waggle over his brother, tail in the air. ]

I found him in the alley when I was leaving the house, crying inside a crate. [ Because what's using door like a normal person? ] I already fed him and gave the puppy a bath but I don't know if it's healthy or if he needs vaccines.

[ouiking_ouija]

[Exactly zero people in this family use the door like a normal person, so it doesn't even seem odd that's how Five found the dog, and Klaus, pocketing his phone, just beams, crouching to let the puppy sniff his fingers before rubbing the dog's face and ears.]

Probably, they'll be able to tell if he's chipped already, too, though I doubt it if somebody just dumped him off in a box.

[n5]

[ The puppy paws at Klaus' fingers and tries too munch on them. His fangs are too small to cause any real damage and his tail is now wagging like mad. Five takes the opportunity to stand up and put on his blazer but he doesn't seem in a rush to leave. It's odd to see Klaus happy nowadays...so he lets them be. ]

I couldn't tell, that's why I didn't name him. But who would abandon a pup this small? It's so cute too. [ Kneeling near the, Five reaches to scratch the pup's head, a small and sincere smile in his face. ]

[ouiking_ouija]

We're going to need to get a leash or a box or something, they'll kick us out if we can't keep him still.

[He's guessing, he knows about the leash/crate rules, but not what happens if they aren't followed. He also hasn't stood up yet, still rubbing the dog's face, even giving a soft whine of his own at the nipping, having heard that reacting the same way another dog would was the best way to curb that kind of behavior, and it seems to work.]

Right, right right right, we're supposed to be leaving.

[n5]

At that, Five blinks at Klaus with something close to confusion, as if the information never occurred to him before and for a moment or two, he looks his age.

"Keep an eye on him as I go find something, make sure he doesn't get in trouble." Five says standing up again and ready to spatial jump. Then he grins like a cat before doing so. "I was talking to the dog, by the way."

And he's gone....for a little while, he will come back in a few minutes with a cardboard box that has a fluffy towel inside. "I found it in the pantry, I don't want to put a leash on him. He could get upset."

[ouiking_ouija]

"Yeah I figured you were!" He turned to yell down the hall, figuring that either Five would hear it or he wouldn't, and either way it didn't matter, really.

By the time Five returned, Klaus was fully sitting on the floor instead of just crouching as he had been, and was rolling the puppy over on its back every time it sat up, and just grinning when it leaned into his hand to get him to do it again, tail still going like a dynamo.

"Good call." He said, nodding, "And he's too little for a collar, I think, probably just slide right out of it."

[n5]

Five doesn't laugh out loud often, or...never. He really can't remember the last time such thing happened. But He's grin at Klaus reply, hearing it before he leaves the hall.

When he sees Klaus and the dog a moment later, that grin turns into a softer smile. He puts the box down but doesn't look in any rush to hold the dog again. "Probably. We can get him one for once he grows up a bit."

Five totally plans on keeping the dog, in case it wasn't clear. He's 99% sure the poor thing isn't chipped.

[ouiking_ouija]

Klaus was equally sure that it wasn't chipped, not if it had been abandoned in an alley, but he rolled to his feet, scooping the dog up easily and depositing it in the box Five had brought, "Okay, I can call a taxi, or we can hop the bus, I know I've got change for the bus."

He could probably scrape up the money for a taxi as well, if necessary, "Or do we want to risk getting pulled over?" He knew that the vet wasn't that far away, but there was always a chance.

[n5]

The puppy sniffed around the box, trying to stand up on his hind legs and then falling on his ass. Five watches it for a few seconds before caressing his back.

"The bus then, it might be even quicker. And I'm paying." He doesn't want a cab overhearing their conversation and now one pays much attention to others in a bus. You could have a breakdown and very little people cared, if any.

Five also doesn't specify how or where he found the money for the bus or the vet and he also doesn't look like he's about to give any more details. He eyes Klaus' clothes critically.

"Do you want to get changed first or...?"

[ouiking_ouija]

Klaus wasn't going to ask where he'd gotten the money, the fact that he had any was good enough.

At the question, however, he glanced down at what he was wearing, rubbing a hand over his shirt as if to see if there was something spilled on it that he couldn't see but Five could, "What's wrong with what I've got on?"

[n5]

And that was another reason why Five was more comfortable hanging out with Klaus than his other siblings, the man didn't concern himself with unimportant things such as what was legal or not when they had more pressing matters at hand. Like getting an adorable puppy to a vet.

"I don't even know where to start to answer that." So he won't! Puppy secured in the box, Five starts walking out of the kitchen, confident that Klaus will follow.

[ouiking_ouija]

"Wait, is this one of those times where I'm supposed to be pretending to be your father? I thought you just needed someone who could pretend to be any kind of responsible adult." He objected, though he did follow, out of reflex if nothing else, not even waiting for an answer before he continued, "I mean, we already know me pretending to be some kind of responsible adult is a stretch anyway, but even more of a stretch to say I'm your father, that barely worked the first time and I don't think it's going to work again at a veterinarian's office."

[n5]

"No." Five's eyebrows knitted together as he looked over at Klaus. "One, please take a breath. And second, we don't have to pretend anything, just being my brother's works this time. A long as you can act like a 30 years old, that's it."
Once they were out of the house, Five looked at both side of the street, trying to remember where the bus stop was. God, it's been so long since he were here and even longer since he bothered with public transportation. "Uhm."

[ouiking_ouija]

Luckily Klaus knew exactly where the bus stop was and was already walking for it when he realized that Five had stopped moving, and figuring it was the shorter legs, Klaus stopped to let him catch up, though he did take an exaggerated breath as if to prove that he'd done so.

"Pretty sure I can manage to act like a thirty year old for however long this takes." For the puppy's sake if nothing else, though a little bit for Five's sake, too.

[n5]

Riiiight. It was totes that, the shortest legs and not the fact that Five was very out of touch with a normal city with its buildings standing.

"Fantastic, maybe by the end of the day this lil munchkin will be properly cared for." When they reached the bus stop, Five told Klaus the name of the closest vet clinic he found listen on the phone book and they waited for the right bus to arrive. The puppy was still trying to look over the box and it yipped at them to get his attention.

"Shh, ey...it's okay." Slowly, Five reaches down to caress the puppy's head, concerned by the apparent distress.

[ouiking_ouija]

Klaus couldn't help but smile a little at the obvious concern, it wasn't the sort of thing he'd have thought Five capable of before he'd disappeared and even for a short time after he'd returned. But now... well, now he knew that Five was capable of it, but it still made him smile a little to actually see it in action.

He didn't draw attention to the fact, though, that would just be asking for trouble, instead he asked: "Have you thought of a name?"

[n5]

Five never like to make it obvious when he like something or someone for the simple reason that in the past such thing had always been used against him. Their father did it, the Handler did it, and no doubt anyone who figured out he actually cared would use his loved ones to hurt him. It was safer for everyone involved if he kept it to himself. But the puppy would not think him weak and he trusts Klaus a little bit more than his other siblings, sans Vanya.

"Not yet." Five looks up, his face relaxed. "I was thinking about asking Vanya is she wants to name it. But since you are helping, I'm open for ideas." He pauses briefly, then adds. "No names of weird musicians or bands."

[ouiking_ouija]

"There's always Irving, like Irving Berlin, wrote all those songs." He shrugged, leaning towards the street so he could see further along in the direction the bus would be coming from to see if he could spot it, "But you found him." He said even as he turned back to his brother, "Means you've got exclusive naming rights unless you decide to hand them off to someone else."

He shrugged, stuffing his hands in his pockets, "That's just the rules, I don't make them up, but even I know what they are."

[n5]

There was the faintest hum of approval coming from Five after the suggestion. Irving is not a bad name, he was expecting something worse like Snoop Dogg or Eminem.

"He's part of the family now." The boy looked down at the dog fondly, something about cute pets just happened to be one of Five's weakness. "We can name them all together, I don't mind. I already had to take all the decisions on my own for 40 years."

It had been tiring, there were days when Five really considered giving up completely. But the reason why he didn't was sitting next to him, smelling of cigarettes and cologne. A bus passed by but it was not the right number. Fives ignored it but it got the pup's attention and it started to yip at Klaus. "I think he wants you to hold him."

[ouiking_ouija]

Klaus waved the bus driver off, giving a friendly-enough smile before turning back to Five and the puppy, almost concerned by the yipping at least until Five's statement and the still-wagging tail set in, and he grinned, picking the dog up carefully, "Hey buddy, it's okay, I'm still here, we're all going for a ride in a minute, means you're going to have to go back in the box when we do."

He set to rubbing the dog's face and ears gently even as he resumed talking to his brother, "You could always ask mom, she did pretty well with the rest of us, I think she could be trusted to name a dog."

[n5]

What was with this family and waving goodbye Five will never figure it out but they all did it every now and then. The puppy calms down as long as it's held, trying to lick Klaus fingers and then wagging his tail and enjoying the petting. Maybe he missed his mom.

Five could understand the need for contact with another living creature and seeing Klaus dote on the dog makes him relax too.

"True. She also seems to be more ehm, natural now that dad's not around. Free. Did you notice too?"