Walking around a small playground, Laff looked around as he took off his sunglasses. He kept looking around as he started to become a little worried "Nadwe? Son, where did you go?? Nadwe?" He stopped quickly as a couple of kids ran out in front of him so he wouldn't run into them. Standing up straight, he looked around again and noticed something ducking into the tube slide. Tapping the edge of the glasses in his hand, he smirked slightly and quietly walked over, standing just out of view of the opening of the slide.

A small, black haired five year old stuck his head out from the tube slide as he giggled quietly, looking around before locking eyes with Laff. He squealed and ducked back into the slide "YOU'LL NEVA CATCH ME!" He attempted to climb up the slide as Laff put his sunglasses away and leaned on the tube slide, waiting. Nadwe ended up sliding back down since you can't climb up a slide without enough willpower and sat at the edge of it "Aw man."

Laff chuckled quietly and picked him up "Well lookie here," He grinned "I caught myself a Nadwe!" Nadwe giggled and covered his face "Who caught me? I don' see no one!" His father laughed and set Nadwe down on his feet and took his hand "I told you not to run out of sight, if you wanted to play hide and seek you could have asked lad." Nadwe stuck his tongue out "Nya! That's no fun daddy!"

Laff chuckled quietly again and started walking with Nadwe away from the playground "Well we have to get you something to eat, it's your first day of afternoon school after all!" The small Dhampir squealed in excitement and started jumping as they walked "First day of school! First day of school!" he started chanting as Laff chuckled louder.

"Laff!"

He looked over and smiled at the sight. It was Wictoria; she was waiting to meet them both at the small corner diner. She stood up from one of the outside tables as Nadwe tugged on Laff's arm, smiling brightly "Momma!"

Wictoria smiled brightly in return as she crouched down "Nadwe!" Laff let Nadwe go as he quickly ran to her, throwing himself into her as Wictoria picked him up. "Ohh, how is my special little man doing this morning?" She asked as Nadwe smiled proudly "I beat daddy in hide and seeks!" Wictoria smiled and looked at Laff "Oh, you did??" Smiling warmly, Laff nodded and chuckled "Yeah, he did mate. This little lad is the world's best hider."

Nadwe giggled "See see!?"

Wictoria smiled and set him down gently "I see Nadwe, but you would never hide from me would you?" She tilted her head as Nadwe shook his head "Oh neva eva momma!" Laff quickly faked his hurt as he put his hand to his chest "Oh son, how could yous?" Nadwe flinched and giggled nervously "I woulds neva hides from you either daddy! You'd find me instantelly!" Laff dropped the act and laughed, ruffling his hair "I know son."

Nadwe smiled happily as Laff took his hand again. He looked up at Wictoria and smiled brightly "I gets to start school today momma!" Wictoria giggled quietly and walked with the two inside "I know Nadwe, daddy told me all about it. You start kindergarten today, right?" Nadwe nodded happily as Laff smiled warmly "Only five and going to school for the first time."

"I think everyone starts kindergarten at five, hon."

Laff looked at Wictoria as she giggled softly "Just saying." Laff huffed quietly and smiled softly "You could have let me have my moment though, Toria."

"I know, I'm sorry." She giggled softly as Laff rolled his eyes playfully. "Four years and you have not changed, still the adorable woman I fell in love with." Wictoria blushed and smiled sheepishly.

"Ewwww daddyyyyyyy, I'm right here!"

Laff looked down at Nadwe and laughed "What? Can't stand it when your daddy flirts with your mother?" Nadwe pouted and covered his ears "I can't hear! Whatcha say!?" Laff chuckled and picked him up, earning a laugh from Nadwe as Wictoria smiled. She flinched softly when she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket, she took it out to check the notification.

Her eyes widened a bit as she put her phone back into her pocket, glancing around cautiously as Laff and Nadwe were up at the register, ordering breakfast. She quickly noticed the camera in the upper corner as she froze for a moment, before she quickly walked away to the restroom and locked the door behind her.

"Now there, Toria do you-" Laff turned around and noticed Wictoria was gone "Huh?" Nadwe blinked confused as Laff looked around "Where did she go?"

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Reading a book on business educate, Joocie sat at his dining table as he was chewing on the end of his pen. The last few jobs he had tried to hold onto had all fallen through by terrible management, so in an effort to help him; Oompa offered him a spot in managing his candy business. Nothing TO hard, just delegating tasks and managing the books on inventory; stuff he could easily do from home, and just in case he ever needed a day off there is someone already working in those departments anyway.

He was rather excited to start working for someone he knew he could trust not to fuck him over. He wouldn't have to travel far for work, he knew the boss personally and even Tbh was all for Joocie to essentially work from home.

Speaking of-

Joocie flinched softly as he felt someone stroke his hair. He held back a squeak as he glanced behind him "Wha-Tb??" Tbh smiled softly and kept finger combing his long hair "Yeah?" Joocie held back a few snickers as he set down his pen "What are you doing?" Tbh laughed softly and let go of his hair "Brushing your hair. You've been letting it go." Joocie laughed quietly and pointed to his book "But I'm trying to study."

"You can study while I brush your hair." He gestured to the couch "Go sit by the couch and I'll comb it out." Joocie chuckled quietly and stood up, picking up his book as Tbh moved to the room to grab his hairbrush and other things. Joocie walked over to the couch and pulled one of the throw pillows off, setting it down on the ground as he sat down on it.

Not long after, Tbh walked over with a hairbrush, comb, some hairspray and a couple of hair ties. He sets those items down and went back to the kitchen, coming back with a glass of tea and a few snack sandwiches. Joocie smiled and lowered his book "Aw, Tb." He took the tea from him and took a sip from it. Tbh smiled and sat on the couch behind him. "أتذكر أنك أحببت الوجبات الخفيفة أثناء الدراسة." He reached over and poked his nose "So I knew I had to provide those snacks." Joocie chuckled quietly as he took another sip of his tea before setting it down, going back to reading his book.

Tbh picked up the spray and put a hair tie around his wrist. He started spraying Joocie's hair, grabbing the hairbrush as Joocie went back to reading, reaching over and grabbing one of the snack sandwiches.

The crabman took his long yellow hair in his hands and started brushing it gently. A few moments of silence passed before Tbh spoke softly "You know that bar Blaza got employed at?" Joocie nodded silently as he finished his snack sandwich. Tbh smiled softly "Well, they had a video game lobby recently built. They also have these really good sloppy joes with onion rings. We should go sometime."

Joocie turned the page in his book "But I don't drink, you know that." Tbh set the hair brush down and grabbed the comb "Oh I do, I know, I haven't forgotten. Just because it's a bar doesn't mean we can't have fun there." He started combing back the shorter hairs around his face "You know, just the two of us." Joocie looked up at him and raised a brow " 'Just' the two of us? No one hiding out of sight?" Tbh chuckled nervously "T-That was ONE time! And, hey, Dino gave some GREAT tips! I wouldn't have ever imagined you would have liked that movie unless he told me." Joocie rolled his eyes as he looked back at his book. Tbh held his hair for him and put it in a neat ponytail "But still, it would be a good place to have a late-night date, yeah?"

Joocie pondered on it for a bit as Tbh finished brushing his hair. "It would be a good place for a date, I guess...But remember we have to pick up Nadwe after school today." He closed his book as Tbh got up "No I know that, I wasn't suggesting a date for today." Joocie narrowed his eyes a bit and smiled, standing up "You've been suggesting a date every day lately, so forgive me for being skeptical." Tbh set the brush and comb down and chuckled softly "I just want to spend as much time with my Juicey as possible."

"Oh my god even after four years you are corny."

Tbh stuttered as Joocie laughed quietly, walking into the kitchen and grabbing his car keys "C'mon, we need to get some shopping done before we pick up Nadwe later today." Tbh smiled softly and followed him out of the door, shutting it quietly behind them.

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Walking down a sidewalk, Woolfster was scrolling through his phone as his backpack was slung across his back. He put his phone away and walked into a small pub bar and walked straight to the bar-side. It was a little busy but it was still a bustling place, filled with a bunch of rowdy new college students who were looking to celebrate their last day before the start of college. He lingered to the sides for a bit before walking over to the bar counter.

"Hi, what can I get you Furry?"

Woolfster's tail fluffed up as he grumbled "I'm not a furry" under his breath before looking at the bartender "Just some water and jalapeno poppers will be fine." The bartender scoffed softly and walked away "Lightweight."

"Heya Woolfster!" Woolfster looked over and saw Blaza working behind the counter. "Oh damn, Blaza? You work here?" Blaza smiled happily and walked over "Yep! Got the job a few months ago! Shroobz says that this bar gets packed with college students around this time so any extra help would be appreciated! I just didn't think I would see you here." Woolfster rolled his eyes and looked at him "Well, it's a college that doesn't have that high of a fee for admission." He smiled softly "Plus it doesn't push for any specific degrees. So I have some time to figure out what I still want to pursue."

The first bartender walked over with a glass of water and set it down "Here's your water furry." Woolfster grumbled a bit as Blaza puffed out his chest "Hey! That's my friend Jerry! Only we can call him a furry!" Jerry shot a glare at him and got up in his face, not being able to tower over him since Blaza was taller than him "You're a newbie B, how are YOU gonna make me stop?"

"He probably won't, but I WILL."

Jerry flinched and turned around to see Shroobz standing there. "Leave them alone Jerry." The smaller squeaked and backed off "S-Sorry.." he ducked back into the kitchen as Shroobz chuckled quietly. Blaza smiled softly "Heya!" Shroobz smiled back "Hey there Blaza B. How's the job?" Blaza beamed happily "The best so far!" The work-a-holic smiled and nodded "Let me know if anymore 'Jerrys' try to give you any hard time."

Blaza nodded and went to go help with someone else as Shroobz turned to look at Woolfster "Hey there furry-" Woolfster let out a huff "-how is college life so far?" Woolfster smiled softly and sat on the bar stool "Pretty uneventful right now. It does feel different living on my own in a place I don't know." Shroobz smiled softly and shrugged "Well, at least you'll have Blaza here at the bar to keep you company."

"Wait do you not-"

Shroobz smirked softly "What do you fucking think?" He laughed quietly as Blaza came out from the kitchen with Woolfster's jalapeno poppers. He set it down on the bar side for him as Woolfster pulled them over.

-Damn, these next few years are gonna be interesting...-

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Standing out of a small strip-mall, Socks was on his phone as he glanced to the side "Are you sure you don't want me to bring anything home for dinner?" A small laugh was heard on the other end as Meme responded "Socks, I promise I will be home in time to make dinner! Just relax!" Socks rolled his eyes playfully and smiled "Well alright, I'm just asking since you're a very important doctor assistant-"

Socks laughed softly and looked the other way "I know I know; I'm just joking." Meme chuckled softly on the other end and nodded "I know you are, everyone does; but now I'm an official doctor so now they can't joke about me not being one."

"You are sure though you don't want me to order anything in? You've been on call a lot lately and-"

"Nicholas, calm down. I don't mind cooking when I get home; I promise." Meme smiled softly and messed with a frayed end of his lab coat "But it is sweet of you to offer." Socks let out a soft huff "Well, alright. I just don't want you to work yourself into exhaustion, it's not fun."

"I know you won't. Now listen, I gotta get back to work so I'll see you when I come back home; alright?"

Socks nodded softly and noticed a truck pull up "Alright shahad. Just don't overexert yourself." Meme laughed softly and stood up "You're one to talk; love you गंजा आदमी।." He hung up as Socks laughed quietly. The truck stopped and parked as Socks walked over. When he was putting his phone away a small box fell out and almost fell to the ground. Socks panicked and quickly fumbled with it; trying to not let it fall to the ground.

"Jesus man be careful!" Oompa started from his truck "That's a 3 grand ring ain't it!?" Socks managed to catch the box and opened it to check; the ring was still there as he sighed in relief. He opened the passenger door and got in, closing the door behind him "So what if it is?"

"I'm just saying, either if you lose it or Meme doesn't say yes you ain't gonna get that money back are you?"

Socks shot a glare at Oompa "Shut up, I have a pretty good feeling Meme will say yes. I just..." He glanced out the window as Oompa started driving "Need to find the right time." Oompa scoffed softly and waved his hand "Please if you asked him right now I'm sure he would say yes in a heart beat."

"Yeah but that's not the point Oompa." Socks looked at him "I only have one chance to make the proposal perfect, it's a really big moment in both his and mine, I want it to be very special."

Oompa rolled his eyes softly and looked back at the road "It doesn't have to be a big, elaborate setting. Just a nice dinner alone is good enough. Plus, any proposal that's planned in advance almost always goes wrong." He glanced over and saw Socks glaring at him "I'm just saying, don't overshoot. In all honesty, just something plain and simple."

Socks sighed quietly and looked ahead at the road "I know...all I want for it to be is perfect, no matter what."

"It will be, don't fucking stress about it!"

Socks closed his eyes and leaned back, sighing quietly as he put the ring box back into his jacket.

-I promise Meme, I'm gonna make that moment the most unforgettable moment ever...-