#7fluffyballsofjoy

Henrik walked out of his bedroom and widened his eyes. They had gotten so big! Where did the time go?!

“Oh good lord...You’re getting very big!” Henrik reacted.

The puppies turned right around and howled towards Henrik. Henrik laughed and knelt down, looking at the puppies. “Hello babies! More like teenagers now.” Henrik joked.

“Good morning Henrik!” Jackie greeted.

“Guten morgen!” Henrik greeted back. “Zhey’re huge now!” Henrik reacted.

“I know and SO FLUFFYYY!” Jackie was fluffing up their fur.

“Yeah...Zhey kinda need a hair cut…” Henrik told him.

“Do they though?” Jackie asked.

“Ja. Zhey do.” Henrik replied. “And zhat’s vhat ve’re gonna do today. Ve’re gonna vash, cut and groom zhe puppies.” Henrik decided.

“But that’s gonna be so much wooorrrrrrrrk.” Jackie whined.

Henrik chuckled and looked at him with a side grin. “Should’ve zhought of zhat vhen you brought home 7 puppies and a mama.” Henrik told him.

Jackie sighed and nodded. “True…”

“Oh! Ound I have a collar for Angel!” Henrik declared. He picked up his little Angel, placed the puppy onto the couch, and hooked up the magenta pink collar to the puppy. “Zhere. You are mine forever!” Henrik declared.

“Yay! Another doggy’s been claimed!” Jackie declared.

“Yeah! I hope Marble is enjoying zhe new family.” Henrik said.

“The kids did seem really excited!” Jackie told him.

As soon as Chase, Jamie and Marvin were up, Henrik and Jackie explained to the boys that they were gonna get the pets groomed. And they were gonna do it themself.

Jamie widened his eyes and let out a breath. His whole face basically said ‘this is gonna take forever’.

“I know…” Henrik muttered.

“Not even magic will be able to make this go any quicker.” Marvin told him.

“I know.” Henrik told him.

“This has been a great experience so far...but I did not sign up for grooming a litter of growing dogs.” Chase reacted.

“Okay okay, ve get it! So let’s get started!”

The boys started off with cleaning the dogs first. All 5 boys got their swim trunks and bare backs on, and started cleaning the dogs outside. Each of them had a bottle of shampoo, and were getting the dogs all lathered up. Chase shrieked as his dog shook some of the soap off, while Jamie spat and made throat noises as bits of dog soap ended up in his mouth.

Marvin groaned as the dog he was bathing, winded up rubbing her body all over the grass as she was lathered with soap. Marvin put the soap bottle down and grabbed the hose. “Good enough.”

The boys each took turns to clean the soap off the dogs with the hose, and a bucket of water. Marvin picked up cups of water, and sumped it onto the dog to let it run off the body. Meanwhile Jamie was doing it the easier way with the hose against the dog’s fur. As soon as Jamie was finished, he passed the hose to Henrik.

“SCHEIßE!” Someone shouted.

Chase turned to look at the source of the sound. But he knew exactly who it was. It was kinda obvious…

It was Henrik...With his trunks down to his knees...and the dog holding onto them, pulling them aggressively…

HOLY SHIT it was the best thing Chase had seen all month! Angel was literally pulling Henrik’s shorts down in an attempt to play with him! And Henrik was basically naked right in front of them!

“Sie mich nicht an! Don’t look at me!” Henrik reacted, covering up his sensitive areas with his hand. His face was so red...he looked like a strawberry.

Jamie was the first to burst out laughing and actually snort in response. Chase bursted out laughing right after, followed by Jackie and Marvin. Everyone was laughing at Henrik while he got his swim trunks out of Angel’s mouth. “Trottel…” Henrik muttered. “Let go!” Henrik ordered. “Verschwinde!” Henrik spat.

Angel immediately listened to Henrik and let go of his trunks. With the boys still laughing at him, Henrik growled and pulled his swim trunks back up onto his bottom.

With that hilarious moment out of the way, Chase returned to cleaning the shampoo off of his chosen puppy. While a couple of the puppies proved to despise the water, Chase’s puppy seemed to like it! He was panting, running for the water, and trying to eat the water that came from the hose. Chase giggled at this and splashed a bit of water onto his face. This made the dog shove his face into the grass and rub his back all over the wet grass. Chase was laughing as he watched. But his laughter quickly turned to surprise the moment the dog jumped and tackled Chase onto his back with its wet body.

“Ahahahaw, come on man! So much for being dry…” Chase reacted.

“You’re a naughty little guy, aren’t ya?” Marvin teased Chase’s dog. “Yeah you are! Such a mischievous little nut!” Marvin teased.

The dog started barking and wagging his tail faster than the wind. He looked ready to sprint a marathon.

“What? You wanna run? Or jump around?” Marvin asked.

Suddenly, the dog pounced onto Marvin next and knocked him right down to the ground! “Ohoho man! You’re stronger than I thought!” Marvin reacted.

“He’s like a quarterback!” Jackie reacted.

Hey, that’s not a bad idea” Chase reacted. “There just might be a name idea for you!” Chase reacted. “Maybe Rebel? For Dublin Rebels?” He asked. “Or...” Chase added.

Jamie ran to Chase and fingerspelled a word for him:

‘B-L-I-T-Z’

Chase looked at the dog and smiled. “That’s perfect! Couldn’t have come up with anything better.”

Jamis smiled proudly.

“Blitz. His name is Blitz.” Chase decided.

Marvin smiled and knelt down to pet Chase’s dog. “Blitz...It suits him!” Marvin told him.

“Never heard of a dog being named something from football before!” Jackie reacted.

“Well, Air Bud is already taken.” Chase mentioned. “And I wasn’t gonna steal their name for the heck of it.” Chase added.

“True…” Jackie mentioned. “Alright! So we have Matilda, Angel, Marble and Blitz!” Jackie declared. “Well, kinda Marble...He’s off living with a new family.” Jackie added.

“Now: Let’s get these guys cut.” Marvin declared.

Boy oh boy, was that a process! Most of the boys only used scissors, while Henrik went for the full shaving to tackle all the hair. “If I shave it, I will not need cut it for a vhile.”

“But she’s gonna look ugly if you do that.” Chase warned. “You don’t want people cringing at your dog, do you?” Chase asked.

A couple seconds later, Henrik grabbed the scissors. “Zhey’re better anyvay.” Henrik told them.

“I wonder who told you that…” Chase muttered with a smirk on his face.

The dog hair that came off the dogs was overwhelming. Chase considered grabbing a vacuum cleaner to use on his clothes, while Jameson was fluffing his choice dog every 5 minutes to get all the hair out. Both cut and uncut hair would fly out of the dog’s coat and into his face.

“I wonder if paying for a groomer would be cheaper and less messy than cutting them ourselves.” Jackie asked.

“Cheaper? Nein. Less messy? Ja.” Henrik replied.

“I didn’t ask you.” Jackie told him. “I asked everyone but you, because we all know what your answer would’ve been.” Jackie explained.

“Youch…My feelings…” Henrik muttered.

Soon, the cutting was finished and the dogs were done. Jackie used a bag of treats to get the dogs to follow him, while Chase and Henrik gathered a majority of the dog hair with the vacuum cleaner. “Who knew we’d be vacuuming grass?” Chase mentioned.

“Not me.” Henrik replied.

“It’s not far off from a carpet, actually. It just breaks a little easier.” Chase admitted.

“Ja.” Henrik replied.

Chase smiled as the dawn looked cleaner. “All done!” Chase declared.

“Now to-” Henrik had turned around and stared with wide eyes at the new mess that had been made.

“Uuuugh...Jackie! Vhy?!” Henrik asked.

“Because they need it!” Jackie reacted.

It turns out that Jackie had taken the time to brush the dog's fur. This created a brand new gigantic pile of dog hair.

Henrik growled while Chase sighed. “I don’t even know if the vacuum can handle much more dog hair…” Chase muttered.

“Ve could make anozher dog vizh all zhis dog hair.” Henrik told him.

“Maybe even summon a new golden retriever with this much hair.” Chase joked.

“Ja, basically.” Henrik replied.

Henrik and Chase took the time to further clean up the lawn with the dog hair. “I wonder...does dog hair turn into a type of fertilizer? Or does it just turn to dead skin that looks like ash?” Chase asked.

“How about ve DON’T zhink of zhat?” Henrik suggested.

“What’s wrong Henrik? Don’t like the idea of dust mites taking over the lawn?” Chase teased.

“Nein! Nein nein nein! Deesgusting!” Henrik reacted.

“Awww, the poor doctor is a germaphobe! He’d better watch out! Cause there’s one evil germ he CAN’T wash off with water~” Chase teased.

“Vell, zhere’s technically-” Henrik’s words were quickly interrupted by a squeal of his own. Chase had squeezed his sides, causing Henrik’s knees to buckle. “VAHAHAIT! NEIN! NOT KITZELN! NAAAH!”

Chase sat right down onto Henrik’s hips and skittered his fingers all over Henrik’s belly. “kitzeln kitzeln kitzeln kitzeln kitzeln kitzeln!” Chase said in almost perfect german.

Henrik shrieked at that and giggled like a little toddler. Chase’s german voice sounded a little too much like his Dad’s teases from when he was a kid. “bihihihitte hör ahahauf damihihihit aaaHAHAHAHAHA!” Henrik’s laughter doubled in severity the moment his armpits were attacked.

“Oooooh! Ticklish in the pitsies, huh?” Chase teased.

“NIHIHICHE MEINE FÜHÜHÜHÜßE!” Henrik begged. “BAHAHAHAHAHAHA! ES KITZELT SO SEHEHEHEHR!” Henrik laughed.

“Damn! I can’t even understand you right now! All I know in German are the words ‘Nein’, ‘Ja’, ‘halt’, and now ‘kitzelt’!” Chase reacted. “And those all mean ‘No’, ‘Ya’, ‘Stop’, and ‘Tickle’!” Chase reacted.

“Teheheheuflisch! TEUFLIHIHISCH!” Henrik yelled back.

“I wonder what that means...Maybe ‘bastard’? Or ‘enough’?” Chase asked.

“IHIHIT MEHEHEANS EHEHEVIHIL, YOHOHOU IHIHIDIOHOHOT!” Henrik yelled back.

“Ooooh! You called me evil in German?! How dare you!” Chase reacted.

“Evil?! Well if THAT’S the case:” Jackie got into his superhero costume in a snap, and quickly started tickling Chase.

“Wait WHAHAHAHAT?! OHOHO NOHOHOHO!” Chase laughed.

“Jackieboy Man to the rescue!” Jackie declared.

Marvin ran to Blitz and put a treat into Chase’s pocket. “Hey blitz! Sick ‘em!” Marvin encouraged.

Blitz jumped at Chase and tackled the man down to the ground. “OHOHOHOW! Ohoho geheheez! OHOHO NOHOHO BAHAHAHAHAHA!” Chase bursted out laughing as Blitz started digging his snout into Chase’s hip. “BLIHIHITZ OHOHOFF!” Chase tried to tell him.

But the dog didn’t listen and just kept tickling as he dug for the treat. The dog made borking noises and dug its paws in to get the treat as well. But it was proving to be harder than he expected to get it out.

“HEHEHENRIHIHIK HEHEHELP!” Chase begged.

“Naaaaah! You’re fiiiiine! You’re getting zhe kitzeln! Kitzeln kitzeln kitzeln!” Henrik teased. “Ist Rache nicht süß?” Henrik joked.

“YOHOHOU BAHAHASTAHAHAHARD!” Chase yelled as he shoved his face into the grass. “IHIHIT TIHIHICKLEHEHES!”

“Entschuldigung, my irisch friend. I don’t quite understand you very vell.” Henrik complained teasingly. “Vhat does ‘tickle’ mean again?” Henrik joked.

“SHUHUT UHUHUP! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” Chase laughed and squealed.

“Rude! So rude!” Henrik reacted. Henrik walked up to the dog, and removed the treat from Chase’s pocket for him. “Zhere you go Blitz.” Henrik replied. “Poor Blitz, being deprived of zhe treats. Especially for being a good boy!” Henrik said in a baby voice. “Good doggy! Zhat’s a good doggy!” Henrik started petting Blitz more and fluffing his fur around.

The dog woofed proudly and tackled Henrik to the ground to give him endless licks on the chin. Henrik giggled at the ticklish kisses and took them. “Zhahahank yohohou Blihihitz!” Henrik said to him.

The dog did one last bark of a reply before licking his face again.

Chase smiled as he watched. Perhaps the crazy grooming idea was worth the precious time with the puppies.

Marvin had been home alone for most of the day. He was taking care of the puppies and the mother. A few days ago, the boys had gotten her a collar, and a new name that Chase came up with: Matilda. Though Chase got the name from a movie by the same name [the movie was based on a neglected fighting child with the same name] Henrik mentioned that Matilda meant ‘strength’ and ‘Battle’ in old German. If that wasn’t coincidence, then I don’t know what is.

Marvin was currently shirtless in a pair of jogging pants, doing magic tricks on the floor with his hat and his wand. He had also gotten Matilda’s attention while doing them. Marvin was planning on this, because he was using dog treats for his tricks! Unfortunately, this also meant some of the magic tricks were going wrong. For example, Marvin had grabbed a treat from the bag, and placed it onto the ground in front of him. Matilda, eager for another treat, walked right up and ate it on him.

“Hey! I’m supposed to be the one making it disappear! Not you!” Marvin reacted. Matilda, unable to fully understand human language, started walking up to Marvin and sniffing for the treat bag. “No, nohoho, no. No treats.” Marvin ordered. Matilda sat down and licked her lips.

Marvin decided to try again. He placed another treat onto the ground in front of him. Then, he placed a cloth over top. Marvin looked up. Matilda had laid herself down and was looking at the cloth on top of her treat. Next, Marvin made circles above the treat with his magic wand. Once the ‘magic’ took effect, Marvin lifted up the cloth, taking the treat with it.

Marvin watched as Matilda’s head followed the cloth, before looking back at the ground. No treat. Where did the treat go? Matilda started sniffing the spot, and licking the carpet. No invisible treat. Where could it have gone?

Marvin giggles at Matilda’s attempts to get a treat. “Matilda! Look!” Marvin called, before removing his hat. There, sitting on his head of hair, was the treat. Matilda’s jaw dropped and out came her tongue. She needed that treat! And she was gonna get it.

Before Marvin could do anything, the dog had taken a run for it, and had tackled him right down onto his back. Marvin just bursted out laughing as he laid there, being stood on by the big dog as she licked his head in search for the treat.

“Really? You silly dog...” Marvin said before holding out one last treat in his hand. Matilda gladly took it and allowed Marvin to pet her before walking away. Marvin watched as the mother walked towards the backyard door, and headed through. The puppies have been getting big enough to need a bigger space to run around. So, they gave them the backyard to run around in. The backyard was already fenced in, so all they needed was a couple food and water bowls on the patio.

Out there, Matilda had begun tending to her children. She had begun cleaning them with her tongue, making sure to clean each one as well as she could. When one puppy was all clean, the puppy would start running around on the grass. They seemed to love it out there. They loved moving around, rolling around on the grassy ground. They also liked the extra room to chase each other and wrestle. There were often wrestling matches taking place between the puppies. They occurred at least once per day, and they never got old.

Cleaning the puppies usually didn’t take long. So, as fast as she went out there, she was soon back inside for a break. Matilda walked back up to Marvin, and began licking him on the face.

“Hey Matilda.” Marvin said, smiling as he pet the dog back. Once the petting stopped, Matilda immediately started sniffing and licking his face some more. “Hey, stop it. My face is fine, thank you.” Marvin attempted.

This didn’t stop the mother. Matilda only continued to lick his face, soon moving down to the jawline and the chin.

“Hehehey! That tickles! Eek! Nohoho lihihicking!” Marvin instructed as best he could. Ordering a dog to stop licking was not easy, especially when she was licking his jawline.

Next, Matilda moved her licking tongue up onto the right ear. “Don’t you dare. I’m warning you!” Marvin warned. Unfortunately, this would prove to be useless, as Matilda licked his ear anyway. “Grohohoss! Yohohou suhuhuck!” Marvin giggled, unappreciative of the wet willies he was getting. Matilda didn’t understand his complaints. She understood Marvin’s protests to be the same as her other children’s protests: just sounds. And how did Matilda manage those sounds? By ignoring them and continuing with her motherly ways.

After the right ear was cleaned, Matilda walked to the other side of his face and licked it clean as well. Marvin giggles through the jawline licks, squealed as his chin was licked, and protested through his giggles as he was given more wet willies. Soon, his entire face was covered in dog slobber.

“Are yohohou done now? I can clean myself, you know.” Marvin attempted to reason with the dog. But unfortunately, through this whole ordeal, Marvin had forgotten he was shirtless. Matilda didn’t forget though, and moved onto licking the neck and shoulders clean. Though, it wasn’t easy...

“Hehehehey! Eeeehehehehehehe! Stahahahap ihihihihit!” Marvin begged through his giggles as he pushed against her head. Matilda didn’t stop however. She just kept on licking. She moved her tongue towards the chest area, and began licking the ab muscle area.

“EEEEHEHEHE! NAHAHAT THEHEHEHERE! PLEHEHEHEASE!” Marvin shouted loudly. Matilda managed to ignore the sounds, but was struggling a bit with his wiggling. So, like a patient mother would, Matilda laid herself across Marvin’s chest and began licking the far right side of his ribs. “THAHAHAHAT’S SOHOHOHO MEHEHEHEAN!” Marvin yelled, his laughter growing more and more hysterical.

Once the ribs seemed just about clean, Matilda moved herself off of Marvin and started sniffing and licking the left side of the rib cage as well. This time though, Marvin had started scooting away from her. He just couldn’t handle it anymore.

“Ihihi’m sohohorry...ihihit’s tohohohoo muhuhuch...” Marvin said, letting the extra giggles fly out of his mouth. Unfortunately for Marvin, Matilda was persistent. Since he was scooting away from her, his feet were exposed, and right in front of Matilda. So, she moved onto his feet.

“EeeeEEEEEK! MAHAHAHATIHILDAHAHA! NOHOHOHOHOHO! GEHEHEHET AWAHAHAHAY!” Marvin shouted. Matilda didn’t though. All she did, was place a paw on his ankle and continue licking the other parts of his foot. Believe it or not, it wasn’t just the bottom of his foot that was ticklish. It was his entire foot! The top of his foot, his toes, his heel, even his ankle was leaving Marvin laughing! And his laughter only continued as Matilda started licking the other foot.

“IHI’M BEHEHEHEGGING YOHOHOHOU! NOHOHOHOHO MOHOHOHOHORE!” Marvin begged. By now, both fists had started pounding the ground and tears were starting to form in his eyes.

Finally, after another 5 minutes, Matilda stopped. Believing Matilda might start up again, Marvin took advantage of the break and took in as many breaths as he could. Matilda started walking over to Marvin’s head, and sat down beside him.

“Yohohou...suhuck, so much...” Marvin giggled.

Matilda looked closer to his face, and noticed the tears. So, attempting to be kind, Matilda licked the dripping tears off the side of his face. Marvin chuckled at this, and smiled. He just couldn’t stay mad at the girl. She’s been through so much, and this was probably the happiest she’s been in a long time.

So, he decided to play wrestle with the dog. He started of petting the dog, which soon turned into aggressive pets and growl noises. The dog started to open her mouth and lean into the touch, both loving the pets and wanting to fight his hands at the same time. The more his hands aggressively petted, the more playful Matilda became.

Soon, Matilda was growling playfully and attempting to catch the flying arm in front of her with her paws and her mouth. Though, when the arm ended up in her mouth, she wouldn’t grip. She would only place her mouth around the arm, and never close it. She was trying to be gentle with Marvin’s arm.

“Wow...I was expecting a bit of an aggressive fight. But...you’re being surprisingly gentle...” Marvin said out loud, astonished.

To further prove Marvin’s claim, Matilda removes her mouth from his arm and rubbed her face against the ground. She started wiggling her back all over the ground, before laying back onto her belly. Suddenly, she repeated her face rub against the ground and began rubbing her entire back against the carpet, before lifting herself up onto her feet again. To end things off, Matilda shook off as much of the dirt as she could, off her short-haired brown fur.

Marvin just bursted out laughing at the dog’s adorable behaviour. Despite being a mother of 7 puppies, it appeared that Matilda could’ve passed for a gigantic puppy.

It was at this train of thought, that something else entered Marvin’s mind. ‘If this is what Matilda’s really like, then why did she get neglected by her owners? She couldn’t have been betrayed by her owners for being aggressive, because...she wasn’t. She was a sweet, childish, attention-seeking mother of 7. Why throw her out like that?’

Unexpectedly, Marvin was pulled from his train of thought by a whimper from below him. Marvin snapped out of his thoughts, looked down and a big smile grew at the sight. Matilda and the 7 puppies were jumping up and greeting him with whimpers!

Marvin gasped excitedly. “Hi! What are you doing here?! Did Mommy let you in?” Marvin cooed. An ensemble of whimpers and tiny barks responded to his question, as the puppies begged him for some much-needed attention.

Marvin sat himself down onto the floor, so he could be surrounded by all the puppies. As soon as his legs extended out, the puppies took advantage of this by climbing his legs, and sprinting closer to the magician. Marvin happily accepted the love and attention by wrapping his arms around as many as he could in his hands. It looked like a chaotically adorable group hug. Wanting to express their love to the magician, all the puppies reached themselves up to lick Marvin where they could reach. This ended up being his neck and chin.

Marvin let out gleeful giggles as he hugged them. The puppies were giving him a giggle fit from all the cuteness overload taking over his body. Not only that, but his laughing was also the result of the puppies licking his very ticklish neck. Afraid of hurting them, Marvin had to push against his instincts to scrunch his head down and hide his neck. He didn’t wanna end up having to explain to someone how he accidentally smooshed a puppy’s head from being tickled! That’d be embarrassing! And yet, kinda hilarious...

It was another half an hour before the first person arrived home. That person happened to be Chase. When he got home, he happened to open the front door to one of the most adorable things he’d ever seen:

All the puppies were laying against a giggly Marvin, covering his neck in kisses. By the time Chase had gotten home, the puppies had managed to cover his entire neck and chin in dog slobber. When applied to a person, this dog slobber [unfortunately for Marvin] made everything a lot more ticklish, similarly to oil or cream.

“Now, what do we have here?” Chase teased. This sentence helped Marvin realize that someone was actually home now!

“Hihihi Chahahahahahase.” Marvin said through his uncontrollable giggles.

“Having fun there?” Chase asked.

“Yohohohou behehehet! Ihihihihit’s sohoho tihihihihickly!” Marvin replied happily.

Chase’s eyes widened as he almost squealed. “Wait, you- Oh my god! That’s adorable in and of itself!” Chase reacted to the purity.

“Yohohou neheheheheed tohoho tryhyhy ihihihit! Thehehey’re sohoho CUUUUHUHUHUTE!” Marvin squealed willingly.

“Ooooh! Maybe I should!” Chase replied, growing enthusiastic about it.

Chase let out a whistling sound to get their attention. Hearing the high pitched sound, all of the puppies, plus Matilda, lifted their heads and turned them towards the source of the sound. It was Chase! Chase is home! All of the puppies ran away from Marvin and sprinted themselves over to Chase, who had knelt down to give them hugs and pets.

“Hi guys! Hello! I’m back! I know! It’s so exciting!” Chase cooed in a high-pitched voice.

The puppies had begun wrestling each other to get to Chase’s hands for pets, and a couple of the puppies were using their brothers and sisters to climb Chase. Noticing one of the puppies climbing, Chase helped it by lifting it up with his hands. The puppy happily took the help, and started leaning in and happily licking Chase’s neck. Chase giggled at the puppy in his hand, and gave it a big smile in response.

Chase couldn’t help but notice the bits of pressure on his legs. Chase looked down, and noticed that the other puppies were trying to climb up him as well! Chase decided to stretch out his legs, giving the puppies more space to climb. Once a few of the puppies climbed themselves up to his waist, they began jumping onto their hind legs to get closer to him, using their front paws against Chase’s chest, to balance themselves. Chase giggled at this as well.

“Aww! They’re determined to give you kisses!” Marvin cooed, unable to process the adorable scene in front of him. Chase smiled wider as he removed his shoes to make himself at home.

“Well, y’all know Daddy needs his kisses when he gets home from work.” Chase replied.

Marvin watched as Matilda came speedwalking over to the man, and started giving him kisses as well.

“And here comes the wife!” Marvin joked.

Chase’s face morphed into an offended, disgusted face. “OH MY GO-MARVIN! THAT’S DISGUSTING!” Chase reacted, absolutely disgusted by the strange and disturbing imagery in his head.

Marvin bursted out laughing. “I was joking! Ihihi was johohohoking!” Marvin reassured, reacting to Chase’s priceless face.

“Ohohokahahay...AAAH! WAIT! LEHEHET GOHOHOHO OF MY FEHEHEHEHEET!” Chase suddenly shouted. Marvin’s eyes widened for a moment, before his questions were answered from a simple glance at his feet:

A couple of the puppies seemed to have remembered how interesting Chase’s feet were, because one of them was nibbling at his right foot, and the other puppy was pulling a black sock off his left foot. Once the left foot was exposed and bare, both puppies started licking and nibbling the foot.

“OHOHO NOOOHOHOHOHOHO! THIHIHIHIS IHIHISN’T WHAHAHAT I WAHAHAHANTED!” Chase yelled. Flashbacks of the last time those puppies tickled his feet, started going through Chase’d head as he let out every laugh that bubbled up in his lungs.

On top of that, puppies were also starting to lick his chin. “NAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! PLEHEHEHEHEHEASE STAHAHAHAHAHAP!” Chase pleaded through his laughter.

Similarly to last time, the puppies ignored his pleas. The foot was much more interesting to focus on! Why would they focus on Chase’s sounds, if the foot was much cooler?

“MAHAHAHARVIHIHIN! HEHEHEHELP I CAHAHAN’T TAHAHAHAKE IHIHIHIT!” Chase begged, reaching his hand out to Marvin.

Marvin put his arms up in surrender. “Hey! You asked for this! This is what you wanted, right?” Marvin defended himself.

“WEHEHEHELL YEHEHES, BUHUHUT NAHAHAT THIHIHIHIHIS MUHUHUCH!” Chase replied, dropping his arm.

“You knew what you might be getting in for. You got yourself into this mess, you get yourself out.” Marvin decided.

Chase let out a frustrated grunt before his laughter got louder. Marvin looked at the puppies. It seems like the puppies had remembered his worst spot: the inner arch of his foot. If Chase wasn’t in hysterics before, he certainly is now!

“HEHEHEHELP MEHEHEHEHE! PLEHEHEHEHEASE! IHIHIHIT’S TOHOHOHOHO MUHUHUHUHUCH!” Chase shouted.

“You could push them off, you know.” Marvin mentioned.

“NOHOHOHOHO I CAHAHAHAN’T! IHIHI’LL HUHURT THEHEHEM!” Chase replied, irritated by such a response.

“Oh ya...I guess that’s true.” Marvin mentioned with a smirk.

Chase noticed this, and started to grow slightly angry. But, he couldn’t let him know without his laughter taking over further. If it weren’t for his fear of hurting the puppies, he would’ve pushed them off by now. But...he feared their safety. So, he had no choice but to accept the never ending tickle torture he’s created for himself.

It didn’t take long for Chase to grow more and more tired from all the laughing and squirming. And it didn’t take long for Marvin to notice this...

“...As much as I want to see how long you last, I don’t want you to pass out...” Marvin thought aloud. So, he decided to offer the man mercy through pushing the puppies away from his feet and picking up the puppies off Chase’s lap. “Alright. Give the poor man a break.” Marvin said as he lightly pushed the puppies away.

Soon, all the puppies had started jumping up and trying to get onto Marvin again. Marvin giggled and gave the puppy a pet on the head. In response, the puppy jumped up and started panting and started pushing his paws into his lower leg, stretching and giving a big, younger-filled yawn.

Marvin just about died from the puppy’s never ending cuteness! He felt compelled to kneel down and let them all. So, knelt down he did! “You wanted lots of pets! Is that what you wanted? Hmm?” Marvin cooed. The puppy replied by licking his hand over and over again, and even let out a few whimpers while licking.

Suddenly, Marvin felt what was most likely a wet tongue, on the bottom of his feet. Scratch that, multiple wet tongues!

“EEEEEHEHEHEHEHE! Dohohon’t you eheheheven dahahahare!” Marvin squealed, jumping away and attempting to scoot himself away. The puppies only followed him, and continued tickling his exposed feet with their tongues. A couple of them even snuck a few nibbles in there! “NOOHOHOHO! NAHAHAHAT AGAHAHAHAHAIN! STAHAHAHAY AWAHAHAHAHAY!” Marvin begged through his sudden, newfound laughter.

The puppies ignored him (go figure) and began fighting over which foot to lick. Some wanted to lick the right foot, the others wanted to lick the left foot. So, they caught each other for their preferred foot.

“THIHIHIHIHIS IS NUHUHUHUHUTS!” Marvin squealed.

“Uh oh! It looks like MaRvIn got himself into a ToUgH sItUaTiOn!” Chase mocked, reversing the mockery he received previously, right back at the ridiculer.

“OHOH SHUHUHUHUT UHUHUHUP!” Marvin shot back.

“...Naaaah! This is too good to pass up!” Chase teased.

“YOHOHOHOHOU AHAHAHAHASS!” Marvin yelled, growing annoyed by the second.

Chase’s eyes widened, as a large and dramatic gasp left Chase’s mouth. “Now listen here, ya little Sugar Honey Iced Tea!” Chase warned in an offended voice. He speed walked right up to Marvin, and sat on his waist. “There are CHILDREN HERE!” Chase reminded him, before using his fingers to poke at Marvin’s ribs. “And YOU! *poke* NEED TO! *poke* WATCH! *poke* YOUR LANGUAGE! *poke, poke, poke*” Chase declared as he poked the magician’s ribs on either side.

“NOHOHO! GEHEHEHET OHOHOFF MEHEHE! NAHAHAHAT YOHOHOHOU TWOHOHOHO!” Marvin shouted, flailing his arms absolutely everywhere.

“Hey! You were the one who chose to swear!” Chase defended, before resorting to clawing at Marvin’s ribs. “And fun fact, dogs reflect the personality of their owners! Similarity to children! THAT is why you shouldn’t swear!” Chase added.

“STAHAHAHAP! PLEHEHEHEASE!” Marvin begged.

“No way! This is my only chance to pet a cat that I’m not allergic to!” Chase replied with a small crooked smile.

Marvin froze for a second. If it weren’t for the mask on his face, Marvin’s reddening face would’ve been exposed to the world.

Chase let in a gasp, and dove his fingers down to Marvin’s abs. “AaaCoochycoochycoochycoo! Aaa-Coochycoochycoochycoochycoo! Aaa-Coochycoochycoochycoochycoo!” Chase teased in a baby voice.

“NOHOHOHOHO TEHEHEHEHEASIHING!” Marvin yelled, using his fists to cover up his reddened face.

“Awwww! Is the cat enjoying this? I think he is! I think he is!” Chase cooed, continuing his baby coo’s.

Every time he finished saying coochy coochy coo, Chase would pause his fingers and lift them for a second, before dropping them down to Marvin’s abs and resuming the wiggly fingers. When he finished saying coochy coochy coo again, he repeated the process! Lift, pause, drop and WIGGLE! Lift, pause, drop, and WIGGLE! Chase was treating Marvin like the cat he always pretended to be.

Did Marvin like it? Well...yes and no. He liked the attention, but it was super embarrassing.

“Now, I think that tum tum of yours is happy. How about that neck? I know cats reeeeaally like the neck scratchy’s.” Chase said smoothly, bringing his finger up to the side of Marvin’s neck and scratching the skin lightly with his finger.

“Eeeehehehehehe! Nuuuhuhuhuhuhu!” Marvin squeaked, curling in on his neck.

“Oooh! Does Marvy not like it on that side? What about this side?” Chase asked, before using his other index finger to scratch the other side of his neck. Marvin curled his neck in that way too, allowing squeals and giggles to leave his mouth. “I think he does. Listen...” Chase said, going quiet as his index finger scratched quicker. This caused Marvin’s giggling to grow louder and more frantic. “He’s purring...” Chase proclaimed, treating Marvin’s laughter like a cat’s purr of enjoyment.

“Nohoho Ihihihi’m nahahahat!” Marvin defended.

“Uh...can you hear yourself?! You’re clearly enjoying this! And what sounds do cats make when they’re enjoying a good petting?” Chase clarified.

“P-Puhuhuhurrihihing...” Marvin confessed.

“There ya go! You get it!” Chase cheered, moving his finger from Marvin’s neck, to Marvin’s jawline.

Only a couple scratches on the jawline, were enough for him to burst into higher, bubbly giggles. “Hahahahahaha! Yohohohou suhuhuhuhuck!” Marvin three at him as best he could through his never ending giggles.

“Wow...that’s rather rude coming from a cat...then again, cats are known for liking you at one point, and then wanting to kill you 5 minutes later...” Chase commented. Marvin only continued to giggle. He couldn’t really respond to that. It was true, he not only acted a lot like a cat, he also looked like it. And unfortunately, his mask only served to confirm the latter.

Chase let out a short giggle himself, before stopping and removing his finger. Marvin’s body practically flopped down, from all the body flailing he was doing. With nothing to defend himself against, his body laid there, limp and motionless besides the lifting and lowering of his belly and chest. The only sounds that filled the room at that point, were: Marvin’s leftover giggles, Marvin’s steadying breaths, the puppies’ whimpers, and the puppies’ nails hitting the hardwood ground.

As Marvin’s body fell slower into sleep, the puppies had come over to gather around Marvin and lay down with him. The puppies’ had finally grown tired from all the exploration. So, they decided to take a nap with their sleepy owner. Chase, who watched all of this take place, thought the following phrase:

Within a collection of different sized city buildings and apartments, a man clothed in red could be seen flying by. Dodging each and every building wall with ease, he kept watch over the English city he was apart of. During an attempt to pick up speed, the super hero halted at his spot, to hear what he could’ve assumed to be a crime scene nearby. However, the sound was not threatening, or linked to anger in any way. In fact, it sounded like a cry for help!

“Aaa-OOOOOOOOooooooooooh!”

Or rather, a ‘howl’ for help. Using his hearing and his sound detecting skills, he was able to slowly pinpoint the howling sounds location. He soon found himself descending into a back alley, filled with recycle bins, garbage littered on the ground, and some graffiti art on the concrete walls. As he walked around in the alleyway, he listened for more howls.

“Aaa-OOOOOOoooooh!” He heard. The superhero used some of his flight speed to his advantage, and followed the howl that echoed throughout the alleyway. Eventually, the superhero stopped to have another listen.

“AAA-OOOOOOOOoooooohh!” He heard. This howl was a lot louder, and a lot clearer. He must be getting close. He decided to save his flying for later, and walk the rest of the way to the destination. One more howl, helped him confirm the destination. He turned around to face a recycling bin, and felt his heart shatter at the sight before him...

There, sitting in front of an overflowing recycle bin, sat a female German shepherd dog, guarding an open cardboard box. Jackieboy Man slowly walked up, knelt down and let the weak female dog sniff his hand to identify him.

"Hello..." Jackie said softly, before gently petting her head with his hand. He brought his hand back, and watched.

The dog lifted her head, and opened her mouth. "Aaa-OOOOOOooooooooooohh" The dog howled. This confirmed it for him. However, that wasn't the only sound he could hear...He could also hear some whining, and a couple high-pitched howls coming from behind her. 'it couldn't be...could it?' Jackie thought to himself. He stood up to eye up the sound, but the mother lifted its head and growled.

"It's okay...I just want to see." Jackie said, attempting to calm it down. This did not phase the dog. The mother's growl continued, and got louder and louder as the superhero got closer to the box. Jackie could sense why she was growling, but he would need to use his eyes to confirm his suspicions. One more step was taken, and whatever was left of his shattered heart had burst at the devastating sight.

1...2...3, 4, 5, 6...7! 7 German Shepherd puppies, laying on top of each other in a shallow cardboard box. Jackie's eyes welled up with tears as he looked at them. The mother howled once again, and Jackie watched as 1...2...3...4 of the heads had lifted and started howling along with their mother. It was at that point, that Jackie had completely fallen apart. He let his tears fall down his face, and covered his mouth as his body shook with sobs. As he cried, he slowly knelt down to get a closer look. They appeared to be 3-4 weeks old, as they weren't newborn, but they weren't medium sized yet. 3 of them had black with bits of dark brown on them, and 2 of them had black with bits of hazelnut brown. The last 2, seemed to be a mix of black, hazelnut, dark brown and even some white mixed in. None of them had collars yet, and the cardboard box they were sleeping in barely fit them all in. They must have been abandoned in this box when they were newborns, and lived in the same cardboard box for the first few weeks of their life.

As Jackie tried to calm his sobbing, he decided to take a look around and try to find a bigger cardboard box to fit them all in. Opening the recycle bin, the pulled the lid off the hinges and took a look at the flattened boxes in the bin. Quickly, Jackie pulled each and every flattened box out, refolded them into its original cubed form, and sized them up depending on area and volume size. Too small, too deep, too shallow, too big! There HAD to be a good sized box in here! Eventually, Jackie eyed up a shallow, medium sized box that would be able to hold all of them, with some room to spare. A small, genuine smile creeped onto the superhero's lips, as he placed the box down beside the mother. Next, Jackie decided to fly away and head to a nearby pet store. There, he bought a small bag of dry dog food, half a dozen plastic bowls and a 2 litre water bottle for them. He flew back with the items in hand, and set up some food and water bowls. The puppies practically sprinted out of the box, and eagerly fought each other to get a turn in some food. Jackie let out a bittersweet laugh, and poured a second bowl of food so that all the puppies could get their fill. next, Jackie poured a food bowl for the weak mother, and watched as the mother slowly sat up and started eating. Lastly, Jackie poured  two water bowls for the puppies, and a water bowl for the mother.

As he watched the puppies and the Mother eat, Jackie tried to think of how he was gonna take care of them. They were surprisingly in good shape for being homeless for a month, and transporting wouldn't be very hard. The mother, on the other hand, was a whole other story. She appeared exhausted and hungry the first time he met her, and he worried that she may not be strong enough to make the trip. She was a big dog, which meant carrying her was out of the question. He wondered if maybe one of his roommates could possibly drop the car off, so he could drive the dog home. Or, perhaps, Jackie could fly home, drive the car over, and drive everyone home in one swift trip. The house he shared with his friends, was not fully equipped for a big dog and 7 little puppies to move in. It would be a full house with 8 new members running around. Not only that, but Jackie didn't know if the mother and puppies were sick, covered in disease or even vaccinated! The mother was more likely to be vaccinated, but not the puppies! It was a big risk, but he didn't care. This family needed his help, and Jackie was going to give them that help.

"I'll be right back. I have to get a car, and drive it to the front of the store. Then, I can pick you up and take you home safe and sound. Alright?" Jackie explained, scratching the mother's chin. As Jackie started to walk away, he could hear a few whimpers leave the mother's mouth. Those single whimpers caused the tears to come flowing out of his eyes once again. Thought he allowed the tears to fall down, he didn't let himself go quite yet. First, he had to get the car. Jackie wiped the blurry tears from his eyes, and started flying. He flew up above the alleyway, and kept a mental note of where the alleyway was located. Then, he flew all the way back home.

Jackie whipped open the door, and looked inside. The first person he saw, was Jameson Jackson. He was sitting on the couch, watching Tom and Jerry on the TV.

"JJ! I need your help!" Jackie explained. Jameson turned towards the entrance, took one look at the crying superhero, and immediately turned off the TV. He ran to the superhero's side, and comforted him as best he could.

"what happened?" JJ signed. Jackie tried to explain, but all that came out was sob-filled mumbling before a meltdown hit him then and there. JJ held onto him, hugging him gently, massaging his back, anything to help him feel better. Eventually, Jackie pulled away, and decided to sign the issue to him.

"There's a homeless dog, with 7 baby dogs stranded in an alleyway." Jackie signed. JJ gasped, and covered his mouth and nose with his hands.

"Puppies?" JJ asked, doing the sign for baby, before snapping his fingers to indicate the word 'dog'. Jackie nodded, before repeating the sign back to confirm. That was all. A single sign was all JJ needed to see, before he was out the door with the keys and starting the car. Jackie followed behind him, carrying an old blanket for the mother dog to lay on. They drove away from the house, and onto the road. Jackie gave JJ directions to the alleyway, and took any detours he could find, to get there faster.

In record time, the duo had parallel parked in the parking lot. They both climbed out of the car, and ran to the bottom of the alleyway. The mother was still there, keeping the puppies close in their new cardboard box bed. JJ slowed down, slowly creeped up to the mother, and knelt down in front of the mother dog. He reached out his hand to allow the dog to identify his smell. The mother sniffed the hand, and decided to lay her hand on his knees. JJ placed his hand on her head, and started massaging the head, the upper part of the ears and under the German shepherd’s floppy ears. The mother seemed to enjoy the affection, and licked JJ's hand to show him that. JJ smiled at the dog's kiss.

Meanwhile, Jackie had taken the cardboard box of puppies, and put them into the car. "Alright. They're re-" Jackie started, before getting distracted by the affectionate scene in front of him. Jameson Jackson was knelt down in front of the mother dog, and petting the tired mother. The mother dog was resting her hand on his knees, and was accepting every little bit of attention she was given. It was like she didn't even notice her litter was gone! Or, maybe she did, and she trusted that her puppies were in good hands. Jackie walked up, knelt beside JJ, and started to comfort him with back rubs. This seemed to have caused some tears to fall down the mute man's face. Out of pure empathy for JJ and the dogs, Jackie let out some more tears as well. After spending a few more minutes there, they decided to finally leave. Jackie called the mother into the car, and helped her get in. JJ hopped into the drivers seat, put on his seat belt and turned on the car. After the puppies were secure enough in the back seat, Jackie hopped into the passenger seat and put his own seat belt on. After a quick shift of the middle joystick from 'Park' to 'Reverse', they were off.

*20 minutes later*

JJ and Jackie had set up a barrier for the puppies to roam in, and placed down layers of blankets to keep them comfy. The barrier was low enough that the mother dog could hop over it whenever she needed to check up on them, and high enough so the puppies didn't wind up escaping and causing chaos. After adding a couple water bowls and a few toys, everything seemed ready. Now, to finally relax.

"Jackie, would you like a cup of tea?" JJ signed, lifting his pinky finger up in the air for some extra 'flair'.

"I'd love one. Perhaps a couple of Chase's cookies as well?" Jackie suggested. JJ nodded in agreement and turned on the Keurig machine.

In no time at all, a mug with light brown tea, and a plate of cookies had been transported to the living room coffee table. "Thank you." Jackie said, taking his mug and plate. JJ took a sip of his own tea, and sat down on the couch. Not even 5 minutes later, the mother could be seen walking into the puppy area, and laying down. Eager to see the action, JJ placed his cup on the coffee table and stood out of his chair. As he walked closer, he observed the puppies running up to their mother. By the time he reached the puppy area, the puppies had started wrestling each other to drink their mothers' milk. JJ gasped, and a smile started to form on his lips. He has never seen puppies feeding on their mother before! JJ laughed as they pushed each other out of the way, and trampled each other just to get some milk. JJ turned towards Jackie (who was watching from the couch) and signed the word 'food' to him, implying that the puppies were eating. Jackie nodded and signed 'I know' back to him, as to not interrupt their feeding time.

One of the puppies trembled away, full of milk and satisfied. They practically flopped onto the blanket, and fell asleep. Soon, other puppies were joining the lonely puppy, and they began sleeping together in a big, puppy pile. This was such a beautiful moment to be able to watch! A bunch of small German shepherd puppies staying in his house, was 10 times better than a dream vacation in Hawaii. Well, in JJ's mind of course. Jackie wouldn't say the same, but he would agree on how adorable the puppies were.

Chase was giggling and loving every moment he spent with the puppies. The puppies had grown to 7 weeks old, making them able to sprint everywhere, playfight with the other brothers and sisters, and bite everyone’s fingers till every layer of skin was shaved down.

Henrik was struggling to work with the puppies barking, growling and tappy tapping all over the ground. Looking after 8 dogs was a lot of work and a lot of training too. They were trying to think of ways to maybe get rid of a couple of them. Maybe keep Matilda and 5 puppies for themselves (Still gonna be a lot of work), and sell a couple.

“Hey Henrik?” Chase asked.

“Ja?” Henrik replied.

“Could I maybe ask my ex-wife if they want a puppy?” Chase asked.

“Of course!” Henrik replied. “See, see!”

Chase pulled out his phone and called his ex. While that happened, Henrik began to think about who else might want a puppy.

Suddenly, JJ ran to the middle of the room, with an army of puppies sprinting and barking at the man. JJ was visibly happy as he flopped onto the carpet and laid on his stomach. One after the other, all the puppies came flopping onto JJ and covered him in licks and little bites. Three of the puppies were growling and playing with JJ’s hands with their front paws and snouts. 2 of the puppies were jumping onto JJ’s back, and three of the puppies were pulling JJ’s socks right off his feet. JJ was truly the dog whisperer of the house.

Chase had to move to another room to actually listen to what his ex was saying, while Henrik was sitting with good ol’ Matilda on the couch. Matilda was a lot more calm and collected, compared to her rambunctious kids.

“Vhat’s it like being pregnant?” Henrik asked the dog.

Matilda looked up at him, and wagged her tail while her ears lifted.

“Was it painful?” Henrik asked as he started petting the somber dog. “Was it worth it?” Henrik asked as well.

Chase chuckled as he walked back into the room with the speaker on for Henrik to hear. Both his kids were pleading and begging for their Mom to get them a german shepherd puppy.

Their Mom sounded both entertained by this begging, but also slightly annoyed. “Are you boys gonna take care of the dog? Cause I’m not gonna be doing all the work around here! You boys need to help out as well!” Their Mom told them.

“Yes yes yes yes!” Grayson begged.

“we’ll do it, we promise”. Trey promised.

“We’ll feed him! And take him to go pee!” Grayson promised.

“And walk him and clean him!” Trey added.

It was around a dozen begs that the mother finally caved in.

“Alright. I think we’re getting a dog.” The mother decided.

Chase smiled as he looked at the puppies. His kids were really gonna get a dog! From his father!

“Alright, you boys need to help with buying things for the pup then. We’ll head to the store in half an hour.” She told them.

“Okay Mom!” One of them replied.

Chase listened calmly as his ex headed to a quieter spot. “So, when did you become a dog breeder?” She asked.

“Well...It’s a bit of a long story. But to sum it up: one of my roommates found puppies and brought them home. The puppies were maybe three weeks old and the mother was growly and untouchable…” Chase told her. “We didn’t know he brought them home until I got up the next morning. I just about dropped my coffee upon seeing the little pups!” Chase turned around and bursted out laughing:

JJ was being licked and bitten all over! But more specifically, JJ's neck was being licked non stop by 3 separate puppies, while four puppies were licking and nipping at JJ’s feet. His socks were completely off and placed aside, while the seven puppies overwhelmed his poor, ticklish roommate.

“Ohoho my god you have to see this!” Chase quickly turned the facetime option on and set up the camera while his ex answered the facetime call. When the call was answered, Chase had the camera focused on JJ and the puppies.

“Ohohoho lohohohord! Hahahaha!” she laughed. She brought the phone over to the kids, and showed the commotion over at Chase’s house.

The kids bursted out laughing at JJ, and made little funny comments.

“Hey Trey, you gotta be careful too if we get one!” Grayson teased.

“Says the one with the ticklish neck~” Their Mom mentioned.

“Hey!” Grayson reacted.

Chase laughed at this and walked over to JJ. “Hey Jamie! Need some help?” Chase asked. JJ nodded his head and let out a breath of exhaustion. Chase put down the phone and picked up the puppies. “Come here guys! Come here!” Chase called.

The puppies didn’t waste a second to sprint over to Chase and shower him. While Jamie was only panting from exhaustion. Chase was now the one overpowered by the puppies. “AaahahaHAHAH! Awww, ya little nutballs!” Chase fluffed each puppy’s head, causing every puppy’s mouth to open up and flop its head around. They all were wanting to play with Chase!

Jamie ended up getting up and showing the family the crowd as Chase was surrounded by puppies. “EEEEK! HEHELP! AAAH!” Chase yelled out, reaching his arms out to the camera. Right at the same time, one of the only named dogs that was Henrik’s, shoved her snout into his armpit.

“EEHEHEHE! Cahahareful Angela!” Chase told the pup.

“Is one of them named already?” Trey asked.

Chase got up and let the puppies nibble at his feet while he picked up Angela. “Yup! Dr. German over there already chose his dog and named it accordingly.” Chase told them.

“Schneeplestein, jou uncultured bas-”

Chase shot him a glare.

“-Uncultured fish!”

The Brody kids DIED upon hearing that. “Daddy the fish!”

Their mother chuckled. “Maybe you should draw that.” she encouraged.

Chase laughed. “Oho my god that would be awesome!” Chase reacted.

Feeling encouraged, Trey nodded. “I think I will!”

Chase smiled proudly. “That’s great!” He didn’t feel insulted by the idea of a fish Chase at all. He was just happy to know they were alright and had inspiration from their cool Daddy Brody.

A few minutes later, Chase ended the call and looked to JJ with a smile. “That wasn’t very nice, you know...leaving me surrounded by puppies when I was the one that saved you.” Chase teased.

JJ raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms. ‘Little dog love Chase.’ he signed. The American sign language grammar was the strangest thing...but it worked despite that.

“True! That’s true.” Chase replied.

Then Jamie giggled and covered his mouth before signing the following words: ‘Chase fish with hat’.

Chase laughed and hit his shoulder gently. “Hey now! You be careful or I’ll draw you as Jamie the shrimp.” he teased.

Jamie chuckled and started fluttering his fingers closer and closer to Chase, to imitate the little shrimpies that clean dead skin off things. Chase squeaked like a little kid, and ran away. Jamie started chasing after him, signing the words ‘I clean you! I clean you!’.

“NOhoho! You’re sohohoho weihihihird!” Chase giggled, jumping over a few things on the ground. Jamie grabbed a blanket and managed to get close enough to throw the blanket onto him. This distracted Chase long enough for Jamie to grab onto him and start tickling him all over his middle and ribs. “AAAHAHAHAHAHA! JAHAHAHAY! STAHAP THAHAHAHAT!”

Jamie smirked and signed the word ‘no’...then resumed tickling him.

“Vhat zhe hell are you doing?” Henrik asked.

“Gohoho gehet Henrihihik, ya lihittle bahahastahard!” Chase argued, trying to push him away.

“So YOU can say ‘bastard’ but I cannot?!” Henrik asked.

“My kids were on the phone!” Chase shot back.

Jamie giggled and started sneaking up to Henrik in plain sight.

Henrik scoffed and rolled his eyes. “Not scary...Not to me. Leave.” Henrik tried to tell him.

Jamie started wiggling his fingers more and signing the word ‘tickle’ over and over and over again.

Henrik in response, started imitating his wiggling fingers. “Goooo tickle somevone else, vhy don’tcha?” Henrik teased.

Jamie took a moment to dramatically think and stroke his mustache. Then...he looked at Henrik with an evil smirk. ‘No’

Jamie sat down right beside Henrik and started digging into his side. Henrik, surprised by the sensation, curled away from the ticklish fingers. Immediately upon seeing his reaction, Jamie stopped and snapped his fingers at him.

‘Liar!’ Jamie signed with a huge smile on his face. ‘Liar!’

“Am not! I don’t lie!” Henrik reacted.

To prove his point, Jamie skittered his fingers on his side again. Henrik jumped and pushed his hands away. Jamie giggled. ‘Liar! Henrik liar!’

“Oooooh! I see Henrik is telling some little lies! Or Lügens, in your language.” Chase teased.

“Du hälst deinen Mund!” Henrik spat in German.

Chase smirked and imitated the classic bugs bunny meme while signing it for Jamie: “No”

Chase sprinted to Henrik and held up his arm. “Quick! Get his armpit!”

Jamie jumped at first, but didn’t waste a second to tickle his armpit.

Henrik hissed and quickly grew a wobbly smile. “Duböserkleiner- AAH JAHACK-!” Henrik pulled on his arm desperately as his armpit was pretty much dug into. Jamie smiled proudly as he basically struck gold.

Jamie decided to stop...he reeled backwards...breathed in dramatically...and…

ATTACKED as rapidly as he could! He was even making ‘ticki-ticki-ticki-ticki-’ noises as he tickled all over Henrik’s right side.

Finally, the dam broke right open and out came all the laughter. “JAHAHAMIHIHIHIHAHAHAHA! HEHEHEHEHE!” Henrik’s hand was let go as Henrik laughed absolutely hysterically! It would turn out that Henrik was a super wiggly person whenever he was being tickled. Like, SUPER wiggly and all over the place!

Chase had to grab onto Henrik from under the armpits, and hold onto him across his chest, as if he was about to be pulled out safely from under a truck.

“CUHUHUT IHIHIT OHOHOUT! EEEEEHEHEHEHEHEHAHAHAHAHAHA!” Henrik ordered as he laughed. But Jamie was, and never will be, in the mood to listen to instructions. Especially if they were instructions coming from a LIAR!

“Hey Jamie! Watch this:” Chase leaned in...and blew a big raspberry onto Henrik’s neck. Henrik SCREAMED and snorted right back to back! “DAHAHAHAS IHIHIST ZU VIHIHIHIHIHIEL!” Henrik yelled, falling back into his first language.

“Really now?” Chase reacted, acting like he understood him.

“JAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHALT BIHIHIHIHITTE!” Henrik begged.

Jamie stopped tickling him for a moment and tilted his head. ‘You understand H-E-N-R-I-K?’ Jamie asked.

“No...I don’t. But I do know that ‘Halt’ is stop.” Chase told him.

Jamie gasped and snapped his fingers. He ran to the puppies, picked up his favorite, and brought it to Henrik. Jamie grabbed treats, and started placing them into Henrik’s belly button.

“OOOOooooh! You evil little genius!” Chase reacted as he grabbed Henrik’s arms and raised them up.

“No! NO! JAMIE BITTE! BITTE!” Henrik begged.

Jamie, understanding Henrik as saying ‘bite’, started making dramatic nomming expressions as he put his hands up against his own chest like a puppy.

Then, Jamie watched as the puppy ran to the belly, and hopped up onto Henrik’s belly. The puppy started sniffing for the treat, which tickled enough to make Henrik giggle already. But Henrik basically lost it the moment the dog’s tongue started absolutely covering Henrik’s tummy in doggy slobber.

“Ehehehehehew! Ihihit’s sohohoho wehehehehet!” Henrik complained in the middle of his giggles.

The puppy kept licking and nipping at the belly button to get the treat that was lodged in the buttonhole. Soon, the puppy successfully got the treat out. But what’s this? More treat smells were filling its little sniffer?

Jamie had giggled as the puppy’s head looked up to sniff the air more. The man had started hiding treats under Henrik’s side as well, to get the puppy sniffing and tickling there too. It didn’t take long for Henrik to feel a little wet nose shoving itself into his side to get to the treats.

“EEEhehehehehe! Hehehehehey! Thahahahat kihihitzehehelt, leetle hündchen!” Henrik giggled.

The puppy stopped for a moment and let out a ‘BOWWWOOOOWWW’ kind of yowl.

Jamie, Henrik and Chase all DIED at the sound. “Ahahahahaw! He’s more vocal zhan Jamie!” Henrik teased.

Jamie narrowed his eyes at him and threw him two middle fingers in response. Chase and Henrik wound up dying yet again at the reaction.

Chase then gasped. “How dare! There are children here, Jamie!” Chase reacted.

Well in response to that:

‘B-A-S-T-A-R-D!’

“BASTARD!”

Chase wounded up destroying both of the boys after THAT response. He had to teach them one way or the other to not swear! Or, you know, not give the kids any more ideas.

A couple days later, Chase’s ex-wife and kids showed up at the house and picked the dog they wanted. Funnily enough, they ended up choosing the same dog that made the “BOOWWWOOOOWW” sound a few days before! And the kids got to play with the dog for a few minutes or so to get to know the dog more.

But before the dog left…

Chase let the other puppies say their last goodbyes to the puppy. The kids insisted this be done, despite what a majority of the adults believed. The boys ended up coming up with the name ‘Marble’, due to the puppy’s multitude of colors.

Matilda soon walked up to her little puppy, and gave it a few little licks of luck and farewell. The little Marble had grown up so quickly and was now moving into a new family: a family of loving kids who would treat the dog like a king.

Marvin walked out of his room, dressed and ready to go. He walked down the stairs with a notebook in his hand, a pen in his pocket, a mask on his head, and an enthusiastic smile on his face. When he reached the bottom of the stairs, he turned towards the living room and placed his notebook on the coffee table. Suddenly, a whine had rang through the living room...a whine only a dog could make...

Marvin looked up, and gasped from shock and excitement: There was a litter of puppies! In their home! Who brought them home? Are we keeping them? Do they have names?! And more importantly: WHAT BREED WERE THEY??

To answer the last question, Marvin practically bounced up to the barrier, to take a closer look.

“OH MY GOODNESS! GUYS! LOOK! WE HAVE GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES!” Marvin shouted as loud as he could.

“WE KNOW!” Someone replied from afar. Marvin’s face morphed from excitement, to confusion.

“Who brought the puppies home?” Marvin asked aloud. Someone came up behind Marvin, and poked his shoulder. Marvin turned around, and gazed his eyes upon JJ.

‘Aren’t they cute?’ JJ asked, signing the last word by placing the index and middle finger together below his lips, and pulling them back into a light fist near his chin.

“Yes! They’re adorable! But...who? How? Why?!” Marvin asked.

‘Who? Jackie. How? Car trip. Why? They were homeless on the street, and needed love and attention.’ JJ explained for Marvin. Marvin covered his mouth in horror.

“They were homeless?! Why would someone throw out a family of puppies like that?!” Marvin asked in shock.

“There’s many reasons. The owners could’ve struggled to make ends meet with the puppies around. There could’ve been an accidental pregnancy, and they couldn’t handle the extra responsibility. Maybe their house didn’t have the room for house puppies. Or, maybe they did. Maybe they kept a couple of the puppies and threw away the rest of them with the old dog. No one really knows. JJ replied.

As JJ explained the potential reasons, Marvin had broken down in silent tears. JJ pulled Marvin into a hug. The truth was, Marvin was right. What the previous owners did to these dogs, should not have happened. The puppies didn’t do anything to deserve such cruelty. They were adorable! Who would say no to a litter of adorable puppies? Marvin couldn’t understand.

JJ soon pulled away, and looked at Marvin in the eyes. ‘Wanna hold one?’ JJ asked. Marvin let out a sob-induced laugh, and wiped the tears from one of his eyes before nodding his head.

JJ and Marvin walked over to the barrier, and looked at the puppies that were available for holding. It looked like one of the black and hazelnut puppies were up and walking around, so JJ wrapped his hands around and scooped him up. Marvin held his hands out, and watched as the puppy’s back was carefully lowered down to his arms.

“Hi there little guy.” Marvin said in a high pitched voice, as he cradled the puppy. The puppy looked up at the person holding him, and stared into his eyes. Marvin lifted his left hand, removed the mask from his face, and rested it against his forehead. Able to see the puppy better, Marvin scratched his fingers lightly on the puppy’s chest. Loving the massage, the puppy closed its eyes and panted happily.

“It’s so cute... how can something so small carry so much joy?” Marvin said quietly. JJ picked up a puppy of his own, and carried it the same way.

Marvin slowly sat down, as to not scare the little dog. He continued giving the puppy scratches on its belly and chest, while slowly rocking back and forth. After a few minutes of petting, Marvin decided to give his hand a break.

But...the puppy didn’t want a break! It wanted more belly scratches! The puppy had to get Marvin’s attention again. So, he reached his paws out, lifted them up to his face, and started wiping his nose and making little whining noises. Marvin looked down at the adorable sight, and gasped.

“Oh! I’m sorry! Was your majesty not getting the pets he deserves? Here you go!” Marvin cooed, before scratching his belly once again. The puppy stretched out its legs, before going right back to panting. Marvin rolled his eyes at the puppy’s silly gimmicks, before looking at JJ.

JJ was sitting on the couch, holding the puppy against his chest and letting the puppy rest it’s head on his shoulder. He had one hand holding its bum, and the other hand against its back, lightly petting it. Marvin reacted to the adorable sight by tilting his head to the side, and puckering his lower lip, like a toddler using the ‘cute’ face to get what it wants. JJ chuckled quietly and shook his head at Marvin’s overly childish reaction.

At some point, JJ’s puppy had discovered something amazing on the back of his head: A floppy piece of skin! He didn’t quite understand what it did...but what he did know, is that it smelled good. And there’s a single phrase that a curious puppy should always follow: If it’s smelly, it should be tasty too. The puppy moved its front legs onto his cuddle buddy’s shoulder, and reached its neck up to lick the smelly flop of skin.

Suddenly, JJ’s entire body tensed, and a wobbly smile took over his lips.

“What?” Marvin asked, seeing the entire reaction. JJ struggled to answer at first, due to the puppy’s distracting tongue.

‘Dog’s eating my ears!’ JJ replied, attempting to keep himself as calm and still as possible.

Marvin let out a few laughs. “Oh nohoho! He’s giving you wet willies!” Marvin pointed out in pure amusement.

What Marvin DIDN’T know, however, was that JJ’s ears were incredibly ticklish. No one really knew about it except for his family, due to how rare the ticklish spot was. And now, the puppy is exposing the WORST SPOT ON HIS TICKLISH BODY, TO MARVIN: THE MOST RUTHLESS TICKLE MONSTER IN THE FREAKING HOUSE!

Things could not get worse than this...

“How does it feel? Does it tickle?” Marvin asked.

JJ shook his head to get his head away from the puppy’s tongue, but the puppy was smart. It found out that if the delicious ears move away from him, the puppy could lick the skin below the ears (the neck) and get the floppy skin back.

“Oh! It doesn’t tickle? Then why are you laughing?” Marvin teased as he watched in amusement.

JJ proceeded to ignore Marvin and focus on trying to get away from the puppy. However, it was a lot easier said than done...JJ mentally cursed the puppy’s intelligence. The puppy was literally using his bodily instincts against him! And since the puppy didn’t know sign language, he couldn’t tell the puppy to stop!

“Is he tickling your neck? Or...” Marvin asked, standing up and walking around to get a better view of the scene. Marvin’s eyes widened as he realized the truth: That wasn’t the only place the puppy was tickling...it was also licking his ears! And JJ was reacting the same way! Could it be possible? Are ticklish ears a thing?

“Oh...my...GOSH! YOU HAVE TICKLISH EARS?!” Marvin asked excitedly. JJ’s face paled.

Well shit...

JJ tried to hide it by shaking his head, but it’s really hard trying to hide something when someone is literally tickling it in front of them. To try and get the puppy’s face away from it, JJ tried moving his hand in front of the puppy’s snout to block the ear. However, the puppy anticipated the hand. So, he reached up, and did the only thing it could think of: biting the ear with its teeth.

JJ let out a gasp. Marvin’s eyes widened.

“Oh my gosh! You okay?” Marvin asked, worryingly. Both men didn’t expect the puppy to bite the bottom of JJ’s earlobe.

‘I’m okay.’ JJ replied. And, he wasn’t lying. It didn’t hurt, but it didn’t tickle either. At least, not at first. Before JJ could stop it, the puppy decided to move himself up. The puppy lifted itself up onto his shoulder, and quickly jumped to the back cushion of the couch. With the back of the entire ear in the puppy’s sight, the puppy covered the back of the ear with endless licks.

JJ let out a long, silent laugh, squeezed his eyes shut and jumped off the couch.

“Oh no, no no no no no.” Marvin started, picking up the puppy. “You’re not getting away that easily.” Marvin said, grabbing the other puppy he was holding and placing both puppies down into the barrier. JJ turned around and faced the mischievous Marvin, before throwing his hands up in self defense and backing away slowly.

‘Please don’t. Not my ears. I’m begging you.’ JJ signed.

“Why not? It’s not that bad, is it?” Marvin asked.

‘It’s bad. Really bad.” JJ warned.

“Oh really? Mind if I test it out?” Marvin asked, raising his wiggly hands up for JJ to see. JJ’s eyes widened, as a wobbly smile grew onto his lips.

“I’ll take that silence as a yes.” Marvin concluded, shuffling his feet closer and closer. JJ’s body jolted as he spun around to run away. However, a single arm had wrapped around his waist, and the free hand had found his left, untouched ear.

“Any last words?” Marvin asked, looking over JJ’s shoulder to see his last signed words.

‘I’ll get revenge.’ JJ signed, before bursting out into silent, hysterical laughter. Marvin had started off with scratching behind his ears first. He scratched lightly around the earlobe, on the back of the ear flap, the top of the ear flap and even the part of the neck that connected the ear to the head. All of the spots seemed to make JJ’s body squirm and shake with laughter.

But which spot was worse? To answer that question, Marvin decided to stop, and steal the feather from JJ’s hat.

“How do you feel about some light, feather tickles?” Marvin asked, spinning the feather in his fingers as he asked. “Say...this one?” Marvin asked, showing JJ the white feather that was in his hand.

‘Oy! That’s MY feather! You had better return-‘ JJ signed angrily. However, his angry signing was screeched to a halt, when Marvin dragged his feather up and down his ridiculously sensitive ears.

JJ flailed his arms around, before bursting into free, silent laughter. Marvin flicked and fluttered the feather up and down for a few moments longer, before smirking at his upcoming idea.

Marvin decided to remove the feather. JJ let out a couple left over laughs. Suddenly, JJ gasped. He could feel a sudden tickly feeling on the back of his other ear! His right ear. Silently squealing at the sensitivity, he frantically shook his head as silent laughter took over his whole body.

“You know, I would’ve never known that ears could be so ticklish! Who would’ve guessed? Certainly not me!” Marvin discussed casually, as I’d he wasn’t covering JJ’s ears with feather light tickles at that moment.

Trying to get some relief, JJ tried to hide his ticklish ear against his shoulder.

“Oh! I guess this ear is unavailable for tickling right now.” Marvin acted, before dramatically looking at the other side of the dapper boy’s head. “But wait! What’s this? Another ear has become readily available for me to tickle? How convenient!” Marvin proclaimed dramatically, before covering the back of his left ear with even more tickles.

JJ’s eyes widened as the frantic shaking of the head had continued. JJ tried to push away from Marvin as best he could, but he was a lot stronger than one would realize upon first inspection.

“You know, your head shaking is making this a little harder than it should be. Could you maybe try and keep your head still? I would really appreciate it.” Marvin asked casually, as if he wasn’t causing the frantic head shaking in the first place.

‘You asshole!’ JJ signed through his laughter. The word ‘asshole’ was signed by making the ASL letter F, and flipping it sideways.

Marvin gasped. “How DARE YOU! I shall have to punish you profusely for those naughty, naughty words!” Marvin reacted, treating JJ like a child.

JJ lifted an eyebrow. How could Marvin punish him more than this? He was already tickling his worst spot...what could be-

JJ was knocked out of his thoughts by an uncontrollable snort. Marvin had moved his left arm (the arm wrapped around him) down to his right hip, and started drilling his index finger into the outside part of the hip.

“Ooh! Lucky guess!” Marvin cheered, proud of himself for guessing correctly on the first try. Meanwhile, JJ’s body had also frozen at the light touch against the skin behind his right ear. The feather was at it again! But this time, it was fluttering on the skin behind his ear! That, mixed with the drilling into his hip, had driven JJ completely up the wall.

There was his answer...

JJ threw his head back, drastically widened his smile, and opened his mouth wide. It looked like JJ was trying to scream. Except, since JJ was unable to talk, no sound was coming out of his mouth. JJ shook his head back and forth frantically, and his whole body shook as quiet cackles left his body.

“Wow! That was a loud scream! Wish I would’ve brought earplugs with me. That woulda helped a lot!” Marvin joked, making fun of the silent scream JJ let out.

‘You’re so mean!” JJ signed through his laughter.

“I’m mean?! You were the one swearing like a pirate earlier! Don’t go talking to me about ‘rude’, until you stop swearing.” Marvin defended.

JJ squeezes his eyes shut. All of this tickling was getting to be too much for him. He could see tears forming in his eyes, and his lungs were starting to take a beating from all the laughter. Unfortunately, Marvin couldn’t see any of those signs because of where he chose to position himself. It also didn’t help that Marvin didn’t know his endurance limit. So, JJ was gonna have to be creative with how to tell him. But how was he supposed to think straight with all these distractions effecting him?

“And now: for the GRAND FINALE!” Marvin declared. JJ breathed a sigh of relief. It would be over soon! But wait! He said grand finale...that means he’s not letting up until he gets that breathtaking conclusion...literally...

Marvin smiled and gave JJ a break. He wanted his friend to be energized and ready for the breathtaking close. Next, he twirled his hands around in circles and swirls, to activate his magic. It was a rare treat to be able to tickle someone using magic, so he was determined to make every second count. He surrounded the feather in his magic, and watched happily as he controlled the feather’s movements and actions. Next, Marvin touched the back of the first ear, and let his magic surround that as well. Then, Marvin repeated the action with the second ear. With both ears as potential destinations, the feather flew up to the back of the left ear, and fluttered up and down the sensitive skin.

JJ’s smile widened into a toothy grin, as his whole body started shaking with giggles. JJ hid the ear against his shoulder again to try and get the feather off, but realized something wild: if one ear was covered, the feather would fly to the other ear and tickle that as well! That evil little magician! JJ mentally cursed as each part of his ear was given special attention from the feather.

On top of that, JJ felt a pair of hands against his hips. With two fingers drilling into his vulnerable hips, JJ’s frantic squirming and hysterical laughter had completely overcome him.

“We’ve got 2 really ticklish spots discovered! But the real question is: which one tickles more? The ears?” Marvin asked, stopping the drilling on the hips for a minute. He let the feather tickle each and every spot on JJ’s ears. “Or, the hips?” Marvin asked, before moving the feather back and drilling his fingers into the hips once again. He switched back and forth between the hips and ears, to get lots of reactions from him.

And reactions, he was rewarded! JJ has started snorting every time a new spot was touched. He was flailing his arms just about everywhere, pushing weakly at Marvin’s hands, and shaking his head whenever the feather would take over. When the hips were tickled, JJ would throw his head back and cackle. Both spots seemed to have different reactions, that would drive JJ nuts. And Marvin was enjoying each and every reaction.

Soon, Marvin decided to completely stop. He removed his hands, removed the magic from the feather, and held onto JJ’s limp body as he slowly reclaimed the strength he had lost in the tickle fight. Marvin placed JJ onto the couch that started it all, and sat in a chair nearby.

“You okay? Did I overdo it?” Marvin asked with a laugh.

‘I’m okay. Just tired.’ JJ replied.

A silence fell over the pair. The only sound that could be heard, were JJ’s deep breaths.

Soon, a smirk started to grow onto Marvin’s face as he decided to speak up one last time.

“You have a very ticklish body, Jamie. It’d be a shame if someone were to tell the kids about it...” Marvin teased.

Despite being deprived of energy, JJ quickly leaped off of the couch in a panic.

‘NO! DON’T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT TELLING THE KIDS ABOUT MY TICKLISH EARS!’ JJ signed desperately.

“You have ticklish ears?” Someone said behind them. JJ’s entire body froze upon the words.

Marvin guffawed. “Well, now you’ve done it!” Marvin exclaimed.

JJ mouthed the words ‘uh oh’, and slowly turned his head to the source of the noise. His eyes fell onto Chase Brody, who looked like he had stopped in the middle of walking when he saw the words JJ had signed to Marvin.

“You bet he does!” Marvin replied, reaching his hand out and quickly fluttered his fingers behind his ears. JJ jolted, his mouth quickly morphed into a smile as he threw his hands up to defend his vulnerable ear.

“Oh my GOD...I HAVE TO TEST THIS OUT!” Chase exclaimed, sprinting up to the mute man and jumping over the couch. JJ’s entire body fell into a panic, as a wobbly smile took over his lips as he desperately backed up, unable to do anything to stop the eager father from fluttering his fingers onto his ears.

Chase Brody makes a quick turn, and walks down the carpeted stairs. As he heads down more and more steps, he starts to hear some strange, high-pitched whimpering noises. Too tired to really process it, he walks right past the living room without a second thought. He walks to the kitchen, turns on the keurig machine and waits for it to heat up the water in the machine. After a few more seconds, the machine is ready for pouring. He puts a keurig coffee pod into the top, closes the lid, places a mug on the bottom and clicks the size amount. As the machine started whirling and making its usual coffee sounds, he decides to throw some bread into the toaster and push it down. He grabs out a plate, a knife, the container of margarine, and his preferred topping for his toast. Soon, the keurig machine stops pouring the coffee, and sucks in more water from the tank on the side of the machine. He grabs his black coffee, puts some cream and sugar into it, and mixes it together with a spoon.

To save himself a handful of stuff to carry, he decides to place his drink down in the living room, and come back for his toast. What he DIDN'T expect, however, was to get his previous question answered so early in the morning. Chase just about dropped his coffee at the sight he saw: There was a barrier in the corner of the living room, filled with several sleeping puppies. Nearby, there was a big German shepherd dog laying down. Chase, with his shaky hands, placed down his coffee and observed the scene a little closer. The puppies were all kinds of different colors, mostly containing black, a shade of brown, and a couple of them had some white mixed into their fur. They were all sleeping in a big puppy pile, with some of them stirring around to get more comfortable. IT WAS THE MOST ADORABLE THING CHASE HAD EVER SEEN! And Chase had seen it all! He's seen adorable dogs, adorable cats, adorable bunnies and even adorable squirrels! He's held a couple newborn babies, and showered them with love as they hit childhood. His kids were adorable, but this was on a WHOLE NEW LEVEL! It took literally everything in him to not scream in excitement and jump around like a child.

"Adorable, isn't it?" someone said. Chase jumped about 5 feet in the air, and let out a high yelp of surprise. He turned around, to see his friend Jackie, standing there with his Spiderman pajamas on. He was holding a plate with toast on it. Wait a second...

"Is that my toast?" Chase asked.

”...it was in the toaster...” Jackie replied, smirking as he took another bite.

Chase rolled his eyes and smiled before looking back at the puppies. A couple of the puppies had awoken, and were stumbling over to the mysterious, big creature watching them. Chase smiled, reached a hand out and pet one of the black and dark brown puppies. Almost immediately, the puppy turned his head towards the hand, and started nipping and sucking on the fingers. The nipping was surprising at first, but comfortable enough to let them continue. Chase recognized that this was the puppy’s way of playing. The puppy must’ve thought his hand was a chew toy, because the puppy used his paws to pin his hand down so he could bite and nip the rest of his hand.

Chase let out a little chuckle. “I need that hand. I’m not a chew toy.” Chase joked, pulling his hand back towards himself. As the hand left the puppy’s grasp, the puppy’s mouth followed it, and his paws tried to stop his new chew toy from leaving. Sadly for the puppy, he was no match for the moving chew toy. So, he let the hand go and decided to wrestle his sibling nearby. In no time at all, a little play fight had started between the two puppies. The jumped on top of each other, knocked each other down, and one of them even jumped and made the other puppy land on its back! But that didn’t stop it! It just rolled over onto its feet and kept playing! Chase was chuckling and watching in pure amusement.

Jackie walked up behind him, holding a mug in his hand. “You forgot this.” Jackie said, before handing Chase his mug of coffee.

“Thanks.” Chase replied. Grabbing his mug and drinking some warm coffee from it.

Jackie decided to stay, and watch the puppies as well. “So, what’s it like being nipped at by puppies?” Jackie asked.

“It’s...surprisingly not painful. And it’s more playful than...you know, to the death.” Chase replied, showing Jackie the dog slobber on his hand.

“Ya...” Jackie said, before taking another sip of his own drink. A short silence began between them, before a thought came to Chase’s mind.

“By the way...where did the dog and the puppies come from?” Chase asked, before taking another sip. Jackie stopped mid drink, lowered his cup, and swallowed it down.

“Well...I was patrolling yesterday evening, and...I came across a howling sound. I soon learned it was coming from the mother-“ Jackie paused for a moment to point at the big German shepherd dog laying down a few feet in front of them. “-and I discovered she was raising a litter of puppies on her own...” Jackie finished.

Chase gasped. “Oh my god...who, in the right mind, would think it’s okay to abandon a litter of puppies like that?!” Chase asked, shaking his head in disgust over the previous owner’s actions.

“I don’t know. But for now, I think it’s a good idea to try and bathe them.” Jackie suggested.

Chase turned towards the superhero. “Really? The mother doesn’t clean them herself?” Chase asked.

“Well it does, but there’s only so much a mother can do to keep her litter of puppies clean.” Jackie said, before pulling out his phone.

Jackie typed ‘How to wash a 4-week old puppy’ onto the Google search bar, and pressed return. A website came up, with a small paragraph explaining exactly what Jackie and Chase needed:

“Remember some dogs only require a bath 3 to 4 times a year. So if you can clean your 4-week old puppy with a wet washcloth or puppy wipes, consider doing this before giving him a bath. ... There may not be a need to use dog shampoo on your 4-week old puppy. However, if he is extremely dirty you can find puppy shampoo.” Jackie read aloud. Chase smiled, before standing out of his seat.

“I’ll go get a washcloth.” Chase suggested.

“Get two, so we can tackle them faster.” Jackie suggested. Chase gave him a thumbs up, before heading into the bathroom.

While Chase got that, Jackie started looking around for any more old blankets he can use to replace the current dirty blanket on top. Blanket in hand, Jackie walked up to the puppy barrier and started removing the current blankets. As he tried to calmly take off the blanket, the puppies started running towards the hand and fighting each other to try to touch and play with it.

“Hey! Stop that! I’m trying to-Guys, please!” Jackie begged as his hands got scratched, bitten, and licked to death. Instead of trying to get them to move, he decided to drop the blanket and move them himself. He picked up each puppy individually, and moved them to the blanket layer space underneath the blanket he was replacing. Crumpling the filthy blanket into a ball, he threw that one aside and grabbed the folded blanket beside him. He unfolded it, placed it down, and straightened it up. Once it was straight enough, he grabbed the puppies and placed them onto the new blanket. Lastly, the new blanket was folded down and fixed up. All done!

“I got the wet cloths!” Chase cheered, before throwing Jackie a cloth. Jackie caught it with his left hand, and used his right hand to lift up a puppy. Jackie placed the puppy on the ground, and with gentle precision, he wiped bits of dirt off the puppy. The puppy seemed to appreciate the massage, and laid there fairly well.

After he put the puppy back in the barrier, Jackie looked over at Chase, who seemed to be doing fairly well himself. Not only was he washing the puppy very gently, but he was also imitating the puppy’s whines and tiny barks. If Jackie wouldn’t have known better, he would’ve thought they were communicating! It was so adorable to watch! But, Jackie didn’t have time to watch. He had to wash another puppy. Jackie carefully grabbed another puppy, placed it on the ground, and started washing it with the cloth. However, this one wasn’t as cooperative. This one was really eager to play!

“Hahaha! Hold on buddy! I’m getting there.” Jackie said, laughing at the puppy’s enthusiasm. After some more rubs, Jackie rolled the dog over to get its belly and chest. Though Jackie managed to get the chest all clean, it took a bit longer because Jackie kept on getting distracted by how FREAKING ADORABLE THE PUPPY WAS WHILE LAYING ON ITS BACK! Jackie let out a muffled squeal and covered his mouth. He took a quick peek at Chase, who was staring him down with a smirk on his face.

“Let me see.” Chase said, before letting go of the puppy in his grasp. He took a few steps towards him, and practically died upon seeing the puppy’s position.

“Awwwww! Look at de wittle puppy! Look at dis wittle, adowable puppy! You are so cute! Yes you are, OH, YES YOU ARE!” Chase cooed, giving the puppy belly rubs and scratches. The puppy turned itself onto its feet, and started jumping at the hands playing around with him. The puppy attempted to tackle both hands down, but to no avail. Soon, the puppy started letting out growl noises along with the traditional whimpering noises. Soon, the other puppy (that Chase had let go of) started joining in on the play fight.

It was the puppy siblings, versus the two moving hands. Puppy J tries to run and tackle the left hand down, but struggles to hold it down. Puppy C comes to help its partner, but both of them get bulldozed off by their new arch nemesis: The right hand. The right hand proves to be stronger than the left hand. Both dogs take notice of this, and get ready to assert dominance. Together, they try and kill onto the right hand to pull it down. The hand doesn’t appear to be tired, but it’s not moving...Now’s their chance! Puppy J keeps it’s dead weight onto the right hand, while Puppy C tried to tackle down the left hand. The left hand proves to be resilient, however, as every attack proves to cause little damage to puppy C’s opponent. In an attempt at dominance, the puppy lets out a growl and does another tackle. Stronger than before, but not strong enough. The left hand stands once again! Blasted hand! In a fit of rage, the puppy takes a step back and...

“RAHF!” Chase and Jackie turn their heads towards the noise. The puppy had let out a high-pitched bark, that caught both adults off guard. Not only with its surprise factor, but with its adorable factor as well.

“That was the most adorable bark I have ever heard in my entire life!” Chase exclaims, covering his rosy cheeks with his fists and practically rolling around, to try and cope with the cuteness overload.

“Excuse me, vhat vas zhat no-“ Someone said behind them. Chase and Jackie turned around, and faced the person behind them. The person, who wore a lab coat and spoke with a German accent, had walked in and found the commotion. He proceeded to stare at the puppies for 5 seconds, before dropping his clipboard on the ground in front of him. “Vhat is going on? Vhere did zhese puppies come from?” The doctor asked.