- >It's Saturday
- >Sweet, sweet, sleep.
- >It's 10, you should probably get up and make breakfast for you and Boomer.
- >Fuck it, he knows the days of the week, and this is 'Daddy sweep wong time, eat bwekfast later' day.
- >He doesn't like having to wait longer to eat, but he's a good sport about it.
- >He can complain a lot, but he really does love you.
- >Drift back off into dreamland.
- >For what feels like 5 minutes.
- >There's a loud crash in the kitchen.
- >The sounds of pots and pans colliding against the tile floor assaults your ears.
- >What the eff, mang.
- >You get up out of bed to go investigate, grabbing your baseball bat just in case.
- >The kitchen is a mess. There are pots and pans all over the foor, there's slices of bread strewn out across the counter, and....the stove is lit?
- >Boomer.
- >You're about to call out for him, but then you see one of your larger pots start to shuffle around the floor. You can hear a scared child's voice crying out from inside it.
- >”Hewp! Dawk! Boomer scawed! Why walls fowwow Boomer?”
- >You calm down a bit. It's kinda funny now.
- >You decide to watch for a bit, see if maybe he manages to get himself out of there.
- >The pot scoots around on the floor for about a minute, cut with Boomer's cries for help.
- >You have to resist laughing out loud. It's just so cute.
- >”Meanie wall! Boomer gif owies!”
- >You hear a soft bump and the pot slides forward a few inches.
- >Boomer just tried to headbutt an overturned pot.
- >Lol.
- >The force of impact made the other side of the pot collide with Boomer's backside.
- >”Owie! Wall bad, huwt Boomer! Boomer gif bigger owies!”
- >You know what's about to happen.
- >Boomer's going to kick the pot.
- >You hear a louder bump than before and the pot slides back very fast.
- >Right into Boomer's face.
- >You hear him yelp, then a pause. Then very loud crying.
- >Okay, time to cut him some slack.
- >You lift the pot and Boomer looks up at you with tears in his eyes and some blood seeping out of his nose.
- >It's not bad, but fluffies are fragile, and that pot hit him right in the snout. Kitchenware: 1, Fluffies: 0.
- >”Daddy! Boomer huwt! Boomer sowwy!”
- >You reach down and pick him up, then carry him over to the couch.
- >Grabbing a tissue, you cradle him in your arms while you wipe the blood and tears from his face.
- >The blood stops flowing, but the tears don't.
- >”Now Boomer, you want to tell Daddy why my kitchen is all messed up?”
- >You swear you've never seen Boomer look so despondent and pathetic as you do now.
- >He begins bawling even harder. You do your best to listen to what he says between sobs.
- >”Boomer sowwy! [Hic] Boomer know Daddy wike to [hic] sweep a lot today, so Boomer wan [hic] make bwekfast fo' Daddy! Make supwise, make Daddy happy [hic] wif Boomer!”
- >You raise your eyebrows.
- >Trying to make food for himself, you could have expected. But he was trying to cook for you?
- >”Boomer twy cook wike Daddy, [hic] but Boomer not know how. Make [hic] mess. Boomer sowwy! Neba make mess againnn[hic]nnn!”
- >You hug Boomer close to your chest as he begins bawling again.
- >”Shh, shh, it's okay, Boomer.”
- >You gently rock him and stroke his fluff while he calms down.
- >A few minutes of sniffling and hiccups later, Boomer has returned to mostly normal. He looks at you with a look of profound penance.
- >”Boomer go to sowwy box now?”
- >You smile and hug him again.
- >”No, Boomer, no Sorry Box this time. I'm not mad you tried to make breakfast.”
- >Boomer licks your neck. “Weawwy?”
- >You put him down on the couch and stand up.
- >”Yes, but you can't ever do that again. The kitchen is dangerous for a little fluffy without me there to make sure something like this doesn't happen.”
- >Boomer sits on the couch and doesn't meet your gaze. “Wan make Daddy happy. Daddy make Boomer happy all da time.”
- >Awwwww, he's showing gratitude. That's rare for a fluffy.
- >It's not really their fault they tend to think only for themselves, since their small brains limits their capacity for altruism, but it's nice to see a fluffy that shows a genuine desire to return kindness.
- >”Well, Boomer, Daddy is very happy that you wanted to show Daddy how much you love him.”
- >He perks up and jumps onto you leg, holding it as hard as he can in a fluffy bearhug.
- >”Wuv daddy!”
- >You pick him up.
- >”Yes, well, you need to learn how dangerous it can be in a kitchen. It doesn't look scary when I'm in there, because I know how to use everything. You don't. Watch.”
- >You carry him over to the still lit stove. There's nothing on it, so the gas has been burning by itself the whole time.
- >How he managed to light the thing and set it to low heat without immolating himself is a mystery you will never solve.
- >You swear that fluffies unconsciously manipulate probability when humans aren't looking. It would explain the absolutely unexplainable way some fluffies manage to kill themselves.
- >”You see the fire, Boomer?”
- >Boomer stares at the flames. “Pwetty cowwors”
- >”Yes, but try touching the colors.”
- >Boomer sticks out one of his little hooves to touch the fire.
- >As soon as it makes contact, he screams and pulls his hoof back.
- >”Wah! Cowwors huwt Boomer! Make owies!”
- >He holds the singed hoof close to himself and licks the burn.
- >You turn off the gas and move Boomer to the sink. You hold his burned hoof out and run it under cold water for a minute.
- >Boomer stops crying when the pain goes away.
- >”You see? Fire burns you when you touch it. But cold water makes the burn feel better. Understand?”
- >”Boomer undastan'”
- >”If you had burned yourself earlier, would you know to put cold water on it?”
- >The little gears in Boomer's head start turning. “....No...”
- >”So if you had been cooking by yourself and you had touched the fire, you would have been hurt and not know how to make it better.”
- >More gears turning in el cabeza de Boomer. His eyes widen a bit when he realizes what you're getting at.
- >”If Daddy not hewe, Boomer get big owies! No know how make go away!”
- >There was a much greater risk here that just that, such as him possibly bursting into flame, catching the house on fire, dying a horribly painful death. But this much is enough to convince him not to try it again.
- >Don't use a sledgehammer to break a walnut.
- >”Exactly. So, what did you learn?”
- >”Boomer neba twy cooking wifout Daddy again!”
- >You smile and pet him.
- >He frowns and looks down. “Boomer is bad fwuffy. Make messies, get owies. Bad fwuffy go in sowwy box.”
- >He's still beating himself up over this. You swear he's like an emotional prodigy in the fluffy world.
- >You've met some fluffies who would have just fallen asleep under that pot because they thought that because it was dark, it was time for bed.
- >Thank God your fluffy isn't rock stupid.
- >You pick him up and hold him at face level.
- >”Did you learn your lesson, Boomer?”
- >”Boomer wet Daddy cook, no pway wif fire?”
- >”That's right. I think we can skip the Sorry Box this time, since you already learned your lesson. How about we make breakfast together?”
- >The promise of food lightens Boomer's spirits immensely.
- >”Yay! Make nummies! Boomer hewp!”
- >He licks your face and you put him down on the counter.
- >You get some bacon and eggs out of the fridge and put them on the counter.
- >You select a pan off the floor, make sure it's clean, and set it on the stove.
- >When you light the stove again, Boomer takes a few steps back.
- >”Boomer no wike fiwe, no wan pway wif cowwors.”
- >Yep, lesson learned. He won't pull a stunt like this again.
- >You start cooking, calling out for foods.
- >You ask for eggs, and Boomer pushes the carton towards you with his head.
- >You ask for bread, and he picks up a slice off the counter with his little teeth and carries it over to you.
- >You ask for bacon, he pulls a strip out of the pack and drags it over, leaving a slippery sheen of grease in his wake.
- >Well, he's trying.
- >When it's all finished, you have a delicious breakfast of bacon, eggs, and toast all ready to eat.
- >You put your food on your plate and scrape some eggs into Boomer's bowl. You also give him half a slice of toast, or as Boomer calls it, “cwunchy bwead!”
- >You put Boomer on the table with his bowl and he immediately digs in.
- >You notice the clock as you carry your own plate over.
- >11:30
- >Eventful morning.
- >You both eat happily, Boomer enjoying his scrambled eggs and crunchy bread.
- >When all that's left is one slice of bacon, you tear it into little pieces and feed them to Boomer one by one.
- >”Boomer wuv baca!”
- >”Me too, buddy.”
- >Boomer waddles up to you and nuzzles your chest.
- >”But wuv yoo mo!”
- >You pull him into a hug.
- >”Me too.”

