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95Elizabeth, MurasakiNeko13, RandomObsessivePsychoFangirl, takengoddess

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Number Two: Pet Store

It was autumn and today, after school Hatori, Ayame and Shigure had dragged Kureno to the pet store. Ayame was talking on and on about how he'd see the snakes and Shigure was talking about the dogs he saw, Hatori however, had his own agenda.

"'Gure-nii," the five year old Kureno asked, pulling on his cousin's hand. "Do you think they'll be birds?"

"No, of course not," Aya laughed, "If anything there's going to be some beautiful snakes, I wish that I was allowed to have a snake."

Hatori rolled his eyes, Ayame always seemed to talk about two things: snakes and himself. He thought over what Kureno had said and then tilted his head to the side, "Did you just say they'll be snakes Kureno-chan?"

"Yeah!" the brunette laughed excitedly, "I wish the store was owned by birds, do you think there will be any Hatori-nii? Shigure-nii? Ayame-nii?" he asked, turning his head to each of them as he said their names.

"Of course," the dog winked, "It said so in my book."

Kureno's smile widened as they finally got to the pet store and he could hear all of the noises of the animals. He turned his head around wildly to take it all in. There were dogs in one corner, then cats and around the back there was a large snake. He stared at the tanks seeing all the fish before jumping up and down, paroquets.

"Shigure-nii! Shigure-nii!" he asked the seven year old who had hold of his hand, "I want to see the birdies! I want to see the birdies!"

"Aya-kun," the dog pointed, "Lookie all the dogs are looking at me, they must acknowledge me as pack leader!" he started making short barks as if communicating with the dogs. Aya however was completely taken with the long, green and black striped snake.

Hatori sighed as he put his hand out to Kureno, "I'll take you to the birdies" he offered and Kureno nearly died as his smile got even wider, "I just want to ask that lady for something first."

"Okay Hatori-nii!" the little boy laughed as the two of them made their way to the counter.

The girl behind the counter wore a red vest over her white shirt and red skirt, she seemed moderately attractive and she leaned over the desk to see the two children. "Hi there, oh you two look so cute, how can I help you?"

"I want to see the dragon," Hatori spoke directly as the girl blinked.

"Umm, well we..." she started awkwardly before the seahorse cut her off again.

"I want to see the dragon, where is it?" he asked as the girl's eyes widened, she played with the sleeve of her shirt awkwardly.

"We don't exactly have a dragon, umm...apart from a komodo dragon I don't think that I've ever seen a dragon before, I'm so sorry." As she apologized, her cheeks turned a light red.

"Hatori-nii," Kureno asked, tilting his head to the side, "Can we see the birdies now?"

"Okay," a slightly saddened, seven year old agreed as they headed to the back.

Unfortunately for Hatori, this store had dogs, snakes and birds but no dragon. What a disappointment!