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( it's... cute, to be honest. komaeda's realest friend: lily may.

and in the meantime, amami will be giving rika the most apologetic look for this. )

It's fine, it's fine — she can't get in anyway.

( ma'am what do you think she's gonna do? jump and open the door with those little paws of hers so that she can maul you for dessert??? amami would never let that happen, and he'd be very disappointed in rokkun if he did. )

Since it looks like Komaeda-kun's got the cat covered, we can probably just take the other door and split up.

( amami laughs, but he doesn't know how cracked out the cats can be? okay, sure, the white one seems normal and friendly, aside from eating wilbur for afternoon snack, but the black one? insane.

at least it seems like komaeda's got the cat covered, judging by how taken he is by playing with her, so... yeah, the rest of them can sneak out. )

Okay, um... so, Rocchi is on dropper duty, I'll go warm up some milk... Ran-tan, can you boil water for the hot water bottle?

( poor rokkun who wanted nothing to do with this... )

( it's just him and lily may here, which he makes sure to place the token on her paw before snatching it away so she can't actually have it. it's not done purposely like he does with the treat, but he is playing with her on his own accord rather than being the bait.

who knew that love transcends through plotting to become genuine.

he waits for her paw to stop moving, and he drops it next to her so that she can swipe it anytime — it makes a bit of noise when it hits the ground, but that's to alert her where to move her pawsies next. )

[ She can't see the toy, so all she has to rely on is sound and her little twitch paws snatching half a second later at any given clink upon the ground— and then freezing entirely when the other door opens and her attention is snatched by the sound of the other door opening.

...

She slowly withdraws her paw. And goes tap tap tap over to Rika, mewing sweetly up at her, plume tail straight up in the air. ]

( oh!! she is so sweet! amami's gonna crouch down to pet her, which will include actual petting for sure, but also include holding her so that she can't run off while he does so. with a glance to rika — )

Kawai-san, you can go ahead. I'll catch up.

( and then he'll gesture over to komaeda. come get your daughter... )

( NO... SHE'S BABY... BUT SHE CANNOT HAVE THE RAT!!!! )

Wilbur Jr. is not food, 'kay? We'll find you better snacks!! ( she promises, when lily may mews up at her, dashing down the hallway as soon as amami comes to pet her.

lily shouldn't be eating diseased rats anyway? 'this rat was just born' rats are born diseased

anyway.

she goes on ahead and runs into the home ec room, searching for milk. once she finds it, she carefully pours it into a pot and starts to warm it up, just a little bit. it's okay lil rat... daddy #3 will be here with the dropper soon... where tf is daddy #2 to boil the water though??? )

( komaeda is coming over to get lily may because that's his duty, since amami is holding her back, he'll kneel down and wrap his arms around her fluffy little waist. as soon as he thinks she's safely in his grasp, he's going to stand up properly to keep her close.

listen lily may, he's on your side, trust him!

this is where the difficulty starts, there's three people which means there's three directions he can take lily may to cause problems. perhaps she gets to choose where it all starts first —

where are we going lily may, lead the way! )

[ Mrrrr... Lily May squirms a little from being passed between Amami and Komaeda, not really liking to be held without something solid to sit on but will tolerate it for a short while, especially since Komaeda has longer legs than her cute little stubby ones so he'll be able to catch up with Rika faster— it's her that the cat paws the air at, still wanting that snack.

It takes Daddy #3 less than two seconds to locate and grab a dropper, so ??? he supposes they'll meet in the home ec room, expecting to hear the other club members start shrieking any moment now about there being any sort of rat inside the kitchen. ]

( yeah, that probably checks out. though when amami gets there, he closes the door behind him before komaeda comes in, then kind of stands there for a minute after — hope that rika is already boiling the water on the side too, because amami will be on komaeda control duty for a bit here. c'mon, the whole point was to not give the cat access to rika's new pet rat.

rokkun may pass though, if he comes in after them. )

( she does Not care about anyone shrieking when they see a rat, and more importantly, it's a very tiny, hairless, baby rat, so why are they screaming!! she'll hide it from public view, though, keeping it warm with her fingers while she waits for rokkun to catch up with that dropper.

thank you daddy #2... please guard the door for her while she moves to boil the water. it's hard to do everything with one hand!! )

( actually trash #1 and super kitty supreme princess lily may #1 will go the opposite direction of where the rat is. he's not betraying his darling lily may, but he is going to go to the vending machine so he can see what sort of cat food they have in stock this month — i feel like he did this last month as well, but you see, he wants her to have the best since she seems to be hungry.

he is going to crouch, keep her close, and check what's inside. the quicker they get cat food, the quicker they can go to home ec and "wet" it with the blood of the soul in the pipes where the wilbur jr. resides. )

[ Mr... rrr... okay. I don't know where rat blood ranks in Lily May's food preferences but also there was never cat food in the vending machines because otherwise there will absolutely be a student who doesn't know better who would purchase and crunch kitty kibble. Komaeda's luck has it, though, that there's those packets of tuna in stock and he can grab one of those for her.

Rokkun, in the meanwhile, returns with the dropper which he sets down on a clean napkin before looking in the cupboards for a spare piece of cloth he can fold into some sort of nest so Rika can set the thing down, and a second he pulls out and hands to her: ]

Once the water's boiling, soak this in it. I'll get a ziplock bag for you to put it inside, and another towel to wrap around it, and that should hold the heat for a while without being too hot. Rantarou, can you look in the cupboards above the dishware and see if you can find any Q-tips? Bring the whole box if there are any.

Yeah, no problem.

( look at this little veterinarian go... good for him. if rokkun knows what he's doing, amami's more than happy to follow his lead, heading over to the area he's indicated to start sorting through the cupboards... even if q-tips in the kitchen is kind of a new one. he finds them though, as puzzling as that is, and he'll bring them over with a glance to how the little rat is doing. )

( rokkun is... surprisingly knowledgeable about keeping little rats alive... but maybe it's because he's a Nature Guy, she realizes. maybe he's seen some small animals struggle in the wild, who knows.

at any rate, she reluctantly sets wilbur jr. down on the cloth and takes another piece from rokkun, nodding. )

Won't soaking this in boiling water be too hot? ( she glances down at the cloth, then back up to rokkun, then to rantarou, who returns with q-tips. what are these for, anyway... )

There we go...

( success, their tuna, which he's going to carry both lily may and himself to the room where everyone is stationed, and he'll make sure that lily may does NOT see the baby rat. he leaves those three to managing wilbur downy jr. since he believes they don't need him in that front — holding lily may down is already a job. he's moving to the cabinets to see if he can find a bowl so that he can pour the tuna he got inside. now he doesn't want her to lose interest in him or the food, so komaeda's going to rip open one of the packs so he can give her a little whiff.

i know baby rat probably smells better, but this is the good tuna... hopefully. )

[ Oh... do normal people not keep qtips in the kitchen for cleaning... okay, fine.

It's good tuna and Lily May gnaws a little at the edge of the packet if she can get close enough to it, but she's a good cat who will weave in and out of Komaeda's feet while he searches for the bowl in hopes of tripping him up and getting him to drop the food.

Meanwhile, the rat parents are going to get a crash course in baby rat care, in which Rokkun addresses just Rika and Amami because he's chalked up Komaeda to be the deadbeat dad. ]

We'll be wrapping a towel around it, so it won't be too hot. To feed it, the easiest way is to place a drop on the tip of your finger— make sure to wash your hands first— wait for it to have cooled to body temperature, and let it suckle. You're going to feed it every one to two hours, around the clock.

[ You = Rika and Amami. They can take turns overnight. ]

The Q-tips are for stroking the urethra and anus to encourage urination and defecation. You will do this after each feeding.

[ ...He does not take the Q-tips from Amami. ]

( listen -- they live in the bathroom at every house i've ever been to!!

but hey, they really are taking on real parenting duties, aren't they? every hour or so isn't the best but, honestly, it's not like amami's getting full nights of sleep with the way things are right now anyway. he guesses fine with that. the next part?

...

alright, don't lead by example or anything, rokkun. )

You sound like you've done this before.

( care to elaborate, while amami shoves the q-tip box in his pocket? they'll just keep all of these then, it's fine. )

( well, amami is the responsible one, but she's totally down to help out, because she did insist on saving this rat, so it's only fair? sleeping around here is hard, anyway, so it's fine, they can take turns...

... as for... the q-tips...

she just stares at rokkun for a moment, lips pursed tight, and then proceeds to turn around, bury her face in amami's shoulder and — SNNNNNNIICKERRRR. her shoulders shake, and she's obviously laughing, because she's 15 and that was a Lot of funny words in quick succession.

he said urethra?? this is the funniest shit ever, stop. )

Pfftt... — hahaha! Ah — sorry, I just... you... looked so serious saying it, I — ( AND AMAMI IS SO MATURE ABOUT IT BUT SHE CAN'T STOP LAUGHINGGGGGG )

[ deadbeat mother too, okay, Rokkun turns to just Amami and shows him how to use the qtip, he's a single father now ]

( STOPPPPP YOU SAID SO MANY FUNNY WORDS SHE NEEDS A MOMENT OKAY SHE WILL DO HER BESTTTTTT )

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