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( 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 )

[ no, she's probably going to start laughing while in the middle of feeding Wilbur Downy Jr. and lacerate its stomach with a qtip or something, this is Amami's child now ]

( banished from motherhood... you know what, given her family history, fair, )

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( wait hold up what happened to daddy #3? aren't they in this together? ...rokkun!?

also @ rika, ow, the ribs are still pretty fresh at this point. )

[ sets metaphorical hands on his shoulders, good luck, Rokkun's taught him all he knows, it's up to Amami now ]

( ? )

( laugh with her it's funny )

( i DID HE MADE ME CHUCKLE )

( hey, everyone told komaeda to deal with lily may! he's not a deadbeat dad... yet, but he turns around see how well rokkun handles the situation and he'll just... sigh wistfully... a smart man.

smart man... until... i'm crying, his specific choice of words that make komaeda chuckle as he sees who the duty has been shirked off to. looking towards rika first to see that she's laughing first, and then he stares towards amami who is taking this rather easily.

another small laugh, and he's pouring the tuna into the bowl so he can kneel down to offer it to lily may before he can get tripped up. there you go lily may, komaeda's going to rub his thumb along her forehead in the spot that she likes before leaving her where she is. )

You're so talented, Rokkun, you're going to be a pretty good father when you get married...~

( he's not going to embarrass rika, not infront of her big brother amami... because he was very anti "i'm gunna paint" awhile ago. )

[ Lily May's going to gobble the food up in like ten seconds so she can go to where Komaeda is and sit on his feet. ]

I've had practice. If you took care of this rat half as well as you pay attention to that cat, you wouldn't be terrible either. Its life is in your guys' hands, though. If you're not going to take it seriously, you're better off letting it die now.

she's not that CAT and when you see her do something mundane you ask what da lily may doing :/

ok ratcist

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( five time winner of world's best rat-dad award, rokuro arata!

you know what, yeah, should have expected that from rika, so he doesn't hold it against her. cute, even if it catches him off guard. with a slightly sheepish expression, amami's hand hovers over her waist, like he's not entirely sure what to do about this — he seems amused, at least.

though he'll, like, Look at komaeda before paying mind to rokkun again. )

We can take it seriously, don't worry.

( read as: he can take it seriously. )

( NOOOO NOT A RAT A )

Hmmm...

( she's still giggling here and there, because, you know, she's five, but she's at least considering something now, like she'd gotten an idea. )

Oh! What if we find Wilbur Jr. a rat mom surrogate?! ( perking up, suddenly, she hits her palm with her fist. ) I'm pretty sure Pestilence gave birth recently! Maybe she'd adopt him, if we ask nicely!

( rat to rat communication.

she'd go off about how naughty wilbur and pestilence were old friends, so she'd totally agree, but, you know, nobody needs these rat soaps. or maybe they do need these rat soaps. she settles in amami's hold, at any rate, looking very thoughtful. ugh... genius of this caliber takes so much energy. )