Omelettes [Poptart & Eve]

It was a good thing he and Zen stocked up in a ridiculous amount of medicine after his first paycheck. Ardos came out of the bathroom with a small bottle of allergy medicine, glancing at Amphy and Stormy (she was getting fed, good) before entering the kitchen. He started heating up a kettle for his ramen, filled a glass of water, picked up Amphy's Wheat Thins and came out, sitting down next to Amphy and the baby on the floor. He laid out the stuff near them and shifted closer to... get a better look of the baby. Yeah.

"Hey."

Amphy... had his arms full.

Hm.

"Should I... um, feed you the medicine, or should I take her off your hands for a bit?"

@"Poptart" , @"Anzellous"

The initial reaction for the small dragon was to protest the foreign object being brought close to her but at being touched with it and a droplet of milk entered her mouth.. her little fuzzy ears perked up and a curious noise came out of her throat.

With little other prompting she latched onto the nipple and after a few attempts figured out the suckling motion needed. Akin to that of a small infant being fed, all protests ceased and her little paws went up at first to touch the bottle before falling to her sides.

A small shake of her head later, to better adjust her position and her eyes began growing heavier. It was as if at the idea of her belly being filled was far too much paired with the bursts of energy she had previously.

Ardos shifted his hold on the baby. It had quite the appetite, probably because it ran around earlier. It looked like it was going to sleep soon. That was a good sign.

Maybe they were capable of raising her after all.

Ardos watched as Amphy moved away to relax. He might've given him a wrong signal there. He felt a bit angry at himself for shooting his chances with him on the foot, but... well, he supposed this was for the better. He deserved better.

He cleared his throat. "You look sleepy. Do you think you'll be able to make it back into the forest? You and the baby can take my bed if you want. I'm heading out later to see if I can earn a few hundred dollars before the sun rises anyway."

@"Anzellous" , @"poptart"

The motion of being moved from one handler to the other earned a displeased gurgling. It sounded more like the little dragon was managing to gargle the milk than anything. Though this time her tail wrapped around Ardos' wrist and her body adjusted to be closer to his chest her cheek against his chest.

Her fur finally felt warm and so did she, it was as if all the time inside kept her this way. Or perhaps it was because she was still little that it was nearly inpossible for her to manage any form of body temperature.

Her eyes dropped further and further until there was no fight left. Storms eyes drooped, her paws wrapped around the bottle and that was all was written. The tiny dragon was out for the count and cutely making soft sucking noises occassionally. Her belly look fairly rounded and at the corners of her mouth were dribbles of milk already drying into it.

Ardos nodded. He made sure the baby was completely still and Amphy was done with his food before escorting them to his room.

He kept the lights turned off. He glanced at Zen sleeping soundly at the bed across the room. Her section of the room was always cluttered with her gadgets — he didn't really understand how she got used to these things so quickly — but as long as it was clean, he really didn't mind.

Ardos' side of the room was impeccably clean, to the point it looked like it didn't belong to anyone. Ardos preferred it that way. He didn't like pointlessly decorating because he assumed that he and Zen would constantly be moving here on the surface, so most of his belongings were kept in a bag under his bed.

He made sure Amphy and the little one were tucked in before cleaning up the apartment a bit and heading out.

He forgot how cold it was outside.

He headed into the Fight Club. Tao didn't like it when he worked in erratic hours, and he didn't either, but the only reason he missed work was because Amphy's concerns took priority. He broke a few heads and threw out a lot more. It didn't matter. His mind was elsewhere. When the sun began peeking out around 5am, the Club finally closed and he received a decent number of bills.

He stopped by the grocery before home. He got a box of pancake mix, blueberry syrup and a carton of orange juice because... Zen liked... He felt his face heat up. Zen was fine with bacon and eggs every morning. He wanted to impress Amphy, as much as he hated to admit it.

As soon as he got home, Zen was already at the living room on her laptop again. It was too early for her to start feeling like a person so she just waved at him as he placed his groceries on the counter.

Ardos was a little too eager as he opened the bedroom door. He saw the baby look at him, whispering a small 'sorry' at her, but Amphy was...

...asleep on the floor.

That probably wasn't comfortable. He knelt next to him and scooped him up into his arms gently so he wouldn't wake him.

@"Anzellous" , @"poptart"

When Amphy was moved a small black head popped out of the various folds of his shirt and peeked up to look at Ardos. With a serious of excited yips and coos the small creature reached her little paws out to him and tried climbing up. Though, with each failed attempt she grew a bit frustrated and continued trying.

A small growl and a bark like noise finally escaped her, these being a smidge louder than the previous ones. It was almost a promise for them to get louder.

Once Ardos finally picked her up it was like touching a fully charged joke buzzer. There was a mild shock but nothing overly bad. still a surprise for the un-expected. Which, once the charge was released her fur turned snow white once more. Her body eventually curled up and she suckled on her tail.