In the morning, Patoran woke them up, Rownan went to his room to get ready for the day. Vigil cooked breakfast, Lolan read as he did pretty much everything, and they were all out the door one by one. Everyone's day went by normally and they came back as per usual. Vigil came first, then Rownan a few minutes later. They started to kiss, they backed into a wall, still kissing, and Rownan unzipped his sweater a bit. Vigil gently pushed him off, and zipped it back up. He sat on the coffee table and turned on the tv, Pokémon was on. He watched an episode, then came 'who's that Pokémon?' He stood up and yelled,
"IT'S PIKACHU!"
It was Nivairæ, he yelled,
"FUUUCK!"
As he started to YEET the coffee table, but then the door started to open and he put it back down. It was Patoran,
"Are you guys okay? I heard yelling."
"Vigil was yelling at the tv again."
Said Rownan as he came out of his room. He seemed uptight,
"what happened?"
Asked Patoran and Vigil,
"Is it work?"
They looked at each other, then Patoran says,
"what's the matter Ro?"
"I've been thinking, and I just don't get how me, you, and Lolan, have all of these elemental powers that have been growing and bringing new powers with them. But Vigil seems to only have sharp teeth, super hearing, portals and good reflexes."
"I don't have super- Lolan is limping down the street."
"Why is he limping?!"
"You think I can hear why he's limping! As if the universe talks to me and it tells me the answer to any question I have! Ha! I wish. Anyways…"
Vigil went to the door and caught a very tired and injured Lolan, who fainted. He started healing him immediately,
"what's coming out of your eyes?"
Asked Rownan,
"Who cares?! It's helping Lolan!"
After a short while, Lolan was healed and woke up.
"What? Ugh, I feel like I was mauled."
"Probably what happened, you need to rest."
"No, my parents are coming. They want to meet my roommates."
"I know, they'll meet us. It'll be okay, now go to sleep."
Lolan dozed off and Vigil carried him to his room.
"Now…. what were we talking about?"
"Powers, and it seems you can heal people as well. Do you have any others that we don't know about?"
"I'll let you try to guess after his parents leave."
The doorbell rang, Vigil put on his mask as Rownan answered the door. There they stood, they looked around the room and the mom asked,
"Where is Lolan?"
"He's resting", Vigil said quickly.
"why?"
Patoran added, "When he came in he was limping and bleeding. Something probably mauled him on his way home."
The dad asked without concern in his voice, "Will he be alright?"
Rownan added, "Yeah, it wasn't as serious as it could've been. He's bandaged up and all."
The mom stated nonchalantly, "Well, at least he's not too hurt. I'm Mrs. Zapata."
"I'm Mr. Zapata."
"Spanish?"
"Yes. Now, do any of you know how to cook?"
Vigil started, "I've been teaching the others."
Rownan intervened,"He knows."
"What do you know to cook?"
"Most of the recipes I know are from Britain, but I've learned some others."
"Why from Britain?"
"I'm Brit, born and raised. I lost some of my accent a while back."
"Ah, well then… we have an appointment that we can not miss. Good day."
They left and Vigil locked the door as he said.
"Ugh. Parents."
"They're not all bad."
"Yeah, your parents. Maybe a few others. Otherwise, they just suck."
"He's not wrong. But the majority of them are just trying their best."
Lolan chimed in, Vigil looked him up and down, then said,
"you knew I could do that, so you got yourself hurt to avoid your parents."
"Yes, I did not expect to nearly bleed out however."
"You were planning on catching the bus?"
"Yes. Now you were talking about powers?"
"Oh yeah… Oh! You said we'd try and guess!"
"Yep, we already have healing, sharp teeth, hearing, and portals. Reflexes don't count. They're part of the cat thing."
"Well, how do you know the hearing is not a result of your cat ears?"
"I've had these ears since I was four and my hearing didn't start to improve until I came here."
"Oh! Fire!"
"Correct."
Vigil set his nails on fire, but they didn't actually burn.
"Electricity like me."
"Right again." Vigil charged his palm, then lost the charge after about thirty seconds.
"I still have to work on that one."
"Are there any more?"
"Five more."
"How?"
"I'm a hybrid of two manimals. Turns out I got powers from both sides of the gene pool."
"What are the others?"
"Earth, water, air, light, and dark."
The others were shaken, but Vigil watched them intently.
"Wha- But, when?"
"Since I was a kid, didn't know how you'd react. Then I realized you had the same powers, you've been using them subconsciously, and your, additions haven't grown in yet."
"By additions, I assume you mean your cat features?"
"Yeah. I usually avoided the topic. Now am I making dinner or…?"
"PIZZA!"
"YAY PIZZA!"
"Oh dear lord. You two are giving me a headache. Pizza it is then…"
"Alright, I'll order meat lovers."
"Can we get pepperoni from Papa Johns instead of meat lovers from Pizza Hut?"
"Fine… at least it's pepperoni."
"Why do you like meat so much?"
"It's not just meat… carrots are nice too…"
"Oh! I know! It's 'cause your teeth are so sharp! It makes it kinda hard to chew things that are normally easy to chew."
"They don't make it hard, it just feels weird."
"Did your parents ever keep you away from soft foods?"
"No…"
"Well what did you normally eat?"
"leftovers…"
Vigil ordered the pepperoni pizza and hung up, he got the money ready and put it on the counter.
"So you'd cook, they'd eat, and you'd get leftovers?!"
Exclaimed Rownan, looking a bit irritated.
"Yeah, what'd you expect? After what I told you…"
"Vigil, Why do you avoid your experiences?"
"Lolan is right. You need to talk to someone about these things."
"Does yourself count?"
"No, Vigil…"
"Vigil, Amore(love), you know you can come to us if you need something, right?"
"Yeah.. I just have to get used to it."
The doorbell rang,Vigil put on his mask and answered it. The delivery guy gave him the pizza, he gave the guy the money, and a tip. He closed the door and put the pizza on the table.
"Me first!"
Patoran yelled as he lunged for the pizza.
Vigil gave a shrill, "Eep!"
And flinched away from the table, so he wouldn't get run over.
"That might've been even cuter than your purr."
Rownan commented while walking over to get a slice.
"Oh shush you…"
"he's not wrong, but where's the tiny table?"
"I don't think Papa Johns does the tiny tables."
"Aww, I like those…"
"sorry Pat"
"it's fine, we'll get Dominos next time!"
They ate their pizza and as soon as they were done, Rownan carried Vigil to the couch and Patoran sat next to him, they started petting his ears. Vigil purred, letting his tail pop out. Patoran played with it a bit, and started petting it. Vigil started to nod off, still purring, keeping the strange sounds and moans quiet, for the sake of embarrassment. He leaned against Rownan, wrapping his tail around Rownan's waist. Rownan kept stroking his ears and Vigil fell asleep in his arms, again. In a few hours, they were in their usual cuddle and he could hear Patoran and Lolan making out on the couch. Rownan woke up and kissed Vigil's ear,
"morning Angelo Gotico. How did you sleep?"
"I slept well, you?"
"Amazing, because I got to cuddle with il mio amore."
Rownan kissed Vigil's other ear.
"What does il mio amore mean?"
"My love."
Vigil blushed,
"c-can I call you amore, Ro?"
"You can call me whatever you want Angelo.."
"so I could call you Sir Sing-a-lot?"
"I actually like that name!"
"Too bad! I'm calling you Amore."
"Well I did say anything."
They both giggled for a minute, then Rownan pointed out,
"your giggle is as adorable as you."
Vigil giggled a bit more,
"oh shush. Now you're just saying things."
"It's true! You're like a little angel kitten!"
Vigil couldn't help but giggle, he hugged Rownan closer,
"I love you."
"I love you too" Rownan kissed his soft spot and cuddled closer. They both fell asleep soon after.