Book 3: Heart Strings

Chapter 4: yes...

Heart Strings

Chapter 4

Yes...

If there was one thing Tyla loved about living in the monkey village it was the congressional eating. Tables with lots of fruit, cooked meat (lets face it, they weren't all vegan), and oh the rice and noodles. Today it would seem Pigsy and Suna were managing the kitchen so they would have some nice spices tonight.

Tyla sat with the other females grooming their children. This apparently was a huge social thing among monkeys and apes. Even Wukong sat with Yomi on his lap and groomed her. Every so often a female would come by and attempt to groom him. He was waving them off, he wasn't much for social grooming, but he did think Yomi did need it. Her hair stuck up so much.

"I think it has something to do with your spit, Your majesty." One of the females said. Wukong looked up almost offended and the female was quick to defend her words. "You are mighty, and we all know it, perhaps your spit knows this too. It is strong." Okay that had some air of truth to it.

"Here let me." Macaque picked Yomi up from Wukongs lap. Yomi curled into a ball and looked up at Macaque. "Oh come on kiddo. I don't bite...anymore." He laughed nervously.

"Just remember what happened last time you went after one of Yomi's babies." Macaque looked up to see Raya running her fingers through her baby's fur. The little girl seemed to be in a purring mess on her leg. Her eyes lazily watch Macaque as if to say 'my brothers watching too.' it would seem that wolf cubs grow faster then monkey babies. So Rae was a lot bigger than Min. Min didn't seem to mind, She would hug up to her brother a lot. Her brother would let her and glare at anyone who got near. The only two that he tolerated going near his sister was his mom and dad. Even Tyla got nipped now and then. Tyla just thought it was adorable and let him. He was after all doing the same thing she would do for her siblings.

"Alright, who's hungry!" Pigsy called out holding up a huge plate full of noodles, and rice. All in many different colors and spices. Placing them down on the table and chuckled watching Suna take a fork full of her favorite. She seemed to favor curry over the pepper. She looked up at Tang who took a spoon full of the rice and placed some veggie curry on top of it. She knew he was a vegan and didn't like to eat meat. She wished she could do the same, and she knew he wished she could too, but she was a fox and she had to eat meat to exist.

"Wow...big teeth." Tao whispered from his tiny seat across from Suna.

"Yes, I eat meat." Pigsy chuckled, running his fingers through his daughter's hair and pulled it into a ponytail so it didn't get anything in it. It was rather puffy.

"Thank you daddy." She took another bite and looked up at Tang who smiled down at her.

'How did you two have someone like that? You're human, and that's a pig male. You are so strange.' Hallandale said, not expecting an answer. He couldn't answer, she was controlling him.

"Is it good?" Tang asked her, she nodded, wiping her mouth on her sleeve. "Ah, let's use a napkin hum?" He handed her one. She giggled as she used it instead.

Soon enough the plates were picked clean and the younger monkeys cleaned the dishes while the mothers put there babies to sleep. Tylas house wasn't much, it was a small one room bungalow up in a tree. She placed her son down on a small crib and started to hum as he yawned and looked up at her tiredly.

Macaque watched from the door as Tyla pulled the blanket up onto his shoulders.

"I don't see how you didn't mate before Macaque. You're good with kids." She looked up at him as he scoffed at this. He looked slightly hurt as well.

"You say that now, but...I said no...to being your dad." Tyla looked up at him almost hurt.

"Was there something wrong with us?" Tyla asked as she sat down on her bed. Macaque stayed at the door.

"You weren't mine." He said as he turned around and left her for the night.

"For whatever it's worth...I wish I was..."