Misunderstood Love

Chapter 4 - I will give you a home

(disclaimer, one drug and a few alcohol references)

"Oh, ya, they got into a HUGE fight!" Jujube recounted as the three dragons sat on Spittlebug's couch. He and Meltwater passed a bottle of... some kind of alcohol between them. Spittlebug didn't drink any. She wasn't much of a drinker. "Tiny did NOT like that Reflection stole his drugs. He got some good swings on her, but she bit his tail pretty hard."

"Oof. He had it coming, though. Did he get sent to the healer or anything?" Meltwater asked.

"You better believe!" He replied excitedly. "She broke it! You should have been there to hear the scream he let out when it happened. And Reflection's face all covered in blood. Creepy."

Meltwater had stayed the night over at Spittlebug's house. Even on the couch, she said it was the best sleep she had ever gotten. And she had raided the HiveWing's pantry, eating a lot of her food. It was apparently the freshest food Meltwater had had in a very long time. Spittlebug felt bad for her.

"Oh, ya, and Mildew is with egg again. That NightWing is apparently the dad, though I wouldn't trust her."

"Wait, she's having eggs? She's not going to keep them in that cesspool, is she?" Spittlebug blurted out. Mildew let out a burst of drunken laughter, as Jujube took a swig from the bottle.

"Of course not. I usually take them to the orphanage a few towns over, or else Mildew will just leave them outside to their fate. She has eggs quite often. Like, two batches a year."

"Remember that one time where she had twelve in one go that one time!" Meltwater piped up. "She's quite hefty already, but my moons, during that."

"What! You just let her fill up orphanages with her carelessness! Just leave hundreds of dragonets without a home!"

"No one can stop her," Meltwater replied. "And Jujube had definitely tried. Plus, an orphanage is far better then just leaving them out to die. And what are you going to do, keep the eggs?"

"As a matter of fact, I will! As soon as Mildew has the eggs, bring them over here!" The small, orangey yellow HiveWing said without thinking. She didn't think about how she didn't know the first thing about caring for a dragonet, let alone one from two different tribes she didn't know anything about.

"Are you sure? MudWings tend to have a lot of eggs," Meltwater asked. "Granted some may not hatch due to her... lifestyle. But that's still potentially a LOT of dragonets."

"Yes!" She replied defiantly. Meltwater and Jujube looked between themselves, then Meltwater grabbed the alcohol bottle.

"Are you sure you didn't have any of this?" she shook the bottle in front of her face. "Or did I have too much and am just hallucinating or something. Also, can I stay over again? After last night, I don't wanna go back."

"You can stay over again. And I want to give those dragonets a good home!" Spittlebug replied. "If no one else will, I'll keep them."