Hopper

New Home

I felt myself moving around the bag. I tried to move around to get a better look but it was completely shut. I felt the vehicle stop a few times before eventually, the bag was lifted. I felt us moving around and heard doors open, before eventually being set down. The bag was opened and I saw Brandon reaching down. He was now wearing the clothes he initially had on when he showed up to Beth's room. He began pulling out some clothes and sticking them into a drawer in a dresser. He got to me and placed me on top of the shelf in the closet, in a small basket. I heard him shuffling around things before hearing the closet door shut.

I was trapped in solitude for the night. I couldn't see anything in the pitch dark, even with my eyes getting adjusted to being out of hibernation. I heard voices through the closet- which sounded like Brandon's and a girls but I couldn't make out the conversation.

I stayed in that basket for a few days, the only time getting any light, is when Brandon opened the door. After a few days, Brandon entered the closet again but stayed there a little bit longer. I could sense his anxiety and knew I needed to help him but I didn't know how. I heard a car horn in the distance. Brandon was searching frantically. Finally, I heard the drawer close and a key was tossed into the basket I was laying in, hitting me right in the stomach.

Brandon closed the door. I then heard no more noise. I gave it a few minutes and decided now was as good of a time as I could take to explore my new environment. I grabbed the key and slid it over my arm. I started to climb out of the basket, but shifted the weight, causing the entire basket to tip onto the top of the dresser. Getting up, I was adjusting to the darkness and noticed a light switch. I walked over and turned it on. The closet was tight, there wasn't a ton of space. I sat up, gathering myself and noticed a calendar on the wall. It was the 14th, given that the previous 13 days were marked with an X. The 14th and the 15th were circled with the word Trip written on it.

I pieced together that I had some time, so I had time to explore. I started to climb down the dresser and got to the floor. I tried to open the bottom drawer but it was locked. Inserting the key into the drawer, I pulled it open but it was hindered by the closet door. So I began to climb back up the dresser. It was like a tutorial about how to manuever again, after being in hibernation so long. I reminisced on climbing and navigating different scenarios, protecting my humans. This seemed like it was going to be a much bigger task.

Eventually, I reached the door knob, and turned the latch on the inside- unlocking it. I jumped on the handle, giving it enough force to open, and sent myself tumbling onto a bag in the corner of the closet. I stepped off the bag and sunk. I realized that I was standing on a blanket, covering an open box. I peeled back the blanket and peered into the box. I wasn't sure what I was looking at.

At this point, the curiosity got the best of me- and I had a whole 24 hours to put things back. I used to do this all the time, making sure to not get caught by the humans and sent to retirement. I grabbed onto whatever was in the box, which was inside plastic wrapping. There was a fold that I was able to get my arms underneath and I pulled. I tumbled backwards off the box and out of the closet- the item coming with me.

I sat up, and it was large. It took me a second to realize what it was but again, I was shocked when I saw it. It was a huge diaper- bigger than me. The outside was decorated with pink princesses. I was confused but kept exploring- looking in the open drawer. I noticed Beth's clothes. But then I heard a noise outside. A car door closing. I panicked.

I wrapped myself around the diaper and threw it on the box. Using the open drawer, I folded it back up but realized I couldn't stuff it in the package, I set it in the box and threw the blanket over it before closing the drawer and locking it. I grabbed the bottom of the door and shut it and began climbing up the dresser. I heard noises outside the door.

It was Brandon and the girl. "I am so sorry, I am not sure how that even happens. I feel like I ruined everything." Brandon said. The girl seemed calm, "it is fine. I am sure you got it when you went home- it isn't like you can control it. Brandon apologized again, saying that he couldn't wait until the pandemic was over and that he was sorry they couldn't go visit her family.

I made it to the top of the dresser and realized that I had no way to get the basket on top of the closet shelf. Furthermore, the girl noticed the light. "Did you forget to turn that light off?" she asked. I heard her approach the door, so I just took my toy position. The door opened.

I saw her look directly at me, "Aw this is cute. Is it yours?" she said, picking me up. Brandon stuttered and  stammered, saying that it was his friends from childhood and her parents let him have it. She bent down, picking up some of the things that dropped from the basket onto the floor.

Brandon tried to redirect the conversation, but the girl noticed the boxes underneath the blanket. She pulled back the blanket and dropped me. Reaching into the box, she pulled out the diaper. Brandon froze and I looked at him. I could see the bad thoughts in the background and wasn't sure how to protect him when he was awake. But there were a lot.

She unfolded the diaper. "Is this a diaper?" she asked. Brandon was speechless, still not moving. "Is it yours?" she asked, clearly confused. Brandon finally muttered out a no. But when he was unable to give an answer to who it actually belonged to, she saw through it.She laughed and the begged for Brandon to put it on so she could see- saying that it was probably cute. Finally, he agreed- taking the diaper and walking to the other room.

The girl began talking to herself, saying that was weird and wondering aloud why he had those. That didn't stop her snooping, she pulled out the box, along with another box underneath it. She was confused on to why she couldn't open the drawers. Brandon interrupted the snooping, as he returned to the room, wearing the clothes that he had on.

"So, do you have it on?" she asked. And he nodded yes. "I wanna see" she responded. He told her no and tried to explain that he wasn't even sure why he had them and that he had never worn one before. The packages looked full, so I felt like he was telling the truth. She insisted on seeing and he kept saying no before she had cornered him against the wall. She was reaching for his pants and he was resisting but eventually, she got the best of him-dropping his pants to the floor. Revealing the pink princess diaper.

She smiled and giggled. She told him that he was kind of cute. He started to take it off but she told him to leave it on and that it was kind of kinky. She laughed and he stood there frozen. She asked why the drawers were locked and he didn't answer but she noticed the key. As she headed for it, she looked back at Brandon. It stinks that we are going to be quarantined for 10 days but we could make the most out of it. Brandon was still frozen and his demons and thoughts were so close and there were a lot of them.