In Waves -Book 3

Chapter 11 - Attack of the Floof

I knew that this was going to be a cute memory and Aera's first experience of a pet and then perhaps the inevitable conversation about why we didn't have one yet, even with her birthday just a week or two away.

I couldn't bring myself to entertain a pet in the past few years, it always made me get a lump in my throat remembering what happened to my fluffy friend Yoongi who gave me everything in a time I was lost and alone and my last memories of him was him fighting the darkness of Taehyung until his dying breath.

I could never get that vision out of my head, and I never knew where he ended up afterwards and I never got to say goodbye and it would hurt, but as time moved on I knew that Aera may want a pet one day and I was still always thinking how I would explain how I was hesitant.

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'Right Princess are you ready to meet Yuki?' Hobi said as he crouched down in front of Aera before he left the room to go and get her.

'I am so excited Bo Bo ...she is going to be my new friend!' Aera said as she bounced lightly clapping her palms together and then fiddling with her hair ready to pop with happiness, and her eyes drifting towards the hallway that had the doggy noises growing in excitement.

'Well she is very excited to meet you sweet girl.....but we have to be nice ...ok.....she is little and she is a bouncy little thing like you....she might jump on you ok?' Hobi said ,Aera's full attention sitting on Hobi's words.

'She won't hurt me?' Aera said slighlty concerned after hearing the jumping part, knowing that some doggies could be very big and could bark loud.

'Of course she won't hurt you Princess....she is a very good girl, she just gets very clumsy and falls about when she jumps and she can be very noisey when she is happy' Hobi said as he took Aera's hands as she sought them out for reassurance, and on cue my heart melted the sight.

'I do that...Mama said I am clumsy like my Appa!' Aera giggled and smiled , to which I did the same sat behind her on the couch, she wasn't wrong, she reminded me so much of him.

'She likes giving lots of kisses too, but we have to be gentle because she is small and she is getting older now' Hobi kept on explaining.

'Is she nearly 4 like me Bo Bo?' Aera inequisitively posed back , ever intrigued by numbers as always.

'She is older than you Princess she is about 11 now!....that very grown up in doggy years' Hobi said and his expression endearing as he spoke.

'Wow that's really REALLY old !' Aera said with a hint of toddler sarcasm, to which me and Hobi just stared at each other, I guess if that's what Aera thought then me and Hobi really were from the Jurassic era...I mean 30's was unheard of in the realms of young when you are a world exploring child.

' She will love you, now if you take my hand we will go and find her .....and Mama.....oops..I mean Kat ....you can come too?' Hobi said flicking from toddler to remembering my name with this friendly smile switching to me when it needed to.

'Ok Bo bo......I be good.....come on Mama!' Aera said taking Hobi's hand one side and mine on the other side and we tentatively followed as Hobi walked to the room in question, and at this point I think all three of us was as excited as the other.

I swear I had never heard my Daughter so quiet and paying attention so well, I mean damn Hobi was so good with kids, maybe I will have to hire him if he is this good with her behaviour, he was like the child whisperer.

'Ok little lady.......we have some friends to meet' Hobi said as he crouched down and put his fingers under the door and little snuffles could be heard sniffing his finger tips.