His home

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As the two were standing in front of Gabriel's house , Bob kept staring at it like it was a piece of art from a museum. It was a two story house, the walls painted in white while the rooftop was out of asphalt shingles. His house looked pretty typical , except it had no garden or lawn to take care of.
Gabriel did make a hand gesture like he was still giving Bob a tour through the area.
"We're here!" Gabriel announced for the last time , grabbing Bob's attention. "I'll show you what's inside....wait a second." He added as he grabbed the keys out of his jacket's pocket that Bob was wearing.
As he quietly unlocked the door , Bob kept looking at the rooftop , anyone would find the design to be pretty generic , but to the Ant Lord , it was something unique , something it never saw before.
Gabriel opened the door , letting Bob enter first.
The inner area of the house was pretty cozy , the stairs were on the right side while the living room , kitchen , bathroom and back door were on the left side. They were connected through a hallway that was empty.
"So this is how a human shelter looks like?" Bob asked curiously as its antennas moved in sync with Gabriel's hand. He found that to be quite peculiar.
"We call it a 'home' or 'house' instead." Gabriel replied as he peeked through the rooms , realizing nobody was there. He sighed in relief. "We're all alone for today...like always."
Bob stared confusedly at him , he soon realized this was Bob's first time so obviously it didn't know nothing about how he lived.
"You see, Bob , I live here with some people , but , because it is the weekend now , they left , pretty sure of it." Gabriel explained while he moved his fingers. They were cold. "They pay to live here."
Bob nodded cutely as it went through the bathroom. It was really shiny , captivating the God's gaze. He smirked as he followed it.
"In this room we clean ourselves." He said as he pointed towards the bathtub. He didn't want to talk about the toilet though. Bob nodded as it stared at it , putting its hand in it , trying to measure how deep the bathtub was. It then fit itself in there while glancing at Gabriel. "You want to take a bath...?"
""Bath'?" Bob asked curiously. "Is that how you clean yourselves? You take 'baths'?" 
Gabriel nodded.
"It's quite a pleasant experience, but I don't think you need to take a bath right now. You're quite clean." Gabriel replied as he gave his hand to Bob. "I want to show you the other rooms too."

He then gave a small house tour , explaining what the rooms were and what you were supposed to do in them. Bob followed , listening him really carefully.
"For a God , it seems really into human life...unlike some others. Tsk." Gabriel thought as he then climbed the stairs.
It tried to follow him , slowly stepping on the stairs , mimicking his behavior. He then turned his head , realizing again that he should pay attention to Bob more. It managed to get next to him...after a few minutes.
"Did I...do well?" The God asked as it played with its fingers shyly.
"Yeah , you did..." Gabriel replied as he felt the oddness of the situation. Congratulating a God for climbing some stairs is totally a new one. "Good job , I'm sure you'll get used to it though." Gabriel patted Bob on the shoulder. It smiled.
They turned their heads then to the hallway with 4 doors , two on each side.
"They all left anyway , it's all going to be alright." Gabriel reassured himself as he glanced at Bob.
The door creaked slightly.
A cat all of a sudden appeared out of the door, moving towards Gabriel. Its fluffy tail touched his , meowing at him like it was welcoming him. Alpaca...The God looked at it , fascinated. Two more cats popped up too. Checkers , Charcoal... All of the cats were near Gabriel , trying to grab his attention. Bob only stared at them like a kid who was seeing a lion for the first time at a zoo. He petted all of them , realizing what they wanted.
"They're hungry , right..." Gabriel realized as he pointed up a finger.
"Bob , please wait , gotta feed the cats..." He chuckled slightly as he went downstairs. The God sat on the floor while staring at him.

Later...
Gabriel went upstairs again , noticing the God who was still waiting patiently for him.
"Gab...!" It exclaimed as it stood up.
"Anyways...moving on..." Gabriel ignored it as he put his hand on the doorframe. It was his room's door. "Those are our bedrooms , I sleep here though." Gabriel explained as he pointed towards his room's door.
He opened it halfheartedly , revealing his small , but comfortable room. There was a king sized bed in there , a large wardrobe with tons of clothes in that were organized in the left side of the room , a table , a chair in the right side...his 'workplace'.The rug was gray , big and fluffy too - he only used it during autumn and winter. The walls were painted in a bright pink - a color not everyone would've expected him to pick. He liked it though. It made him feel more euphoric that way. The floor had wooden tiles made out of birch wood on it.
Gabriel turned his head towards Bob , just to see it throw itself on his bed.
"Ah! This feels amazing!" Bob shouted as it took his bedspread. Gabriel didn't say much though , he only enjoyed the view. He then sat on the bed , while looking at it.
"It's amazing , I know." Gabriel grinned as he let his entire body touch the bed.

He could finally relax...at least for a while.
But it felt good in a way...even if he was feeling a bit tired now.

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