Oneshots

Welcome to the Family [Crake]

Snake wasn't sure what was taking Cry so long, his shift at GameStop ended at five as it was already six with no phone call. At this rate they'd miss their reservation at the restaurant on their anniversary. Snake glanced at his phone on the coffee table, willing it to ring or vibrate or anything at this point. He was worried to death about Cry. The younger one had argued that he could walk home rather than Snake coming to pick him up, Snake usually would've came up with a retort but Cry was already out the door and halfway down the block before Snake could register what had happened.

He gave his head a small shake, trying to direct his attention to the game he was playing. Snake was sure he was worrying for no reason, Cry would make it home and they'd rush and almost be late for their reservation, but they'd make it by the skin on their teeth. Snake gave a small nod at the plan, he refused to let this night be a bad one. Even if they did miss it, they could always go somewhere else, the usual fallback being a pizza joint.
Snake jumped from his thoughts when the doorbell rang, he glanced at the clock and saw it was six-thirty, had he really been lost in thought for half an hour? He quickly got up and headed to the door, only now did he realize it was pouring out. "Shit, I should've phoned him." Snake mumbled, straightening out his shirt before pulling the door opened.
He froze as a soaking wet Cry gave him a crooked smile. "Sup?" Cry asked sheepishly, a small noise coming from under his coat,
"What's in your jacket?" Snake asked, still not sure why Cry had rung the doorbell instead of walking in.
"Uh, well, when I was walking home- fuck Snake, came I come in? I'm freezing!" Snake blinked his eyes before stepping aside, Cry rushing in and heading to their bedroom. Snake held back a tiny sigh but shut and locked the door, quickly following the slightly shorter brunet.
Snake leaned against the doorframe, arms crossed as Cry began to strip from his clothes. "As you were saying." Snake prompted, Cry's back to him.
"As I was saying, I was walking home and I heard this noise coming from the ditch." Cry paused to catch his breath as he pulled off his sopping wet sweater and shirt. "I went to go check it out and I found this little guy." Cry turned around and was holding a tiny black kitten with white paws close to his chest, the kitten's bright green eyes looking up at Cry and letting out a pitiful sounding meow.
"Cry, we can't keep him-"
"Her." Cry corrected.
"Her," Snake paused, "we have two dogs ten times her size!" Cry let out a huff of air.
"Yeah, but Sherlock wouldn't hurt a fly and Rascal leaves AK alone, plus Rascal will be the same size as her when she's an adult." The kitten let out another sad sounding meow.
Snake let out a sigh as he wandered over towards Cry. "Can't we take her to a shelter? Neither of us have time to look after a kitten when we both work eight to five." Snake wasn't sure why Cry was so adamant in keeping her, they'd found plenty of animals before and took them to a shelter.
Cry shook his head. "This is different, she was tied in a garbage bag and there were two other dead kittens in there! I don't know who'll adopt her and I know we'll take care of her!" Snake let out a tiny sigh, wondering if there was a way to change Cry's mind.
"What did you name her?" Snake asked, wondering if he'd regret this.
Cry smiled widely as he moved to hug Snake. "I thought she seemed like a Clementine." Snake gave a soft smile as he hugged Cry back, Clementine mewing in protest. They both let out a small laugh.
"Hey, I'll go out and get some food and shit for her, I'll grab a pizza on the way home." Cry nodded as he lead the way out of the bedroom, Snake following after he grabbed his keys and wallet off the bedside table.
"Welcome to the family, Clem." Snake looked over at Cry and saw he was sitting on the floor, Sherlock, Rascal, and AK sniffing the new kitten. Snake gave a soft smile as he headed out to his car, he defiantly make the right choice.