Protector(UNDERCOVER/UC AU) Dogday x Catnap

Chapter 4: Known

A brand new day coming into Playtime Co. The sun is shining...well not really. Playcare is just nothing but a place filled with red and destruction all around the fake grass and bushes. But it is different in another structure. In Home Sweet Home, everything looked less destructive but that is only on the first floor. On the second floor with a door with a crescent moon and a shining sun painted on the door. Inside there is a purple cat and an orange canine, laying together as they hold each other in bed as they sleep soundly. You could define them as a couple by the way they are holding each other. But there is another bed right beside there, there lies two little guys. Two plush versions of themselves. You could almost call them as their kids.

Dogday

"How relaxing" is all I can think of. But something feels off. I don't know who, what, where and why but it feels way off to what I'm used to. This position that I feel is something that I would call heaven. I start to wake up just to see Catnap still hugging my body. "So it wasn't a dream. The Hour of Joy did happen. Why did this have to happen?" I thought. I could feel his entire body heat and fur as it wrapped around my body. "Why does this feel so nice? What is this feeling? Should I tell someone about this? No, it's best to keep it a secret for now. For now, I'm going to enjoy this moment," I thought. I crept even closer to him to keep cuddling with him since this just feels so good that it truly makes me feel insane. How could this make me feel so different from what I used to feel? Am I viewing Catnap differently than usual? Are we something else?

Catnap was slowly waking up as I was drowning with these deep thoughts. "Dogday...you good?" He asked. "Huh, oh, good morning Catnap. I'm good actually, why are you asking?" I asked. "It's just...you spaced out. Is there something bothering you?" He asked. Dang he caught me, but he can't know what I'm feeling. "Well...it's just...this...I wish we could've taken a different approach but it's too late. I know you were worried about me but I couldn't just stand around and do nothing. Tell me why you couldn't let me be part of your plan?" I asked. A small silence could fill our room. "I wish I knew why Dogday but something told me I couldn't," he answered. "That doesn't explain anything," I said. "I know that, I do. And I wish I could give you an answer but I can't find the right words," he said. I looked away from him but Catnap just creeped closer to me, giving me the tightest hug he's done. "Dogday...I care for you a lot. I just trusted my instinct to leave you out of it just because I felt that something horrible would happen to you. If something actually happened to you, I wouldn't be able to live with it or you. Just please trust me. I don't want to keep any secrets from you anymore. I want you to talk to me if you feel I did something wrong," he said.

His words gave me more comfort than before. "I'm sorry Catnap. I let my judgment get the best of me and didn't think it through. I'm sorry if I made you upset. I just felt useless and powerless to do anything," I said. "It was better this way. I fear that the Prototype would kidnap you and use you as collateral damage for me to follow his orders. If that actually happened, then I might've actually killed every person, including the critters and I never wanted that. It's why I kept you in the playhouse safe and sound and guarded by the plushies," he said. We separated from the hug and looked at each other's eyes with such strong feelings. My tail couldn't stop wagging for happiness. "Let's go downstairs. We still have some leftover rations so we better make the most of it," Catnap said. "Sure, just let me wake up Gabe and Mike," I said. I went to Gabe and Mike and could see them cuddling with each other.

"Rise and shine sleepyheads. It's time to wake up," I said. Both of them wake up like little children getting ready for school. It was adorable to think that I have my own kids. With Catnap out of all people. "Huh, are we parents? Wait what am I thinking? He's just my best friend. I can't think of him like that. It's best if I go through my day," I thought. I picked up the two plushies and went to the main and newly installed living room and kitchen where everyone was waiting including Catnap. Watching him makes me feel more excited than normal and it wasn't the same feeling I get whenever I'm around others. This feeling is different. It's much more complicated and gets stronger when I'm closer to him. "Good morning Dogday, how'd you sleep?" CraftyCorn asked.