AMA-Con: The Compilation

Kibbles Chapter 4

v104.1: A Fresh Water Bowl at 5 AM

Nini started sleeping for longer periods of time during the day, despite her unbroken sleep in her basket at night. This made her quite wakeful in the wee hours of the morning, and quite thirsty. It was during these times when she wished having puppies didn't have to wreck so much havoc in her otherwise orderly day.

To her surprise, a fresh bowl of water was by her side whenever she woke up during that time. Thinking that it must be Philip's master who did it, she decided to try and wake up earlier, and somehow try to signal the master that he can leave the bowl of water at night so that he didn't have to wake up early.

This morning, she managed to wake up earlier than the time the water bowl would appear. While waiting for Mr. Richard to come with the water bowl, she heard a scraping sound coming her way. The sound was getting louder and louder. Before she knew it, the water bowl was in front of her.

And so was Philip.

"Zhao an, Body-Joint," he barked softly. "Seems that you woke up earlier than usual. Here, have some water."

"Hey, Philip, thanks," Nini said, in a sleepy voice, "You don't have to get fresh water this early. You can just leave the bowl of water at night before you go to bed."

"Nah," said Philip. "Fresh water's always better. Besides, the master will get up soon, and we'll be going out for a run."

"Oh," said Nini, and drank some water from the bowl. "Thank you, really. I was meaning to ask, but, never mind."

"What is it," asked Philip. "What's up?"

"Well," said Nini, "I was wondering if you could, well, stay here for a while. But, then, your master needs you. Just go ahead with your run."

"Me? Refuse a damsel in distress? Are you out of your mind? Never!" So, Philip plopped down the floor right next to Nini's basket. Nini nudged Philip in the ear. "Thanks, Philip. Thank you, really." And she went back to sleep.

Philip, then, raised his head, and looked at Nini's sleeping face. He gave her a lick on her nose and plopped back down on the floor. The master can jog with Globie, he smirked. I'm staying right here, right beside her majesty.

*bark*