Mau5in' Around

Chapter 11

He continued to lie on his stomach, sleepily staring at the wall in front of him. He wore a rather large frown on his furry, red face.

“Borrrrred~ When are they getting back?”

Mau5 had awoken to find Raven gone. He had enjoyed sharing the night with her, but he felt a little sad to wake up alone again. Thomas told him that Marie had come and taken her to go clothes shopping, and they would be back soon.

Mau5 sprawled his bare arms down and let his fingertips touch the floor. Thomas and Guy had just finished another ‘tweeking’ process, which left him a lil tired, so he remained lying there on the stretcher while he waited for his energy to recover. Thomas and Guy had left him alone to go about working on their projects. Mau5 had little knowledge about what his creators were up to these days. They never really bothered to share much about themselves…

Mau5 blinked at the floor, his large eyes thoughtful.

Thought… he usually never had it. But now that Thomas and Guy were adjusting his brain waves, he could really ponder.

He was becoming more human.

This made the frown on his face turn into his signature idiotic smile. “Human… just like lil Raven.”

…

“Okay, my dear, ready to show the boys your new clothes?” Marie said.

“Sure, I suppose.” Raven said, smiling sheepishly.

She felt.. different. She had never worn such average, girly clothes before. Not since she was very young. Her outfit consisted of the pair of red mini shorts, low cut pink converse and the white spaghetti strap top that had the field mouse design on it. Marie had insisted she wear this top first, because they both knew for a fact, Mau5 was going to be very pleased by it.

She and Marie stood just outside the Domain (which is what she began to call Thomas, Guy and Mau5’s home). As Raven observed from leaving and returning, it looked like the building use to be an old business corporation on the outside. Now it was remodeled on the inside to be the studio for the robots. Even walking into the building, it looked like an empty lobby. Then they just had to make a turn down the hallway and there was the door to the actual house. Guess they wanted to keep the building as a disguise. 

“Um… I’m thinking these shorts are too short for me.” Raven said, looking down at her outfit again, feeling a lil nervous.

“Oh nonsense! You look great. You have a perfect body for it.”

“Thanks..” Raven mumbled, not feeling any better.

“C’mon!” Marie said, taking Raven’s hand and opening the door. Somehow, Raven was getting the impression that Marie was starting to act like an older sister to her, particularly from how the woman was babysitting her and making a big fuss over her. She didn’t mind it, but she did find it a little strange since they just met each other.

As soon as the two walked into the room, she saw Thomas sitting on one of the couches in the ‘living room.’ He was reading a book and looked up when they two girls entered. A smiley icon scrolled across his visor. “OH HELLO, MARIE. HELLO RAVEN.” He stood up and brushed his coat off in a polite manner.

Marie smiled and nodded to him. “Hello Thomas. What do you think? Doesn’t Raven look adorable?”

Raven smiled again, feeling rather shy.

Thomas nodded. “YES INDEED. MARIE, DID YOU FIND HER ENOUGH CLOTHES?”

Marie lifted up the two large shopping bags in her hands, not including the other two Raven was holding. “Plenty. We put together at least 30 different outfits with these. She’ll be fine for a while.”