Pledis' and Starship's Pet

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"Hey Star, don't you think we should get a pet?" Pledis asked Starship with a rather excited expression.
"That sounds nice but I highly doubt that we'll have the time to care for a cat or dog." Starship answered. Pledis thought about that for a while. She actually enjoys taking care of things, just not children. She absolutely despises kids.
"How about a fish?" she finally spoke after quite a while. Starship jumped at the sudden voice, but soon calmed his non-existent tits. He raised an eyebrow at his girlfriend.
"You want to raise a fucking fish?" He got a firm nod as a reply.
"Fine," Starship sighed out.
The two got into their car and began their drive to a nearby pet store, Pledis bouncing with joy. Starship smiled, as the sight was quite adorable. The store came into vision and in less than a minute, the couple were greeted with the smell of pet treats and cat litter. At the side of the pet store was a wall of fish tanks with hundreds of fish varying in sizes and color. Pledis began to run over to the fish tanks, while dragging along poor Starship.
"Hello there. Can I help you today?" a voice suddenly spoke with a tired sort of politeness. The two turned to the direction of the sound and saw a member of the staff. By now, Pledis already had a her eye on a brightly colored beta fish.
"Actually yes. May I take home that blue fish over there?" Pledis requested, while pointing at the fish. The employee nodded and proceeded to grab a net and a small tank to temporarily house the fish. After the fish had been successfully transferred, Pledis took the fish.
"Hold him," Pledis ordered Starship while she whipped out her phone. Starship obeyed. Pledis began to research beta fish care. Her conclusions were a reasonably sizes tank, a water filter, tank cleaner, a couple fake plants, rocks to go at the bottom, food, and a leaf hammock so their fish could rest. Pledis quickly grabbed a shopping basket from the front of the store and began to browse around the fish section. Meanwhile, Starship began to get his wallet out, knowing full well that he would have to pay. Ten minutes passed, and Pledis came back with everything a pet fish could wish for. The two made their way to the cash register and Starship somehow ended up spending $361.57 on stuff for a  fish.
A Drive Back Home Later..
"Star, I'm trusting you to name the fish and make a name card while I go tend to some things. When I come back, I want to see a nice name tag, okay? And just so you know, the fish is a guy," Pledis ordered. She definitely ruled the household. Starship tried to nod, but a case of arts and crafts supplies was thrown at his face. Pledis left their apartment, while Starship began to make his first craft in roughly 12 years.
30 Minutes Later
Starship was very proud of his creation. It actually didn't turn out that bad. It wasn't good, but it wasn't bad. He set the name tag in front of the fish tank, which had been set up before Pledis had left. Speaking of the little bitch, Pledis had walked through the door right at that moment.
"Please be a nice name, please be a nice name," Pledis prayed. She saw the name tag and looked 200% done with her boyfriend.
"You named him Barbara," Pledis stated, sounding just as done as she looked.
"Yeah. Do you have something against Barbaras?" Starship answered back, feeling offended that Pledis didn't like the name he chose.
"Starship?"
"Yeah?"
"I fucking told you that the fish is a guy. Why would name the fish Barbara?"
And with those 2 sentences, Starship felt dumber than he ever had in his past 20 or so years.

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