Turquoise | KACK COLORS #1 | ✔️

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"YOUNG MAN!"

Zack gulped. Uh oh...

He slowly turned toward his mom, avoiding eye contact.

"Boy, listen up. When you live under our roof, you will date NO ONE. You hear? Otherwise I’m going to kick you out! I was a proud momma before, but soon as I heard this "dating" crap I was mad. Mad! You hear? Momma’s very mad! Now sit your sorry butt down in that chair and eat your sauteed spinach!" Zack's mom yelled.

"You go, honey!" agreed Zack's dad. "Sass that sonny! I wanna see him pack up and leave the table! Sassity sass sass saaaaass those buttocks off! Yuh!" He high fived his wife. But I still love you boy! he thought. Your mom's just cranky cause she got her period… the Japanese flag...

"I don't want to hear anymore fussing about Kabuckafin!" Zack’s mom said firmly like firm tofu.

"Mom, it's Kaffufin!" exclaimed Zack.

"I don't care, now eat your pasta you dung collector!" yelled his mom.

"Okay," said Zack, defeated.

~

"Honey, it's time for supper!"

"Coming, mom!"

Kaffufin did a special happy tap-tap dance down the stairs but he accidentally tripped and rolled down instead. He didn't care. He was really happee about how his date with Zack went.

"OOOH! MUSHROOM FLESH PIES! I LOVE THOSE!" he giggled when he saw what was for supper.

"Here's your plate!" his dad said cheerfully.

"Soooooo, Fuffy. Anything new at skewl?" Kaffufin's mother asked him.

Kaffufin chewed his mushroom flesh pie with his mouth firmly closed.

"Nerg." he said with his mouth full of supper.

"Oh," his dad said boredly. He pulled out one of his earbuds which were playing the song Power, then placed it back in his ear hole. "That's cool." He started to do some tai-chi moves to the song.

There were a few moments of silence.

Suddenly, Kaffufin's female parent went hysterical. "I CAN'T TAKE IT! I CAN'T TAKE IT!" his mom SCREAMED.
"I KNOW YOU WERE ON A DATE WITH SOMEONE, LIKE, 3 CHAPTERS AGO AND I AM MAAAAAAAD! YOU SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON YOUR EDUCATION! NOT SOME STUPID HUMAN! I HATE HUMANS! I WISH I NEVER COOKED THOSE MUSHROOM FLESH PIES FOR SUPPER! AHHHHHHHHHHHH- Except for your dad, I love him..."

She was cut off by her husband, who had pulled a plastic reusable shopping bag over her head. He quickly lifted her over his shoulder and, with an apologetic look at Kaffufin, began to walk away to calm her down. "I’m so sorry," Fuffy's dad said. "She hasn't ever done that before. You stay here, eat your supper."

"Ok.." Kaffufin said. He was re-e-e-eally scared now...