Heat of the Moment (Heat X Reader)

The Day Before

If Vivi found your lack of social skills odd, she didn't say anything about it. It helped that she was a little odd herself. Who kept a duck as a pet anyway?

But on a good note, she was very sweet and you soon felt comfortable enough around her to relax. And you were honestly adoring the relationship her duck, Karoo, and Meatloaf had. Originally you were afraid things wouldn't work out with a dog and a duck but your fur baby proved you wrong.

He ended up babying the duck, following it around as it explored the place and sticking to it like glue. When he got tired and would lay down, Karoo would snuggle up beside him and they'd sleep together. So much for thinking it'd end up as the dog's lunch.

When Vivi moved in things were starting to get a bit hectic around the dorms. Others were either coming back for the school semester or just moving in as well. The halls were filled with people trying to shove themselves and their furniture through in a last minute attempt to get set up.

You didn't care for it and chose to stay huddled up in your place as often as possible. Meatloaf was very much on the same page as you and liked to curl up in your lap whenever it was too loud for him. The problem was, he was much too big to be considered a lapdog, but there was no telling him that.

The last day before classes started back up, things were relatively calm again. Some people were still rushing to get settled in but that was done for the most part. Now the majority of the noise in the place was caused by overzealous people ready to start partying. There were a lot of folks in these particular dorms looking to get the full college experience. You'd lost count of how many times drunkards have knocked at your door thinking your place was actually theirs. Once you even forgot to lock your door and woke up in the middle of the night to someone high of their ass helping themself to the contents of your fridge. You were a little paranoid for a while after that encounter.

But even with the risk of running into others, you had to go out for a bit. Your poor dog was going stir crazy and was itching to go out for a while. It was time to chance the halls.

Taking Meatloaf on a walk or to the park was a real process. You liked to dress comfortably for the outings and he'd figured out when you'd put on leggings, a tee, and your sneakers, he was going places. So you were halfway through getting dressed when he started bouncing off the walls with excitement, zipping out of your bedroom and right back in multiple times.

Karoo was waddling after him as fast as he could, quacking the whole way. For some reason he had caught on to the energy but couldn't figure out what was going on. As soon as you had your shoes on, Vivi walked by your room and nearly got ran over.

"What's going on here?" She asked, watching the two animals make another round.

"I'm taking Loaf out for a bit and he figured it out."

"He always gets this excited for walks?" She giggled as he let out a couple gruff barks.

"Oh you should see him when we go to the pond."

At the mention of his favorite spot, Meatloaf whipped his head around and froze in his tracks.

"No we aren't going there today buddy. Maybe next time."

He let out a puff of air and continued with his spastic run through the house.

"You know, you say he's not all that smart but I doubt most dogs would understand you like he does."

"He's got his moments." You smiled. "Well we'll be out for a bit. It's going to take a while to wear him out."

Now came the hard part. He was all muscle and had zero leash manners. So you had to wrestle him into his harness to keep him from choking himself out when he tugged the leash. It helped keep a better hold on him too so he wouldn't jump on people, he'd tackled more than one unsuspecting victim in the past in his search for rubs and pets.