The Babysitter - Garycato (Final Space Fanfic)

Chapter 12

"GaaaaRYYYY!!" A cheerful voice called and a sudden weight fell upon Gary's stomach.

"Ack--" Gary coughed as he sat up, confused and disoriented

"Oops...sorry, I forgot you were hurt" Little Cato smiled guiltly

"Wh- Little Cato?" The man squinted his eyes from the bright lights in the room. He looked around, noticing he was in the boy's room.

"Morning!" Little Cato greeted with a grin "I made you cereal, let's go eat" he jumped off the bed and ran downstairs.
Gary chuckled as he fixed his bed hair the best he could.

Avocato who was sipping on his usual milk, watched the human wobble down the stairs

"Good morning" they greeted awkwardly, recieving only a nod from Avocato.

"Thanks for the cereal, Spidercat" Gary thanked the boy with a head pat and a lazy smile. Little Cato leaned against the touch of the other with a content smile on their face

"He made a mess in the kitchen just for a bowl of cereal" Avocato told Gary, seemingly catching him by suprise

"That so?" Gary turned to the kid with an amused smile

"Dad!" Little Cato whined, taking more spoonfuls of their cereal.

Avocato's ears twitched as he heard the human's laugh. Well...it was good he was healing.

He started to wonder why the human became close to Little Cato in the first place. From what Little Cato had told Avocato, Gary didn't have any other friends...so why a child?

"When you get better we totally need to go there" Little Cato beamed as Avocato tuned back into the conversation

"Heck yes!" Gary replied with the same energy

"Little Cato, you're going to be late" Avocato warned as he took a glance at the time on his wrist

"Do I have to go?" Little Cato groaned "I want to play with Gary"

"Yes" Avocato replied "and Gary isn't going anywhere, he'll still be here when you get back" Avocato finished his milk and stood up "let him rest a little"

Gary chuckled at the conversation
"You have school, Little dude?"

"Sadly" Little Cato pushed his bowl away as he finished it

"Hey- school is good! So you better go there and show 'em who's boss" Gary messed with the kid's hair, standing up and grabbing both their dishes.

To Avocato's suprise, Gary's word was enough to excite the boy for school, something he always complained about.

"Little Cato, mind walking to school by yourself?" Avocato asked as he took the bowls from the human's hands and put them in the sink. He didn't trust the human alone in his home

"Sure!" Little Cato replied as he pulled his boots on, spinning and posing for Gary once done.

"Looking good!" Gary finger-gunned Little Cato with a wink.

Happy with the compliment, Little Cato jumped into the kitchen and hugged his dad
"I'll be going now!" He announced

"Be careful" Avocato leaned down and planted a kiss on the boy's head before they skipped away out the door.
Avocato chuckled as he shook his head in amusement, turning his attention back to the dishes.