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>No way you’re taking the trash out in broad daylight.
>Using some cleaning spray, you were met with an unexpected foe.
>It smelled chemically.
>The citrus only did so much to prevent it from rankling your nose.
>You powered through, opening the windows to ensure it didn’t linger.
>The greasy oven-top and mineral spotted sink needed a good wiping.
>As did the bathroom.
>Plucking blue, yellow, and short black hair from the bathroom sink was a good reminder how careful you had to be when with the drains.
>Would you fluff up during the winter? Would you get a winter coat?
>You’d need to a brush.
>Satisfied with your work, you checked your phone.
>Half an hour.
>Decent timing.
>Amazing how easy it was for you to focus in this body.
>Perhaps you should meditate?
>Lucario did that in the show.
>Maybe it was normal.
>But sitting still and ruminating wasn’t something in the cards.
>This body was made for doing.
>You compromised.
>While planning for the difficult conversation ahead, you stretched and lightly exercised.
>Between push-ups you thought of how to greet your parents.
>During sit-ups you wondered what questions they might ask, and thought up responses.
>While doing handstands, you figured you should probably wear a shirt to appear more casual and human.
>One of them gave you a t-shirt last Christmas.
>You couldn’t remember whose gift it was, but wearing that might let them know you were still in there.
>Your voice was different.
>Answering questions only “the real you” would know might help a lot.
>Stretching your hamstrings, you wondered if they’d want to touch you.
>…
>You hoped so.
>Hugs sounded nice.
>They were family after all.
>They were your… pack?
>That thought came back again.
>Quad, butterfly, and calf stretches made you forget it.
>Your phone buzzed.
>It was time.