"It's ugly," Cumulo said flatly, looking at the black ball of fuzz with it's
stitched up mouth, orange feet, and big, round black eyes.
"Cumulo, how can you say this is ugly. If this guy is ugly then what are you?"
Oputuk said to his PetPet, looking at the cute fuzzle which sat smiling widely
in the palm of his massive foot.
"Are you placing me in the ugly category?" Cumulo said, grabbing Oputuk's leg
and pulling himself up to sit on it.
"Well if you say this guys ugly, then you must be ugly too," Oputuk smiled,
looking at his Triffin.
"I will ignore that comment and go on being your pet," Cumulo said, crossing
his arms and holding his head high.
"YAOH!!" Cumulo roared, leaping off of Oputuk's arm and running around
the room.
"Cumulo, what is it?!" Oputuk yelled, rather concerned as to why his PetPet
was running around like an idiot. Then he noticed the fuzzle was gone and there
was a black blur attached to the blue blur.
"Cumulo slow down!" Oputuk yelled, grabbing the Triffin.
"Get it off me!" Cumulo yelled, holding the arm which held the smiling fuzzle
out to Oputuk.
"Let go," Oputuk said flatly, yanking the fuzzle once.
"Watch the fur!" Cumulo yelled.
"Sorry, but he won't let go," Oputuk said, yanking the fuzzle again.
"Come get a treat, Fizzle!" Oputuk heard his mother's voice.
Fizzle the fuzzle let go of Cumulo's arm, hitting the floor with a thud. He
scrambled over to Blue and leapt into the air, grabbing the treat and munching
on it happily. When he was done the smile plastered once again on his face as
he ran after Cumulo again.
"No Fizzle, we don't eat Triffins. But if this one gets annoying again, you
can try," Blue said, grabbing Fizzle. Fizzle gurgled happily and bounced around
in her hand. "Oputuk, how many times do I have to tell you, don't touch Fizzle,
he's only a baby and doesn't know how to behave!" Blue stuck Fizzle back in
his wire cage. Blue had been buying Evil Fuzzles and training them to behave
properly so people would want to buy them. Fizzle was a rare black one and Blue
was determined to train him.
"Sorry Mum, he's just so cute. Can I trade him for Cumulo!?" Oputuk's face
brightened.
"Shut up you big liar!" Cumulo yelled, clinging onto Oputuk's nose.
Oputuk laughed, "I was kidding Cumulo, now let go." Oputuk wiggled his head
and Cumulo sailed off his nose, smacking Oputuik who was flying into the kitchen.
"Get off me Cumulo!" They heard Oputuik yell as Cumulo sailed back into the
kitchen.
"All right! We're not playing Gormball with Cumulo, though I doubt he'll bust,"
Blue said, grabbing Cumulo and setting him on the ground.
"Yeah, you'll mess my fur up!" Cumulo said, smoothing his fur out.
"I say we shave him!" Oputuik yelled, flying after Cumulo. Cumulo yelped and
ran away.
***
"Oputuk, I want you to look after Fizzle while I go run some errands. Natt
is running the shop and your the oldest, so I trust you take care of him, which
surprises even me. Just don't let him out of his cage!" Blue pointed a finger
at Oputuk as she walked out the door.
"Let's see if he fetches!" Cumulo leaped onto Fizzle's cage as soon as Blue
was gone.
"Cumulo, you knacker! Didn't you hear what Mum said? Fizzle isn't allowed out
of his cage!" Oputuk said, prying the stubborn Triffin from the wire of Fizzle's
cage.
Fizzle gurgled happily and bounced up and down.
"Look Oputuk, he wants to get out," Cumulo said, putting on an innocent face.
"Cumulo, I think he's laughing at you because your acting like a complete nutter!"
Oputuk yelled, dropping Cumulo on the floor.
"All right! That's enough of that, no more throwing the Triffin around!" Cumulo
yelled, walking out of the kitchen after Oputuk. "Come on you big lug, let him
out of his cage, he's not gonna break anything!"
"Cumulo no! Mum said not to let Fizzle out and this time I plan to listen to
her!"
"But he looks so sad!" Cumulo droned.
Oputuk turned around and looked at the Fizzle who was leaping around his cage
with a huge smile plastered across his face.
"Yeah Cumulo, he looks real sad," Oputuk said sarcastically, ignoring the desperate
Triffin and sitting down, switching on the boom box.
Then Oputuk heard a loud crash and he looked around the room, only to find
Cumulo not around.
"Oh no!" Oputuk got to his feet and quickly ran to the kitchen, only to have
a black blur whiz under his legs. Oputuk bent his neck and stared through his
legs. Fizzle stared back, then he gurgled happily and ran off. "CUMULO!!" Oputuk
roared.
"He did it!" Cumulo called, pointing at Ripley's purple buzzer, Mr. C., who
usually has no idea what's going on. Oputuk glared at Cumulo and ran after Fizzle,
only to be met by a loud yell from Oputuik's room, followed a crash.
"Oputuk get this stupid nutter out of my room!"
Oputuk heard Oputuik yell as he tossed Fizzle out of the door and sailing into
the bathroom. Oputuik's door slammed as Oputuk reached it.
"Give it back!" came Ripley's voice from the bathroom. Ripley was holding onto
a bar of soap with his ears as Fizzle held the other end in his mouth.
"Fine! Take it!" Ripley yelled, letting go of the soap. Fizzle hit the wall
hard and the soap slid down his throat. Fizzle hiccuped and a bubbled popped
out of his mouth.
"OPUTUK!!!" He heard Blue yell. "Oh no," Oputuk groaned. He grabbed Fizzle
and walked out into the living room where his Mum awaited him.
***
"Well Cumulo, I think this is a great idea!" Blue said happily, looking at
Cumulo who was squeezed into Fizzle's cage, "This way, everyone is safe and
you can't get yourself into trouble!"
"Very funny!" Cumulo said, his body stuck in a very awkward position. Fizzle
gurgled happily and jumped on the top of his cage.
"Stop it you over grown plushie!" Cumulo yelled, trying to smack Fizzle with
his arm. This is the beginning of a beautiful relationship, don't you think
so?
The End | 
