I Should Hate You Right Now

[Quinn Wiley]

“Pips doesn’t have his scent glands anymore. But he’s male and apparently they smell more. But sterilisation is said to make them more aggressive to I didn’t go for that,” he explained, even if he figured she was talking of the cartoon character and not his ferret. Pips didn’t smell nearly as bad as a skunk.

It didn’t take days of hard and long decision for Quinn to pick Pips. His aunt was afraid he didn’t make enough friends in this new school and offered for him to have a pet. It was the next best thing, right? You just have to look at those old ladies and cats. He meant to have a bird. Not a dog, he didn’t want to give it a walk everyday and not a cat because he had enough people ignoring him without having his pet doing the same. But the birds he wanted were all so expensive. And let’s be honest, a single little chirping thing would be kind of boring. His aunt suggested fur animals, like a rabbit. Not a rat, rats were for weird people. Quinn opted instead for the ferret.

Pips decided playing was nice but napping was even better. He ended up curled up on Erin to sleep. Funny how small he could look. In that shape, he was almost like a donut or something. Sounded better than say he looked like a tire.

Quinn raised an eyebrow at her question. “Is that how you tease people?” Why would it be weird for him to be this close to her? It was not like it would be romantic or romantically intended. He offered her his laptop after opening it. “I don’t have a lot of DVDs but you might find something nice on streaming or something. You want something to drink? Or chips?” He meant to leave and picked that up while she found something. Might as well stay here. At least if his roommates came in, they would not risk losing the control of the television or deal with them as they’d join. It might not be a date but Quinn preferred not to be disturbed by someone he did not invite.

[Erin Hackett]

“I figured as much, and I did read up about that sort of things. I could be a ferret vet. Not really, but if I applied myself I’m sure I could.” Erin responded when Quinn informed her a bit more about Pips. She had spent a lot of time looking over the fuzzy creature when she hung out with him and was able to tell a lot of things about him. Like he was male, had his scent glands removed, was a biter still, and even the specific marking son his body. She felt confident that if he was in a room full of other ferrets she would be able to tell him a part from the rest. Quinn could probably do the same.

“Wait, he is not fixed? What if he comes across a lady ferret…wait, no it would not matter to you. You would not be the one stuck with your ferret giving birth to babies.” Erin spoke up when Quinn’s earlier comment about how he had not gotten Pips fixed hit her mind. She understood why he would want to avoid doing such a thing if it meant the fuzzy little guy was going to be aggressive as a result. At any rate, Erin knew that she wanted a pet because of Pips but still had to figure out what pet would be ideal for her to get. The most important factor was that it had to be a chic magnet, that was required.

Was that how she teased people? She just looked at Quinn and didn’t say anything as she softly pet Pips to still be able to enjoy his sot fur but also not bother him too much so he could remain asleep. “Watching anything online is fine and I would like a drink if you don’t mind giving me one. Any kind of soda that is not diet will be fine.” Erin said, fully planning to make herself at home since he had already offered her up a snack or something to drink, that meant she could be at home. “I’m thinking…I don’t know. You pick a movie, so long as there are no super-hot girls in it.” Erin spoke up, trying to think up what they could watch.

[Quinn Wiley]

Ferret vet. The thought was rather amusing. “I wouldn’t want to be a vet for real though. Too much guts and disgusting things to touch,” he said. Yes, he could destroy even that little joke. “But I’ll know if I need a ferretsitter,” he added, in the hope to not completely screw it up here. Ferretsitter, that was as funny as ferret vet. Or the fact that Quinn might end up having to leave Pips in someone else’s care for a while. Wait, it happened before, at that camping trip. And also during the Spring Break. Although, to be fair, he didn’t really ask anyone. He filled water and food to its fullest, tossed a few toys in the cage and returned to the stinkiest his room had ever been. But the ferret was still alive. There was no food or water anymore, but Quinn was there to fix that.

A lady ferret. Quinn stared at her with a light frown and a look of disbelief. Sure, because ferret just come randomly walking into people’s rooms. He was not Pepe Le Pew and this was not a comic. “They said it made them more aggressive and only took like ten percent of the smell off. Glands, it’s more like seventy percent or something like that. I chose tranquility over scent. There’s spray for that,” he told her. Maybe he got it all wrong, he was not sure. After all, it had not been his decision but his aunt’s. And the guy who sold the ferret might not have been an expert at it. After all, he was the same tending to all the rodents and even the birds so he might have a few info mixed up. Either way, as she said, he better keep the lady ferrets away.

Erin seemed as puzzled by his comment as he had been about hers. Or maybe it was just her falsely innocent face. He’d rather not think about that. She had a naughty side, one he was sure might have fun tormenting him if she chose to let it out. That the torment was done in jest or not did not matter. He heard her about the movie suggestion but he waited until he returned with one large bag of chips and two glasses full of sodas to reply. “I don’t know if I have a lot of those. I mean, on the internet, must be super easy to find but...” Okay, no sex joke here, he preferred to shrug. “If I pick a movie I like, it will be some drama and you might find it boring. Just saying.” He shrugged again. He had nothing wrong with her not liking his choice of movies, he was just warning her he was not an action-movie kind of guy. If she ever believed he was.

[Erin Hackett]

Erin had to think about if she would want to be a vet now in real life, now that Quinn was pointing out about the guts and disgusting things to touch. She was not actually bothered by that sort of thing. Perhaps it was the gore in video games that she had played that made her numb to it or that she was not really bothered by disgusting things. Except like the male reproductive organ, that was gross, and now had her thinking about worms; which were now gross by comparison. "Mmmm...I think I would mostly not want to do it because having to deal with their owners." Erin admitted.

Yup, that would be her biggest problem. Dealing with the owners who were either panicked about their baby, complaining about the money, or not dealing with them because they were jerks who abandoned their pets. She just didn't want to deal with that aspect, but that was to be expected since she didn't really like dealing with people in the first place. At the ferretsitter words, Erin was quickly sitting up and looking at Quinn. As if he had said something foolish for not just asking her to be said ferretsitter for him. "I'll do it." Erin spoke up, just in case Quinn didn't catch her look.

It would be great practice for her to see if she really could handle a pet and maybe give her an idea of what kind of pet to get. Quinn was just looking at her then like she said something weird, but she didn't say anything in response. It was kind of a stretch to wonder what would happen if a random female ferrite just showed up. It was not like they lived in the world of Pokémon where that sort of thing just happened and an egg would pop up later. Ferrets didn't even lay eggs. "Well...that is smart then." Erin responded when Quinn cleared up why he had done what he did. It worked out well because Pips was awesome and Erin was not bothered by the smell that was barely there most of the time.

She then waited for Quinn to come back with the goods why she carefully pet the sleeping Pips. He was just hella cute! "Buuuut..." Erin spoke up when Quin didn't finish what Erin was going to assume to be a dirty joke. Was Quinn even capable of making such a thing leave his lips? She was curious now, but still reached for her cup of soda and opened up the bag of chips as she made herself right at home. "I'm fine with whatever...just you know, wanted to be in your company and just chill. Like friends do." Erin admitted when he spoke of how he would pick a movie that might bore her. That was possible, but she didn't mind the movie, she just wanted to hang out with Quinn a little longer.