Sorry for the title, couldn't think of anything better :/

Xiumin and Luhan were snuggled up under a large fluffy blanket on the owner’s couch. It was one of the older man’s day’s off, thus the duo decided to spend it watching movies and dramas on the sofa all day.

“Aye, Lulu. Do you want anything to eat?” Xiumin asked once it was nearing noon. The deer hybrid shook his head.

“I just want to lay with you here, all day.” The pink haired boy sighed, leaning in to rub his head against his owners. He sounded like he was still half asleep.

“You have to eat eventually.” Xiumin chuckled. He caressed the deer’s antlers as he spoke.

“You’re enough for me.” Luhan said, pressing a kiss to Ximin’s plush lips. “At least for now.”

“Aish, you’ll be the one to say that you’re hungry later.”

“No, I won’t. I eat less than you normally.” Luhan retorted. He was about to add more when the sound of Xiumin’s phone ringing caught their attention. Xiumin rolled his eyes before grabbing the phone off of the coffee table in front of them.

“Anyo.”

“Hey, uh…Xiumin hyung?” came a familiar voice which sounded rather nervous.

“D.O.? What’s up?”

“Well um, is Luhan there?”

“Yeah he’s right under…I mean, um…yeah he’s right here.” Xiumin blushed, realizing how awkward his initial statement sounded. It wasn’t uncommon for him to use the deer as a pillow, but wording it over the phone could project some other connotations.

“May I speak to him? I’m having some…troubles.” The man sighed.

“What kind of troubles do you mean?”

“Well, the little pup decided that it would be really fun to dig up my flower bed this morning.” D.O. couldn’t mask the irritation in his voice.

“Kai did that?” Xiumin’s shocked tone immediately raised the concern of his hybrid. Luhan sat up and tried to move his ear closer to the phone. “But why? He’s usually so well behaved.”

“I’m at a loss too.” The younger man said.

“What happened?” Luhan asked.

“Kai messed up D.O.’s flowers.”

“What!” Luhan didn’t even realize that he’d taken the phone from his owner as he screamed to the other man in shock. “D.O.! D.O.! What happened? Are the flowers okay?!” Luhan exclaimed. Xiumin couldn’t help but laugh. I was just like his flower loving deer to overreact to something like this.

“Hey Lu. Unfortunately the entire flower bed was destroyed. That why I called. I need some advice on how to fix…”

“I’m coming over right away!” Luhan said, leaping up from the couch.

“What?” D.O. asked, unsure if he heard Luhan correctly.

“What?” Xiumin was also confused by his deer. Sure he felt bad about D.O.’s flowers getting ruined, but was it really this urgent for him to go D.O.’s house? And on his day off?

“I’ll be over in 10 minutes.” Luhan exclaimed before rushing out the door.

“Um, you don’t really need to do that Luhan.” D.O. tried to explain. “Luhan…Luhan?” There was a long pause for a moment.

“Welp, guess we’re coming over, Soo.” Xiumin said.

“It’s really not that big of an issue.” He replied, quite shocked that Luhan was already on the way over to his house.

“It is for Lulu.” Xiumin laughed. “Besides, at least we can help you fix everything.”

“I suppose…”

“See you in a few.”

Luhan didn’t lie. He made it to D.O.’s home in exactly 10 minutes. He knocked vigorously on the door as soon as he made it to the house, not even slightly concerned about disturbing any neighbors or random passerbys.

“Kyungoo? You in there?” Within seconds, D.O. opened the door.

“Hey Lu.” D.O. greeted happily.

“Where are they? What happened to the flowers?”

“I got everything set up outside.” The short man replied. “Where’s Xiu hyung?”

“Behind me somewhere. He should get here soon.” Luhan said, making his way to the back of the house. When he first saw the backyard through the screen door, he nearly screamed. “Oh my gosh! What did he do?!”

Saying that Kai had made a mess would be an understatement. He quite literally destroyed everything. Dead flowers of several varieties were spread across the entire yard. There were holes and piles of dirt everywhere. And nearly every flower pot had been turned over and/or cracked. 

Luhan thought he would faint. He didn’t even want to step out of the house and into the yard.

“C’mon Luhan. Even I didn’t overreact that much.” D.O. said, munching on a croissant.

“Where…where is he?” Luhan asked, anger plastered on his face. Well, D.O. assumed it was anger. Luhan’s delicate features prevented him from ever looking really ‘upset’ so to speak. If anything, he only ever looked mildly irritated at most.

“Kai? He’s sitting in the corner of the yard in time out.” D.O. replied simply. Honestly, he wasn’t even upset about the flowers anymore. He was more upset by why Kai would do such a thing. Luhan stepped outside of the house and looked to the corner of the fenced in yard. Indeed, Kai sat on all fours facing the fence.

“Jongin!” Luhan yelled. Kai’s fluffy ears perked up at the sound of his name being called and looked happily at his hyung.

“Lulu? Lu hyung you’re here!” Kai barked, quite happy at seeing one of his favorite hyungs. “What are you doing here? Wanna watch some dramas later?” Luhan paused for a moment before answering. He studied the dog in front of him. His hands, and most of his clothes for that matter, were covered with dirt. The crushed remains of flowers were stuck on his shoes and in his hair, a sight that made Luhan flinch. His eyes also seemed to be really red. Could he have been crying before? That would be odd, considering how bubbly and happy the pup looked now. He seemed to have forgotten he was in punishment.

“No I don’t. I am not happy right now, Jongin.” Luhan said angrily. Kai’s hears flopped down in response. Regardless of if the deer looked mad, Kai could sense the other hybrid's emotions. “Why did you…kill these poor defenseless flowers?”

“Well…I thought it would be fun. And it was!” The pup stated, wagging his tail rapidly.

“That’s not the kind of fun you should be having Kai! You killed all of these flowers and made Kyungsoo very upset.” Luhan scolded, hands firmly on his hips. Kai whined. He knew he’d done something wrong. He hated his owner being so upset with him, and he hated being yelled at. He hadn’t thought about D.O. being upset when he was digging up the yard. He was just focusing on how much fun he was having.

“Lu hyung…do you…do you think hyung will forgive me. I promise I’ll never do it again.”

“I can’t say what he’ll do, but what I do know is that you’re going to help clean this mess. And you’re going to help us replant the new flowers.” Luhan said firmly. Kai nodded.

Meawhile, back in the house...

“Do you think everything is okay?” D.O. asked. “Luhan seemed pretty miffed.”

“He’s probably just telling him what he did wrong.” The newly arrived Xiumin stated. He’d grabbed a pastry to munch on before getting to the gardening. Having to run all the way to D.O.'s house with no food in his system took a lot out of him.“Lulu may seem like he’s making a mountain out of a molehill, but he just wants to make sure Kai doesn’t do anything like this again.”

D.O. let out a large sigh. “I just wish I knew why he did it in the first place.” He was still confused by why Kai would do something so…bad. He was normally such a well behaved boy.

“He’s a puppy, Soo. I know he’s usually calmer than most pups his age, but he still has those puppy urges to have fun.”

“Yeah but…he’s never…”

“I know you’re upset. But trust me, Kai would never ever do anything to intentionally hurt you.” Xiumin patted his friend’s back as he spoke. He could only imagine how it felt for D.O. to have his pet intentionally mess something of his up. He quite possibly felt betrayed. The older male only hoped he wouldn’t take it too personal and focus more on keeping Kai from doing something like that again.

“Yeah, you’re right.”

“What did you say to him when you first saw it?” Xiumin asked, rubbing circles on D.O.’s back.

“I…I was so mad…er surprised, that I just yelled at him and told him to get in the corner. I…” D.O. paused, seemingly quite ashamed at what he was about to say.

“You?” Xiumin prodded.

“I told him…that he was a bad dog.” The man said, tears falling from his eyes.

“Oh Soo…” Xiumin pulled D.O. close. He knew how sensitive Kai was, especially when it came to his owner. Those words probably had a huge effect on him.

“I didn’t really mean it. I just meant that what he did was bad.” the man sniffled.

“I know. And don’t get me wrong, I probably would have reacted the same way…but I think you need to talk to him.” Xiumin said, trying to look into D.O.’s eyes. The shorter red head averted his eyes however.

“Yeah…I will.”

The talk would have to come later, for the quartet’s first mission was to fix D.O.’s ruined yard.

“Alright, I think we’re all on the same page, right?” Luhan asked, ing a large stick towards the three men in front of him.

“Lu, will you put that down?” Luhan’s eyes darted to his owner, who wore a very unimpressed expression on his face.

“I said, I think we’re all on the same page, right?” the deer asked again, pointing the stick at Xiumin. A chorus of ‘yes’ pleased the man. “Good.” He said with a smile.

“Luhan hyung, why are you holding that stick?” D.O. asked.

“Because I’m going to be the commander and chief here.” The deer said with a smirk. He'd grabbed one of D.O.'s favorite camo pattered baseball caps and placed it on his head before a few minutes prior. Xiumin wasn't sure of his deer's intentions with the hat, but now it was obvious. Let's just say that the deer really liked role play.

“Ooooh, does that make us soldiers?” Kai asked, wagging his tail.

“No, you’re not that experienced yet.”

“What experience to you ha…”

“Anyway, I’ll just call you my Lufans.” Luhan said, cutting his owner off. “Now, is everyone ready to clean this mess?”

“Sure.” D.O. said, his tone extremely dull. He still didn’t care all too much about the mess. More than anything he wanted to get to the bottom of what caused this behavior in his pet. The situation was just so unbelievable for him. While deep in his thoughts, Luhan had already decided to split into the two groups of hybrids and humans in terms of cleaning.

“Uh, Soo?”

“Huh?” D.O. turned to see Xiumin already on the ground scooping up dirt. “Oh, sorry.” He said, dropping to his knees to clean up as well.

“Still thinking about…this, right?” Xiumin gestured around the yard to make his point.

“I just can’t understand why he’d do this.”

“He’s a puppy, Soo. It’s not surprising for them to have accidents from time to time.” Xiumin explained, picking up a pile of shredded flowers. “Remember when Kris had issues with Chen and Tao sneaking extra food when he left for work? Or when Sehun kept scratching up Suho’s expensive furniture? It’s all the same. They’re still pretty young in their minds.”

“I get that, it’s just…ugh…I don’t know.” D.O. sighed. “I almost feel like I can’t trust him anymore.”

“It’s normal to have doubts like that, but I’m sure Kai is feeling just as nervous about this as you are.” Xiumin said, trying to comfort the man.

“Maybe…” Xiumin could see that the man was still very upset, and attempted to change the subject to keep his mind off of the situation.

“And speaking of being surprised by their hybrid’s behavior, I’m surprised Luhan divided us like this.” Xiumin chuckled.

“Huh, why.” D.O. asked, clearly confused. The division sure made sense to him; the human pair and the hybrid pair. What was so strange about it?

“Well, normally he wants to stay by me every waking moment of the day.” Xiumin laughed. “He still gets pretty jealous from time to time.”

“Really? He seemed to be getting better at ‘sharing you’ with others from what I’ve seen.” D.O. said, also chuckling a bit.

“He’s certainly gotten better about it recently. I’m hoping it won’t be a big issue anymore.” D.O. nodded at Xiumin’s words.

“All owners have things they have to work through with their hybrids, Soo. It’s natural.” The taller of the shorties said. He glanced over at their hybrids, who seemed to be just in deep a conversation as they were.

“Hyung look. Do you, do you think they’re talking about me?” Kai asked, dropping a huge pile of dirt in a trash bag.

“Maybe.” Luhan said, sadly petting a lonely deceased rose. “You did make D.O. very upset, you know.”

“I…I never planned for it to be as bad as it was. And I…I…didn’t think he’d be that mad.” Tears were forming in the puppy’s eyes as his voice cracked. Luhan stared at Kai for a moment before pulling the toy poodle into his arms. He was still upset about the flowers, but he couldn’t take seeing Kai so upset. The mature boy rarely ever cried. Plus he did have a soft spot for the pup.

“Kai, why did you dig up the flower bed anyway?” Luhan asked, the boy’s hair. It was something he’d been curious about the answer to for a while.

“I don’t know. I just wanted to play and it seemed like fun. Digging I mean, not ripping up the flowers.”

“Well why didn’t you tell D.O. that you wanted to play? He could have taken you to a better spot that wouldn’t have cost him his garden?”

“I dunno. I guess I wasn’t really thinking about it. It all happened so fast.” The pup moped, sadly rubbing his head against Luhan’s. “Sniff, I’m sorry hyung.”

Luhan sighed. He just couldn’t say mad at Kai.

“You should be apologizing to D.O., not me.” Luhan said, gently the toy poodle’s hair.

“I know, hyung.” The dog sniffled again.

“But let’s get this cleaned up and plant the new flowers first. Okay?”

“Okay hyung…”

It took a lot of hard work and diligence, but nevertheless, 30 minutes later the entire yard was clean. Now all that needed to be done was planting the new seeds and D.O.’s precious garden would be good as new.

“Alright Lufans, you did well retrieving and disposing of the remains of our fallen men. I commend you all.” Luhan said, saluting the three men in front of him. Kai was the only one who returned the salute. Xiumin and D.O. simply rolled their eyes.

“What next, sir?” Kai barked.

“Now we must deploy new cadets.” Luhan stated, brandishing several packs of flower seeds.

“Oh for pete’s sake, let’s just plants the seeds already!” Xiumin snatched the seed packages from Luhan’s hand. “Soo and I will take the left half of the garden and you and Kai can handle the right.”

“Excuse me Minnie, but I am captain here.” Luhan said. “And I request that you…” The pink haired deer was cut off by his owner’s lips being pressed onto his own.

“Woah!” Kai exclaimed.

“Dude, what are you doing?” D.O. covered Kai’s eyes. He didn’t know why, it’s not like he’d never seen the duo kiss before. It was just a natural reaction to want to protect his baby's eyes. The duo quickly split apart leaving a short smirking blond and a blushing hybrid.

“I request that you shut up and get to work so we can…finish up at home.” Xiumin said with a wink.

“Geez, tmi.” D.O. groaned. Luhan however was blushing even harder. He yanked Kai over to him and dashed to the far right of the garden.”

“C’mon Jongie, we need to get this done, now!” And with that, Luhan ran faster than either human had ever seen him move before.

“Hey Lu hyung, what was Xiu hyung talking about back there?” Kai asked after the hybrids reached the other side.

“Uh…I’ll tell you when you’re older Kai. Now hurry, let’s plant these seeds!” The deer was dropping flower seeds in small holes and covering them up with dirt at a breakneck pace. He was going so fast that he was sweating.

“Are you two going to mate when you get home?” the puppy asked, innocently tilting his head. Luhan nearly fell over at the boy’s question.

“Jongin!” he exclaimed, placing one hand dramatically over his chest.

“Yeah?”

“Wah, why…why would you say that?” the deer began sweating even more. He could feel his face becoming warmer and redder.

“Well, every time Kyungsoo hyung says I have to wait until I’m older to hear something, it usually has to deal with mating. Have you and Xiumin mated?” the toy poodle spoke as if discussing the intimate act was the most normal thing in the world.

“What? We…no! Aaarrgg, Jongin that’s private!” Luhan whined.

“I just thought it was about mating since you were getting so red and hot and sweaty. Hey, are your pants…”

“Alright Kai, let’s just plant the flowers.” Luhan was beyond embarrassed. He tried to remove any thoughts of Xiumin and mating from his mind while he planted the flowers.

“Do you think Yeollie and Kris have mated? I think they have.”

“I really wouldn’t know.”

“Or maybe Tao and Baekkie? They’re pretty close.”

“Kai, please stop.” Luhan tried to block out the pup’s questions. They were only making him…warmer.

“Chen could have mated with Baekkie or Yeollie too. Maybe Tao even. Chen is part cat you know.”

“Well yeah, but…”

“What about Hunnie and Lay? Do you think they mated? They really like each other you know, and I think they could have...”

“Alright Kai, no more questions or comments until we finish this.” Luhan said, shoving some seed packets at the puppy.

“Oh, okay.” At that, Kai finally decided to assist Luhan in planting the new flowers. Luhan was relieved that the pup finally quieted down and focused on the plants. Now he just need to clear his thoughts so he could move comfortably again. It shouldn’t take too long.

“How much of the seeds do we want to put in the hole?” Kai asked after a few moments. “I think I spilled too many in this one.”

“Ugggghhh…” Luhan sighed. Maybe it would take a bit longer.

“Aigooooo. Xiumin hyung, why did you have to say that?!” D.O. whined, smacking the older man’s back. Xiumin felt a bit bad, but he couldn’t help but laugh at D.O.’s out of character whining and pouting. It was adorable.

“Oh c’mon, Soo. Kai knows about that kind of stuff.”

“Hyyyyyuuuuunnnngggg….”

“It’s fine…he’s probably forgotten about it by now.”

“No way. That pup is going to be bothering me about it for the rest of the evening.” D.O. was not anticipating the toy poodle’s questions that were sure to arise later on.

“Anyway, I think what you need to focus on fixing all of this.” Xiumin said, pointing to one of the now planted seeds.

“I just hope he doesn’t mess them up again.” D.O. sighed, still obviously upset. “Maybe I should put some orange peelings out here. Dogs don’t like those, right?

“Soo, that’s not necessary. I know Kai is like your baby and he’s never done anything like this before, but you need to be firm with him. Not harsh, just firm.”

“I know…”

“It’s hard to scold our hybrids. Heck, even when it’s other people’s pets it can be difficult.” Xiumin said with a chuckle. “I had the hardest time scolding Chen when he chewed up my favorite pillows. And when Tao jumped on my kitchen counter and broke a bunch of my dishes? It was almost impossible.”

“The younger they are, the harder it is.” D.O. said, watering his section of planted seeds.

“Even worse when they’re super cute like ours.” Xiumin half joked. “But you understand what I mean, right?” Xiumin asked, returning to his seriousness.

“Yeah, thanks.” D.O. said, a smile appearing on his face for the first time that day.

“Good, now let’s finish this up.”

After about an hour, the yard was fully cleaned and replanted. D.O. was quite grateful for the assistance from his friends and offered them a meal as thanks. However…

“Nope, sorry D.O. but we’ve got to go!” Luhan said, yanking his owner towards the door.

“Why the hurry?” D.O. asked.

“We’ve uh, got to, um…do stuff and…”

“Sorry Soo, I need to go calm this deer down…” Xiumin said, rolling his eyes.

“Minseok!”

“I don’t mean like that!” He said, nervously waving his hands.

“I knew it! I knew they were going to mate, hyung!” Kai howled, wagging his tail.

“Jongin!” D.O. screamed.

“I told you that’s private! And that's not what we're about to do!” Luhan scolded angrily. The deer pulled Xiumin out the door and successfully dragged him back home. D.O. stood at the opened door, staring blankly into space, completely dumbfounded over what just occurred. After taking a minute to recover from the insanity, he finally closed the door.

“Um, hyung?” Kai said quietly.

“Y..yes?” D.O. asked. Oh please, don’t ask about mating. Don’t ask about mating.

“I’m sorry I ripped up your old flowers. I thought it would be fun to dig them up, but it wasn’t. Not after it made you mad.” The toy poodle’s eyes were fixated on the ground. His arms were behind his back and his voice very quiet. He was obviously nervous.

“Kai…” D.O. began. He wanted to make sure he said everything perfectly. “Look at me Kai.” D.O. asked. Though at first reluctant, Kai met his owner’s eyes.

“I forgive you. And I'm sorry for yelling at you.” The shorter male wrapped his arms around his puppy. D.O. waited for Kai to return the hug, but it never happened. He suddenly feared that the hybrid was still upset with him. Kai spoke just as D.O. was about to ask.

“Hyung?”

“Yes Kai?”

“Am I…am I still a bad dog?” D.O. flinched at the question. He’d nearly forgotten the harsh words he’d said to the pup earlier.

“Jongin, I’m so sorry.” D.O. said, tightening his hug. “You’re not a bad dog. I shouldn’t have said that.”

“I messed up, hyung. I deserve it.”

“No Jongin. Nothing you could ever do should warrant me saying that. I’m sorry.”

“Okay.” Kai’s voice was very calm, almost emotionless. D.O. wasn’t sure if he was actually feeling alright about the situation.

“Are you…mad at me?” he asked, nervousness evident in his voice.

“No hyung, I just…I don’t want to make you mad anymore.” Kai said. "And I promise I'll never do anything like that again."

“And I promise, Jongie, no matter what you do, I’ll never yell at you like that again.” D.O. said, placing a kiss on Kai’s head.

“Thank you hyung.”

“You’re welcome.” The two hugged for a few moments longer before breaking there embrace. Kai wrapped an arm around his shorter hyung’s shoulders.

“So, want some lunch?”

“Yeah yeah yeah!” Kai replied, his tail wagging a mile a minute. He D.O. all across his face and his owner laughed happily. Looks like everything would be all well and good between the two. “Oh yeah, hyung?”

“Hm?”

“Are Xiumin and Lu hyung mating? I think they are. And do you think Kris and Yeollie have mated? They seem like they've mated before.”

“Ugh….Kim Minseok I’m gonna kill you!” D.O. groaned.

I hope you all liked this one. I wanted a funny chapter with some Kaisoo, Xiuhan, and a bit of Lukai, so this is what I came up with. Hopefully it was funny at least :3

Well, I should let you all know that I'll be ending this story soon. Aside from it already being really long, I just haven't had as much motivation to work on chapters in a while. As a result of that, the quality has been dropping recently, and I'd rather not see it getting worse and make you guys suffer through crappy chapters. As such, there will be one more chapter (which is nearly done) and then the finale. I'm not sure yet if the finale will be one or two parts, but I do know how I'm gonna end it, so we'll see when its all typed up.

As always, thanks for reading :)