Azure: 19
Penne + Ravioli: 17
Navy: 18
Iliad (Ily): 6
Scallop (Mom) + Pasta (Dad): 46
"RED ROVER, RED ROVER, SEND PENNE RIGHT OVER!" she hollered as she barreled down the hallway, somehow knowing they were walking down it hand in hand and breaking their connection as soon as her speeding form hit their interlocked hands. Smiling back at them proudly as they shook their arms to ease the pain, she said, "And where do you two think you're going~"
Looking between them, Navy pointed down to the cat carrier in his other hand and said, "We're trying to find somewhere to put Ily while we're gone."
Penne gasped, her eyes sparkling as she hopped up and down screaming, "THERE'S A CAT!? LEMME PET IT WHERE IS IT WHAT'S IT'S NAAAAAME!?!?"
Rubbing the back of his neck and sighing, looking down at his very concerned cat, he carefully set down he bag and unzipped the mesh, taking out the cutest fluff ball that they had ever seen. Azure suddenly understood why Navy was kicking him over this preciouse little ball of fur, because in the exact same situation, Azure would be hollering and screaming and calling random people psychos just to protect that tiny orange thing. "His name is Iliad..." Navy grumbled, the cat meowing skeptically as the scary lady inched towards him, her arms outstretched like a zombie. "He, uh...don't touch him maybe..." Navy said, but the advice fell on deaf ears as Penne's hand touched Ily's soft head, the cat immediately hissing at her and leaping onto her outstretched hand, tearing at it with his fangs like she was a hunk of meat. Which she technically was.
Pulling her hand away and rubbing it, staring daggers at the cat as he immediately settled right back into Navy's arms, she said, "Where the Hell are you going to put a thing like that!?"
Scratching the back of his head guiltily, Azure said, "I was thinking...Ravioli?"
Penne looked from the cat back up to Azure, her head rapidly spasming between the two of them. "Y'know," she said, clicking her tongue and rubbing her hand again, "I dunno if those two will exactly...see eye to eye, y'know. Seeing as how that thing is a BITING MONSTER and my brother is a SWEET INNOCENT LITTLE BABY."
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Staring at her sheepishly, Azure just said, "But he's older-"
"I WANT NON'A THAT!" she shouted, stomping off towards the suite they shared with their parents.
"So are we going...?" Navy asked skeptically, petting Iliad from behind the ears and apologizing under his breath for the 'scary woman.'
Sighing, Azure grabbed his hand and dragged him along. "I s'pose so. C'mon."
Leading Navy up at least five flights of stairs was exhausting, but not as bad as the dare Penne had given him that one time where he had to climb all 1,134 stairs and back like five times in an hour. Reaching the fifth floor, the floor where all the staff lived off-shift with their families, Azure found his way quite easily through the twisting hallways, finding Penne standing exasperated in front of her door, motioning them inside and mumbling, "Took ya long enough."
"Penne? Is that you?" her mother called from inside, coming to the door and bumping into the two invisible boys, letting out a little yip until they revealed themselves. Then she smiled, a warm motherly smile, and she said in a happy voice, "Oh Azure, it's been too long." Embracing him as Navy stood by awkwardly to watch, she added, "It's so good to see you in high spirits, honey," giving him one last squeeze and letting go before setting her eyes on Navy. "And who's this?"
"This is Navy! We were wondering if you could cat-sit," Azure interjected before Penne could say anything negative.
"Cat-sit?" a gruff voice asked, and Penne's mother sighed, looking over her shoulder at her husband. "Pasta, you'll be fine. That was one time."
"'One time,' she says," he grumbled, motioning emphatically at the long scars on his arm, Navy noting where Penne's enthusiasm came from. "DOES THIS LOOK LIKE ONE TIME TO YOU!?"
"That was a tiger, dear, and this is a sweet housecat."
Poking his head in, Rav's face lit up at the sight of Azure, and he ran into him, hugging him tightly before glaring at his sister, who just shrugged.
"Who's this?" Navy asked, ruffling the boy's hair and smiling warmly.
"My twin brother Ravioli," Penne said, scooting by them to sit next to her dad on the couch, laying her legs in his lap until he pushed them off. "And mom, that cat is anything but 'sweet.'"
"SEE!? SEE!? ALL CATS ARE MENACES TO SOCIETY AND NEED TO BE-" but seeing his son pet the thing so gently, the sparkle in his eyes and smile on his face that they so rarely saw, he simply sighed and said, "Leave the cat and get the Hell out."
Azure gave Navy a fistbump and Navy gently set the cat down on the carpeted floor, Ravioli sitting down with it and rubbing it gently. Penne, getting off the couch and leaping over her brother and the cat, quickly pushed both Azure and Navy out the door as her father screamed, "AND YOU BETTER COME BACK FOR THIS DAMNED THING!!!"