Chapter 42 - Boy's Night 8: The Original Boys

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Legosi, Louis, Dom, and Kai stepped into the Hidden Condo's lobby, having lost the company of Pina and Bill due to them wanting some time to themselves. The four walked toward the hallway that housed the flight of stairs when the familiar woodpecker behind the desk caught sight of them.

"Oh, more friends, huh? You guys are pretty popular."

"I guess so. How are you, Morgane?" Louis grinned.

"I'm doing alright! I actually have the weekend off, if you can believe it." Her eyes flitted to Dom and her entire body shot up. "Oh. My. GOD! YOUR DRESS IS SO PRETTY!"

Dom gasped. "Oh? Really? Why thank you! My boyfriend and I worked hard on it."

Kai waved. "Hi, that's me."

"Do you two run a business?"

"A business?" Dom blinked.

"Oh, no this was for a school project for him," Kai clarified.

"Well, if you two would be interested in designing me something, get in touch with these two so they can tell me."

The blue bird looked at Kai, laughing. "Yet another project on our plate!"

"Kai and Dom." The mongoose gave a little wave to himself and his boyfriend.

"Any plans for this weekend?" Louis questioned with a head tilt.

"Just spending time with Pierre, my boyfriend. We have a 5000 piece jigsaw puzzle to complete."

"Legosi and I are going to have dinner with my father and then our sheep friend is going to show me some music he likes. It's gonna be a nice weekend, hopefully. I hope you have a good time."

"Oh, I will! You do the same!" Their receptionist waved them off as they started the long journey up the stairs.

"So, as you can see, it's a little rundown," Louis sighed. "But it's what we could afford."

Dom's head moved this way and that. "Huh."

"We met a lot of the neighbors, and maybe one day we'll try and get together and fix up the place," Legosi said with a tinge of hope in his voice. Finally, they made it to the fifth floor.

They walked down the hall and stood outside of room 504. "So this it," Louis gestured. "Our little home."

Kai looked up at him. "Does the door open?"

"No, it's stuck shut, obviously. We just sleep on the ground out here."

"Some prankster glued around the border," Legosi said, deadpan.

"Okay, shut up and just let us in," Kai frowned.

Legosi fumbled in his pockets before turning to Louis. "Oh, I gave you the key, right?"

"Yep." He fished it out of his pocket and opened the door into their nice clean home. "Make yourselves comfortable."

Kai and Dom walked in, taking the whole thing in.

Legosi scratched the back of his neck as the two guests remained silent. "We know it's not much, but it's home."

The small carnivore turned to him. "You guys did really great with this place! Really!"

Dom put his hands on his hips. "How does Legosi even fit in here? It's so small!"

The big wolf stood in the middle of the room and stretched his arms out. "I fit!"

Louis was by his side, wrapping his arms around him. "And belong."

Dom smiled. "D'aww. Well, may we sit on the couch?"

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