Title: Pet Shop
Pairing: Yunho/Changmin
Genre: domestic fluff
Rating: PG-13 for language
Words: 853
Warnings: language
Unbeta'ed
Summary: Yunho and Changmin finally decide to buy a puppy.
Notes: Based on
this, but don't click the link yet! You'll spoil the ending. Enjoy!
The bell above him jingles softly as Yunho holds the door of the pet shop open for his boyfriend. Changmin walks by with his nose in the air, and Yunho rolls his eyes as he follows him in.
They take a moment to inspect the shop. It'ss noisy with the cries of a dozen different animals, the enthusiastic yipping of puppies the loudest of all. Cages of hamsters and guinea pigs were placed foremost in the shop. Tanks of fish lined one wall, while the other wall was taken up by huge tanks of reptiles, snakes and lizards and iguanas.
Yunho grins, more excited than he's willing to admit, and tugs Changmin's sleeve in the direction of the puppy cages.
There are a million different breeds of puppies, and all cuter than the last, no matter what order you put them in. Yunho is nearly jumping up and down from excitement, eager to cuddle every single one of them. Changmin is a little more composed, though Yunho can see that his eyes have softened considerably as he smiles down at the puppies.
A middle-aged staff member approaches them, smiling as he comes closer. “Hello, my name is Mr. Kang. How may I help you boys today?”
“We’re looking to buy a puppy!” Yunho says excitedly, jumping in before Changmin has a chance to even open his mouth. He sees Changmin roll his eyes from the corner of his vision, but he elects to ignore him.
“That’s great, I can tell you from personal experience that a puppy will make much happier than you are today,” Mr. Kang says, smiling kindly. “What sort of puppy would you like? Have you decided on a breed yet? We have over a dozen breeds today in the shop.”
“A Siberian husky!” Yunho says at the same time that Changmin says “A maltese.”
They stop and stare at each other. Changmin narrows his eyes. “We are not getting a Siberian husky, Yunho,” he says dangerously.
But Yunho doesn’t care. “We’re not getting a maltese either!”
“What’s wrong with a maltese?”
"What's wrong with a Siberian husky?" Yunho shoots back.
"Well for one thing, it's fucking huge!"
"That's why we're getting it! And don't curse in front of the puppies, Changmin!" he hisses.
Changmin rolls his eyes so hard there's no way he didn't hurt himself. "They don't understand humans, Yunho!"
"Oh, so now you're saying they're dumb?" Yunho says, outraged on their behalf.
"I didn't say that! I said they don't understand people!"
"Which is like saying they're dumb!" Yunho marches over to one of the pens and reaches inside to pick one of the puppies up gently. "Changmin daddy just called you and your siblings dumb, but you're not dumb, are you boy? You're the smartest puppy in the world, even smarter than Changmin daddy, aren't you, you adorable little thing? You're even cuter than him, yes you are!" Yunho coos to the puppy.
Yunho looks up when he hears a sharp sound, to see Changmin has slapped his forehead in exasperation, and is currently rubbing the red skin. Yunho smirks.
Their little argument is interrupted by a small cough. "Ahem. Perhaps you need more time to discuss your choices?" Mr. Kang says.
"No no, we don't need more time," Changmin says, sickenly sweet. "We'd like a maltese."
"No we would not!" Yunho cut in.
The staff member looks amused. "You argue like me and my wife," he says.
"My wife is argumentative, what can I say," Yunho replies, jabbing a thumb in Changmin's direction.
Mr. Kang's eyes widen as understanding dawns, as do Changmin's. "Why am I the wife?" he fumes.
"Because you're-" Yunho begins, but gets cut off by another small cough.
"I would not answer that if I were you," Mr. Kang says delicately.
Yunho looks at Mr. Kang, then at Changmin, and then just smiles sheepishly, deciding to keep his mouth shut.
Changmin's eyes narrow, but he just flips his hair out of his eyes. "Whatever. We're buying a maltese."
"No, Changmin, we're buying a husky."
Yunho notices Mr. Kang start to edge away from the corner of his eyes. "I'll just be over there when you've made your decision," he says, but neither of them pay attention.
“We can’t buy a husky, Yunho, those things are huge! Are you gonna be picking up their poop?!”
“Yes, I’ll take him for walks! You won’t even notice he’s there!” Yunho insists.
“Except I will, because he’ll get huge!”
“You’ll love it! Why are you so argumentative?”
“Because I want a maltese!”
“But they’re so small!” Yunho whines.
“And cute!”
They continue to argue, until finally Changmin appears to have had enough. He marches over to one of the racks holding dog collars and leashes, picks up a black spiked collar and clips it to a leash before stomping back to Yunho.
Before Yunho knows what's happening, Changmin has snapped the collar around his neck. "Since you won't let me buy a maltese, you'll just be my new pet," he informs him.
Yunho blinks.
Somewhere in the pet shop, he can hear an older man's amused laughter.
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