Avocato had allowed Gary to sit and calm himself, he hadn't been sure what effect his words would have on him and had believed he may have come off as weird but Gary seemed to apriciate his honesty and Avocato was happy he had managed to help.
"Little Cato" he called from the edge of the pool, watching his son pathetically kick his legs as he held onto the wall of the pool
"Hey dad" the kit said, out of everyone in the whole park he looked like the only one who wasn't having fun, even the kid that dropped her ice cream and was crying now seemed to be having more fun-
Wait...Ice cream...
Kids like ice cream.
"Come on, let's get some ice cream" Avocato smiled down at his son. The idea of ice cream seemed to be of interest to the boy who swam slowly to the ladder and climbed out
"Okay..." he mumbled as he reached for his father's tail.
Avocato made no effort to pull away, instead bringing his son closer to his side as he made his way to one of the cafés
"What flavour do you think Gary likes?" He asked
"Strawberry probably...I saw him ordering that popsicle last time" Little Cato answered as pointed at one of the options. Avocato made his order, asking for a simple lime water with ice for himself.
"Can I get this one?" Little Cato asked as he looked up at his father while pointed at one of the popsicles that looked like a character from a cartoon he watched
"Sure" Avocato nodded, handing Little Cato the popsicle when he payed for it.
When the two had returned, Little Cato having cheered up a bit, they found Gary layed down on one of the towels on his belly, shirt sliding up enough to let Avocato check Gary's ass out
"Nice view" Avocato commented, indicating to Gary
"Hmm?" Gary looked up and smiled at the two "yeah I guess it is pretty nice, all the families together- wait were you talking about ladies? Because I totally missed th-"
"No" Avocato laughed as he sat down and handed Gary the red popsicle "I wasn't talking about any ladies"
"Ah..." Gary took the treat and sat up "thanks" he smiled and opened up the packet as Little Cato quietly sat in-between the two
"Hey, Gary?" The kit asked shyly, ears dropping down slightly when Gary gave him his attention for the boy to continue "are you...are you mad at me?"
"What? No- of course not, why would you think that?" Gary spoke softly, shuffling closer to the kit
"I dunno...you didn't want to hang out with me?" Little Cato shrugged, looking down at his popsicle
"Little Cato, I love hanging out with you! I was just...nervous because there's a lot of people here" Gary told part of the truth "Aigh! I'm sorry I made you feel like that!" He pulled the kit closer with his arm in a side hug, making sure to avoid getting sticky hands from the melting popsicle on his fur
"Really?" Little Cato looked up with a small smile
"Really really" Gary smiled "youre the coolest kid I know- you are my VIF" Gary grinned
"Yeah.." Little Cato laughed "Very important friend" he finally smiled brightly, recalling the memory
"Nope! Even better" Gary chirped "Very important family"
Little Cato's eyes widened at the words and Avocato seemed to fully turn his head to look at Gary
"Oh- I'm sorry was that weird? If you don't like it- you know what, I'm sorry- I take it ba-" Gary rambles were interrupted by Little Cato's small arms around him
"That sounds super tight actually" Little Cato mumbled into Gary's shirt, tail swaying happily
"Yeah?" Gary smiled, pulling the kid closer with one hand while the other held the popsicle, not minding the cold feeling of Little Cato's ice cream melting onto his shirt "Vif it is"
"Vif" Little Cato repeated, pulling away with a smile as he held out the popsicle. Gary understood the gesture and bumped his popsicle gently against Little Cato's as if they were drink before both licked the treat away
Avocato had watched the exchange and found that there was certainly no way he could love Gary any more than he does now. The man seemed to treat his child as his own and that made his heart flutter stronger than ever before.
They returned to quietly watching the nearby pool as they ate their treats but Avocato found his eyes wondering to Gary to often. As much as he hated to admit it, Avocato was a little curious to see Gary lick the popsicl-
And he bit it
Gary freaking bit the popsicle.
Who bites popsicles? Who bites literal ice?
Apparently Gary does.
Avocato felt his fantasies that had barely being built into pieces with the ice, feeling a shiver down his spine.
Gary was a man to be feared....no one bites ice like that.
"You done Spidercat?" Gary asked as he stood up and handed Little Cato some water to make sure the boy hydrated himself
"Yeah" the boy took the bottle and chugged half of it
"Then let's go! We can't sit around all day- we must go to the slides!"
"But I thought you-"
"No butt's! Only slides!" Gary interrupted and this time took his shirt off quickly "lets go!" He fist bumped the sky
"Lets go!" Little Cato cheered, copying his actions
Avocato stared at Gary, his beautiful pale skin seemed to reflect the sun but his smiled seemed to beat it's radiance
"Dad" Little Cato whispered, still holding the same pose as Gary
"Hm?" Avocato hummed, still staring at Gary
"Dad! Do the pose!" Little Cato stomped to get his attention
"What? I'm not-"
"Yes you are Avocato- do the pose!" Gary ordered.
Siging, Avocato slowly stood up and lazily fist bumped the air, his ears going slightly red with embarrassment
"Say it" Gary whispered
"Lets go..." Avocato sighed
"Dad!"
"Let's go!" He said with a little more excitement
"Yeah!" The two cheered taking each other's sticky hands and rushing off to the slides.
YOU ARE READING
The Babysitter - Garycato (Final Space Fanfic)
FanfictionLittle Cato is a lonesome boy who doesn't get much time with his father. One day when he finally gets the courage to venture deeper into the space station he meets a man who offers to be his friend. I drew the cover ^^
