"It's a lizard."
Night Fang stated bluntly.
The day Sunset showed him her pet lizard Ray, he wasn't too fussed to the idea of a pet in the house, but what possessed his beloved to get a lizard of all things.
That was beyond his comprehension, even when she had to explain the story of her wanting a pet since she saw all their friends with their pets.
Once the look on his face vanished, Sunset spoke.
"He's not just a lizard babe, he's a little ray of sunshine that caught my eye the moment I met him."
Sunset said this while swooning over her pet as he nuzzled his owner’s cheek and Sunset nuzzled him back on the top of his head.
Night Fang just couldn't understand what was so special about this one cold-blooded creature that had his girlfriend's heart.
So for the next few days, Night Fang watched his girlfriend and her pet bond to understand why a pet was so important to her and their friends.
School
When he was in school lunch with his brother and Scrap while his girlfriend was sat with her friends.
He noticed Loki had a squirrel on his shoulder.
Being the curious one this time, Night Fang asked.
"Err, Loki, why do you have a squirrel on your shoulder?"
Catching his little brothers attention, Loki smirked before letting the squirrel onto the table to sniff Night Fang before nuzzling his hand making Night Fang raise an eyebrow before Loki spoke.
"Night, this is my pet squirrel, his name is Sir Nuttington de Santa Maria Cruz the Third, Nutty for short, I saved him from another squirrel by punching it in the face and scaring it off when I was on my home from school yesterday, I trained him and everything.”
Night's eyes widened at Loki's random idea for a pet.
The name and how he obtained such pet was a whole different story.
How in the hell had his brother managed to get a squirrel to be his pet, then again another question that popped into his head made him say in his head.
'WHERE THE HELL ARE ALL THE PETS COMING FROM?!'
Night looked at the squirrel nuzzled against his arm fast asleep.
Oddly enough, he had something on his mind and he was going to involve his girlfriend to the fullest.
When he smirked over towards Sunset and her friends, she caught on when she turned to face him, she knew exactly what he was thinking as Sunset turned to face Fluttershy.
Pet shelter
"Welcome to the Pet Shelter Night, we have so many pets for the right people."
Fluttershy was saying as she walked through the door while Night and Sunset walked in holding hands.
As he stared in wonder at the many pets in the shelter, his girlfriend walked around with Ray on her shoulder.
Night couldn't help but be drawn to the mice, but when he held one up in his hands, Sunset shrieked and hid behind Fluttershy, causing Night to look on in disappointment.
In the fish tank area, Sunset was happy to see the bask fish Fluttershy offered her, but Night wasn't interested in what he called 'food for thought' leaving the two girls appalled at Night's answer.
They tried every pet but one by one, none pleased the male until one section caught his eye.
Without a second thought, he entered it without his girlfriend and friend knowing.
In the 'To be Put to Sleep' section
As Night looked around the condemned area, he noticed dogs that were unwanted for so long, that they had a mark on their cage that said 'not adoptable' or ‘To be put to sleep’.
As he passed so many dogs that were either dying, crippled or nothing wrong with them but were put here because no one wanted them.
The sights made Night Fang feel like crying at the poor creatures until he saw the dog who noticed him first by barking towards him.
"Hey, there baby girl, what are you doing in this part of the shop."
Night Fang says softly to the female border collie which was quite happy to see him as she stood up on her hind paws and placed her front paws on the cage bars.
Once Night Fang read the reason the dog was not up for adoption, he looked grimly at the dog before saying with a sad smile.
"You are beautiful aren't you, shame you're not for adoption."
Night couldn’t take looking at the heartbreak in the pups eyes as she began to whimper making Night's heartbreak.
“Sorry Fluttershy, but I need to do this.”
Whatever he was feeling towards this pet made him snap the latch on the kennel with a straight hard kick, causing the cage door to swing wide open and the dog to bound and leap at Night Fang and attack him with licks to the face making him smile and laugh at the friendly dog.
Eventually, he had to say.
"OK, OK, let me up girl, come on."
As he stood up, the collie jumped into his arms and fell asleep comfortably in Night Fang's embrace.
Now he knew what it felt like to love a pet like his best friend.
“Come on girl, let's get you a new home.”
Out of the Kennels
When Night Fang walked out through the doors of the restricted area towards his girlfriend, he says proudly.
“I think I found my pet.”
When Fluttershy saw this, she was going crazy at Night Fang.
"Night Fang, you know dogs who are in there are not for adoption, please put her back."
Fluttershy says softly as she tries to pry the dog from Night's arms only for the dog to growl furiously at Fluttershy making her recoil in surprise and shock.
When the dog got comfortable again, Sunset stepped in.
"Come on Night Fang, I know you want a dog, we can see that, but that dog isn't up for adoption as Fluttershy said, we can get you a dog that is up for adoption."
Just like the collie, Night Fang wasn’t having it.
"But I didn't pick her, she picked me and that's what should matter, Ray picked you to remember, so it’s the same scenario here."
Night Fang had Sunset there.
Ray and Sunset were perfect because they chose each other just like the dog had picked Night Fang.
Because he saw her plight, he picked her.
She was very skinny, almost skeletal because the guy who had her last mistreated her before dumping her in a cardboard box in the street to die.
Night Fang had one last tactic.
"Sunset, look at her, you wouldn't say no if you were adopting her would you?"
Sunset looked at the now awake border collie who gave her the cutest stare possible making Sunset's heart melt in her chest.
Ray even climbed down from Sunset's shoulder to get a look at the sickly dog.
All Sunset could do was watch.
As she looked at the lizard and the dog before Ray cuddled into the dog's fur on her back making the girls d'aww while Night felt his heart melt.
"After that sight, I think we should get the paperwork for her and take her, what do you think Sunset, can we take her?"
Night asked as two pairs of heads in the form of Ray on the collie's back and the collie herself looked at Sunset expectedly, she had to admit, it was a cute sight.
"Fluttershy, can you change the collie's adoption status and find the adoption papers, we'll take her after all."
Sunset asked to which Fluttershy nodded in confirmation making the dog bark happily.
Later
Once registration was complete, Night looked at the spot that should have the dog’s name in.
He could only think of one name for his new friend, so as he wrote the words on the paper, Sunset overlooked and was pleasantly surprised as the words on the sheet read.
'Lady'
"And now, she's our lil lady."
Night Fang says happily as he placed the collar around Lady's neck, barking happily and licking her new owners while Ray nuzzled his new adopted sister.
Back Home
Once everything was paid for, the journey back was easy on Lady as she adjusted to her new environments of the car and when they arrived at the house itself.
Night carried his new dog into the house before letting her walk when they entered the home before turning to Sunset and saying.
"She'll be very happy with us."
Sunset nodded before giving her boyfriend a peck on the cheek before walking into the living room while Night stood in the hall and smirked before he himself followed into the living room to play with his new dog.