{"sf1_id":2209530,"sf2_id":"ZeqG5pbn","title":" The Many folds of Manifold or How Manny had a Fever-Dream: Totally a non canon story based off of  a friends OC","author":"Aestrellia","words":3954,"posted_at":"2024-12-13T23:53:14.000Z","tags":["Bear","Diapers","Spanking","bedwetting","comfort","daddy","sick"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2209530-the-many-folds-of-manifold-or-how-manny-had-a-fever-dream-totally-a-non-canon-story-based-off-of-a-friends-oc","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/ZeqG5pbn","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=2209530\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"This is a story inspired by my friends [https://bsky.app/profile/fluffypamps.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/fluffypamps.bsky.social)   \nOC. It started as a writing challenge to get myself back into writing in the babyfur genre","content":"The Many folds of Manifold or How Manny had a Fever-Dream: Totally a non canon story based off of\n\n\u0026nbsp;a friends OC\u0026nbsp;\n\nby\n\n\u0026nbsp;Aestrellia\n\n\u0026nbsp;Hello. My name is Emmanuel Welles I am a Xolo-Inu, finance major, and I am interning at\u0026nbsp;\n\nsome accounting firm. Today, like any other day it started with me getting up, changing my sheets,\u0026nbsp;\n\ntaking a shower, and brushing my teeth. Changing my sheets seem to be the recent thing in my life. My\n\n\u0026nbsp;mom thinks it's because I'm getting sick. Part of me wanted to argue with her but with the terrible data\u0026nbsp;\n\nplan my dorm was on at this moment (they swear they are gonna upgrade next month) it was half\u0026nbsp;\n\nheard. After I shower I grabbed my office uniform, my gold watch that my father gave me, and my\u0026nbsp;\n\nheadphones. I realize I was out of boxer briefs so I made it a note to wash or be stuck with colorful\u0026nbsp;\n\nbriefs from my High-school year that still fit me. Breakfast was routine, I ate toast with butter, orange\u0026nbsp;\n\njuice, and a poached egg. There was a box of cereal but I wanted to save it for a special occasion.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“A-choo”. That sneeze was the sneeze that broke my monotonous routine. I grabbed a tissue\u0026nbsp;\n\nblew my nose, and\u0026nbsp; assumed nothing of the matter. Rather, I had a lot of energy, more than usual. After\u0026nbsp;\n\nall, this was my first day of my intern, the first day of my new major, something that'll make me some\u0026nbsp;\n\nmoney\n\nAchoooo\n\nChapter 1: Bless you.\n\n\u0026nbsp;I never would've thought my ass would be late\n\n“Fuck me,” I huffed, that extra energy was being well spent, the bus ran over a few nails ten\u0026nbsp;\n\nblocks\u0026nbsp; from my job. Running was something I was good at. Being the youngest of 5 pups but having\u0026nbsp;\n\nyour mothers temperament meant you barked louder than you bite. So, I ran ten blocks. I refused to be\u0026nbsp;\n\nlate on my first day. Nothing was going to stop me, not a bus, not a sneeze, not a\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Oof-” his voice was soft but gruff.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Just my fucking luck- watch where your goin-” My eyes widened at his frame. He was a bear,\u0026nbsp;\n\nyes I could see that. But he wore a baby blue short sleeve and button up, with cream slacks and dark\u0026nbsp;\n\nbrown shoes. Very casual compared to my over dressed self, “Mierda...”\n\n\u0026nbsp;“I would say the same to you.” The bear chuckled a bit. Sticking his hand out, a fucking saint if\u0026nbsp;\n\nyou ask me.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“M-my bad, the bus ran a flat, I'm about to be late to my first day at this internship.” I grabbed\u0026nbsp;\n\nhis hand and effortlessly he pulled me up. I began to dust myself off.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Oh that building right there?” The bear pointed towards the large and imposing tower.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Y- yes.” I blushed a bit. Realizing I just barked at my senior.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“I know what you are thinking, oh darn I'm about to be fired from my first internship.” The\u0026nbsp;\n\nBear chuckled a bit, dusting the remaining bit of dust off of my suit jacket.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI just sheepishly shook my head.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Don't worry, I saw the accident on the way here to work. I'll let Arthur know.” The bear walked\n\n\u0026nbsp;ahead of me. I waited a few seconds to collect myself from this embarrassing situation.\n\n\u0026nbsp;AAAA-CHOOOOO\n\nI grabbed another tissue, and prayed that it wasn't a cold.\u0026nbsp;\n\nOrientation went off without a hitch. I could tell some people where shocked at seeing a Xolo\n\nInu. A mostly hairless albeit fuzzy breed of dog but I somehow was able to get a very short amount of\u0026nbsp;\n\nfur and a nice tuft of hair, The hair-dye was fading and growing hair is a bitch so they where just gonna\u0026nbsp;\n\nhave to put up with it.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Emmanuel Welles, is it?” The bear from earlier came forward,\u0026nbsp; kneel down\u0026nbsp; to look me in the\u0026nbsp;\n\neyes.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Yes, but you can call me Manny.” I deepened my voice a bit. Gotta act the part in this world.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“I'm Theodore Grizz.” He stuck his large paw out for a hand shake, “ And it seems like you are\u0026nbsp;\n\nassigned to me, and you can call me Teddy.”\n\n\u0026nbsp;I touched his large paw, they where soft and warm. For some reason my heart began to flutter a\u0026nbsp;\n\nbit.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Now shake.” Teddy playfully replied, and my tail began to wag as I complied.\n\n\u0026nbsp;Teddy just laughed a hearty laugh as I realize my brain just short circuited. Once again, I\u0026nbsp;\n\ngathered my senses as I followed Teddy around. He showed me everything the day to day stuff, where\u0026nbsp;\n\nthe bathroom was located and such. My day to day duties where basically run copies, take notes on\u0026nbsp;\n\nbusiness transactions, stuff I learned in accounting class\n\nACHOO\n\n\u0026nbsp;That last sneeze had more bite than normal.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Are you okay, Manny?”\u0026nbsp; Teddy asked. His brown beady eyes stared at me intently.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Me, I'm aight.” I sniffed weakly but shook it off. I wasn't gonna\u0026nbsp;\n\nAchOOOO!\n\n“Yeah, that's what I thought.” Teddy looks me with this disapproving look a Dad gives to their\u0026nbsp;\n\nkid.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Don't give me that look-”\n\n\u0026nbsp;AChoO -ACHOOO\n\n\u0026nbsp;That last one sounded like a puppy bark.\u0026nbsp; I covered my mouth each time, I'm not gonna be that\u0026nbsp;\n\none accountant that gets every one sick. However I did feel warm. A slight spritz between my legs and\u0026nbsp;\n\nbetween my ears, both aren't a good sign.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“I'm taking you home Manny, you look for a lack of a better word sick as a dog.”\n\n\u0026nbsp;“No mames,” I chuckled, my body feeling worse by the minute.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“I'm guessing that's casual language where you are from perrito but here we don't use that.”\u0026nbsp;\n\nTeddy gave me this stern look.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Oh, what are you gonna do about -” before I could finish this sentence, I felt my self lifted in\u0026nbsp;\n\nthe air by the collar of my suit. I often forget how imposing bears can be.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“This.” Teddy grabbed the back of my pants and with one swift motion pulled them to my\u0026nbsp;\n\nankles.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Wait- You can't be serious.” I felt myself getting hot and red in the face.\n\n\u0026nbsp;I heard a tsk, I'm assuming that he saw my little accident from the last sneeze... This couldn't be\u0026nbsp;\n\nreal, where was the HR, Lawyer, Mommy?\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Manny, wake up! Manny.” Teddy's voice echoed in the air. A cold chill was on my forehead as\u0026nbsp;\n\nmy vision blurred.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Sup,” I replied. I was in his office with a cold towel, and a damp pair of pants...\n\n\u0026nbsp;“You fainted, are you okay? ?” Teddy ask.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“I think I need to go home.” I replied. Pulling myself up, I felt the damage on my suit, “Pues.”\n\n\u0026nbsp;Chapter 2: Sniffles\n\n\u0026nbsp;So a sneeze, a fever dream, and a fainting spell was in the cards for today. For some reason\u0026nbsp;\n\nTeddy was adamant on carrying me to his car, when I could walk on my own.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Look, so clearly we are past the professional stage are we.” I asked.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Yep,” Teddy chuckled.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Pues,” was all I could muttered as I buried my head into his soft chest.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Look, Manny I'm gonna drive you home, but do understand that my car is big.” Teddy\u0026nbsp;\n\nchuckled nervously.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“What do you mean, compañero?” I was confused.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“You'll see.” he replied.\n\n\u0026nbsp;Honestly being carried like a sick whelp through the office because you decided to faint like a\u0026nbsp;\n\nfucking telenovella was the least of my worries. What could be more embarrassing than that?\n\n\u0026nbsp;“No mames-que pues?” my brain was rattled at the car. For context, I am on the tall side for\u0026nbsp;\n\nsmall breeds but small enough to be classified as a medium breed. It's a weird makeup especially when\u0026nbsp;\n\nit comes to clothes. Snot began to leak from my nose in disbelief.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Yeah, I have a college student about your age, a dog like you, he uses that car-seat.” Teddy\u0026nbsp;\n\nopened the door, and gently set me down.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“This is why I take the bus.” That's a lie, my bike got stolen.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Well, the bus is broken down.” Teddy buckled me up snug in the car-seat. If I didn't feel like a\u0026nbsp;\n\nperrito now, well now I do.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“I'm gonna crack the window down a bit to keep the smell down.” Teddy, turned on his car.\n\n“The-what?” I placed my hand on the damp spot, “Tedd-”\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Don't worry I took your suit jacket and covered you up, no one saw.” Teddy smiled, placing his\n\n\u0026nbsp;phone on the charging dock I heard\u0026nbsp; some key tones and in a few seconds I heard a ladies voice.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Getting that behind ready for me Teddy Bear?” she asked.\n\n\u0026nbsp;I couldn't help but laugh at this interaction.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“N-No sweetie, I have a co-worker in the car.” Teddy stammered.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“ Hi Sweetie.” I said with a feverish grin.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Oh,” she paused her tone shifted, “who's in the back”\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Manny, he's sitting in the carseat.” Teddy glanced at the mirror I saw his ass grinning.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Oh, he's Corey sized?” she asked.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“No, a bit taller but he has a nasty fever,” Teddy turned on his blinker, “among other things.”\n\n\u0026nbsp;“You know, you don't have to tell all my biz Mr. Grizz.” I couldn't tell if the fever or the\u0026nbsp;\n\nembarrassment is making my face heat up.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Ohhhh, so I'm guessing you're dropping him off.” Mrs. Grizz asked.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Yeah, HR gave me his address and you're not gonna believe it, he goes to the same school that\u0026nbsp;\n\nCorey goes to.” Teddy chuckled a bit.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“He must be a lucky tenant.” I thought to myself.\n\n\u0026nbsp;Somewhere deep in a library, a small corgi is studying for a test sneezes.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“They say if you sneeze, someone is talking about you.” Russ handed the corgi a tissue from his\n\n\u0026nbsp;hoodie pocket.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“I wonder who?” he sniffles a bit.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“It's not much too look at.” I grabbed my key, “but it's home.” I sniffled. The chills where\u0026nbsp;\n\nsetting in as I pushed through the door.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“You were right.” Teddy walked into my humble domicile. A clash of post modern college\u0026nbsp;\n\ndécor and half opened boxes. Yes it's a mess. But it's my mess.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“So, I would say make yourself at home but uh I'm working on that part.” I smiled weakly.\u0026nbsp;\n\nHiding the soaked bed sheet, not that it matters there was a faint odor in the air. I went into one of the\u0026nbsp;\n\nboxes and found my first aid kit and with it, some fever reducing medicine.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Good, you took some med', are you going to be okay by yourself Manny?” Teddy asked me,\u0026nbsp;\n\nplacing his hand on my shoulder.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Sure, I'll go lay down.” I replied.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Not without a bath, hold on I'll be back.” Teddy moved gingerly through my cluttered dorm.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI'll have to clean it when I feel better. It seems like an eternity waiting for Teddy to come back. When\u0026nbsp;\n\nhe did my tail wagged but for only for a second.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Que esos?” I saw a cute bag with clear nursery prints.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Oh, it's an emergency diaper bag-”\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Uh....?” my head tilted.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Don't worry no one saw the bag I can assure you.” Teddy smiled softly.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Look, I appreciate the gestures and clearly I must be having a fever dream or something but-”\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Oh, no I wouldn't do that for you.” Teddy pulled out some disposable garments with tear-able\u0026nbsp;\n\nsides.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Look,” I took a deep breath, “ I can do it myself.”\u0026nbsp; I smiled.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“I'm sure you can pup.” The way Teddy was talking to me at this moment was that of a father. I\u0026nbsp;\n\nclearly needed a bath, and honestly me being sick is hitting the vulnerable daddy issues that a young\u0026nbsp;\n\ncollege age pup must have.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“But first-”\u0026nbsp;\n\n“But first I need a bath.” If I'm going to dive into something Imma do it myself. That's the\u0026nbsp;\n\nWelles way.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Yes, a bath.” Teddy looked towards my bathroom and walked in.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“At least that's clean.” I smiled toothily as I toddled behind him.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“I'm ordering soup for you.” Teddy put the drain in the tub, and turned on the water. Digging\u0026nbsp;\n\nthrough the diaper bag, he pulled out some smelling salts to add to the tub. “This should help you feel\u0026nbsp;\n\nbetter, my wife packs for most situations.”\u0026nbsp;\n\n“The way she's about to pack you.” I asked “innocently.”\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Yes, but don't think you can get it too.” Teddy's took off his glasses\u0026nbsp; and set them on the tray.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Ja, I know.” The air smelled like mint and lavender as steam rose from the water. I began to\u0026nbsp;\n\ntake off my clothes when Teddy began to help.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Teddy, I can do it myself.” I whined.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Hey, even tough guys need help some time.” He could see right through the macho act I was\u0026nbsp;\n\nfailing to pull. Teddy helped me out of my clothes, my dress shoes, socks and saved the underwear for\u0026nbsp;\n\nlast.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Can you turn away for this one.” I asked.\n\n\u0026nbsp;Teddy folded his arms with dismay.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“I've been around for a long time and seen em all before,” Teddy turned his back, “ But, I'll give\n\n\u0026nbsp;the pup some space.”\u0026nbsp;\n\nI thanked him, quickly shimmying off my boxer briefs, they where dried but smelled faintly of\u0026nbsp;\n\npee. My back was turned I felt his hands lift me in the air, and gently into the water.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“There you go pup.” said Teddy.\n\n\u0026nbsp;The water felt soothing to my achy body, like every ache in my body seem to relax. It reminded\u0026nbsp;\n\nme of the baths I would get at home during these cold months. Teddy scrubbed my hair, he kept his\u0026nbsp;\n\nclaws very manicured but they felt good on my scalp.\u0026nbsp; I tried to fake it but my curly tail gave it away.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Baths do work I guess.” Teddy drained the water in the tub before grabbing a fluffy towel to\u0026nbsp;\n\ndry me off.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“I can do the rest myself.” I squeaked.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Yes I know Manny, but lemme get behind your ears.” he replied.\u0026nbsp;\n\nTeddy actually gave me some privacy to dry off the rest of my bits. There's a certain level of\u0026nbsp;\n\nautonomy I would like to have, I'm not that helpless. Wrapping the towel around me I walked into the\u0026nbsp;\n\nliving quarters sectioned off by a curtain. On the floor was the diaper-I mean pullup, and a two piece\u0026nbsp;\n\npajama set clearly designed for pups.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Teddy do I have to?” I asked.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“I'm not the one with little to no fur and a broken fever but you can just wear the pullup,” he\u0026nbsp;\n\npicked it up, closed his eyes to give me privacy and opened it for me to step in it, “That's not\u0026nbsp;\n\nnegotiable.”\u0026nbsp;\n\nRolling my eyes, I steadied my hands onto his shoulders and stepped into a snug fit. The\u0026nbsp;\n\npajamas came next, as I noticed some fresh linen on my bed.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Oh sweet I knew I had some stuff.” I walked, noticing the subtle crinkles with every step\u0026nbsp;\n\nmixed emotions filled my brain.\n\n“Get some rest, I'll wake you up when soup and stuff is here.” Teddy asked.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“What do you mean by stuff?” I groggily asked.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Some pup appropriate stuff.” Teddy smiled, the bath really wore me out.\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt wasn't the bus, the sneeze, or fainting on the first day of work that stopped me. It was this\u0026nbsp;\n\ndamn bear.\n\n\u0026nbsp;Achoo.\n\nChapter 3: Tissue please\n\n\u0026nbsp;The best kind of sleep is usually the kind that comes from a long hard day of work. The second,\u0026nbsp;\n\nfrom a broken fever.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Hey, pup how are you feeling?” Teddy asked.\n\n\u0026nbsp;Dreams are often the subconscious way of telling us about ourselves. It's a dialogue between\u0026nbsp;\n\nour subconscious and conscious reasoning, or dreams are just the way the brain replay the day.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Tired.” I replied, snuggling something soft and fluffy.\u0026nbsp;\n\nMost people aren't aware of a dream. Yet some, like myself, have become hyper-aware of\u0026nbsp;\n\nthings. Our rational brains piloting and overriding the basic emotional needs.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Shhhhh, then rest, but I gotta check on your pull-up pup.” Teddy gingerly lowered my\u0026nbsp;\n\npajamas. I was very much soaked.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“I'm sorry,” I was too tired to blush but it felt like a whine. This is a dream I am sure of it.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“It's okay, mijo.”\u0026nbsp; Teddy pulled my pant's back up and put the blanket back on me.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Where are you going ?” I asked.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“To get you a change pup, you may need something thicker.” He replied.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Like?”\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Well, I got some diapers for you.” Teddy in his older papa bear ways pulled out some cute\u0026nbsp;\n\nteddy bear prints.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Pues...” groaning. This has to be a dream.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Don't give me that pues, you're down to your last sheets, if you want I can take them to my\u0026nbsp;\n\nplace and wash them after I get you changed and fed.” Teddy pulled the sheets, revealing my sleepy\u0026nbsp;\n\npuppy body.\n\n“J..just make it quick.” I said covering my face.\n\n\u0026nbsp;First came the sensation of my pajama bottoms being tugged away, next came the sounds of my\u0026nbsp;\n\npull-up tearing. Lastly the cold air hit my skin, I was very wet.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Any longer and you would be out of luck.” The cold sensation of wipes shiver up my spine.\u0026nbsp;\n\nMaybe I am not dreaming after all, it feels too real. “I'm almost done Manny.”\n\n\u0026nbsp;“H-hurry up.” I let out a small puppy bark.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Geez, someone's a fussy puppy.” Powder was dusted on my bits, as a diaper was snugly tapped\n\n\u0026nbsp;on me.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“See, all done.” Teddy took my hands away from my face. He had this shit eating grin, or well I\u0026nbsp;\n\nthink it's a shit eating grin but I'm also embarrassed.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Shit, I'm not dreaming.” I shifted my legs a bit, crinkling filled me with every step.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“No,” Teddy stood up, walking across the boxes and random junk that splayed around my room.\n\n\u0026nbsp;I saw him head towards the kitchen, my sense of smell must be shot. A few minutes later, teddy came\u0026nbsp;\n\nback with some soup and a spoon.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“You shouldn't have done this.” yet, as teddy grew closer the smell of the soup finally hit my\u0026nbsp;\n\nnose. It smelled like home and love.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“No, you are a grown dog,” Teddy sat on the bed, placing the tray on my lap,”but judging from\u0026nbsp;\n\nwhat I saw and heard, you really needed someone to look after you for a few hours.”\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Fine, you got me there.” I grabbed the soup, blowing on it a few times, and took a sip. I could\u0026nbsp;\n\ntell this wasn't some store bought stuff.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“It's my wife's recipe,” Teddy reached close to me and pulled a stuffed animal away from my\u0026nbsp;\n\ntray. “I also found this under all those boxes.”\u0026nbsp;\n\n“So that what I was hugging.” I paused between slurps to contemplate my day. It started out\u0026nbsp;\n\nwith me on top of my game and somehow I ended up here.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“What's on your mind Manny?” Teddy asked.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Nothing, really just -wait what do you mean by heard?” I asked.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Oh, you where doing that thing dogs do in their sleep. Apparently you are a bit of a sleep\u0026nbsp;\n\ntalker.” He winked.\n\n\u0026nbsp;The soup was doing it's work, I felt the heat rise from my face again.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“What did you mean by that?” I asked nervously.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“Nothing you should worry about kiddo.” Teddy stood up and smirked at me. Walking across\u0026nbsp;\n\nthe closed off area that is my bed, he grabbed a black trash-bag and my basket.\n\n\u0026nbsp;What did dream me say to warrant such a look? I took a bite from some chunks of protein in my\n\n\u0026nbsp;soup. This day felt weird.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“I'm going to put these in my car,\u0026nbsp; and check in on you in a few.” Teddy with a grunt picked up\u0026nbsp;\n\nmy clothes and walked off. Apparently he made a pathway through the boxes. What ever dream me\u0026nbsp;\n\nsaid, I'm sure it will be brought up shortly. The soup really did hit the spot.\u0026nbsp; I was allerted by a phone\u0026nbsp;\n\nnotification next to my bedstand. It was a message from my mom:\n\n\u0026nbsp;Your job called, they said you got sick mijo. I'm sending you some money to get medicine and\u0026nbsp;\n\nsome food, no arguing with me on this, we will be fine.\n\n\u0026nbsp;Mom\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Fuck she didn't have to.” She already had enough on her plato to worry about. I changed my\u0026nbsp;\n\nmajor from art to this for the family, even though she would be against it. Someone's got to look out for\n\n\u0026nbsp;them, dad's not around. It gotta be me.\n\n“Pup, I'm back,” Teddy walked back in. I felt tears streaming from my face.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“H-hey ted! Um thank you for everything.” I tried to wipe away the snot from my nose and\u0026nbsp;\n\nface.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“What's wrong, was it something I said?” Teddy asked.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Nada- it's not you. “ I took a deep breath, “My mom found out I was sick and sent me some\u0026nbsp;\n\nmoney.”\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Normally pup's like you would love pocket change, why are u so upset about it?” Tedy asked.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“See, I didn't want my mom to take care of me, I could take care of me, I wanted her to worry\u0026nbsp;\n\nabout my brothers.” I huffed. Yes it was silly, but I was the one who made it this far in college. I wanted\n\n\u0026nbsp;to stand on my own merit.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Ok, so while I understand, but as a parent I think you're being a bit too prideful.” Teddy\u0026nbsp;\n\ngrabbed my tray and walked back to the kitchen. I rolled on my tummy adjusting to the new thickness\u0026nbsp;\n\nof my current attire before shimmying off of my bed and followed him to the kitchen\n\n\u0026nbsp;“R-really,” I asked, toddling behind him.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Yes, parent's want to love and support you no matter what.” He placed my bowl in the dishes,\u0026nbsp;\n\nwalked to the fridge and grabbed some orange juice. Then across the fridge was my cupboard and a\u0026nbsp;\n\nstep ladder. From there he pulled a cup with a thick straw at the end. It was an insulated cup used for\u0026nbsp;\n\nsmaller cubs but it was the perfect size for me and my workouts. Lastly he took some liquid fever\u0026nbsp;\n\nreducer and handed it to me to drink.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“It's not fair.” I interjected.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Maybe,” he poured some juice in my cup, “but it's not your say when people choose to help\u0026nbsp;\n\nyou.” He twists the cap tightly.\n\n“I don't want to worry her.” I blushed. I sounded like a brat at this point.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“She's always gonna worry.” Teddy placed the cup down, picked me up with one hand and\u0026nbsp;\n\ngrabbed my cup with the other, “it's what parents do.”\n\n\u0026nbsp;I stood there dumbfounded, at the situation, the kindness, and well being in the arms of a man I\u0026nbsp;\n\nbarely just met but has made me feel like one of his cubs. All I can do was bury my head in his\u0026nbsp;\n\nshoulder.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“If you want to thank her, drink this, get back in bed get some rest.” Teddy carried me back into\u0026nbsp;\n\nbed like the sick puppy that I was at this moment. Tucking me into bed I gingerly drank some juice.\u0026nbsp;\n\nTeddy went into the diaper bag and pulled up a story book.\u0026nbsp;\n\n“What's this, a story before bedtime.” I tried to play it off if I wasn't sitting on my tail I\u0026nbsp;\n\nwould've started wagging.\n\n\u0026nbsp;“Sure, gotta commit to the bit.” Teddy adjusted his glasses and began to read to me. Today was\u0026nbsp;\n\ntiring, and I made a mental note to thank my mom. The medicine took it's effect, as his low warm voice\n\n\u0026nbsp;lulled me to sleep. I did have a lot to think about. Hell, I don't think I actually like accounting enough\u0026nbsp;\n\nto make it a study. These questions would be answered in due time. Right now, I needed to get better.\n\n\u0026nbsp;End."}