The Next Morning, or actually forenoon

Author's pov:

"Morning, Beautiful.." Throttle groaned when he saw Carbine slowly opening her eyes next to him. "Hmm.. Good morning.. Uhh.. Throttle..?" Carbine yawned tiredly and then sat up on her bed to see the tan furred male mouse laying next to her. "Lay back down.. I'm getting cold otherwise.." Throttle said and then yawned too, lifting his hand on his mouth while stretching himself.

Carbine blushed and nodded before laying back next to him after he had stretched and placed his arms better to make sure the female would lay in them. "Did you sleep well?" Carbine asked while laying in his arms. She just stared at the male who was smiling and looking at her. "What?" She asked and then yawned again.

"You look so beautiful.. I'm happy to have you as my girlfriend" Throttle said making her smile brightly. "Aww.. Did you know that you are such a romantic person, Throttle?" Carbine said and wrapped her arms around him before kissing him deeply. "Am I? And you like it?" Throttle said after kissing her back. Carbine nodded and then felt him wrapping his tail around hers which made her blush. After turning to look at their tails wrapped around each other, she noticed the clock at the wall.

"Has it stopped or is it really forenoon already?" Carbine said but then felt the male's head being pressed against her neck. "I don't care.. I just want this moment to last forever.. Waking up next to you.." He said but then noticed the headache and nausea that started to take over his body. "And the hangover, honey?" Carbine smirked while the male quickly got up from the bed and literally ran to the bathroom.

The Light gray furred female stretched her body before slowly getting up. She had a headache too, but luckily she had got used to that much whiskey, so she didn't have a bad hangover like the others, or at least not yet. She was sure that the males must feel horrible for the day, which was expected after knowing how much they drink that stuff they weren't used to drinking, or at least that amount of it.

"Are you okay, Handsome?" Carbine asked after getting up and walking to the bathroom's door. "Not feeling like one.. Urghh.." She heard him answering weakly before he threw up again. She slowly opened the door and walked inside. "Don't come here.. I don't want you to see me in this state.." Throttle said while leaning against the toilet. "This ain't the worst thing I have seen.. But I am here to help you" Carbine said after closing the door behind her.

"How come?" Throttle said and sounded quite weak. Carbine shook her head and then gently patted his head. "We'll help each other, no matter what the situation is.." Carbine said after squatting in front of him and handling a towel to the male. "Get a shower and come downstairs then. I check the others and then make some meds for you all" Carbine said making him smile a bit. "How don't you have a hangover?" Throttle asked making her giggle. "I have, but not that bad.. You three literally destroyed one bottle.. Blame yourselves" She said and then got up.

"I can believe that from this feeling.." Throttle growled and lifted his hand on his forehead. "Stoker must not appreciate that.." He continued while she walked to the mirror. "I'll deal with him.. But how can you see me beautiful? I look like a total mess!" She said and started to brush her hair that looked like a hairy monster after she had woken up.

"You are.." Throttle smiled and got up from the floor. He flushed the toilet and took off his leather vest. "Want to join me?" He smirked to the female who had got her hair fixed even a bit. "Not if you throw up again.. I should see how the others are.." She said but bit her lip after seeing him without the leather vest.

"Are you sure?" Throttle said after exposing his back muscles. "I know you enjoy the view.." He winked with confidence in his voice. "I sure do, like the first time we met" She said and after that left the bathroom, leaving the male there all alone, with the odor of throwing up filling the air of the room. "I'll always remember that.." Throttle smiled to himself while preparing himself for the shower, knowing the female was heading her way to the downstairs. Neither of them knew what was waiting for them there..

"Vincent!! What have you done?!" Carbine shouted while lifting her hands on her mouth after walking down the stairs to the living room where Vinnie, Harley and Modo had been sleeping. "Could you please shout even louder.. Ugh.. My head.." Vinnie growled and lifted the blanket over his head, not recognizing the situation properly which definitely was a bad mistake.

"I'm sure your head will be your tiniest problem today, bro.." Modo said while he was undoing his bed. Harley was stretching herself on the other side of the small couch, the side that was still looking like one. Meanwhile Vinnie's side looked like a total mess, and surely the white male looked like one too.

"Where do I put these? Oh good morning all of you" Jessica said while carrying the bedsheets and stuff that she had got to lend for the night, in her hands. "There's a laundry basket in the bathroom close to the kitchen.. But this morning is not good anymore.. Vinnie, explain yourself!!" Carbine said before sitting on the larger couch after Modo had got his bedsheets from it. "I'll show you, Jessica. Good morning" Modo said and smiled at her, receiving one back. Next they walked there to take the lent sheets to the laundry, and to go to a safer place from Carbine and her growing anger. Both of them had their heads aching, but not that much as Vinnie, Throttle and Harley did.

"Not now.. I wanna sleep.." Vinnie growled under the blanket, still half asleep. "Oh you will.. You definitely will sleep in your grave if you don't get up in this sec!!" The Black haired female shouted in fierce, making the white male open his eyes and take a small peek under the blanket. He swallowed slowly and turned to look at Harley who was sitting on her side, which was much higher than his for some reason. The Female was just following the situation silently.

"Harley help me.." Vinnie whispered but then felt someone grabbing his tail and pulling himself under the blanket. "Sorry Vinnie.." Harley formed with her mouth and formed an awkward smile while Carbine was pulling the male on the floor, which wasn't actually hard since he was sleeping on it if not count the pieces of broken couch.

"What--?! How did you even manage to do that, Vincent?" They heard Throttle saying who had walked to the living room. "Help me Throttle.. Do something to your girlfriend or I'll never see daylight ever again!" Vinnie whined and quickly got up from the floor after very displeased Carbine had let his tail go. The only reason for that was seeing and smelling Throttle shower fresh.

"Sorry bro.. I still happen to have some kind of instinct for self preservation.." Throttle said while crossing his arms. "But I'm sure that Stoker will be worse than Carbine.. So it's your choice which one you want to face" He continued but deserved a glare from the female. "What did you say about the survival instinct, honey?" Carbine said making the male's eyes wide up before he lifted his hands up in the air.

"I'll go prepare some breakfast! Jessica, Modo you can come help me.." He said fast and left for the kitchen. "I can help with that too!" Harley got up from the couch and followed them fast to the kitchen after Modo and Jessica had gone there. Vinnie just stayed there and looked wide eyed at the black haired female who was definitely more than angry.

"C-Can I still choose Stoker? Ouchh!!" They heard Vinnie saying from the living room, just before hearing a loud smack. Carbine had slapped him across his face quite harshly. "So.. How is everyone feeling?" Modo tried to form any kind of conversation in the kitchen, but that didn't have any kind of change to cover up the noises of whining Vinnie who had been left to face Carbine alone. Or actually not alone, with his bad hangover.

"Better than him.." Throttle said and nodded to the doorway, meaning Vinnie. "Yea.. I guess everyone feels better than him.." Jessica said while helping Harley to make some breakfast. Throttle had started it but the females took over since they wanted something healthy to eat. "Poor guy.." Modo sighed while leaning against his hands, elbows on the table. "I guess there isn't anything scarier than angry Carbine.." Harley chuckled while preparing some berries.

"Haven't known her for long, but I surely agree!" Jessica laughed and then turned to her. "How long have you known her?" She asked Harley but she shook her head. "Not as long as Throttle" She smiled while the male was leaning against the counter and following the breakfast making. "Huh?" He said, receiving a chuckle from Modo which made him raise his other eyebrow.

"When did you meet Carbine?" Jessica asked making him smile for the memory. "Or how, should you ask.." Modo said while smirking. "Oh shut your mouth, big bro!" Throttle rolled his eyes while slapping Modo's arm with his tail. "You know how it happened?" Harley said after turning around to look at them. "Yea.. It's a fun story" Modo said but then heard someone coughing at the doorway, following some whining.

"My head's going to explode.. And my body.. Everything in me.." Vinnie crawled weakly in the kitchen. His ears had a reddish shade and he looked like someone had just driven over him with a tank. Meanwhile Carbine was leaning against the doorway before she walked to Throttle who was still leaning against the counter.

"You deserved it.." She hissed to the white male who collapsed to lay on the floor. "Stoker got himself a new rug.." Modo said while following Vinnie's movements, or stagnation, with his eyes. "Vinnie, are you okay?" Harley squatted next to him while Throttle wrapped his arms around Carbine's waist. "No.." Vinnie whimpered making Carbine just chuckle. "Oh please, I was gentle! Something needed to be left for my uncle too.." She said making the male groan in pain.

"So.. How's the story of you two meeting each other?" Jessica asked politely after turning to look at Carbine and Throttle. "Should we tell them?" Throttle asked making Carbine blush gently. "Should we?" She said while the male lifted his hand on her cheek to pet it gently. "This breakfast is going to take awhile, so.. I'd love to hear it" Harley said after sitting on the floor and lifting Vinnie's head on her lap while leaning against the wall.

"Oh surely if you stay there.." Carbine laughed but then Jessica talked. "It's fine, I can handle this," She said while smiling. "How about the meds, babe?" Throttle asked, making Carbine remember it too. "Oh right! I can do it if you start telling how we met" She said and kissed his cheek gently. "And the truth, dear" She added making him blush and cough.

"Truth?" Jessica raised her other eyebrow as a sign of confusion. "What happened, took his ego down.." Modo laughed making her chuckle too. "Only his ego?" Harley asked but soon regretted it. "While my ego took some damage, something else did get up.." Throttle grinned, but received a gentle slap to his arm from Carbine's elbow while everyone started to laugh at that.

"Well.. It was a time when we were still at the soldier training school at Brimstone.. Carbine had been transported to our group because it was for more advanced people.." Throttle started while rubbing his jaw. Carbine smiled while preparing the medicine from herbs and berries. "Were you teenagers? Since I got to know you, Carbine, at the age of young adult" Harley asked making them turn to look at each other. "Not quite, but it was just a couple of years before I met you, Harley," Carbine said while smiling.

"I had got to the outdoor training grounds on a day that I thought would be just a regular day.." Throttle continued, getting their full attention. "I remember that you had gone there earlier than we had promised each other to meet there that day.." Modo wondered making the tan furred male nod. "And I'm very happy that I did that!" He said while petting Carbine's arm, making the female smile at him even more.

Flashback to that day:

"I was at the same outdoor training ground, just about to end my hour there, when I noticed some guy coming there too.. First I didn't care at all since I wanted to focus on my workout. So I continued doing some pull-ups, but then I heard someone, a very annoying guy, that I haven't met earlier, talking.." Carbine explained.

"You must be new here since I would remember a gorgeous lady like you," A Male mouse said to her making her drop down from the pull-up bar. "Are you talking to me?" The Female answered back sassily. "Who else should I be talking with? You are the only gorgeous one I see here" The Male said and placed his backpack on the ground.

"Talking to.. Not with.. I'm not talking with you.." The Female said and turned her back to the male before jumping back to take her grip to the pull-up bar. She heard the male sighing deeply, making her smirk without him seeing it. He walked away from her, but not far. He walked to the sit-ups platform and started to do some exercises for abdominal muscles.

It didn't take much of his panting that made the female curious. While he focused on his workout, still having the female in his mind, the female turned to look at the male. "Not bad.." She thought to herself before noticing herself smiling at the view. "Like what you see, huh?" His words made her snap back to reality.

"Huh? What?" She said and shook her head. "You were staring at me.. Or actually my muscles.. Do you like what you see?" The Male grinned making her twitch her nose as a sign of dislike. She didn't like the way he was talking to her. So confident, full of himself, so annoying and.. So handsome. Did she really think he was handsome? With all those muscles that were showing quite well, his well shaped body, his long hair, red eyes of his.. No way she could like those kinds of features! No way..

"No.." She rolled her eyes and turned around, her back facing the male who was half-laying at the platform, leaning against his arms to have his upper body a bit up in the air. "I don't believe you, Miss" The Male smirked making her sigh and roll her eyes again. "It's your loss then.." The Female said but before she managed to continue her pull-ups, the male spoke again. "But you must be new here?" He said and deserved a nod from the female. She had been going to another school earlier in the same city, but got transported for an advanced one.

"Did you get your muscles by talking?" The Female said, avoiding the topic he tried to talk about. He chuckled, followed by laughter, and the voice filled her ears which made her freeze at her place. His laugh was so genuine and soft, and at the same time, quite handsome, if laugh can be one. Then one thought filled the female's mind, since she didn't know anyone yet from that part of the city that large, why wouldn't she get to know this guy? He started flirting with her straight away. "He is annoying and full of himself, there must be better guys in here" she thought and then finally managed to continue her workout which was very close to an end for the day.

"I see you have been doing that earlier too? You have nice arms, Miss" The Male spoke again. How couldn't he just keep himself quiet and give her time to focus on just her workout. "Mess my head like that.. How annoying!" She thought and then lifted herself up to sit on the pull-up bar. She saw the male's jaw dropping down a bit, but he tried to cover it to look like a yawn. She saw through it which made her smirk.

"Thanks, but don't get overwhelmed by that.. Why are you still talking to me? Shouldn't you be focused on your workout? This is an outdoor training ground, not a café or a club.." She said while swinging her tail and crossing her legs. "Why shouldn't I? I can focus on more things than just one at a time.. I'm a mouse of many miracles" The Male said and smirked, making the female roll her eyes again.

"Hey! You sound exactly like me!!" Vinnie laughed but then whined because laughing didn't feel good after Carbine's punishment. "He actually did sound like you back then.. But luckily got wiser" Carbine laughed and rubbed Throttle under his jaw making him purr. "Maybe you made me wiser.." He said making her roll her eyes and chuckle. "You need to teach me your ways so I can calm down this one.." Harley giggled and poked Vinnie's nose. "But how did you end up being so close if Carbine you didn't like Throttle at first?" Jessica asked while serving breakfast with Carbine's help. Modo and Throttle lifted Vinnie up from the floor to sit on a chair. All of them started from the medicine Carbine had made, before starting to eat the breakfast. "It took some time.. But like he said.. He was and still is, a mouse of many miracles" Carbine smiled and then nodded Throttle to continue telling the story.

"Well.. A Mouse of many miracles.. How about a competition?" The Female suggested while still swinging her tail, the male would easily see from it that the female was curious, maybe even interested. Was she interested? "Obviously.. I'd be interested if I was a female who meets a male like this.." He thought to himself while chuckling. "What kind of competition?" He asked before the female jumped on the ground from the bar.

"Sit-ups, pull-ups, anything, you choose. If I win, you leave me alone.." The Female said and had confidence in her voice while crossing her arms. "And what if I win?" The Male said and then thought a bit. "If I win, you go out with me!" He said making the female laugh. Her laugh filled his ears. It sounded like just made honey, like a perfect sunny day in summer.. The sound of her laugh was more perfect than a growling motorcycle's engine, which was a lot in his scale.

"Fine.. If that calms you down.." the Female said making him chuckle and got up from the platform. He sat on the edge of it and leaned against his knee with his elbow. He looked up at the female and the view was gorgeous. How he had been so lucky that he had met this Goddess? And she was definitely enjoying the view too, even if she didn't admit it to even herself. Was he more handsome, or more cute, that she couldn't say, but she definitely liked what she saw. The only thing that she didn't like was people that were full of themselves. Confidence was a good thing, but too much of it was too much, and she didn't like that.

"Calm me down? Oh babe.. You would never calm me down.. I'm like an untamed bike that no-one can handle" The Male said but then felt the ground against his back, faster than he could ever expect. "First of all. I'm no-ones 'babe'! And secondly.." The Female growled while pointing at his face and sitting on his lower stomach. She had pushed him on the ground after something had snapped in her head.

"Secondly, you are sitting on the right spot.." The Male grinned making the female realize that too. She got fast up while turning her back to him to make sure he wasn't seeing her blushing even a bit. "Seems like you are a tight packet, Miss" The Male said while getting up from the ground and swiping the dirt from his pants, but as soon as he lifted his head up, he got a quite hard slap across his face.

"Ouch.. That must hurt.." Modo said after taking a bite from the breakfast. "She was training her arms, so what were you expecting to happen if you talk to the female like that?" Harley laughed and could easily imagine the view. "Sadly that didn't calm him down either.." Carbine said sarcastically making Throttle just chuckle confidently. "That just impressed me, even if it did hurt too.." He said and then continued the story.

"What was that for?!" The Male groaned and rubbed his cheek with his hand. "Good punch anyway.." He said, deserving a smirk from the female. "That was a slap, you moron.. You have not seen me punching yet, but if you continue acting like that, it ain't far!" The female said and crossed her arms. "My apologies.. But.. Are you still in the competition?" The Male said curiously. He seriously hoped that he hadn't messed up everything. He didn't know the exact reason why this female got his full attention, but he could only guess it.

"Maybe I'll give you another chance.. But don't ask why.. I don't know that either.. Maybe 'cuz I don't know anyone from here, or maybe because I'm bored.." She said and stretched her arms. "Any reason is fine to me.." The Male said and stopped rubbing his cheek. "Choose the training method already.. Giving another chance doesn't mean I have a whole day to spend here!" The Female demanded and tapped her another foot against the ground, which the male saw quite a cute feature.

"But you do if I win and take you out" The Male grinned making the female roll her eyes over again. "How about both, sit-ups and pull-ups? One minute at a time, and the winner is who does more of them" He said making the female think that a bit. After a moment she nodded. "Fine, do you want to start or..?" She said making the male shake his head. "Ladies first" He smirked, but got another eye rolling from the female.

"What a gentleman.." She started and stopped tapping her foot. "You start. You came first to bother my training.. No excuses" She said making the male sigh and nod. "Alright, but you should start to think about your clothes already for our date, Miss" He smirked and then laid back on the sit-up platform. "Oh shut it.. I count on three and you start. Then I'll count the minute for you" She said making the male nod. "One, two, three, go!" She said and the male started immediately to do the sit-ups.

"He'll break himself.." She thought to herself while watching him and counting the time. Meanwhile the male was so confident about his winning the competition. Even if he was very good at doing the sit-ups, his thoughts about the female made him almost lose his touch. "And three, two, one.. Time's up!" She said after the minute had gone. The Male sat up and he wasn't even panting.

"Good start to my work out for the day.." He grinned confidently. "How much?" The Female said but her jaw almost dropped after she heard the amount. "50 sit-ups, in a minute, darling" The Male smirked and then continued. "You'll turn" He said and got up from the platform. He truly was longer and bigger than her, but she had still easily pushed him on the ground, even if he was unprepared for it.

"I'll make you wipe that smile from your face.. And I told you I'm no-one's darling" She growled and laid down on the platform. "I'll change that sooner than you think. Are you ready?" The Male said while smirking. "For sit-ups, yes.. For your nonsense, no but it seems like I just need to deal with it for a few more minutes.." She said making him chuckle while he lifted his hands on his waist. She had to admit that he looked like a God from that point of view, but now she had other things to concentrate on, more than those muscles of his..

"One, two, three, go!" The Male counted and the female started doing the sit-ups. She didn't get a good start for it, but still was able to amaze the male. "And.. Time's up!" The Male shouted as soon as the minute was gone. The Female was breathing a bit heavily, but just because she had been at the training grounds for a couple of hours already and had done her practice already.

"Did I count 45?" The Male grinned when the female got up from the platform. "How did you..?" She was about to say but got the answer already. "Mouse of many miracles, didn't I tell you that, Miss?" He said making her growl. "Yeah.. 45 it was.." She sighed making him smile and wink at her. "Seems like you really are going out with me!" He said but got a poke to his forehead.

"Not too soon! Still pull-ups left! So get yourself up there" She growled and definitely wasn't happy about losing. "Okay okay!" He laughed while lifting his hands up in the air as a sign of a surrender. The next he walked to the pull-ups bar and got the right position to be ready for it. There was no need for him to jump to it like Carbine needed to do, she truly was shorter than him.

"One, two, three, go!" The Female counted and the male got a sharp start again. He was more confident now since he was leading their little competition. But the minute was soon over again. "Time's up!" She said and the male got down from the bar. "35, ain't bad huh?" He grinned and crossed his arms. "Let me show you how it's done. Move!" She smirked and pushed the male away from the bar, while the male was quite happy about her touch.

"Do I need to lift you there, Miss?" He grinned, deserving a cough and eyes rolling from her. She jumped to the right position and slapped his arm with her tail. "Count already!" She demanded making him smile confidently. "Sure.. One, two and three!" He said and this time she got a better start than she got at the sit-ups.

As soon as the male had counted the minute, she jumped to the ground. "Are you sure you didn't hurt yourself honey?" He said making her glare at him. "I told you to stop that.. And no, I didn't" She said and then formed a confident grin. "If you counted the sit-ups, I guess you did it again with this" She said making the male groan. "45.. You.. Won.." He said and sighed deeply.

"Promise is a promise.. And my training time here is full.. Thank you for nice competition" She said and gently rubbed him under his jaw, leaving him looking at her when she gathered her belongings and left the outdoor training grounds. The Male just stood there, looking at the way she had left, even if she wasn't at his sight anymore. He could still feel her touch under his jaw when he lifted his hand on it. Then a familiar voice made his ears twitch a bit.

"What are you looking at, Throttle?" A Gray furred male said after walking to his friend at the grounds. He lifted his backpack on the ground too, next to his friend's. "Throttle? Throttle?" He repeated his name but got no answer. "Mars is calling Throttle. Do you copy?" He said and waved his hand in front of his friend's face, making him snap back to reality.

"W-What? Oh Modo.. Hey.." He said but then turned to look back at the direction where the light gray furred female had gone. Was he hoping for her to come back? Definitely, that was clear. "Why do you look like you just won every single motorcycle from the galaxy?" The bigger and older male mouse asked and turned to look in the same direction, before turning to look back at this friend.

"How's that?" The Tan furred male asked and turned to look at his friend after being disappointingly sure that the female didn't come back. "Maybe because you are smiling like a fool..?" Modo said and then squatted to his backpack. He grabbed his bottle of water from there and drank a bit from it.

"I.. I met a Goddess.." Throttle said while thinking about the female he had just met. Her light gray fur, her long black hair, her ginger colored eyes which were just a bit darker shade than his own fur, her body, her tail, her ears.. Everything about her, but especially, her laugh and her voice. And not forgetting her nature. How sassy she was. "Oh my.. I need to see her again.." He thought out loud, but had mentioned it to be just a thought in his head.

"Did you hit your head, buddy? Are you okay?" Modo asked while preparing himself for training by stretching his large body. "If I did.. I never want to wake up from this.." Throttle said making his friend even more confused. Modo noticed a few females that were walking past the outdoor training grounds. "Is she one of those?" He asked while nodding towards the group. Throttle turned to look at them but shook his head even if all of them surely noticed the males and got interested about them.

"No.. She was something much better.. Like I said, a Goddess.." He said but then his friend's next words made him freeze. "What was her name?" Modo asked while walking to the push-up platform. "Throttle? What was her name?" He said again after noticing him freezing. "I.. I don't know.." He said and turned to look at him. "You.. What? You don't know?" Modo said while being ready to start the work out, but this needed to be heard first.

"Did you ask?" He continued but his friend shook his head. "I.. I forgot.." Throttle said while lifting his hands on his face and falling on his knees. "How did you manage to do that.." Modo sighed deeply but then patted his friend's shoulder. "How can I ever find her again.." Throttle said desperately.

"Maybe that was a sign from the universe that you need to forget her.. Move on and find another.." Modo said while turning to look at the sky. "No.. I'll find her.. I will.. If I need to turn the whole planet around, I'll do that!" Throttle said while turning to look at his friend. "Oh you sure will, Throttle.. You sure will.." Modo said and then started his daily workout.

"What.. How.. That's.. What was in your mind?! How can you forget to ask her name?!" Vinnie looked at his bro eyes widened. The Medicine was truly good since even he was feeling better already. "He was amazed by my beauty.." Carbine grinned and rubbed Throttle under his jaw like she had done since they first met, and every time it made him purr. "Oh surely.. And I still am.." Throttle said and then wrapped his arms around Carbine who was sitting next to him at the table. He leaned his head against her and hugged her.

"But if you forget to ask her name, how did you two end up being together?" Harley asked making Carbine giggle while Throttle sighed and rolled his eyes. "That's completely another story for another time to tell.." He said while they continued eating their breakfast.