You pressed the buttons on the clock-in machine, entering the six digit code to sign you in for the start of your shift and then headed off down to the basem*nt labs that were all too familiar to you.
You said ‘hello’ to your fellow coworkers and down the metal steps that creaked and banged with every step.
You pushed open the door to the lab once you reached the bottom of the stairs and was greeted with a slight hub-bub in the large room. You noticed that there was an element of excitement in the room and hastened talk.
Your attention was then caught by something new in the room.
There was no longer one glass cage encased with steel. But two!
One was empty and the other was occupied by a twelve foot long limbed, blue furred creature known as Huggy Wuggy; a plush toy brought to life by you and your fellow coworkers. A creature that you had grown close to over the years and was your absolute number one priority.
Speaking of which, you made your way over to the cage that sat on the opposite side of the room.
Huggy Wuggy sat against the far wall of the cage, his large frame slumped, his head down.
“Huggy!” you called as you stepped up to the large door and key panel.
The large, blue furred toy lifted his head. His dark eyes lit up and his lips drew into a big smile, slightly showing off the sharp teeth hidden. Huggy made a chirping noise of delight as you entered the cage and gently closed the door. Huggy clumsily got to his feet and lumbered over to you.
“Hey, boy.” you cooed as he knelt in front of you and nuzzled his head against your neck and face. You giggled at the contact and rubbed your hands along his soft blue fur. “You missed me, huh?”
A purr came as your answer.
“Yeah, I missed you, too. We’ll get some alone time shortly, though.”
Huggy made a delighted noise in response.
Suddenly, the moment was ruined as there came a commotion.
Both you and Huggy looked round to see the other scientists and some factory workers, looking all in the same direction. At the empty cage.
The large cage, like Huggy’s, was helmed into the wall, but the wall had a large opening like a garage door which opened slowly.
You squinted your eyes, trying to see what was entering the cage…and what you saw made your stomach clench, horribly.
The creature, that was being ushered in by a small group of factory workers, was the same creature as Huggy. From the body shape, eyes, mitten like paws and feet and even the thing bow like tie. The only difference was the fur was pink.
Was this supposed to be some kind of female counterpart to Huggy?
The female creature soon entered the cage and sat down in a corner of the cage as the large door came to a close.
You heard a low growl come from above you, making you glance up. Huggy was snarling at the newcomer. It seemed as though Huggy wasn’t happy that another one of…his kind was in his territory.
“It’s all right, Huggy.” you cooed, reaching a hand up to stroke his crescent head. “She’s in there and we’re in here. It’ll be all–.”
“Hey, (Y/N). Get over here for a minute.” called one of your colleagues.
Furrowing your brow, you made your way to the door of the cage. You heard Huggy following you and turned to him.
“Wait here, Huggy. It’s all right.”
Huggy blinked at you, confused, but did as he was told. You went over to the door and stepped out of the chamber.
“What’s going on?” you asked. The said worker who had shouted over to you. “Who the hell is she?”
“She,” he explained. “Is our latest experiment.”
“Experiment? When did that happen?”
“A month ago.” Replied a female worker “Laith wanted to do some more research. For Huggy to breed.”
Your heart skipped a beat. “B-breed?”
“Yeah, breed. Didn’t you hear me?”
“But…how? We have no inkling that Huggy can breed. He’s an experiment. A living one.”
“Exactly.” said the male worker. “We don’t know and it’s our job to figure these things out. 1-1-7-0 may be an experiment but he’s more than and we may be able to advance with more of his kind at our disposal. Besides, it’ll work for the kids.”
You felt quite sick to your stomach. Why was this happening? Huggy, to breed with that..that female? You glanced over at Huggy who was staring at you, concerned.
Your mind began to race back to all those times you and Huggy had been…intimate together. Those times you had both been intimate when it was just you and Huggy somewhere in the factory or in his cage. At first, it had been to help relieve Huggy and soon it developed into a need and then…something more.
You loved Huggy. More than a human should love a scientific being/toy and the thought–.
Just the thought of Huggy mating with someone that wasn’t you…it just made you sick.
Were…were you jealous?
“So,” said the male worker. “Think you can coax your little friend to come and meet experiment 2-4-8-9.”
“Or…” said the female scientist. “Kissy Missy. Ha! You ever heard such a ridic–?”
But the rest of her words, you drowned them out as your attention soon focused on…Kissy Missy.
The pink plush toy had come out of her stupor and had begun to glance around at the huge room. Her dark eyes seemed a little unfocused, just like Huggy’s had been when he had woken up. She blinked a little and glanced down at the surrounding scientists and factory workers.
“Oooh, someone’s awake.”
Kissy soon lost interest and her gaze went upwards, towards Huggy’s cage. Her eyes darted here and there all over Huggy’s form and began to glitter with glee. Her wide red lips grew into a big smile.
“sh*t.” you whispered.
You walked back to Huggy’s cage and secured yourself inside.
“Hey, (Y/N), where are you–?”
You slammed the door blocking out everything that was beyond the cage. You could feel your body shaking with fear. You couldn’t bring yourself to look up at the female counterpart of your lover. Yet you could hear the high chirping coming from outside the cage and the muffled banging against it.
The sound of footsteps made you look up to see Huggy lumbering over to you and kneeling.
He placed a yellow glowed paw at the top of your head. He could see you were upset and Huggy never liked it when you were upset. He made an odd cooing noise as though asking you what was the matter.
How could you explain this to him? That Kissy Missy was to be his mate from now on and not you?
Huggy made the same cooing noise again.
Still, you did not respond to him, you could feel the tears coming to your eyes and you didn’t want to show yourself up in front of your colleagues.
But there was no fooling Huggy. His free paw came to gently brush across your eyes.
“Thanks, boy.” you sniffed. “Um, they um…you see that pink b-being over there?” you hiccuped nodding over to Kissy who had her own paws against the glass. Huggy let out a disgruntled noise. “Yeah, her. Well, they all want you to meet her.”
Huggy turned his focus back on you.
“I know you don’t like the sound of this - and neither do I - but they want to see what..happens. I’ll come in with you.” you reassured him, taking both of your smaller hands around his large paw. “And if you don’t like…Kissy Missy, then I’ll take you out. I’ll be here with you, okay?”
Huggy Wuggy didn’t look too pleased by this. His lips were pulled into a frown but it seemed to soften a little as he considered your words. After a moment, Huggy finally nodded.
Trying your best to ignore the bile rising in your throat, you turned to the scientists outside and nodded at them. One of them, one you recognised to be Avery, hurried to the door and entered the key code. With a small hiss, the cage opened. Everyone waited with baited breath as you led Huggy out of his cage and over to Kissy Missy’s. The female creature began to get excited, jumping rather clumsily in her cage as Huggy and you came close. She was really annoying you and, it seemed, Huggy, too. Huggy began to snarl and back away a little.
“Would someone calm her down already?” you spat, sending a glare to the others around you as you tried to console Huggy. “She’s clearly bothering him.”
“Do as she says,” called a voice.
Everyone in the room turned to see the master behind Playtime Co. - Elliott Ludwig - standing with your boss, Laith Pierre.
“Do as she says. Or else we’ll get nowhere.” Elliott Ludwig repeated.
A dozen workers ran past you and Huggy and did what they could to subdue the newest experiment. As they did, you moved a little closer to Huggy, manoeuvring your body so that Kissy Missy could properly see what you were doing.
“It’s okay, Huggy. We’re nearly there now, all right?”
Huggy gave you a contented purr and began to nuzzle you affectionately. You giggled and began to pet him, making him purr louder. You glanced over at Kissy and noticed that she had finally calmed down but her gaze was now on you. Kissy stared at you in a curious fashion before her eyes narrowed and bared her shark like teeth at you.
That’s right, bitch. You thought. He’s all mine and won’t look twice at you.
“Okay, she’s all right now,” said Avery. “You wanna carry on?”
You ceased your petting of Huggy and proceeded to lead him to the cage. Huggy seemed to have eyes for you and you alone. The moment the two of you entered the cage, he shuffled closer to your side.
You turned to Avery. “Keep the door open. At all times.”
Avery nodded and stayed by the door.
You then glanced at Kissy as she continued to stare you down as thought you were some annoying insect she longed to squash. You turned your attention to Huggy who was hovering near you, his eyes on you.
“You okay, my sweet?”
But before Huggy could respond, there came a shrill shriek and you found yourself being flung back towards the cage wall, slamming hard into it. You soon collapsed to the ground on your front.
“f*ck!” you hissed. Pain flooded your back making you quiver and curl in on yourself.
There came a loud roar that made you look up to see Huggy attacking Kissy Missy, shoving her into a corner of the cage. His paws became matted as the claws began to elongate and slice at Kissy. Kissy, completely taken aback, had not reacted in time to Huggy’s attack and was doing a terrible job of defending herself.
“Huggy!”
“Separate them now!” came the barking voice of Laith Pierre.
You could hear people responding to Laith’s orders and heard them scrambling to get in the cage.
“No, Huggy!” you cried, fear rising in your veins as a few came in, carrying tranquiliser guns.
Huggy turned at the sound of your voice and lumbered over to you. He wrapped his long limbs around you and pulled you to his chest. He made soft cooing and purring sounds as he nuzzled closer to you.
“I’m all right, Huggy.” you croaked. “It was you I was worried about.”
Huggy chirped in reply and lifted you in his arms like a parent would a child, and made his way through the crowd and back to his own cage.
You peeked over Huggy’s shoulder to see Kissy Missy being cornered and soon hit by several tranquilisers. Kissy toppled over and fell to the ground with a loud crash!
Once inside his cage, Huggy took you to one of the corners of the cage and sat with you tucked in between his legs, his limbs still around you, protectively.
“Thank you, Huggy.” you said, softly against his chest. “I love you so much.”
Huggy purred, happily.
(The End.)
