Kate Seems A Little Down Since She Received A Letter...Let's Try To Cheer Her Up!

There we go, the second part begins. This is gonna be interesting...~

"Welcome to the Radiant Garden! What can I do for you today?"

Another day to take care of his beautiful flowers. Even if sometimes customers are ruthless, Kellyn loves his job.

A precious sanctuary that him and Kate managed to build from scratch.

One day, someone new passed through the door to their garden....

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A very, VERY late Valentine's Day special. Please forgive my lateness and enjoy !~

There're MY child! No, they're mine!

Did you know? There's an unspoken tradition running among the older Top Rangers.

When new Top Rangers are recruited by Chairperson Erma, it's not rare that the seniors take them under their wing and make them learn the ropes. However, it happens that sometimes a senior grows quite attached to their junior and starts treating them like their own child.

...But you must know for sure that there are not many recruits to begin with, and too many seniors. Inevitably, some "fights" happen.

To remedy that, they put in place the "Adoption" system where they can fight over "custody". Tu put it simply when 2 seniors want to "adopt" the same junior, they can "fight" over their "adoption papers", and the one winning became the "official parent". And they can do that as much as they want!

Rhythmi even heard from Linda that once 2 seniors fought over a junior adoption paper behind the Ranger Union...

Don't worry, it's not serious. They won't kill each other over that!....Yet.

Anyway, as you might expect, our group has already been "adopted". Sven has Keith, while Wendy got Kellyn. To tell you a secret, Sven challenges Wendy quite regularly over Kellyn's adoption paper, even though he knows that he can't win this battle.

But, they decided to call a truce when Kate became a Top Ranger...That's why she is the only one with 2 "parents". For now.

And the ones concerned by that? They happily go along with it and even add oil to the fire sometimes.

Purr and growl

Kellyn can purr. That's something that surprised everyone at the Union when they heard it for the first time. A low and soft purr, coming from the deepest part of his throat...How adorable!

But, hearing it is quite miraculous since he only purrs when he's feeling safe and warm. Aka, when there's only his close persons in the room.

Or because his boyfriend is cradling him in his arms.

Speaking of Keith, he also surprised the staff of the Union, but not quite for the same reasons as his partner. Unlike him, he doesn't purr; he growls.

Yup. Keith growls. And he traumatized quite the number of people with this ability of his. But, who can blame them? Such a low and deep sound is quite terrifying, especially when combined with his blazing glare, which makes him look like an Arcanine.

....Frankly, if they think that way, that's because they only heard the possessive and/or warning growl. Which he reserves for strangers and jerks of all kinds.

However, he can also growl out of happiness and love. Something that is reserved for Kellyn and nobody else.

Little spoon or big spoon?

Most of the time, Kellyn is a little spoon, but it happens quite often that he becomes the big spoon. Depends on his and Keith's mood.

Speaking of Keith, he's the big spoon 75% of the time. However, he likes being the little one once in a while.

Rhythmi is the little spoon par excellence, who, even if she wanted, can't be the big spoon. Much to Kate's amusement.

And as you expect, Kate's a big spoon. A big spoon who LOVES to tease her precious Rhythmi to no end.

....Well, seems like school is over. Things will start to move soon enough. We can't go back now.

....No, I'm not crying, you are!

Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate?

Kellyn despises coffee from the bottom of his heart. But he still needs it in order to stay awake and function properly. He prefers drinking tea rather than coffee, for that matter. However, he will always take hot chocolate over the two when he can.

Taking Keith's coffee away from him is having a death wish, especially in the morning. Tea makes him sick for some reason. According to him, it's because he had too much of it as a child and had an overdose. Doesn't say no to a good hot chocolate during winter.

Rhythmi swears by Latte and is ABSOLUTELY disgusted by dark plain coffee. Tea is not her cup of tea ( pun intended), but she'll drink it in order to avoid dark coffee. Hot chocolate is a rare treat to her and reserved for private moments.

Kate must be the only one who actively prefers tea over everything else. She really doesn't like coffee, maybe because they all taste the same to her. She likes drinking hot chocolate, but only during winter.

Rhythmi is pretty, that's a well-known fact. She's quite proud of her silky curly hair and takes good care of it. Maybe Arceus decided to reward her for her constant efforts because she looks fabulous, no matter what. Even with her bed hair.

Kate, however....Doesn't have that chance.

And Kellyn and Keith? Oh, they gave up ages ago. They already have enough trouble taming their hair on a daily basis and looking presentable, so their bed hair...

First chapter, yeah! Sorry I was out that long, I was quite busy making this, haha! Welp, hope you'll enjoy!~

The Operation Brighton finally trully begin. First, we need to climb the Altru Tower.