Jay Kidman's Card story – Jay Kidman's dilemma

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Jay: ~~~♪

Billy: Ah, it's Jay!

Jay: Oh, Billy. Funny how we're meeting downtown even though it's a day off, huh?

Billy: For real, for real~♪
Have you just finished patrolling, Jay? You were humming, you must be in a good mood.

Jay: Haha, you heard me?
I have the rest of the day off now that patrol is over so... I'm going to spend it with my son. ♪

Billy: Wow! I see, you're meeting Jay Jr after such a long time!
So that's why you were humming~. Have you already decided where and what you'll do? 

Jay: No... we just decided to meet up at Yellow West shopping mall.
Since I have enough time to spend with him, I want to listen to his selfish desires all day today.

Billy: Nfufu, you really should. ♪ Pamper him, but make sure you have fun too~

Jay: Thank you, Billy. By the way, wasn't your outing with Gray today?

Billy: YES! We're finally going to play laser tag~
But Gray said he had something to do before, soー

Gray: Billy-kun... and Jay-san?

Jay: Ooh, speak of the devilー

Buddy: Woof, woof! Woof!

Jay: Uwoah!?

Gray: Ah, Buddy, no! Don't go to Jay-san...!

Buddy: Yelp, yelp! Yelp~!

Jay: Ah, haha... It's been a while, Buddy... How have you been?

Billy: HAHAHA~ Geez, Jay, you're not laughing at all! Where did the good mood you were in earlier go~?

Gray: I'm s- s- so sorry, Jay-san... I didn't think you'd be here, too...

Jay: No, me being here is just a coincidence, so you couldn't have known... Neither you nor Buddy are in the wrong, okay?

Billy: I shall join you in your quest! And accompany you during your stroll with Buddy-paisen before going to play laser tag! ☆

Buddy: Arf! ♪

Jay: I- Is that so...? Well, make sure to have fun too, since it's your day-off.

Billy: Gotcha! You too, Jay~♪



Jay: ......

Billy: Ah, Jay! Welcome baaack! ♪

Gray: Jay-san, welcome back...
Uhm... What's wrong? You look rather down...

Jay: Hmm~...

Billy: You met with Jay Jr, right? ... Did you run into a problem or something?

Jay: A problem... A problem, huh...?
Well, I guess it is quite a huge problem for me.

Billy & Gray: Eeh!?

Jay: Today I went shopping with my son, we ate delicious food, talked a lot... we enjoyed what there was to just as planned.
It was one of the best days I've had just because I could meet my son after so long, but...

Billy: S- So what the heck...?

Jay: The thing is...
It seems that my son's getting a dog.

Billy & Gray: !!

Jay: He's always been an animal lover, he kept saying he wanted a dog or a cat...
He was so happy when he told me his mother finally gave him permission.
We saw a lot of dogs at the pet shops that were at the mall, too...

Billy: Wow... Are you okay, Jay?

Gray: By the way, what breed of dog does he plan to get...?

Jay: That still hasn't been settled on, but... he said he's fine with small dogs like Chihuahuas.

Gray: Chi- Chihuahuas... traumatized you...

Jay: I haven't talked about that to my son. I'm trying to be a cool daddy to compensate for when I can't stay by his side...
But it had the opposite result from the one I intended and now it's come to this...

Billy: B- But he'll keep it at home, right? It won't particularly trouble you...

Jay: That'd be ideal. However, on our way home my clueless son said: "Let's go to the dog park with the puppy next time, daddy"...

Billy & Gray: Woah... 

Jay: But I did think about coming clean. My odd pride got in the way and so... Hah, how pathetic...
... Is this a sign that my son is growing away from his dad?
Is this a God masked as a Chihuahua coming to redress me for all the times I said I'd meet him, but in the end didn'tー



Asch: Are you an idiot?

Jay: Wh... Asch!?

Asch: What a bunch of crap, and here I thought you looked unusually miserable...
You lectures others with that awful, cock-of-the-walk attitude to stop being negative and yet, look at you.

Jay: ......!

Asch: Well, your relationship with your son is less than irrelevant to me.
But I don't like that indecisive attitude. It's getting moldy here, so don't try to enter our room in that state.

Jay: That's...

Billy: Gee~ Asch-paisen. It's hard to tell if you're cheering him up or not~.

Asch: Hah? Don't get me wrong, I ain't trying to cheer him up at all.

Billy: My, my... But, what Asch-paisen is saying is certainly true.
You want to keep meeting Jay Jr, right? You want to give that up for just one Chihuahua?

Jay: N- No way. Not a chance!

Billy: Then you have to immediately switch from negative Jay to positive Jay!

Gray: Uhm, Jay-san... If it's okay with you, would you like to practice with Buddy...?
He doesn't look like a Chihuahua, but if it can help you get used to dogs, I was thinking he could work...

Jay: I- Is that okay with you, Gray...?

Gray: Of course... I'm always in your care, so... I'll help any way I can.

Billy: Me too, me too~! The same goes for Asch-paisen, of course. ♪

Asch: Wh...

Billy: It'll be easy for you to get 101 Chihuahuas if you use your magic card, no?

Jay: One... 101...

Asch: ......
I kinda wanna see the old man surrounded by 101 Chihuahuas. Kuku...

Jay: U- Uhm, Asch... That's a joke, right?

Billy: HAHAHA~! If we brainstorm about it together, I think we can come up with as many solutions as you want. ♪

Gray: Yes... You're right, Billy-kun...

Jay: You guys...

What was I even moping around?
Compared to the difficulties I had to overcome so far, I'm sure 1 or 2 Chihuahuas are no big deal...
I'll calm down, cool off and rethink about what to do.
Thanks for cheering me up. You brought me to my senses.

Billy: Yaaay~! Now we're talking, Jay Kidman... ☆

Gray: I'm really happy to hear that... I will do anything I can if you need help, so...

Asch: ... Tch, what a troublesome old man. Get it together!

Jay: Haha... What a reliable team this has become. ♪