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For being so damn zany and energetic, there was one odd thing the Warner siblings have to deal with, and that was forcing Wakko to go out.
Strange, right? You’d think he’d want to go out and about, maybe make a few special friends in the way. But no, it went nothing like that.
Instead...
“Wakko.” Yakko begins, mentally formulating a weak plan in his head of how he can trick Wakko into getting out of the tower in his own accord.
Wakko lays on his stomach on the couch, legs crossed as he chews on his sweater collar while playing his new favorite switch game: animal crossing. Yakko sees Dot grimace.
“Wakko, Stop chewing on your shirt!”
Wakko just glares at her, and releases the wet part of his sweater, tongue hanging out.
“Okay. Look. We’re gonna go out for a bit, dot wants to go to Ulta, but I thought we could go get ice cream after! What do you say?” Yakko gives his sweetest, most optimistic smile he could give.
Wakko, of course, sighs and rolls over, his ears flopping against the side of the couch. “I don’t want to go.”
“Come on bud. It won’t be fun without you.”
“No.”
Dot, who is considerably less patient than him, sighs out, annoyed.
“Come on Wakko. You always do this. We’re all going, and you know you never end up staying here anyways.”
“I don’t care. I don’t want to go.”
“Come on-“
“I don’t want to go!” Wakko finally shouts out, frustrated. He takes the toss blanket from the corner of the couch and covers himself, hiding his face underneath.
Dot growls. “You always do this, Wakko! Why do you have to be so damn complicated?!”
“Hey.” Yakko scolds. “Don’t be mean. Look-“
“I don’t care. I don’t want to go.”
“Okay. Go take your bath and-“
“No.”
“You don’t even want to do that?!”
“No! Just leave me alone!” Wakko growls out, tears beginning to form in his eyes. He curls up as tight as he can and grabs the switch again, focusing all his attention onto it.
Yakko sighs, then smiles at his sister sympathetically. “Look dot, why don’t we just-“
“Don’t you dare” Dot glares at him. “Don’t. You promised.”
“But-“
“You always take his side!” Dot finally explodes, and she glares over at Wakko. “You’re such a baby! They call me spoiled but look at you!”
“Angelina!” Yakko snaps, white hot anger bubbling in his stomach, along with something he never usually felt: disappointment.
Dot stiffens up, hugging her shoulders and looking scared for a moment, realizing she really messed up if Yakko used her real name. “Hnngh....” after a moment, she shakes her head and growls at Wakko, whose now sobbing quietly.
“Whatever.” She mumbles and turns to walk away. “Let’s go and do nothing at all today. Just because Prince Wakkorotti wants to stay home for the third week in the row.”
With that, she walks into their room, and slams the door.
Yakko breathes hard, half wanting to go after her and ground her and half wanting to stay here and comfort their little brother. He chooses the second, and he goes to sit next to him.
Wakko’s crying quietly, tongue sticking out moodily. He’s looking down at his switch, refusing to meet Yakko’s eye. He sighs.
“It’s okay Wakko, come here.” Yakko leans in and wraps his arms around his little brother. Wakko squirms for a second, then relaxes his embrace.
“You know,” Yakko’s says after a bit. “Even though Dot was really mean about how she said it, she’s right in a way.”
He feels Wakko stiffen, but rubs his arm and continues. “We can’t be canceling something shes wanted to do just because you want to stay home. It really hurts her, she thinks I take sides. I can’t always be advocating for you, little brother. I know you don’t like going out, especially without warning, but just try okay? It’s not as bad as you think, especially once your out. Please just try, for Dot. She hasn’t been able to go anywhere.”
Wakko kicks his feet lightly, chin pressing against his chest as he looks down, sniffling quietly. He shrugs. “I don’t want to go.” He whimpers.
Yakko sighs, then brightens. “Okay, I have an idea. What if we go to gamestop too? We can get that game you’ve been wanting, overcooked. We can go to ulta first, then after go there. How’s that sound?”
At the mention of him getting a new game, Wakko looks up, tail beginning to wag. “...Okay. Fine.”
“Good.” Yakko smiles.
A few minutes later, he calls Dot over. He doesn’t even have to say anything before she, reluctantly, apologizes. She still looks angry, but after hearing about the plan, she brightens.
Yakko rubs his face, and pats himself on the back. Hey, someone has to give him some credit.
He loves happy endings.