Marshall's Love Adventure - Ch 6
#6 of Paw Patrol Love Tales
Marshall gave a loud and long yawn, stretching his body in the process. He gently walked out of his pup house and looked up at the bright blue sky, the sun just barely over the horizon. It was a beautiful morning, one that matched his beautiful dream.
Thinking about the dream now, it made him blush. Zuma and Marshall had been playing Pup Pup Boogie. The couple was having a friendly competition. Marshall was trying to prove to Zuma that he was as good as him, but Zuma wasn't buying it. As a last ditch effort, the spotted pup used his special tail spin move. Of course, being the way that he is, the pup lost his balance and crashed into the Lab pup. The two laughed it off before exchanging a kiss.
"That was one of the best dreams I've had in a long time!" Said the smiley pup.
Since he could only hear the noise of the birds chirping, he decided he would go look around, to see if he had beaten everyone of being the first one up.
"Maybe I'm even awake before Ryder!" Marshall thought to himself.
Since his left paw was still sprained, he was limping. However, he didn't mind. He wasn't going to let a little bandage on his paw stop him...at least not from looking around. As he walked around, it appeared to seem as if everyone was still asleep. Even his best friend Chase, who he had known to be an early pup ever since they first started Paw Patrol together, was still snoozing.
"Silly pups! I wonder what they all must be dreaming about."
When he made his way over to Zuma's pup house, he realized that the Chocolate Lab wasn't in his house. Marshall was a bit puzzled and confused.
"Where could Zuma be? Why isn't he asleep in his home?"
The worried Dalmatian scanned the area around for the pup, limping with every step he took. He thought about calling out his name, but decided to hold out just for a bit. Maybe he would be just around the corner, and calling for Zuma might just wake everyone up.
After coming around a full circle, he saw the brown pup near a tree. Despite how much it hurt his left paw, he ran towards him.
After making sure he wasn't hurt in any way, Marshall nuzzled the pup on the cheek to wake him up. Zuma slowly woke up to and let out a soft yawn. Worn out by the night before, it took Zuma a minute before he realized Marshall was nuzzling his cheek. He pulled back and stood up right away.
"Morning sleepyhead! What are you doing sleeping out here?" A confused Marshall asked.
"Um, well....I couldn't sleep so I came to check on you last night to make sure you were okay. I just ended up sleeping here."
"Well why didn't you go back to your pup house to sleep?" Marshall tilted his head as he asked.
Zuma was dumbfounded for a moment. Part of it was because he didn't know how, or even what, to answer. He didn't want Marshall knowing what he had been thinking last night, because even Zuma had been unclear about the whole thing. The other part was because of Marshall...those eyes. Beautiful blue eyes. The way they looked at him. The way Zuma looked at them back. It was like a vortex, pulling you in. Unknown to Zuma, Marshall was thinking the same thing about the pup's honey colored eyes as he waited for a response. Finally, Zuma shook his head.
"I was just really tired!" Zuma nervously replied and chuckled. "Um, I gonna go get some more rest, dude! See ya later!"
And with that, the Chocolate Lab ran off to his pup house, making sure to get home some before being bombarded with more questions. He ran to forget the questions. The weird love feelings. To forget Marshall. A saddened and very bewildered pup with spots just stood there as he saw Zuma run into his house.
"What just happened?" Marshall thought to himself. "Did Zuma just run away....from me? Is that why he pulled away or acting strange? Is there something he isn't telling me?"
Tears started to roll in as the hurt Dalmatian, physically and emotionally, limped back to his house. Zuma was frustrated. He looked at the floor. No way is he getting feelings for another male pup. It's not how things work...right?