"Welcome back home!" I greeted Hayden happily.
I waved a hand at him while my other arm was busy holding Little Hayden. Hayden looked at me with a brief look of surprise before his eyes narrowed suspiciously at me and then at the puppy in my arm. I had decided to surprise Hayden a little for a change by waiting for him right at the steps to the main door of the mansion.
"Why are you standing out here?" he asked.
"Waiting for you to come back, obviously," I replied.
"Hmm..." he murmured.
Maybe it’s just my own imagination or the light playing tricks, but I thought Hayden looked a little happy just now.
"Little Hayden say, ’welcome back’ too, Hayden," I talked to the puppy in a sweet cooing voice.
"Why are you talking to the dog? He probably doesn’t understand a thing," Hayden muttered darkly.
"I think he does understand somethings..." I countered stubbornly.
"Let’s go inside. You don’t need to wait for me outside," Hayden said a little sternly as he walked past me into the mansion.
I smiled a little to myself before following him back inside. In my mind, I had already decided to wait for him outside again tomorrow because I was more than half convinced that he seemed a little happy about it.
"Isn’t that, right?" I whispered softly into Little Hayden’s large and pointy ear.
Suddenly, Hayden’s phone started ringing. He quickly picked it up as if he was expecting a call before standing up from his seat and exiting the room. I stared after him curiously. It wasn’t exactly usual for Hayden to walk out to take a call but the again it wasn’t usual for Hayden to get a call at this hour either. Work must be busy. I hoped that everything was alright.
Since the phone call was taking a while, I placed Little Hayden down so that he could walk about and also start on his own meal. Having some spare time on my hand, I decided to rummage through the large brown box filled with things that Hayden had bought for Little Hayden. I bet there are many toys in here that Hayden can use to play with the puppy. Maybe this ball and this rope?
Is this supposed to be used for tug of war?
I was still going through the box looking for dog toys when the door to the room opened and closed firmly. Looking up, I saw Hayden entered the room casually.
"Hayden! Come here for a second," I called out to him and beckoned him over with a wave of my hand.
**woof woof**
I looked down to see Little Hayden sitting right by my side with his little tail wagging joyfully. His brown eyes stared up at me as he panted from excitement.
"I told you that the name would be a problem. You’ll call me and he’ll turn up too," Hayden complained as he came to my side.
He stared down at the dog before crouching down next to me. He was right but I liked the name, so I didn’t want to change it. I knew that everyone found it weird but Hayden gave me this dog, so I wanted to name the dog after him...a little.
"I don’t know...I guess I don’t really want to change it. He knows his name already too..." I murmured a little sadly.
Hayden just sighed at me before he dropped the topic. Little Hayden looked up at Hayden curiously before snuggling next to his lap.
--To be continued...