My new pet, is a Unicorn?

The sky was clear and blue.

The sun shined high in the sky. Kids were at the park playing with their friends, parents and siblings. Mothers and Fathers pushing their children on swings, birds eating seeds off the ground from an elderly women pulling more seeds off of her bag. A man was down on his knees holding a tiny black box and showing it to the women he loved; everyone would already know what’s bound to happen between those two, there’s a say: “Love is love,” and what would men do to be with the women they love so dear.

The women squealed like a fan girl when the man asked her to marry him, and she instantly accepted the offer. Far off from the two love birds was Anon. He was sitting on a bench watching the two couple from a-far; he came to the park because he wanted some time to clear his mind, and put the pieces of his heart back together.

It still hurts just remembering how it all ended.

Two days ago, he got a call from his ex-girlfriend: she was talking to him over the phone, explaining that Both of them should take a brake. She apologized but Anon told her it was okay; on the outside he was fine to his friends and including her they thought he took it very well like it didn’t hurt him at all. But deep down. His heart was shattered to thousands of pieces.

There were times were he would wake up at night and he’d felt like his heart was being stabbed over and over again. And the cycle repeated every night he’d go to sleep. But Anon stayed strong not just for himself, but for his friends as well.

“Yo Anon!”

His thoughts were interrupted by a familiar voice. He turned to look behind his shoulder and saw his childhood friend, Ben. He wore a orange tangerine jacket, blue jeans, a beanie over his head and had black gloves to keep his hands warm. One eye was normal on the right a perfect chocolate brown color. The one on the left was the opposite, they were contacts.

“Ben,” Said Anon. “What’re you doing here?”

“Looking for you, big boy.” Ben responded before jumping over the bench landing safely while putting his hands over his head and letting out a relaxing sigh. “You didn’t answer any of my calls! Sooooo I decided to find you here, since this is your "secret" spot.”

Anon crossed his arms and looked at him curiously. “And how did you know this was my spot?” Anon asked Ben.

He hummed for what it felt like two minutes and tap his chin with his index finger.

“I don’t know I just guessed.” He replied shrugging his shoulders. Anon let a sigh before turning away from Ben and staring at the ground.

“What do you want Ben? Shouldn’t you be with Chris right now?”

Ben’s expression change from a smile to a pouty face. He huffed then turned away from you, crossing his arms like a wompy five year old.
“Well! If you must know Chris is out of town and he won’t be back until Christmas.” Ben responded. “Ugh and I miss him already too!” He cried. “I was gonna go take him out for dinner, go ice skating with him and—

Ben stoped when he notice Anon bitting his lips holding in a few chuckles. Ben felt his cheeks went beat red feeling a bit embarrassed and glared at him. “W-What!?”

Anon lifted his head to face him. “You’re so gay Ben.”

“Hey! I maybe gay but I’m proud of it!” He pointed out while placing his hands over his hips. There was a moment of silence between the two and Ben changes the subject. “Look um, you sure your doing okay? You know after what happened?” Ben asked with a bit of concern.

He looked at Ben his face filled with worry; he knew what he was talking about and Anon didn’t want to bring it up again. He placed his hand on his shoulder and smiled.

“I’m fine.” He said reassuring him. Ben sigh out of relief, leting all the worry he had be pushed out of him. And then like a light bulb an idea came to sparked in his mind.

“Hey you know I was thinking. We should get you a dog!”

Anon blinked. “A dog?”

“Yeah! Dogs make everyones lives better, my sister’s got a dog, my grandma has a dog and they made them happy so I’m sure it’ll do the same for you!”

A part of himwasn’t sure about the idea let alone having a pet; the last time Anon had a pet was that time he had a goldfish when he wasfour. Anon left his fish for a few minutes to head into the bathroom but when he came back he found his fish being swallowed hole by his neighbors cat Vicky. Those were bad days that he’d never want to go through again.

“I’m not sure...” Anon responded.

“Huh?” Ben looked at Anon with a perplexed look while scratching his head. “Why not? Dogs are awesome!?”

“Yeah I know,” he explained before Anon stood up and walked pass him. “I just don’t think I’m ready for that kind of responsibility.”

“But wait!” Ben followed after him and stopped him by waving his hands. He reaches for his pocket and pulls out a card, he places it on the palm of Anon’s hand and closes it. “Here.” He said before rolling his body around and walked to the other direction.

“W-What— Ben!” Anon turned to his shoulder watching Ben leave. “What is this!?”

“Get yourself a dog Anon! Trust me! It’ll all be worth it!” He shouted without looking at him and kept walking straight.

Anon was alone once again. What was that all about? Why was Ben so eager for him to get a new pet; he doubt having a pet would somehow cheer him up let alone having a dog in his apartment. Anon looked down at the card he’d given him and read the logo.

Armies, Pet store.

There was an address on the card, this place is out of town and it’s not to far from were he is. He let out a defeated sigh and shoved the card down in his pocket before heading off.

Anon finally made it to his destination there weren’t many cars nearby so his was the only one in the parking-lot. After he’d stepped out of his vehicle he made his way towards the double doors before pushing through them gently and hearing the bell ring.

One of the employees saw him come in and stepped towards him with a smile on their faces. She wore her uniform with her name-badge on the right side of her chest, her hair was wrapped up in a ponytail and had mascara on her eyes.

“Hello sir.” She greeted “How May I serve you today?”

“Oh nothing really I’m just here to look around.” He replied.

“Are you here to find a new pet?”

“I guess I am..”

“Well then you came to the right place! Whatever you want to get whether it’s a dog or kitten, reptile whatever you desire you’ll find them in the next room.”

He looked to his left where the girl pointed and saw another door. He nodded to the girl in front of him and made his way towards it on the way there he started thinking on what kind of pet he wanted. He still wasn’t sure about having a dog and cats were out of the question since he’s allergic to them. Maybe a husky? He always loved huskies, he always wanted to have one ever since he was little.

Yes, a husky would be enough.

As he turned the nob while pulling the door open he entered. His ears were field by so many noises: there were many barks and meows from left to right, birds chirping and humming loudly and wolves howling along with their cubs joining with them. As he walk down the hall passing all of their holding pins he began looking at them one by one.

On the fifth pin was a bull-dog wagging his tail while panting very heavily. The sixth pin was a golden retriever who was also wagging its tail and panting but when she saw him she got excited and almost jumped at him but only to be blocked by the metal bars. The seventh pin was a unicorn sitting in the corner of the room and—

Wait, a Unicorn?

“What the Hell..?”