Upon hearing Kyle's voice, Squeaks darted out from his 'igloo', and began staring at Kyle through his bright, beady eyes. "Awww, looks like he wants some food!" Aliana deduced.
Aliana then poured some sunflower seeds into her hand, and placed it in front of Squeaks just for him. Predictably, he gobbled up the seeds in double-quick time - and then, once he'd done that, she scooped him out of his cage, and handed him straight to Lydia.
Squeaks sat quite nicely in Aliana's hands, till she handed him over to Lydia, then he started to squirm around squeaking loudly.
Lydia was so startled that she ended up dropping poor Squeaks almost immediately. Fortunately, Aliana was still there - so, with the help of some quick reactions, she caught him before he hit the floor. He was unhurt, but shocked and scared.
"Sorry about that
..." Aliana apologised tearfully, as she stroked Squeaks in order to make him feel better. "Should I put you back?"
Squeaks whined trying to get at Kyle. He squirmed roughly, staring at Kyle.
Aliana gently reached over towards Kyle's bed, and placed him down softly in his hands. The ship was still rocking and shaking a bit - although, it had calmed down somewhat, so his hands were steady enough to hold his pet hamster without fear of dropping him.
Squeaks chittered at Kyle before running off his hands and climbing to his shoulder snuggling against Kyle cutely, which in turn caused Kyle to blush lightly.
Aliana, too, was won over by this - as she blushed heavily at Squeaks's sheer cuteness.
Even Lydia cheered up a bit, as she noticed this out of the corner of her eye. Of course, she wouldn't dare try to hold him again; however, she was very happy to sit ant watch him.
For the next few hours, Kyle and Aliana took turns to cuddle Squeaks - and feed him when he asked for food. The chirpy little hamster was so full of life that it kept them entertained for the rest of the morning.
Then, Nestor barged into the room with an important announcement.
"The ship is all fixed now... get ready to go
!"
Poor Squeaks squealed in fear and jumped off of Kyle into his cage to hide in his igloo.
Kyle frowned. "You scared Squeaks!"
"Oh..." Nestor responded, looking a little sheepish and apologetic. "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to do that
..."
In an attempt to make amends for his misdeeds, Nestor bounded across to Squeaks's cage, reached his hand into the igloo, and grabbed hold of him tightly in his hand.
"Look at you
!" Nestor squeaked, as he stroked the terrified hamster rather forcefully with his empty hand. "You're so wittle and cute
!!!"
Squeaks squealed trying to get free. When he couldn’t he bit Nestor’s hand.