A/N: Written for the Digimon Flash Bingo Challenge on the Digimon Fanfiction Challenges Forum (link's in my profile!), #472 – under the stairs.

Cleaning Sprint

Patamon found a lot of places inside TK's house to hide from his mother. He was small, which made it easy. He didn't need to pretend to be a baby with a bonnet, or a funny looking human in a hoodie (and he thought humans were funny enough looking without that addition). He could fit into corners, like under TK's desk or under the lampshade or even in the pot plant by the front step.

Unfortunately, TK's mother is rather thorough in her cleaning, so Patamon finds himself rushing from hiding spot to hiding spot during those times. He's hid in draws and behind mirrors and in curtains and even inside the toilet bowel (and straight into the cleaning button as soon as TK's mother's back was turned to wash of the stink). The only place she didn't clean was under the floor and stairs, above the roof and through the walls, but there weren't any loose floorboards or an easily accessed manhole and the stairs (one at the front of the apartment and another at the back) were solid concrete.

Though if there was room under the stairs, Patamon was sure that couldn't be much safer. If there was room for him, there'd be room for TK's mother's cleaning arm too.