Claustrophobia

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Third Person POV

Irra ran downstairs super excited.

"Mom! Question!" He called bouncing on his toes. Janus pulled away from Tommy. "Yes Irra?" He chuckled after seeing out excited Irra was.

"You said we can have JD over for dinner. I wanna do it. Everyone is kinda just chill right now and I don't wanna waste it." Irra explained.

Janus and Tommy shared a look then looked at Irra. "If his mom says he can. You can find the twins in the Imagination and get them to let him in." Tommy told Irra.

Irra smiled widely and hugged them. "Thanks mom! Thanks dad!" He cheered before running out.

The couple paused. "Dad?" Tommy repeated. Janus smiled. "That's what I heard."

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Irra ran over to the lake and tapped it, calling for JD. JD swam up to the surface. "Hey Irra! What's up?" He asked.

"Are you busy tonight? My mom finally said you could come over for dinner." Irra asked. JD thought for a moment. "I don't think I'm doing anything. I'll go ask my mom." He said before ducking back into the water.

Irra waited on the edge for a few minutes before JD came back. "I'm all good to come over." He smiled. "Yay! Let's go tell the twins so they can get you into the MindPalace." Irra told him.

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The boys ran into the castle and called for the twins attention. Remus was the only twin there.

"What is it boys?" Remus asked as he signed a paper. "Mom said JD could come over for dinner but he can't go into the MindPalace without one of you letting him access it like Damien." Irra explained quickly without pausing to breathe.

Remus chuckled at Irra. "Sure kids. Come on, let's go find Roman." They both cheered.

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Irra brought JD into the MindPalace. "And this is home." He smiled. JD gasped. "Whoa! It's so nice!"

"Virgil. I need my sweater back." Logan said as he and Virgil came downstairs. "No the fuck you don't. It's mine now." Virgil had replaced his sweater for Logan's NASA sweater.

"Guys!" Irra called. "This is my friend JD. JD this is Logan and Virgil." JD waved and greeted the couple.

Logan waved and Virgil saluted, each with their own little introduction. "When mom comes back tell him that I have JD and we're in my room." Irra said before he and JD went upstairs.

"I am so happy you are wearing pants and a sweater to cover up the bite marks." Logan told Virgil. Irra and JD started laughing as they weren't out of earshot. "We heard that!" They called causing Virgil and Logan to blush.

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Janus kissed Tommy's cheek and called everyone for dinner.

The kids scrambled down the stairs, Damien and Logan the only ones smart enough to skip the stairs and just sink into the kitchen. Or in Damien's case, just appear next to Logan silently like the DarkSides. 

The group sat at the table and JD was introduced to everyone.

In all honesty, dinner was great.

JD got a first hand experience at the chaos Irra endured at dinner, though he found it amusing as Irra just fondly rolled his eyes.

He got to see Damien again after the longest while. He got to see how fucking amazing Janus was as Irra described him and how amazing of parents (and cooks) Janus and Tommy are.

He met the rulers he respected so much on a more personal level which was nice. Virgil was an anxious boy and didn't say much but did make brief conversation with JD. He also experienced one of Logan's logical rants after Remus jokingly stated that the Earth is flat.

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Irra and JD were walking back to JD's lake after dinner. He's stayed long than expected as he and Irra hung out with the others and were being strange teens.

JD and Irra stopped at the edge of the water. "Have fun with my chaos?" Irra joked. "Definitely. Your family isn't as bad as you say." JD smirked. Irra gasped in fake shock. "Me? Bad mouth them? Never!"

"Oh the deceitfulness Irra! To much!" JD chuckled. Irra smiled and hugged him. "Thanks for coming over. It was nice to have you around."

JD hugged back. "Of course. You'll definitely have to find a way to come over to my place for dinner. I promise we won't have people." He JD told him.

They broke from the hug and Irra nodded. They bid goodbye and JD jumped into the water.

Irra left the water side and started heading back into the MindPalace.

He felt his arms get grabbed and he was pulled into the woods.

No! I'm kidding. I'm not that mean.

Irra left the waterside and started heading back to the MindPalace.

He enjoyed the stars and pointing out the constellations to Curly as he told stories about them.

Curly didn't mind Irra's rants. Greek Mythology and Mythology in general made his host happy. Who was he to take it away?

"Okay Dionysus. Love this, but you are at the door and you'll more insane then you already are." Curly told him causing Irra to stop.

Irra chuckled and made a joke about how you can't shut him up and went inside.

He and Curly both agreed. Today was a good day.