WHEN THE RAIN STOPS- Scrutinized [TANNER x LUNA] 2 IN 1

SIDE STORY PT. FORTY NINE

|TANNER|

Another day and another morning of waking up next to my soon to be wife. I gently kissed her head and got out from the covers. Putting a pillow behind her back to act as a make up me for the time being. I know how lonely she gets when I don't do that. Waking up earlier than usual and whatnot. And I wish I could've stayed in bed with her But I had to get up. I had a busy day after all. For I had to go talk to Laurence at his house later on. But I suppose since it would be an hour or so, so the least I could do is cook Luna a good tasting and heathy breakfast. She deserved it after all the drama that happened yesterday. So there I was making her, her favorite type of oatmeal and serving it along with a cold glass of water. Sure it seemed a bit odd but who am I to question what she likes in the morning. "Myyyy loveee!!" I happily sang while skipping into our room. She groaned. "It's time to get upppp!!" "Five more minutes..." "mmm-mm, it's already 12 and you need food in your stomach." "Noooo Im sleeping!!" "Then why are you talking?" "..." she started snoring which was cute and made me laugh but I needed her to get up. So.. I waded her up into a burrito and carried her to the table. Like any normal person would do when their fiancé was being a couch potato. After she finished she plopped her head down. "You done?" "Mhm." ... I sighed and picked the plate up to wash it. "You doing ok?" "Yea, the scrapes just hurt." "Do you want me to-." "No it's ok, I just need some time to heal." I finished washing the plates and walked over to her. Kneeling next to her and petting her head. "Ok...well... I gotta go do something." "Like what?" "Just something." I kissed her head. "See you later love." "Bring me food!!" "I will!"

Once I got to the car I didn't waste time and drove to my brothers house. Where I then found Laurence all by himself. Weird but I suppose Ein and Layla were out with the baby. "So, what do you wanna talk about?" He asked while we sat on the couch. "I want you to stop seeing or asking to see my fiancé." "You mean, Luna." "Same thing." "Just use her name." I turned my body. "Why?" "Because It's her name and I don't think she should be degraded to... that." My hands twitched and I forced my smile up. 'Woww... this guy is delusional.' "I don't think it's degradation. In fact if it was I'm sure Luna wouldn't mind if it was... if you catch my drift. Heh-he.." He slowly turned his head in annoyance while I continued. "Listen, It's fine if you two talk but I'm afraid my jealousy has gotten in the way and I would appreciate it if you-." "Cut the crap. I know you're only here because of the kiss." I nodded and went to stand my ground when he made the situation ten times worse for him. Being 'sober' is beginning to be difficult around Laurence. "And Damn, Anthony was right! Her lips.. MM."

I took a deep inhale "I know this'll sound weird but I really wouldn't mind if you wanted to watch.." my eyes widened in disbelief along with my smile. "Watch, what?"  He stood up and bent down to see me at eye level. "Watch me and Anthony double team her.. we talked about it-."

Right at that moment I gotta say.. I only thought about myself.. as I stood above his body with my knuckles bloody I got reminded of the cold reality. This is my brother in law. And my fiancé's best friends brother.. "Shit." I turned but then I felt a hand grab my leg. I knew I only punched him but I thought he would be knocked out after falling that Hard.. He chuckled. "Just wait til Luna hears about this.." his laugh filled my ears but I kept my composure and crouched down. "And just wait til she hears you've been talking to Anthony... Ya know the guy who assaulted her not too long ago." His smile slowly faded and he got antsy. "You son of bitch you keep your GOD DAMN MOUTH SHUT." I chuckled under my breath and patted his head. Putting my smile away for that he heard my next words closely. "You're gonna tell everyone who asks you got mugged. This meeting never happened and I expect you to leave my fiancé alone. It's unfair I even have to be here but we digress." I stood up. "Have a good day Laurence. I do hope we can be friends one day." My smile returned and I turned to leave. Feeling accomplished that I got rid of our problem.

Then, as promised I went to get Luna food. Her usual burger and fries should do and since she's not feeling so well I decided to buy her a milkshake too. Vanilla. And with a beep of the car locking I was home. I happily sighed. Wondering what my precious Luna was doing this evening. Maybe she was cleaning or watching the TV. Or maybe she had a surprise for me like cake or cookies! "Luuunnaaaa. My loveee!! Where'd you go??" She wasn't in the living room so I guessed she was our room and went to walk there. But then I stopped with a giggle. "Lunaa. Are you hiding from me?" Another giggle led me to the closet. Where I then found my little burrito curled up like I didn't just see her jiggle with laughter.

|LUNA|

Tanner was oblivious! He had no idea I was in the blanket as I heard he yell for me two more times. I was laughing my ass off so I didn't kno-. "Boo." I jumped as he sounded far away just a second ago. He laughed "Aw don't tell me I actually got you Enigma." I scoffed. "You didn't! I was just cold and got a random shiver up my spine. That's all!" "Right." His smile grew but I only rolled my eyes, getting up in frustration I didn't scare him. But in typical Tanner fashion, he grabbed my forearm and yanked me down to his lap. "Aw don't be mad at me my precious. I was merrily joking." He rubbed his thumb on my cheek but when he saw my nose shrivel up he asked what was wrong. ".. you smell different.." "oh so you smell me now huh?" He softly laughed. "No, It's Just your cologne-... smells like, Laurence?" His smile dropped. "How do you know what he smells like?" "Well we did have a threesome with him.." "..." "..." "you're not wrong.." he said while resting his head in his palm while his elbow balanced across my legs on his knee. "Fine! You caught me. Laurence and I have been seeing each other behin-." "Tanner be serious!" I nudged his shoulder while we laughed. "Ok ok-. I was at Layla's house today to talk to him about us. He said he'll back off and our problem is solved!" He lifted me up by my waist and leaned back to the floor in the closet doorway. "Are ya proud of me sunshine?" I nodded and he dropped me on top of him with a big smile on his face. "You're.. perfect my love.. absolutely perfect."

|LAURENCE|

That piece of shirt has no idea what he just started. Doesn't he know I can put his ass in jail?!

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JAIL! OH MY GOD HOW HAVE I NEVER THOUGHT OF IT??

I jumped up with a smile and soon enough I was in my room searching for evidence. He had to have a website right? I mean it couldn't be that hard to find a cannibal's website right? ... i mean there was cannibal cafe on.. eBay? Craigslist? And that guy got caught. So what makes tanner any different?

~TIME SKIP~

An hour or three later and I was still looking for it. "God damn it how hard is it to fi-." "Whatcha need help finding?" I whipped my head up as the voice sounded like Tanner but to my surprise it was just Ein. "Nothing! Just looking up a gift for Lay!" "Really? Lemme help!" He started walking over and I hastily hid all my notes and got to Amazon. But just my luck.. Ein grabbed a sheet and started reading it out loud. "Site 79- bust. Site 80- Nope... How hard is it to find a fucking website?" He glanced up at me. Before skimming the page. "Yea Im trying to find a seller Layla has been looking for an-." "Then why is my brothers name on here?" My eyes widened, I was mortified, brotherly love might actually get in the way of mine. "He-uh- he's helping me. Ya know since Lun-." "All these sites are illegal." "Yea I-. We're making a list for Luna to report to the police-!" "I thought you did you were looking for gifts."

I was speechless.

"Im doing b-bo-." "No. You're trying to-." "What's going on here?" We both stop talking and turned to see Layla with a sleeping baby in her hands. "Nothing honey, we're just talking about the game last night. And how Laurence is gonna regret not rooting for my team." He whipped around and gave me a death stare. Something about this was telling me I was in deep shit. Once Layla went away he slammed his fist down. "Look I know I'm married to your sister but If you turn my brother into the police I will shove my foot so far up your ass you'll be paralyzed not just in your legs but in your fucking brain too. Got it?" I nodded fast and he left. Closing the door on his way out. Then when I was alone I threw Layla and mines laptop off the desk in frustration. "FUCK." It fell to the rug in the center of the room and opened up a new window. The contents of which made me stop my outburst and look. There I saw Luna on her couch in lingerie and a lab coat. Posing for what was labeled 'Luna's Christmas present. Print ASAP!'

... and that's what I did... printed all 30 pages of sweet sweet body to make myself my own book. But not only for my pleasure but to secure the bag.