Autumn Secrets ✓

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"You're leaving already?" Hannah asked as I stood up after our breakfast.

"Yeah," I replied while slipping on my jacket. The autumn morning looked quite chilly through the glass paned window.

"Why can't you get a day off? Should I talk to Kristoff?"

"No, please don't disturb the old man," I smiled at her.

"Levi, it's Sunday!" Joshua whined like the kid he was.

"Well, the workshop is open every day," I shrugged to pretend that I was helpless.

Asher rolled his eyes, "Well, that doesn't mean that you can't take a leave at least once."

I sighed, "Now, what do you guys want me to do?"

They all grinned and looked at each other in victory.

"We," Hannah looked at Dennis.

"Want," Dennis said.

"You," Joshua wiggled his eyebrows.

"To," Asher stood up, spreading his arms.

"Take," Seth said, adjusting his specs in place.

"A leave today!" They all sang together.

I pursed my lips to refrain from laughing at their crazy antics.

I shook my head and hesitantly slipped off the jacket, "You guys are impossible."

Hannah jumped excitedly, "I'll call and inform Kris about your once in a lifetime holiday."

I huffed, "Whatever."

She rushed towards me and took my hand, "Today, we're gonna have a family day!"

I smiled and we followed her to enjoy our 'family day'.

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When my sister said family day, I should've guessed that it would be just a bunch of board games and dumb charades, but I didn't complain as long as she looked happy.

Because, in the end, that's all that mattered.

Everybody except for me seemed to have a lot of fun, then again, I was always the boring one among them.

Right now, we were in the living room, tired and hungry, as we waited for Hannah to bring us some snacks.

We were literally forbidden from the kitchen area.

I didn't think that was really necessary. We were all grown-up men for God's sake!

The thing was that nobody had the heart to go against her wishes. We knew that she deeply cared for us. That's the reason she was overprotective of her brothers.

"Ah, finally!" Asher exclaimed as he saw Hannah coming with a tray in her hands.

"Oh, don't be so dramatic," She chuckled, "I didn't even take that long."

Joshua snorted, "Hannah, you know how dramatic Ash can be when he's hungry."

Asher spared a narrowed eye glance at Joshua before focussing his attention on the chips brought by her.

"Dennis, first eat, and then you can continue with your scribbling," Hannah crossed her arms, which indicated that she had shifted into the parent mode.

He just nodded and kept his sketchbook aside. He wasn't the kind of person who talked a lot but still everybody said that I was the one who never talked.