TBATE: A HIGHER BEING

Chapter 74

A/N I saved you all the trouble of compiling all the copy/pasted words in one chapter with small changes. 

And obviously I won't be able to edit some parts so confusion. Do point out something if it doesn't make sense......?

Just don't expect me answering your questions as I only sometimes answer the questions I'm interested in.

Word Count : 8271

“Do you really have to leave again? You just got here.” My mother heaved a sigh as she looked at me from the other side of the dining table.

“Brother, you're going away again? Are you going to almost die again?” my sister asked with a straight face, making her latter question sting all the more. I could tell she was pouting by how her left cheek slightly puffed out more than usual, despite her trying to keep a poker face.

“Eleanor! Don't say such things to your brother,” my mother chastised as she pinched my sister's cheek.

“Arthur, I consider you grown up now. I'm aware that your decisions were made in consideration of your family. Father supports your decision to go… since it's for the sake of your love,” my father affirmed as he gave me a thumbs up, the edges of his lips curling upward.

“Oh God, Dad, please stop,” I groaned at the misunderstanding of being taken as some kind of hormone-induced pubescent that had just been caught with a girlfriend.

“Hehe!” A giggle escaped from my mother's lips. Despite her efforts to try and quickly cover her mouth and resume a serious face, it was already too late.

I could feel my face burning, so I just looked down, shaking my head, unsure of which was worse: my parents worrying about me, or them teasing me like this.

Elijah and Emily sit either side of me doing moves couples usually do, puckering of lips and snuggling, making me sigh. I stood up and pushed Elijah, so he was the one sitting beside Emily.

“You guys should do that with each other, after all, you guys already slept in the same bed” I whispered joking the part of them sleeping together but the blushed face they made already told me that they really did. I can feel someone releasing some bloodlust. And I looked up to see Gavin, Emily's father, glaring at them.

I don't know why, but I have been seeing them together with my parents lately, as if they're guarding them.

Hearing Tyler's blabbering, I walked to his crib to see him energetically reaching for me. I smiled softly as I picked him up and hugged him close to my chest.

“It's only going to take a couple of days, and I'll be with Grandpa Virion. Besides, next week is the Aurora Constellate, so I'll be back home for a while. Like I said in the beginning, this matter is serious,” I tried convincing my parents who were already lost in their imaginations.

“Well, we can't keep babying you forever. You are growing up, I guess, in more ways than one. Just remember that it's better to take things slow, Art. Though, I'm sure you'll at least do better than your father,” my mother mused as she looked helplessly at my father, who got caught off guard by this surprise attack.

My father, who had been doing his best in both his duty as a guard instructor and in his training, looked like he was just stabbed as the teasing comments pierced through his body.

I couldn't help but give them a wry smile before looking at Elijah.

“Don't worry, I'll let everyone know that you're still alive and coming back soon,” Elijah responded as he put his hand on my shoulder while giving me a rather dubious thumbs up.