Something new

08. Future

After being caught by his brother-in-law, Ohm felt his whole body getting red and comically tried to hide behind Fluke, oblivious to the fact that this position still left visible a good 25% of his poorly covered body at plain sight. 

Fluke being the older one, also got a bit embarrassed and shocked but only to be surprised by his brother's laugh in sequence.

"Oh my God! You two are so easy to be teased! Relax, guys! I'm not part of the cockblock patrol or whatever!", Cooheart rolled his eyes while explaining to them after calming down. 

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Cooheart felt disgusted watching his brother with his new boyfriend. They were sitting at the kitchen table – the love birds side by side feeding each other, sharing spoons, babbling nonsense, giggling after sharing weird inside jokes and making sure a pink aura was shining bright around them – while the youngest of them was at the other side making a real effort to swallow his food after the nausea the scene caused on him.

But if he put that aside, Cooheart was mature enough to see his brother wasn't happy like this for a while, which made him get confident to bring that certain topic back again.

He cleared his throat to make the couple pay attention to him and when he succeeded – after 3 failed attempts –, he let out a quick "Did you send the confirmation, Fluke?".

The huge bright smile until then looking like it was tattooed on Fluke's face seemed to vanish instantly and he coldly replied feeling annoyed. "Cooheart, not now, please."

Ok, that made Cooheart frustrated.

"Then when? You have a final date to send everything! They will check the documents to see if there is something else missing and…", he was interrupted by the other.

"Not today, Coo. Let's just eat the food, ok? It will get cold if we don't hurry!", Fluke forced a smile and didn't dare to look at Ohm who was looking back and forth between the brothers trying to understand their discussion.

If Cooheart was feeling frustrated, now he was getting really mad because of the voice tone Fluke had used on him, like he was a kid and the older brother was explaining the obvious to him.

"You always say that, but here you are losing your time with this guy – sorry, Ohm, I don't have anything personal against you, he said turning to the tallest among them – when you could have been fighting for your own life, dreams and future! You're always the same, never doing things for yourself! When will you learn the lesson, brother?", Cooheart asked, his voice breaking at the end because he was struggling against his own tears. For a joyful person he considered his biggest weakness not being able to hold back his tears whenever he was upset, adding a big spoon of drama to many things that not necessarily needed that, which also created more tension and extended the disagreement.

"Cooheart, please!", Fluke scolded, giving him a stern look. "We don't need to discuss this now! There are things more important to talk about!", he tried to avert the topic before it was too late.

"Such as?", Cooheart asked rising and eyebrow at him.

"Such as: where did you spend the night?", Fluke shrugged.

The sudden question caught Cooheart in utter disbelief. He couldn't accept his brother was using that to avoid talking about the real issue! "You know I was with Kao! When I got here, you two were so loud – he gave the couple a knowing look – I couldn't stand to be inside my own room! This apartment has thin walls, did you know that?", he answered feeling a wave of satisfaction after making Ohm blush from head to toe and made Fluke reply stuttering.