Living in a Frog World (Male OC x Anne Boonchuy)

Part 1: Chapter 10: Family Shrub

One day while hanging out inside the house, Frank and Anne were asked to help the Plantars with a little family project they had going on. Making the family shrub, which was this world's version of a family tree.

"Thanks for helping us with this, guys," Sprig said as Frank placed glue on the shrub and Anne set the next Plantar family member on it. "Making this a real drag."

"Oh, come on, Sprig, it's interesting to learn about your family," Frank said as he placed down the bug-shaped glue bottle. "If it weren't for my family tree, I wouldn't have learned about my great grandfather being a fighter pilot."

"He was?" Anne asked.

"Oh yeah. Back in World War 2, great-grandpa Rico flew the F6F Hellcat, one of the greatest fighter planes of all time," Frank said with a smile. He placed glue on another part of the shrub.

Anne placed the next family member on the glue before turning to Hop Pop. "You know, Hop Pop, back home we call this a family tree," she said.

"That's 'cause everyone in your world is crazy," Hop Pop said before read opening his book. "Now, where was I? Hmm. Oh, yes, Great Aunt Gertrude. She was a masterful dirt tiller. I mean, how cool is that?"

"Eh," said everyone else, not finding that to be all that interesting.

"Oh, and you can't forget second cousin Alfred. He was the king!" Hop Pop exclaimed.

This got everyone's attention. "A king?" They asked.

"As in a royal king," asked Frank.

"Nope! But he was the king of single-tiered irrigation systems," Hop Pop explained, showing them a picture of his cousin.

The excitement that was present in the kids disappeared as they groaned. "Yep, you lost me," Anne said.

"Our ancestors were boring!" Polly complained.

"Were they really all just farm frogs?" Sprig asked. "Where are the artists? The poets? The dreamers?"

"They never left the farm," Frank said.

"'Just farm frogs?'" Hop Pop spoke with an offended frown. "Kids, the point of the shrub is to give you an appreciation for your past. The Plantar family has layers. You just have to know where to look."

"Layers, huh? Okay, then. Well, what's so special about her?" Anne asked, pointing to a rather young-looking female frog.

"Polliana? Oh, brace yourselves," Hop Pop said, with Polly becoming very interested. "She wasn't just any farmer. She was a turnip farmer!"

All the kids groaned. "And that turned off my excitement," Frank said, setting down the glue and walking over to the couch with Anne.

"Welp, as much as I'd love to help, not gonna find any of my ancestors on your shrub, so..." Anne pulled out her phone, as did Frank. The two started playing games, with Anne playing a Tetris-like game called Slacker Stackers

"Don't have to be blood to be a Plantar, Anne," Hop Pop said.

"No, but you do have to be a master stacker to get to level 46. If I can just..." Anne tried to best the game, only to lose when the sudden death round began. She groaned. "Curse you, sudden death round! Why you so hard?"

"Isn't that kind of..." Frank trailed off when his game suddenly started to become difficult and he tried to keep up with it, only to die a moment later. "Noooo!"

"Kids, this is based on nothing at all, but I'm almost certain that game will rot your brain!" Hop Pop said with a disapproving look.

"Hop Pop, video games are actually really beneficial and can improve your cognitive abilities," Frank explained.