Giant Dancing Hedgehogs are Nightmare Fuel

Chapter 12

“You want me to babysit your brother?”

Pete glances at Vegas and tries not to laugh at the seriousness on his face as he meets Tankhun’s eyes, “Yes.”

Tankhun tilts his head and puts his hands on his hips, “Your seventeen year old brother?”

“He’s just a baby,” Vegas says calmly, “You even said it earlier today. He must be protected.”

Tankhun still seems to be suspicious, then he looks at Pete, “And what do you think of this? You are basically Macau’s other parent now. I don’t know if you’re Ma or Pa. Maybe Pa, considering Vegas’s history of mother henning him non-stop-”

“I think it would be a good idea for Macau to get out of the hospital longer than an hour,” Pete tells him, which is actually a real opinion of his that he will put out there if it means not further talking about becoming a father, “He needs some time away, especially with everything going on more recently. Maybe you can help him with his school work-”

“Your incentive isn’t as good as you think it is, Pete,” Tankhun says, huffing.

“Oh, come on,” Vegas says, forcing himself to sit up, “You were always good at school. You made higher test scores than both Kinn and Kim. The only one who beat you at anything academically was me, and that was only in science and some languages.”

“I’m sorry I don’t read novels in ten different foreign languages or do physics for fun,” Tankhun says, scoffing, then looks at Pete, “You realize you’re dating a complete nerd, right? I mean, you should. You met him when he was in high school. But in case your concussion made you forget, that’s exactly what he is. A nerd.”

“And you’re dating Arm,” Pete points out, only scooting back slightly on the bed when Tankhun takes a step forward in warning. 

“That’s different,” Tankhun says, tilting his chin up, “Arm is hot. He OWNS his nerd aesthetic and tendencies and it makes him even hotter! ”

“Vegas is hot too!”

“Ew!”

“I am,” Vegas says, maintaining a cool demeanor despite Tankhun’s gagging, “Which is why you need to watch Macau. Pete can’t deny me anymore. We need time alone.”

Tankhun groans and gives both of them a fed up look, “So that’s what this is about? You two want to get off in the hospital bed before he’s discharged, just to say that you did it?”

Pete immediately feels his face get red, “Uh…That’s not…Tankhun, please-”

“Yes,” Vegas tells him bluntly, then smiles, “We should have medical assistance close by in case I get hurt. It’s actually a great idea to have sex here.”

Pete immediately starts rethinking agreeing to this and scoots away, “Vegas, we wouldn’t…You know we aren’t going to do anything challenging or strenuous-”