the secret ᵇʸˡᵉʳ

26- Screaming girls.

2001

The house door opened and shut loudly. Mike and Will turned around. "Ansley? You home?" Will asked.

They both heard a room door shut.  Will flinched and turned to Mike, the ravenette shrugged.

"I'm gonna go check on her." Will said and moved Mikes hand from his waist and walked out of the kitchen.

"Wait for me!" Mike whined and took a pice of the food they were making, he ate it and nodded in approval before walking over to where Will was waiting.

They walked over to Ansleys room and knocked lightly on the door. "Anns, you good?" they didn't get an answer for about ten seconds.

"Yeah i'm fine." Ansley said from inside the room. There was a small quiver in her voice and that told Mike and Will she probably wasn't.

"You sure?" Will asked, Mike stayed quiet and tapped on the wall a little. There was a small hum that came from inside the room.

"Okay.. Well, we're cooking we'll call you when it's ready alright?" Will informed her. She answered with an, 'Okay' before the two walked back to the kitchen.

Mike slid his arms around Wills waist and rested his head on Will's shoulder. "She sounds sad. Should I go check on her, again?" Mike asked as Will cut up some vegetables and shook his head in response.

"Let her be alone for a little, then you can check on her. She might want space if she is sad." Will answered. Pearl pranced into the kitchen and put her paw on Mikes sock.

Mike looked down at the dog and smiled. He let go of Will and went to a cabinet to get some dog food for her. Pearl rushed over to him and spun around in a circle as Mike put some food in her bowl.

She instantly started eating and Mike went back over to Will, sliding his arms right back over his waist. "But what if she's playing some sad song in her room and sliding down the wash bawling her eyes out? I'd be really sad." Mike pouted.

"Mike no you wouldn't. You'd laugh at her and would fail miserably trying to cheer her up. We'll go in together after we finish cooking." Will opened the cabinet and pointed to something he wanted Mike to get for him.

Mike sighed dramatically and grabbed what Will wanted and gave it to him. "I would do not 'fail miserably' at trying to cheer her up. You just underestimate my comforting abilities."

Will rolled his eyes, "Right." the brunette muttered and pulled himself out of Mikes grip to look out the window. Mike groaned and leaned on the counter. "Asher's home," Will said, walking to the living room to get something.

The door opened a few seconds after and Asher entered the house, he put his backpack down and took off his shoes. The black haired boy went into the kitchen where his dads were.

"Hey buddy, how was school?" Mike ruffled up Asher's hair. Asher smiled.

"Hi Dad! It was good, the lunch wasn't." He said and walked over to Pearl and started playing with her.

Mike did a small victory motion and went over to the stove to stir the food in the pot.

Will came out of the living room and saw Asher in the kitchen with Mike. "Hey Ash, what did you do at school today?" Will asked, fixing up his hair a bit since Mike ruffled it up.