We Are Family

Bully Busters

It was time for lunch, and half the class wanted to talk to the four new boys. They crowded around the four and started asking them questions.

"Are you guys like twins or something?" one of the girls asked. The four boys blinked in unison, before Yuri said, "We're quadruplets."

"Ooh, do you guys have that twin telepathy thingy twins sometimes have?" a boy asked. Yuto replied, "Yes, we have quadruplet telepathy. And sometimes a hivemind too."

"Wait, so is that why you guys seem to blink at the same time?" another boy asked. Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri all said, "Yep!"

"Which one of you is the oldest? And which one is the youngest?" asked a girl. A boy rolled his eyes and said, "They're all the same age! They're quadruplets!"

"I'm the oldest of us four," Yuto said. "Yuri was born seven minutes after me, Yugo was born ten minutes after Yuri, and Yuya was born fifteen minutes after Yugo, so he's the youngest. We've also got an older brother named Zarc. He's ten years older than us, and he's in college right now." There was a chorus of oooohs.

"Hang on," said another boy looking around in confusion. This was the boy that had been sitting behind Yuya before the teacher told him to switch with Yuri. "There were four of you in our class, right? Where did the one with the tomato hair go?"

Yuto, Yuri, and Yugo looked around in alarm. Sure enough, Yuya was gone. His brother's eyes widened, and Yugo cried out, "Oh my god... he's escaped again! We gotta find him before someone tries to hurt him again!" The three boys raced out the classroom door, looking for their missing brother.

Yuya, meanwhile, was sitting outside on a bench, getting ready to eat his bento. Yuto and Zarc had prepared lunch for all of them like they did most days when their mother was busy with her celebrity chef career, and Yuya was eager to feast. But no sooner had he unwrapped his bento box from its wrapping cloth, a shadow fell over him. He looked up and saw a tough-looking boy in a black leather jacket standing in front of him.

"Hey! You're in my spot!" the tough boy said. Yuya just blinked up at him. "There's plenty of spots around."

"That's my spot!" the tough boy growled, grabbing him by the collar. The students in the area started watching in horror. Yuya blinked again. "You really, really don't want to do that."

"And why not?" the tough boy sneered. Suddenly, several sets of hands grabbed him and aggressively dragged him to the ground.

"That's why," Yuya said cheerfully. "I have several very overprotective brothers! Hi, guys!"

"Yuya, are you ok?" Yuto asked. Yuya nodded. "I'm fine, thanks!" Everyone around watched as Yuto, Yuri, and Yugo pinned the bully's arms behind his back and lifted him off the ground.

"So, what should we do with him?" Yuto mused. Yuri grinned. "I have an idea!~"

"Please don't try to feed this one to your carnivorous plants!" Yuya pleaded. Yuri frowned. "I no longer have any ideas..."

"Let go of me, you little brats!" the bully yelled, trying to get free. Yugo scowled and kicked him in the groin, hard. "Only our older brother can call us brats!"

Suddenly, Yuri lit up and grinned, "I have a new idea!~" His brothers looked at him, and immediately realized what he was thinking. Yuya shuddered. "...Fine."

Yuto, Yuri, and Yugo started carrying the bully away, but then they stopped. Yuto looked at Yugo and said, "Yugo, you stay here with Yuya, and make sure nobody else tries to hurt him."

"Okay!" Yugo said, dropping the bully on his head. He walked over to Yuya and sat down next to him as Yuto and Yuri carried the bully back into the school, down the halls, and to the Boys' Bathroom. Yuri kicked open a bathroom stall and grabbed the bully by the hair. The bully started panicking as he realized what was about to happen. "No! No! Let me go! Let me gooooooo!"

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"So, how was your first day at a new school?" Zarc asked his younger brothers as he drove them home after school that day. Yuya smiled up at him from the front passenger seat, "It was good! Thanks for the shrimp bento!"

"Yeah, school was fine," Yugo said. "Nothing much to report."

"I shoved a boy's head in a toilet!" Yuri announced proudly.

Zarc immediately slammed on the brakes, and turned to face him in disbelief. "You WHAT?!" Yuri looked very pleased with himself.

"Chill, Zarc," Yuto sighed. "The boy was bullying Yuya, so we just showed him what happens to people who pick on our family."

Zarc groaned and rested his forehead on the steering wheel. "Oh my god..." he groaned. "Whyyyy?"

"He was really mean," Yuya said, patting Zarc on the shoulder. "He grabbed me by my collar just because I sat down on a bench to eat. Said it was his spot." The youngest Sakaki brother pouted at the memory.

Zarc was silent for a few long minutes. Then he sighed. "Just... promise me you squirts won't do something that gets you expelled again..."

"Hey! Yuri was the one that got expelled!" Yugo protested. "We just changed schools with him cuz we didn't want him to be alone, remember?"

Zarc sighed again. "Yeah, I remember, just... none of you get expelled at this school, okay?"

"Okay!" the quadruplets said together. "We promise!"