The Great War

={Chapter 29: Listening In}=

={WARNING: CUSSING, CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND HEAVY FLUFF}=

"Ughh, I don't get why he finds it so hard to understand anything!" SpringTrap groaned as he leaned back against the sink, putting his hands over his face. Bryan ducked a bit further behind the kitchen doorway, being careful as he avoided sight. "Well-, how would you react if Michael tried telling you that we couldn't be together?" Golden replied with a calm tone, leaning back against the counter next to SpringTrap as he placed a hand on SpringTrap's shoulder. "That's different, I'm his father, and we've known each other for over 10 years," SpringTrap replied with an agitated huff, looking at the kitchen floor. "Well, Michael's known Ennard for a good two years now. Plus, Ennard isn't rude or anything to Michael, they're a good couple," Golden replied, being careful to keep his tone calm, avoiding frustrating SpringTrap any further. "Ok-, and I understand why you helped Michael hide this from me, but what if someone spreads the word about their relationship? Michael will get himself killed," SpringTrap replied, throwing his hands around in a show of frustration as he spoke. "If I can keep Michael's secret from you for over two years, I don't think anyone else will find out, especially since only you, Ennard, Bryan and Molten know that me and Michael even exist, much less live out here," Golden replied with a calm tone and a reassuring smile, earning a faint smile from SpringTrap. "I suppose that's a pretty good point. So, how do I apologize to him?" SpringTrap asked in response as he turned to Golden with a confused and worried expression. "Well, we'll figure that out along the way!" Golden replied enthusiastically with a playful tone, throwing his arm around SpringTrap's shoulders. "Oh god," SpringTrap mumbled in playful annoyance as he rubbed his face, and Golden let out a laugh. Bryan smiled as he slowly and quietly snuck away from the kitchen doorway, going back to the guest bedroom and laying in the bed as he waited for Molten.

"I'm gonna fucking kill that old bastard!" Michael yelled at the forest, clutching his hair in his hands as he paced back and forth. Molten moved behind a tree nearby, he was annoyed at how loud Michael was being, especially with the knowledge that Ennard wasn't fond of loud noises. "M-Michael, calm down, I'm sure Afton is just being protective," Ennard stated with a nervous tone as he tried calming Michael down. "He called you a failure when he doesn't even know you much, Ennard! Why aren't you upset? He can't just judge you like that!" Michael replied, lowering his volume as he whipped towards Ennard with tear filled eyes. "Hey, it's not that big of a deal, I don't mind," Ennard replied with a worried tone as he quickly rushed over to Michael and took Michael's hands in his. "I-It's not just that. He thinks he has the right to judge my relationship when he wasn't around much while I was growing up, he thinks he can act however he wants with me just because I'm his son, but he was way too much of a shitty father to have that right," Michael replied quietly, staring at the forest floor, and Molten could see Michael's knuckles turn white with how tight he was holding Ennard's hands, but Ennard didn't seem to even notice. "I know, that must be awful to go through, but I'm here, and I'll always be here for you, Afton can't separate us, no matter how hard he might try, I won't let him, ok?" Ennard replied with a soft tone, slightly bending his head down to get eye-level with Michael. "R-Right, thank you," Michael replied weakly as he looked up and met Ennard's gaze, giving Ennard a weak smile. "Anytime. Would you like to go have a small picnic at the river? Just have some us time?" Ennard replied with a fond smile, taking one hand away from Michael's grasp and wiping away Michael's tears with his thumb. "Y-Yea, that'd be nice, I could really use the break," Michael replied with a light laugh, pulling Ennard into a hug. "Alright, you sit in your room and calm down a bit more while I get things set up, I'll get you in an hour, for now, let's just head back to the house," Ennard stated softly as he hugged Michael back tightly, and placed a quick peck on Michael's forehead. "Alright, thank you. I-, I love you," Michael replied as he slowly pulled away from the hug, and held Ennard by his hands again. "I love you too," Ennard replied as he placed his forehead against Michael's own, and Michael let out a loving laugh before slightly tilting his head, bringing his and Ennard's lips together in a sweet kiss. Molten hated to admit it, but it was clear that Ennard loved Michael a lot, too much for Molten to get in the way of, of course he didn't want to ruin Ennard's relationship, he's just protective as hell. Molten refrained from letting out a snort as he snuck off, heading back to the house as quickly as he could while remaining silent.

"Alright, you first, did you hear anything important?" Molten asked as he closed the guest bedroom door behind him, laying down on the bed next to Bryan with a low huff. "Well, SpringTrap and Golden are dating, which I found out last night but I forgot to tell you, and SpringTrap's just worried about someone hurting Michael if anyone found out about him and Ennard. You?" Bryan replied with a slightly bored tone, although he smiled as he spoke. "Not much, just that SpringTrap's a shitty father and Michael and Ennard are about as close as we are to each other," Molten replied with a bored tone and expression, but he smiled when he noticed that Bryan was smiling at him. "Why are you smiling? You sound bored," Molten stayed with a curious tone as he put his hands behind his head. "I'm always happy when I'm with you, you know that," Bryan replied sarcastically with a playful roll of his eyes before he fully laid down in the bed, turning onto his side, facing Molten. "Oh? I always thought you just despised me," Molten replied with the same sarcastic tone as he rolled over onto his side too, the two's noses almost touching as they faced each other. "Is it too early for us to take a nap?" Bryan asked with a quick glance at the window, looking at the bright sky for a moment. "It's never the wrong time for a nap with you, I'd take the opportunity to take a nap with you even in the middle of my death," Molten replied with a soft tone as he placed his hand on Bryan's cheek, caressing Bryan's cheek brown just below his eye with his thumb. "I thought you'd say something like that," Bryan replied with a light giggle as he pulled himself closer to Molten, wrapping his arms around Molten's shoulders as Molten wrapped one arm around Bryan's lower back, and moved his other hand from Bryan's face to the back of Bryan's head, and let out a huff before burying his face in Bryan's fluffy hair. "Hey, you two wanna-," the guest bedroom door opened and Ennard poked his head into the room, cutting himself off as he saw the two lovers in bed snuggling, and he gave a nervous smile to Molten, who was glaring at him, before slowly backing out of the room and closing the door back, Molten let out an annoyed huff and turned his attention back to Bryan who was already asleep, Molten snuggled a bit closer to his lover and placed a soft peck on Bryan's cheek, then fell asleep almost instantly, relishing the warmth of their embrace.