Hidden in the star, book one

Chapter 34 No one's perfect, don't you see

The next morning they wake in a panic, Cherry was upset, she tryed waking Cooper quietly, but she was to overwhelmed to be quit about it. When Sol and Queenie wakes realise what was happening, Sol scoops Cherry up cooing
"He'll be upstairs nothing more, it ok, your not alone"
Queenie turns to Cooper saying
"She has this sometimes, sorry"
Cooper shakes his head 'no' and go's to Cherry in Sol's arms saying
"Hay come here, uncle Max is here and Sage is making waffles, come on"
Cherry shakey go's to Max, he scoops her up and go's up stairs saying
"Sage bab we need your voice"
Keller only replied
"What the fuck for"
Cooper sternly replied as he enters the kitchen
"Because your dam nicse missed you"
And hand her over as he takes over breakfast, as the rest walk in like nothing was happening, Keller walks out to the sofa with Cherry in his arms as he sits down with Cherry cradled to his cheast asking softly
"Can I ask?"
Cherry wisperd
"I lost everyone in one night, I.."
And she trails off at that Keller hmms and replies
"I know really, I lost my parents at 10"
After a moment Cherry asks
"Did you have someone or get foster"
Keller snots saying
"No other family baby, foster care, villain Della, turn 18 and I was on my own officially, but lived on my own at around 14, got a scollorship off Mr. Jenkins"
Cherry hmms saying
"Wow, people can be assholes"
Keller hmms and said
"Yeh that they are, but like me you have family now"
Cherry node's and gets up, keller two steps behind her go's back to the kitchen.
Breakfast was waffles and berries, but being the 'peoples hero' doesn't have an off switch or a time schedule, the doorbell is heard just as there having breakfast, Sol go's to the door only to see the teen viailan Blood.
No one knows a lot about the teen viailan, he hides himself under a hood, allways black, his Della is to control a person through there blood, he's a mistory to Sol and Sage, he may be a villain but if you watch him, he seems to use his Della to avoid casualty's. Looking at the villain at the door Sol can only see a person in need, but he has family so he decides to open the door hand out and glowing with his Della saying
"What"
The teen puts his hand up only asking
"You said if it breath it deserves life right"
Sol hmms replied
"Hood down"
The villain very carefully puts his hood down showing an empty teen, jade green eyes, long, maybe gray hair, unkempt half in his face, knotty and un brushed.
He's a barly over 6 foot, so maybe early teens, slender, lean muscular build with defined facial bones, Sol turns around saying bluntly
"Breakfast is getting cold, get in or don't, just shut the fucking door."
And walks to the kitchen grab a spare plate and glass, Keller gets a spare chair saying
"Sit kid"
As Sol walking to the table puting the plate and glass down and returns to his own breakfast, Adi steps in saying
"Come eat up"
Grabing his plate and serving him waffle and berries, contues saying
"I'm Adi, well Adilin but everyone calls me Adi."
The teen is silent, twitchy and keeps looking at Keller, so Sage comment
"You clearly know me, don't worry if I wanted you dead, you would be"
The teen nodded and replies
"If I remember right, hmm"
Now clearly in thought as he chewed on his waffle and replies
"Phoenix"
And nods like he finley remember were the car keys are, Queenie
"Hello Phoenix, I'm Queenie and my sister Cherry"
Cherry waves a fork and Max steps in saying
"Well hello I'm Max and my husband Sage, and you know Sol, How?"
Phoenix chuckles saying
"Your kid is all over the net, everyone knows him, even villains"
Cooper said with a hug smile
"Well hurt my family and Sage will be a massage when I'm done with you"
Phoenix with a daydream smiled saying
"Beautiful"
Adi now more consernd then before saying
"Wha"
Sol cut him off saying
"I know right, hay Cherry that cat you were drawing, I wont it"
Cherry rolls her eyes saying
"And you said I was doining your ribs, sill fuckin' waiti' "
She shrugs and Phoenix asks
"Can I see your hands?"
Sol node's and hold his hands out, Phoenix go's to touch him but pulled back, Sol asks
"Give me your hands"
Phoenix tentative holds out his hand and Sol takes it, hold it for a moment then turn there hand over so his is ontop again, Sol suddenly asked
"How old are you"
Phoenix let's go of Sol's hands and replies
"Not sure, maybe 12"
Keller flatly correct
"13, just about 14, hm"
Sol smirks asking
"You have lead"
Keller shrugs saying
"Maybe, I'll call the cat"
Phoenix looks nervous so Sol said
"God father, wouldn't worry"
Phoenix node's and Sol continues
"OK how about we watch the TV,  and Cherry my anything is yours"
Cherry sqewils and jumps up Adi put his arm around her waist softly lifting her off the ground saying
"Nop, no your helping with dishes Miss"
And walks off with Cherry in his grasps, the family chuckles and Keller said
"Val coming, I'm in the office"
And walks off to the office as his family do the mandun. After a while there in the lounge Sol laying on his side with Cherry behind him one leg over his thigh and tattoo gun in hand. There gust is a twitchy individual sitting in a single seat, Sol had enough so throw a pillow infont of the sofe Cherry and him is on and points, Phoenix seems more then happy with this out come, well less twitter as he sits.
The door opened shortly after revealing Valerie and Mi, Sol saying
"Hay Beautiful, Gorgeous"
Both women giggle like school girl Mi said
"Hello Sol"
Valerie
"I brought cupcakes"
Sol chuckles saying
"And why haven't I married you?"
Mi sassy replies
"We both made them, thank you"
Sol smirks
"Then why haven't I married you both then, two wonderful women that can cook"
Mi and Valerie look at each other then replies together
"Double the trouble"
Everyone laughs at that and Keller comes out saying in a cold voice
"The cat comes"
Sol laughed at this and Cherry starts to yell, flaying the one free hand around
"FUCK!, YOUR ALL COMEDENS, IM TYING TA WORK FUCKHAT"
Sol saying
"How about we do this later, I'll go to the shop's, make sushi, hmm"
Cherry hmms but continues for a moment then said in English
"Ah Fine, words are done, doin' rest later"
Keller saying
"You don't have to"
Sol puts a hand on the teens head infront of him saying
"I'll take this one with me, after a shower, I'll brush your hair, after that no one will recanise you, come on"
Sol starts walking upstairs with Phoenix right behind him, when they enter Sol's room he said
"OK you can borrow my clothes, shower that door"
And points a finger at the bathroom door as he go's to his closet there's a knock on the door Keller comes in saying
"My son doesn't own much that an't V'ed, here"
And hands the teen a regular white tshirt and walks back out, Sol comes out of his closest and hands him black Nike loses pants with a over the hip V'ed cardigan in gray fleak saying
"These are comfy, there ok"
Phoenix nodded and replied
"I've never really chosen my clothes, if I wont soththing I steel it"
Sol nods and hmms saying
"OK, well if you see something you like when we're out tell me"
Phoenix node's, Sol sites on the bed and points infront of him, Phoenix sits and Sol starts very carefully brushing his hair. After a while his hair was now de tangled but still a mess, there are bits and pieces just randomly cut, Sol asks
"Can I cut your hair a little"
Phoenix node's, both moving to the bathroom so Sol can make his hair look less chop shop, after a moment he's managed to do a Japanese Wolf cut, well the only thing could be done with all the bits chopped here and there, Sol now done saying
"Done what I can, shower, use whatever"
And Sol gives Phoenix some privesey only saying before he closes the door
"If you need anything I'll just be in here"
And closed the door, after a while a dripping wet half clothed Phoenix stepped out asking
"Do you have bangers?"
Sol hmms looking over the brused teen with wounds on his wrist and simply asking
"When"
Phoenix taking a moment then replied
"Day befor, though they were ok, but.."
And traling off Sol gets up hands him a clean hand wash and towel over his head, leads him to the bed sitting and saying
"Its not bleeding much, I'll fix it in a minute"
Drying his hair now seeing its kinky, lite gray with bpeekaboo deep red striking in the under sides. After drying his hair, retrieving the tshirt saying
"hands up"
Puting a tshirt on him and scoops him up going down stairs Phoenix grab his chest asking
"Am I in trouble?"
Sol smirks and shakes his head 'no' saying
"I'm going to fix you up, you might need to stay home tho, but you'll be ok"
As he entered the lounge Keller quick to Sol's side and Mi asking
"Sol is he ok, can we help"
Sol points his chine at the medical room, Keller catch on moving to open it as Sol said
"Nah darling, you know kids know a days"
Moving forward into the medical room, Keller close the door just in case then moved to Phoenix side saying
"Can I see"
Phoenix look nervous so Keller said
"Your hair looks better, feel better"
Phoenix node's playing with some of the just past shoulder length strands of hair saying
"Sol cut it, I've never had someone cut my hair, it's pretty."
Keller replys
"Very Nix, very pretty"
Keller jesters to his arm asking
"Can I see?"
Phoenix node's moved his arm to Keller, he see's a barely bleeding cut on Phoenix arm, nothing to serious medical, just stichers, then Sol asks gently
"Can I have your arm?"
Phoenix node's moving his arm to the side pillow as Keller asks
"You lite headed, tiredness and or nausea at all?"
Phoenix
"Um I don't sleep much, maybe lite headed, I'm not sure why I'm here"
Sol starts working on Phoenix arm, Keller said with no feeling
"Morbid curiosities"
Shrugs then asked worried lace in he's voice but non on his face
"Do you won't to die?"
Phoenix is shocked taking a moment before replying
"...maybe..., I'm a viailan how can I live, you wouldn't understand"
And looks off to the side, Keller chuckles saying
"I have a villain Della, yet I'm a hero. Life's  a rubik's cube of fucked."
Phoenix snapped his head back to Keller big eyed asking
"Really, Sol's not the only different one?"
Sol chuckles showing his forearm with the qute 'hell is empty and all the devils are hear' Keller flatly said
"Somthing I told him"
Phoenix node's saying
"You now my Della isn't as bad as they say"
Keller asking
"You can puppet a person by there blood, right?"
Phoenix looks down saying ashamed
"No I was trained to use it like that but no, it's more medical"
Sol flatly said
"That's why your not bleeding much, you blood count is still high for the wounds inflicted, controll of blood"
Phoenix nods and Sol said
"Well you need rest, sleep"
Keller softly asked
"How about you take a nap with me on the sofa?"
Phoenix look nervous saying
"I've never.."
Keller cuts him off scooping him up saying
"Miss spoke, your taking a nap with me"
As they re-enter the lounge Valerie said
"Max and Mi gone to the shops, there going to make veggie grilled sandwiches for lunch"
Keller node's sitting down with Phoenix snuggled to his side and falling asleep soon after, Sol hmms, laying down on the sofa like befor, Cherry only a second later joining him with the tattoo gun to finish his tattoo, Sol asks
"Weres Adi and Queenie?"
Cherry simply replied
"Gym"
His now finished rib tattoo is words running long ways from the hip to the upper ribs with misty stary back ground,
it's another qute from William Shakespeare
'Stars hide your fire's, let not light see my black and deep desires'
Sol's please saying
"Beautiful work like usual, thanks"
Keller praised his family softly
"Nice you two"
Cooper coming through the door and into the lounge, looking at the snuggle duo saying
"Looks like we got another one bab"
Keller shrugs saying
"Probably, maybe"
Sol chuckles saying
"Dad"
And turns to show his side to Max, Mi comments as Cooper fan girls
"Oh how wonderful Sol, truly lovely work Cherry"
Max beems proudly
"All her work is beautiful, yep, oh hold up, show me"
Cooper gets his phone, takes a photo of the new tattoo and posting it up with a satisfactory smile, then Raven comes in seeing Sage and saying
"Lucky me, I got the adoptive papers"
Smiled and turns to Sol
"And another one, really aren't you full yet?"
Sol laughed replies
"Not even close Darling"
Both laughing at this as Adi and Queenie comes out, Adi saying
"Wondfull work as usual I see"
Queenie shakes his head saying
"She got all the talent, I can't even draw a stick, so sad"
Mi chuckles and said
"Were starting luch, won't be long"
And the two wonder off to do lunch as Queenie and Adi settle down on the sofa starting small talk with the others.
Cooper comes out after a while saying
"Lunch everyone"
Keller carefully waking Phoenix and taking a seat at the dining table, Phoenix next to him.
Mid way into lunch Phoenix suddenly jesters to the general area and comments
"I like this, whatever this is"
Everyone looks lost, Valerie asking
"What do you mean Sweetheart?"
Keller flatly asks
"It's called family, won't to join? Well you would have to ask your two older brothers"
Looking to Adi and Sol, Adi saying
"Aw a little brother to care for and love, wait little little brother, um, oh mini.b yes!"
And nodded happily like that was the only question at hand, Sol then said
"Of course I'm in"
Keller node's and turns to Phoenix asks
"So Nix"
Phoenix looks lost only saying
"But I'm.."
He gets no further with that as Keller cuts in saying
"If your look at label's, your partner are two queers, one brother is from a creak house and the other is a suicidal aress"
Valiry and Mi rais a hand and saying at the same time
"Abuse partner"
Cherry raised a hand
"Slimy foster"
Raven hmms saying
"Experiment, we all have a past, if your lucky you choice you future"
Phoenix node's saying
"I don't won't what I have"
Adi raised both hands saying
"Welcom to the family mini.b, I'm here for anything!"
Cooper said
"I'm Dad, that's papa"
Pointing a thub at Keller and continues
"The two lovely ladies are your anutys, Raven is your God father"
Queenie
"Cherry and me are your cousins"
Mi continues
"There's also two lost boys, you'll love them"
Valerie saying
"And one more cousin, my son Davi"
Phoenix node's saying
"But I could kill you"
Keller shrugs saying
"And we could kill you"
Raven
"It's not an over night flip"
Sol node's saying
"No it's not, but doable"
Valerie claps her hands saying
"Cupcakes anyone"
Keller
"I'll help, tea or coffee?"
Look to Phoenix but he only looks lost, again, so Keller state's
"Tea it is"
And walks of to the kitchen with Valerie in toe, Sol turns to Raven saying
"His Della is medical, real good to, I wont Crimson to came see him"
Raven nodded and Phoenix asks
"Is she family?"
Sol shakes his head saying
"Close college, works medical rescue"
Valerie comes out with a plater of cupcakes saying
"I made Hummingbird cupcakes"
Keller comes out a moment later with tea's and coffees, Raven comments
"Phoenix sweet I'm the prisabail of Jenkins, I would like you to attend. I don't play favourites, you would need to work for it, but your welcome"
Phoenix go's to talk with a mouth full of cupcake when Cooper scolds
"No speaking with you mouth full please"
Phoenix swallowed replied
"Sorry"
Paused and continues wisperd
"Dad"
Then asks Raven
"Really even what I am"
Raven
"Was, you have the opportunity to make that a 'was', and yes really."
Phoenix node's saying
"I would like that but I'm not sure what, um..."
Sol contues for him
"Life looks like"
Keller contues on that saying
"One foot infront of the other Nix, knowing if you fall you have dad and me, all your family there, helping"
Phoenix let's a tear roll down his cheek node's and replies
"I would like that"
Taking a pause then said softly
"Papa, Dad"
Copper does a fan girl moment shake his his husbands shoulder saying
"Did you hear, did you, oh did you, dad, yep he said it Sage"
Keller coldly replied
"I can hear better then you, there was also a  'papa'."
Cooper pokes his tongue out at Sage and everyone chuckles at there banter, Cooper suddenly gasps, clapping his hands asking
"Oh Nix darling, are you feeling better?"
Keller cuts in coldly and sternly saying
"No Max, not yet, fuck he can't even tell me tea or coffee, and him shopping with"
Paused and jestering to Cooper before continues
"This, no"
Sol and Adi fall in a fit of laughter as an offender Cooper said
"I like to spoil my kids, so what!"
Phoenix lost yet again so asked
"I'm lost, again, is this normal?"
Adi nodded 'yes'
"Sadly with dad, yes"
Sol continues
"Yeh, when he found out I wear eyeliner, he wonted to buy me all the eyeliners"
Adi fallows up
"Yeh, you have no clothes, he won't to take you shopping"
Keller steps in
"It's ok Nix I'll go with you"
Phoenix node's asking
"But papa it's like my hair, I'm, um"
And he starts to play with the stands of his hair again look down, Keller carefully leand over putting a finger under his chin, lifting his head up gently till they were eye to eye and saying
"One step, go though your brothers carbord, dad and mine, your cousins see what you like, those lost boys where different thing, I'll get them to bring something. Here, at home, comfortable."
Phoenix node's leans into Keller's hand and said
"I'm still sleepy"
Keller scoops him up once more, sitting in his chair with Phoenix in his lap leaning back and saying
"Then sleep little Nix"
Stocking his hair as Phoenix closed his eyes, snuggle into Keller and falling asleep again.