We Are Family

Fifi

By lunchtime, the quadruplets were very hungry and eager to eat together. The moment the bell rang, the four of them rushed outside to eat their lunch. Yuto and Zarc had prepared bentos together, and Yuya and Yugo in particular were eager to see what they'd made today.

"Yummy!" Yuya said happily, opening his bento box. Inside was some steamed rice, teriyaki salmon, pickled veggies, California rolls, and red bean mochi. Each of the four brothers got a matching bento, along with some sencha green tea.

"Oh, looks delicious!" Yuri said, picking up his chopsticks. The four boys began eagerly feasting on their bentos. Yugo even started crying a little, as he normally did when he tasted good food.

There wasn't much talking amongst the quadruplets as they ate, their mouths too full of food to converse well anyways. But as they were finishing their food, a shadow fell over them. The four boys looked up and saw the same bully as before, back with a few friends.

"Oh, look!" Yuri said, unimpressed. "More heads to shove in a toilet! Maybe today we'll learn how many heads can fit into a single toilet!"

"You think you're tough, huh?" the bully snarled, grabbing the cabbage-haired boy's collar. "Me and my friends are gonna take you—OUCH! AIIIIIIIIII!"

He let go of Yuri, frantically trying to shake off the carnivorous plant that was suddenly chomping on his hand. "GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!" he screamed. His friends tried to grab the plant, but two more mouths latched onto their hands. All three of them screamed as they tried to get the hungry plant off of them.

Yuri laughed deviously. "Gettem, Fifi!" he called out to the plant. The plant continued chomping on the bullies' hands and they continued screaming in pain and fear. By now, a crowd of horrified onlookers was gathering. After a few minutes, Yuto said, "Okay, I think they've learned their lesson, Yuri."

"Nah, I don't think they have!" Yuri replied. Yugo frowned. "You're gonna get yourself expelled again, Yuri!"

"Worth it!" Yuri said cheerfully. Yuya looked up at him with puppy eyes, "Please, Yuri? What if they hurt Fifi?"

Yuri glanced at Yuya's puppy eyes, then looked away with a huff. "Fiiiine! Fifi, c'mere!" The plant let go of the bullies and scurried over to Yuri on its vines, very closely resembling an octopus. It crawled up Yuri's leg and into his jacket, wrapping its vines around his waist and shoulders.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING?!" the now not-so-tough bully shrieked. Yuri frowned at him. "That's Fifi, my man-eating plant! You should thank me for bringing her instead of Fido, my venomous man-eating plant. If he bit you, he'd inject toxins into your bloodstream, and you'd have to go to the hospital! Don't mess with me or my brothers again!"