𝑶𝑵𝑬 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒔 - 𝑹𝑬𝑺 & 𝑳𝑶𝑮

Pamper and Protect

I comfortably lay back on my boyfriend's chest keeping my hands on top of his around my waist. To my side Bran is sitting with his head against Niko's shoulder. The tattooed mountain of a man looks like a kid in the candy shop with twinkling eyes fixated on my brother.

I sigh knowing how much Niko loves him and honestly there is no one more deserving of his love other than my sophisticated brother. Speaking of brother, my gaze finds the unhinged member of our family sitting with his girlfriend. His arms draped around her waist and his other hand playing with her hair.

My problematic brother looks madly in love with her, the obsessed look he is giving her could make anyone run for hills. But not me. I'm more than accustomed to the look from Killian. The other side Creigh is holding Annika close to his chest. His other hand picking up fish and chips and munching on it. I'm sure he is content in holding two greatest love of his life in his palms.

Eli is the only King here who isn't being all mushy with his life partner. It is no secret that he and Ava will end up together but currently my best friend is shooting daggers at him from the other end. My mind drifts to the times when these not-so-normally wired men were being absolute sweethearts to me.

I'm sitting in our playroom with papers, sketches and clays scattered in the rug. My siblings are also doing their own work in silence.

I'm dressed in pale green dress with the cutest bow tie on top of my head.  My brothers are dressed in different kind of outfits. They always were different starting from something as basic as outfit.

I've a pencil in my hand and I keep trying to draw something in the paper. Three more papers with some scribblings are lying beside me as I take another one.

I try to twist my hand to draw a cat but somehow I end up drawing a slanting line. I throw the paper away in frustration and suddenly Lan is beside me.

I watch as my elder brother take new paper and place it in front of me. He takes my hand in his and start to draw. I watch in awe at the way my hand makes the right curve and the perfect image of an cat being drawn on the paper.

Lan puts the pencil down and take the sketches and help me color it. Once it is done, I take the paper and admire it from all angles.

"Its beautiful" I say to him.

"It is, little princess. Do you want to draw more?" My brother asks me.

"No but I want to do cat using clay" I point at his clay.

My brother sighs before placing me on his lap and start teaching me how to do cat. Most of the time he did the work using my hands but I enjoyed making it.

Even though I can now tell that it was Lan who actually did the work, my younger self didn't realize it. I clapped my hands loudly making Bran take a notice at us before he goes back to his own drawing.

I do a happy little dance and give a loud kiss on Lan's cheek before running in the opposite direction with the paper and clay in hand.

"Mummy look, I made a cat" I said and run in the direction where mummy is sitting.

I hear Lan say in the background "She is still small to understand that I made it. She will get there. She can draw pretty well for a three year old". 

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I dip the brush into red paint and keep stroking the stone in my hand. I'm comfortable painting on  objects rather than paper or canvas.