Boys Only

Walked Into

Louis' POV

This morning I heard clattering from Zayn and Niall's room, and knew I needed to investigate. I headed over, not expecting too much. Except that Zayn had pushed Niall off his bed. Good way to start the day off Zayn.

Of course this warranted a spanking, so I gave him a quick twenty spanks before cuddling both of my twins. Poor guys. I really hope there isn't more trouble today. "Come on guys, let's go have some cereal or something, huh?" They both nodded, so I walked them downstairs.

We chose the big box of lucky charms and sat down with Liam and Harry who were already at the table. That was rather surprising, they're usually never up this early on a Saturday, especially Liam. Harry sat quietly sucking his thumb, and Liam stared at the table. "Morning lads, why up so early?" I asked, thinking there was perhaps a reason.

"N-nightmare..." Harry muttered around his thumb, sniffling. Liam nodded and added on. "I helped him calm down though..." I smiled, nearly beaming with pride at my boys. "Thank you so much Liam, that's so responsible!" I said, walking behind Harry and picking him up. I saw his tail still sticking through his legs, so he obviously must still be scared about something.

"Mhm..." Liam mumbled, digging into his own bowl of cereal. I sat down with Harry in my lap, his tail swishing quietly back and forth. I gently removed Harry's thumb from his mouth, and pet behind his ears. "Can we have a little chat after breakfast?" I asked, knowing the answer had to be yes. He nodded slowly, before sticking his thumb back in his mouth. I left it that time, and finished my breakfast in a quick manner. Liam finished in lightening speed, and excused himself from the table. Something's up, and because I have all day, I will be figuring it out.

"Dad?" Niall piped up, as Ed walked in. "What's up sport?" I asked, trying to use a cool phrase from one of my parenting books. I saw my brother roll his eyes, and frowned. "Uh... can I go play on the computer?" I smiled and nodded, giving Zayn permission as well. "No fighting though!" I yelled after them, watching as they ran towards the computer room. We have a couple for the boy's homework, mostly for in the future, but for now they're just for fun.

I felt the little weight hop off my lap, and turned to watch him walking away. "Harry? Where do you think you're going?" I asked the little boy. He turned around and shrugged. "Not hungry. Too much nightmares." I looked over at Ed, who was leaned against the counter with a cup of coffee. "Five bites." I said, turning back to Harry and opening my arms. "No bites, more sleep." He mumbled, stepping further away from me. I noticed him sniffle when he took a step.

I stood up and placed my hands on my hips. "Five bites, then yes, you may go back to bed." Harry shook his head at me, and shrunk back a little more. "No bites, more sleep." He muttered, more finality in his tone. He's acting shyer than usual though, which is also strange. He then wandered away from me, and took a very long time to get up the stairs.

"Are you gonna punish him?" Ed asked me, as I stared at where he was. "I don't know... things are weird around here. I mean, it's not been that long since his changes, and... ugh, Ed help." I groaned, burying my face in my hands while I mumbled. I'm having a harder time than ever punishing my kitten. Rather than making that quick decision, I decide to check on everyone else in the house.

"Going to check on the rest of the lads, I'll call for you if I need help, okay? Thank you..." the only response I got was a sip of the coffee from Ed, and I assume that means 'go along with what you're going to do, I don't care.' I stretched out my limbs and headed over to the computer room. "Everything good in here?" I asked, poking my head in. "All good dad!" Niall chirped, focused on his game.

Zayn nodded, obviously much more engrossed than Niall was. I smiled, and walked off. I switched around the laundry, then headed up the stairs. I heard the sounds of a spanking coming from Liam's room. That's odd. Liam hardly EVER gets spanked. Okay, not true, but he's the least punished in my bunch of kids. I sighed, knowing the horrible pain of my brother's hand.