Poison in my veins (BoyxBoy)

this is not a love story

JG•

"Daddy tell us again how you met mommy!"

All eyes on my brother with the sky blue eyes,his fingers holding his prized baseball that he threw out of the park so everyone screamed happily and carried him on their shoulders.

My father smiles wide,his eyes turning to glance at my mother who's sitting on the rocking chair beside him.

Her pretty purple hat matches her heels and her fingernails tap against the cold glass she holds,tap tap tap like her music box that has a bird flying in it.

"You've heard that story a million times,don't you ever get bored of it?"

All around him heads shake,one two three four five six seven no daddy we love to hear how you met our beautiful mother who glows like sunshiny gold.

My sister bounces on her knees and smiles,my father laughing as he pats his knee for her to scurry into and sit like the princess he says she is.

She dances over and plops down,happy smile as she is now queen and my mother beams at her like she's so priceless.

"Well then-

My father starts and everyone looks ready for the story I've heard for years now,my fingers wrapped around my toy elephant whose the only one that wanted to sit with me.

I kiss his fuzzy nose as a thank you.

"You all know that my family was very important.Every king that threw a party and every queen that hosted a ball surely would have our names written amongst their invitations.There wasn't a single event that we weren't invited to,we were just that powerful."

My brother with his brown eyes and roller skates that he loves smirks,the idea of power something he likes although I'm not sure why cause the only power he has is the hold on the tv remote.

My elephant frowns up at me in confusion,softly I bop his nose so he knows I'll tell him later.

"Well one night there was a huge ball,the daughter of the queen of Zomba was turning 16 and we were all invited to bring gifts so we could bless her with happiness and good fortune for her new age."

My sister laughs,twirling her silver diamond necklace around her finger while my mother smiles at her like she's heaven.

My elephant blows his tongue at her,I have to bite my lip not to laugh.

"As you know I wasn't much for these parties."

My mother rolls her eyes up in her way that says oh really,my father looks at her and winks which makes her smile.

"I never enjoyed all the handshaking I had to do or the boring conversations that every king and prince wanted to discuss.I found the parties dull and wanted to throw the cakes and fancy food at my siblings till it started a riot and we had to leave."

My mother rocks on her chair,her eyes sparkling in a way that calls him the troublemaker he is.

He only winks again before he turns back to us.

"So that night I planned on stuffing slimy pudding and the exploding fireworks they had in a balloon and setting it on the balcony so when the princess came out for her birthday speech it would blow up in her face."

My siblings all laugh,the image of a girl covered in gross pudding and smoke hilarious to them.

I just tighten my hold on my elephant,his smile grows bigger when I do.