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Josh was not just gonna sit in Tyler's room as he waits for him to feed his brother. No, Josh started to walk around the apartment, walking the stairs back down to the lower floor. He loved exploring and that was exactly what he was going to do.

He found one of the brothers lying on the soft white sofa. He approached the pretty man and sat down next to him.

"Hi" Josh said, quiet and simple.

"Hi" Tyler's brother sighed "Has Tyler explained everything to you?"

Josh nodded "What's your name?"

"Taylor"

"Nice to meet you" Josh held his hand out.

Taylor didn't accept it "Nice to meet you too"

"What's it like to have four identical brothers?" Josh questioned out of boredom and curiosity.

"It's not the same for the five of us as it is for all the other quintuples in the world" Taylor stated a bit darkly.

"Why is that?" Josh was oblivious of how annoying he was with his questions.

"Can't tell you that. I hope Tyler didn't tell you, because Theo and Troy would kill his ass" Taylor actually ended that with a smug giggle; he probably wouldn't mind watching Tyler get his ass kicked.

"And you wouldn't?" Josh rose an eyebrow.

Taylor shook his head "No. Tyler and I get along better than we do with the others"

Okay, perhaps he would mind watching Tyler get his ass kicked. Maybe it's an inside joke. Or just a normal brotherly reaction to the possibility of your brother getting his ass kicked by another one of your brothers. That Josh wouldn't know, because he's an only child.

Suddenly, Thomas danced into the room, hopping around and humming a melody unfamiliar to Josh. He had eight connected vanilla puddings in his hands and a spoon in his mouth.

"Hello, Thomas" Josh boldly said, having it being the easiest to memorize Thomas. Colorful and it seemed like he was always eating.

Thomas froze in place at the words, his spoon still in his mouth which was why his words were barely understandable "Houw dou yu naw may naem?"

"Take the goddamn spoon out before you speak" another brother entered the room.

"That's Troy, in case you're wondering" Taylor whispered over to Josh who nodded thankfully.

"Tyler told him" the last brother, Theodore, answered Thomas' question. Theo had a certain disappointment in his voice, but it was also mixed with a small amount of worry. He seemed to be disliking Josh and Josh could actually feel it just from the way Theo stared at him. Josh gulped.

"Ah, that bag of fleas!" Thomas laughed at his own words.

"I gave you pudding" Tyler appeared behind Theo.

Thomas made a motion with his hand, as if he were locking his mouth and throwing away the key.

Theo's stare on Josh was scary; Josh gulped again.

"Don't worry" Taylor assured when he noticed Josh's nervous or uncomfortable reaction "He wouldn't hurt a fly"

Tyler snorted as he had heard his brother's words  "Yeah, ask my ribs about that"

Theo then pinned Tyler against the wall, holding a hand around his throat. It was all so sudden and Josh jumped up to his feet in surprise, but the brothers just behaved like it was an everyday thing. Theodore then threatened his brother "Shut up before I get you locked up in the dungeons"