Levi was already awake as he hadn't slept that night, spending the night drawing and looks at the time, getting up and going over to Kye, Emma, and Jordan, nudging Kye, whispering to him. "Time to wake up, daddy.. I'll get Emma up too.. and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!" Aaron nudges Kayla. "It's time to get Athena ready.." Kye groans, smiling a little as he heard Levi, stretching. "Heh.. Hey, buddy..." Kayla yawns as she blinks awake. "What...? Why...?" Vincent was dead asleep, his head hung to the side and his hand limp on his chest. Addison sighs, having been on her phone for a bit and nudges Vincent. "Get up, baby.. It's Warren's first day of Kindergarten.." Aaron sighs. "First day of Kindergarten.." Levi smiles back at him, climbing into the bed, his drawing stuff scattered around in the corner of the room where he had been. "Hi, daddy.. It's Emma's first day of Kindergarten and my first day of fifth grade AND your birthday AND your first day with me as your student!! But don't tell anyone, okay?? I don't want people to start talking to me.." Kye chuckles. "Right... I'm not supposed to favor you anyway, bud.. so that shouldn't be a problem.." he yawns again, shaking his head and sitting up. Vincent slowly shifts, groaning, and weakly sitting up, still looking extremely tired, the bags under his eyes very noticeable, the light in them fairly dim. Kayla smiles a little As she understands and remembers, nuzzling his leg and then sitting up, sighing as she stretched, blinking more as she looked to Athena who was laying between them, still asleep. She picks her up carefully, and this causes her to awaken, groaning and wining a little in protest. Levi nods and moves over to Emma, nudging her. "It's time to get ready for school, Emma! Daddy and I can walk you to class! It'll be fun, I promise!" He leans down and whispers something inaudible to Kye, glancing at Kye nervously as he says it. Emma quickly wakes up, sitting up and staring at Levi, nodding rapidly and hugging him tightly. Levi smiles a little and hugs her back, glancing at Kye, whispering again but this time it was able to be heard by Kye. "You can't tell ANYONE.." Emma nods again. Aaron sighs, sitting up as well, yawning. "Do you already have an outfit for her?" He glances over at Iren who he was cuddling with before he got up. Addison sighs shakily, sitting up and hugging him tightly, whispering to him. "I love you so much, Vincent.." She glances over at Warren. Kye furrows his brow. "She can't tell anyone what, Levi?" Kayla giggles. "You know I do!!" Vincent smiles a little. "I love you too, Addison.." Warren was already awake, just laying against the blanket looking scared, cuddled up to a bunched up part of it.
Addison sighs and lets go of Vincent, moving over to Warren and picking him up, pulling him into a tight hug. "Hey, sweetheart.. I know you're only three but kindergarten will be fun.. Emma and Athena will be there and you'll have a fifth grade friend, Levi.. And the 5 year olds will think you're super cool for being in Kindergarten at your age.." Aaron smiles and nods. "Cool. I'll get Iren ready so he can come with us and then when we come back I'll start his school." Levi looks instantly terrified, gripping onto Emma tightly who lets him and holds him close, thinking to Kye. He's really scared about it.. I don't know if it's okay for me to tell you.. So.. Warren frowns deeply. "Don't wanna go..." Vincent sighs, having figured this might happen. Kayla nods and gets out of the bed, setting Athena down, looking more excited about it than she did, and head out to one of her closet rooms. Kye frowns deeply. [We'll talk about this later...] Emma nods and looks back to Kye, whispering to him. "Let's get ready for school, okay?" Levi nods a bit and gets up out of the bed, going over to the corner and picking up his sketch book along with his other stuff, carefully putting it in his backpack, having already put his backpack together as well as Emma's. "I put our backpacks together already." Emma nods and gets up as well, going over to the closet and pointing to a pair of jeans and a red t-shirt. "Can I wear that, daddy?" Levi grabs his own clothes which was an oversized light blue hoodie, a white shirt, and a pair of black jeans, quickly going to the bathroom, having recently not letting anyone see his body, extremely self-conscious. Addison sighs shakily, holding him close and rubbing his back. "I know, hunny.. But you have to.. You have to start with Emma and Athena.. Okay..? If you need anything at school, find Emma or Levi and ask them to text one of us.. Okay..? They've got phones.." Aaron sighs, nudging Iren. "Hey, buddy.. We've gotta take Athena to school.. We'll do your school when we get back, okay?"
Kye tilts his head. "Sure." Warren sniffles. "O-Okay..." Iren nods and yawns. "Alright.." Kayla quickly comes back with a whole outfit, a small blue and lavender dress, black leggings, and a varied selection of bows. Athena smiles, absolutely delighted seeing all this. Kayla sets it all down. "I didn't know which bow to pick. Do you have a favorite?" Athena surveys them, and points to a large, black bow. "Tha' one!!" Kayla giggles and takes the rest away. "Excellent choice!! I'll put it in, for you." She gets behind Athena and takes a section of her hair on either side in the back, pulling them together and tying the bow into her hair. Emma smiles and nods, yanking on the clothes until they fell, not having slept in anything and just putting the clothes on quickly, then looking to him again. "Do you have to wear shoes to school??" Levi stays in the bathroom, having turned on the faucet so he couldn't be heard crying softly and quietly, sitting in the corner and wrapping his arms around his knees, his face buried into his knees. Emma perks her ears up and sighs shakily when she hears him but figured Kye wouldn't hear and if he did she could make up an excuse. Aaron gets up and grabs a random outfit for Iren, tossing it to him. "You can just put that on for now." He goes over to Athena and Kayla, kneeling down to Athena. "Are you excited to start school today, baby girl?" Addison kisses him on the forehead and gets up, going over to the closet and grabbing a green shirt and shorts, coming back over to the bed, glancing at Vincent. "Do you want to do his hair?" Kye nods, chuckling. "Yes, Emma." Iren takes it and puts it on. Athena nods, smiling brightly, but it fades a little. "Is gunna be loud, though..?" Vincent thinks. "Mm.. sure." He gets off the bed with a grunt. Emma rolls her eyes. "Fineeeee..." She grabs a pair of sneakers that looked like they had never been worn, putting them on, not even bothering with socks, then grabbing a jacket and putting it on. "I gotta go ask Levi something. Be right back." She quickly goes into the bathroom, shutting the door behind her and going over to Levi. After several minutes the faucet turns off and Levi come out with his Hood up and Emma in his arms, her head resting on his shoulder, Levi having his head tilted down so Kye couldn't see his face and Emma smiles happily, looking over to Jordan. "Jordan can do my hair!! Wake her up!!" Aaron sighs. "Hang on.." He grabs a pair of noise canceling headphones that would fit her, him having bought them for this, handing them to her. "These block out sound. Okay? But only use them if you can't take it or at lunch or recess. If the teacher is talking you have to listen, okay? And you need to be super duper careful at school, okay? If anyone even makes you a little uncomfortable go to a teacher to call us, okay?" Addison nods, getting Warren dressed and then helping him off the bed. "Daddy's gunna do your hair, sweetheart." Kye looked a bit confused, but goes over to Jordan, nudging her to wake up. Athena sighs and nods, taking them. "Thanks, papa.." this was the first time she called him this, having previously always called him "Daddy" like Kayla did Vincent. Warren sighs shakily, saying nothing and just watching as Vincent grabbed a brush and carefully brushed his hair, parting it on the side and fidgeting with a few pieces in the front to make it look more proper. Addison sighs, putting on a dress that was appropriate to take Warren to school in and going over. "Thanks, baby." She grabs Warren's backpack and throws it over her shoulder. "I'll carry your backpack until I have to go, okay? And you have Kye as one of your two teachers! And Emma will be with you! So if you ever need anything you can always ask Kye." Jordan groans quietly, looking to Kye and smiling. "Happy birthday.." Emma's eyes widen and she quickly thinks to Kye. Sorry. I forgot to say happy birthday earlier. I was just thinking about school but here you go! "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!" She giggles a little, getting out of Levi's arms, Levi grabbing his sketchbook and one pencil out of his backpack, holding them close to his chest. Aaron looks a little confused but just smiles a little. "We're gunna take you to school and walk you to class, okay, sweetheart?" Warren sighs shakily. "O-Okay.." Vincent watches him silently. Kye smiles, chuckling. "Thanks, guys." Athena nods. "Okay." Emma grabs her phone and goes over to Jordan, handing her a brush. "Can you do my hair for school??" Jordan chuckles and nods, sitting up and lifting her into her lap, brushing her hair out carefully and twirling it with her fingers in the front, it already being wavy. Once Jordan was done, Emma hops down and runs over to her backpack, hating wearing shoes but dealing with it, putting her backpack on. "I'm ready, daddy!!" Levi sighs, pulling out his phone and earbuds, putting in one earbud and turning on his music, mumbling. "I'm ready too.." Jordan gets up and goes over to Kye, kissing him on the cheek. "See you tonight, baby!" She smiles sweetly at him. Addison sighs, picking Warren up and hugging him tightly. "You'll be okay, sweetheart." She looks to Vincent, bouncing Warren gently. "How do you wanna get there?" Aaron nods, grabbing Athena's backpack for her and picking her up, looking to Kayla. "Want me to drive or you?" Kye chuckles and sighs. "Mmhm!" He smiles warmly at Jordan and heads out the door with the kids. Vincent thinks. "Could simply teleport. Kayla sighs, taking a moment to think. "You.. I'm... Er..." Her hand twitches towards her belly, but she stops herself. "Aha, I'm not feeling very good right now.. I'll stay with Athena in he back." Emma holds Kye's hand tightly, a bright smile on her face. Levi sighs, staring at his phone as they walked, seemingly texting someone and after a few moments he glances at Kye, muttering. "Can I walk to school..? By myself..?" Emma frowns deeply at Levi. Aaron sighs. "Alright.." He heads out to the car with Athena, putting her in her car seat and then getting in the driver's seat. Addison nods. "Alright." She goes over to Vincent with Warren. Kye looks concerned. "No, you cannot..." he corrals them to the front door. Vincent holds a hand against each of them, and teleports them to the front, frowning deeply as he makes a face, groaning a little and looking much more tired than he already had, somehow. He tries to shake this off, clearing his throat. Kayla gets in the car and sits next to Athena. Levi frowns deeply. "Mmf.. Why not..? I can run.. I'll be on time, I promise.." His voice was very quiet. Emma sighs shakily. [He's trying to protect me and you...] Addison frowns deeply, deciding as soon as they got back home she was going to ask about it, knowing he didn't need to work and that he was stressing himself too much, heading inside and to Warren's class that he had with Emma and Athena as well. Aaron starts the car and drives off towards the school, glancing back at them. "Please be very careful, Athena.. I don't want anything to happen to you.." He looked extremely anxious and nervous. Kye gives Emma a confused look. Whado you mean...? warren looked really really nervous. "D-Do I have to go...?" Vincent sighs. "Yes, you do." Warren frowns deeply. "I'm scared..." Athena frowns. "I'll be fine, Papa!" Emma sighs shakily. Just look.. She lets go of Kye's hand and moves over to Levi, wrapping her arms around him and carefully using her tail to slide Levi's hoodie and shirt up, revealing his stomach, there being a dark purple bruise there. It isn't done by him.. Levi wraps an arm around her, sighing shakily, not noticing his shirt and hoodie being moved. Addison sighs and nods. "It's okay, sweetheart.. Your teacher here is going to be really sweet to you, okay? She knows how little you are and she'll make sure you're okay. I promise." She goes inside the classroom with Warren and Vincent, going up to the teacher, gesturing to Warren. "This is Warren. He's one of the three who are starting really young." The teacher smiles warmly at Warren. "Hello, Warren." Aaron sighs shakily, parking and quickly getting out and getting Athena out of her car seat, picking her up and holding her tightly, grabbing her backpack as well, a deep frown covering his face. "M-Mmf.."
Kye's eyes widen. "Levi, whats That from..?!" Warren clutches onto Addison. "M-M-Mmf..." Athena looked excited, and Kayla did too as she got out, chuckling. "When you get out, do you promise to tell me aaaall about it?" Athena giggles and smiles. "Yeah!!" Levi's looks confused and then frantically shoves Emma away harshly, covering himself up, growling loudly at Emma. "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!" He looked well beyond furious. Emma wines a little, stumbling to the ground but quickly getting up again, going to the other side of Kye. Addison sighs, kissing him on the forehead and setting him down. "He's really nervous.." The teacher nods and keeps smiling, kneeling down. "We're going to have lots of fun today! Say bye to your parents and then I'll introduce you to some of the other kids." Aaron sighs, holding her tightly and going inside and to the classroom, seeing Addison and Vincent and sighing, bouncing Athena gently, waiting for them to finish. Kye quickly grabs Levi, picking him up. "Levi, you [have] to tell me! I'm here to [help]... don't ever forget that..." Warren sighs shakily, looking scared. "M-Mmf.. B-Bye mommy.. and daddy..." He looks up at Addison and Vincent. Vincent notices Kayla and Athena, smiling slightly at Kayla, her smiling back. Levi's ear bud was pulled out and he huffs, shoving his phone and ear buds in his pocket, squirming a little. "I'm fine!! I promise!! It doesn't hurt!! It only hurts when they hurt my head or my ribs!! Just let me go!!" Addison smiles warmly at him. "You're perfectly fine, sweetheart.. We'll be here when school's out, okay?" Aaron keeps his eyes away from Vincent, still nervous around him and just holding Athena protectively. Kye looked horrified. "Who are "they"?!" Warren gulps, nodding. Athena stared off blankly in the direction of a wall, still smiling. Levi huffs, looking overwhelmed, having not expected to have to talk about this. "I-I don't know!! It's better if you just close your eyes!! I can't hurt them because then I'll get in trouble!! So I just close my eyes!!" He stopped squirming, just staring off to the side. Addison sighs, kissing him on the cheek before grabbing Vincent hand and heading out. The teacher smiles at Warren. Aaron sighs shakily, stepping forward to the teacher with Athena, glancing at Kayla for her to talk, just being extremely nervous about leaving Athena here, knowing Kye was here in an emergency but it still really bothering him. Kye frowns deeply. "Levi, I need you to figure out who they are. I'm a teacher, I can bring it to the principal's attention and get THEM in trouble. I just need you to figure that out. Okay? Can you do that?" Warren nervously steps away, sitting on the ground away from them nervously, looking around. Kayla smiles at the teacher. "Hi, we're here with our daughter Athena. She's one of the younger ones, but I doubt you'll need to teach her any differently." She gives Athena a proud look as she beamed. "She's very excited to be here." She chuckles. The teacher smiles and nods. "Hi, Athena." Aaron squeezes Athena tightly, kissing her on the cheek before gently setting her down in front of the teacher, whispering to her. "Stay. Safe." Levi sniffles, muttering very very quietly. "I-I think there's three main ones... I-I know who those ones are.. I-I just don't know their friends that hurt me too.." Emma frowns deeply at Levi, watching them as they walked. Athena smiles, but doesn't look at him, her eyes still on the wall. "I will!!" Kye nods. "Can you point them out to me when you head to my class..? I'll let you leave early.." Levi sniffles again and nods, hugging him tightly, actually feeling quite relieved now that Kye knew, knowing nobody could hurt him if Kye protected him. Emma had gripped onto Kye's pants and as they got to the school, Emma looks up at Kye. "Me first!! Pick me up, daddy!!" Levi sighs shakily, getting out of Kye's arms and turning the ringer off on his phone, shoving it back in his pocket afterwards, running his headphone cord through his shirt and putting an earbud in. Aaron hugs her one last time before grabbing Kayla's hand and quickly leaving, knowing if he stayed any longer he wouldn't let himself leave Athena, looking extremely upset as they left. Kye sighs and picks her up, walking into the school, and to Emma's class, Kayla smiling at him as they passed eachother. Athena stays where she was, frowning as she realised she wasn't familiar with her surroundings, and starts to get nervous as she realised too that Kayla and Aaron had left her. Warren sees her and goes over, as she was the only one he knew.
As they walk into the classroom, Emma cuddles up to Kye's chest, smiling a little, making herself look sweet and small but shooting sharp glares at the kids but as they approached the teacher she immediately went back to being sweet and innocent. Levi gripped onto Kye's pants tighter as they walk into Emma's classroom. The teacher smiles at Kye as she sees them. "Hello, Mr. Afton!" Emma shyly looks away. Levi glances at Athena and Warren. Kye smiles. "And you, Mrs. Walker!" Kye sets Emma down. Athena looks over, heading them. Mrs. Walker nods to Kye and looks down at Emma. "And you must be, Emma!" Emma nods rapidly, giggling a little and looking up at Kye. "Bye, daddy!! I'll see you.. In the demon class!!" She glances over at Athena and Warren. Kye waves, walking out with Levi. Athena frowns. "Demon class?" Mrs. Walker smiles at Emma. Emma nods to Athena. "Yeah." Mrs. Walker walks over to a table with a boy and a girl sitting at it already, there being three empty chairs. "You three can sit here." Emma nods, quickly running over and sitting next to the boy, still glaring at all the kids and growling quietly at them. Levi looks up at Kye, whispering. "They're in my class now.. I-I'll point through the window for you now just so you know who they are, okay..?" He looked like he was about to cry. Kye nods. "Alright.. maybe I can have a little conversation with your teacher, yeah..?" Athena frowns deeper, wining a little, and Warren looks to her. "You can sit with me...?" Athena looks to him, and quickly grabs onto his arm. Warren yelps, looking surprised but just going with it, going over to the table with her, sitting down in one seat and Athena sitting in the other, on the other side of the boy. Levi looked scared. "M-Mmf.. O-Okay.. I-I just.. M-Mmf.. I don't want to get hurt more.. Th-They don't know it doesn't hurt me.. S-So I just make it seem like it hurts.. B-But that just makes them hurt me worse!!' A tear runs down his cheek but he quickly wipes it away with his sleeve. Emma sighs, slouching in her seat and looking bored. Mrs, Walker passes out a sheet with the alphabet on it along with crayons and a sheet of paper. "Today we're going to learn about the alphabet and colors, class." Emma huffs, crossing her arms, already knowing her alphabet and thinking to Kye. This is boringggggg!! I already know my alphabet and colors!! She huffs and kicks the boy next to her harshly under the table. The boy wines, quickly moving his chair away and glaring at her. Kye sighs. "You don't need to do that... if you don't react they're get bored..." Kye thinks to Emma, Then you can impress them. Think about it that way. Athena frowns deeper, her eyes flickering from Emma to the boy to the paper to the teacher from the different noises. The teacher started to go through the alphabet, pausing so everyone could try to write the letters on the blank sheet of paper, Emma doing so with very neat handwriting, a lot of the other kids struggling and having to get help. She glances over at the boy next to her, putting a hand against his shoulder, whispering. "Don't scream or you'll die." She sends a small shock through him and she giggles, quickly taking her hand away again. The boy jerked, his eyes widening immediately but he stayed silent, only letting out a small groan afterwards, looking beyond terrified of Emma. Levi sniffles and nods a bit, them getting to the classroom and pointing to three different boys all sitting near each other, all of them clearly much taller than Levi. "Th-Those three.. R-Rich.. J-Jeremy.. A-And B-Ben.. M-My teachers name is Mr. Brown.. A-And I sit in the back of the class.." Athena looked beyond confused, having not done anything. Kye frowns deeply, as he had seen them before. "I see..." he goes into the classroom with him, making it seem like he simply needed to talk to the teacher and Levi happened to be going in while he was there. Levi quickly made his way over to his seat in the back left corner of the classroom, sitting down quietly and pulling out his sketch book and a pencil, laying his head down on the desk. Mr. Brown looks over at Kye. "Hey, Mr. Afton!" Emma notices Athena and rolls her eyes, holding up her paper to show her, muttering. "Do this dumbass.." She glances over at Warren to see what he had done. Kye lets out a long sigh, looking serious. "I need to talk to you about a few students. Warren was struggling greatly, looking like he was about to cry. Athena bristles, snatching the paper from her and yelling, "Don't CALL me that!!! MRS. WALKER!!!" Mr. Brown raises an eyebrow but nods. "Alright." He steps out of the classroom with Kye. Levi was still listening to music as he copied down notes from the bored into his notebook. Rich throws a sheet of paper at Levi's head and Levi sighs shakily, picking it up and opening it, reading it and it saying, "Why don't you just go die in a hole?? It would make life a lot easier for you. But if you stay it's a lot more fun for us!" Levi sighs shakily, just shoving the paper in his notebook as he continued to write notes, letting a tear run down his cheek. Emma huffs at Athena and looks at Warren, getting up and going over to him, putting her hand over his and helping him write. "Here.. This is how you do it.." Mrs. Walker comes over quickly. "Yes, Athena?" She sees Emma helping Warren and smiles. "Thank you, Emma." Emma nods to Mrs. Walker. Kye glances at Levi. "I have reason to believe that a group of your students, Rich, Jeremy, and Ben are bullying Levi. As you know I am his father, and I noticed a pretty severe bruise on him on the way to school today. He seemed really upset about it. He also said that there were more, but I just wanted to let you know about at least those three." Warren frowns deeply, looking scared. Athena huffs, pointing at Emma. "SHE CALLED ME A DUMBASS!!"
Mrs. Walker snaps. "We don't say those kinds of words!" She looks to Emma. "Is this true?" Emma tilts her head and shakes it a bit. "No, ma'am.." Mrs, Walker smiles at her and nods, looking back to Athena. "Don't say potty words. And please continue with your work." Mr. Brown frowns deeply. "Mm.. We've had problems with them before.." He glances inside as Jeremy was throwing a ball up sheet of paper at Levi, all three of them snickering. Levi picks it up and reads it again, just skimming over it before shoving it in his backpack, this one seeming to really affect him and he gets up, bolting out of the room and past Kye and Mr. Brown, running as quickly as he could to the closest bathroom, his footsteps echoing through the halls until he finally got there, locking himself in the big stall, breathing heavily and pressing himself against the wall, frantically trying to calm himself down. Mr. Brown huffs. "Can you please go get Levi, Kye? I'll deal with those three immediately." Athena bristles and glares at Emma, growling. "How DARE you!!" Kye nods, immediately going after him.
Levi had frozen the door to get into the bathroom with his magic, clearly not wanting anyone to come in, on the floor at this point, huffing loudly, extremely frustrated and upset with everything. Mr. Brown goes back into the classroom. "Ben. Jeremy. Rich. Principles office. NOW." The three boys roll their eyes and Jeremy speaks. "Kay, Mr. Brown." They get up and leave, laughing as they did. Emma wines a bit, still trying to help Warren and letting go of his hand. Mrs. Walker huffs. "Athena. Just because you are you guys are younger than the other children does not mean you can act differently. You are held to the same standards." Kye burns through the ice and bursts through. Athena frowns deeply. "But I didn't do anything!!" Mrs Walker shakes her head a bit. "Please get back to work, Athena. Or you'll have to flip your card." Levi could be heard from the big stall, still huffing in frustration and anger as he curls up, his arms wrapped around his knees, tears running down his cheeks and he was muttering quickly things to himself that couldn't be Understood by Kye, Levi having not having had an attack in quite a while so he wasn't as used to it anymore. Athena scoffs. "What is that supposed to mean?!" Kye knocks on the stall door. "Levi..." Levi's eyes widen even more than they already had been and he yells frantically. "N-NO!! G-G..O AW..AY!!" He cries harder, shaking violently, hyperventilating, whatever was on the note, seeming to really have set him off. Mrs. Walker raises an eyebrow. "Do not talk to me that way, young lady." She points to a thing with everyone's name on it and colored cards. "Go flip your card to yellow. Now." Emma watches Athena along with the other kids who all just stared at her. Athena looks very upset. "I-I.. I can't.. I don't.." all she could hear was her own heart beat, and she just shifts in her seat, sinking into it, her face going red. Athena looks very upset. "I-I.. I can't.. I don't.." all she could hear was her own heart beat, and she just shifts in her seat, sinking into it, her face going red. Kye frowns deeply. "It's just me, Levi..."
Emma watches Athena closely, waiting to see what would happen. Mrs. Walker crosses her arms. "NOW, Athena." Levi muffles his scream with his hoodie sleeve, him not answering or opening the door but the space under the door was big enough for Kye to slide under. Athena sighs shakily. "I-I.. I-I don't know w-where it is.." she looked ashamed and apologetic. Kye takes a deep breath and sees this, grunting as he got down and made his way under. Mrs Walker huffs, pointing to the chart thing again. "THERE." Levi sees him and was paralyzed with fear, shaking and sweating a dangerous amount, feeling extremely hot and this upsetting him even more, everything overwhelming him in the moment, not knowing what to do and how to help himself as he had only had a few attacks at school in previous years. Athena's eyes start to water. "G-Go over t-to it... p-please..." Kye sees this and looks concerned. "Hey.. calm down.." he tries something he hadn't before, putting a hand lightly against his arm and trying to consume the heat. Mrs. Walker huffs, clearly angry. "Do I need to call your parents on the first day?? Go over and flip your card TWICE." Emma looked concerned, which was very unusual, deciding to watch what Athena did next and if she needed to she'd go and help her. This works and Levi looks a little relieved but was still panicking, but was seemingly able to manage it better now, his vision still blurry and his ears ringing but he recognizes Kye, sitting up and moving over to him, falling on top of him, still shaking and breathing heavily. "H-H..He.. Th..They.. Wh..What.." Athena looked distraught, shakily getting out of her chair but stopping from there, feeling sick. "..p-please.. I-I w-want to.. I-I just c-can't.." Kye sighs. "Can I see the note...?"
Emma senses something wasn't right and quickly goes over to the chart, flipping Athena's card twice before quickly going back over to her, pulling her into a tight hug and thinking to her. [You're okay. If you can tell me what's going on I can help you. Alright? Something isn't right here.] The teacher stares angrily at the two of them, huffing. Levi's eyes widen more and he grips onto Kye even tighter with one hand but takes out, dropping the crumpled piece of paper onto the ground next to them, curled up in Kye's lap. "Th-They.. Th-They..." He couldn't seem to form any words, his mouth moving but nothing coming out. Athena huffs shakily. "I just didn't know where it was.. I just needed someone to walk over to it.. I didn't need you to do the card thingy..." Kye lets out a long sigh and reads what was on the paper. The note was written by what seemed to be many different people and read, "Hey, fucker! If I had a face like yours I'd Sue my parents! You're so fake Barbie is jealous! Brains aren't everything, in your case they're nothing! Oxygen thief! Go play in traffic, dumbass! If ugly were a crime you'd get a life sentence!" Emma holds her tightly, plopping on the ground with her and pulling her into her lap, muttering. "You clearly aren't fine.. She told you where it was twice.." Kye frowns deeply. "Oh, Levi..." Athena huffs, struggling off of her. "I'm fine!! I just needed her to go to it!!" Levi cries even harder against Kye's chest, just letting himself fall apart, this not being the first time in his school life that the kids had all joined in and written something like this about him, him still having every single one. "I-I.. Th-They.. M-Mmf.. Wh-Why.. N-No.." He pulls one more crumbled piece of paper out of his pocket that seemed to be older. Emma sighs and shakes her head, letting her go. "You can't tell the teacher what to do.. She tells US what to do.." Kye looks At that one. Athena looks down. "But.. I couldn't..." she still looked very upset. This note read, "If laughter is the best medicine, then your face must be curing the world!! You're so ugly you scared the crap out of the toilet! Your family tree must be a cactus, cuz everyone on it's a prick! It's better to let someone think you're an idiot rather than open your mouth and prove it! I'm jealous of people that don't know you!! There is no vaccine against stupid! You're the reason the gene pull needs a lifeguard! How old are you? -Wait I shouldn't ask you can't count that high!" Emma sighs. "Then ask me for help.. Or Warren.." Kye bristles at this one, frowning deeply. "If you get another one of these, don't read it. Okay? Don't even open it. Athena sniffles. "Okay.." Emma helps Athena back into her seat, sighing and deciding she could help her this once but would immediately go back to being rude to her tomorrow, standing over her and gesturing to a crayon and the paper. "Start to write and I'll help." Mrs Walker had gone back over to her desk. Levi nods rapidly, still crying harshly. "Th-They.. Th-They don't.. S-Stop.. A-All the.. T-Time.." He decides now that Kye knows it's worth telling him all of it, standing up and stripping off his clothes to his boxers. His entire body was completely covered in bruises and he leans down and moves his hair out of the way, there being stitches which was very confusing as nobody had ever taken him to get the stitches. Athena didn't look comfortable with this, eventually finding and picking up a crayon, not knowing what to do with it. "Wha'do I do...?" Kye looks absolutely horrified. "LEVI!!" Levi sighs shakily, scrambling to get his clothes back on, quickly pulling his Hood back up and sticking his hands in his pockets, seemingly having calmed down quite a bit and muttering quietly. "I called Jaidan and he took me to the hospital.. It's just a minor concussion.. I'm fine.." Emma sighs, putting her hand over Athena's and helping her write the letter "A". "You write each letter of the alphabet and then you do the matchings for colors on the backside." Athena bites her lip. "Mmf... I can't do this..." Kye was in complete shock, and totally speechless.
Emma sighs and shakes her head. "You won't know until you try." She takes her hand away. "Write the letter B the best you can." Levi sighs shakily, muttering. "Can I just hang out and draw in your classroom for now..? You can go grab my stuff.. Just.. Just don't go through my sketchbook please.. It's on the desk with my pencil and notebook.." Athena just stares at the paper, having no idea what to even try, just ending up putting the crayon to the paper where it was held above and drawing out whatever shape ended up being created when she experimented with the pressure of the crayon. Kye frowns deeply and nods. "Of course..." he gets up, heading back to the classroom to get his things. Emma let's out a long sighs. "Oof.. Okay.. Try to copy my letters.." She grabs her paper and sets it next to Athena's paper. Levi sniffles and gets up, quickly going to Kye's classroom and waiting outside the door for Kye, but Ben, Jeremy, and Rich were headed back to class and see Levi, Rich pointing and they all quickly go over, Jeremy and Ben stepping back while Rich grabs him harshly by the collar of his hoodie, slamming him against the wall, smirking. "Hey, fucker." Levi closes his eyes, doing what Kye said and not responding. Rich rolls his eyes. "Fine. We'll have it your way." He throws Levi into the other wall, Levi letting out a small grunt but just laying on the floor, not caring and when all three go over and start kicking his body he only protects his head where his stitches were and his crotch, nothing else. Mr. Brown continued to teach, but some of the kids glanced back at Kye, rolling their eyes as they grabbed Levi's stuff. Athena does absolutely nothing. Kye collects the rest of Levi's things and heads to the classroom. Emma rolls her eyes. "Dude. If you want to pass kindergarten then you have to listen to me and try. Okay?" Levi was still on the ground with them kicking him and as soon as they see Kye, Jeremy and Ben bolt but Rich stays, rolling his eyes at Kye. Athena looks very confused. "But you didn't.. what am I supposed to do...?" Kye sees him, growling loudly, quickly setting Levi's things down and walking over with strong steps, his eyes fierce. Emma huffs, pointing to her own sheet. "THAT is MY paper. OKAY?" She points to Athena's paper. "THAT is YOUR paper." she points to Athena. "YOU write what's on MY paper on YOUR paper. OKAY?" Rich scoffs at Kye, kicking Levi onto his back and putting a foot on his stomach, pressing down harshly and Levi's reflex's throw him forward slightly and cause him to gag, him would have emptied his stomach but he hadn't eaten yet so only a little bike came up mixed with a little blood. Rich glances at Kye. "Piss off, one handed freak. Athena just looked more upset. "M-Mmf.. y-you d-do It...?" Kye bristles, his fur fluffed up in anger. He huffs and hooks His hook through The collar of his shirt, jerking him off the ground to his level, growling into his face, his teeth bared. Rich huffs, kicking his foot at Kye's crotch. Levi sighs shakily, spitting up a little blood and just curling up, muttering to Kye. "Can't.. H-H..Hurt.. H-Him.." Emma huffs, clearly very frustrated. "If I do a couple letters will you do some??" Athena shakes her head. "I can't..." Kye, having prepared for him doing this quickly counters this with his own leg to bat Rich's off course, and he ignores Levi, throwing Rich against the wall harshly. Rich coughs as he hits the wall, huffing and scrambling to get up and run. Ben and Jeremy we're watching from down the hall. Levi pulls his Hood so he didn't have to watch them, figuring it better to have Kye check him for anything broken before he actually tried to get up and walk, not feeling much pain but not positive if anything was broken or not. Emma slams her head down against the table, huffing. "Whyyyyyyy..." She looks up at her. "Are you literally that stupid or are you messing with me??" Kye bolts to him, grabbing him by the neck this time, gripping him harshly, his nails digging into his skin partly. "YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST RUN AWAY?!" Athena scoffs lightly. "I'm not..!" Warren frowns, seeing this. "It's okay.. I'm not very smart either.. I'm struggling too..!" He smiles weakly, but Athena looks furious, standing up in her seat and slamming her hands against the table. "I AM NOT STUPID!!" Emma huffs, going over to Warren. "Then I'll just help Warren if you won't even try." Mrs. Walker looks over. "ATHENA AFTON! We do NOT yell in my classroom!" Rich thrashes. "Let go of me, freak!! Go deal with whatever the hell that kid's name is!!" Levi sighs shakily, speaking to Kye in a low voice. "I-I..I said Lea..ve.. him alone.. C-Can't.. Hurt him.. J-Jeremy.. B-Ben.." He points down the hall, not even having to look. Athena looked beyond angry, huffing and slamming herself back down in her seat, and refusing to do anything more. Kye looks over, seeing them and cursing under his breath, slamming Rich back onto the ground. "Enjoy your life, next time I won't spare it." Rich sent a hand signal to Ben and Jeremy and they Disappeared, Rich bolting after them as fast as he could, just wanting to get away from Kye. Levi sniffles, having turned on his side for when he was spitting up blood it was easier and he moves a hand to his Hood, sliding it off and checking the stitches, quickly sliding his Hood back on. "Y-Your.. C-Classroom, please.." Emma sighs, looking down at Warren and seeing what he had done. "Let's see.."
Kye huffs, groaning in frustration, covering his face with one hand. "I'm gunna be in so much fucking trouble.." he goes over to Levi, his eyes glassy and picks him up carefully, heading to his classroom. He'd done sloppy versions of about a third of them. Athena just stares at the paper, glassy eyed, not knowing what to do. Levi sighs shakily, snuggling up in Kye's arms. "C-Can you check for broken bones..? M-My b-friend..? Y-Yeah.. H-He normally checks.." Emma sighs and puts her hand on top of Warren's with the crayon and puts it on the paper, drawing the letter "A". "Do you see how we're doing this? It's basically just lines but they're arranged in different ways." She smiles warmly at him. Kye tilts his head. "Sure..." Warren looked confused at first, but in awe as he realised, and smiles at her slyly. "Thanks.." Athena sniffles, murmuring in a high pitched winey voice. "M-Mrs Walker...?" Emma nods, taking her hand off his hand. "Now you try the letter B." Mrs. Walker looks over. "Yes, Athena?" Levi sighs shakily, moving out of his arms and very very carefully sitting in Kye's desk chair, having no clue what was actually injured and taking off his hoodie and shirt, it already noticable the bruises were much much worse and some were black, especially on his stomach and Levi sighs shakily, letting his head fall back against the chair. "Y-You can do my legs.." He pulls out his phone, seemingly texting someone again. Athena sniffles. "I can't do this..." Warren stares at it, and then awkwardly writes it pretty Okayly. Kye frowns. "Who are you texting..?" Emma smiles more at Warren. "Good job! Now try C." Mrs. Walker sighs and shakes her head a bit. "Why not?" Levi glances at Kye, turning his screen so Kye couldn't see and mumbling. "Just check for broken bones.. I-Its none of your business.." Levi huffs and hands him his phone after thinking for several moments. The contact was labeled, "❤️Anthony❤️" and the last few texts were, "Levi: It happened again.. But my dad's a teacher and he's here.. He's checking for broken bones and stuff.." "Anthony: Awww.. Are you okay? Do I need to come? Where are you??" "Levi: I'm in the demonology room. It's my dad's classroom. But I don't know if you should come. I don't know how my dad will react." "Anthony: Okay, hun. Please, Please, Please keep me updated. :)" "Levi: I will!" That was the last of the texts from now. Emma claps her hands. "That's really good, Warren!! Now D, E, F, G!!" Mrs. Walker sighs. "Can you try, please?"
Kye furrows his brow. "Is this..." he frowns. "Mm..." Warren giggles, getting started with these, being slow, but doing pretty well, struggling through when he got to G. Athena sighs shakily, finding another crayon and doing the same thing she did with Emma, not knowing what else to do. The teacher shakes her head and kneels down, putting her hand over Athena's hand like Emma had done and carefully drawing the letter, "A". "Like this." Emma helps him through G. "Now H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z!!" Levi sighs shakily, looking off towards a wall. "Yes.. He's my boyfriend.. And I'm not gay, I promise.. Just.. Him.. I guess.. If anything I'm Bi! I promise.." Athena didn't look at it, but sighs shakily, worried she was going to mess it up again. Quickly though, remembering how she did it she moves the crayon elsewhere on the paper and replicates how she drew the A, Very very slowly but precisely. Warren frowns a bit, having liked going a few at a time, and not wanting to just have to do all of them now, as some he didn't know how to do. Kye looked skeptical. "You're too young for this kind of thing..." Emma sighs. "Sorry, Sorry.. Here.. Do H, I, J, K, L. Is that better?" Mrs. Walker smiles and nods. "Keep trying until you have the whole alphabet." She grabs Emma's sheet and sets it in front of her. "You can copy these." Levi huffs, snatching his phone back. "That's why I didn't show you!! Because I knew you wouldn't like it!!" He shoves his phone in his hoodie pocket. "Now, PLEASE, check me for broken bones and whatnot." He pauses for a few moments. "And he's in 6th grade so he's smart.." He mutters under his breath very very very quietly. "He kissed me though.. Like.. Only for a second.. But.. It was still my first kiss.. So.." Warren nods, getting started slow. Athena frowns. "I can't do that.. I just copied your movements..." Kye looks away. "Levi..." he looked conflicted. Levi stares at Kye, scared to death he was going to be mad or be super homophobic against him, having absolutely no idea how he was going to react. "M-Mmf.. I-I like him, and he likes me.. S-So.. M-Mmf.." Emma watches him closely. Mrs. Walker sighs and looks to the boy next to Athena. "Can you help Athena, Nathan?" The boy nods rapidly and leans over to Athena. "What do you need help with??" He smiles brightly at her. Mrs. Walker gets up and walks over to another table. Kye shakes his head. "Neither of you understand..." Athena's eyes widen and she smiles nervously, resting her head against her palm. "Could you help me write the letters~?" Nathan nods rapidly again, putting his hand on top of hers and writing the letter B. "Like that! That's B. It's the second letter of the alphabet." Levi huffs sadly, having known Kye wasn't going to support this. "Just check my bones and I want to go talk to him.. By myself.. Without you or our friends.." He crosses his arms, looking genuinely very upset about Kye not supporting this but also upset with himself for liking a boy. Athena smiles sweetly, and replicates this on a different part of the paper. Kye shakes his head. "Levi, I'm not going to let you do that.." Kye shuts his eyes and shakes his head. "Whatever..." he checks him for broken bones. Athena giggles, easily replicating this one, blushing as he kept his hand on hers. Athena's smile widens. "Okay!! Um.. what are those?" Kye, seeing how much older he was looked angry, bristling. Levi grips onto him tightly. "I really really really really missed you!!!" Anthony nods. "I missed you too, hun." He looks over to Kye, tilting his head. "I'm Anthony." He shifts Levi into one arm and holds his other hand out to Kye to shake. Nathan giggles, pointing to each of the crayons and naming the colors. "These!!" Kye growls. "I am Not touching you." Athena tilts her head. "When do they show up? They didn't for me." Nathan looks confused. "Wha'do you mean?? The teacher tell us the colors and gives us the crayons??" Anthony sighs, knowing exactly why he didn't like him. "I know I'm older than him. But I wouldn't do anything unless I knew it was appropriate or asked you first. I promise." Levi snuggles up to Anthony's chest, a happy smile on his face. "It's daddy's birthday today, Anthony!!" Anthony looks down at Levi and nods, looking back up at Kye. "Happy birthday, Mr. Afton." Levi looked extremely happy and closes his eyes, nuzzling Anthony softly. Kye huffs, grumbling and looking off. "Worst birthday I've had in years.." Athena frowns. "Oh.. but... I wanted to see them..." Anthony sighs. "I'm sorry." Levi sighs shakily. "I hate Rich, Ben, and Jeremy.. They suck.." Anthony rubs Levi's back softly, nodding understandingly, looking back up at Kye. "I think you're my demonology teacher, so. Also, Do you want me to take Levi back to his class?" Levi shakes his head vigorously, digging his nails into Anthony's back. "NO!! I-I'm staying with daddy.." Anthony winces. "Hey, Hey, claws, please
.." Levi quickly let's go with his hands, just letting Anthony hold him up. "Sorry.." Anthony smiles warmly and kisses him softly on the forehead. "It's okay, silly." Levi nods and looks at the time. "You gotta go back to class soon!!" Anthony nods, carefully setting him down. Levi giggles. "I gotta finish the thing now!! But I'll text you later!! Promise!!" Anthony nods, looking to Kye. "See you later, I guess.." He looked a little disappointed that Kye didn't like him. Nathan looks even more confused. "What??" Athena frowns deeper. "Lets just try to do it.. Wha'do I do...?" Kye says nothing, watching him with his trademark fierce eyes, the ones any demon could recognise. Anthony's eyes widen and he looks between Kye and Levi, quickly grabbing Levi's arms and pulling him close, kneeling down so he could hug him and whispering in his ear quietly as he kept his eyes on Kye. "Who's your grandfather, Levi?" Levi tilts his head. "Vincent Afton is his name. Why??" Anthony's eyes widen even more and he stares at Kye. "Uh.. Is he purple..?" Levi nods rapidly. "Yeah!" Anthony's eyes flicker from fear to blank, standing up but keeping Levi close, staring at Kye again. "You're the prince..?" Nathan nods and grabs a red crayon, flipping Athena's paper over and pointing to the word, "RED" with the red crayon. "You color the words with the color they are." Kye scoffs. "You'd think royalty would be holding a better job than teaching with below average pay." This Answer was very unclear. Athena looks confused. "Well how do I know their name?" Anthony huffs. "Are you the prince?" Levi just stands there, having no clue what the big deal was. Nathan tilts his head and thinks. "Ummmm..." He points to the label on the crayon. "Match the word on the crayon with the word on the paper I guess." Kye smirks. "You must be really dumb if you can't tell the difference between the prince and a random school teacher." This was also unclear. Athena looked extremely confused. "But.. how..." she picks up the crayon. "It isn't showing up..." Nathan looked frustrated. "Look at the words.." Anthony huffs, looking to Levi. "Is your dad a prince, Levi?" Levi nods. "Yeah. Why?" Anthony steps back a little. "Alrighty then.. Heh.. I'm.. I'ma go now.. I guess.. Text me later, Levi! Bye!" He quickly bolts out of the room. Levi looked really confused. "What??" Athena laughs nervously. "I.. they... they aren't there, Wh.. Wha'do you mean...?" Kye shakes his head. "For non-royals our presence is rather jarring." Nathan huffs, looking genuinely upset. "I don't know then!! The words are there and you look at them and then you color!!" Levi frowns a bit. "Oh.. Mmf.. Okay.." He grabs his backpack and goes to the back of the classroom, pulling out his sketchbook along with markers and pencils, opening his sketchbook to a certain page he had marked and immediately getting to work, muttering a few things to himself and after several minutes he carefully rips the page out of the sketchbook along with several other pages behind it, erasing any extra pencil marks and holding them to his chest, getting back up and going over to Kye. "Hold out your hand and close your eyes. NO PEEKING."
Athena looked distraught, not wanting him mad at her. "H-Hey.. I-I'm sorry.. y-you don't have to h-help me anymore.." Kye lets out a long sigh and closes his eyes, holding his hand out. A stack of papers are placed into Kye's hand, Levi giggling a little. "Open now!!" Nathan frowns deeply and quickly sits back in his seat, staring down at the table. Emma had finished helping Warren and was currently staring up at the ceiling, bored out of her mind and moving her ears around as she listened to different conversations around the room. Kye opens them, and looks at the papers. Athena simply stared hopelessly at the paper. Emma glances at Athena and thinks to her. Want me to do your work? It'll give me something to do. The first paper was a collage of pictures that Levi had cut out of bigger photos. Them being of Emma, Levi, and Kye, and one having a slight part of Jake in it, some of the others having Jordan, all from different years. The second one was a drawing of Kye, Emma, and Levi. Kye and Emma were in their fox forms and snuggled up to each other, Levi cuddled up in between them. The third, and final paper was a note that was clearly written in some by Levi and some by Emma that read, "We love you daddy so so much!! Happy birthday!! You're the best! -Emma and Levi Afton" At the bottom of the page was a small photo of Levi and Emma playing together and there were different smaller drawings surrounding the note on the page. Levi looked nervous, not knowing if Kye was going to like it. Athena smiles. Yeah!! Kye's start to water as he looks through it, smiling a little. "Thank you so much, Levi.." Emma nods, sitting up and grabbing her paper, doing the front and back very quickly and sliding the paper back to her. Done. Levi giggles a little and wraps his arms around Kye's legs as that was all he could reach. "Emma and I did it!! She picked out the photos and helped write the letter and I drew the pictures and glued stuff down!!" Athena smiles gratefully. "Thanks.." Kye sniffles. "I couldn't have asked for better children.." Levi smiles brightly. "I'm glad you like it!!" Emma nods. "No problem.." She thinks to Vincent, not knowing if she'd get in trouble with Kye if she was talking to Kye while she was supposed to be working. I'm boredddd. Schools sucks. Iffff I teleport to you can we do something fun???? Vincent thinks back about a minute later, If you teleport to me you will die. Kye sighs shakily and hugs him tightly. Athena calls out, "Mrs. Walker!!" Emma looks extremely confused. [Why would I die?? Are you gunna kill me or something??] Mrs. Walker looks over and gets up, coming over and kneeling down. "Yes, sweetheart?" Levi climbs up into his arms, smiling even more and nuzzling him softly, hugging him tightly. "I love you soooo much, daddy.. You're the best daddy in the ENTIRE world.." He giggles quietly. "And Emma is the best sister ever and Jordan is a good mommy.. J-..." He closes his eyes and seals his mouth as he was about to speak about Jake being a good father as well, pressing his face into Kye's chest and going silent. Athena smiles brightly. "I'm done!!" Vincent responds, Im working with deadly chemicals. Kye frowns, knowing what he was going to say. "Mmf.." Emma looks even more confused but was extremely interested. [What?? What chemicals?? Why are they deadly?? Aren't they deadly to you too???] Mrs. Walker smiles and nods. "Good job, Athena." She looks over her paper and puts a sticker on it. "You may color on a piece of paper if you'd like until everyone finishes, okay?" Levi sighs shakily, letting his head rest on his chest with his eyes closed, sniffling and muttering quietly. "N-No crying on your birthday.. I-It's not allowed.." Vincent responds once again, Holy water vapour. And yes. Athena beams happily. "Okay!!" Warren frowns, as he had finished but didn't tell her, wanting a sticker of his own but being too shy to ask. Kye shakes his head. "No.. no tears.. I promise..." Emma rolls her eyes. Is Levi gunna have to come fix your voice box thingy again? And where exactly are you anyway? The girl sitting at the table with them sees Warren was finished and looks to Mrs. Walker, pointing to Warren. "He's done too, ma'am.." Her voice was quiet and she hadn't spoken a word the entire time. Nathan had already gotten his sticker as well as Emma. The teacher nods and goes over, examining Warren's paper and then putting a sticker on it. "Good job, Warren!" Levi nods a bit and glances down at the ring on Kye's finger, having always wondering what exactly happened to Jake that killed him, but never having the courage to ask as every time he thought about it, he instantly started to cry, imagining the worst ways possible and this is exactly what happened, tears starting to run down his cheeks but he quickly moves out of Kye's arms and runs back to where he was sitting, folding his arms on the desk and digging his face into them, determined to keep Kye from crying even if he couldn't help himself, just letting the tears fall. Vincent scoffs quietly. No, I'm protected from it, and that is classified. Warren smiles brightly, yet shyly. Athena frowns deeply, not liking how quickly she shifted her attention and praise. "Mine's better!!" Warren's smile fades. Kye looks off, his ears folding against his head and he clutches his eyes shut, trying to simply clear his mind. Emma huffs. Fine. But I'm extremely bored and there's nothing to do here. And all the kids are stupid. Especially Athena. She can't do ANYTHING. Mrs. Walker frowns at Athena. "Nobody's is better than anyone's, Athena." The girl stares at Warren, a deep frown covering her face since the start of class. "Mmf.." Levi sighs shakily and after quite a bit he was able to calm himself down, the bell ringing for Levi's lunch and he just ignores it, hoping Kye didn't ask about it as he didn't want to eat, him never eating lunch when he was at school or on certain days of weekends or summer, but when he did eat he ate a lot and he still looked healthy. Warren looks to her. "What's wrong...?" Vincent furrows his brow. Athena? She's a remarkable child. Wha'do you mean? Athena scoffs. "That's not true!! Momma always says IM the best!!" Kye sighs. "Do you want to go..?" Mrs Walker frowns deeply and sighs. "Yes. You are amazing but you are no better than anyone else here." Emma was glaring at Athena. No. She's not. She's stupid. She literally has done nothing. I've done all her work fo her cuz she says she can't do it. Even Warren is doing much better than her. She got her "card flipped" twice or whatever and couldn't even do that. I did it for her once again. The girl quickly looks away. "M-Mmf.. I miss my mommy.." Levi shakes his head rapidly, immediately sitting up straight and continuing to shake his head. "Nope. No way. Not doing that." Warren frowns deeper. "I miss mine too..." Athena huffs. "I'm better than YOU at least!! You're horrible at your worthless job." Vincent sounded surprised. Thats... very hard to believe. She's seemed very bright whenever I've been with her. Kye looks confused. "Why not...?" The girl sighs shakily. "I-I don't like it here.. It's scary.." Emma rolls her eyes. Yeah, whatever. She's annoying and she's being rude to the teacher. Saying she's better than everyone especially the teacher, soooooo. Aaron and Kayla'll have fun with that. Mrs. Walker looks shocked. "ATHENA! I AM CALLING YOUR PARENTS!" She quickly goes over to her phone in the room and calls Kayla. Levi crosses his arms and stares at the wall. "I'm not humiliating myself by puking again!! That was last year and I'm STILL not left alone about it!! And it's all because of that group of boys with Rich, Jeremy, and Ben!! It was HUMILIATING!!" He looked extremely upset. Warren nods. "Mm..." Athena's eyes widen. "N-No!!" Kayla sees the number and raises an eyebrow, picking up. "Hello?" Kye frowns. "Oh..." he thinks. "Mm... maybe you could eat in here with me from now on...?" Levi sniffles, looking scared. "It's not just then!! Th-They'll wait until after I've eaten and then they'll make me puke!! Other people have only seen it once but it's happened EIGHT TIMES!!! All the kids w-were laughing at me!! Th-They said I was disgusting!! A-A-Anthony's the only one who h-helped me!!" Emma stares at Athena angrily. The teacher huffs. "Is this the parents of Athena Afton?" The girl sighs shakily, laying her head down on the table and staring at the wall sadly. Kayla frowns. "This is her mother, yes... is something wrong..?" Warren watches Athena as she looked very upset, starting to cry as she couldn't get up and stop her, not knowing what was going to happen. Kye frowns deeper. "Mmf.. Alright..." Mrs Walker huffs angrily. "She has been nothing but trouble today. She won't do anything I say and she's being very very disrespectful." Emma rolls her eyes at Athena. "You're fine, Athena." Levi slams his head down against the table, grunting and putting a hand to the stitches, huffing angrily. "I liked not going to school better.." Kayla frowns deeply. "Let me get her father on the line.." she calls for Aaron. Athena sniffles. "How do you know?!" Kye looks alarmed as he did this. "Don't do that, Levi." Emma scoffs. "You're 3. The worst they'll do is spank you probably. Plus! Aaron ain't gunna do anything to you!" She smirks. "And daddy can't do anything to me cuz it'll just hurt him too." Mrs. Walker sighs. "Alright." Aaron comes quickly. "Yes, hunny?" Levi glances up at him. "I'm fine.. These stitches dissolve over time.. They'll be gone soon.. And I didn't break them, did I..?" He checks his hand just to make sure. "And even if I did it would be good.. means I don't have to go to school for a bit.." Athena looks scared. "B-But.." Kayla sighs. "Athena got in trouble..." she hands him the phone. Kye still looked very very concerned. "Please keep yourself safe..."
Emma huffs. "You. Will. Be. Fine. Okay?" Aaron frowns deeply and takes the phone. "Hello?" Mrs. Walker sighs. "Athena has been very disrespectful all day and has not done anything I've asked her to." Aaron frowns deeper. "Mmf.. Does she need to be picked up..?" Mrs Walker glances over at Athena. "Yes. She can return tomorrow." Aaron glances at Kayla. "Alright. Thank you very much, Mrs. Walker." He hangs up, huffing sadly. "Mmf.. We gotta go get her.." Mrs Walker looks over to Kayla. "Your parents are coming to get you. Flip your card again." Levi sighs shakily, staring at the wall with his face facing away from Kye, sniffling. "M-Mmf.. I-I.. Why do all the kids hate me..? I-I know in short and stuff B-But.. Why..? I-I never did anything to them.." Athena still looked scared, not believing Emma, but saying nothing, just sinking in her seat, hesitating, before nervously getting up and slowly walking to where the cards were, this time being able to this, just barely though, and flips her card. Kayla frowns. "Mm... Alright..." Kye looks off. "They have their own issues.." Emma watches Athena as well as the other children but Nathan frowned deeply. "Do you have to go home..?" Aaron sighs and grabs his shirt, putting it on and heading to the car, a deep frown covering his face. Levi sniffles and shuts his sketchbook, getting up and going over to Kye's desk, climbing into his lap and snuggling up to him, putting his Hood up and putting his music back on in one earbud, sighing shakily and staring at the ground. "I hate school.. S-So much.. The work is easy.. Just.. Just the other kids aren't nice.. And.. And it makes me really sad sometimes.. I don't care if they don't talk to me, I just wish they weren't so mean about it.." He sniffles again. "Anthony tells me that kid's just aren't nice and that when I'm older it will be better.. but I don't know.. I'll always be short.. Since Jaidan is my old daddy, and he's short that means I'll always be short.. I-I wish I was like you and Emma.. You guys are tall.. Emma's gunna be taller than me one day.." Athena sniffles, shakily going back to her seat. "I don't want to..."Kayla follows, getting in with him. Kye looks at the ground. "Mmf..." he wished he could help him, knowing with what happened earlier it wasn't far fetched to be worried he might lose his job. Nathan frowns deeper. "Mmf.. Okay.. I'll see you tomorrow though.." Mrs. Walker huffs. "Nathan, Taylor. Please walk Athena up to the office. Stay together, please." The girl next to Warren wines a little but nods, getting up slowly, snuggling up inside of her jacket. Nathan sighs and gets up, looking at Athena. "Do you want me to carry your backpack for you?" Aaron heads to the school quickly, mumbling under his breath. "I wish I had homeschooled her like Iren.. She could even still take naps.." Levi digs his face into Kye's chest, sighing shakily. "Do you have any headache medicine or something..? I normally pack some but I'm all out, so.. And my head really hurts.." Athena nods. "M-Mmhm.. c-could you hold m-my hand, too..?" Kye furrows his brow. "Mm... maybe..." he goes over to his desk, checking in the drawers. Kayla sighs shakily. "I just wanted her to have relationships with other people..." Aaron sighs shakily. "Mmf.. She's better off with me.. She has Levi, Emma, Warren, and Iren.. That's enough.." Nathan nods, grabbing Athena's backpack and putting it on his back, then grabbing Athena's hand and heading to the office, swinging their arms slightly as they walked. Taylor stayed close behind them, sniffling and looking scared. Levi sighs shakily. "M-Mmf.. The concussion thingy still hurts and I took something this morning but it's not working anymore.." He looks off, muttering a few things to himself quietly. Kye frowns deeply. "What did you take? Where did you get it?" Athena smiles, blushing a little as she noticed him doing this. Kayla shrugs. "I suppose... I just... I meant out of the royal family..."
Aaron sighs shakily, pulling up to the school. "Mmf.. I guess.." They get to the front office and Nathan sits in the waiting chairs, Taylor sitting two chairs away and Nathan helps Athena into the one next to him since she was much shorter. Levi sighs shakily. "Well at the hospital they gave me something a lot stronger while I was there and then they just told me I could take Tylenol.. So that's what I've been taking.. And I found some in our medicine cabinet.. Or if there's none I ask Jaidan and he says Grandma has some in her medicine cabinet so he gets me some of those until he can get me more.." Kayla gets out as they parked, heading in. Athena was shaking in fear. Kye sighs. "Ask me from now on, Okay...?" Nathan sets Athena's backpack down and wraps his arms around her. "You're okay, Athena.. It's just going home.." Aaron goes in as well, seeing Athena and Nathan and raising an eyebrow and growling quietly. Taylor just sat there quietly and had her knees to her chest, staring at the ground. Levi nods a bit. "Okay.. But do you have anything for now, please?? My head is pounding.. And it made it worse earlier with the attack, so.." Athena still looked terrified, not knowing what to expect, and hugging him close. Kayla smiles a little as she sees them. Kye sighs, going back to searching, and finding a pill bottle. He nods, taking out a pill and going over to him, handing it to him. Levi looks confused as he just takes it dry. "I normally take two or three. Why'd you give me only one??" Aaron huffs, going over to them and quickly pulling Athena away from Nathan, pulling her into a close and tight hug, picking up her backpack and glaring at Nathan. "Who are you and why are you touching my daughter?" Nathan looks a little scared. "M-Mmf.. Sh-She's.. Sh-She's my friend.." Aaron growls louder, holding Athena protectively. Kye shake his head. "That's strong." It tasted awful. Kayla furrows her brow, going over to Nathan and kneeling down. "Thank you for being there for her. Don't mind my fiancé, he's just protective. What's your name?" Athena wines, struggling, wanting to be back with Nathan. Nathan glances at Aaron nervously but smiles a little at Kayla. "N-Nathan.. Athena's my friend.. I-I think.." Aaron grips Athena tightly but not enough to hurt her, muttering to her. "No boys. Or girls for that matter." Levi makes a face. "Ew. What is this??" Kye scratches the back of his head. "I don't think the name is Gunna give you any more context. Athena sighs shakily, sniffling. "N-No!!" Kayla smiles calmly. "She likes you, very much. I can tell." Nathan smiles more and nods. "Awesome!!" He hops out of the chair. "Me and Taylor have to go back to class now but we'll see her tomorrow!!" He giggles and gestures for Taylor to follow him as he runs off, her frantically following, stumbling as she did and wining. Aaron huffs, quickly heading out of the school once she signed her out. Levi sighs shakily. "Well what's it for? And why's it taste so bad? Where'd you get it?" Kayla chuckles and follows them. Kye sighs. "Well most pills don't taste good when you don't take them with something else." He seemed to be avoiding the other questions. Athena continued struggling, not wanting to go.
Aaron huffs, quickly buckling her in her car seat and getting in the driver's seat, slamming his head down against the wheel over his hands, letting out a long sigh shakily. Levi frowns a bit. "Where'd you get it and what's it for? And don't avoid my questions, daddy." Athena looked scared, shaking still and wining quietly as Kayla got in the front seat instead of next to her. Kye shakes his head. "I got it from Vincent. My doctor refused to prescribe it." Levi frowns more. "What. Is. It. FOR? I'm not leaving you alone until you tell me the truth." He crosses his arms, wincing a little and tilting his head back slightly. Aaron sighs shakily, glancing back at her. "Why were disrespectful and not listening to your teacher, Athena..?" Kye closes his eyes, taking a deep breath. "Mental correction.." Athena sighs shakily. "I wasn't.. E-Emma.. sh-She called me a d-" she frowns deeply. "A bad word... and.. I got in trouble for it... because I repeated it.." Kayla gives her a sympathetic look.
Aaron pauses for a few moments. "Don't say words that Emma says. Ever. She may be my best friend slash brother-in-laws kid but she says things that shouldn't be said. Especially by a 3 year old. And. Why did your teacher say you weren't listening?" Levi frowns deeply, hugging Kye tightly. "Mmf.. Like.. Like depression..? Or something.. Meds don't work for my stuff.." Athena looked very upset at this. "I-I couldn't go and change my card.." Kye looked sad. "Yeah..." he looks off. "It corrects generally, so... works for headaches too..." Aaron huffs. "And why not? You're a big girl. You could've done it." Levi hugs him tighter. "No depression on your birthday, okay..?" He lets his head rest on Kye's chest, not moving it at all, it throbbing and causing him to close his eyes, this having happened several times and he normally just waits it out but it was noticable to Kye that he had slowed his breathing to the point he was barely taking in breaths. Kye frowns more, noticing this. "Levi..?" Athena's eyes start to well up with tears. "I-I c-couldn't, Papa.. I-I couldn't.." Levi pulls out his ear bud and peeks one eye very very slightly open so he could see Kye but quickly closing it again, his voice almost non-existent as well but this all seemed to be on purpose. "I'm fine. Just. Just my head. I'm fine though. It's happened before and I'll be fine. Promise." Aaron huffs and turns his head to look at her. "Give me a good reason why you couldn't get up, walk over to the thing and flip your card thing. And if you can't. Then you get spanked." Just the thought of this brought tears to Aaron's eyes and he quickly stares out the window, them still being in the parking lot. Kye looks increasingly concerned. "Mmf.." Athena looked horrified, and even Kayla looked a bit surprised. "P-Papa!! I-I.. I-I just..!" she starts to cry harshly. "I-I didn't- I couldn't- I didn't kn- it wasn't- I didn't-" she gives him, crying louder as she couldn't make up the words. Aaron sighs shakily, a tear running down his cheek but he quickly starts the car, heading home, keeping his eyes locked on the road the entire time. "I'm sorry, Athena. But just because you're smarter than other 3 year olds does not mean you don't have to follow rules. Okay?" Levi gives up on the slow breathing and resumes his normal breath, just snuggling up in Kye's lap, hearing the bell for the Kindergarten lunch and covering his ears frantically, huffing in pain and once it was over he uncovers his ears, groaning quietly. "It's like.. A throbbing pain.. Plus.. A ringing.. A constant.. Ringing.. Really loudly.. L-Like when I have attacks ringing.." He puts a hand to his head, pressing it against it away from the stitches. Athena was breathing in panicked gasps. Kayla looked concerned, but more or less it sounded the same as any other small child's tantrum. "B-But I W-W-WANTED to l-l-listen!! I-I p-promise!!!" Kye tilts his head, putting his hand against his cheek. "The medicine will help once it kicks in... just stay calm..." Levi nods a bit weakly. "O-Okay.. H-How long..? I-It's.. It's bad.." Aaron huffs angrily. "SHUT UP, ATHENA!!" Kayla's eyes widen at this, completely taken off guard. Athena yelps in absolute terror, covering her mouth harshly, tears covering her face, her eyes wide, and she stops breathing to keep herself from making another sound. Kye thinks. "Mm... maybe 10...? 15...?" Levi shakes his head a bit, having started to lose consciousness for a moment but quickly regains it, reaching for the pill bottle weakly, falling out of Kye's lap and grunting as he hit the ground, the side of his head hitting the ground as well but not very hard and he groans loudly, rolling onto his back. "..Fuck.." He seemed to know exactly what was going on. "..Ice type.." Aaron pulls into the driveway and quickly gets out after shutting off the car, going to the backseat and quickly grabbing Athena, huffing and going inside and to their room quickly. Athena was terrified to move, shaking, but not being in control of it, and hating it. Kayla quickly follows. Kye bristles, his ears peeking up and he quickly picks him up, setting in the chair and bolting out of the classroom to find one. There was a demon who seemed to be in 7th grade wandering the halls, seemingly an ice type and sees Kye, his eyes widening and he freezes, glancing towards the bathroom that was near them, figuring he could just run there if he needed to. Levi sighs shakily, letting his head fall back, knowing he had to keep himself conscious to tell the other kid what to do. Aaron huffs, setting her on the bed, looking extremely upset and closing his eyes tightly once he had positioned his hand, spanking her, not with enough force to leave a mark but enough to where it hurt quite a bit, quickly stumbling back, looking heartbroken. Kye huffs. "KID!! GET OVER HERE!!" Athena screams in pain, having never experienced this before and shaking more, tears bursting from her eyes again and she bites onto her arm, trying desperately to quiet herself in fear of Aaron, and curling up. Kayla frowns deeply hearing her reaction to this. Aaron quickly bolts out of the room, shutting the door behind him, going to a different bathroom and going in, locking himself inside and crying harshly, staring at the ground, upset and extremely angry with himself, thinking he was the worst father in the world and having seen the look of fear on Athena's face, absolutely terrified shed hate him forever, crying harder. The kid quickly turns around to head towards the bathroom and turns his head to looks at him, trying to act casual. "Yes, sir?" Kye huffs, heading towards him. "Get in the classroom." He gestures to his classroom. Athena's breaths were harsh gasps as she kept her hand over her mouth again, forcing herself not to breath as best she could. Kayla quickly goes to her, cradling her in her arms. "H-Hey..! It's okay, sweetheart, calm down, calm down.." Athena hugged her tightly, still shaking and letting go of massive amounts of tears. Kayla simply bounces her softly, letting her cry it out. Aaron lets out a frustrated yell that Kayla and Athena could hear clearly. "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME?!" The kid looks scared but nods rapidly, quickly going to the classroom and going in, seeing Levi and raising both eyebrows at both his condition and why he was in there. "Levi? Aren't you Anthony's boyfriend?" Levi just lets out a quiet groan, looking to Kye and making a motion for the boy to come over. The kid looked extremely hesitant, not knowing what was going on.
Athena digs her face further into Kayla's chest, not wanting to hear his voice. Kayla sighs shakily, not liking any of this. Kye shuts the door behind him and crosses his arms. Aaron sits against the bathroom door, continuing to cry harshly, all the bad thoughts of how bad a father he was flooding into his head, desperately wishing he could take back hitting her. The kid frowns deeply, slowly going over to Levi. "Wh-What's wrong..?" Levi sighs shakily, grabbing the kids hand and putting it against his stitches, muttering a few things to him before the kids nods. "Oh! Alright. Yeah. Cool. That's easy." They both close their eyes and after several long moments, the kid pulls his hand away, smiling a little at Levi. Levi blinks a few times, sighing shakily and smiling at the kid. "Thanks.." The kid nods and looks back to Kye. "Can I leave now, sir?" Levi looked a lot better, sitting up. Kye narrows his eyes. "No. First, you may explain why you were out in the halls during class time." Kayla sighs shakily and goes to the door, knocking quietly. "Aaron.." Aaron immediately goes silent, just sniffling able to be heard and his voice breaking. "What..?" The kids eyes widen. "Uh.. Heh.. I.. Don't.. know..?" Levi sighs shakily, figuring someone was going to get in trouble as he had seen many kids wander the halls.
Kye raises an eyebrow. "You were in the halls with no reason to be?" Kayla pauses. "Mm... speak to my father about this.. he might be able to help..." Aaron huffs sadly. "I HIT her.. Sh-She hates me now... Th-There's nothing Vincent can do about that.." The kid frowns deeply, staring at the ground and putting his hands in his pockets. "Um.. I.. Guess..? Yeah.. Maybe.. No.. Maybe..?" Levi sighs shakily, curling up in the chair and pulling out his phone, playing on it. The kid sees Levi and points to him quickly. "H-He's on his phone!!" Levi frowns deeply. "Mmf.." Kayla glances down at the broken Athena. "Mmf.. just... just do it.. I promise you it'll help..." Kye rolls his eyes. "I'm not looking, therefor I don't see." The kid huffs. "Can I just go please?? Schools almost over for the normal kids anyway. I've still gotta go to demonology though. Don't know who my teach is yet though. Haven't actually looked." Aaron huffs sadly. "F-Fine.. Wh-Where is he..?"
Levi sighs shakily, but then smiles a little at his phone, holding it close to his chest.
Kye smirks, chuckling. "That would be me." Kayla thinks. "Mm... I think he's in the lab downstairs.." Aaron sighs shakily. "O-Okay.. F-Fine.." He wipes his face and gets up shakily, splashing water in his face and quickly unlocking the door and slipping out, not even glancing at Athena or Kayla, just bolting downstairs looking for Vincent. The kid huffs and looks away, crossing his arms. "Great. Also. Why is Anthony's boyfriend just sitting in here??" Kayla gives Athena a sad look, letting out a long sigh. Kye chuckles. "You kids really are stupid..." he glances at him, knowing he didn't want the students to know he was his father and looks back to the kid. "He's also in demonology. Caught him on his phone on the way to lunch and decided to hold him here until class starts. He finished his homework so I gave him permission to get back onto his phone." He was in a room at the end of the hallway that was closed off with a large metal door and a Hazard sign, wearing a lab coat, gloves and a gas mask as he stood in front of a collection of tools. Aaron frowns deeply, causeously going into the room, sniffling. "Um.. V-Vincent..?" The kid rolls his eyes. "Alrighty. Now can I go?? I'll go back to class or whatever." The bell was going to ring any minute, Emma waiting anxiously, wanting to get back to Kye. Vincent turns, and gestures for him to come in, and shut the door. Kye glances at the clock. "No. You will also stay here. I will escort you to your class when the bell rings to retrieve your things. You both will also receive extra work in my class for not following school rules." Levi glances at Kye and puts on a fake frown, but actually didn't really care cuz he knew he'd be able to do it with ease. The kid rolls his eyes. "Aight." He sits at a desk and waits for the bell to ring. After a few minutes the bell rings and the kid jumps up. "Kay. Let's get my stuff now." Emma giggles as the bell rings, already having her backpack on and quickly teleporting into Kye's arms, giggling happily and hugging him tightly. "DADDY!!" The kid raises an eyebrow at Emma, from her age and everything else. "What the hell..?" Levi smiles a little over towards Emma. Aaron nods a bit, going in and shutting the door, sniffling again and wiping his face desperately to make sure there were no tears left on it, but his eyes were red and puffy still. Kye stumbles back a bit. "Ah- Mm.. Emma, Settle down." He plops her onto his desk, gesturing to the kid. "You two are classmates." Vincent steps back from what he was doing, before taking off the gas mask, gasping for real air and sighing, his hair an absolute catastrophe. "Why are you here?" Emma looks to the kid and nods, quickly looking back to Kye. "Okay, daddy!!" She takes her backpack off and stands up on his desk, trying to get back into his arms. "I want you to hold meeee!! Today was so boringggggg!!" Levi sighs shakily, getting up and grabbing his stuff, quickly going to the back corner of the classroom as kids started flooding in. Emma sees them all and rolls her eyes. The kids all stare at Emma. The kid huffs. "Can I go get my stuff now?!" Aaron stares at the ground, tears coming to his eyes again. "I-I.. I-I hit Athena.. I-I was punishing her.. A-And I hit her.. Sh-She.. Sh-She hates me now.. A-And.. N-Now in a horrible father.. K-Kayla s-said to come T-Talk to you.." He looked extremely upset, holding back his tears desperately. "M-Mmf.." Kye sighs, keeping Emma away. "I'll be right back, Emma." He nods to the kid and heads out, gesturing for him to follow. Vincent raises an eyebrow. "If she hates you from that you're either more ruthless than I took you for or not deserving of this family's name. She'll get over it. The females are just always so much more dramatic." Aaron looked extremely conflicted. "B-But I hit her!!" Emma huffs, plopping down on the desk and staring at the kids in the room, smirking. "Hello, class!" She gets up again and stand on the desk, her hands on her hips. "I'm the best kid in here and I always will be. All of you suck." She points at Levi and Warren. "Except them. They're cool. But the rest of you suck, so." Levi rolls his eyes at Emma. The kid had quickly followed Kye, bolting to his classroom and grabbing his stuff, bolting back out and to Kye. "got it!" Anthony had sat next to Levi and smiles at him. "She's weird." Levi glances at him. All the kids scoffed at Emma and as soon as Emma heard Kye and the boy coming back she plopped back down on the desk, grabbing a pen and drawing on a sticky note. Vincent shrugs. "I did a lot worse to Jaidan and he still adores me." Warren looked terrified. Kye shakes his head and goes back in. "You will all have assigned seats, but for today we'll see how this arrangement goes." Emma looks up at Kye and giggles quietly. "Can I sit with you, daddy?! I promise promise I'll do ALLL my work!!" She smiles brightly and innocently. The kid quickly takes a seat near Anthony as well as his other friends, Levi seeming a bit more comfortable now. Aaron sighs shakily. "M-M-Mmf... Wh-What all did you do...?"
Vincent shrugs. "Oh, I dunno. Standard discipline." He makes a dismissive hand motion. "Whips and all that. Low dose poisons, sometimes I'd just stick em in in a solitary-type room if I was tired." Kye shakes his head. "Sit at your seat, and don't call out. If you fail to comply with this again there will be consequences." He sighs, beginning to pace. "As is customary for demon schooling, we will begin with a graded pre-assessment to see where you all stand." Warren looks baffled, murmuring. "G-Graded..? B-But.. Wh-What?" Kye notices Warren. "Oh, and all grade levels will be given a different test. Each one has a different set of questions one must pass to meet the standard, but that does not mean that you may slack off. I am not going to tell you which questions qualify for your grade level." Aaron frowns deeper. "M-Mmf.. I-I can't do that to Athena.." Emma wines a little but grabs her backpack and jumps off the desk, going to an empty seat in the front row, having to sit on her knees to reach, staring at Kye and thinking to him. Is this class gunna be boring too??? Why can't I sit up there with you?? Levi was listening carefully as well as Anthony and his friends as Levi had told them to and Anthony had made sure they would. Vincent shrugs. "Didn't say you had to." He sighs. "Look, I would suggest roughing her up a bit. That's all. Raising her like she's a princess looks good on paper, but trust me. They do better if they grow up with a little sandpaper against their skin." Kye ignores Emma, and snaps his fingers, the papers appearing on their desks, as well as a pencil. "There are 100 questions, 5 categories. You have 1 hour. Begin." Warren looked horrified as he stared at the first question. Aaron sighs shakily. "M-Mmf.. O-Okay.." He locks his eyes on the ground. "M-Mmf.. I-I.. I know we've never really gotten along and stuff.. But.. Mmf.. I really appreciate when you help with Athena and stuff.. And.. Th-Thank you.." Levi immediately got to work, thinking about each question deeply for a few moments before quickly answering it, smiling a little as he knew all the answers, finishing in about 45 minutes. Emma gets to work quickly as well, her hand scribbling down all the answers quickly, all written in Demonian, figuring maybe she'd get extra credit for it, getting about 80% correct, finishing a few minutes before Levi, 40 minutes. Anthony finished with about 75% of the questions correct in about 58 minutes. The other kids in the class all worked up until the last second, most of their papers being about 70-80% correct. Levi starts to doodle small designs on the blank areas of the test. Vincent nods. "Mm. I like that kid." Warren barely got half of them done before he ran out of time, and he was keeping himself from tears. After the hour was up, Kye yells, "Times up! Let go of your pencil now, anyone who attempts to continue writing or circling gets an automatic zero." Warren, who had tried to just circle randomly quickly lets go, looking absolutely distraught. All the kids let go of their pencils. Levi smiles a little, seemingly happy with his answers. Emma lays her head on the table, scratching behind her ear, it itching quite a bit but she couldn't figure out why, just assuming she's gotten fleas and she thinks to Kye. My ears itchyyyyyyy... One of the kids next to Warren sees him and sighs, frowning a bit and putting a hand on his back, rubbing it softly, seemingly in 6th grade. "Hey.. It's okay, buddy.. It's just the pre-assessment.." Anthony smiles at Levi, holding his hand, trying to make it so Kye couldn't see. Aaron nods a bit, fidgeting with his hands, glancing over at what Vincent was doing before. "What are you working on..?" Kye snaps, This counts as talking. Warren sniffles, Shaking his head vigorously. "M-My f-father.. h-he's g-gonna k-kill me.." Vincent sighs. "You'll see tonight." Kye collects the papers, and places them on the table. Aaron nods a bit. "Can.. If I wear protection and whatnot can I stay down here with you..?" The boy frowns deeply. "No.. He won't.. You're still very little.. And it's the first day.. You'll be okay.." Emma huffs, just continuing to scratch at her ear. Another Kitsune a few feet away from her was staring at her angrily and mutters. "If you give me fleas, you're dead." Emma glares at them and looks to Kye, keeping her mouth sealed shut but pointing at them. The kid crosses her arms. Levi sighs shakily, pulling out his sketchbook and keeping it in his lap, drawing on a clean page, slouching in his chair. Anthony watches him closely and notices what he was drawing, smiling a little and whispering. "That's really good, Levi.." Levi glances at him, but just continues to draw. Vincent chuckles. "You won't be harmed by any of this." Kye ignores this, having heard and thinking this was completely reasonable. "This test was very easy compared to what you will take at the end of the year. In that test, all of you, no matter the grade level, will be expected to get 100%. Anything below that is a failing grade." Quiet chatter erupts from this in surprise, and Warren looks as if he was going to pass out. Emma huffs, turning into her fox form and curling up on the seat, vigorously scratching, starting to wine but quickly shutting herself up. Some of the other demons in the room, especially the Kitsunes, were glaring at her angrily. The girl growls quietly. "You're a disgrace to Kitsunes, you know. You're supposed to take care of your fur. Not.. Not let yourself get fleas. That's just gross." Emma then starts to wine quietly, just wanting to be able to go home and snuggle with Kye on his birthday or at least go sit with Levi. Anthony slouches in his seat, mumbling to Levi. "This class is gunna be a nightmare.." Levi looks at him, extremely confused. "No it's not. It's the easiest class. I've got plenty of people who can help me with it and I've been taught since I was really little. So I'm good. And I'll help you sometimes." Anthony chuckles and nods. "Okay, kid."
The boy sighs shakily, still having his hand on Warren's back. "You're gunna be okay, little one.. I promise.." Aaron looks confused, stepping closer and looking through the things. "What is it and why does it hurt you but not me?? Does it hurt only demons or something?? Like.. Holy water??" Vincent nods. "Exactly." Warren didn't look comforted. Kye sighs. "Emma, remain in your normal form." Emma huffs. "But it itches.. Can I go sit with Levi?? He can help Mee.." Levi hears this and immediately looks over, frowning deeply at Emma. The boy sighs. "My parents are humans.. They don't know how all this stuff works.. So.. I don't know what it's like to have demon parents pressuring you.." Aaron raises an eyebrow. "Why are you working with holy water?? You've already burnt the crap out of your body with it." Vincent frowns deeply. "I know. I'm making something." Warren sighs shakily. "M-My dad is r-really i-important.. ...a-apparently..." Kye sighs. "No, Emma. This is your last warning, if you speak out again I'm writing you up."
Aaron sighs shakily and nods a bit. "A-Alright.. Um.. I can help.. If you want.. Since it won't hurt me.." The boy sighs and nods a bit. "I can help you sometimes, you know.. If you want.." Emma looked extremely upset, just going back to her normal form but staying curled up on the seat. Levi watches Emma for several moments before quickly looking back to his sketchbook, glancing up at Kye every once in a while. The girl stares at Emma, moving her hand around until she got a clear path to Emma's stomach, sending a pulse of electricity towards her. Emma feels it and yelps loudly, having not expected it and falling out of the seat, immediately starting to cry, wrapping her arms around her stomach, making sure she cried loudly to draw more attention. The girl laughs at her. Levi's eyes widen and he frantically gets out of his seat, running to the front of the classroom to her and scooping her up, holding her close, not caring at this point if people found out Kye was his father, standing up with her and growling loudly. "WHO DID THIS?!" The girl goes silent, just crossing her arms. All the kids go silent as well. Vincent nods. "Thank you." Kye whips his head around. "LEVI. BACK IN YOUR SEAT." Levi huffs, looking extremely angry and upset. "S-SOMEBODY HURT HER!!! Y-YOU CAN'T LET THAT SLIDE!!" Emma was shaking quite a bit, curled up in Levi's arms, staring down at her stomach as she continued to cry. The girl rolls her eyes and scoffs loudly. "She's flea-ridden. She deserved it." Levi was breathing heavily and whips around to look at her, gripping Emma tightly and filling the room with his growls. Aaron nods, moving even closer. "Soo.. Tell me what I gotta do and I'll do it." He smiles a little, just happy Vincent wasn't trying to kill him. Kye snaps to look towards the girl. "In the hall. NOW." Vincent thinks. "Bring that beaker over there." He points to a beaker of steaming liquid, and a counter with a cage of a black orb bashing into the sides of it rapidly, and sparking. The girl huffs, crossing her arms and getting up, bumping into a desk on her way out purposefully and going out the door. Levi quickly lays Emma on the ground, his eyes softening. "Hey, Hey.. I'm here.. You're okay.. Where does it hurt..?" Emma sniffles and points to her stomach. "M-My s-stomach.." Levi nods, lifting her shirt slightly and examining her stomach, rubbing it softly. "It's okay.." Anthony had gotten up quickly, rushing over to Levi and Emma, looking to Levi, muttering. "She's your sister, yes?" Levi nods rapidly, scooping Emma back up and holding her close, rubbing her back and trying to soothe her as she continued to cry. Anthony just puts his hand on Levi's back. The other kids all stare at them, confused and one says. "We figured she was his kid but you are too???" Levi doesn't answer them, just holding Emma tightly and closing his eyes. Aaron nods, going over to the beaker and carefully brings it over, setting it down. Kye looked furious. "Both of you, BACK TO YOUR SEATS." He quickly grabs Emma, holding her himself, and grabbing his phone from a drawer in his desk, calling Jordan. The black orb rammed against the cage in Aaron's direction, moving it ever so slightly each time. Emma snuggles up to his chest, wining quietly and sniffling, gripping onto his shirt tightly. "I-It hurts, D-Daddy.." Jordan answers quickly. "Hello?" Levi frantically gets up, bolting back to his seat and slouching once he was in it. Anthony bolts back to his seat as well, covering his face slightly with his hand. All the other students were staring at either Emma and Kye or Levi. The girl leans against the wall out in the hallway, rolling her eyes. Aaron steps back and stares at it. "What is that..?" Kye glances at Emma. "I need you to pick up Emma. A student hurt her, and we're going over language today anyway." Vincent goes up to them. "A purity soul. A dark one." Jordan frowns deeply, grabbing her keys. "Is she okay?? What happened??" She quickly gets in the car and starts it. Emma sniffles and rests her head on Kye's chest, nuzzling him softly, still shaking a bit. "I-It feels R-Really weird.. Sh-She hurt m-me.." Levi sighs shakily, staring at a spot on the ground, looking away from it after a bit and folding his arms on the desk, resting his head on his arms and watching Anthony. Anthony smiles a little at Levi, whispering to him. "You're adorable.." Levi forces a small smile on his face. Aaron tilts his head. "So.. A demon soul..? And what are you doing with it..?" Kye sighs. "Just get here. I don't exactly know. You can ask her." Vincent shakes his head. "It's a simulation of a demon soul. I'm making another purity soul, this time a simulation of an angel's." Aaron nods a bit, still looking a bit confused. "Anddd.. Why are you making the angel soul thingy?" Jordan sighs shakily. "Okay. Be there soon." She hangs up. Emma was still wining quietly, itching her ear with one hand and her other hand on her stomach, staring down at it and sniffling again, the feeling not so much pain as she had no clue what it was, which had caused her to be scared and believe it was much more painful then it actually was and she mutters quietly. "F-Fleas and a mean girl..." The girl had sat down in the hallway, playing with her magic. Vincent was observing the black orb, and grabs a Petri dish with what looked like white sparkles in it. "Can you slowly pour this into the beaker?" He puts on his gas mask. Kye sighs. "I'll have you get a bath.." he goes out of the classroom. Emma shakes her head vigorously. "Fleas get rid of mean girl!!" She sees the girl sitting outside the classroom and growls loudly. The girl glares at her and smirks. "Hello." Levi looks over towards where Warren was, wanting to see how he was doing. Aaron nods a bit and takes the dish, moving over to the beaker and very carefully and slowly pouring in the white sparkles. Kye huffs, looking to the girl. "What grade are you?" Puffs of white smoke came from it as he poured it in, smelling of fresh air and making his body feel cool, like blissful snow. Warren was crying harshly. Levi frowns deeply and glances towards the door, quickly getting up and going over to Warren's desk, picking him up and holding him closely, bouncing him softly and rubbing his back. "Hey, Hey.. What's going on, Warren..?" The kids all looks to them and one kid speaks. "Is he the teachers kid too??" Levi glares at them. "No. Now shut up and mind your own business." He looks back to Warren, his eyes softening. The kid scoffs. "Whatever." Aaron smiles a little at it, setting the dish down once he was done but then raising an eyebrow. "Do I need to shower after this so I don't hurt Iren and Kayla?" Warren keeps crying. "I-I-I'm g-g-gunna f-fail..!!" Vincent thinks, nodding. "That would probably be a good idea, yes." The substance began to solidify into a gelatinous new substance. Aaron nods. "Alright." He watches the substance closely. "What is all this for, anyway?" Levi holds him tightly, rubbing his back softly. "It's okay, Warren.. You won't fail.. I can help you.. And Emma can probably help too.. And your dad.. You've got lots of people to help you.. We won't let you fail.. I promise.. Just calm down.. Okay..?" The girl huffs, crossing her arms and standing up. "3rd. Why?" Emma huffs, staring at her angrily and thinking to Kye. How can I give her fleas?? Is there a way to transfer some to her?? Like.. How did I get them in the first place?? I'll do that! Vincent sighs. "I'm bringing someone back." Kye frowns, knowing it was probably him that gave her them. "Who's your teacher?" Warren shakes his head vigorously. "N-Not m-my d-dad!!"
Aaron raises both eyebrows. "Oh.. Uh.. Okay.. Who..? Are they.. An angel..? Is that what the angel thing is for..?" Emma huffs, snuggling up to Kye's chest. The girl rolls her eyes. "Ms. Kiefer." Jordan was quickly walking down the halls and sees them, going to them quickly with a worried look on her face, going over to Emma and Kye. Emma sees her and frowns a bit, keeping her head on Kye's chest, not really wanting to have to leave him. Levi sighs shakily. "You've still got everyone else.. You could probably ask Kayla if you needed.. Or.. Maybe.. Pretty much everyone at the house that's an adult.. Could probably ask your mom and tell her not to tell your dad.. She could Vincent about something and then tell you.." Vincent shakes his head. "To bring a dead's dark soul back to living one must combine it with that of an angel's. Kye sighs. "I'll need to talk to her about you. Also, You'll be gaining extra homework from the rest of the class. 8th grade level." Kye looks to Jordan, holding Emma out to her. Warren sighs shakily. "H-He'll find out.." Aaron makes a sound of understanding. "Oh.. And.. Who are you trying to bring back??" The girl scoffs. "Whatever." Jordan glares at the girl and quickly takes her, holding her close and bouncing her softly, kissing her softly on the cheek and then moving over to Kye, kissing him softly on the lips. "I'll see you later, baby.." Levi sighs shakily. "It's okay.. I'll help you.. Whenever you need it.." Vincent shakes his head. "I can't say." Kye nods. "Go get her feeling better." Warren sniffles, looking distraught. Levi sighs, setting him back in his seat and kissing his forehead. "I'll ask Kye if he can put your seat next to me, okay..?" Jordan nods, looking down at Emma. Emma looks at Kye. "Bring home my backpack for me, pleaseee.." Jordan sighs and heads out with her, holding her closely. "What happened, sweetheart..?" Emma looks up at her. "That girl was really mean.. And she said I was disgusting because I had fleas.. And that she'd kill me if she got fleas from me.. And then she made my tummy hurt with her magic.." Jordan frowns deeply, holding her close and rubbing her back. "I've got some tummy medicine in the car and I'll get rid of your fleas for you, okay, sweetheart..?" Emma nods a bit, still scratching behind her ear and her neck. The girl just stares at Kye. "Soooo. What am I doing now, Mr. Teacher." Aaron sighs. "Alright.. I'm gunna assume it's someone that someone in this house knows since you said I'd find out tonight." Warren sighs shakily and nods. Vincent says nothing more, taking the beaker and putting his finger against the opening, it reaching to it and latching on, a sizzling, burning sound able to be heard, and he winces. Kye points with his thumb back to the classroom. "Back inside. Open the first top drawer on the right and grab the first box you see. Bring it to me. Oh, and Emma's backpack." The girl rolls her eyes. "Alright." She goes into the classroom and to the first top drawer, grabbing the first box she saw and then going to Emma's seat and grabbing her backpack carelessly, going back out to Kye with them and throwing Emma's backpack on the ground, holding the box out to him. "Here." Aaron frowns a bit. "Want me to do that..? You're burning yourself.." Levi goes back to his seat quickly, laying his head down on his folded arms once again and closing his eyes, thinking deeply and letting a tear run down his cheek as he thought, but wipes it away silently. Anthony sighs, watching Levi and putting a hand on his back, rubbing it softly and Levi flinches but let him, keeping his eyes closed. Vincent had his jaw clenched. "No. That's-" he huffs. "I have to- do this-" he groans, letting his wings appear, and he grabs a handful of his white feathers. Kye takes the box, it being a pack of cigarettes with a cloth tied around it to hide this. The girl huffs. "Can I go sit back down now?? You've got your box and Emma's backpack." Aaron frowns deeply. "V-Vincent.. You're hurting yourself.. Burning and ripping out feathers.." He looked genuinely concerned. Levi keeps his eyes closed, accidently falling asleep, having not slept for multiple days cuz he had kept himself up, but he was hit with a sudden wave of extreme tiredness from not sleeping and falls into a deep sleep, his breathing quiet and he looked peaceful and it was clear he needed this rest. Kye nods, taking out a cigarette and lighting it, putting it in his mouth, not caring about the camera at the end of the hall, figuring he'd be losing his job soon anyways. Vincent ignores him, putting the feathers to the substance, dropping them in. It was like they consumed them. Warren looks concerned. Anthony frowns deeply at Levi, glancing over at Warren and muttering. "I think he's.. Asleep..?" Levi still had his Hood up as well and it shadowed most of his face. The girl stares at his cigarette. "Gross." She goes back into the classroom and to her desk, sitting down. Aaron sighs shakily, watching Vincent closely to make sure he was okay, ready to pull him away if he was hurting himself too badly. Warren nods. Kye scoffs and looks at the camera, giving a middle finger, before walking back into the class, picking back up the backpack, putting it against the corner of the room and then sitting on the desk. "Alright, dipshits, Pay attention." Vincent had a pained look on his face, but it was hard to tell the damage as the glove was unharmed. He quickly moves to another table, putting it into a hollow glass ball, and shaking his hand, huffing and holding it close to his chest as he closed up the ball. All the kids look to him, including Anthony. Levi was out cold but wasn't snoring, completely silent as he always was when he slept unless he was having a nightmare. The kids all look extremely surprised and one mutters. "Cuss words and cigarettes..?" Another one who seemed to be an eighth graders. "Hey! Why can you smoke and we can't?!" Aaron frowns deeper, quickly going over and trying to grab his hand. "I wanna see your hand, Vincent." Kye chuckles. "Because I'm probably gonna get fired tomorrow, so I can do whatever the Fuck I want." Warren too looked surprised. Vincent tenses, frowning deeply, but saying nothing. The eighth graders huffs and mutters something quietly under his breath and all the other kids just stare at Kye. Anthony glances over at Levi again, wanting to wake him up but also not wanting to draw attention to him sleeping, frowning deeply and conflicted. Aaron sighs shakily, sliding his glove off very carefully and examining his hand. Kye narrows his eyes on the kid. "What did you just say?" Vincent flinches as the glove is taken off his hand, which was very raw, as if the entire skin layer on his hand had been disintegrated. Aaron sighs shakily, holding his arm by the wrist so he wouldn't hurt him, thinking deeply and looking up at him. "Want me to get some ice or something..?" The kid looks up at him, rolling his eyes and shrugging. "I called you a dick." Anthony sighs shakily, reaching over to Levi and nudging him, whisper-yelling. "Get up, Levi! We're still in class!" Levi didn't budge, not moving at all and drooling on his hoodie sleeve. Kye bristles. "You really don't know who you're dealing with, do you?!" Vincent kept his eyes away from his hand. "..Yeah.." The kid scoffs. "Some middle-aged school teacher with two kids and the girl thinks she's better than everyone because she's 3 and in kindergarten, showing off as much as possible and acting sweet and innocent in front of teachers. The boy, being the kid who's been builied his whole school life, currently sleeping at the moment. And their father. You. The one who tried to raise then but knows he can't because he's just stupid and works as a school teacher so he doesn't have to hear from his father how much of a disappointment he is." Aaron nods. "I'll be right back.." He quickly bolts to the kitchen, grabbing a bag of ice and bolting back to him as fast as possible, grabbing Vincent's wrist again, going to put the ice on it but stopping himself, not wanting to hurt him. Kye stares at them silently, twitching, holding back the urge to kill, his voice going calm, monotone and quiet, it seeming like he was trying to change the subject. "Alright, who here knows the current royal family line?" He said as he took a drag from the cigarette, swallowing the smoke and letting a small break of flame come from his mouth. Vincent sighs shakily. "Do it." Anthony raised his hand along with five other children, all seemingly eighth graders and one speaks. "I have no clue what they look like but I know names and stuff." The kid smirks at Kye, chuckling. Aaron hesitates but nods a little, very very very carefully and slowly, letting the ice rest on his hand, keeping a tight grip on his wrist. Kye glares at Anthony, and looks to the kid who just spoke. "Do not speak out." He looks to a random one of the others. "You." He snaps, a sphere of fire erupting above their head. Vincent was tensing, sighing shakily and keeping his eyes forced shut. Aaron sighs shakily, the hand that wasn't on his wrist, he moves it to Vincent's back, rubbing it softly and just letting the ice rest there. "It's okay.. It's just the ice.. Tell me if you need me to take it off.." The kid who Kye looked to, looks up and immediately slouches down in the chair. "What the hell is that for?!" Anthony quickly lowers his hand, staring at the ground but constantly glancing at Levi, scared to death he was going to get caught and get in serious trouble with Kye. Vincent nods, his breaths shakey and nervous. Kye scoffs. "It's- Lord Lucifer you kids are stupid, it's to signify you can talk, dumbass." The kid stares up at it for a moment but stays slouched down as he looks back to Kye. "The current king of hell's name is Vincent Afton.. He.. He apparently died at some point and then came back like two years later or something.. He's got.." He pauses. "A lot of kids.. Some of those being, Kayla Afton, Jaidan Afton, Karma Afton, Kye Afton, and Zarron Afton.. His Wife's name is Addison Afton.. They got married about 3 years ago or something like that.." He seemed uncertain as if he didn't know if all of this was correct. Aaron moves closer to Vincent, leaning his head against him, desperately trying to comfort him as he was still trying to get their relationship to be better, looking extremely nervous and ready to bolt if he needed to, loosening his grip on Vincent's wrist. Kye nods. "Who is the eldest heir to the throne?" The ball of fire disappears to signify that the question could once again go to anyone. Vincent opens his eyes again, looking to his hand and frowning deeply. "Put the ball in the freezer... please..." Aaron nods a bit. "Okay.." He pulls away from Vincent, letting go of his wrist and carefully picking up the ball, going over to the freezer and putting it in, sighing. "We should probably shower.. Just use cold water and I'll wrap your hand once we're both done, okay..?" Anthony raised his hand quickly. Vincent nods. "Mm..." Kye grumbles, waiting to see if anyone else raised their hand. Anthony frowns a bit. Two other kids raised their hands, both eighth and seventh graders, all the younger ones seemingly having no clue. Aaron sighs. "Alright.. Um.. Want me to come to your room or something..? Where will you be?" Kye looks to a seventh grader, and the ball of fire appears above them. Vincent thinks. "Mm.. my office.." Aaron nods. "Alright. I'll be there in a bit." He quickly goes upstairs and to his room, going straight to the bathroom, not looking at Kayla, Athena, or Iren on his way just quickly shutting the door but not locking it, turning on the shower. The seventh grader sighs. "Kye Afton is the eldest heir to the throne, sir." Kye gives a sly smile and nods. "Very good." The ball disappears. "Final question. What type and element is he?" Another eighth graders raises his hand before quickly pulling it down, his eyes widening. "Oh shit...." He looks around the room before quickly looking back to Kye, staring at him with fearful eyes. "G-Guys... H-He.. M-Mr.. M-Mr. Afton.. H-He.. H-He's.. K-Kye.. Afton.." Everyone else's eyes widen in the room along with the kid who was being rude to Kye. Anthony seemed to be the only one unaffected by this as he already knew. After about 20 minutes, Aaron goes to Vincent's office and knocks on the door, having taken a very thorough shower to make sure anything on his body was washed away. Kye's smirk deepens, and he chuckles darkly. "You are correct." Vincent opens the door with a flick of his finger as he laid against the long couch in that room, his arm over his face. Everyone slides down in their seats, seemingly afraid of him. Anthony sighs shakily, glancing over at the clock, seeing there was only 3 minutes left and looked beyond relieved. Levi though, was still out cold and his head had fallen off his arms and onto his sketchbook, Anthony noticing this and quickly but carefully moving his sketchbook and putting a folded piece of paper under his mouth so it would catch his drool. Aaron sighs and goes in and over to the couch, sitting on the ground. "Mmf.. How does it feel now?" Kye sighs, snapping again, a thick packet of papers appearing on everyone's desk. "You should all already know at least a bit of Demonian. Do your best on this." On Levi's, the girl who hurt Emma's, the boy he found in the hall's, and the boy who was rude to Kye, there was an extra, even thicker packet. Vincent lets out a long sigh. "Still bad.." Aaron sighs shakily and nods, looking off. "Um.. Do you want me to get Jaidan or something..? He.. He can probably make you feel better better than I can.. and Addison is going to get Warren soon I'm assuming.." All the kids nod rapidly, shoving the packet into their bags and waiting desperately for the bell to ring and once it does, everyone bolts out. Anthony looks towards Warren.
Vincent nods. Warren shakily gets up, and Kye grabs the tests, flipping to Warren's immediately, scanning over it, his eyes narrowed. Warren looked terrified, unable to move from his seat. Addison walks into Kye's classroom once the kids left, going over to Kye and smiling at him, hugging him. "Hey, sweetheart." Anthony stays where he was. Kye smiles back, quickly spitting out his cigarette into the trash before she could see, looking nervous about this for a moment before he hugged her back. "Hey.." Addison nuzzles him before looking over to Warren, kneeling down and opening her arms for him to run over. "How was your first day of school, sweetie?!" Anthony stares at Kye, not knowing if he was allowed to leave. Aaron nods, getting up quickly and going to Jaidan's room, knocking on the door. Jaidan answers a few minutes later and sees Aaron, smiling, shirtless but he now had a noticable 6pack and looked much much more healthy, even his arms having more muscle rather than fat. "Hey. What's up?" Aaron sighs. "Your dad was doing something with holy water and burned his hand. I figured you could probably comfort him better than I can." Jaidan frowns a bit. "Oh.." He sighs. "Alright." He doesn't even bother with a shirt. "Where is he?" Aaron sighs. "His office." He goes to the office and Jaidan follows. Jaidan sees Vincent and sighs, going over and laying down next to him, snuggling up to him. "Can I see your hand, please? And what the hell were you doing with holy water in the first place??" Aaron leans against the doorframe, watching them, hoping his and Athena's relationship when she was older would be like this moment, her caring for him and him caring for her. Warren sniffles, scared. "A-Awful..." he slips out of his chair and carefully walks over and leans against her sadly. Vincent lets out a long sigh, holding out his hand. "Experimentation.." Jaidan examines his hand and frowns deeply. "Mmf.. Dad.. You need to be more careful.." He hugs him tightly. "What were you trying to do..?" Addison frowns deeply, picking him up and standing up with him, holding him close and rubbing his back. "What happened, sweetheart?" She glances over to Kye to see if he knew, a genuine look of worry and concern on her face. Vincent looks off. "I can't tell you that.." Kye sighs. "Well, I can tell you that he isn't doing well." He shows her his test. "Bare minimum Passing grade for kindergarten is 10 questions.. out of. 100." Warren looked really worried. Kye laughs nervously. "He got 6 right.." Warren bursts into tears. Jaidan sighs shakily, keeping a tight grip on him, glancing at Aaron and muttering awkwardly. "Mmf.. Can you.. Go..? Just.. For a bit..? Please..?" Aaron nods rapidly. "Yeah!" He quickly leaves, going to one of the living rooms and laying on one of the couches. Jaidan sighs shakily, laying his head on Vincent's chest. "I'm kinda glad Aaron came and got me to come hang out with you.. The voices were kinda loud a little while ago and stuff.. I'm still a bit shaky and stuff so it's nice to have some company.. But.. They've gotten much better since I got into better shape and stuff.. And stopping hurting myself.. I just overall feel a lot better.." Addison frowns deeper, gripping Warren tightly and holding him close, sighing shakily and nuzzling him. "Mmf.. Do you.. Think you could tutor him..? Or something.. Vincent.. Vincent isn't going to be happy about this.." Vincent smiles with pride. "I'm proud of you.." Kye frowns deeply. "I feel that may be perceived as favouritism... the only reason they agreed to have me teach them all is because I promised I wouldn't treat them differently.." Addison sighs shakily. "Can you give me study tools to help him with then or something..? Vincent is going to be really mad and upset about this..." Jaidan felt extremely good about himself as Vincent smiled like this, feeling he had finally made Vincent proud of him, nuzzling him softly. "Are we gunna do something for Kye's birthday tonight? I think he's turning.. 33? Maybe?" Kye thinks. "Mmf... if I'm being honest, Vincent is really the best "study tool" you can get.." Vincent smiles more and nods. "I am." Addison sighs shakily, glancing down at Warren and nodding a bit. "Alright.. I'll.. I'll figure something out.. Happy birthday by the way.." Jaidan nods. "What're you gunna do?" Kye nods, sighing and looking off. "Thanks.." Vincent shakes his head. "You'll find out tonight." Addison sighs, grabbing Warren's backpack before quickly heading out. The phone in Kye's classroom starts to ring but surprisingly Levi stayed knocked out, flinching a little but quickly going still again. Anthony sighs shakily, getting up and moving over to Levi's desk, very carefully picking him up and sitting in his seat, holding Levi in his lap and holding him close, pulling his Hood down and running his fingers through his hair away from the stitches, staring down at him and examining his beautiful features. Jaidan rolls his eyes playfully. "Okayyyy.." He nuzzles him, closing his eyes as he thought before quickly tensing up, clutching his eyes shut as he remembered something that made him clearly very upset. "Why the hell.. D-Do I need to remember that..?" Kye frowns deeply, grabbing the phone, putting it to his ear. "Hello..?" Vincent furrows his brow. "What is it...?" Jaidan sighs shakily, pressing his face into Vincent's chest, gripping onto him tightly. "J-Jake's.. Birthday.. It's.. It's only a few days after Kye's.. I.. I just.. I wish I could just forget about him completely.. I remember every year.. And it freaking sucks.." The principle was calling. "Mr. Afton. Please come to my office immediately." Kye's face goes pale. "I-I'm on my way..." he quickly puts the phone down, looking to Levi, looking confused and a bit annoyed that Anthony was there. "Mm-" he huffs, grumbling, "Seriously?" Vincent lets out a long sigh. "It'll be alright... I promise..." Anthony frowns deeply, still holding Levi closely in his lap, muttering. "He was sleeping and looked adorable.. But also uncomfortable so I came over to make him more comfortable.." Levi had his head against Anthony's chest and looked peaceful. Jaidan sniffles, keeping a very tight grip on Vincent. "M-Mmf.. But.. It's not okay.. H-He's dead dad.. A-And I know he didn't love me anymore.. A-And that he loved Kye.. B-But.. H-He was still alive.. I knew he was okay.. A-And now.. And now he's dead and being tortured for all of eternity.. At least knowing he was alive was enough.. Now.. I've got nothing.." Kye growls under his breath a little. "Just- Keep Him here." He quickly heads out, his cigarette pack still in his pocket. Vincent frowns deeply and looks off, wishing he could tell him. Anthony nods rapidly, snuggling up with Levi. Levi smiles slightly in his sleep. The principles door was open and he was sitting at his desk, waiting for Kye. Jaidan sniffles again and sighs shakily, wiping his eyes. "Can we.. Can we do something to take my mind off it..? Something that doesn't involve two hands obviously.." Kye gulps, nervously stepping in, his fur fluffed up and his ears flat against his head. He sits across from him with shaky legs. Vincent thinks. "Mmf.. I need to get back to work..." The principle let's out a long sigh. "The cameras caught you smoking in the hallway, Mr. Afton. And earlier today it caught you hitting a student. Now. This is not acceptable behavior, Mr. Afton. I'd like for you to explain why you did these things." Jaidan frowns deeply. "Oh.. Mmf.. Can I come with you..? Just.. Just for company..?" Kye frowns deeply, looking off. "The student had been hurting my son, Sir. And.. I was stressed.." The principle raises a brow. "Levi Afton? He's never come to me." Jaidan frowns more, sliding on top of him and laying his head on his chest. "Mmf.. How long does your work take..?'
Vincent thinks. "Mm... it might be dangerous.." Kye clenches his jaw. "I'm sure he was scared to." Vincent thinks more. "Mm... depends.." The principle sighs. "I'd like to talk to him. Is he still here?" Jaidan sighs, nuzzling Vincent's neck softly. "I wish you didn't work.. You would have more time to spend with me.. And mommy and Warren.. But.. I guess I can go hang out with karma.." Kye nods. Vincent frowns deeper, not having known his work affected him like this. "Mmf..." Jaidan sighs shakily, looking sad and snuggling up to him. "Mmf.. Is Karma in his room..?" The principle nods back. "Let's go talk to him. I assume he's in your classroom, yes?" He gets up. Vincent shrugs. "I'm not sure." Kye looked nervous "..yeah.." he also gets up.
The principle nods and heads to Kye's classroom, unlocking it with his key and going in. Levi was awake now but still snuggled up to Anthony, his face hidden. Anthony sees the principle and his eyes widen, him clearing his throat and grips tighter onto Levi. The principle raises a brow. "Hello, Anthony. May I speak to Levi, please?" Levi hears his voice and immediately tenses up, looking terrified. Jaidan nods a bit. "Okay.. Will you come get me when you're done with your work..?" He slides off of him, getting up.
Vincent nods. "I will.." Kye looked very very nervous, standing at his desk away from them. Anthony nods a bit rapidly, looking down at Levi and whispering. "You gotta talk to him, hun.. They can't hurt you if he knows.." Levi frowns deeply. "M-Mmf..." He carefully and slowly slides out of Anthony's lap, staring at the principle. "Y-Yes, sir...?" The principle goes over to him. "You can trust me, okay? And I can help you. Are there any marks where the kids have hurt you?" Levi stares at the ground, adjusting his Hood to Shadow more of his face, mumbling. "..Maybe.." The principle sighs. "Can I see, please?" Levi shakes his head vigorously, freezing his entire body so it would hurt to touch it, glancing over at Kye to let him know not to touch him. "NO!" The principle frowns. "Levi. If you show me. There's evidence. And if there's evidence the kids will get in trouble. Okay?" Levi wines and moves back towards Anthony. Anthony puts a hand on his back. "Show him, Levi.." Levi looked terrified. "It'll just make it worse!!!" Jaidan nods back. "Okay.." He heads to his room and grabs a shirt, throwing it on and then going to Karma's room, knocking on the door. Kye didn't want to move from where he was, but he gives Levi a look, really wanting him to go along with it. Nobody answers, but the door was unlocked. Jaidan sighs, opening the door slightly. "It's Jaidan. I'm coming in." He opens it more and goes in. Levi looks at Kye, hesitating greatly but eventually sighing shakily and nodding. "F-Fine.." He closes his eyes and lets his body go back to normal, then stepping towards the principle. The principle smiles at him. "Thank you. Can you show me where the marks are. Levi huffs. "My entire body. And I've got stitches in my head and a concussion." The principles eyes widen. "Oh.." He carefully slides Levi's hood down, moving his hair around and seeing the stitches. "Wow.. Okay.. Let me see some other ones.. If you're comfortable with it.." Levi wines a bit but nods, lifting his shirt and hoodie so his stomach could be seen, revealing dark bruises. The principle frowns deeper, getting up. "Thank you for showing me, Levi. The ones who did this are Ben, Jeremy, and rich, correct?" Levi nods a bit. "And their friends sometimes too.." The principle nods, going back over to Kye and pulling him out of the classroom. "I will deal with this. But this is the last straw for you. You mess up one more time, you're fired. Okay?" Levi scrambled back to Anthony's lap, absolutely hating having to show his body to anyone. Anthony holds him close, rubbing his back softly. Karma was laying on the bed with earbuds in, looking very very tired. Kye sighs shakily, nodding a little. "O-Okay.." Jaidan sighs, going over and getting in the bed with him, snuggling up to him and trying to look at his neck to see if he had his rosary on. "Hey, Karma.." The principle sighs. "Alright. The kids will be dealt with tomorrow." He walks back to his office. Levi had started crying harshly, knowing the kids knew where they lived and he was screwed, his face pressed into Anthony's chest as he shook, wanting Kye. Kye scoffs. "No, you won't." Karma groans quietly. Jaidan looked worried, pulling out his other earbud and examining him closely. "What's going on..?" Anthony heard him on his way out and sighs shakily. Levi quickly got out of his seat and moves over to Kye, trying to climb into his arms as he tried to stop his crying, sniffling mutltiple times and wiping his face. Karma sighs shakily, his eyes glassy. "Mmf.." he glances at him with a pained look. Kye lets him, holding him close. Aaron sighs, having been laying on the couch for a while and then getting up, going back to his room and to the bed. Jaidan frowns deeper. "Are you hurt..?" He quickly moves the blanket off him and lifts his shirt, checking for any wounds, or anything that could cause pain. Levi sighs shakily, calming himself down after several minutes, his voice quiet. "C-Can we go home..? P-Please..?"
Kayla was at the desk with Athena, helping her with something. Karma sighs shakily as he uncovers a large area against his side, that was almost completely black, as if it was rotting away. Kye nods, grabbing his things and heading out. Levi already had his backpack on and rests his head on Kye's chest, sniffling. "I'm sorry you had a bad birthday, daddy...." Jaidan's eyes widen. "WHAT THE HELL?! WE NEED TO SHOW DAD!!" He frantically gets off the bed and goes to pick him up before stopping himself. "Can I move you?!" Aaron sighs shakily, going over to them instead. "Hey.." Karma quickly shifts, groaning and huffing. "No- you can't..- tell him.." Athena flinches as she hears his voice, tensing. Kayla frowns seeing this, sighing. "Hey." Kye gives him a weak smile. "It's alright..." Jaidan looked extremely conflicted, worried, and concerned, having absolutely no idea what to do. "Th-Then what do I do?! It's literally rotting away!! What happened?!" He gets back in the bed with him, examining it closely. Levi nuzzles him softly, sniffling and looking up at him, pulling his Hood down. "M-Mmf.. If I.. Started being more open with you and stuff.. You'd never make fun of me.. R-Right..?" Aaron sighs shakily. "Can I hold Athena..? Please..?" Karma shifts again, huffing in pain. "I'm.. fine..." it looked soft, as if you could press something against it and break through with barely any force. Kye looked concerned. "Of course not..." Kayla looked a little hesitant, but sighs, nodding, giving Athena a loving look, that told her he wouldn't hurt her. Jaidan looked even more worried. "B-But- I-Its-" he huffs, overwhelmed. "Can I please get dad?! He can help you!! I promise!!" Levi smiles a little weakly at him. "W-Well.. I guess you know I like dudes.. But I also like girls so.. I like both.. A-And.. I've been bullied since I started school 3 years ago.. I-I've had a few attacks over the years at school.. And I just haven't told you about them because I'm trying to get better and stuff and I didn't want you to worry and stuff.. But I always make sure I keep others safe when it happens.. That's why I freeze the door.." Aaron takes her very carefully, holding her close and rubbing her back, kissing her forehead softly. "I'm so sorry, sweetheart.. I love you so much, hunny.."
Karma shakes his head vigorously. "[No]! I... I know what he'll do..." Kye goes silent, thinking about this. "Mm... I simply wish you had told me sooner... you don't ever have to worry about making me worry, that just risks things getting worse.." Athena sighs shakily, staring blankly at his chest as if she saw right through it. "M-Mmf.." Aaron sighs shakily, always having been confused by this. "What are you looking at, sweetheart..?" Levi nods a bit, sighing shakily. "I-I know.. I won't hide anything from you anymore.. I promise.." He looks towards the front door as they approach the house. "J-Just.. Don't tell anyone else, please.. Except Agent Indigo.. He can know.. But no one else.. I don't want them to think I'm weak.." Jaidan huffs in frustration, tears coming to his eyes as he had no clue what to do or what it was, thinking Karma was going to die. "Wh-What's he going to D-Do?! H-He can help you!! I-I-I'll stay with you!!! P-PLEASE!!" Athena doesn't look up at him. "W-What..?" Kye nods. "Alright.." Karma shakes his head weaker. "This is a sign of-" he grunts. "Weakness..." Aaron frowns a bit. "Why are you staring at my chest..?" Levi smiles a bit and rests his head back down on Kye's chest and as they walk into the house, Levi squirms out of Kye's arms, throwing his backpack on the ground. "I need to go talk to agent indigo about something really really important!! I'll be back!!" He bolts around the house looking for Vincent. Jaidan pauses. "L-Like.. F-For reapers..? A-Are you not doing what you n-need to..?" Athena looked more confused. "Your chest...?" Kye furrows his brow. "Er.. Alright..." Karma sighs shakily. "P-Precisely.." Levi looks in every room for Vincent, a bright smile on his face. Aaron frowns more. "What are you looking at then..?" Jaidan frowns deeper. "M-Mmf.. Wh-Why aren't you doing what you need to be doing..?" He pulls Karma's shirt back over him and covers him back up with the blanket, snuggling up to him but being careful not to touch his side. Athena laughs awkwardly. "I-I don't know what you mean.." Karma closes his eyes tight. "I-I've been focusing on my training.. I.. Haven't had time..." Vincent was in the lab. Jaidan sighs shakily. "Wh-What do you need to do..? Y-You need to do it.. P-Please.. I-I'm not letting you sit here and die.." Aaron looks extremely confused, looking to Kayla. "Is she just fucking with me..?" Levi giggles happily, going into the lab and up to Vincent. "Hi!!" Karma shakes his head. "I won't- die.." Kayla frowns and shakes her head. "Why would she be...? And please don't use that language around her..." Vincent tenses. "Levi.. keep back.." Jaidan wines a little. "B-But you look like you're dying.. A-And you can't move.. Wh-Why won't you do what y-you need to do..?" Levi looks confused and tilts his head but takes a few steps back. "It's daddy's birthday! We gotta do something for him!! He's... 33!!" He giggles happily. Aaron huffs. "Why won't she tell me what she's looking at?? She's just staring at my chest??" Karma sighs shakily. "I can't now.. I'm.... I can't..." Kayla looks concerned. "Mm... well... are you sure she really is...?" Vincent laughs awkwardly. "I know." Aaron huffs. "LOOK! SHES LOOKING AT MY CHEST!" He looked extremely frustrated. Tears start to run down Jaidan's cheeks. "B-But- Y-You have to!! I-I can't let you stay like th-this.. I-I don't want Y-You to suffer.." He sniffles. Levi giggles more. "I already gave him the thing me and Emma made! What are you doing for him??" Kayla flinches. "M-Mmf.. Fine..." she looks off, not wanting to upset him more. Athena looked horrified. Karma shuts his eyes. "I can't.. do it... not like this..." Vincent sighs, gesturing to his work. Levi tilts his head, standing on his toes so he could see better. "What is it? I can keep a secret! I keep lots of secrets!" Jaidan cries harder. "C-Can I do I-It..? D-Does the other K-Karma know what t-to do..? H-How long h-have you b-been like this..?" He looked extremely upset, not wanting to lose his best friend and favorite brother. Aaron huffs angrily, setting Athena down on the desk and going over to the bed with Iren, laying down and throwing the blanket over his head, sighing shakily, clearly very angry and upset. Vincent shakes his head. "You'll see." Karma shakes his head to both. Kayla sighs shakily, not knowing why this was, and looking to Athena, looking sad. Aaron curls up under the blanket, sighing shakily and letting tears run down his cheeks silently, sniffling every once in a while. Levi nods a bit. "Okay!! Can I help or anything??" Jaidan sighs shakily, grabbing his hand and gripping it tightly, nuzzling him. "I love you, Karma.. P-Please don't die.." Kayla glances at Athena, before looking back to Aaron. "Mmf... Aaron.. what's going on...?" Vincent nods. "Keep your distance." Karma stares off. "I won't.." Jaidan cries harshly, pressing his face into Karma's chest. "Wh-Wh-Why can't dad h-help..? H-He can help.. I-I know he C-Can.. H-He's the k-king.." Levi nods rapidly. "Okay!! Also.. I wanted to talk to you about something..." His smile starts to fade. "It's.. It's important.. I guess.. W-Well.. I guess it's two things.." Aaron doesn't answer but his cries get a little louder and harsher, pressing his face into the pillow harshly, trying to muffle himself as he knew if he got up she'd definitely see him crying. Karma looked sad. "He'd be disappointed in me... he wouldn't help..." Vincent raises an eyebrow. "Yeah?" Kayla looked worried now. "Aaron.. you know you can talk to me..." Aaron huffs sadly. "I can't with the kids!!" Jaidan sighs shakily and shakes his head. "H-He'll help.. H-He knows how m-much you mean to m-me.. A-And if I T-Tell him to h-help you, H-He will.. I-I promise.." Levi closes his eyes tightly as he spoke very very quietly, thinking if he couldn't see anything it would be better. "S-So.. Uh.. F-First thing.. I.. like dudes.. Mmf.. I've got a boyfriend.. Um.. I hadn't told anybody here y-yet.. Just.. Just school.. S-So.. Daddy knows now.." Kayla looked confused. "Mmf.. we could.. go out in the hall...?" Karma shakes his head. "You don't get it..." Vincent wasn't phased by this. "Uh. That's it?" Levi opens one eye slightly, not really surprised as he knew Vincent would take it well anyway, but it still felt hard for him to say it out loud. "F-For that, Y-Yes.. The second thing.. Is probably worse.. I don't know.." Aaron sighs shakily and gets up, keeping his face so Iren and Athena couldn't see it, quickly going out to the hall and to a bathroom down the hall, not wanting them to have any chance of hearing. Jaidan wines. "B-But I need to G-Get you help!! P-Please!! Wh-Who can help Y-You?!" Vincent chuckles, skeptical. "Just tell me, kid." Kayla follows him. Karma sighs shakily. "No-one.." Levi stares at the ground as he takes his shirt and hoodie off, gripping onto them tightly, not even wanting to look himself. "I-It's like that all over... A-And my head has stitches.. A-And a concussion.." He was shaking a little, clearly terrified. Jaidan looks horrified. "Wh-WHAT?! S-SOMEONE HAS TO BE ABLE TO H-HELP YOU?! WH-WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?!" He was breathing heavily, clearly panicking about this. Aaron sits on the edge of the bathtub, staring at the ground as the tears fell faster, staying silent, not knowing how to put it into words. Vincent's smile fades. "Oh.." Karma lets out a long sigh. "Nothing.. just... suffering...." Kayla sits next to him, putting a hand on his shoulder. Jaidan looked extremely overwhelmed. "I-I can't let you stay like this!!! Wh-Why would you L-Let it get L-Like this?! T-Training can wait!!" Levi closes his eyes tightly. "I just.. I don't want to hurt them.. I don't like getting angry.. Cuz then I can't stop myself from doing things because all the anger just comes out.. A-And.. Today someone hurt Emma.. And that made me really really mad and I started yelling and stuff.. Then people found out about Kye being my dad and stuff.. I'll probably get made fun of for that too but I guess it's okay.. I-I just don't know how to deal with them.. They make me sad a lot.. And daddy doesn't like Anthony but Anthony's really nice and helps me all the time.. But I don't know why he doesn't like him.. and then apparently Anthony said that the whole class knows daddy's the prince.. A-And now Anthony's scared of Kye.. I-I don't know what's going on anymore.." He looked on the verge of tears, just spilling whatever was on his mind. Aaron quickly slides away, carefully taking her hand off, not even glancing at her, just closing his eyes. "I.. I can't do this.. I can't be a father.. To either of them.. One is already too many.. I can't take care of kids.. and Iren's gunna be a teenager in a few years and Athena is already getting in trouble at school.. I-I wish I never got you pregnant with her.. I-I can't do this.." Karma sighs shakily. "I didn't know he hadn't done it..." Vincent sighs, wanting to go over but didn't want to hurt him. "Mm..." Kayla frowns deeply, her stomach twisting. "But.. A-Aaron... I need you... I.. I can't do it by myself..." Aaron looked angry again, but this time at himself. "Don't you think I know that?! That's why I'm trying so hard!! And I literally have no one to talk to besides Kye and he's already upset and got kids of his own to take care of!! Emma's always by his side!! And I have no family besides my stupid father! He's no help help at all and just makes things worse!! You don't get it!! I'm not going to leave because I love you and I'm not forcing you to take care of two kids on your own!!" He kept his eyes locked on the ground the entire time, shaking quite a bit. Levi sits on the ground, quickly putting his shirt and hoodie back on, his voice getting quieter. "And I ruined daddy's birthday.. He-He says it's fine.. B-But birthdays are supposed to be special and I ruined it.. Everything bad had to happen on his birthday.." Jaidan looks confused, taking a deep breath to try to calm himself down, it not really working but he lowers his voice. "Wh-Who..?" Kayla's eyes go glassy. "I'm sorry..." Vincent shakes his head. "I promise I'll be able to make up for that.." Karma glances at his rosary. "Him.." Jaidan sighs shakily, glancing at the rosary as well. "C-Can I talk to him, p-please..?" Aaron sniffles, closing his eyes tightly. "J-Just.. Just go.. H-Help Athena with homework or something.. I-I need to be alone.. P-Please.." His voice was extremely quiet, barely able to be heard. Levi sighs shakily and nods a bit. "How long until it's done..? I'll go get him when it's done.. A-And can you help me with homework later..? I got extra today.. It's a lot but I think I can do most of it myself.." Karma sighs. "If you can get it off..." Kayla looked distraught, wanting to be with him, but not wanting him to be upset, just shakily getting up and going back into the room. Vincent thinks. "Should almost be... bring him onto the roof when I let you know. And yes, I will"
Jaidan nods a bit, sitting up and very carefully lifting Karma's head up, trying to take the rosary off. Levi nods, smiling a bit. "Should I get Emma too..? She'll probably be with him and Jordan anyway.." Aaron quickly shuts the door behind her, sitting against the door and crying harshly and loudly, wishing everything was easier and hating how hard it was, knowing he had to stay and help with the kids and that he loved Kayla, but was seriously starting to get stressed too much, even about things that didn't need to be stressed about. Karma looks surprised he tries this, as immediately as he pulls a striking burning sensation surges through his hand. Vincent nods. "Probably Jaidan too.." he seemed conflicted about this. Kayla sighs shakily, sitting back with Athena and helping her. Levi nods again. "Okay! He's probably with Uncle Karma since he's not with you." Jaidan yelps, immediately pulling his hand away and examining it. "WHAT THE HELL?!" Aaron sighs shakily, curling up on the ground, leaving the door unlocked in case he fell asleep. Vincent nods, getting back to his work. Karma laughs awkwardly. "I-I thought you knew..." it was raw. Kayla sniffles, as she thought about Aaron, keeping herself from crying. Athena looks to her. "Are you Okay Momma...?" She nods. "Yes, sweetheart.." Jaidan huffs in pain. "M-Mmf.. How do I get it off then..? You guys never told me how to take it off so I don't know.." Aaron sighs shakily and texts Kayla after several minutes. "I'm so sorry, Kayla. I shouldn't have gone off on either of you. It was wrong for me to do that. I love all three of you so much and I'd never trade you guys for anyone or anything. You guys are my world. I'm just really stressed and on edge lately. And I'll find a different way to handle it then anger. I promise." Levi pulls his phone out of his pocket and turns on his music without his headphones, keeping it quiet and sighing, it being very dark music but was what he listened to most of the time. Karma sighs. "You have to rip it off with something else... I usually use faucets..." Kayla smiles a little, texting back, "Thank you." Vincent glances over. "Um. Levi?"
Levi looks over. "Yes?" Aaron cleans himself up and comes back out a few minutes later, going straight to Kayla and pulling her into a tight hug, holding her close. "I love you, Kayla.." Jaidan raises an eyebrow. "Is just the other Karma afraid of water then?" Vincent gives him an awkward look. "what are you listening to?" Kayla relaxes a little, smiling calmly. "I love you too.." Karma goes still. "What..?" Karma looked terrified. Vincent looks surprised. "Oh.." Kayla lets out a long sigh. "Why don't we get out of the house..?" Aaron nods a bit. "Yeah.. That would be nice.." He pulls away. Levi tilts his head. "I can put my headphones in if you want. Do you want me to? I don't listen to it around other people normally. ESPECIALLY daddy. I don't know if I'd get in trouble. Emma thinks it's decent. She doesn't really pay attention though. It helps me sleep and stuff." Jaidan makes a sound of understanding. "Oh.. So you are afraid.. Um.. Alright.. Is there anything else I can use to get it off..?" Kayla smiles and nods. "Mm.. lets go to the store. I've been dying to bake something." Vincent furrows his brow. "Mm... can you just step out?" Karma sighs shakily. "I don't know.." Aaron nods back, putting on his shoes and then looks over to Iren. "Let's go, hun." He glances at Athena, not knowing if she'd be okay with him holding her. Levi frowns a bit, pausing the music. "How come?" Jaidan frowns deeper. "How do you normally do it with the.. You know.. Without scaring yourself..?"
Karma looks confused. "Well... I usually never take it off anyway, but... faucets are dry.." Vincent shakes his head. "I just need privacy." Kayla quickly bounces to her closet room to change. Iren frowns. "Mmf... I don't wanna go.." Aaron frowns a bit. "I'll buy you something at the store.." Jaidan sighs. "Alright.. Um.. Am I able to move you, or..?" Levi sighs. "Alright.. I'll wait outside until you tell me to get get Jaidan, Emma, Kye, and Jordan." He gets up, stumbling a bit into the wall and groaning quietly but quickly heading towards the door. Iren shakes his head. "I just don't wanna go..." Karma sighs shakily. "Just do it..." Vincent gives him a face, and sighs, looking back to the fridge, opening it and taking out the ball, and snapping it open, to reveal a pristine, swirl of white in the shape of a bulb. Levi sits outside the door, putting his headphones in with his music, letting his head rest against the wall, sighing shakily and staring at the ground. Jaidan nods a bit. "I'll be very careful.." He gets off the bed, making sure the bathroom door was open and clearing the counter so he could lay Karma on it, then going back over to Karma after shutting the toilet lid so he couldn't see water, very very very carefully picking him up in a way where his side wasn't being touched, taking him into the bathroom and laying him on the counter, his head close to the sink. "Sooo.. Do I just hook it around the faucet and pull your head..?" Aaron sighs. "Alright.. Don't do anything bad though.." He looks back to Kayla and Athena. "Wanna walk?" Vincent smiles, taking the orb, and opening the cage for the dark one, quickly grabbing it, and then holding them to eachother. Karma looked nervous, but nods. "I guess.." Kayla nods. "It's not far." Aaron nods, sighing and heading out, staying a few feet away from him and Athena, not wanting to upset Athena. Levi curls up on the ground, not knowing how long Vincent was going to take and looking at his phone, texting Anthony. "Hi." Anthony responded quickly. "Hey. Is everything okay?" Levi smiles a little at his phone. "Yeah. My grandfather is getting something ready for my dad for his birthday." Anthony texted back a few minutes later. "Um. What's the king like?" Levi giggles a little. "He's super nice to me. And he helps me with my homework and his castle is really cool too. I'll bring you over one day so you can meet him. And I'll ask him, but you can probably call him by his name or something. He knows I have a boyfriend, so." Anthony sighs, texting again. "Maybe." Levi sighs. "I'll text you later." Anthony doesn't respond after this and Levi just continues to listen to his music quietly. Jaidan nods a bit, very carefully hooking the rosary to the faucet and then pulling on Karma's head in a way where he was supporting his neck so he wouldn't snap it. Kayla picks Athena up, following. The orbs erupt into a new, moulded one, that looked much more vibrant. Vincent smiles brightly, and takes off his gear, putting it out and going to his safe, opening it up and grabbing an angel soul, and then teleporting to the catacombs, putting the soul in a satchel and heading into Jake's room, his footsteps echoing through the room. Karma gasps the necklace clatters off into the sink. Jaidan sighs shakily, grabbing the necklace and shoving it in Karma's pocket before very carefully scooping him up again, taking him back to his bed and laying him down, covering him up again and sitting next to him, grabbing his hand and holding it tightly. "Hi.." Jake hears his footsteps and quickly looks over, tears streaming down his cheeks and he quickly looks away, figuring he was just there to torture him. Aaron sighs, staring at the ground as he walked, his hands in his pockets and he seemed to be thinking deeply, also looking very tensed up. Karma looked confused and scared. "W-Wh?!" Vincent quickly gets to him, grabbing his arm and pulling him up with a sharp jerk, and shoving his hand into Jake's chest, causing a very painful sensation. Kayla looks to him. "Hey.." Jaidan frowns a bit, rubbing the back of his hand with his thumb. "Hey, Hey, calm down.. It's just me.. I wanted to talk to you.. I found you in here like this.." He carefully lifts Karma's shirt so he could see it. "The other you said he didn't know you didn't do something.." Jake screams, squirming and trying to get away. "WHAT THE HELL?! I'D RATHER KYE DO THIS!!" Aaron jumps a little, glancing at her. "Yeah?" Karma's eyes widen, and he curses harshly under his breath. Kayla furrows her brow. "Are you..." she hesitates, and looks off. "Never mind, I'll just leave you be..." Vincent huffs, as this made this hard for him. "Well he cant be here right now, stop- moving!!" Jake huffs in pain, just going still, not even caring at this point, just grunting. "W-Well can you at least tell me how he's been for the past few months then?!" Aaron sighs shakily, staring at the ground again. "Y-Yes, sweetheart.. I'm okay.. Just.." He shakes his head. "I don't really know.. I'm just constantly anxious, nervous, and worried.. And stressed, I guess.." Jaidan quickly covers it back up. "B-But I'm here! A-And I want to help you.. But other you said there's no way I can help you and I'm not allowed to get dad and you can't do what you need to do now so you'll just have to suffer forever.. B-But I don't want you to suffer and I don't know what to do.." Tears start to come to his eyes again. Vincent furrows his brow, seemingly searching around his insides, which felt horrible. "Well that's an odd period of time to be asking about in your situation, but uh, fine I guess?" Kayla gives him an empathetic look. "Mm... anything I can do to help...?" Karma furrows his brow. "F..Forever?! That's.. that's not how it works!" Jaidan sniffles. "B-But he said you wouldn't die.." Jake groans loudly. "Please hurry up with whatever the hell you're doingggg.. I'd rather be crying than this shit.. And Wha'do you mean it's an odd period of time..? In asking how he's been since I died.." Aaron shrugs. "Something for anxiety I guess.. Could probably get something from your dad.."
Karma laughs awkward. "Y-Yeah.. and...?" Vincent gives him an odd look. "Oh. Well it hasn't been "a few months"." The way he said it, it sounded as if it had actually been less time. He struggled, looking confused as to why he hadn't been able to get it. Kayla laughs a little. "Or you know, me. The uh... one who actually makes those things. My dad doesn't have to get credit for everything, you know.." Jake looks confused. "It's been less than a few months..? For me it feels like it's been like a million years but I know that ain't true.." Aaron sighs shakily. "Sorry, Sorry.. But yes.. Please.. It would help a lot.." Jaidan looks confused. "Y-You can't do what you have to but Y-You can't die.. S-So doesn't that mean you h-have to stay like this F-Forever..?"
Vincent laughs. "Less? It's been 3 Years." Kayla nods. "I'll work on it when we get back." Karma shakes his head. "J-Just until the next cut off.." Jake's eyes widen and he goes silent, choking on his breath a bit. "O-Oh..." Tears instantly came to his eyes. "D-Does.. Does he.. S-Still wear.. Th-The ring..?" Aaron nods back. "Thanks, sweetheart.." They get to the store and go in, him looking to Kayla, trying to force himself to relax but he seemed to be struggling. "Wha'do you wanna get?" Jaidan looks even more confused. "Wh-What's that..? A-And what happens after..?" Vincent thinks, pulling his hand out. "I think so. He does have a girlfriend though. So I'm not sure, actually." Kayla sighs. "Uh.. well, I was actually planning on seeing what you'd like.." Karma looks off. "The reset for our work.. It'll stop decaying and I'll have to figure out how to get the number of bringings I need.." Jaidan sighs shakily. "D-Do you know how long that takes..?" He lays down next to him, resting his head on his shoulder, still gripping his hand tightly, more for himself than for Karma. Jake looks surprised but just nods rapidly, falling back to the ground with a grunt. "O-Okay.. U-Um.. G-Good.. G-Good for him.. U-Um.. H-How's everyone else..? M-Mmf.." Aaron looks confused. "But then you can't eat it?" Vincent scoffs, grabbing him again and pulling him back up by his arm harshly. "Fine." Kayla shrugs. "I can. I'll just deal with it afterwards. That's what I usually do." Karma thinks. "Mm... I think each one's a month.." Jaidan nods a bit, seeming to be calming down. "Do you have any clue how long you've been like this..? And.. Why didn't you do what you were supposed to..?" Jake grunts again. "Mmf.. H-How's Emma and Levi..?" He smiles a little through the tears at their names. "Emma's three and Levi's ten I'm assuming, yes..? E-Emma's gunna be so beautiful when she grows up.." Aaron frowns deeply. "I don't want you making yourself sick.." He sighs shakily and looks off. "I can just eat something that you can.. I guess it's fine.. Considering I live with pretty much all demons.. Although.." He pauses, realizing how bad this sounded and closing his eyes tightly. "I'd be cannibal if I did that, wouldn't I..?"
Karma coughs a little. "I didn't know what the date was.." Vincent nods. "Mm. Fine." He searches him. Kayla looked confused. "Yes." Jaidan sighs shakily. "I'll stay with you until it goes away.. Can you still eat and stuff..? I can go get you some food from my last hunt if you want.." Aaron sighs shakily, opening his eyes and smiling weakly at her, still tensed up. "I'd literally do anything for you, sweetheart.. And demon food won't make me sick like normal food will to you. So.. If I have to.." He gulps. "Eat that.. Then I will.. For you.." He smiles awkwardly. Jake sighs shakily. "Mmf.. What are you looking for..?" Karma frowns. "Mm.. I haven't had this happen before.. I.. don't know..." Kayla looks unsure. "Mm... well, I still wanna bake. We'll make two dishes." Vincent scoffs. "Your soul." Jake frowns deeply. "And.. You haven't found it because..?" Aaron nods. "A-Alright.. Yeah.. That's.. That's probably better.." He takes a hand out of his pocket and puts it to his neck, seemingly trying to stretch it and then looking back to Kayla. "Do you know if they'd have anything over the counter for anxiety..? Or.. Something.. For now.. I can't get myself to relax.. And it's really tiring.." Jaidan sighs and nods a bit. "Um.. Alright.. Here.. Try this.." He puts his arm up to Karma's mouth so he didn't even have to move, just bite down. Vincent shrugs. "Should be [in] you. It is not." Kayla thinks, and digs in her bag, pulling out a Joy pill. "This a lower effectivity one I think. Should make you ease up. If it doesn't work I can ask." Karma sighs and bites.
Jaidan winces slightly but didn't move, not seeming to mind and just smiling at him. "I don't know how long it's been since you've eaten so.. Just eat as much as you need.." Aaron nods, quickly taking it and swallowing it, feeling a bit of relief and rolled his shoulders back, smiling a little at her, this little amount of relief seeming to have helped him quite a bit. "How about brownies?" Jake looks extremely confused. "Did.. Someone take my soul?? How the hell does that happen?!" Karma eats thankfully, being careful but eating a decent amount. Kayla smiles. "Sure!!" Vincent scoffs. "No, if anyone wanted it you'd be d- oh. Well you wouldn't be here. I probably took it out and left it somewhere." Jake huffs. "And what exactly do you need it for?! Some better way of torture or something..? Cuz even if it breaks my heart to watch Kye have to torture me it's a whole lot better than having to watch you do it.. At least I can see his face.." He looks off. Jaidan nuzzles his shoulder as he ate. "You know.. I'm glad we're both healthy now.. Honestly.. I don't think I've ever looked this good.. Like.. Even when I was younger.. I was still fat then.." Aaron's smiles more and nods, heading over to the baking isle and grabbing a box of fudge brownies, handing the box to her. "Here. These ones are really good. Fudge is like the best thing on the planet." Vincent raises an eyebrow. "Mm. I'll keep that in mind. Thank you." Kayla looks confused. "Ah.. um... aha, right..." she slowly puts them back. Karma smiles a little. Aaron looks confused. "What's wrong?" Jake huffs, looking back at him. "Can you just let go of my arm and do whatever the hell you're gunna do?! It's better just sitting in here WITHOUT having to listen to you! I freaking died because of YOU!" He looked extremely upset and tries to pull away again. Jaidan nuzzles him, wrapping his arm over his chest, wanting to lay on top of him to snuggle but knew he couldn't so he settled for this and sighs. "It's Kye's birthday, by the way.." Kayla laughs awkwardly. "I'm making them from scratch..." Vincent frowns. "You're really not making me want to bring you back. I was going to do this for Kye's birthday.." karma looks surprised. "O...Oh..." Jaidan nods. "He's 33.." Jake's eyes widen and his face lights up. "W-Wait.. Y-You're serious?!" He then frowns deeply. "It's.. Kye's birthday..?" Aaron looks a little confused. "Oh.. Well.. I have no clue what you need for that, so.. But I'm just saying fudge brownies are the best, so." Vincent nods, and sighs, disappointed. "Guess I'll just have to wait til next year..." karma frowns. "Hm.." Kayla shakes her head. "You've never had real brownies. We'll need white sugar, brown sugar, eggs, butter, chocolate, cocoa powder, flour, salt, and vanilla extract." Jake looked extremely upset. "N-NO!! U-Um.. Wh-Where could my soul b-be?!" Jaidan sighs. "I do think he's happy with Jordan.. Even.. Even if he misses.. ..Jake.. I think they're good for each other.." He sighs shakily, looking off when he said Jake's name. Aaron tilts his head. "Alrighty. Stay here and I'll go grab all that!" He grabs a basket before quickly grabbing all the ingredients she asked for, coming back once he got it all. "Done." Vincent shrugs. "Probably somewhere in the sets." Karma nods, sighing. Kayla looked a little surprised. "Erm... okay... aha.. I think I have most of everything else I need at home. So, just a few other things for the main dish and etc." She smiles at him. "They obviously don't sell H.Meat but I prefer it fresh anyways. Cleaning and skinning process is more reliable that way." Athena looks confused, as she had this whole time. Aaron nods, just trying to let the fact she was going to skin a human go right past him. "Alright." Jake sighs shakily. "Mmf.. P-Please try to find it.. I-I.. I really want to see Kye.. L-Like.. For real see him.. E-Even if he has a girlfriend now.. I-I want to at least be able to hug him and wish him h-happy birthday.." Jaidan frowns a bit and looks up at him. "I forgot how old you are.. I think you're like.. 20?" Karma shakes his head. "18." Kayla heads to another isle, where there was a lot of wine. Athena was staring down through the Center of the cart in awe. Vincent snaps, and they appear on a mountain. Jake jumps a little and looks around. "Where are we..?" Aaron smiles at Athena. "Momma's gunna make us some really good brownies, baby girl.." Jaidan tilts his head, confused at first before nodding. "Has the other karma been out most of the time since we lived here then? How old is he now?" Vincent gestures out. "A mountain." Athena smiles a little. "Brownies...?" Karma thinks. "How old was he...?" Jake sighs and nods a bit. "Mmf. Why? Is my soul here?" Jaidan thinks. "25..?" Aaron nods. "Yeah. And they're fudge. I don't think you've ever had them but they're really good." He sees they were in this isle and his eyes widen but he quickly calms his expression, smiling at Kayla calmly. "Can I get something, please?" Vincent shrugs. "Dunno." Karma nods. "Then... 26." Athena smiles brightly. "Wow!!" Kayla taps her lip, trying to decide. "No." Aaron frowns a bit, looking a little confused. "Hey. I haven't drank anything in three years. And.. I'm better now. Why can't I get something?" Jake sighs. "Well.. Where do we look?" Jaidan nods. "When's your birthday?" Kayla looks to him. "We can share." Athena tilts her head. "I wan some!!" Karma thinks for a moment. "October 31st." Jaidan tilts his head. "Your birthday's on Halloween?? That's pretty cool." He glances down on Karma's side, frowning a bit as he remembered it. "How bad does it hurt..? Maybe I could have Kye use his magic to soothe it..? Or Emma..?" Aaron sighs. "Can you get beer then??" He glances at Athena. "No, Athena. It's adult drinks." Jake frowns deeply. "Why did you take us to a mountain if he have no clue where to look..?" Karma sighs, shaking his head. "That'll make it worse.." Athena frowns. "Mmf..." Kayla shakes her head. "No." Vincent shrugs. Jake huffs, clearly frustrated and upset, just walking around and looking for anything out of the ordinary. "M-Mmf.." Aaron groans. "Fine. Get whatever you want then." He looks to Athena. "Wanna pick out some candy and snacks?" Jaidan tilts his head. "What about cold..?" Kayla picks out a few from what looked like very expensive brands, and puts the boxes under the cart. Athena tilts her head. "Sure!!" Karma looked bewildered. "Cold?! I'm a FIRE element!" There was nothing, until he gets a sudden pull towards what looked like could be a path If you looked hard enough. Jaidan flinches, frowns deeply. "Y-You don't have to yell.. Y-You know that scares me.. P-Please calm down.. I'm s-sorry.." Aaron nods, picking Athena up and glancing at Kayla. "We'll be in the candy isle." Aaron lifts Athena up onto his shoulder, holding onto her tightly and going to the candy isle, setting her down. "You can choose 3 candies that you want." Jake goes towards it, staring downwards and observing everything closely, yelling to Vincent. "Come here!" Karma frowns deeper. "I was just surprised..." Athena frowns. "What is there..?" Vincent goes over. Jaidan sighs shakily. "I-It's okay.. J-Just.. Try not to do it again, please.. Is there anything that will help..? Painkillers or something..?" Jake gestures to the path. "I found this." Aaron looks confused. "Well, look? There's a lot of stuff." Karma shakes his head. Athena frowns deeper. "Well, I can't.." she looks sad. "I got in trouble for this at school, too..." Vincent nods, and shoves him towards it. Aaron looks confused and then raises an eyebrow, kneeling down to her and holding up two fingers about a foot away from her face. "How many fingers am I holding up, Athena?" Jaidan sighs shakily. "Mmf.. I guess I'll just stay here and snuggle with you and keep you company until the month thingy is over.." Jake stumbles forward, grunting. "What the hell?!" Athena looks confused. "2?" She just guessed. Karma nods. "Mm.." Vincent smiles. "Go down it." The path slopped harshly down. Jake huffs. "Dude. I'm gunna fall. Can I use my wings even though I'm dead??" He tries to let out his wings. Aaron sighs shakily, holding his hand farther away with 4 fingers. "How about now?" Jaidan nuzzles him softly, staring at the wall and muttering a few things quietly to himself, digging his face into Karma's neck. "Is it going to spread..?" Vincent chuckles as this doesn't work. "You're dead. You won't die again." Athena thinks. "Mmm.." she tries to touch them. Karma nods silently. Aaron pulls his hand away, standing up and picking her up quickly, going to Kayla, a deep frown on his face. "I wanna get her vision tested. Now." Jake grumbles. "Doesn't mean it don't hurt.." He carefully tries to go down the path but after a few steps he slips, sliding down the rest of the way, closing his eyes tightly, tears coming to them and he clenches his jaw shit so he didn't scream. Jaidan frowns deeper, carefully moving his head off of him and just grabbing his hand tightly. "Just in case we fall asleep and it gets worse I don't want to hurt you.." Levi was half asleep outside the lab still, staring blankly at the wall. Kayla looks confused. "What..? Why...?" Athena also looked confused. Jake crashes into a large, ragged rock at the bottom. Vincent rolls his eyes, hopping down gracefully. "Won't." Karma sighs. "Mm..." Jake screams as he hits the rock, grabbing his side as that was how he fell, groaning and clutching his eyes shut. Aaron huffs. "We need to get it tested, okay? I think she has a vision problem. She can't see properly." He looked upset about this. Jaidan sighs, holding both their hands close to his chest and closing his eyes, thinking deeply and looking a little upset at first but felt extremely comforted as he was with Karma, opening his eyes slightly and looking up at him, Smiling a bit "You know.. I've never really liked to talk to people about my feelings and whatnot.. So.. I just think about them and stuff.. And that normally makes me really upset but when I'm with you or Dad it feels okay to be sad sometimes and it makes me feel better just knowing you're there.. And I want you to know that I'm always here for you.. Both of you.. And I always will be.. Even if you don't want to talk and you just want company.." Zul giggles. "Hey other Daddy!!" Kayla looked worried. "Mm.. Alright, head out to the car.. I'll buy everything.." karma smiles a little. "I really appreciate that.." Jake's eyes widen and he frantically looks around for Zul, forgetting about the pain. Aaron sighs shakily and nods, holding Athena closely and heading out to the car. Jaidan smiles back weakly. "You've been there for me when I really needed it.. If it weren't for you, is be dead.. Like.. 10 times.." Zul was sat on top of the rock, a whirling black and gray orb in his lap. Several minutes later, Kayla comes out, putting the groceries in the trunk and getting in. Karma didn't know how to feel about this. "Aha.. Oh..." Aaron was sitting in the passengers seat with Athena in his arms, holding her tightly, his eyes glossy. Jake frantically gets on top of the rock, looking to Vincent. "He's got my soul!!" He hugs Zul tightly, letting tears fall down his cheeks. "I love you so much, Zul.." Jaidan sighs shakily. "You got rid of those dudes who have hurt me since I was younger.. You've helped me with the wounds they caused.. You helped with my ribs.. You've helped me when I'm upset and scared.. When the creatures and voices come.. You've helped me a lot.. And.. I just feel like I've never given you a proper thank you.. So.. Thank you.." Kayla heads to an eye doctor's office. Vincent nods. "I believe he stole it." Zul giggles again. Karma gives him a loving look. "You're welcome" Jaidan smiles more at him, snuggling up to his arm and closing his eyes, his hand resting on Karma's hand. Aaron looked terrified, holding Athena closely and tightly. Jake sighs shakily, kissing Zul on the forehead, keeping him in the tight hug. "Can we please have my would back, sweetheart..?" A quick 10 minutes later, Kayla parks and quickly gets out. Athena was very very confused. "Mmf... I'm fine..." Karma yawns, sighing tiredly. Zul frowns. "I'm not supposed to give it."
Jaidan sighs as he starts to doze off, muttering quietly to himself as he did, barely able to be heard. "Let me sleep, dumbasses.." Aaron gets out quickly as well with Athena. Jake frowns deeply, letting go of him and looking to Vincent.
Karma frowns, putting a hand against him. "hey.. I'm here.. just ignore them.." Kayla heads inside. Vincent holds out his hand to Zul, and he hesitantly sets it there. "Only him." Jaidan opens his eyes slightly to look at him, sighing shakily. "I'm trying.. They're just.. They're talking about Jake and stuff.. Still.. Still a sensitive subject I guess.." Aaron follows quickly behind her, gripping Athena tightly, his eyes tearing up. Jake sighs shakily, hugging Zul again. "What have you been doing..? For the past three years..?" Karma frowns. "I see..." Zul thinks. "well, I dunno. Doing what grandpa says usually. Vincent nods. Kayla quickly goes up to the desk. "Um.. hello, we need to talk to someone about our daughter.. we need to get her vision tested.." Jaidan sighs shakily. "His birthdays in a few days.. He'd.. He's be 22.. So.. Mmf.. I.. I need to get over him.. I thought I did and it's gotten a lot better but.. I still miss him a lot.. Especially around his birthday.." Jake sighs shakily, glancing at Vincent as he kisses Zul on the forehead again before pulling away. "Mmf.. Can you bring me back to Kye yet..?" The person looks to her and nods, glancing at Athena and Aaron. "Parents name and patient's name please." Karma gives him a sympathetic look. Vincent takes out the angel soul, and his soul, holding them in opposite hands. Kayla sighs shakily. "Kayla Afton, I'm her mother.. Aaron Adams, he's her father... and her name is Athena. Athena Genevieve Lumain-Eleline Afton." The person sighs, typing some things into her computer. "Take a seat. A doctor will be out shortly." Aaron was still gripping onto Athena, holding her head against his chest as a tear runs down his cheek, clearly very upset by this, just wanting her to be healthy. Jaidan closes his eyes again. "Let's just.. Sleep.. It's easier for now.." Jake stares at them. "Is this gunna hurt..?" Kayla sits with them. "Mm... Aaron, she's going to be okay... lots of kids have vision issues... I'm sure it's not anything too serious..." Karma nods. Vincent shrugs. "All of mine have." Jake sighs shakily. "Then just do it and get it over with please.." Aaron sniffles. "B-But it's my fault she has the vision problem in the first place.. I-I just want her to be healthy and normal.." Jaidan falls asleep within a few minutes, having been muttering quietly to himself for a bit and then falls into a deep sleep, his muscles relaxing and he looked peaceful. Vincent puts the souls together, and for Jake, everything immediately goes black. Kayla looks confused. "How is it your fault...?" Karma too falls asleep quite a bit later. Aaron sniffles again. "B-Because she's human and that means she must've taken m-most genes from me.. S-So the vision is my fault.." A doctor walks out about a minute later. "Athena Afton." Aaron quickly gets up, wanting to stay behind Kayla and waiting for her. Jake just stays in the darkness, waiting desperately for something to happen. Kayla gets up as well, murmuring to Aaron as they worked, "That's... that's not true... Mmf.. the gene process works the same.. her eyes aren't effected by her species..." A sudden sharp pain is felt by Jake as his head his flung forewords by Vincent smacking him over the head. "Aye." Jake groans quietly. "M-Mmf.. What the hell..?" Aaron sighs shakily. "Mmf.." The doctor sighs, looking to Aaron and gesturing to the scale for him to set her down on. Aaron nods a bit and very carefully sets her down on it. "Just stand right there, sweetheart.. He's checking your weight.." The doctor checks her weight. Vincent scoffs. "Open your [eyes]." Athena wines, not wanting to be put down and not held up, standing there shakily. Jake blinks his eyes open, looking around and putting a hand to his head where Vincent slapped him. "Where's Kye?!" The doctor then gestures to the blood pressure machine, the height thing, and then takes her temperature, Aaron moving her to each thing, knowing she didn't like to be without one of them and holds her hand the whole time. He then picks her back up as they go to a room, Aaron sitting on the bed with Athena in his lap, rubbing her back softly. The doctor looks to Kayla. "What seems to be going on with her vision?" Vincent helps him up. "At home." Athena didn't like this. "I'm fine!!" Kayla sighs shakily, looking to Aaron. Aaron holds Athena tightly. "She can't see.. She said she got in trouble at school for it and then we were going to pick out candy and she didn't know what anything looked like.. And she never actually looks at you.. She.. She just looks like she's looking through you.." The doctor makes a sound of understanding, getting up and going over, holding his hand up about 3 feet away from her face with 3 fingers up. "How many fingers am I holding up?" Jake nods rapidly. "Take me to him!!" Athena sighs. "Why do you guys keep doing this...? It's not a fun game..." Vincent Shakes his head. "You're a present. You have a planned entrance. Don't go rushing in. Okay?" Jake sighs shakily and nods. "A-Alright.. Let's.. Let's do this.." Aaron frowns deeply. "It's not a game, sweetheart.. We're trying to figure out if you need glasses or something.." The doctor sighs. "I've got lollipops for when you're done here." He kept the three fingers up. Vincent points at the giant house on the mountain. "It's that one." Athena stares, and speaks in confusion. "Uh.. 3." Jake nods rapidly, letting his wings out, smiling a little at them. "Where do you want me to go??" The doctor nods. "Alright." He sighs, getting a flashlight and going over to her, holding a finger out to the side of her face. "Look towards my finger for me." Vincent lets his wings out as well. "I'll show you." He takes off towards the house. Athena does not do this, her eyes looking around, but never settling on anything. The doctor frowns a bit, setting the light down and sighing. "Set her down for a minute." He kneels down on the ground. Aaron hesitantly does. The doctor looks at her. "Try to walk in a straight line to me." Jake nods, following him, struggling a bit at first with his wings but adjusting quickly and following close behind him, a bright smile on his face. Levi had woken up again and texts Vincent. "Are you almost done??" Athena looks very nervous. "B-But..." Vincent pulls out his phone, texting back, "Yes." The doctor sighs. "I'm right here. It's okay. Can you see me?" Levi texts back. "Should I get them yet??"
Athena laughs awkwardly. "I could.. partly.. for a moment.. you stopped talking though.." these statements seemed disconnected. Vincent texts back, "No." Levi sighs, setting his phone down and pulling out his ear buds, bored. Jake flies up so he was next to Vincent. "Do you think he's going to be happy to see me..?" The doctor looks confused. "Can you see me when I'm talking?" Aaron looked extremely confused and worried.
Athena nods. "A little.." She was shaking, standing alone, very much disliking it. Vincent nods, landing abruptly on the roof. . Jake lands with him, stumbling a bit and putting his wings back, sighing and running his fingers through his hair, looking a little nervous and sighing shakily, hopping Kye's girlfriend would let Kye kiss him and hopefully they'd be able to get back together as he missed Kye a lot. Aaron grabs her had, holding it tightly. The doctor frowns more, standing up. "It seems like she's using something like echolocation. You can pick her up again. But.. I do think she may be blind.." Aaron quickly picks her up, holding her tighter and pressing his face into her neck, sniffling and clearly very upset about this. Vincent sighs, pointing to a door with a small elevated area on the roof. "Stand in there until my signal." Kayla looks shocked. "Wh- I don't- why would we kn- Blind?! Are- Are you sure?!" Athena looked scared at Kayla's reaction, not knowing what was wrong.
Jake nods, quickly going to where he said, sighing shakily and taking a deep breath, scared to death Kye was going to have a bad reaction to him. The doctor frowns deeply. "Calm down, Ma'am. It's okay. I'm just trying to get more information." Aaron was crying softly against Athena. Vincent texts Levi, "Bring them." Kayla sighs shakily, breathing heavily, her hand against her chest as she tried to stay calm. Athena starts to cry as well noticing Aaron. The doctor frowns deeper, going over to Kayla and putting a hand on her back. "Calm down. It's okay. There's things that can be done to help." Aaron holds her tighter. Levi texts back. "Okay. Give me a few." He quickly gets up, bolting to Karma's room first and sliding inside, going over to the bed and nudging Jaidan. Jaidan quickly looks over and sighs. "Yes, Levi..?" Levi sighs and whispers. "There's something important. I've gotta get Kye, Emma, and Jordan as well. So follow me." Jaidan looks confused but nods, getting up and following him to Kye's room, waiting outside. Levi quickly goes in, going over to Emma first and scooping her up, glancing towards Jordan and Kye. "You guys gotta come with me for something really really special!!" Jordan chuckles, glancing at Kye and getting up. Kayla gulps. "M-Mmf.. l-like what...?" Kye looked horribly tired, and had a cigarette in his mouth. "Eh...?" Levi sighs. "Present time!!" Jordan steps out, seeing Jaidan and smiling, waiting with him. Emma was half asleep and snuggles up to Levi's chest, closing her eyes again. The doctor sighs. "Surgery may help." Aaron's eyes widen. "N-NO!!" Kayla looked surprised. "Wh- Surgery?!" She glances to Aaron, frowning deeply. "B-But.. she's only 3, couldn't that... Mmf..." Kye groans. "Mmf.." he takes the cigarette out of his mouth, sighing and putting it out, throwing it in the waste bin, and going out with them. Levi giggles, bolting up to the roof with Emma in his arms. Jaidan followed quickly. Jordan stayed behind to help Kye as she saw how tired he was, wrapping an arm around him and helping him up. Levi sets Emma down who jerks awake from this, huffing. Levi then bolts over to Vincent. "Got them all!!" Jaidan looked confused as to why he was there. The doctor sighs. "It's probably the only option that has a chance of doing anything." Aaron shakes his head vigorously. Vincent nods, standing straight, with his head high and his arms behind his back. "Now, you may be confused as to why you're all here." Kye frowns a little. "Mm..." Vincent nods. "It's because this "gift" pertains to all of you." Kayla looked scared. "M-Mmf..." she looks to Athena, studying her, and sighing shakily. "Okay..." Levi grabs onto Vincent's pants, a bright smile on his face. Emma gets up, going over to Kye and sitting next to his foot, confused. Jaidan looked extremely confused. "Uh.. Alright.." Jake hears them talking, extremely nervous, his hand in his pocket. Aaron looked terrified, crying quietly as he gripped onto Athena. The doctor sighs. "We can schedule an appointment at the place." Vincent clears his throat, and snaps, the door slowly opening. Kye watches it intently. Kayla looks off, looking very conflicted. "Okay..." Jake sees the door opening and once it was completely open, he steps out, gulping, his eyes immediately going to Kye, them widening. "K-Kye.." Jordan looks confused. Levi let's go of Vincent's pants, his arms dropping to his side, and his jaw dropping. Emma freezes, staring at him. Jaidan's eyes widen and he goes to run towards him to hug him but quickly stops himself so Kye could go first. The doctor sighs shakily. "When would be a good time?" Kye's eyes widen, his heart stopping in shock, before with a burst of adrenaline he runs to him, scooping him up in his arms and hugging him tightly, as if he didn't believe he was real, tears immediately jumping to his eyes. Kayla thinks. "Mm... anytime, really..." Jake grips onto him tightly, tears coming to his eyes as soon as Kye touched him, digging his face into his neck. "K-Kye.. I-I.." He glances over at Jordan who just realized who he was, a deep frown on her face. Jake sighs shakily. "I-I missed you.. So.. Much.." Levi slowly goes over, wrapping his arms around Jake's leg, Emma doing the same. Jake lets the tears fall, desperately wanting to kiss him but not wanting to because he didn't want to make Jordan upset. Jordan sighs shakily, just staring at the ground. The doctor nods. "How about two days from now at 9AM?" Aaron was shaking quite a bit, his body tensed up again. Kayla nods. "Mm... I guess.." Kye said nothing, having completely forgotten about Jordan and pulls him into a heavy, passionate kiss. Jake looks a little surprised but just closes his eyes, kissing back just as passionately. Emma and Levi run to Vincent, hugging his legs tightly, both crying and Levi says. "Th-Thank you S-So much!!" Jordan looks off. "Mmf.." Jaidan goes over to Vincent as well, wrapping his arms around him tightly, whispering to him, his eyes glossy. "I love you so much, dad.. I-I.. Thank you.. Thank you so much.." The doctor nods, typing something into his computer. Kayla sees this. "Mm..." she looks to Athena. "Have you seen anything like this before...?" Vincent smiles a little. "I figured I owed you all something..." Kye pulls back just a little, looking like he didn't want to stop, but does anyways, admiring his face. Jake grips onto him tightly, sniffling and whispering to him quietly. "I l-" he stops, staring at Jordan and sighing shakily. "What's your girlfriends name..?" Jaidan nuzzles him, letting the tears run down his cheeks, overwhelmed with happiness and joy. Levi let's go of Vincent as well as Emma, both going over to Jake and Kye, just staring up at them, Levi picking Emma up. The doctor shakes his head. "No, I have not. She's very unique." Aaron sighs shakily, sniffling and rubbing Athena's back, whispering to her quietly. "I love you so much, baby girl.. I'm going to make sure you're okay.. I promise.." Kye frowns a little. "Jordan.." Kayla looks off sadly. Athena looked really upset, and a bit angry. Jake puts his hand to Kye's cheek. "I'm glad you moved on, Kye.. It's okay.. I still love you and I always will.. I just want you to be happy.. Okay..?" Emma and Levi looked beyond extremely happy to see Jake, Levi pushing himself in between then with Emma. The doctor sighs shakily. "Anymore questions?" Aaron sighs shakily, once again trying to get his body to relax, not getting anywhere at all and just getting up with Athena, still shaking, his eyes locked on the ground. Kye kept his frown, his eyes glassy and conflicted. Kayla thinks. "Mm... well... do you know why she is this way...?" Jake sighs, hugging him tightly before pulling back and kneeling down to Emma and Levi, wrapping his arms around them. "How are you two big kids doing..?" Levi sets Emma down and hugs Jake back tightly. "We really really missed you.." Emma sniffles, hugging Jake as well. Jake glances up at Kye. "I missed you all so much.." Jordan sighs, texting Kye's phone. "I'll be in the house somewhere." She quickly goes back downstairs into the house. Jaidan keeps his arms around Vincent, just watching Jake, a small smile on his face. The doctor sighs and shakes his head a bit. "I have absolutely no clue. It's something I've personally never seen before." This just made Aaron feel even worse. Kye sees this text, frowning deeper and sighing. Kayla looks off. "Mm... oh..." Emma and Levi pull back after a moment, just staring at him. Jake sighs shakily and stands up again, pulling Kye into another tight hug. "Vincent says it's been three years.. Is.. Is that true..?" Emma looks over at Vincent, smiling a little at him and thinking to him. [I love you so much.. Thank you for this.. We really really missed him..] The doctor sighs, glancing at Aaron and seeing how tensed up he was. "Hey.. It's okay.." Aaron huffs sadly, just keeping a grip on Athena and quickly walking out of the room and the building, wiping his tears off his face and standing outside to wait for Kayla. Kye nods. "Yes..." Vincent gives her a warm smile. Kayla frowns, glancing back at the doctor before following him out. Athena huffs. Jake sighs shakily, stepping bad, looking extremely guilty for even touching him. "Well.. Um.. I'm glad you've found someone.. And.. I really missed you.. A lot.. So.." He stares at the ground. Emma and Levi look confused as to why he was acting like this. Aaron sighs shakily, holding Athena out to Kayla. "I-I'll walk.. I-I.. I need to relax.. I think.." He glances at his hands which were shaking as well as the rest of his body. Kye smiles awkwardly. "Let's go inside..." Kayla takes her. "Alright..." Jake nods a bit, keeping his eyes on the ground and muttering quietly. "I'm not here to mess up your relationship with her, okay..? I.. I want you and the kids to be happy.. That's.. That's all.." Emma and Levi instantly frown deeply and Levi mutters to Kye. "We'll go to the bedroom.." He goes back inside the house. Jaidan sighs and looks back up at Vincent. "I'm gunna go hang out with karma.. Whenever Jake isn't with any of them can you text me..? I wanna talk to him.." Aaron quickly walks off but in the total opposite direction of the house, hoping Kayla didn't see. Kye's smile fades, and he looks sad. He clenches his jaw shut and pulls away from him. Vincent nods. Kayla doesn't, heading to the car. Jaidan smiles at him before going back inside the house, sighing and going back to Karma's room to sleep some more. Aaron heads to a bar, sighing shakily, figuring maybe a drink could help him relax but once he got closer to it, he hesitates, frowning deeply and not wanting to make Kayla mad, huffing and heading back to the house, staring at the ground and texting Kayla. "Please make something strong for me. And a beer? Please. And no it's not because I really want one. Alcohol just helps people relax." Jake sighs shakily, glancing at him with guilty eyes. "I-I.. I love you, Kye.. But.. I haven't been here for you in years.. I just.. I want to make sure you still love me.. Okay..? And.. I don't want to force anything on you.. I'm.. Different now.. I'm loyal and won't hurt you.." Kayla sees this text and frowns, texting back simply, "I'll see what I can do." She drives home. Kye nods. "I get it..." Jake smiles weakly at him, grabbing his hand and holding it tightly. "Let's catch up, okay..? I wanna know what's been going on with you and everyone.." He glances at Kye's hand where the ring was, smiling more. Aaron gets home a little while later after her, looking exhausted and going into the bedroom. Kye nods. "Mm..." he thinks, contemplating what he should say. "Well... I'm a teacher." Kayla had put everything they bought away. Jake smiles and nods, heading inside and going to one of the living rooms, sitting on a couch and cuddling up to Kye. "That's amazing. Do you teach Levi? And Emma should be starting Kindergarten in a few years." Aaron sighs shakily, sitting on the edge of the bed, glancing over at Kayla with pained eyes. Kye chuckles. "I do, and Emma's already in kindergarten. I teach her too." Kayla sighs, looking worried. "I'll get working on something for you.." Aaron nods a bit. "Thank you, sweetheart.. I really.. don't know what's going on.." Jake's eyes widen. "Emma's in Kindergarten?! She's only three!" He chuckles. "It makes sense with how smart she is though. And she's adorable. Just like you!" He boops Kye on the nose with a warm finger, nuzzling his shoulder softly. Kayla nods, and goes into another room. Kye blushes a bit, chuckling. "Athena and Warren are, too."
Jake looks confused. "Who's Athena? Addison and Vincent have another kid?" Aaron sighs shakily, laying back on the bed and grabbing a picture from under his pillow of his brother, holding it close to his chest and staring at the ceiling, muttering to himself. "What the hell is happening to me, Carter..?" Kye looks surprised, and then sighs as he realised. "Kayla and Aaron's daughter." Jake raises both eyebrows in surprise. "And Aaron's not dead?" Aaron sighs shakily, texting Kye. "How's your day going? And happy birthday." Kye shakes his head, and getting the text, he shows it. "Still alive."
Jake nods and smiles, resting his head on Kye's shoulder. "I'm glad he got the ring to you.. That was a lot of work.. He can come if he wants.. I need to thank him anyway.." he wraps his arm around Kye, just enjoying being able to see and talk to him without having to be tortured. Aaron stares at the ceiling, feeling useless and wishing he was more helpful to Kayla, all his worries flooding his head. Kye nods, texting back, "Sure." Aaron quickly gets up, searching for him and then seeing them on the couch, his eyes widening and he runs over, blinking rapidly. "JAKE?!" Jake looks at him and nods, chuckling. "That is me. I'm back. And I wanted to thank you for getting the ring to Kye." Aaron looked extremely confused, standing there, still shaking and tensed. "When and HOW did you get here?!" Jake shakes his head. "I'm a present from Vincent to Kye and the kids. He brought me back." Aaron still looked confused but just shakes his head, sitting on the couch on the other side of Kye, still staring at Jake for a few minutes before looking to Kye. "Um.. I just wanted to come talk to you about something.. But.. Jake's here.. So.. Do you want me to just let you talk to him..?" Kye raises an eyebrow. "No, I can talk to you for a moment.." Aaron sighs shakily and nods, holding his hands out slightly that were still shaking. "I can't get myself to relax.. I've been sweating, shaking, my muscles are tensed, I can't sleep.. Kayla's making something to try to help but I don't know what's happening.. I went off on her and Athena earlier.." Jake frowns deeply, moving his hand to Aaron's chest, frowning deeper. "Have you taken anything recently?" Aaron looks confused. "Um.. Probably..?" Jake sighs, shaking his head a bit, and looking to Kye, whispering in his ear. "Withdrawal."
Kye nods. "Sounds like it..." Jake looks back to Aaron. "What were you taking?" Aaron thinks. "Um.. Xanax..? Whatever I had I guess.." Jake nods. "You're going through withdrawal. Have you seized or anything? Collapsed?" Aaron nods a bit but there was a deep frown on his face. "I've passed out a few times.. I can normally tell when it's gunna happen so I lay myself down.." Jake sighs. "Do you have anything left?" Aaron shakes his head. "All out." Jake nods, looking back to Kye. "I'm sure your dad could get something, yes? I can help Aaron if I've got something to give him and slowly get him off it." Aaron looked a little scared, muttering quietly. "We can't tell Kayla about this.." Kye sighs. "Probably.." He also looked fairly hesitant. "Hm... Aaron, why not..?" Aaron sighs shakily. "I don't know if she's gunna be mad.. She just thinks it's anxiety.. That's what I told her.." Jake sighs, still snuggled up to Kye.
Kye nods. "Mm... you shouldn't keep things from her..." Aaron looked even more scared. "Dude.. She'll kill me.. Literally.." Kye frowns. "Mm... possibly..."
Aaron sighs shakily, curling up next to them, staring at the ground. Jake sighs, nuzzling Kye. "I need to get a phone. Mines definitely gone. But lets get something for Aaron first. Withdrawal sucks." Aaron nods a bit. "Thank you.. Both of you.." Jake nods and smiles a little. "Course." He stands up. Kye nod, standing as well with a grunt, and thinking, fidgeting his hand in his pocket, but frowns when he glances at Jake. Jake sighs, trying to grab his hand out of his pocket to hold, leaning his head against his shoulder, glancing at Aaron. "I'm gunna get you some food as well. You should eat." Aaron nods a bit. Jake looks back to Kye. "Where's your dad's room or wherever he'd be?" Kye struggled against Jake's grip, but eventually just lets him hold it. "I'll just show you.." he heads off.
Jake sighs shakily. "I missed you so much, Kye.. And the kids.. How.. How did they take it..? When I.. Was gone..?" Kye frowns deeply. "Not well.." Jake nods a bit, sighing shakily. "Emma's beautiful by the way.. She looks even more like you now.. and Levi seems like he looks pretty good too.. Although he was wearing a hoodie and I couldn't really see his face.." He seemed to be trying to change the subject as it made him extremely upset knowing he just left them with no warning and was gone for so long. Kye smiles a little. "Yeah..." he keeps walking. "I wonder if you'll like Athena." Jake nods. "Where are we going? And How's Addison?" Kye sighs. "His room.. and um, I dunno. You could ask her yourself." Jake nods. "Alright." As they approach Vincent's door, he knocks on it. Addison was laying on the bed on her phone, snuggled up in the blanket, looking over to the door and then over to Vincent. "Can you get it, baby?" Vincent sighs, groaning as he got up from the bed, going to the door and opening it. Jake smiles nervously, glancing behind him and over to Addison. "Hey." Addison looks surprised. "Jake?" Jake nods. "Yeah. I've gotta talk to Vincent first." He looks back to Vincent. "Can the three of us talk in private, please?" Vincent grumbles tiredly. "I guess.." Addison sighs and nods. Jake nods and walks down the hall to an empty room, going in and leaning against the wall, already having a story.
Vincent and Kye follow. Jake shuts the door behind them, keeping his voice down. "Um.. Do you got any Xanax or something? I obviously don't got any money now but I'll do stuff around the house or something." Vincent furrows his brow. "Talk to Kayla about it." Jake frowns a bit. "Don't you have any..? I don't really wanna get it from her.." Vincent shakes his head. "She handles that. Not me." Jake closes his eyes tightly, letting his head fall back against the wall, muttering something to himself quietly and then speaking very slightly louder so they could hear him. "She scares me, dude.. Can you get it from her for me..?"
Vincent looked suspicious. "She... scares you. The five foot covered in pink girl. Scares you. Right." Jake huffs, opening his eyes and looking at him. "Yes. The five foot covered in pink girl scares me. Okay? She fucking seduced me, dude. And she's just scary in general." He tensed up as he said this. Vincent scoffs, chuckling. "That's ridiculous." Jake huffs, moving closer to Kye, grabbing his hand and gripping it tightly. "Can you please stop making fun of me? I'll just get it myself if you're gunna be like this. There's plenty of dudes who are scared of her.." He looks off. Vincent's smile fades. "Hmmph." Jake sighs, looking to Kye. "Let's go to Kayla's room then.." Kye sighs, nodding and heading there. Jake looked extremely nervous and as they got closer to the door, his grip on Kye's hand got much tighter and he mutters. "She's scary, R-Right..?" Kye shrugs. "She can be.." Jake sighs shakily, knocking on the door and quickly pressing his back against Kye's chest, and holding their hands together against his chest tightly, feeling safer in Kye's arms. Kayla opens it, tilting her head as she saw Jake. "Hi."
Jake takes a deep breath and forcing a weak smile onto his face. "H-Heyy.. U-Um.. Can we talk..?" Kayla nods. "Sure."
Jake sighs shakily, lowering his voice. "Um.. Your dad said you deal with the drugs and stuff.. I was wondering if we could get some Xanax or something..?" He wraps Kye's arms around him, glancing up at him. Kayla furrows her brow. "Why do you need it?" Jake sighs shakily. "Anxiety.. Plus we just want some.." Kayla looked skeptical. "Do you have money for it?" Jake frowns deeply. "I can do something for you or something..? Or when I get a job I'll pay you..?" Kayla chuckles. "Well, what are you planning on doing for your profession?" Jake thinks. "Uh.. I don't know..? I didn't graduate, so.. I'll probably have to work at like a grocery store or something like that.." Kayla raises an eyebrow. "You didn't graduate what?" Jake sighs shakily. "I didn't finish high school.. Or.. Middle school.." Kayla looks shocked. "Aha, then absolutely not."
Jake frowns deeper, looking up at Kye and whispering. "Can you pay and I'll pay you back...?" Kye shakes his head. "I don't have enough.." Jake huffs, looking back to Kayla. "There's gotta be something I can do..? Like.. I can babysit..? Or something.. I can.. I can do whatever you need.." Kayla looked intrigued by this idea. "Babysit?" Jake nods a bit. "Yeah.. I've taken care of Levi and Emma so I've got experience.." Kayla smiles a little. "We could make that work." Jake nods and smiles a little as well, still nervous though and gripping onto Kye. "How old is she..?" Kayla gestures to her who was sat on a chair in a corner of the room. "Three. Though She's the youngest of them, obviously." Jake nods but looks a little confused. "You got more than one?"
Kayla laughs a little. "No, silly. Well, yes... but." She shakes her head. "I meant of all the kids here." Jake nods a bit. "Who's the other kid of yours then? Do I need to watch both? Does Athena like Emma?" Kayla thinks. "Well, the other's sorta just Aaron's, but he's 11 I think. You don't have to watch him.. and, I don't believe she does." Jake looks confused. "Aaron's got an 11 year old? That means Aaron woulda been 16, right?" Kayla shakes her head. "No, he's adopted." Jake makes a sound of understanding. "Oh. Alright. Well um.. Can I babysit later and get the Xanax now, or..?" Kayla nods, digging in her bag and finding some, handing it to him. Jake nods and takes it. "I'll be back in like.. an hour or two sound good?" Kayla nods. Jake nods and shoves the Xanax in his pocket, glancing up at Kye and moving his arms off of him, grabbing his hand and heading towards the kitchen he had seen earlier to get Aaron food, looking around in the pantry and fridge and settling for a bag of chips, looking to Kye. "You think chips'll be enough?" Kye shrugs. "Not sure.. I don't know how much those sustain..." Jake thinks and grabs a bottle of water as well, shrugging. "We can get more if he wants more." He heads back to the living room and going over to the couch, his eyes widening as he sees Aaron seizing on the ground, quickly setting down the stuff and kneeling down to him, pushing the coffee table over and grabbing a pillow, putting it under his head, huffing and rolling him onto his side. "We shouldn't have left him alone.. I figured this was gunna happen.." He grabs Aaron's hand, squeezing it tightly. "You'll be okay, Aaron.." Aaron was clearly still conscious, a quiet groan coming from him. Kye's eyes widen. "Geez..." Jake sighs. "He'll stop in a minute, it's fine." Aaron stops after about another minute, staring at the wall blankly, groaning. Jake sighs, putting his hand to Aaron mouth and opening it, nodding. "You didn't bite through your tongue so that's good." He brushes Aaron's hair out of his face. "Can you hear me?" Aaron looks up at him, nodding weakly. Jake nods. "Alright, good, good. You're good. I'm sorry I left you alone." He very carefully sits Aaron up and gets him on the couch, struggling with only having one hand, laying him down. Aaron sighs shakily, sweating a lot. Jake sighs, grabbing the water and chips, along with the Xanax out of his pocket, opening the water with a little struggle and holding it out to him. "Drink some of this first, please." Aaron takes it, taking a few sips and Jake then hands him the chips, then grabbing a little Xanax and holding it out to him. "This is already a low dose but it should make you feel better for now. There should be enough for me to get you off of it completely. And please next time don't quit cold turkey." Aaron takes the Xanax quickly, nodding a bit. "I-I won't.." He glances over at Kye with pained eyes. "C-Can you sit with me..? P-Please..?" He looked like he was barely able to keep himself sitting up, just wanting to be comforted and protected. Jake sighs, staring at the wall, chills running up his spine as he was thinking about some of the things used to torture him, able to remember them perfectly, thinking about all the times Kye was forced to torture him, all the time he had to watch Kye, Levi, Emma, and Zul die or suffer.
Aaron sighs shakily, moving closer to Kye and digging his face into his shoulder, sniffling as his entire body hurt very badly. Jake sighs, wrapping his arm around Kye and Aaron, whispering to Aaron. "Just give it a minute, okay..? We're here for you.. I promise.." Aaron nods a bit, glancing up at Kye, a guilty look in his eyes. "I-I hit Athena earlier.. B-Because I was supposed to punish her.. A-And I didn't know what to do.. I-I've already been stressed.. A-And this.. V-Vincent said it was G-Good that I did that.. B-But I hurt her.." His hand gripped tightly onto Kye's shirt. Jake frowns deeply, muttering very very quietly. "...I broke Levi's ribs..." Kye frowns deeply, saying nothing but looking away. Aaron cries quietly against Kye's shoulder. Jake sighs shakily, moving into Kye's lap so he could be close to both of them, hugging them both tightly. "It's okay, Aaron.. You're an amazing father.. Don't forget that.. You can't blame everything on yourself.." He pauses, closing his eyes for a moment and gulping, opening his eyes after a moment. "My father was a terrible man.. H-He.." He clears his throat, knowing he needed to keep himself together for Aaron. "He hurt me.. A lot.. And my.. my Sister.. and.. He killed my sister.. You are nothing like him.. You are sweet, kind, and loving.." Aaron looks shocked, looking to him with wide eyes. "Your.." Jake sighs shakily and nods. "Yes.. My father killed my sister.. She died protecting me from our father.." Jake locks his eyes on the wall, clenching his fist, letting out a shaky breath, his eyes filled with hatred. Kye stares at the floor. "And I don't need to explain mine.."
Aaron cuddles up to both of them, liking their warmth and feeling comforted by them as Jake rubbed his back softly, starting to feel a little better physically and emotionally as he realized that maybe he wasn't that bad. Jake nuzzles both of them. "You're an amazing father Aaron.. And you're gunna have a bit of break.. I'm babysitting Athena in a bit.." Aaron tilts his head. "Why..?" Jake sighs. "In order to get the Xanax I needed to pay but I obviously don't have money and I never got far in school so I offered to babysit for a bit.." Aaron smiles a little weakly at him. "Thank you, Jake.." Jake nods. "Of course, bro." He looks to Kye. "Wanna keep me company while I babysit? I also wanna see Emma and Levi." Aaron sighs, taking his head off Kye's shoulder. Kye shrugs, scratching behind his ear. "Er.. sure..." Jake nods and hugs Aaron again. "I'll come check on you in a bit, okay?" Aaron nods, smiling a little at him. Jake gets up, looking to Kye. "Come with me to get Athena. just.. Just for.." he shakes his head. "You know why, I don't need to explain." Kye nods, getting up with him.
Kayla opens it, smiling calmly at him. Jake smiles a little. "I'm ready to babysit. How long do you need me to take her? Also. What does she like to do?" Kayla thinks. "Hm... probably a few hours... and you'll have to figure that out. She doesn't generally like doing the same thing twice." Jake nods. "Alright. I can do that. We'll be in Kye's room." Kayla nods. "You can take her out of the house if you need, as well." She leaves the room. Jake sighs and steps inside Kayla's room, looking around for Athena. Athena was laying on her back in the chair, playing with a rubber band it seemed she found on the floor. Jake smiles and goes over, picking her up. "Hey, little one. I'm Jake." Athena jumps in surprise, sighing shakily and looking around frantically for the source of the sound, not liking that she didn't know her surroundings anymore. "L-Let m-me go!!" Jake frowns a bit, rubbing her back, looking a little confused as to why she didn't look at him. "Hey.. I'm not gunna hurt you.. Do you know your uncle, Kye? I'm his um.." He glances at Kye. "I'm Kye's fiancé.." Kye looked a bit concerned, going over to them. "Yeah, Hey..." Athena gulps, stopping her struggling, but staying tensed. "M-Mmf..."
Jake sighs. "Look at me, sweetheart.. I promise I'm not here to hurt you.. We're just gunna go to Kye's room and hang out.." Athena looked scared. "W-Where's Momma and Papa..?" Jake glances at Kye. "They're busy, hun. Emma and Levi are in Kye's room. You can play with them as well if you want. And can you look at me, silly? I wanna see how much you look like your father." He chuckles a bit weakly. Athena looked stressed. "W-Where do I look...?" Jake frowns deeply, glancing at Kye. "Um.. Are you.. Blind, sweetheart..?" Athena scoffs hearing his tone, whipping her head away and crossing her arms. "Why is everyone treating me like I'm some injured fucking puppy?!" Kye looks surprised. Jake looked surprised as well. "Hey, Hey! I didn't mean it like that.. I was just asking. It's okay if you are or aren't. I just need to know, that's all. I had a friend when I was little who was blind." Athena huffs, saying nothing. Jake sighs and shakes his head a bit, glancing at Kye. "Let's go to your room. You gotta show me where it is though." Kye nods, heading out to his room. Jake follows close behind him, Kye's door being cracked and he goes in with Athena. Emma was doing homework in one corner with earbuds in. Levi had his big headphones over his ears blasting music as he drew, not even noticing them come in as he was faced towards a wall. Jordan was laying on the bed and sees Jake, Kye, and Athena, quickly sitting up and smiling awkwardly. "Um.. I.. I can go.. If you want.." Jake frowns deeply, staring at the ground, not knowing what he was supposed to do. Kye frowns. "Mm.. you don't have to..." Jordan sighs shakily. "Mmf.. Okay.." Jake sighs, going over to Levi, shifting Athena into his bad arm and putting his hand on Levi's shoulder. Levi jumps, immediately pulling his headphones off and whipping around with a hand up ready to throw a punch. He then sees it's Jake and jumps again, quickly putting his hand down, sighing shakily and flipping his sketchbook over, hugging him tightly. "I missed you, Jake.." Jake frowns deeply and hugs him back tightly. "Can I see your face, sweetheart?" Levi's eye's widen and he quickly pulls away, shaking his head vigorously before quickly putting his hand to his head and groaning quietly. Jake looks extremely worried and concerned, looking to Kye quickly. "What's wrong with him??" Kye frowns deeply. "Levi... show him..." Athena struggles. Levi looked terrified, glancing over towards Jordan and then towards Athena, conflicted before sighing shakily. "I-In the bathroom.. Just us three though.." Jake sighs shakily, nodding a bit and looking to Jordan. "Could you watch Athena for a few minutes..?" Jordan sighs shakily and nods a bit, getting up and going over, taking her carefully. Jake gets up with Levi and heads to the bathroom, Levi glancing back towards Kye. "You come too.." Kye goes in with them. Athena wines. Jordan sighs, walking around the room with her and bouncing her gently while rubbing her back. "It's okay, Athena.." Jake sighs, shutting the door behind them and turning on the light. Levi looked terrified, moving away from both of them and to the other side of the bathroom, staring at the ground as he slowly took his hoodie and shirt off, parting his hair so his stitches could be seen. Jake's eyes widen and he quickly goes over, kneeling down to him. "Levi!! What happened?! Who did this to you?!" Levi frowns deeper. "Th-The kids at school.." Jake looked extremely concerned and worried, putting his hand to Levi's head and carefully touching the stitches. Levi quickly pulls away. "Don't touch there!!" Jake frowns deeper. "Sorry, Sorry.. How bad does everything hurt, sweetheart..?" Levi shakes his head a bit weakly. "I don't normally feel pain.. Only my head hurts.. But daddy gave me a medicine that helped a little for a bit.. And I kinda just put the cold against it when it gets really bad but I'm strong enough.." Jake sighs shakily, hugging him tightly. "I love you, Levi.." Levi really didn't like having his shirt off, looking to Kye and not hugging Jake back, muttering quietly. "I want to put my shirt back on.." Jake sighs shakily, pulling away and standing up, looking to Kye. "Please tell me you've done something about this.." Levi frantically grabs his shirt and hoodie, putting them on and putting his Hood up, crossing his arms over his chest self-consciously. Kye sighs, nodding. "I have..." Athena struggles frantically. Jordan sighs shakily, just continuing to bounce her and hold her close, whispering to her in a soothing, calm voice. "Hey, Hey.. You're okay, sweetheart.. I'm here.. It's Jordan.." Jake sighs shakily, whispering to him quietly. "Mmf.. That's really bad, Kye.. what did you give him..?" Levi looked extremely embarrassed and self conscious, muttering to himself quietly. "I'm not weak.. Stop saying that.. I just don't want to hurt people.." Jake glances at Levi, a guilty look on his face. Athena starts to cry, not wanting to be there, and not knowing where "there" was. Kye frowns deeply. "Some of my meds.." Jake looks back to Kye, confused. "You're on.. Meds..? For what..?" Levi sighs shakily, quickly leaving the bathroom and shutting the door behind him. Jordan frowns deeply, sitting on the bed. "Calm down.. What's going on..?" Kye pulls out the bottle, holding it out to him. They were mainly clearly anti-depressants. Athena sniffles, shaking and huddling up, still wining quietly. Jordan sighs shakily, rubbing her back softly. "Can you tell me what's wrong, sweetheart..? Are you hungry..?" Jake suddenly looked beyond extremely guilty, pulling Kye into a tight hug, digging his face into his neck, remembering when he was tortured by Kye with him killing himself, feeling awful as he knew it was partially from him dying, whispering to him quietly. "I'm so so sorry I left you..." Athena shakes her head. "N-No food..." Kye sighs shakily, his eyes glossy, and he hugs him back tightly, sniffling. Jordan nods. "Alright.. Is there anything that you want to do then, sweetheart..?" Jake sighs shakily, looking up at him and putting his hand on his cheek, rubbing it softly with his thumb as he stared into his eyes. "You are my everything, Kye.. And I want you to know that I'm here for you.. Whenever you need to talk.. I'm always here for you.. You are an amazing fiancé and father.. The kids and I could never have asked for someone any better than you.. You mean so much to us.. I love you, Kye.. I have since the first day I met you.. That will never.. Ever change.. You are my first love and will be my only.. I'd do anything for you.. Anything.. and when you're feeling lonely.. I'm here for that too.. I'm here for anything you need.." He seemed like he genuinely meant all of this. Athena sighs shakily. "N-No sound... w-why...?" Kye lets out a shaky breath, smiling a little, tears peacefully falling from his eyes. "Thank you.." Jake sighs shakily, continuing to rub his cheek softly. "And.. I know you've thought about.. things.. things that I don't want you to ever ever think about.. Things that no one should ever have to think about.. You are loved.. I need to know that you know that.. Promise me.." Jordan looks confused. "Am I talking too loud..? Does your head hurt or something..?" Kye hugs him tightly, clenching his eyes shut, feeling guilty about this. "I promise..." Athena shakes her head. "N-No.. th-they.. th-they aren't.. m-making sound... b-but.. th-they're there..." Jordan looks extremely confused. "Who, sweetheart..?" Jake nuzzles him softly, sniffling and holding him close and keeping his eyes on his face, just enjoying being able to see the real him, running his fingers softly and gently across all his facial features. "I've missed your face.. Your real face.. You're so beautiful.." He smiles a little as he gets an idea. "As soon as we give Athena back to Kayla and Aaron, I wanna take you on a date.. Sound good..? I don't think we've ever been on a proper date.. I literally proposed to you in our bedroom.." He chuckles a little weakly. Kye lets out a weak, breathy chuckle. "Yea.. Alright...." Athena cries harder. "I-I don't know!!" Jordan had no clue what to do. "Mmf.." Levi was listening to them and sighs shakily, getting up and going over, grabbing her from Jordan quickly and going back to the corner she was in, holding her close and whispering to her quietly so Jordan couldn't hear, laying down with her and curling up around her to try to make her feel safer. "Is it voices, little one..? It's Levi.. Just listen to my voice.. It's okay.." Jake sighs, nuzzling him again. "How are we engaged but never been on a date..? That makes no sense whatsoever.." He smiles more at Kye, climbing into his arms so he could reach his face and kissing his cheek softly. Athena sighs shakily. "N-No..!! Th-They... N-No s-sound..." Kye sighs. "It was just meant to be, I guess.." Jake sighs, resting his head on Kye's shoulder, breathing warmly against his neck, trying to think of things to talk about just so they could stay where they were together. "Have you ever flown before..?" Levi makes a sound of understanding. "Do you see them..?" Kye tilts his head. "I have when I was younger... not in many, many years, though..." Athena nods, clutching onto him. Levi nods, holding her tightly and close. "Just keep listening to my voice.. Everything is okay.. I have the same thing.. Mine are here too.." He rubs her head gently. "You've gotta try to ignore them.. Okay..?" Jake smiles more. "I could take you flying.. If you wanted me to.. It's really fun.. And you can get places faster and not have to worry about traffic and whatnot.. How much do you weigh..?" Athena clutches onto them. "Th-They w-won't l-let me l-look away!!" Kye chuckles. "235lbs." Jake nods and hops out of his arms, turning around. "I think I could hold you. Get on my back just to see. And please don't strangle me. I'd rather you dig the hook into my shoulder." Levi sighs, continuing to rub her back, laying a blanket he had over there over both of them, trying to make her feel safer. "It's okay, little one.. It's okay.. Do you want me to see if Agent Indigo can make them go away..?" Kye laughs a bit, shaking his head and gets onto his back. Athena nods rapidly, shaking intensely. Levi nods, getting up and wrapping her in the blanket, looking over to Jordan. "We'll be back in a bit. Tell Jake and daddy that we went to go see Agent Indigo for something really important." Jordan frowns deeply. "Please be careful with her.." Levi nods, bolting out of the room with her in his arms tightly, going to Vincent room and just barging in, shutting the door with his foot and going over to the bed. "I've got big news!!" Addison looks over, confused as to why he just ran in with Athena. Jake grunts a little as he scootches him up higher, chuckling. "Not too bad. I've carried heavier. I, myself, weigh like.. 205 or something? Yeah. I think 205 or 206." Vincent raises An eyebrow. "Er... what is it?" Kye laughs. "Aight." Levi sighs, bouncing Athena softly and holding her close. "Athena's special like us. She's Schizophrenic. Can you make her creatures go away? She says it's not voices. Just creatures. But she's really really scared, so." Jake laughs as well, carefully letting him slide off and then turning around to face him, giggling a little. "I've missed you so much, babe. And I can't wait to take you flying. And on a date. Uh.." He tilts his head as he thought. "I Might need to ask your dad for a suit." He chuckles. "Not sure much of my stuff is left." Vincent furrows his brow. "Oh..." Kye tilts his head, chuckling and smiling. "Yeah.." Levi sighs, climbing up into the bed and into Vincent's lap with Athena, rubbing her back and whispering to her. "You're okay now, little one.. We're with Agent Indigo now and he always keeps me safe, so he'll keep you safe, too.." He looks back to Vincent, holding Athena in between them. "Can you help her?" Jake kisses him softly on the lips, staying like that for a moment before pulling back but keeping their faces close. "I wanna see how Emma's doing." Athena whimpers. Vincent studies her. "Well, I need more specifics..." Kye nods. "Alright.." Levi nods. "Okay." He looks back down at Athena, whispering again. "Can you tell me what they're doing, Athena..? And what they look like..? Are they animal like..? Shadows..?" Jake smiles at him before opening the door and going back into the room, looking confused when he didn't see Athena, looking to Jordan. "Where is she? Where's Levi?" Jordan sighs. "She was freaking out and Levi said he was taking her to Vincent or something. He said he'll keep her safe." Jake sighs and shakes his head a bit. "Alright.." he looks over to Emma and smiles at her, her still doing homework with her earbuds in. He goes over and kneels down, putting a hand on her head. "Hey, sweetheart.." Emma quickly looks up at him, pulling her ear buds out and smiling brightly, jumping into his arms. "Jakey!!" Jake chuckles, holding her close. "Hi, Emma." Emma snuggles up to his chest, rubbing her ears against his neck softly. "I missed you so much, Jakey.." Jake sighs and nuzzles her. "I missed you too, sweetheart.." He gets up with her and goes over to Kye, leaning his head against his chest, smiling at both of them. "I'm glad I get to see you guys again.. I hated not being here for you guys.." Emma snuggles up to both of them, heating up her body to make them all warm, closing her eyes. "I missed you.." Athena sniffles. "I-I don't.. kn-know what that m-means.." Kye smiles calmly.
Levi sighs, bouncing her again. "Can you tell me anything about them, little one..?" Addison looked extremely confused, sitting up and moving over to them, frowning deeply and looking to Vincent. "Is she okay..? Should I get Kayla and Aaron..?" Levi glares at Addison, growling quietly. "Don't tell anyone yet. It's not nice to tell people private things about others." Addison looked surprised by this, staring at him in confusion. Jake sighs, glancing over at Jordan who gets up and leaves the room. Jake frowns a bit but goes over to the bed, sitting down with Emma and moving over do Kye could sit next to them, sighing. "I'm gunna take daddy on a date in a little while, okay sweetheart? And when we come back we can all snuggle and watch a movie together, okay?" Emma smiles up at him and nods. "Okay, Jakey.. Can you get me some food on your way back? I'm hungry and Levi hasn't gone hunting in a while so we ran out.." Jake sighs and nods. "Of course.." He sets Emma down next to him, looking to Kye. Athena shakes her head. "I-I don't kn-know how..." Vincent frowns. "Mm... We'll wait." Kye sighs, and smiles at her. "We'll see you when we get back." He heads out.
Levi sighs. "It's okay, Athena.. We're here and nothing bad will happen to you.. Do you want to listen to some music..?" He pulls out his phone, pulling his headphone cord out. Addison sighs and shakes her head a bit. Jake gets up and follows Kye. "Flying first and then we can go on our date? I gotta talk to Vincent anyway before we go." Athena sighs shakily, nodding rapidly. Vincent simply watches her. "I need to find out what exactly she's seeing." Kye nods. "Alright.."
Jake smiles and goes outside with him, letting his wings out and turning around. "Hop on. How high you wanna go, babe?" Levi nods to Athena and then looks to Vincent. "Can't you see her creatures and then talk to them?" Kye hops on. "Dunno. Experiment with it, I guess." Vincent shakes his head. "I can't.. yours were easy to intercept, but hers... I'm not picking up anything.." Levi frowns a bit. "Oh.." He glances at Athena, gripping her tightly. "Will medicine work on her or is she like us..?" Jake rolls his eyes playfully, getting up into the air and going extremely high, hiding his laughing the best he could. "Let's see how high you can take then!" Vincent shrugs. "I'm not sure.." Kye yelps in surprise, laughing nervously, as he hadn't expected him to do this right away, and he grips onto him tightly, but his hook wasn't very sturdy on him, as he didn't want to hurt him. Levi nods a bit. "I can always give her the shot thingy in the bathroom if I need to.. But lets try medicine first. Do you have any?" Jake giggles happily, flying quickly, seemingly thinking it was funny to do this. "It's fun, right?! You can wrap your one arm over my chest if you need to!" He flies as fast as he could, putting his hand on Kye's leg so he felt safer. Vincent looks to Addison. "I think I do..? Could you check..?" Kye does this, staying very tightly against him. "H-Heh.." Addison sighs and nods, getting up and going to the bathroom, searching through the cabinets and finding a bottle, coming back with it and handing it to Vincent. "Here." Levi nuzzles Athena. "Can you take pills, little one..? I know they're scary but I can help you.." Jake giggles, slowing down and going lower. "Sorry, Sorry." He chuckles. "Are you okay?" Vincent takes it. Athena shifts, looking confused. "W-What..?" Kye sighs shakily. "Y-Yeah.." Jake sighs, landing in front of the house again and carefully letting him down, turning around and hugging him tightly, wrapping his wings around him. "Hey.. I didn't mean to scare you, hun.. Did I go too high and fast..?" He looked genuinely worried and concerned, a guilty look in his eyes. Levi sighs. "Do you want me to do it first..? To show you..?"
Kye was shaking. "No, n-no.. im f-fine.. h-heh..." Athena frowns deeply, grumbling. "Does it make sound..?" Levi shakes his head. "No.." Jake sighs, heating up his body and holding him close, rubbing his back softly. "I'm so sorry, sweetheart.. I really really didn't mean to scare you.." he keeps his wings around him, trying to be as comforting as possible. Athena huffs, looking annoyed. "Then it won't work.." Kye shakes his head, "Jake, really.. I'm f-fine... just a b-bit shaken up.." Jake sighs shakily, nuzzling him, feeling extremely bad. "Okay, baby.. I love you.. Meet me by the front door when you're ready.." he puts his wings back in but keeping him in the hug. Levi looks confused. "Why not..?" He glances at Vincent. Kye nods. "I will..." Vincent raises an eyebrow. "You don't know what she means?" Jake kisses him softly before going back into the house and heading to Vincent's room, knocking on the door. Addison quickly gets up and goes over to the door, opening it, seeing Jake and smiling. Jake smiles back and hugs her. "Hey.." Addison hugs him back tightly. "What's up, sweetheart?" Jake sighs. "I just wanted to ask Vincent for a few things.. I'm taking Kye on a date.. Since I haven't seen him in so long and we've never been on a proper date.. But I need a suit and.. Maybe some money..?" Addison pulls back and glances over at Vincent. Levi shakes his head. "No.." Vincent thinks. "Mm... I suppose I could lend you some..." Jake smiles a little at him. "Thank you.." Addison smiles as well, letting Jake in. Jake sees Levi and Athena. "Hey, Levi? Kayla should be coming for Athena in a bit so can you watch her til then?" Levi glances at him and nods. "Yeah.." He holds Athena protectively, getting out of Vincent's lap so he could get up, getting under the blanket with her and holding her close, whispering. "Why does it need sound, little one..?" Athena wines quietly, looking off, feeling ashamed. Kye has gone to his room, and was getting changed. Addison goes to the closet and grabs a suit, handing it to Jake. "Here." She then looks to Vincent. "You give him however much you want." Jake smiles happily. "Thank you guys.." Levi sighs shakily. "It's okay.. There's no need to be scared to tell me anything.. Do you want me to tell you a secret about me..?" Vincent sighs, grabbing his wallet and handing him a few hundreds. Athena looks confused. "Mm... okay.." Levi sighs shakily. "I get bullied.. A lot.. And I have a lot of marks from the bullies.. That's why I never take off my hoodie and jeans.. I don't want people to see.." Jake smiles more, taking them. "Thank you so much Vincent.." He quickly leaves and goes to a different bathroom, getting the suit on and styling his hair, sighing and going to the front door to wait. Athena tilts her head. "Ah.. like Emma...?" Vincent sighs, glancing at Addison, letting out a long breath, tiredly. "I need to get back to work..." Kye wasn't there yet. Jake sighs, leaning against the wall, wishing he had both of his hands. Addison frowns deeply, hugging him tightly. "You need to take a break.." Levi looks confused. "Emma..?" Athena nods. "She's mean. I hate her." Kye steps out several minutes later, in an orange and white kimono, with his hair brushed thoroughly, and his eyes bright, it looking as if he had put just a tad of makeup on, as well. Vincent reciprocates this frown. "I can't..." Levi frowns a bit. "She's my sister, so.. I have to like and protect her.. It's my job.." Jake stares at him in awe. "You look.. Amazing.." Addison sighs shakily, gripping onto him tightly, looking extremely upset. "You're working too much, Vincent.. Please.. Let's have a day to ourselves and relax.. You're overworking yourself, hunny.. Plus.. You've got enough money where you don't even need to work.." Athena shakes her head. "Then I'll have to hate you too." Kye smiles shyly, blushing. "Thanks.." Vincent stares downwards, looking conflicted. Jake smiles back, holding his hand out to him, looking a little nervous. "Shall we?" Levi shakes his head. "No, No.. I still want to be friends with you.. We just don't have to talk about Emma.. We have to help each other.. We're both special.." Addison sniffles, digging her face into his chest. "I-I hate watching you like this.. You're always so tired and grumpy.. You never smile anymore.. I want you to be happy with me.." Athena shakes her head, looking angry. "Not if you like her!!" Vincent looks guilty, and frowns deeply, looking off. Kye nods, taking his hand. Levi frowns deeply, muttering. "Then I won't like her.. I'll just pretend in front of my daddy.." Jake sighs, gripping his hand tightly and heading out, glancing at him. "From the looks of it earlier, we're in Vegas, yes?" Addison nuzzles him softly, tears coming to her eyes and she sniffles, jumping up into his arms, wrapping her arms around his neck and resting her head on his shoulder. "I just want you to be okay.. I miss your smile.. Please.. Please just take a few days off.." Athena puts her head against his chest. "Mm..." Kye nods. "We are." Vincent's eyes were glassy. "I..." he trails off, not wanting to make her feel worse. Addison sniffles, gripping onto him tightly and crying quietly, clearly very upset about this. "P-Please, B-Baby.. I-I want to spend time w-with you.." Jake nods, leaning his head against him as they walk and heading to a fancy restaurant, glancing at his bad arm. "Do you think your dad'll build me a new hand and stuff..?" Levi nuzzles her softly. "Are you feeling better now, little one..?"
Vincent hugs her tight. "..I'll try.." Kye thinks. "Hm... I dunno." Athena nods, sniffling. "I think.." Addison nods a bit, hugging him back tightly and staring at the ground, muttering quietly. "H-How long has it b-been since you've had a h-heart a-attack..?" Jake sighs. "Mmf.." He shakes his head and they get to the restaurant a little while later, Jake going in with Kye, getting them a table and then pulling out a chair for Kye at the table. Levi nods back. "Good.." He glances over at Vincent and Addison, snuggling up in the blanket with Athena. "Do you want your mommy and daddy to know about it..?" Vincent's eyes go dull, and he doesn't answer. Kye sits, smiling at him. Athena shakes her head. "N-No.." Levi nods. "Okay, little one.. I'll take you back to your mommy now if you want.. And if you ever get scared again, then just come find me or Agent Indigo, okay..?" Addison frowns deeper. "Vincent.. Please.. I need you to tell me.. I know you can survive them but I just want to know because I love you.." Jake smiles back and sits across from him. "Order whatever you want, baby." He looked extremely nervous, glancing around as a few people at a certain table were glaring at them, looking disgusted. Jake quickly looks back to Kye, muttering very quietly. "...Homophobes..." Athena nods, sighing shakily. Vincent lets out a long breath. "About a week..." Kye sighs, rolling his eyes at looking at the menu. Levi nods, getting up with her and heading out, looking around for Kayla. Jake sighs, shaking his head a bit and looking down at the menu as well. A waitress comes over a few minutes later, looking to Kye first. "Are you two ready to order?" Jake was noticably keeping his bad arm hidden under the table, looking to Kye as well. Addison looked really worried. "Can you please tell me when you have them..? And um.." She looks away, staring at the ground. "Are your.. Heart attacks.. genetic..? Have any of the kids ever had one or anything..?" Kayla was sowing something in her room. Vincent frowns deeply. "I... Mmf... I don't know if they are, but.. one has.." Kye looks at them. "I am." Levi goes over to her with Athena, still holding her closely. "Jakey had to do something with daddy. He asked me to bring her back." The waitress nods. "What would you like, sir?" Jake glances at one of the men at the table nervously, seemingly knowing who they were and hoping they didn't remember him. Addison raises an eyebrow. "Wait.. Wh-What..? Which kid had a heart attack?! When?! Why didn't I know about it?!" Kayla jumps, and looks over, suspicious. "Had to do something?" Vincent looks off. "Jaidan..." Kye points to a demon-friendly dish. "Could you cut off on the Araisalt, though?" Levi shrugs, still gripping tightly onto Athena. "Things that couples do I guess. Kissing maybe, I dunno. They haven't seen each other in a really really really really long time, so." The waitress nods. "Of course." She looks to Jake. "What would you like?" Jake points to a different demon-friendly dish. "This please." The waitress nods, writing their orders down. "Those will be out shortly." She walks off. Jake sighs shakily, glancing at the man again who seemed to be about 60, the man glaring at him furiously. Jake immediately looks away, taking a deep breath and looking back to Kye, sweating a little, clearly scared of this man. "S-So.. Um.. T-Tell me about everything.." Addison eyes widen even more. "WHAT?! Why didn't anyone tell me this?! What if he has another one?!" Kayla narrows her eyes. "When he gets back, tell him to speak with me. Kye furrows his brow, looking to the man. "Who's he...?" Vincent stares guiltily at the ground. Jake gulps, grabbing Kye's hand under the table, on the verge of tears, it being clearly very hard for him to hold them back. "M-My.. H-He.. H-He's.. K-Killed.. E-E-E..Ella.. M-My.. F-F-F...F-Father.." The man was still glaring at Jake. Addison looked extremely worried. "Wh-When did it happen..? D-Did you take h-him to the hospital..? What caused it..?" Levi tilts his head but nods, holding Athena out to her, whispering quietly to Athena. "I'll come check on you later, little one.." Kye's eyes widen, and he stares, speechless. Vincent shakes his head. "Don't worry about it... it was years ago.." Athena wines a little as Kayla holds her tight. Levi sighs. "Call me if you need me." He quickly runs off. Addison sighs shakily, still being in his arms, pressing her face into his neck and sniffling. "I wish someone had told me.." She shakes her head a bit. "What do you want to do with our time hanging out together..?" Jake lets a tear escape but he quickly wipes it away, locking his eyes on the ground and gripping tightly onto Kye's hand, digging his nails into it. "H-He's.. P-P-Prison.. Th-Th-They.. R-Released.. H-Him.." Athena sighs shakily, clutching onto Kayla. Vincent shrugs. "Mmf..." Kye's face hardens, and he gets up. Jake quickly grabs Kye's hand, shaking his head vigorously. "N-N-No..!!" The man rolls his eyes and scoffs at them, sitting with two women and other man, the other three all talking to each other quietly. Addison sighs shakily. "Maybe.. A club or something..? We do live in Vegas after all.." Levi goes up to the room and grabs his sketchpad and a pencil, quickly going up to the roof and sitting on the edge with his legs dangling off, for once, pulling his Hood down, sighing shakily and muttering to himself. "Can y'all be quiet for two seconds, please?? I just want to listen to nothing for a bit and draw." Kye looks to him. "Wh- Why not?!" Vincent shrugs. "Sure.." Addison smiles a little, hopping out of his arms carefully but staying close to him. "Do you own one or anything? Or know of any good ones?" She giggles a little. "I've got a dress that you'll love with a nice pair of heels." Jake looked beyond terrified, gripping onto Kye's hand as tight as he could. "H-He.. H-He k-k-kills.." Kye's expression was stern. "I Kill." Vincent nods. "I have one in mind." Jake slowly and hesitantly takes his hand away from Kye's. "I-I.. I-I w-wanna.. h-help.." Addison nods. "Cool! Get ready!!" She bolts to the closet, grabbing some things before quickly going into the bathroom with the stuff, shutting the door. Kye shakes his head. "Jake, let me handle this.. you know I'm stronger..." Vincent too goes to the closet to grab his own clothes. Addison walks out after about 20 minutes wearing a pair of red high heels that matched her skin tight red dress. She had some makeup on and diamond earrings that Vincent had gotten her, a happy smile on her face. Jake sniffles. "M-Mmf.. Wh-Where are you going to D-Do it..?" I-I can fly him i-into the air.. A-And just d-drop him.." Vincent comes out with unsurprisingly, a clean cut black vest, with a purple undershirt and black dress pants. Kye shakes his head. "Jake, don't worry about it." Addison giggles a little, going over to him, spinning around to show him the dress. "Wha'do you think?" She gestures to her ears. "And I'm wearing the new earrings you got me." Jake sighs shakily, sniffling. "W-Will you C-Come right back..? H-How long.. W-W-Will it T-Take..?" The man had turned back to talk with the people at his table. Vincent chuckles, smiling brightly. "You look stunning." Kye nods. "It shouldn't be long.. don't worry..." Jake sniffles and nods a bit, glancing at his father again. "T-Take a p-picture of H-His body.. S-So I can s-see when Y-You come back.." Addison giggles more. "You do too! So. Where're we going?" Kye frowns, but nods. Vincent sighs. "Just a place I know." Jake sighs shakily, getting up and hugging him as tight as he could, slipping a knife into the back of Kye's pants, covering it up with his shirt, whispering to him, his expression hardening. "I need you to find out why he killed Ella. He doesn't deserve to live. I want him dead. No mercy. Only find out why he killed Ella. Okay?" Addison nods, grabbing his hand. "Then let's go!!" Kye clamps his jaw shut, and nods, heading over to the table. Vincent laughs and heads out. The man sees Kye and scoffs, looking at him. "Hello, Kye." The other three just stare at Kye. Jake looked extremely upset, watching them closely. Addison sighs, wrapping Vincent's arm around her and leans her head against him. "You're lucky I still look this good. I'm like 40 years old." Kye bristles. "So you know me." Vincent chuckles. "I'm lucky?" Addison giggles. "Well if I didn't look this good still and I looked like some old woman, I wouldn't be very pleasing to look at, now would I?" The man rolls his eyes. "Prince of hell, blah blah blah. And Jake's fiancé."
Vincent rolls his eyes. "I dunno, I manage to pull off my look alright." Kye pauses, searching his face. "We need to talk. Outside." The man scoffs. "Why would I agree to that? I don't want to talk to you. Jake's disgusting enough. And someone who is engaged to him is also disgusting. Especially cuz you're both guys. Always knew he was gay." He chuckles. Addison rolls her eyes playfully back at him. "Yes, yes you do. You look amazing. Hottest guy I've ever seen." She giggles and smirks. Kye's fur fluffs up in clear anger, and he leans in closer. "Do you want to go back to prison?" Vincent sighs. "I didn't doubt you'd say that." The man shrugs. "Don't really care to be honest." Addison sighs. "You're gunna loosen up tonight, okay? We're gunna have fun, get drunk together, and party, got it? It's gunna be fun. I promise." Vincent shakes his head. "Yeah, Yeah.." Kye narrows his eyes. "Have you ever been to prison in hell?" The man scoffs. "That's where I went to prison, stupid." Addison nuzzles him. "How much farther?" Kye smirks. "I was talking about The Eternal
Prison." Vincent thinks. "Not too much longer." Addison nods. "Okay, baby! I'm excited! We haven't been to a club together in many many years." The man raises an eyebrow. "You think you're gunna kill me?" Kye stares him straight in the eyes. "Underestimating the power of a god soul is unwise." Vincent chuckles. "Indeed." The man huffs, standing up. "You wanna fight, pretty boy? Then let's do it." He gestures for the people at the table to stay where they were as he heads out the backdoor of the restaurant, passing by Jake's chair and hitting it with his hip. Jake jumped, whimpering quietly as he went by, gripping tightly onto the chair. Addison nuzzles him again. "Don't get too drunk though. I need you to be good enough where if I get too drunk and some dude or something comes over, I need you to be able to defend me, you know? Just in case. But you can drink a lot more than me without getting drunk so you should be good." Kye follows him, staring intently at him with a fiery gaze. Vincent nods. "Don't worry about that." Addison nods back, looking around as they walked, a bright smile on her face. The man goes down an alley outside the building, stopping and leaning against a wall. "What do you want anyway? If this is about his sister, then she deserved it."
Kye's eyes were hot with anger, and he, without warning, transforms into his Fox form and leaps at him, jaws snapping. Vincent stops as they reach a building. The man yelps and quickly grabs his gun, shooting at him repeatedly, huffing in pain as he bit into his side. "FUCK!" Addison nuzzles Vincent, looking up at him with bright eyes, clearly very excited to go out with him. Kye yelps as he hits between his ribs, and skims his back leg, letting go of him on instinct. Vincent goes up to the door, where the bouncer was. The man huffs, pressing his hands against where Kye bit. Jake hears the gunshot and his eyes widen, him running out of the building as fast as he could, immediately seeing Kye and his eyes widening even more, frantically running to him, examining him closely. "KYE!!" The man smirks. "I could just finish you both off, you know. Your sister was much easier though." Tears start to run down Jake's cheeks, absolutely devastated, his eyes locked on Kye, crying harshly. The bouncer looks to them. "ID's." Addison nods and pulls hers out, showing it to them. Vincent shows his as well. Kye huffs, trying to ignore the alarming pain and Jake's crying, and he leaps at him again. The man huffs, quickly stepping out of the way and letting him hit the wall, glaring at Jake. "I'm coming back for you. Both of you." He quickly runs off, still holding his hand against his side. Jake was shaking violently, staring at the ground with wide eyes, absolutely terrified. The bouncer nods, getting a stamp thing and stamping both their hands, letting them in. Addison giggles, looking around. Vincent observes the stamp as he walked in. The place was busy, and looked rather fancy. Kye had hit the wall head on, and slouches against the wall, dazed, and bleeding out.Jake frantically runs to him as he remembers he was there, shaking his head vigorously. "Y-Y-You n-need t-to st-stay a-awake!!" He scoops him up, grunting at how heavy he was, running as fast as he could with him to a hospital. Addison smiles more, heading over to the bar. "Drinks first." Kye says nothing, his eyes glassy. Vincent nods, and heads over as well. Jake quickly gets to the hospital, running in. Three doctors immediately come over and one of them speaks. "What happened, sir?" The two others carefully lay Kye onto a bed, one of them yelling. "WE need the O.R!" They quickly roll the bed in a different direction. Jake stares at him as he goes. "H-He g-g-got sh..shot.. B-By M-My.. F-Father.." Addison sits in Vincent's lap on one of the barstools, laying her back against his stomach and chest, ordering them both a few strong shots, quickly tilting her head back and drinking them. Vincent does the same, simply listening blissfully. Kye groans, only barely conscious still. Jake sniffles, sighing shakily and waiting outside the room Kye would go to when he was done. The doctors remove the bullet carefully and stitch up the wound, wrapping it in bandages as well, and after about and hour and a half, Kye's rolled into the room where Jake was. Jake sees him and quickly gets up, running in and over to the bed, putting a hand on Kye's paw. Addison turns around to face him after having several more shota. "So. Can you at least tell me what you do at work, silly? I don't even know for some reason. Have I ever asked? I dunno." Vincent smiles awkwardly. "No, you haven't... and um, I can't really tell you, anyway.." Kye doesn't move, sighing shakily and just staring out blankly. Addison rolls her eyes, moving her face extremely close to his. "Why can't you tell meeee?? I'm your wife after all!" Jake sniffles and carefully gets on the bed with him, putting his hand to his head and rubbing his head softly. "I love you so so much, Kye.. I'm.. so.. So sorry.." Vincent shakes his head. "That isn't my decision." Kye gives him a desperate look, winking softly. Jake sighs shakily, moving his face close to his, nuzzling him. "I'm here, baby.. It's okay.. Just relax.. We've got security right outside the door so he can't get to us here.. Is there anything I can do to make you feel better..?" Addison scoffs, grabbing another few shots and tilting her head back, holding one out to him. "Relax!" There was a dude sitting a few barstools away from them and he chuckles at Addison, rolling his eyes. Kye just nuzzles him, not wanting to speak. Vincent notices the dude and looks over to him, glaring fiercely, and snatching it from her. Jake sighs shakily, snuggling up close to him. "Do you want me to call Jaidan or something to bring Emma and Levi..? You can just nod if you want.." The dude glances at Vincent, shrugging. "Just admiring from a distance, man." Addison giggles. "Let's dance??" Kye shakes his head weakly. Vincent scoffs lightly, and gets up. "yeah." He drinks the shot quickly. Jake sighs shakily, staring into his eyes, still rubbing his head softly. "Emma's probably in pain from this.. Can I use your phone just to call and see if she's okay..? You guys still feel the same things, right..?" Addison giggles more, getting up as well and stumbling forward and towards the ground. The man quickly grabs her arm and pulls her up, smiling at her kindly. "Careful." Addison grips tightly onto his arm, confused as to why she fell. Kye nods a little. Vincent bristles, looking angry, and moves Addison away from him, his arm around her waist. "Don't touch her." Addison grips onto Vincent's shirt and arm, smiling up at him. The man scoffs. "Dude. I was helping her. She fell. Stop being like that." He chuckles, ordering another drink for himself. Jake sighs shakily, grabbing Kye's phone and looking for Jaidan's name, clicking on it and calling. Jaidan picks up quickly, Emma able to be heard crying in the background. "Kye! What the hell did you do?!" Jake frowns deeply. "It's Jake.. Is Emma okay..?" Jaidan pauses. "Mmf.." He shakes his head. "No. She's not. I'm with Jordan and Levi trying to calm her down. What happened??" Jake sighs shakily. "Kye got shot.. Twice.." Jaidan sounded confused. "Who shot him?" Jake frowns even more. "My.. Father.." Jaidan's eyes widen. "He's out of prison?!" Jake stares at the ground. "Yes.. Mmf.. Please just take care of Emma.. I'm with Kye at the hospital right now.." Jaidan sighs shakily. "Alright.. I'll have her talk to Kye.." Jake hangs up, looking back to Kye and snuggling back up to him. Emma thinks to Kye. DADDY! WHAT DID YOU DO?! I CAN'T MOVE! AND IT HURTS TO CRY OR DO ANYTHING!! Vincent huffs, very very suspicious. Kye wines, her thoughts giving him a headache. Jake looks concerned. "Hey, Hey.. You're okay.." Emma wines as well. Jaidan says you got shot.. Is that true..? Can I come to you..? Addison nuzzles him. "Now dance with me!!" The man watches Addison and then looks to Vincent, hiding a smirk. Emma frowns deeply. Are you okay and safe..? My ribs and leg really really really hurt.. Addison looks confused. "Why??" The man smirks. "Would you like to dance with me, sweetie?" Addison looks to the man. "What? Why? Vincent's a good dancer." The man scoffs. "He's old and grumpy. I'm much younger and a lot more fun." Addison looks up at Vincent, pointing to the man. "Should I dance with him?" Kye took a moment to respond. M-Mmf.. I-I don't know... Vincent growls. "No." He looked furious. Addison nods. "Okay! I won't!" The man rolls his eyes at Vincent. "Just let me dance with her. You're too old for it anyway. She's young and deserves someone young and I'm much better than you." Addison was leaning most of her weight against Vincent's side, her arms wrapped around him to keep herself steady. Emma sighs shakily. How long until you can come home..? I wanna snuggles with you and Jakey.. For now Levi and his boyfriend are snuggling with me.. Vincent narrows his eyes on him, holding her close. "Watch it. Mind your own business, or you'll regret it." Kye squirms. I don't know... Jake puts a hand on Kye's back. "Hey.. Calm down.. I can have them give you more stuff for the pain if you need.." Emma sighs shakily. Please try to come soon.. Jordan fell asleep and Jaidan went somewhere else.. Anthony and Levi are weird together.. They're squishing me so they can be closer.. she pauses for several seconds. Okay. I'm done. Please let me come to you. Addison climbs into his arms, wrapping her legs around his waist, not even realizing how short her dress was. The man raises an eyebrow. "So you'll just let 'er show off everything and not give me a turn. Right. I'll pay for 'er then. How much to keep 'er?" Kye nods. "M-Mmf.." Emma, no... Vincent growls loudly, forcing Addison down. "No amount of money would be worth her. Give it up."
Emma squirms, wining as she did. Pleaseeee.. They're kissinggg.. It's weird for me to be hereee.. Jake nods, calling in a doctor and they come in. "Yes?" Jake sighs shakily. "Can you give him something for the pain, please..?" The doctor nods. "Of course." He grabs an injection and comes over, injecting it. "That's a strong dose. Should start working within a few minutes." Jake nods. "Thank you." The doctor nods and leaves. The man huffs. "Whatever." Addison looks confused at Vincent, her words slurring slightly. "Why'd you push me down?? I 's gunna kiss you but I'm too short from down here, silly!" Kye bristles, frowning deeply. Vincent grumbles so only she could hear, gesturing lightly to a VIP room door. "Head in there.." Addison tilts her head. "Okay, baby!! But hurry up!" She stumbles towards the door, trying to go in. The man continues to drink his drink, watching Addison as she walked away. Jake sighs shakily, laying his head next to Kye's and closing his eyes, rubbing his stomach softly away from his ribs where he was shot. Emma sighs shakily. I hate this.. They stopped but I'm still squished in between their cuddling.. I'd rather be squished between yours and jakey's cuddling! At least you're snuggling with me too! They pretty much forgot I was here! Another bouncer stops her, but as he sees Vincent walking towards after he shot the man a threatening look, he steps to the side again to let them both in. Kye wines. "M-Make her stop..." Addison grabs onto Vincent as they walk in, looking around. "Where'd we go?? And how'd you get us in here??" The man rolls his eyes at Vincent. Jake opens his eyes quickly, sighing shakily. "Emma..? Just tell her I said to stop and that if she doesn't I'll be mad at her or something.." Emma wines quietly. Vincent shakes his head. "Don't worry about it." He sits down on a couch there, letting out a long sigh. Kye sniffles, thinking, Please Stop.. Jake wants you too as well.. he said if you don't he'll be mad.. he didn't have the energy to make this any more persuasive. Emma pauses, her ears folding down against her head. [How mad...?] Jake sighs shakily, curling up next to Kye, staring at the wall for several moments as he thought before quickly clutching his eyes shut, letting tears run down his cheeks silently and onto the bed. Addison jumps into his lap, snuggling up to him and giggling, moving her face close to his and pressing their cheeks together. "You gotta dance, silly! Or do something fun with me! That person was gunna be fun but you left him behind!" Kye thinks pauses a moment before thinking, Really mad. Vincent groans. "Addison, he was trying to buy you." Emma immediately goes silent, thinking nothing else. Jake sniffles, pressing his face into the pillow, letting out harsh sobs, shaking violently, all the memories of his father flooding back into his head, absolutely terrified and muttering quietly to himself. "No, N-No.. Pl..Please.. I-I didn't mean it, S-Sir.. P-Please.." He was tensed up, his fists clenched. Addison lays her head on his shoulder, playing with Vincent's shirt. "Anddddd.. Did you sell me??" Vincent, seeing that she wasn't acting normal just gives up, shaking his head. Kye looked very very concerned. "Jake..?" Addison nods. "That's good." She yawns tiredly, her eyes only half open. "I don't know what I was drinking.. but it made me reallyyyyy tired..." Jake's eyes shoot open and he yelps, staring at Kye with wide eyes, his breathing heavy and he grips onto the sheets. "H-He's.. H-He'll hurt m-m-me.. A-Again.. A-All.. O-Over again.. W-We're not s-safe.." Vincent looks suspicious. "Did it now..." Kye frowns deeply. "B-But... The security... you said..."
Jake shakes his head vigorously. "N-N-No.. A-After.. H-H-Home.. St-Streets.. H-He.. Kn-Knows.." Addison nods a bit weakly and tiredly. "I think I need to.. sle-.." Her eyes close and she goes limp in his lap, out cold. Kye frowns deeper. "The house is protected.. we'll be fine..." Vincent looks worried, and suddenly very angry, and he lays her down on the couch and gets up, bursting out of the room to find the man. Jake moves closer to Kye, wrapping his arm over his neck and digging his face into his neck fluff, continuing to cry harshly. "Wh-Why D-Does he have t-to b-be my F-Father...? H-He knows.. H-He.. H-He can f-find a w-way.." The man was still sitting at the bar and sees Vincent, chuckling at him. "It's not deadly. Just knocked her out. She'll be out for a bit." Kye's eyes goes soft. "Jake.. just stay calm..." Vincent didn't look any more eased, stomping over to him and grabbing him by the neck, throwing him down on the ground.
Jake sniffles, holding him tightly, taking deep breaths to try to calm himself down, closing his eyes, Kye's warmth feeling comforting. After several minutes he manages to calm himself, sniffling and keeping his face dug into his neck, sighing shakily. "I'm so sorry.. This.. This is all my fault.. I.. I hurt you.. And Emma.." The man grunts, huffing and getting back up. "Dude!! She's fine! I didn't poison her!" Addison just laid there quietly. A few others sitting at the bar look over at Vincent and the man. Kye shakes his head. "N-No..." Vincent shouts, "THAT DOESN'T MATTER!! YOU'VE PISSED ME OFF FOR THE LAST TIME!!" He grabs his knife from his belt that was concealed. The man's eyes widen and he quickly bolts towards the back door that lead to an alley, going as fast as he could. A young man quickly gets up and runs in front of Vincent. "Hey, Hey! Calm down! What happened??" Jake sighs shakily, looking up at him and into his eyes. "H-He killed his daughter.. He won't hesitate to kill you.. And.. Everyone.. Else.. At the house that matters to me.. He.. He just wants me to suffer.. There's.." He closes his eyes tightly and his voice goes quieter. "There's public videos of him beating me.. Nobody ever took them down because if they tried they'd be killed by either him or one of the people who work for him.. And he just pays his ways out of things.. He video taped me.. And posted it.. That's.. That's the father I have.." Kye looks off, thinking deeply. Vincent growls loudly, attempting to shove the young man aside and run after the other. Jake sighs shakily, opening his eyes and grabbing Kye's phone, going to YouTube and pulling up a video simply named, "Watch this". It had over a million views and Jake holds it so Kye could see, looking away himself. The video started off with Jake sitting at a desk in his room with his head down, asleep, about 7 years old. The person holding the camera steps back and Jake's father grabs Jake by the back of his shirt, ripping him out of the chair and onto the ground. Jake, throughout the video begged for his father to stop. And throughout the video he was whipped with a belt, punched, kicked, and many more things. By the end of the video Jake was curled up on the ground and shaking violently, staring at the wall, bleeding from his head, arm, and several other places. The video ends as a teenage girl gets on the ground next to Jake and scooping him up. Jake had his eyes clutched shut for the entirety of the video which lasted for quite a bit, his hand shaking that was holding the phone. The young man huffs, grabbing Vincent's wrist that had the knife harshly, gripping onto it tightly with an extreme amount of strength. "Let him go. He isn't worth it. Trust me. He's a loser. Just tell me what he did and I'll help you fix it." Vincent looked angry. "He drugged my WIFE. Let me GO." He struggles. Kye felt awful watching this, not being able to keep his eyes on it the whole time, and sighs shakily, scrolling to the comments.
Most of the comments were supporting the video, saying simple things like, "Nice.", "Good job.", Or longer comments giving suggestions on what to do next. There were a few comments that said they were reporting the video and would get him arrested. Jake sighs shakily, glancing at the screen and seeing he was looking through the comments. "The people liked his videos.. M-Mmf.. He forced me to watch them.. Over.. And over.. This.. This one was taken close to the time.. When.. When Ella was killed.. The videos and beatings continued after her death.. And once I turned 12 I ran away.. A-And Then I.. Had the thing with the cigarettes when I was 14.. A-And then one year later I met Jaidan.. And then you know the rest from there.." He closes his eyes, clearly struggling to keep himself together, it feeling good to talk a out it with him but it also causing him pain as he thought about all of it. The man had already escaped. The young man sighs and shakes his head a bit. "He's gone anyway. He'll be back tomorrow, don't worry." He lets go of him after several more moments to make sure the man had enough time to get away. "Can I see your wife? I'm not drunk, trust me. My mom's a doctor. Maybe I can help." Vincent huffs, pissed he caused him to lose the man. "Yea, Whatever..." he shoves the knife back. Kye's eyes were glassy, staring with deep sadness at the screen. The young man sighs. "Where is she? My name's Derick by the way." He holds his hand out to him to shake. Jake sighs shakily, going to Instagram and pulls up his father's profile, staring at the phone as he scrolled through photos of Jake laying on the ground, severally injured in most photos, some of them he was unconscious, others he was barely conscious. Some of them having Ella in them. In the earliest photos, Jake looked to be about 3 or 4 years old. Jake sighs shakily. "I don't really remember much before this.. Ella did though.. She said he was so sweet before me.. She never could figure out what happened.. But.. Something changed.. And.. He took it out on me and Ella if she tried to interfere.. She.. She died protecting me.." Vincent glares At it, and shoves past him to the VIP area. Kye looks away, not able to handle this anymore. Jake sighs shakily and switches Instagrams, going to his own from many many years ago, pulling up a photo of Ella and himself when he looked to be about 2 and she looked 9, the photo taken by Ella, Ella holding Jake on her hip and her other hand holding the camera. Jake smiles weakly at it. "She was so pretty.. I.. I wish I had had more time with her.. And.." He sighs shakily. "And I'm sure her child would've been beautiful as well.." Derick sighs, following him into the room, seeing Addison on the couch, still unconscious. He sighs and goes over to the couch, kneeling down on the ground in front of her, glancing at Vincent as he put two fingers on her wrist. "How much has she had to drink? A lot? A little?" Kye nuzzles him, wanting them to just be happy. Vincent thinks. "Mm... a fair amount." Jake sighs shakily, keeping a weak smile on his face and setting Kye's phone down, nuzzling him back and kissing his nose softly. "I can carry you and teleport us out of here whenever you feel comfortable leaving.. And I love you so much.." Derick sighs and nods, looking back to Addison, frowning deeply as he checked her breathing, glancing at him. "Come sit by her head so I can sit her up more and lean her against you. Her breathing isn't regular. She's struggling. He must've given her a big dose. Relaxing her lungs or something." Kye wines softly. "I need to rest... but... home.." Vincent does as he said, watching Addison with a concerned gaze. Derick sighs, moving Addison very slowly and carefully so she was sitting up partially against him, waiting a few moments and checking her breathing again, frowning more and sitting next to them on the couch. "Mm.. Maybe she'll be good like this if we watch her.. She seems strong enough." He checks her pulse again, shaking his head a bit. "Actually. Um.. Maybe we should take her to a hospital? I'm not an actual doctor, so.. They can hook her up to oxygen and monitor her better than I can.. We should probably cover her better if we're gunna take her there." Jake nods, sitting up and getting off the bed. "Where are you hurting the most so I can figure out how to lift you? Emma'll be okay if you are." Vincent looked annoyed. "I'd rather not." Kye shifts, kicking with his non-injured back leg towards his exposed ribs. Jake thinks and nods. "Don't be afraid you're going to hurt me. When I pick you up you can dig your claws into my shoulder or whatever, okay?" Derick frowns deeper. "But they can help her better than I can.. If.. If she does stop breathing all we can do is CPR and have to do it until she wakes up.." Addison was completely silent and unmoving, Derick not paying attention at the moment and her chest falls but doesn't rise again, not noticable to Derick as her breathing wasn't heavy enough before for him to notice a difference. Kye nods a little. Vincent still didn't seem to like this. "It's a waste of time." Derick shakes his head a bit. "Fine. It's not my decision." Jake scoops him up very very very carefully from behind and shifts him so he was on his back in his arms, sighing shakily. Addison completely stops breathing. Vincent grumbles and looks to her, looking alarmed. Kye tenses, yelping in pain, but lets this happen. Jake sighs shakily, taking a deep breath and closing his eyes, quickly teleporting them to one of the living rooms, laying Kye down on a couch, sitting next to him by his head and putting his head in his lap and rubbing his ears very gently. "You're okay, now.. You can relax.. Tell Emma that we're here.." Derick looks to her as well, still not seeming to notice a difference. "What's wrong?" Vincent scoffs. "She- are you brain dead?! She isn't BREATHING." Kye lets himself sink into couch cushions. We're here.. Jake sighs, leaning his head back against the couch. Within five minutes Emma comes running into the room, tears streaming down her cheeks and her in her fox form, trying desperately to ignore the pain shooting through her body, making it to in front of the couch and collapsing, breathing heavily and wining. Jake sees her and frowns deeply, leaving Kye's head in his lap and leaning over to grab her, scooping her up and holding her close, turning her into her back and rubbing her stomach. "Hey, Hey.. I'm here, sweetheart.. You're safe with us.." Emma snuggles up to his chest, sniffling and looking down at Kye, letting her tails rest on his face as his head was below her, muttering quietly. "They're sleeping.." Derrick's eyes widen. "SHIT!" He quickly gets off the couch, moving Addison off with him and laying her down on the ground, frantically deciding what to do, panicking as he'd never had to actually do this before. "I don't want to break her ribs!!" Kye groans. Vincent huffs. "Don't worry about that! Haven't you done this before?!" Emma lifts her tails and slaps them back onto his face. "You made me stay here and I didn't want to.. That's not very nice, you know.." Jake frowns a bit, lifting her tails out of Kye's face. "Leave daddy alone, sweetheart.. He needs to rest so both of you can feel better.." Emma huffs. "I still want to snuggles.." Jake nods a bit. "You have to be very very very very careful of his ribs and leg.." Emma nods. Jake lays her by Kye's stomach away from his hurt ribs. Emma curls up, letting her snout rest on his stomach. Jake watches Kye to make sure this is okay with him, sighing shakily. "I'm sorry about our first date being ruined.." Derick shakes his head vigorously. "No!! I'm certified but I've never had to actually do it!!" Addison only now was beginning to look a little off, as before she seemed perfectly fine.
Kye coughs a little. "It's.. fine..." Vincent huffs, now getting very worried, getting off the couch and going to her. "Let me do it!" Derick nods rapidly, quickly and frantically moving away from her body, his eyes wide with panic, clearly never having been in this type of situation. Addison's face was slowly turning dark red as she wasn't getting oxygen. Jake sighs shakily. Emma nuzzles Kye softly, whispering to him very very quietly with her eyes closed. "I love you, daddy.. B-But.. There's uh.. Mmf.. I.. Maybe.. Mmf.." She closes her eyes tightly, going silent. "Maybe it's not my place to say this..?" Jake stares at her, confused. Vincent quickly begins CPR on her. Kye looks confused. "Wh...?" Emma sighs shakily. "Um.. Jordan.. She uh.. Might be pregnant..? I sensed it a few months ago and asked her about it privately.. She took a test and was Positive and stuff.. She thinks she lost it though.. and didn't want to tell you about it until she knew for sure if she had a miscarriage or not.. Mmf.." Jake quickly looks away, shutting his eyes tightly. After several long minutes, Addison gasps for air, her eyes staying closed but she was clearly awake, slowly moving a hand to her chest, coughing weakly. Derick looked relieved, letting out a breath he had been holding.
Vincent observes her to see if she could breath on her own now. Kye's eyes widen, and he looks horrified. "W-What?!" Emma sighs shakily and shakes her head. "If you try to confront her just say you sensed it a few months ago and didn't want to ask or something.. She trusted me but now um.. Jakey's back and I thought it was my responsibility as your daughter to tell you.. She technically would be like 6 or 7 months now.. She's been wearing bigger clothes just in case and stuff.. Mommy knows and she's been helping.." Addison seemed to still need a little help but was breathing mostly on her own, trying to turning her side but struggling a bit. Kye sighs shakily, looking off and thinking deeply about this. Vincent helps her to do this, just keeping his eyes on her intently. Emma sighs shakily, nuzzling him. "Maybe she lost it.. We've been making sure she doesn't get attacked cuz she knew she'd be high risk for losing it.." Jake sighs shakily, staring at the wall, knowing this was none of his business as he wasn't here before. Emma sighs shakily. "I can send her a thought to tell her that you're here and to come over if you want.." Addison continues coughing for a bit before slowly opening her eyes and laying her head on his thigh, sighing shakily and her breathing seeming to get better, a confused look on her face and her voice comes out extremely quiet. "Why.. Why do my ribs and chest hurt so badly...?" Derick sighs shakily, watching them closely. Kye sighs shakily and nods. Vincent runs his fingers through her hair. "I had to get you breathing again.."
Emma nods, thinking to Jordan. Come to the living room closest to our room. Daddy's here and wants to see you. She opens her eyes. Jake sighs shakily, looking down at Kye. "Should I go, or..?" Addison looks even more confused. "Breathing..? Why wasn't I breathing..? What happened..? Last thing I can fully remember clearly is sitting at the bar in your lap.. The rest is pretty fuzzy.." Kye frowns. "Mmf... you can decide.." Vincent grumbles. "Some guy drugged you." Addison frowns deeply. "Oh.." She sees Derick and grabs onto Vincent's pants weakly. "Is that him..?" Jake sighs shakily, smiling weakly at him. "I'll stay to keep you company.." Jordan comes in a few minutes later in one of Kye's hoodies and a pair of leggings, seeing Kye and quickly going over. "What the hell happened?? Jaidan said you got shot! Are you okay??" She kneels down on the ground, struggling a bit to get down and grunting quietly. Jake looks off. Emma snuggles up to Kye's stomach. Vincent shakes his head. "He wanted to help." Kye shakes his head, coughing a little and groaning. "I'll be fine.. that wasn't what I wanted to see you for..." Addison still looked a little nervous, snuggling up closer to Vincent, using his shoulders to slowly pull herself up so she was snuggled up in his lap, laying her head on his chest, muttering quietly. "Are you sure he's safe...?" Derick sighs shakily, his eyes still wide and he was staring at the wall. Jordan looks a little confused, tilting her head. "What's up?" Vincent sighs. "Yes, Addison." Kye frowns deeply, looking nervous. "I... I sensed something... a few months ago..."
Jordan suddenly looked extremely nervous, struggling to hide it and gulping. "What did you sense..?" Addison nods a bit, staring at him. "What's your name..?" Derick quickly looks over. "Oh! Hey, uh... I'm Derick." Addison nods a bit. "Addison.." She looks back up at Vincent. "I'm really really thirsty.. And please make sure no body drugs my water.. My chest really hurts now.." She faces Vincent to try to cover herself, looking down her dress and sticking a hand in, pressing it against certain spots on her ribs, wincing. Derick quickly looks away out of respect as the back of her dress came up slightly as well. Kye sighs shakily, pausing, before his voice going quiet as he asks, "Are you pregnant...?" Vincent sighs, appreciating Derick doing this, and holding her close. "I'll get it for you myself.. just stay here, okay...?" Addison nods a bit, fixing her dress and moving out of his lap, kissing him softly on the cheek. "Thank you, baby.. Please be quick.. I don't know what the guy looks like and I don't want him to come back.." Derick sighs, looking back over once she covered up again. Jordan chokes on her breath, quickly looking away and staring at the ground, moving her hand to her belly that when she did this could noticably be seen to be bigger, knowing she couldn't hide it anymore. "M-Mmf.. Maybe..? I-I was, yes.. I.. I don't know if I still am.. Mmf.. I-I was going to give it up for adoption if it did survive.. Th-That way neither of us had to worry about it.." Vincent nods, and heads out of the VIP area to the bar, asking just for a water. Kye's eyes go glassy. "Please, Don't..." he shifts uncomfortably. Jordan looks confused. "You.. You want to keep it..?" Jake was still rubbing Kye's head and ears softly. Addison sighs shakily, moving herself up and onto the couch. Derick sighs shakily. "Are you okay now..?" Addison looks over and nods a bit. "Yes, Thank you.." The bar tender looks at Vincent, raising an eyebrow at him. "Why'd you pull a knife on that guy?" Kye nods weakly, but in the back of his mind he knew he wouldn't be able to handle another kid. Vincent looks annoyed. "He drugged my wife. He deserved the outcomes of that knife." Jordan frowns deeply. "Kye.. You can't handle another kid.." Jake sighs shakily, leaning down and kissing Kye's nose softly, nuzzling him and just trying to be supportive. Emma digs her face into her tails, snuggling up to them and Kye's stomach. The bartender frowns a bit. "Why not just call the cops on 'im?" Kye shakes his head, not wanting to believe this, sighing shakily and turning away. Vincent growls. "Because he wouldn't have been the one ending up Arrested."
The bartender scoffs and hands him the water. "You've got problems, dude." Jake covers him with a blanket, accidently covering Emma completely and reaching over and moving it off her head, trying to make Kye feel better so he, himself would feel better. Jordan frowns deeper. "Kye.. Please.. I.. I don't want to put the burden of another child on you.. What if it has problems with it or something..?" Jake glares at her, knowing she was partially referring to mental problems. Vincent glares at him, snatching it and going back into the VIP lounge, going to Addison and handing her the water. Kye suddenly looks very sad, and he murmurs, "I don't know what you're talking about.." Addison takes it and smiles weakly at him. "Thanks, baby.." Derick was on the couch as well but on the other end,sighing. Jordan pauses and frowns even deeper. "Kye.. You know what I'm talking about.. Like.. Mental.. Things.." Jake stops rubbing Kye's head, looking beyond furious. Emma presses her face into the couch, folding her ears down against her head. Vincent watches her carefully. Kye tenses, shoving his head against the crease in the cushions, folding his eyes down, not wanting to hear it. Addison stares at it nervously for a few moments before holding it out to him. "You try it first to make sure it's safe.." Jordan sighs shakily. "I'm sorry, Kye.. I just.. I know it runs in your family.. And.. I love Levi to death.. I just don't think you could handle two kids with.. Disorders.." She looked extremely guilty. Emma wines quietly. Jake growls loudly, just going off. "I love this entire family for who they are. And I especially love Kye, Emma, and Levi. If you can't Axcept that, then you're the one with the mental disorders. We are a happy family and we don't need your criticism."Jordan closes her eyes tightly, not knowing what to say. Vincent sighs, nodding and taking a sip. Kye wines a little, not wanting to side with either of them, but hating this situation. There was a slight hint of bitter almonds. Addison leans her head against Vincent's arm, crawling into his lap and laying her head on his chest, snuggling up to him. Jake huffs, glancing down at Emma. "Levi and Emma are remarkable kids. And just because Levi has Schizophrenia does NOT mean that he can't function and be a remarkable kid still. He is very talented and what do you have? Nothing. All you can do is criticize people who have to try harder than you." Jordan presses her face into her knees, not wanting to hear this but also feeling kicks, knowing instantly the child was still alive, breathing heavily and pressing her hand against her stomach. Emma's ears perk up and she glances at Jake and Kye, frowning deeply before quickly jumping off the couch despite the pain and going over to Jordan, nosing the hoodie off her stomach so she could see it, sniffing it and sighing shakily, putting her front paws on it and warming it slightly, nervous Kye would get mad for her doing this. Vincent frowns deeply, his eyes widening a little. He curses under his breath. Kye looks over slightly, his eyes widening as he understood immediately. Jordan sighs shakily, rubbing Emma's head softly, whispering to her. "Thank you, sweetheart.." Emma folds her ears down against her head, not wanting to get in trouble. Jake huffs, looking off. Addison looks at him, confused. "What's wrong..?" Vincent huffs. "Cyanide." Kye shifts, trying to get off the couch. Jake holds him against it. "Baby.. You can't move on your own, yet.. You can't walk on two legs in this form.. And your ribs.." Jordan looks down at Emma. "You should go stay with your daddy.. You can come see me later.. I'll be in the living room across the house, okay, sweetheart..?" Emma nods a bit, nuzzling her belly and whispering something to it before moving away from her and getting back onto the couch with Kye and Jake, laying in Jake's lap where Kye's head wasn't. Addison's eyes widen and she instantly looks terrified. "B-But you just drank some!! Now you've drank it!!" Tears come to her eyes, terrified that someone was trying to kill her and now that Vincent had drank some. Derick's eyes widen as well. "Shit.." Kye sighs shakily, looking devastated. Vincent grunts as he gets up, walking out of the room and going up to the bartender, slamming the cup down on the bar. "Drink this." The bartender stares at him, glancing at the cup. "Why?" Addison looked beyond terrified, her eyes wide with fear. Derick sighs shakily, putting a hand on her back and rubbing it softly. "He'll be okay.. It was a small sip.." Jordan uses the coffee table to get herself up, sighing shakily and walking off. Jake looks down at Kye, kissing him softly on the nose again and rubbing his ear. "It's okay.. I wasn't here before.. You didn't know if come back.. So it's okay.. I still love you.. But.. We can't take on another child.. We're not gunna be able to live off of Vincent's money forever.." Emma snuggles up to Kye's head, laying her head on top of his neck. Vincent just stares at him. "Just try it. Tell me what it tastes like." Kye's eyes go deeply sad, as he knew this, but still denied it in his head. "But..." Jake sighs shakily, nuzzling him as he was still leaning over, whispering to him. "It's okay, baby.. The child will be fine.. Um.. Maybe the person who adopts it will let you see it or something.. Okay..? And it's not even a positive it'll survive.." The bartender raises an eyebrow. "No." Kye pauses, and nods. Vincent looks very suspicious. "And why is that? Did you do something to it?!"
Jake sighs shakily. "Do you want me to get you to the bedroom or something..?" The bartender scoffs. "Why would you think that? Maybe I just don't want to drink anything." Vincent scoffs. "It's WATER." Kye nods weakly. Jake nods a bit, carefully moving Emma out of his lap along with Kye's head, scooping Emma up first and putting her on his shoulder. "Hold on, Emma." Emma nods, digging her claws into his back and shoulder. Jake then scoops Kye up, waiting there to see if he was okay. The bartender rolls his eyes. "Do you want anything to drink, cuz if not then go away." Kye tenses, wining quietly. Vincent huffs. "Gimme something. I don't care what it is." The bartender nods, making a Shirley temple, facing away from him as he did, holding it out to him, chuckling. "There. A Shirley temple for your whiney ass." Emma wines as well. Jake sighs shakily. "I'll be quick, baby.." He quickly darts to Kye's bedroom. Levi was asleep in the corner with his sketchbook under his head. Jake sighs shakily, laying Kye down on the bed and then setting Emma by his stomach. Emma snuggles up to him and Jake lays a blanket over them, grabbing another blanket and going over to Levi, laying it over him and then going back over to the bed, sitting next to them and looking to Kye. "How long til you can change back to your normal form, baby..?" Vincent growls at him, and grabs it, holding it to his nose and smelling for anything off. Kye shakes his head. "I don't know... when I'll be... strong enough..." Jake sighs shakily and nods, laying down next to them rubbing his head softly. Emma looks up at Jake and Kye, snuggling up to Kye's stomach and resting her snout on his good back leg. Jake smiles a little at Emma. "I love you, sweetheart.." Emma yawns, smiling weakly back at him. "I love you too, Jakey.." She looks up at Kye. "And I love you, daddy.." Levi stirs from hearing them, sitting up and staring at them, gripping onto his pencil tightly as he tapped it against the ground, sighing shakily and moving more into the corner, pressing himself against the wall, clearly hoping they wouldn't notice him being awake. It smelled fine. The bartender rolls his eyes. "Can you go away now, please? I've got other people to serve here." Addison sighs shakily, hoping that he wasn't dead yet, breathing heavily. Derick moves over to her, wrapping an arm around her. "Hey.. I promise he'll be okay.. He's a big dude and one tiny sip won't kill him.. Okay..?" Addison nods a bit. "M-Mmf.." Vincent grumbles, walking off into a secluded area, and taking another sip, this time much bigger, tasting for the almondness, knowing it would be harder to notice with more flavour clouding it. Kye coughs. "M-Mmf..." The drink seemed fine and the bartender chuckles at him, continuing to serve others. Jake sighs shakily, glancing over at Levi and frowning a bit as he quickly looked away from them. "Hey, sweetheart.. Come lay with us.." Levi frowns deeply. "My h-head hurts.." Jake sighs shakily, nodding understandingly. "It's okay, Levi.. If you come over here I can rub it.." Levi nods a bit, having to use the wall to get himself up, leaning against it and staring at the ground with wide eyes, making his way slowly over to the bed and stumbles. Jake quickly grabs his arm, pulling him up and onto the bed. "Hey, Hey.. I've got you.." Levi sniffles, snuggling up to him, in between him and Kye and Emma. Levi moves his hand to Levi's head, moving his Hood down and rubbing it softly. Emma nuzzles Levi and puts a paw on the back of his head, cooling it. Levi smiles weakly at them, his voice quiet. "Thank y-you.." Vincent huffs, not satisfied with this but letting it go, just dropping it off on an empty table and heading back to the room. Kye looks concerned, feeling bad because he couldn't help him. Addison had her head against Derick's shoulder, crying harshly. Derick's arm was around her, him staring at the wall, sighing. As soon as Addison sees Vincent, she frantically gets up, bolting to him and wrapping his arms around him tightly, digging her face into his chest. "A-Are you okay?!" She was shaking violently, clearly very upset. Jake sighs shakily. Levi turns to face Kye, putting a hand on his front paw. "M-Mmf.." He whispers very very quietly to him as he moves his face closer to his and his mouth by his ear. "Is uncle Karma okay..? They're saying that he's dead and that I was the one who killed him.. Is.. Is that true..?" Vincent grunts. "Yeah.." he wraps his arms around her. Kye frowns. "He's fine..." Addison nuzzles him, gripping onto him as tight as she could which was extremely tight, sniffling. "Wh-Who.. Wh-who's trying to kill m-me..?" Levi nods a bit, sighing shakily. "I haven't been able to remember a lot lately.. I've passed out a few times I think.." He glances at Emma and then at Jake. "But you can't tell anyone else.. I don't want them to freak out.." Vincent shakes his head. "I don't think anyone is trying to kill you." Kye looks deeply concerned. "Mmf..." Addison sighs shakily, pulling him onto the couch and getting in his lap, laying her head on his chest. "But.. Th-They put cyanide in my drink.. I-Is it the same guy who put the drug in my other drinks..?" Levi sighs shakily, his eyes starting to close but he quickly blinks his eyes open frantically multiple times, nuzzling Kye's neck softly. "If Z-Zul were here, he could h-heal it completely.. But he's N-Not.. S-So maybe Agent Indigo C-Can just help it a little bit.. Anthony will be back in a few minutes probably too.. He puts cold on it.. A-And snuggles m-.." He groans quietly, clutching his eyes shut for a moment. "..Me.." Vincent thinks. "Probably.. but... remember, I was the one who got it.." Kye's eyes go foggy with sadness. Levi sighs shakily, laying his head on Kye's neck. "It's okay.. Just.. Rest.." Anthony walks in several minutes later with a backpack on, seeing them all and frowning a bit, going over to the bed and looking at Levi. "Hey, buddy.. I uh.. I'm back..? Do you still want me to stay the night..?" Levi looks to Kye to see if this was okay with him. "We'll sleep over in my corner with my other stuff.. I've already got a blanket.." Jake raises an eyebrow at Anthony, not knowing who he was. Emma was half asleep, her head resting on Kye's stomach and her eyes barely open. Addison sighs shakily. "Are they trying to kill.. Y-You...?" Kye's fur immediately flares up and he growls loudly at Anthony, trying to get up, bearing his teeth. Vincent shrugs. "Wouldn't be surprised." Jake holds him against the bed. "Hey, Hey! Don't get up.. You need to rest more.." He glances at Anthony. "Who is he, Levi?" Levi giggles a little. "His name's Anthony.. And he's uh.." His mind goes blank for a moment. "My boyfriend!!" Jake raises both eyebrows. "Oh.." He looks to Anthony. "How long have you been together?" Anthony thinks. "Um.. Well he's in 5th now and we got together at the middle of his 4th grade year.. So.. A while I guess." Jake looks to Kye. "Do you not like him or something?" Addison frowns deeper. "How much cyanide did you drink..? It won't.. kill you.. Will it..?" Kye huffs, looking furious. "GET. OUT." He continues to try to get up. Vincent thinks about this for what seemed like an eternity. Jake huffs, keeping him down. "Kye!! Stop! You're going to hurt yourself!!" Anthony sighs, glancing at Levi. "I uh.. I'll see you at school tomorrow.." Levi shakes his head weakly. "NO! We can sleep on a couch!!" He quickly sits up, carefully moving off the bed and stumbling again. Anthony grabs the back of his hoodie and stands him back up. "Careful, please." Levi nods and goes over to his corner, grabbing his sketchbook and blanket. "I promise we'll go to sleep on time and then wake up on time, daddy." Jake sighs shakily, whispering to Kye. "Is it because of his age, hunny..? Because we're like.. 9 years apart..?" Addison looked extremely worried. "Please tell me you didn't drink enough to kill you.." Kye barks loudly and angrily at Anthony, ignoring Jake and continues struggling viciously, acting like a wild animal, completely on instinct. Vincent shakes his head. "I don't think so..." Jake huffs, sitting up and getting on top of him, hovering over him and holding himself up with his hand and using his bad arm to put over his neck, pushing down slightly. "KYE!! STOP!!" Levi looked a little scared, moving over to Anthony and pressing himself against him, his eyes wide. Emma jerks awake, groaning quietly and looking at Kye, sighing shakily and nuzzling his stomach, muttering to him. "Stop.." Addison nods a bit, nuzzling him and wiping her face, sniffling and muttering. "Wh-What if the person follows us home..? O-Or they already know where we live?! Wh-What if they try to kill us?!" Kye thrashes, clawing at him wildly, his jaws snapping as he tried to bite him wherever he could. Vincent shakes his head. "Do you really think I'd let that happen?" Jake is scratched across the chest, him being flung back slightly and falls off the bed, hitting his head and groaning, tears coming to his eyes instantly from both the pain as well as the fact Kye had just hurt him. Levi looked even more scared as Jake hit the ground, his eyes widening even more and he screams as he sees blood soaking through Jake's shirt and his head bleeding, frantically grabbing his blanket and getting on the ground with him, tearing a piece off the blanket quickly and holding it against Jake's head wound, shaking violently. Anthony stares at Jake with wide eyes and Emma looked extremely conflicted, not knowing if she should stay by Kye or help Jake. Addison grips onto his shirt tightly. "M-Mmf.. B-But.." Derick raises an eyebrow. "You sure you can defend both of you and whoever else you live with? Should probably get someone to protect y'all, no?" Kye then twists and leaps at Anthony, jaws wide. Vincent frowns deeply, looking annoyed. "Excuse me?"
Anthony's eyes widen and he frantically bolts out of the room to try to get away from him, hoping he could make it to the front door before he got to him, not knowing he was injured. Emma wines as Kye leaves her, quickly getting off the bed and going over to Jake and Levi. Levi was breathing heavily and quickly moves the blanket piece off Jake's head, putting his hand to it and closing his eyes, focusing his magic on it and stopping the bleeding slowly but also burning Jake slightly. Jake groans, staring at the wall blankly, tears running down his cheeks. Emma lifts Jake's shirt off of him, grabbing the rest of the blanket after turning back to her normal form, wiping off the blood and pressing it down. Derick sighs and shrugs. "Me and my buddy could protect you and your family for like 18 bucks an hour to each of us if you want." Kye scrambles to his feet as he landed awkwardly onto the ground, darting after him as he recovered enough, yelping him pain as he tried to kick off his with back legs, tumbling head first onto the ground, the top of his skull slamming into it and he awkwardly awkwardly lands with a boom onto his spine as he had flipped backwards and was desperately trying to right himself, but had failed, and he goes limp as the breath is knocked out of him and his body explodes in pain. Vincent bristles. "What makes you think YOU are qualified for such a job if I even needed it?!" Emma screams in pain, collapsing to the ground, shaking violently as tears began to stream down her cheeks. Levi looked extremely overwhelmed, quickly taking his hands off Jake after he had stopped the bleeding and scoops up Emma, holding her close and bouncing her softly. Anthony looks back to see Kye on the ground, huffing in frustration and quickly going back over to him, kneeling down and surveying the damage. "I ain't gunna hurt Levi, you know.." Jake was barely conscious. Derick puts his hands up in surrender. "Hey, Hey. I was just offering. We've done it before, that's all." Addison sighs shakily, pressing her face into Vincent's chest. Kye's eyes were dull, and he says nothing. Vincent grumbles, staring at the ground and thinking. He murmurs to Addison. "I could protect us.. right...?" Addison looks up at him, kissing him softly on the cheek, tilting her head. "Maybe..? I-I don't know.." She sniffles. Derick sighs, looking off. Anthony sighs shakily, shifting his backpack onto his back more and then carefully putting his arms under Kye, lifting him and standing up with a grunt, carefully going over to a couch and laying him on it, sighing shakily. "I need to go make sure Levi can handle the other dudes wounds.. I'll be back.. Are you okay for a minute..?" Vincent frowns deeply, not liking this answer. "Addison..." Kye said, and did nothing. Addison sighs shakily, nuzzling him. "Yes, baby.. You could defend us.. B-But that doesn't mean you need to.. You can hire them that way you can still spend time with me.." Anthony sighs. "I guess I'll just take you there then." He scoops him up again, grunting and going back to the bedroom, setting him on the ground about a foot away from Jake. Jake was holding onto consciousness as much as he could, clearly really struggling. Levi was shaking violently with wide eyes as he stared at the ground, gripping onto Emma tightly who was crying harshly. Anthony frowns deeper, kneeling down to Levi and Emma, trying to take Emma from him. "Here, hun.. Let me hold her.." Levi keeps his eyes on the ground but slowly let's go of her. Anthony takes her and holds her close to his chest in one arm, using his other arm to grab another blanket and wrap it around Levi. "Calm yourself, Levi.." he then goes back over to Kye with Emma still in his arm, moving his other hand to move Kye's fur out of the way as he examined him. "Why the hell did this have to happen...?" Vincent frowns deeper. "Oh..." he glances at Derick. "I guess I could, then..." his fur was matted, blood knotted into it, but it was unclear wether or not it was fresh or not. It was also hard to actually get his fur out of the way fully, making it harder. However, overall he did look worse than before.
Addison smiles a little weakly and nods a bit, nuzzling him. Derick smiles at him and nods. "When you want us to start? He's still sittin' at the bar probably flirting horribly at the moment." He chuckles a bit. Anthony let's out a long sigh. Emma sees Kye's condition and quickly scrambles out of Anthony's arms, moving over to his face despite the pain and putting a hand on his nose, thinking to him. Please tell me you're okay... Where are you hurting the worst..? Levi was gripping tightly onto the blanket and scrambles to grab his phone, his vision blurry and he quickly goes to Vincent's contact, pressing the call button and putting the phone to his ear, his ears ringing loudly, gripping onto his phone tightly. Vincent shrugs. "Today, I guess.." Kye doesn't respond, a simply buzz seeming to be what it was meant to be. Vincent notices this, and looks at his phone, furrowing his brow and putting it to his ear, picking up. "Hello?"Derick nods but looks confused as he picks up his phone. Levi's words were all jumbled together and he sounded extremely confused but quickly stops himself and speaks a few words. "I need to calm down but I can't calm down..!!" His ears continued to ring and he puts his other hand to his head. Emma frowns deeper, thinking deeply before checking his pulse to see if he had one, knowing she could shock him and try to get his heart started again if she needed to. Anthony watches them closely. Emma sighs shakily, sending a very very small pulse through him to try to get it beating faster, muttering through the tears. "Come on, daddy.." Levi was clearly breathing heavy and shakily. "Daddy hurt Jake and then Daddy got hurt and now they're both hurt..!! M-Maybe dead!! A-And A-A-Anthony's trying to help daddy and I can't calm down and my head hurts and it's really scary..!!" Nothing seems to happen. Vincent looks shocked, and concerned, looking to Addison. "We need to get home. Now."
Addison looks confused but nods, getting up. "A-Alright.." Derick gets up as well. "Gimme your address if you want." Levi sounded extremely panicked, confused, worried, and concerned. "M-My ears are ringing really l-loudly..!! I-I really C-Can't calm down!! I-I'm trying but I can't..!!" He coughs, this sending jolting pain through him and he screams, tears streaming down his cheeks. Emma frowns even more, trying to send a slightly stronger shock but accidently sending a much stronger shock through him, immediately realizing her mistake and pulling her hand away quickly. Vincent quickly materialises a slip of paper with it on, handing it to him. "It's the big house on the hill." Kye violently spazzes out from this, before coughing up a pool of blood and going limp once again, his eyes rolling back into his skull. Emma coughs up a little blood as well but quickly wipes it off with her arm and looking to Anthony. "We need to help him!!" Anthony looked extremely confused. "I-I know!!" Emma checks Kye's pulse again, her entire body in pain but she pushes through it, knowing if Kye did die she'd die as well shortly after. Derick takes it and nods. "Thanks. We'll be there in a bit." Addison looks up at Vincent. "Is Levi okay?? Is that why we need to go??" Levi screams again, at this point curled up on the ground, breathing in frantic gasps, but still having a grip on his phone, knowing Vincent was his best choice for help. It was much fainter. Vincent nods. "I can tell something else is wrong too. Let's go." He weakly gets up and heads out, getting out his wings before even getting out of the building, feathers dropping everywhere and littering the floor around him. Addison frowns deeply at his wings. "That's.. Not good.." She frowns even deeper as she remembers something, but thinking maybe it would be okay to bring up now. "Uh.. Maybe we could.. Use my wings..? They um.. Grew.. Back.. I guess.. Quite a while ago.. We can cut them off later but for now maybe I should fly us home..?" Emma huffs in frustration. Jake had fallen unconscious, laying silently on the floor next to the panicking Levi. Emma glances at Anthony. "I need to get his heart beating better.. I can cut our breathing, we don't need that.." She stops breathing. "Can you try to get his heart beating better??" She points to Kye's ribcage where his heart was exposed. "Just do it manually or something.." Anthony frowns deeply but nods a bit, sticking his hand into his ribcage, being extremely careful and putting his hands on his heart, pumping it at a rate that would be healthy. Emma watches Kye closely. Vincent freezes, shocked. "Wh.. they... what...?" Kye doesn't move, but his body gradually became less stiff. Emma rubs Kye's ear softly between her fingers, trying to do what he did to her, glancing at Anthony. "Keep going.." Anthony nods, continuing. Addison shakes her head, letting her wings out and quickly moving over to him. "Put yours back in. Now. We'll talk about it after we deal with whatever's going on at the house." Levi drops his phone, gripping onto his head tightly and sending a frantic text to Vincent, reading, "gury plase" It was clear he meant to say, "Hurry Please" but he wasn't able to type it correctly, his vision much too blurry and him not being able to focus on anything with the ringing and overwhelming loud voices.
Vincent's eyes soften, and he does as she said, and sees the text, frowning deeper and shaking his head. "Alright.." Kye lets out a very quiet groan. Emma smiles a little weakly at him. "You're doing great, daddy.." Anthony continues but slowly starts to stop, seeing if he could keep it beating on his own. Addison sighs shakily, turning around for him to get on her back. "No strangling. Just like you always tell me." Vincent nods, getting onto her back. It seemed better, but not totally better, it likely doing it a little longer would be best. Anthony sighs shakily and goes back to pumping it. Emma continues to rub his ear gently, whispering to him. "You're getting there, daddy.." Addison grunts but quickly takes off, struggling a bit at first with his weight but eventually getting it, flying up towards the house, a small amount of Hope in the back of her mind that he wasn't going to make her have her wings cut off, remembering how bad it hurt and how weak she was, knowing he'd help her but still not wanting to go through it again. Kye sighs shakily. Vincent grips onto her tightly. Addison went quickly and lands by the front door, letting Vincent off and quickly putting her wings back in. "Do you know where they are??" Anthony stops after a few moments, taking his hand out and just licking the blood off his hand and wrist. Emma looked a little relieved as he stopped, having been able to feel him pumping Kye's heart and it feeling awful, her quickly turning into her fox form and licking his face repeatedly. Kye groans louder, still not wanting to move, but he looks at her with weak eyes. Vincent doesn't answer, just heading up the stairs and listening intently. Emma smiles weakly at him, continuing to lick his face and neck. Levi was still breathing in frantic gasps, gripping onto his hoodie that he was wearing, the hood still being up and he was desperately waiting for Vincent to show up. Addison follows close behind him. Jake was still unconscious. Vincent bursts through the door as he immediately recognised it. Levi recognizes Vincent's purple skin tone, that being the only thing he sees before he frantically tries to push himself off the ground, struggling but managing, stumbling towards Vincent and falling but quickly gripping onto his shirt to try to keep himself up, his eyes darting around frantically. Addison sees Levi and frowns deeply but then sees Jake and Kye, figuring Vincent could deal with Levi as she ran over to Kye first, kneeling down and putting a hand on his head. "Oh my Lord, sweetheart.. What happened??" Emma glances up at her, stopping her licking and just laying her snout on his neck, digging it into the fluff. Anthony was just staring at Kye blankly. Kye gives her a desperate look with pained eyes. "M-Mmf..." Vincent holds him close. "Hey... it's alright..." Addison sighs shakily, glancing at Emma. "Are you strong enough to help soothe some of his pain, sweetheart..?" Emma thinks and nods, moving down to his lower belly, putting her front paws there and warming them to soothe his entire body. Levi grips onto him tightly, trying to get in his arm, spitting out words as much as he could. "...Jake!......Daddy!....Hurt...!.." He screams loudly as pain shoots through his head again, clutching his eyes shut but even under his eyelids his eyes were darting around. Vincent lets out a long sigh, holding Levi's head against his chest, rubbing his back with his other hand. Kye gives her a grateful look. Levi stayed like this for several more minutes before he very slowly started to calm down, just letting out harsh sobs at first before he eventually got to a state where he just let his head rest on Vincent's chest, closing his eyes and enjoying him protecting him and holding him close, muttering very quietly. "Thank you.." Addison sighs shakily, looking to Anthony. "I don't know who you are but do you know what happened?" Anthony sighs, looking to her. "Well uh.. I'm Levi's boyfriend.. And.. Mr. Afton got mad cuz I came over cuz Levi asked for me to sleep over with him.. And he tried to attack me but I ran off and he tried to follow and hurt himself even more.. And the other guy.." He gestures to Jake. "Mr. Afton scratched him and knocked him onto the ground, causing whatever to happen to them and then I had to manually pump Mr. Afton's heart back which was pretty weird but I managed.." Addison looked shocked and confused. "Oh.." She looks to Kye. "Did you.. Hurt.. Jake..? And why don't you like this kid..? He seems nice.." Vincent nods slow. Kye looked annoyed, but doesn't speak, feeling everyone was against him. Addison notices this and frowns deeply, leaning down and kissing his nose softly. "But I'm always on your side, sweetheart.. Don't forget that.. Do you want anything..?" Emma kept her paws on his stomach, it making herself feel better as well. Levi nuzzles him softly, tucking his hands between their chest and sighing shakily, yawning tiredly, opening his eyes slowly and looking up at him, his Hood having fallen and it was clear his head was a little infected but not too bad. "M-Mmf.. My head hurts.. And daddy and Jake are hurt and Emma will die if daddy dies and then I'll be really really sad.." Kye looks off, not believing her, and not answering. Vincent frowns deeply. "Don't worry about that..." he pauses as he stares at his head, his memory of Zarron flooding back into him, and he looks away, looking furious. Levi notices this and realizes his Hood was down, frantically pulling it back up, sniffling. "M-Mmf.. A-Are you mad at me..? I-I didn't mean to get scared.. It.. It was just really overwhelming.. And-And I didn't really know what to do.." He looked on the verge of tears again. Anthony gets up and tries to slip out of the room unnoticed with his backpack. Addison sighs shakily, glancing at Anthony as he left. "He's gone now.. Okay..? Now I need to help Jake.." She moves over to Jake who was unmoving and unconscious still. Addison sighs shakily, sitting him up and moving him into her lap, holding him close and rubbing his back softly. Jake's head rests on her shoulder, him letting out a very very quiet groan but still didn't move. Vincent closes his eyes. "I'm not mad.. not at you..." Kye wines. Addison continues to rub his back, whispering to him. "It's okay now.. Just relax, sweetheart.." Jake's eyes blinked open half way. Emma looks up at Kye. "Is my magic helping..?" She glances over at Jake. "Are you and Jakey gunna be okay..?" Levi nods a bit. "G-Good.." He snuggles up to his chest, wining quietly as he went to itch his head and hit one of the stitches, quickly pulling his handing away and sighing shakily, thinking maybe it would be better if he stopped trying to push through everything and actually let himself heal properly, glancing up at Vincent. "M-Mmf.. Can I s-sleep with you and Grandma for a while..? Just until M-My head is better.. If I sleep W-With you then you can help m-me.. A-And make sure I get better.." Kye shakes his head weakly, unsure. Vincent thinks, staring at him. "Mm... I guess..." Emma looked terrified, laying head against his belly and nuzzling him, her voice coming out more as a whisper. "Please don't die, daddy.." Levi nods a bit, still gripping onto him tightly. Jake groans again and shifts. Addison sighs shakily, holding him close and glancing over at Vincent. "Jake's definitely got a concussion.." Kye shakes his head again. "I won't..." Vincent sighs, nodding. "Mm..." Addison stands up with Jake in her arms, shifting him so she was holding him bridal style and going over to the bed, laying him down carefully. Jake stares at Vincent with his eyes barely open, pain shooting through his head. Addison sighs, going over to Emma and Kye, looking at Kye. "Can I move you to the bed, sweetheart? And I don't know what happened but please don't hurt Jake again." Emma was snuggled up to Kye. Levi sighs shakily, closing his eyes and muttering quietly to Vincent. "Can you grab my sketchbook and backpack...?" Kye wines, but nods. Vincent sighs and nods, grunting as he parted from him, going to grab such things. Levi leans against the wall, keeping his eyes closed, muttering things quietly to himself as a tear runs down his cheek. Addison nods, carefully scooping him up. Emma frantically gets to her feet, scrambling over to the bed as she knew that's where she was taking him, jumping up and laying next to Jake. Addison carefully goes over to the bed, laying him down next to Emma and Jake, Emma quickly snuggling up to Kye again and Jake turns his head slowly to look at Kye, a deep frown covering his face as he remembered Kye was the one who hurt him, shakily trying to move a hand to his head, his voice extremely quiet. "M-Mmf.. Wh-Why..? Why did you.. Hurt.. M-Me..?" Kye looked extremely guilty, not answering and simply looking away and ducking his head away from Jake's hand. Vincent goes back to him as he grabbed them. Levi sniffles and opens his eyes, crawling into his arms again and pressing his face into his chest and gripping onto his shirt tightly, his voice extremely quiet and clutching his eyes shut. "Let's j-just lay down.. A-After Daddy and Jake a-are okay.." Addison sighs shakily, rubbing both their heads and whispering quietly to Kye. "Just apologize, sweetheart.. You shouldn't just avoid it.. I know you haven't been with each other for a few years but you should try to make it better than it's ever been.. You love him and he loves you.. You have two wonderful children who love both of you.. He isn't going to stay mad if he even is.. Just say you're sorry and stuff.." Emma rests her head on Kye's lower belly, letting her good back leg press against Jake's stomach. Jake stares at the wall blankly. Kye's eyes go cloudy, and he sniffles, saying nothing. Vincent nods, sighing and sitting next to him. Levi snuggles up in his lap, sighing shakily, and setting his sketchbook next to them as he kept his head on Vincent's chest, flipping to a certain page and pointing to it. It was a drawing of Vincent and Addison together at their wedding, Levi muttering quietly. "You can tear it out.. I made it for you guys.." Addison sighs shakily, looking to Jake. "Are you mad at Kye, Sweetheart..?" Jake glances at her and then at Kye and then back to her, shaking his head very slightly. Addison nods a bit, looking back to Kye. "He's not even mad, Kye.." Emma falls asleep almost instantly. Vincent smiles a little. "It's lovely.." Kye wines, curling up, shoving his whole face into his tails. Addison sighs shakily. "You know how Vincent and I are always with each other when the others not feeling good or is hurt..? That's what you're supposed to do with your partner.. I um.. I got drugged earlier.. And.. Vincent was there to keep me safe and comfort me.. I know you're in pain too but you should still try to comfort him.. I'm trying to give you honest advice, Kye.." Jake moves a hand over to Kye slowly, resting it on his hurt leg and warming it quite a bit, not really meaning to but clearly wasn't thinking straight. Levi smiles a little weakly, flipping through a couple pages after it, letting Vincent see them as he did. "These are some others that I drew but they aren't done.. I was looking at wedding photos and stuff a while ago and decided to draw things I remembered.." He quickly flips to another page, tearing it out and holding it out to Vincent, it being a drawing of Jaidan and Karma. "We need to give this to Jaidan by the way.. He asked for it a while ago and I had forgotten but I did it today when I got bored.." Kye just looked even more guilty, feeling horrible, tensing and glancing nervously over to Jake. Vincent tilts his head seeing this, observing this and taking it. "Mm.." Levi sighs shakily, closing his sketchbook and laying his head back down on Vincent's chest and whispering very very quietly to Vincent. "Can Anthony come over later while I'm with you...? Daddy's gunna try to hurt him again if he sees him... I don't know why he doesn't like him.. But he's hated him since they met.. He uh.. He knows that We're royals though.. And.. So does the entire demonology class, so.." Jake was staring at him and smiles a little weakly, moving himself closer with a quiet groan, resting his head near his, nuzzling him weakly and whispering really quietly. "I'm not mad, baby.." Addison smiles a little at Jake. Vincent raises an eyebrow. "Hm... Uh, well... I dunno..." Kye gulps. "M-Mmf.. A-Are you sure..?" Levi frowns deeply. "Do you hate him too..? He's not bad.. He's just really tall which is a little annoying because I'm really short but he's really really nice and he protects me and he's an ice type like me, he's super cool, I promise.." Jake nods a bit, snuggling up to him and Emma. Emma was out cold, her snout buried underneath Kye and curled up and pressed against him. Jake sighs shakily, blinking a few times. "I'd never be mad at you.. You're my baby, I can't get mad at you.." Vincent shakes his head. "Just skeptical.." Kye looked like he was going to cry. Jake nuzzles him softly again, closing his eyes and laying his head on his neck, pressing his face into his fur. Addison sighs shakily, putting a hand on Kye's head and rubbing it softly. "Sweetheart.. Just relax.. You don't need to cry over this.. You're overthinking it.. I've hurt Vincent before and he still loves me.. And that was a lot worse.. You just knocked him out.. He's okay.. And so are you.. You can relax.." Levi sighs shakily. "If we go to your room then I can call him and you can talk to him and make your decision.. He might be a little nervous though since you're the king and stuff but he handled Kye pretty good because he knows that he's my father.."
Kye was shaking, not believing this, but not wanting her to see him cry knowing she didn't want him to. Vincent nods. Levi nods a bit, moving out of his lap slowly and grabbing his backpack first, putting it on his back before grabbing his sketchbook and holding it tightly in one arm as he used his other arm to shakily get up, sighing shakily and stumbling out of the room, heading to Vincent's room, having to stop about halfway there to lean against the wall and close his eyes as he had gotten extremely dizzy, after several moments, continuing and going into his room, going over to the bed and setting his backpack on the ground but bringing his sketchbook onto the bed with him. Addison sighs shakily, sitting closer to Kye. "Sweetheart.. You trust me, don't you..?" Kye sighs shakily, biding his eyes but nodding. Vincent follows, watching him closely. Levi gets on the bed, laying down and putting the sketchbook under his head, pulling out his phone and pulling up Anthony's contact, glancing at Vincent. "Want me to call him now..?" Addison nods a bit. "Then you know I love you.. And that I'll always try to help you.. You're my son.. I'll always protect and love you.. Okay..?"
Vincent shrugs. "Sure.." Kye sighs shakily, letting this sink in, thinking of nothing else, not wanting to, as tears dripped from his eyes. Levi nods a bit and calls him, putting it to his ear. Anthony picks up almost instantly. "Hello?" Levi smiles a little. "Hi.." Anthony sighs. "Are you okay, hun?" Levi glances at Vincent. "Yeah, I'm good.. My.. Grandpa! He wants to talk to you.." Anthony pauses. "Uh.. You mean.. You want me to.. Talk to the.. king......?" Levi rolls his eyes, seeming happier as he talked to him. "Yes, Yes. I want you to talk to the king. He's really nice, I promise." Anthony sighs shakily. "Um.. Alright.." Levi nods to himself and holds the phone out to Vincent, whispering quietly. "He's nervous to talk to you cuz you're the king and stuff.." Jake notices his tears and puts a hand to his face, wiping them away as he let them drop. "It's okay, baby.. You don't need to cry.. We're all here for you.." Addison smiles a little at Jake, knowing he was struggling with the pain and confusion from his head, but thinking his effort was good. Kye wines. "I'm so sorry..." Vincent clears his throat, taking the phone and putting it to his ear. "Hello." His voice had his usual deep, and rather intimidating feel. Anthony takes a deep breath, speaking after a few moments, trying to speak with confidence. "Hello, sir. I uh.. I'm.. Levi's boyfriend." Levi looked a little excited that they were talking. Jake nuzzles him. "You don't need to be sorry, sweetheart.. It's not that bad.. I'm okay.. I promise.. As long as you are okay, that's all that matters.." He smiles weakly at him. Addison moves back slightly to let them talk. Vincent responds with no change in tone, "I know." Kye sniffles, shaking his head. "N-No.." Jake sighs shakily, snuggling up closer to him and Emma. "Just relax, babe.. I promise it's okay.." Addison was thinking deeply and then gets off the bed, staring at Kye. "Look at me for a minute Kye." Anthony sighs shakily. "Um.. What did you need to.. Talk to me about..?" He sounded extremely nervous, knowing Vincent could do anything he wanted to him. Kye glances at her hesitantly, before just forcing himself to do so, his eyes still glossy with tears, and he looked very very nervous. Vincent noticed this. "My son doesn't like you. I wanted to find out why." Anthony let's out a long sigh. "Well uh.. I might have an idea why.." Addison lets her wings out fully. "You see these? They've been cut off once by Vincent and he's probably going to do it again. That is the worst pain you can feel. And I still love him to death. Even after he that and is probably going to do it again. A concussion is NOTHING compared to getting your wings cut off. Okay? You can ask Jake that. Wings are extremely sensitive." Jake looks at Addison, extremely confused as she sees the wings. "Uh..." Kye's eyes widen, both shocked by the wings as well, and shocked by what she was saying. "Wh.. What..?!" He almost didn't believe it. Vincent raises an eyebrow. "Oh?" Anthony pauses for a few moments. "Um.. Well.. Our age is a bit different.. So.. 4 years.. I'm 14 and Levi's 10.." Addison sighs. "Trust me, Kye. A concussion is not the worst thing you can do." Jake looks back to Kye, sighing shakily. "Wings are really sensitive, Baby.. My uh.. My.. F-Father.. Used mine as a.. Torture.. Method.." Vincent clicks his tongue in understanding. "Then you know you won't be able to stay together, yes?" Kye frowns deeply, hating all of this, and just wanting to sink into a deep hole and never come out. Addison puts her wings back in, getting back on the bed and sitting close to where Emma was snuggled up to Kye, sighing as she scooped Emma up, holding her close and smiling softly at her before looking back up at Kye, keeping a soft smile on her face. "Don't overthink it, hun. It's not that hard, I promise. You just gotta move on once it's dealt with." Emma shifted in Addison arms, laying on her back and moving her tails to cover herself, snuggling up in them. Jake nods a bit. "Let's just move on.." Anthony sighs shakily. "Yeah.. I know.. Once I turn 18 we gotta break up.. But if he still wants to be together when he turns 18 and I'm not with someone I might date him again.. But.. For now.. He seems to enjoy my company.." Vincent looked very suspicious. "If you're not with someone? You MIGHT? For NOW? SEEMS to?" Kye closes his eyes, just covering his face with his tails again. Anthony goes silent for quite a while before speaking in a quiet tone. "I just.. I don't know how long he'll want to stay with me.. That.. That's all.." Addison sighs, looking back down at Emma and nuzzling her softly, glancing at Kye again. "Do you need me to stay in here with you three? Vincent took Levi I believe." Vincent huffs. "You're a joke." His voice was harsh. Kye nods weakly.
Addison nods back, laying down next to Kye with Emma, letting her rest on her chest and stomach, holding her close and rubbing her head softly, covering all four of them with a blanket. Emma thinks to Kye, having already stirred a bit. I love you, daddy.. I love you, Jakey, and mommy.. But you're the best cuz you're special with me.. Anthony sighs shakily. "M-Mmf.. Um.. Can Levi come over to my place, or..? I don't know where y'all are at right now and he uh wanted me to stay the night with him but then that whole thing happened.. So.." Kye doesn't respond. Vincent looked mildly angry. "You come here. I'll give you the address. We need to talk. Face to face." Anthony laughs a little awkwardly. "Well uh.. If you're at your house then I already have the address.. I was there when the whole thing happened.. I just didn't know if you were at the hospital or something.." Emma sighs shakily, keeping her eyes closed. Jake moves his face close to Kye's, whispering to him quietly. "I wish you could turn back now and we're all better.. I wanna snuggle with you.." Vincent growls. "You'll need to
remember it. I don't trust you to be smart enough to do that on your own." This just made Kye feel worse, and he just sinks further into his fur. Jake nuzzles him, moving as close to him as he could without hurting him, putting an arm over his neck and wrapping his leg over his lower stomach and side around his back, enjoying the softness of his fur. "I can snuggle a little but I know it hurts for you to move, so.." Anthony let's out a long sigh. "Alright, Sir.. Just send it to me and I'll be there in like 10 minutes or so.."
Kye doesn't say anything, but it was clear he did at least enjoy his added warmth. Vincent sends it, and hangs up. Jake smiles a little weakly and nuzzles him softly, warming his own body as much as he could in his state, knowing Kye liked it, whispering to him. "I can take you flying again once you're better and I'm better.. But this time I won't go so high and fast.. I promise.." Levi was staring at Vincent, looking absolutely terrified. "A-Are you.. G-Going to hurt... him......?" Kye groans a little, just wanting silence. Vincent doesn't answer, looking stern, and as if he was thinking deeply. Levi looked beyond terrified, pushing himself up into a sitting position and leaning against the headboard. "P-Please, Agent Indigo.. P-Please don't hurt h-him.. I-I really like him and he's really nice.. Y-You can't hurt him.. P-Please.." Jake sighs shakily, closing his eyes and staying snuggled up to him. Addison was curled around Emma, not caring that she was still in her dress from before. Emma was snuggled up to Addison. Vincent shakes his head. "He doesn't respect you as much as you think." Kye sighs shakily, trying desperately to fall asleep. Jake tries to say something but falls unconscious before he could finish. "I lo-" Addison sees this and raises an eyebrow but doesn't move, figuring he was probably okay and just tired. Emma falls asleep again. Levi wines. "B-But that doesn't m-mean you can hurt h-him..!! H-He's my b-boyfriend and best friend.. P-Please.. I-I'll do anything.. J-Just don't hurt him.." He looked like he was about to cry, gripping onto the sheets tightly. Anthony knocks on the front door and Levi scrambled to try to get out of the bed to get it, feeling extremely lightheaded and dizzy but not caring. Vincent just watches him, not moving from where he was, other than to stand and brush himself off. Kye notices this, thinking the worse and trying to get up, again. Addison quickly puts a hand on him to keep him down, whispering. "No, Kye.. He's fine and if you get up you'll just wake him and hurt yourself.. He just fell asleep.." Jake still had his arm and leg over him. Levi manages to get out of the bed, frantically running to the stairs but quickly stopping himself as he knew he wouldn't be able to get down himself but just shakes his head, gripping onto the railing tightly as he went down. He runs towards the front door, on the verge of passing out and throws the front door open. It was Derick, another man his age, and Anthony, all of them talking to each other. Anthony sees Levi and quickly picks him up. "Hey, Hey.. Calm down.." Levi lays his head on his chest, gripping onto him weakly. Kye sighs shakily. "M-Mmf..." he lays back down. Vincent puts his hands in his pockets and slowly follows him to meet them all at the front door, his expression blank as he stood tall. Addison sighs, rubbing his head for a moment. "Here.. I'll check his pulse just to prove he's alive.." She reaches over and puts two fingers against Jake's neck, staying silent for a minute and then nodding, pulling her hand away. "He's perfectly fine, sweetheart.. I promise.. I wouldn't lie to you about that.." Anthony glances at Vincent, holding Levi tightly and rubbing his head softly under his Hood. Levi closes his eyes, trying to catch his breath. Derick sees Vincent and smiles, gesturing to the man next to him. "This is Max." Max sighs and forces a smile on his face, his hands in his pockets. Kye wines quietly. "..okay..." Vincent doesn't smile back, doing the opposite in fact, narrowing his eyes. "Hmmph." Anthony whispers to Levi. "I brought some strong pain meds I had from a while ago when I hurt my wrist.. If your grandfather says it's okay I can give some to you.." Levi nods a bit weakly, looking over to Vincent, his voice quiet. "Can Anthony give me some pain meds...?" Anthony steps inside with him still in his arms. Derick steps in and Max follows behind, looking like he didn't really want to be there, both of them looking around. Addison nuzzles his back. "Go to sleep sweetheart.. If you want me to I'll stay awake and watch him, okay..?" Vincent looked suspicious. "Excuse me?" Kye nods, gulping and squeezing his eyes shut desperately. Addison sighs, just watching all three of them, wishing she could make them feel better. Anthony sighs. "It's just some stronger pain meds I've got from.." He pauses. "From when I hurt my wrist. I just thought he could use them more then I could." He shrugs. Levi nods a bit, closing his eyes again and burying his face into Anthony's chest. Vincent studies his face. "Fine." Kye, eventually, falls asleep. Anthony nods, carefully setting Levi down on the ground against the wall so he was sitting against it, flipping his backpack to his front side and digging around in it, very clearly trying to hide the contents from everyone. He eventually grabs a pill bottle that had all the labeling crossed out in sharpie and holds it out to Levi. "Here, hun. You can two a day. Just whenever you need them but don't take more than two, okay?" Levi smiles weakly at him, nodding a bit and opening the bottle, taking a pill out, getting ready to take it dry. Addison sighs, staying awake as she told Kye she would, staring up at the ceiling. Before he could, Vincent snatches the bottle from him, observing the crossed out label. "What is this? Levi, hold on." Levi stops quickly, looking to Vincent. Anthony tenses, staring at Vincent. "It's pain meds. Strong ones." Vincent glares at him. "WHAT. ARE. THEY." Anthony huffs. "Something I bought!! Okay?!" Levi stares in confusion at both of them. Vincent snatches him by the throat, growling in his face. "You're damn brave playing this game with me. Give me a straight answer or I'll rip your spine out of your back and WHIP you with it." Anthony struggles, glancing at Levi. "Not in front of him!!" Levi looked terrified. "L-Let him G-Go..!!" Derick had wide eyes, stepping away from them and staring. Max was just watching, not really caring. Vincent bears his teeth, glaring at him with furious eyes. "Tell. Me. NOW." Anthony huffs. "Something I got from My dealer!! Okay?! Happy now?!" Levi looked extremely confused with this, going silent and just staring. Vincent, bristling, extremely pissed at this point drops him, and slaps him hard across his face, backhanded. Anthony stumbles back, putting a hand to his cheek and tears immediately came to his eyes from the pain and he closes them tightly, breathing heavily. Levi quickly gets up, going to him and looking up at him, pulling him down so he could see his cheek, frowning deeply and putting his own hand to it, cooling it. Anthony keeps his eyes shut tightly, knowing if he opened them he'd start crying and not wanting to show it. Levi looked extremely worried and confused, glancing at Vincent. "Wh-Why did you hit him..?! Y-Y-You can't hurt him..!!" Vincent looked very very angry. "He was incapable of following directions. I simply gave him the proper punishment." Anthony huffs, opening his eyes after a few moments and glancing at Levi, sighing shakily. "I'm fine, Levi." He hugs him tightly. Levi takes his hand off his cheek and hugs him back, digging his face into his chest but Anthony pulls back after a moment, looking at Vincent. "Can we not talk about where I got the meds in front of him, please?" Derick looked really upset, going over to Anthony and Levi, ready to protect them from Vincent if he needed to. Max was still just watching, seemingly observing what all of them were doing. Vincent growls at Derick, noticing what he was doing. "Don't think you're strong enough to hold me back." Derick frowns deeper. "Please don't hurt them.. They're just children.." Anthony huffs, glaring at Derick. "I'm very capable of taking care of myself." Derick glances at him, sighing shakily. Levi grips onto Anthony's hand to keep himself up and because he was extremely scared and upset. Max leans against the wall, his arms crossed. Anthony scoffs, looking back to Vincent. "If you wanna talk to me then let's talk somewhere private, okay? I don't want to expose him to any of that." Levi now looked curious but still terrified. Vincent simply sighs calmly and gestures with his head towards another room, heading there. Anthony goes to follow but Levi grabs his hand. "D-Don't go..!!" Anthony sighs, glancing back at him, shaking his hand out of his grip. "I'll be okay, hun. I promise. Stay here." Levi frowns deeply but nods, sitting on the ground. Anthony follows Vincent to the room and shuts the door once they were inside, tensing and expecting him to hit him. Vincent does not, but he did open the drawer of a desk there, and takes out a knife. Anthony let's out a long sigh, pressing himself against the wall, having expected this, staring at the ground and muttering. "Just don't let him see my body, please."
Vincent raises an eyebrow. "Excuse me?"
Anthony glances up at him, extremely confused. "You're.. Not gunna kill me??"
Vincent shrugs. "We'll see." He gestures for him to come closer. Anthony sighs, keeping his body tensed and moving closer, muttering. "I just got him the meds to help with the pain. I didn't mean to make you upset." Vincent shushes him. "Don't make excuses. Now. What are the meds?" Anthony sighs. "Hydrocodone."
Vincent narrows his eyes and clicks his tongue. "Alright." Anthony glances at the knife, still tensed. "Can you at least tell me what the knifes for, please?" Vincent flips it in the air, catching it as it came back down. "No." Anthony sighs. "What do you want with me then?" Vincent shrugs. "Depends." Anthony shakes his head a bit, just staring at the wall. "Fine. Don't tell me what you want. But will you please do whatever it is soon?? Standing here is just annoying." Vincent chuckles. "Do you want to die?" Anthony huffs, crossing his arms. "No. I just want to give him the meds. I'll leave afterwards if that's what you want." Vincent looked skeptical. "Is that so?" Anthony sighs. "It's literally just pain meds. I'll take one first if you want me to. It's made for severe pain and whatnot. I've known the dude I bought it from for years. He's good." Vincent looked amused. "You don't need to do that." Anthony let's out a frustrated groan. "Please stop messing with me and just tell me what you want." Vincent laughs. "I want nothing." Anthony scoffs. "Then can I please go??" Vincent shakes his head. "I have a question. To lighten the mood." Anthony rolls his eyes. "Yes?"
Vincent admires his knife. "I understand my son gave your class a test today, yes?"
Anthony nods. "Yeah." Vincent nods after him. "How did Warren do?" Anthony frowns deeply. "Why?" Vincent looks suspicious. "He's my son. I'd like to know." Anthony let's out a long sighs. "Well um.. Minimum passing grade for a kindergartener is 10.. he um.. got.. six.. out of.. 100.." Vincent's widen, and he coughs, choking on his breath. Anthony frowns deeper. "He's 3 and in kindergarten. Please don't hurt him too bad. He was in tears because he failed. Levi was holdin' him for a while but he's still a toddler. I get that Emma is super smart and whatnot but maybe Warren just needs some extra help and stuff. I'll help him if he wants." Vincent narrows his eyes on him. "MY Children, do not need EXTRA HELP." Anthony sighs. "Just. Please don't hurt him too bad. He's little. And can I please go see Levi and will you give me the pain meds back to give him??" He shifts his backpack that was on his back to both shoulders instead of just one. Derick had brought Levi over to the couch and had laid him down and covered him with a blanket, sitting on the opposite end. Max sat on a different couch, having not said a word the entire time they'd been there. Vincent scoffs in disgust. "Yes. Go." Anthony sighs, quickly going out and over to the couch, sitting next to Levi and smiling at him, taking one of the pills out and holding it out to him. "Here, hun.." Levi smiles weakly at him, taking it from him and swallowing it dry. "Are you okay..?" Anthony nods. "Yes." Max was staring at the room door they were in, seemingly waiting for Vincent to come out, a very small smirk on his face. Vincent shoves his knife into another sheath on his belt, and slams the door against the wall as he comes out. Max looks Vincent up and down as he walks out, chuckling a little quietly. Derick glances at Vincent for a moment but then looks back to the tv he had turned on to a low volume with subtitles.
Vincent stomps towards the door angrily.
Max glances at Derick as he gets up, his voice deep. "I'll watch him." Derick nods. Max follows Vincent, his hands in his pockets. Vincent doesn't notice, his mind swirling in anger as he walked to a store he knew of that was close by. Max follows him, catching up to him and looking at him, his voice quiet, deep, and would seem intimidating to most as would Vincent's. "Hey." Vincent stops, raising an eyebrow. "What are you doing here?" Max stops with him and shrugs. "Protecting you." Vincent looks very confused for a moment, before he lets out a long sigh. "Right." Max sighs. "I'm supposed to make sure you and your wife don't get hurt or poisoned and whatnot." Vincent shakes his head, annoyed. "I'm well aware. I just don't need it." He continues walking. Max continues following him, staying next to him, but staying silent, observing him again very closely. Vincent just tries to ignore him, speeding up as he got closer, getting eyes on the store. Max chuckles a bit to himself as he speeds up, speeding up himself but letting himself fall behind a few feet to let him have space as well as to observe him more, noting every feature he saw. Vincent grumbles as he shoved the door open, heading in. Max still followed. The store was not very busy at the moment. Vincent huffs. "Could you not be so close while I'm here?" Max rolls his eyes. "Fine. But you better come find me when you're done. And don't die please." Vincent scoffs. "You underestimate me." He heads off to the men's section. Max chuckles, speaking to him as he walked off, walking the other direction. "I know exactly who you are." Vincent shoots him a suspicious glare, before speeding up again and stopping at the belts. Max leans against a wall near the entrance of the store, watching others in the store silently. There was a worker nearby. Vincent lets out a long sigh, relaxing himself and observing the selection intently. A worker glances over towards him, sighing and going over, it being a young woman about 23. "Are you finding everything okay?" Vincent sighs. "Hm... can I actually get your help with something?" The woman nods. "Of course." Vincent nods, gesturing to the belts. "I'm looking for one for my son, but I'm not exactly sure what to get. I haven't gone looking like this in a while." The woman nods. "Do you have measurements?" Vincent shakes his head. "I don't.. I'm not sure I'd need them, but maybe.. Mm... well, see, I've never done this with him, he's new to it. I'm just trying to get him used to it since this is his first time, you know?" The woman looks confused. "Wha'do you mean?" Vincent shrugs. "Well, you know, I'm just not sure how he's gunna handle it. I guess I just wanna start off with something softer to gauge his reaction to it. See if I need to increase any of if it's effective enough already like that, and I'd just wait until he's older or starts misbehaving more." The woman's eyes widen and she takes a step back, letting out a nervous laugh. "I uh.. I can't help you.. With.. That.." Vincent tilts his head. "Why not?" The woman shakes her head vigorously, slowly walking backwards. "Ha.. I'm not being a part of that.. I'm not.. Helping find a belt.. For.. That.." She looked upset. Vincent furrows his brow. "Oh. Could you get someone else, then?"
The woman shakes her head again. "No. Find someone else yourself." She quickly walks off, keeping her eyes locked on the ground. Vincent looked confused, and just scoffs lightly, shaking his head. "Whatever..." Max walks up behind him, just standing there with his arms crossed. "Did you seriously just ask for help finding a belt to hit your kid with? That's just stupid." Vincent gives him an annoyed look. "Excuse me?!" Max rolls his eyes and grabs a belt, holding it out to him. "Here." It was a belt that was softer than the others. "This is a good one." Vincent raises an eyebrow, taking it, observing it and rubbing his thumb against it to notice the softness. "Hmmph. Alright." Max sighs, stepping back. "Is that all you came for?" He glances around, putting his hands in his pockets again. Vincent nods. Max nods back, heading towards the front and to a register, examining the person and stepping away for Vincent to pay. Vincent puts the belt on the counter, getting out his wallet. The person gives him a disgusted look, scoffing and ringing up the belt, telling him the price and adding at the end. "You're disgusting, you know that?" Max stared blankly at the person, watching Vincent for a reaction. The person huffs, quickly starting to count, sliding them into the register as they did. Max sighs and waits for Vincent, watching others around the store and seemingly observing every detail of everything around them as he did. Vincent snatches the belt as they were doing so, knowing they'd probably call him out for it but not particularly caring.
The person glares at him. "Can't leave til I'm done." Max chuckles a little, pulling his phone out for a moment and staring at it as he did something for several moments, quickly shoving it back into his pocket. Vincent scoffs lightly, glancing at Max. "Mm. He'll stay." He starts to walk off. Max grabs his wrist with an extreme amount of strength, shaking his head and keeping a very tight grip on him to the point where it would hurt a bit. "No. I will not." Vincent looked a bit surprised, but at the same time angry, and rips his wrist out of his grip, grumbling a few offensive words in Demonian. Max scoffs. "Dude. I can speak Demonian. And quite a few other languages. Not as many as you but still a lot." The person finishes counting and glares at them. "You can go now." Vincent bristles, rubbing his wrist lightly and saying nothing, just stomping off, cursing under his breath as he kept his other hand against his wrist. Max notices this and sighs, grabbing his shirt to get him to stop walking once they got a bit away from the store, turning him around and trying to look at his wrist. "I didn't even grab you that hard, dude. Did I actually hurt you? I hurt YOU?" He chuckles a bit, shaking his head slightly. "Just let me see it." Vincent looked furious, covering his wrist with his other hand, huffing. "Don't. TOUCH. ME." Max scoffs. "Vincent. Let me see your fucking wrist." Vincent grips onto it tightly, wincing a little as he did but tries to get away. Max growls quietly, ripping his other hand away from his wrist. "STOP. STRUGGLING." He grabs his elbow on his hurt arm, examining his wrist closely, putting his other hand to it. "Where does it hurt the worst?" Vincent shook a little, surprised he wasn't able to win this. "It DOESNT. I'm FINE. Let me GO." Max stares at him like he was stupid. "I can clearly tell you're in pain and I can clearly tell that it's broken. Now either let me help you or you end up getting hurt more for struggling against me trying to help you. I can wrap it and make a soft cast but we need to stop by like a grocery store or something to get the stuff." Vincent clenches his jaw shut. "Mmf.." he didn't want help, but he knew he needed it, and he grumbles, "Fine.."
Max smiles a bit calmly and nods, folding Vincent's arm over his chest and grabbing his other hand and putting it under his hurt wrist to support it. "Try to keep it supported like that for now. I'll wrap it, we can get a brace for when it's a bit better and a sling for when it's in the soft cast if you want. Okay?" Vincent doesn't answer, clearly ashamed. Max sighs. "Don't be embarrassed. It's my fault I broke it. I forget my own strength sometimes." He puts a hand on Vincent's back, heading towards a grocery store that wasn't too far away, going inside and heading for the medical supplies, looking around and grabbing an ace bandage as well as some padding and gauze to go underneath it, also grabbing a brace and a sling, going back over to him. "Alright. I can just wrap it here and then we don't gotta pay for the cast stuff." He sets down everything, standing in a position where the camera couldn't see them. "Roll up your sleeve, please." Vincent just does so without saying anything, staying extremely tensed, and grunting a little as he bumps his wrist doing so, sighing shakily and keeping his eyes away and on the floor. Max sighs, opening the gauze and padding, surronding his wrist in it and wrapping the ace bandage around it, over his hand, around his thumb and up close to his elbow, then opening the box with the sling, adjusting it to the biggest size and reaching up and putting it over his neck, getting his arm situated inside of it and sighing. "That should keep it supported and make it feel a bit better. I'm assuming you have some of your own strong pain meds cuz. Well. I'm pretty sure you know why." Vincent stares at it with a strong look of dislike, but says nothing. Max sighs, grabbing the brace and heading towards the front, paying for the brace with his own money as he knew he was the one who broke his wrist, quickly heading out with him once they were done. "Um.. Could you not tell anyone about this..? That like.. I broke your wrist..? I don't talk much to others and I'd prefer to keep it that way.. So.."
Vincent glares sharply at him. "What makes you think I care about your FEELINGS?!" Max takes a step back and sighs, shaking his head a bit. "Nevermind. Let's head back. Also. Which son is the belt for?" Vincent huffs. "My youngest one. Warren." Max makes a sound of understanding, nodding a bit and starting to walk, chuckling a bit to himself as he thought about how Vincent hasn't questioned how he knew so much about him. Vincent follows him, quickly overtaking him in speed, just staring out silently. Once they get to the house, Max opens the door, sighing. Levi was laying on top of Anthony asleep on the couch, then covered in a blanket, Levi's head resting on Anthony's chest and his Hood down for once as Anthony rubbed his head softly, watching TV. Derick was sitting on another couch watching TV as well, watching the front door and seeing them and smiling at first but then seeing the sling. "Uh.. What happened..?" Max glances at Vincent, shrugging a bit. Vincent growls at him, shoving past, not wanting to talk about it. Max shrugs, sitting on the other end of the couch Derick was on, pulling out his phone and several seconds later, Vincent's phone goes off and Max glances over at him. Derick frowns a bit. Levi shifts as he hears them talking, wining quietly as he rubbed his eyes. Anthony smiles at him, his the top of his head softly. "It's okay, hund.. It's just your grandfather.." Levi opens his eyes more, looking over towards Vincent and smiling at him, noticing the sling but figuring he wouldn't want him to ask about it. Addison had gotten up and was back in the bedroom snuggled up to Warren and Jaidan. Jaidan had his arm over her and Warren from behind and Addison had both her arms around Warren, Addison asleep and Jaidan just laying there silently as he stared at the wall. Vincent twitches in annoyance, looking at his phone as he stopped out of the way in the hall so they couldn't see him. It was a text from an unknown number that read, "It's Max. By the way. Keep Warren quiet while you do it. Don't let others in the house get suspicious and whatnot. Not worth it." Vincent raises an eyebrow at this text, texting back, "Will do." Max chuckles to himself, "You're very stupid for being the king of hell, you know." Vincent bristles, fuming at this and texting, "You're very stupid testing my limits like that, seeing you're going to Hell." Max texts back simply. "Oh, I'm not stupid." Vincent huffs, and doesn't text back, just shoving his phone into his pocket and going up the stairs and into his room, slamming the door open. Jaidan quickly looks over, smiling at him. "Hi, dad!" Addison stayed asleep, having changed into one of Vincent's shirts and a pair of shorts, snuggled up under the blanket with Warren. Vincent grumbles, quickly heading into his closet, slamming the door. Jaidan frowns a bit, carefully getting out of the bed and going over to the closet, knocking on the door softly. "Dad..? Can I come in, please..?" Vincent huffs. "NO." He locks the door. Jaidan frowns more. "Mmf.. Well.. I love you.. And uh.." His voice gets much quieter. "What.. What happened to your arm..? I-I'm not trying to be annoying, I'm just curious.." Vincent grabs one of his kimonos, one that was black with a a metallic purple design, and puts it on, managing since he just had to tie it. "Nothing." He takes off the sling, wincing a little as he shifted his arm in the kimono so he could support it with a ribbon section on the inside, tying it there so you couldn't see it from the outside, and the sleeve where it should have been was simply empty. Jaidan sighs, leaning against the door. "You know you can trust me.. I've trusted you for years with things I wouldn't even think about telling anyone else.." Vincent opens the door quickly, holding his hand against Jaidan's back so he didn't fall. "It's simply not important. I'm not hiding anything from you." Jaidan sighs and shakes his head a bit, standing up himself and glancing over at Addison and Warren. "Fine. Wanna draw with me?" Vincent frowns deeply, staring at Warren. "I can't. Maybe in a bit." Jaidan nods but tilts his head, looking over to Warren. "You want me to wake him up?"
Vincent nods. Jaidan nods and goes over to the bed, leaning down to Warren and nudging him, whispering to him. "Hey, buddy.. Dad wants you.." He very carefully moves Addison's arms from around Warren, her staying sound asleep as she was extremely tired. Warren wines a little as he shifts, blinking his eyes open. "Wh...?" Jaidan rubs his head softly, picking him up out of the bed and going over to Vincent, bouncing him softly. "Dad wants you." Warren looks scared. "W-Why..?!" Vincent stared at him with a blank expression, and gestures to Jaidan to follow him with Warren, heading out of the room, to another one. Jaidan sighs, holding him close and rubbing his back as he followed. "Don't know, hun. Just said he wanted you." Warren sticks to him like glue. "D-Don't l-let him hurt me!!" Vincent slams the door shut behind them as they both got in. Jaidan sighs. "You'll be fine." He keeps him in his arms, looking to Vincent to see what he wanted him to do. Vincent gestures to the floor in front of the wall where he was facing. "Sit him there." He reaches into his kimono, taking out the belt he had bought. Jaidan nods and carefully sets him down there. "Stay." He looks to Vincent. "Want me to tie him up?" He hides a hint of a smile. Vincent shakes his head. "I need to know his pattern." Warren looked absolutely horrified. Jaidan nods, taking a few steps back and glancing at Vincent again. "By the way. If Jake sees this, maybe Kye as well, depending on what Jake's said, may freak out and stuff. Just so you know. He'll get really protective and stuff too." Vincent nods silently. "I am aware. Guard the door." Jaidan nods, going over to the door and leaning against it so no one could get in, licking it as well. Vincent slowly walks towards Warren as he scuttled into the corner, shaking, and looking terrified, whimpering quietly as Vincent stared down at him with furious, fire-filled eyes that Warren had never seen before. Vincent folds the belt in half, holding it firmly and snatches Warren from the corner by the neck. From outside the room, shrill screams could be heard, before suddenly, they're cut short.
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Demons And Humans
RandomJaidan is a demon. He is a Dragonair. He loves to torment his two brothers, Liam and Logan. Logan is partly a demon and Liam is just a plain old human. But then Jaidan starts to get more aggressive towards his mother and his siblings. (This story is...
