Chapter 174

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Aaron was cuddled up to Kayla on the couch, snuggled up in her lap in his scale clothing. Carter was playing quietly with Aaron's tail. Max had stayed awake the entire night, just laying in Anthony's bed and staring at the ceiling, having cried multliple times throughout the night. Anthony starts to stir, groaning quietly and looking next to him to make sure someone was still with him. A youngish male, about 35, walks into the hospital room and goes over to Kye's bed where Jake had gotten back in the bed with Kye, him being asleep. The man sighs, looking to see if Kye was awake. Kayla too was in her scale clothing, and was laying there, snuggled up with Aaron, in a half asleep, half awake state. Nobody was with Anthony. Kye was, barely, it clear he has already awoken, and had decided to try to go back to sleep not too long ago, so he was still mostly awake. Anthony looked terrified, frantically getting up and searching everywhere for karma, his eyes wide. Aaron runs his fingers through her hair, kissing her head softly. "Mm..~ I love you so much, baby.." he glances at Carter, tickling him with his tail, Carter giggling happily at this. The young man smiles at him and nudges Jake softly. Jake jumps a bit and looks up at him, sighing shakily. "Hello.." The man smiles at him. "Hey.. I'm Gerald. I'll be taking care of Kye." Jake rubs his eyes, sitting up. "Oh.. Alright.." he looks to Kye. "Can you talk yet, baby..? Don't force yourself to if you can't.." Karma was in the kitchen, slouched over a cup of coffee sitting at a small round dining table, crying softly, his teeth gritted to mask some of the sound. Kye's eyes open weakly, and he stares blankly to the side, after a few moments, he murmured something quietly, but it was difficult to understand because of the volume and the way his head was facing. Kayla smiles weakly, giggling weakly and nuzzling his neck with her nose, kissing it softly. Jake nods. "It's okay, sweetheart.." He looks to Gerald. "Can he go home yet..?" Gerald smiles and nods, gesturing to the wheelchair he had brought in. "Mmhm. I'm here to unhook him from everything and helping him get dressed if he needs it." Jake smiles happily. "I can get him dressed, just unhook him from everything, please." Gerald chuckles and nods, glad to see that Jake was happy, it always making him feel good when the family was doing good. He quickly takes everything off of Kye. Jake gets Kye dressed carefully. Gerald sighs lightly, looking to Kye. "Can I put you in the wheelchair, Kye?" Emma was half awake , still laying between Kye's legs. Jake scoops her up, figuring he'd just lay her in Kye's lap once he was situated. Anthony frowns deeply when he sees him, a bit cold without his shirt but ignoring it. He slowly approaches him, sitting in a chair next to him and looking at him, whispering. "What's wrong, dad..?" Aaron nuzzles her back, kissing her lips softly. "You're so beautiful.." he looks down at Carter, scooping him up and laying him in between the two of them as he knew he'd start crying without Kayla. He lets out a long sigh. "Mm.. Are you gunna be able to take Carter with you when you have to go with the prince and stuff?" Kye stares at him for several moments, before he nods weakly. Karma sniffles, clutching the cup and sighing shakily. "I.. L-Last night.. s-something happened.." he wipes away tears, but they just kept coming. It was clear he had been crying for a very long time. Kayla lets out a long sigh, having not wanted to talk about this, but she answered anyways. "I don't know.. at the very least I know I won't be able to have him in public.." Aaron frowns a bit, glancing at him. "He's not gunna wanna stay with me.. He'll just cry and not sleep.." Anthony frowns deeply, moving his chair closer and rubbing his back. "D-Did.. Did you and Max have a fight...?" Gerald nods, very very carefully moving him into the wheelchair, buckling him into it. Jake sets Emma in his lap. Gerald looks to Jake. "Would you like to push him?" Jake nods. "Mmhm." He heads out with him, going slow as he knew Kye hadn't moved in a while, not wanting to make him lightheaded. Gerald stayed next to Kye. Kayla sighs. "I know.. Mm... Maybe Molly..? She can watch him with you.. he seemed to like her..." she also thought, [Maybe she can watch you, too..] Karma lets out a very long, shaky sigh. "Something like that.." he murmurs. Kye sighs shakily, moving his arms very slowly and twitchily until they were wrapped around Emma. He stares down at the floor solemnly. Aaron sighs shakily, nodding a bit. "A-Alright, baby.." he hugs her tightly, Carter wining a bit as he was squished between them. "I love you so, so much, baby.." Emma looks up at Kye, her eyes still filled with fear. She looked lost, and hopeless, murmuring extremely quietly, only Kye's Kitsune ears able to hear it. "..I'm s-scared.." Anthony sighs shakily. "M-Mmf.. Do you know where he is..? I don't want you guys to fight.. P-Please.. I'll make you guys breakfast while you make up, okay..?" Kayla's eyes were soft. "I love you too.. I'm so sorry this is happening.. I promise it'll work out in the end..." Kye's eyes go very soft for a moment, and he doesn't answer back, though it appeared he tried. Karma nods his head, gulping and sniffling again. "Y-Your r-room.." Emma manages to wrap one of her hands around Kye's finger, squeezing it tightly, sniffling and clearly trying to move herself so she was hidden against Kye. Jake notices this and sighs, helping Emma shift so her head was hidden under Kye's shirt. Gerald sighs, taking them out to a van, glancing at Jake. "Can you help me set them up in the backseat?" Jake nods, them getting Kye and Emma in the backseat of the van, putting the wheelchair in the way back. Jake gets in the passengers seat, wanting to talk to Gerald. Gerald starts to drive, sighing and glancing at Jake. "Do you have any questions for me?" Jake lets out a long sigh, glancing at Emma. "Mm.. Well.. I'm sure you already know that Emma, Kye's daughter, is completely linked to him, yeah..?" Gerald nods. "Mmhm." Jake nods back a bit. "Just making you knew that.." he thinks for several moments, before shaking his head a bit. "No questions for now.." Gerald nods. "Alright. Let me know." Jake looks back to Emma and Kye, smiling at Kye. "I love you, baby.." Aaron sighs shakily, nodding a bit. "M-Mmf.. I know.. J-Just.. Promise me you won't fall in love with him.." Anthony nods, sighing shakily and quickly heading to his room, seeing Max on the bed crying quietly with the ring in his hand. Anthony's eyes widen a bit and he quickly goes over. "H-Hey, Max.." Max frantically hides the ring, putting it in his pocket, wiping his cheeks and eyes, sniffling. "M-Mmf.. Hey.." Anthony smiles a bit. "Are you planning on proposing to dad..?" Max smiles weakly. "I hope so.." Anthony giggles a bit, looking excited. "I'm amazing at keeping secrets.. I promise.. I was gunna make you guys breakfast if you'd like.." Max nuzzles him. "Sure, sweetheart.." he sits up. A thing smiles brightly, running back to the kitchen. Max looked hopeful, thinking that if karma was in a better state now, then while they were eating, he could propose, having been practicing what to say. He walks into the kitchen, seeing Karma and quickly going over, pulling him into a tight hug. Anthony starts to cook. Karma sighs shakily, crying harder. "Max, I'm [so] sorry.. I-It wasn't me, I-I tried to stop him from doing it b-but I was t-too weak.. I'm so so sorry.. I promise, I would never have done that if it wasn't for him.. He has dominant control, so despite everything I had I couldn't stop him.. I'm so sorry.. I felt so worthless, I let both of you down.." he sighs shakily, sniffling again and continuing to cry softly. Kayla smiles weakly. "I can't, Aaron.." it was unsure what exactly she meant... but it sounded as if she was saying she couldn't promise. Kye doesn't look at him, staring blankly out the window as they bumped along the road, his head swaying slightly from the uneven spots in the path, before he opened his mouth, and spoke. although quiet, it was able to be heard still, and it was deep, gravely, and rather monotone. "I can't feel anything." Max's eyes widen at this and he pulls him into an even tighter hug, rubbing his back softly. "I'm sorry, b-baby.. I-I shouldn't have just walked out on you.. Th-That was wrong of me.. I love you so so much, B-Baby.." he pulls back slightly, nuzzling him. "And I have something for you that I think might brighten your mood.." he kisses his cheek softly. "Do you want it..?" He smiles weakly. Aaron frowns deeply. "Wh.. B-But.. I thought you loved me.." Jake sighs and nods. "I know, baby. It's just the medications." Emma had tears running down her cheeks silently, unable to move enough to cuddle up closer to Kye or even let him know she was crying, so she just kept her head under his shirt and cried. Karma looks momentarily confused, laughing awkwardly, sniffling and wiping away his tears. "S-Sure.." Kayla's face softens as she realises he misunderstood what she said. "No, Aaron.. I meant I can't love anyone else.. I'm physically incapable.." Kye lets out a long sigh. His eyes were dull, his expression somber. Jake lets out a long sigh, reaching his hand back to them and putting it on Kye's knee. "Hey.. You're going to get better, baby.. I promise.. I'll be by your side the entire time.." Aaron sighs shakily, laying his head on her shoulder. "Mmf.. O-Okay.. Are you.. Are you gunna have kids with him..?" Anthony stops cooking to watch them. Max sighs shakily,.nodding and smiling at him. He slides off of his lap and onto one knee in front of him, pulling out the ring. "Karma Sarinzou Afton.. I love you so much and I'd do ANYTHING for you.. You are so amazing.. You're beautiful, smart, funny.. You're everything anyone could ask for.." he takes a deep breath. "Will you marry me, karma..?" He holds the ring out. Kye looks to him, with equally dull eyes. Kayla looks shocked, though her expression crumbled as she realised it might be true. "I-I.." she sighs shakily, tears welling up in her eyes. Karma's eyes widen, and he claps his hands over his mouth. "M-M-Max!!" Max smiles nervously, sweating quite a bit and looking scared out of his mind, whispering. "..I can give you time.." Aaron just stares downwards, sighing shakily and letting tears drip from his eyes silently. Jake sighs, reaching farther and uncovering Emma's face, realizing she was crying and starting to rub her head. "Sweetheart.. There's no need to cry.. You and Daddy are safe now and I'm not going to let anything else happen.. I promise.. You've been such a big girl and once you're all better I'll do something super duper fun with you, okay..?" Emma turns her head slowly to look at him, just staying quiet. Karma laughs hysterically, extremely nervously. "N-No! I-I.. w-we haven't even b-been together that long..?!" Kayla hugs him tightly. "I-I'm so sorry..!! I-I'll do everything I-I can t-to stop it!!" Kye looks down at Emma, staring silently. Max sighs shakily, his smile faltering. He stares at the ground, feeling extremely embarrassed and stupid, muttering quietly. "..I'm sorry.." Aaron sniffles,.nuzzling her. "I-I know.. I-I just.. You're going to be all the way in e-england.." Gerald pulls up to the house, sighing and getting out, going to the backseat and opening the door, helping Kye out and into the wheelchair with Emma. Jake quickly comes around to push it, heading into the house and to Kye's room, leaning down and nuzzling his neck. "I can give you a bath if you'd like, baby.. I think I just have to keep your head bandages dry.." Gerald nods to this. Karma's eyes widen more, stumbling towards him. "I-I didn't-" he sighs shakily. "I-I just meant that I didn't expect it.." Kayla sighs shakily. "Y-You.. Y-You could.. Mm.. I have a home there.. you could.. be there during this.." Kye glances at Jake, and nods. Jake smiles and nods back, going into Kye's room and carefully grabbing Emma from Kye. He goes over to Gerald. "Do you mind holding her for a bit while I bathe him? She's well behaved and um. She obviously can't really do anything right now." He kisses Emma's cheek. "Don't shock him even if you can, got me?" This put a smile on Emma's face and she nods very slightly. Jake hands her to gerald who nods. "Of course." He takes her, bouncing her softly. Jake pushes Kye into the bathroom, shutting the door and turning on the water, going back over to him. "You want me to get in with you?" Aaron smiles a bit and nods shakily. "Mmhm.. I-I wanna stay near you.." Max looks up at him, tears in his eyes and he hugs him tightly, pressing his face into his neck, it clear he felt like an awful person for doing this or even thinking that he had a chance. Anthony had gone back to cooking but was still watching them closely. Kye hesitates with this, before shaking his head. Kayla nods. "Ask my father.. he'll get you the key.." Karma sighs shakily. "Max, let me say yes.." he laughs awkwardly.Max smiles weakly but as much as he could, hugging him tighter but not enough to hurt him, it clear he just wanted to be together with him and wanted to secure that. He shows him the ring, laying it flat on his hand. "D-Do you.. Do you like the r-ring..?" Aaron sniffles and nods,.nuzzling her softly. "A-Are you gunna s-still be able to s-see me...?" Jake sighs and nods, undressing him in the wheelchair and lifting him up, carrying him to the tub and setting him up in it so his head couldn't get wet. He smiles a bit at him, taking off his shirt so he wouldn't get it wet. "You're so beautiful.." he carefully starts to get Kye's body wet, washing him carefully. Karma nods, smiling weakly. "I do.. it's beautiful.." Kayla nods. "Of course.. I won't be constricted to the castle.." a chill goes down Kye's spine from the sudden cold, as it was colder than it was used to, and he lets out a very long sigh. "Cold.." he murmurs. Jake nods. "Sorry, baby." He sticks his hand in the water, heating it up a significant amount. He leans over the tub, kissing Kye's cheek softly, nuzzling him. "I'm going to help you get better, baby.. I'll stay by your side no matter what.." He brings the rag he was using to wash him up to his face after rinsing it out, wiping down his face where he could with just water, draining the tub and getting a towel ready. Max giggles a bit quietly, taking his hand carefully and slipping the ring onto it. He looked extremely happy and excited, helping him up off the floor as he got up, pulling him into a tight hug. Anthony giggles at them, bringing three plates of food over, setting them down on the table. "You two are adorable." Aaron sighs shakily, nodding again and glancing down at Carter who had each of their tails in each of his hands, giggling happily. Aaron smiles a bit at him. "He's going to grow up to be an amazing person.." Kye stares at the wall, his eyes still dull, though he looked more relaxed. He seemed momentarily angry as she said this. He just sits there. Karma chuckles awkwardly, sitting back down. Kayla smiles a little. "Mmhm.." There was a knock at the door, and Kayla looks over. Aaron sighs, carefully getting off of Kayla and grabbing his pants, putting them on but leaving them unbuttoned, trying to fix his hair a bit as he opened the door. Carter quickly just continues to play with Kayla's tail, looking up at her and pointing to it, giggling more. Jake sighs, carefully lifting Kye out if the tub and wrapping him in the towel, holding him bridal style. "Do you need to go to the bathroom or anything before I get your clothes on?" Max sits next to Karma, moving his chair close to his and nuzzling his shoulder. Anthony giggles a bit, sitting as well, starting to eat. Anthony had cooked some meat he had found in the freezer, it looking delicious and had many seasonings on it. A man in a suit stared down at him with a flat expression. "We're here for Kayla Afton." Kye shakes his head head weakly. Karma smiles a bit, starting to eat. Aaron sighs, glancing back at Kayla. "Mmf." He goes over to her again, gesturing for the man to come inside. "Do you want me to get Athena so you can say bye, hunny?" Carter realizes kayla was leaving and frantically grabs onto her, starting to cry loudly and harshly. Jake nods, heading back into the bedroom where Gerald was walking around while bouncing Emma softly. Emma was crying quietly, seeing Kye and wining, wanting to be with him as she didn't know what was happening. Jake sets him on the bed, grabbing a pair of sweatpants and a hoodie, carefully getting him dressed. Gerald brings Emma over, laying her close to Kye, her laying pressed up against his side. Gerald sighs. "He can eat if he'd like. We'll just have to help him." Emma shakily moves one of her hands to Kye's hand, resting it on it and looking up at him, her bottom lip quivering. Jake looks to Kye. "Do you want food, hun? I'll get some for Emma too." The food tasted very good. Max starts to eat as well. Anthony glances up at them. "You guys like it?" Max nods. "Mmhm." Kayla frowns deeply, and nods, holding Carter close. Karma nods. "Mm!" Kye's ears seemed to perk up upon hearing food, and nods. Aaron nods, quickly going to the room and coming back with her, holding her tightly. Carter tried to latch in but wines loudly from her scale clothing, shaking and clearly very upset, not wanting her to leave. "Momma!!" Anthony giggles, clearly proud of himself. "I'm glad!' Max nuzzles karma's shoulder. "I'm sorry for getting mad last night, baby. I really didn't mean it." Jake smiles and nods. "I'll be right back, baby." He leaves the room. Emma sniffles, squeezing Kye's finger weakly, looking at him with scared eyes. "M-M-Mmf.. D-Daddy.." Gerald sighs, sitting on the edge of the bed near Emma and Kye, smiling down at Emma. "You're such a brave little girl, you know that?" He looks to Kye. "How old is she?" He was clearly trying to get Kye's brain to think more. Kayla gave Carter a sorry look. "I'm sorry, hunny.." Athena looked very confused as she looked around. Kayla goes over to Athena, rubbing her head softly, her eyes saddened. Karma frowns. "It's okay.." Kye murmurs, "dunno." Aaron bounces Athena gently. "Momma has to go somewhere, baby girl.." Carter just cries harder, clutching onto her tightly, clearly not going without a fight, screaming Everytime Aaron tried to get even a little closer. Gerald frowns a bit. "Alright.." he thinks. Emma murmurs. "..D-Daddy didn't know A-Anyway.. ..Three.." Gerald let's out a long sigh. "Mm.." Jake comes back into the room with a plate of food, having cooked it so it would be very easy to chew. He sighs, going over to the bed and looking to Kye first. "Can I sit you up, baby?" Max sighs, kissing his cheek softly, having finishes eating. Anthony had finished eating as well, grabbing their dishes and putting them in the sink, figuring he could wash them later when karma wasn't in there. He sits back down. Max sighs, leaning his head against him. "Mm.. Wha'do you wanna do today besides set up Anthony's room?" Anthony quickly interjects. "THE GYM!!" he quickly slides down in his chair, staring at the floor, looking embarrassed. Max tilts his head. Athena seemed extremely confused and worried. "Where..? Can I come with her..?" Kayla sighs shakily. "Carter, please.." Kye nods a little. Karma raises an eyebrow. "What?" Anthony sighs shakily, crossing his arms over his bare chest, trying to hide himself. "Mmf.. I said we should go to the gym.." Max looked a bit confused on why he'd want to go. Aaron sighs shakily, stepping back from Kayla and Aaron. "Mmf.. No, sweetheart.. She's going somewhere for a while.. You'll still get to see her.. I promise.." Carter sighs shakily, just gripping onto her tightly, looking up at her with hurt, betrayed eyes, his bottom lip quivering. Jake nods, setting the plate down and carefully sitting him up, setting Emma up in his lap so she was sitting up as well. Jake sighs, having already cut it up into small bites. He gets a bite on the fork, putting it up to Kye's mouth, feeding Emma a piece with his fingers, her quickly taking it into her mouth, chewing slowly and swallowing it. Gerald watches Kye closely to make sure he was okay. Karma laughs awkwardly. "Why?" Kayla frowns deeper, and hands Carter to Aaron. "I'm sorry.." she murmurs again. Athena looked even more confused. "Wha..?" Kye opens his mouth slightly, taking it from the fork and basically just swallowing it whole. Anthony sighs shakily, frowning deeply and staring at the ground, muttering quietly. "..My body's ugly now.." Max frowns deeply, quickly getting up and moving over to him, kneeling down next to his chair and removing his arms carefully from hiding himself. "You're so beautiful, Anthony.. Don't EVER think otherwise.." Anthony just stares at the ground silently, clearly upset about it. Aaron takes Carter in his other arm, Carter instantly beginning to cry harshly again, looking EXTREMELY upset, feeling betrayed, it clear he felt she was leaving him forever. Aaron bounces him softly, looking back down at Athena. "I'll tell you more about it in a second, baby.. Hold your little brother for me.." he sets Athena down on the couch and sets Carter in her lap, moving over to Kayla and pulling her into a tight hug, tears running down his cheeks silently. "I love you.." he whispers quietly. Jake smiles at him. "Good job.." He feeds Emma another piece, the pieces she was eating being much smaller than the ones Kye was eating. "Try to chew them though, sweetheart.." He gives him another bite. Karma frowns deeply as well, knowing that he had been worse than Anthony looked at one point, which made him oddly offended by this comment, though he hated himself for it, as he knew it was selfish. Kayla held back tears as she softly kisses him and murmured, "I love you too.." staring into his eyes with warmth and sorrow, before looking to the man, and leaving with him. Kye takes at it for several moments, before taking it, but again, swallowing it whole. Gerald sighs. "He's right, Kye. Please try to chew it." Jake nuzzles Kye's shoulder. "Emma's chewing it, baby. I made it so it was super easy to chew." Emma seemed to be enjoying the food, constantly looking up at Jake for more which he provided, having made quite a bit as he figured he could eat whatever was left. Anthony just keeps his eyes on the ground, not wanting to look up as he felt like he was an embarrassment to them, knowing he was the weakest one in the family. He gets up carefully, trying to walk off to his room, wanting to cover himself up as much as possible. Max frowns deeply, not knowing if he was supposed to go after him. Aaron sighs shakily, going back over to the couch and scooping up Carter and Athena, Carter seeming to have calmed down a bit in her arms. Aaron sniffles, looking to Athena. "Can I leave you with my dad for a little bit while I go talk to Grandpa, sweetheart? He can read to you or do anything you want, okay, baby girl?" Kye looks away, seeming annoyed by this. Karma sighs. "You have no reason to be upset. You'll gain more now that you actually have access to food, the gym can come later." Athena nods. "Okay, papa.." Kayla sadly follows the man off the property, and took his hand, as they teleported to where they would be meeting, specifically into a wardrobe room. The man speaks, "You have a few minutes to get ready. Head down the hall and through the left door. That is where the prince will be waiting." Kayla nods silently, and the man leaves. Jake sighs. "It's okay, baby, just don't choke.." Emma stops asking for food and clearly had gotten full, just laying her head back against Kye's stomach as she was sitting between his legs. She murmurs quietly to Kye. "..I wanna be a fox.." Jake just slowly kept feeding Kye as Gerald watched. Anthony stops and glances back at them. "I'm the weakest one in this family. I'm ugly, and weak. I can't accept myself like that. I don't care if I'm skinny. I like that. I just want to be able to do things like wear t-shirts without sleeves and no hoodie. I want to wear shorts in the summer. I want all those things. I don't want to have to look like we're going into a snowstorm so that people don't stare at my body." Max frowns deeper. "Mmf.." Aaron smiles weakly at her, kissing her forehead softly. He goes back to his room where Josh was laying on the bed, going over. Josh sighs, seeing he was upset and sitting up. "Mm.." Aaron hands him Athena and Carter. "Kayla left. Can you please watch them for a little while? I need to go talk to Vincent for a bit." Josh nods, taking them and laying down with them, snuggling up around them. "Of course, hun." Aaron nods, walking out of the room, buttoning up his pants and putting on a shirt, pulling out his phone and texting Vincent. "Hey. Can we talk for a bit? Kayla's gone." Nova had been awake and hears Vincent's phone, looking towards his pocket for it, glancing at Vincent to see if he was still asleep.Kye takes this piece, chewing very very slowly. Karma huffs. "Yeah, well you aren't SKINNY, you're MALNOURISHED. There is a very clear [difference]." He snaps, for whatever reason as he had gotten angry, again, thinking on his own experiences. "You are not ugly. Never say that about yourself. Ever. If you want to improve your looks, though, you [work] at it. [Healthily]." He huffs. "And- Anthony, you are a CHILD. You are GOING to be the weakest one here REGARDLESS. That doesn't [matter]! Just [enjoy] being a [CHILD]!" Vincent shifts. He was still half asleep, but it was clear the ding from his phone had knocked him out of full unconsciousness. Kayla looks around the room, letting out a long sigh and getting to work. She deactivated her scale clothing, and gets dressed, ending up with a light lavender, long sleeved dress that hugged her upper body, and glided out at the bottom, with a longer piece in the back. It had a sparkling pattern coming up from the bottom, and swirling at the top. The dress was backless, and was connected to a thin, translucent, sparkling cape like piece that hung from the back of her neck piece to the floor, following the dress (just like- imagine Elsa lol) the dress had white fluff at the neck, as well as at the wrists, and had a loose cut by one leg, which she wore translucent white tights under. She wore black heels that wrapped with a ribbon in a criss cross design up to her knee, and stopped at a bow at the front. She put her hair into a neat bun, with curled hair pieces let out at the front. The bun was head up by a sparkling white bow, with crystals embedded into it. She put on a cool red lipstick, and did the rest of her makeup. She stares at herself in the mirror, her hands folded neatly in front of her as she stood straight. She sighs, and summons her tiara, placing it upon her head, and leaving the room, heading down the hall, and going into the room on the left. Nova coos quietly, nuzzling his chest and whispering to him. "I heard a noise from your pocket, daddy.." The prince was waiting at a table in the room, staring at the wall, looking bored. He looks over towards the door when Kayla walked in, his eyes widening a bit at her beauty. He mutters under his breath. "..Oh, lordy.." he stands up, his hands behind his back. Emma sighs shakily, looking to Gerald. "..I wanna lay down with daddy.." Gerald nods, helping her lay down. Emma's head rests on Kye's thigh, her hand gripping onto his pants tightly. Jake sighs, setting the plate down and taking a deep breath, rubbing his eyes and muttering. "Jesus.. I need an energy drink or somethin'.." he looked exhausted, it clear he hadn't slept in quite a while. Vincent groans, coughing a bit, and sitting up slowly, stretching and grabbing his phone, yawning as he read the text. He sighs, and texts back, "Yeah." Kayla smiles a little, staring towards the floor. She walks further in slowly, her hands clasped calmly. She looks up at him with calm eyes. "Hello." She curtsies slowly and carefully, before rising again, and looking into his eyes. Kye stares blankly at Jake. A wash of anger fills his eyes for a split second, before he blinks and looks away. Athena puts a hand to Josh's face. "Can you read me something..?" Aaron sighs shakily, texting again. "I'm in the living room by my room. Where u at?" Nova coos quietly, snuggling up to his leg as he sat up. Josh let's out a long sigh. "Um.. Sure.. Wha'do you want me to read you?" The prince stares at her for a few moments, looking her up and down, clearly checking her out, speaking after a few moments, moving his hands to the front. "Hello, Princess." Anthony looked shocked that he yelled at him, clearly not having expected it and it clearly startled him. "Wh-Wh.." Max sighs shakily, putting his hand on top of karma's, whispering to him. "He's just insecure, sweetheart.. We just need to help him through it.. I know you don't know what it's like but being an orphan is extremely hard.. We just need to help him through it, alright..?" Anthony had quickly slipped out of the room, running to his room, grabbing his hoodie and putting it on, getting on his bed and snuggling up in it, staring up at the ceiling as tears fell silently, grabbing his backpack and grabbing the two pictures he had, holding them tightly. Jake frowns a bit at the anger. "Why do you keep looking angry at me..?" Vincent sighs, texting back, "I'll meet you there." He gets up, picking up Nova, and heading out to the living room. Athena gets off the bed, running to a bookshelf, and feeling around, tapping her nails against the books and the shelf, her nails quite long already, and eventually grabs an old looking brown book with a golden symbol in the center, and goes over to the bed again, throwing it onto the bed and getting on, looking excited. Kayla notices his actions. Though she was used to it, she still lets out a long sigh, before smiling again. "I apologise for my ignorance in this, but.. I only know we are to get married, nothing more. May I have your name?" Karma clenches his jaw. "I'm not STUPID, either.".. is what he wanted to say. He did not. He simply stayed silent, nodding slowly. Kye says nothing, keeping his eyes away. Max sighs shakily, nuzzling Karma's shoulder softly. "Hey.. He's 14.. Being a teenager sucks.. We'll get him healthy again and we'll help him build his self-confidence.. I still don't have very good self-confidence and I'm almost 30.." he kisses his cheek softly. "Let's just help him get comfortable with himself.. He's eating now, which is good.. Please, baby.. I really want him to be happy.. He just needs our help.." he looks at him with a pleading look, it clear he was trying his hardest to be a good parent. Jake sighs shakily, helping him lay down once he had finished eating. "Mm.. Do you want anything else, Kye..?" He didn't meet his eyes anymore, just staring off at the wall. Aaron sighs shakily, sitting on the couch with his head in his hands. Nova snuggles up to Vincent's chest. "Mm.." Aaron sees Vincent, sighing shakily, muttering quietly, hoping he'd say yes. "Can I cuddle with you....? I don't have Kayla or Kye here..." he goes back to staring at the ground, it clear he was quite sad at the moment. Josh smiles at her, glad she was able to function without her vision. Carter snuggles up to Athena's leg, still whimpering quietly. Josh looks at the book, trying to see what it was and what it was about. The prince sighs and nods, sitting back down after pulling a chair out for her. "Harry Windsor." Karma lets out a long sigh. "Yeah.. okay..." Kye shakes his head. Vincenr raises an eyebrow, looking surprised. "Ah- What?" There was no title or anything on the book, and when opened, the writing was in Demonian. Kayla sits in the chair he pulled for her, sweeping the length of her dress to the side. "Kayla Afton." She returns, noting his name in her mind. Aaron sighs shakily, glancing at him, his voice breaking slightly. "P-Please...?" It was clear he was struggling greatly to keep himself together, already missing Kayla tremendously. Josh sighs, starting to read it to them. Max nuzzles him softly, letting out a long sigh. "U-Um.. Jaidan uh.. He told me about when you um.. Weren't eating and stuff.. And.. I know you probably looked similar or worse than he does now, but.. What made you feel better when you were getting better..?" Harry nods, gesturing for everyone that was in the room to leave, and they do. He sighs. "You're very beautiful, Kayla." He sits back in his chair, letting out a long sigh. "Hm.." he seemed to just be observing her. Jake nods, setting the plate on the bedside table and covering Emma and Kye with the blanket, getting them comfortable and just sitting next to them. Gerald sighs, glancing at Jake, looking to Kye. "Are you having any pain or anything anywhere?" Vincent grumbles, letting out a long sigh, and going over, sitting next to him on the couch. Athena listens intently. Karma looks away. "Nothing." Kayla looked appreciative. "Thank you. You're quite handsome, as well." Kye just stares for quite some time, before looking back to the floor and raising his arm and hand very slowly and gently to graze against his head. Gerald let's out a long sigh, nodding. "Alright. I can give you a bit more of some of the pain meds if you think you need it." Emma seemed happier now as she just laid between Kye's legs silently, clearly missing her magic to keep her warm but just settling for being snuggled up in the blanket. Aaron sniffles, moving as close as he could to him, laying down and resting his head in his lap, clearly just needing the comfort, his bottom lip quivering a bit. Nova had seen Aaron's state and looks up at Vincent, pointing at Aaron. "..Nova can help him...?" Harry smiles at her, nodding a bit. "Thank you." He sighs, running his fingers through his hair, chuckling a bit and sitting up. "As a royal, I'm sure you know how tiring it is trying to impress everyone, yeah? My father has tried to get me to marry several women but none of them are as beautiful and kind as you." Max sighs shakily, moving into his lap and kissing his lips softly, nuzzling him. "Mmf.. I'm sorry for asking, sweetheart.. I just.. I want to try to help Anthony the best I can.. I.. I have no idea how to parent a child.." Kye nods slowly. Vincent nods to her. Kayla smiles a little more. "I see.. it's been quite the opposite for me. My father's either killed or scared away every man I've ever been interested in." She deliberately didn't mention Aaron. He didn't need to be spoken about. Karma laughs flatly. "Neither do I." Gerald nods, grabbing the backpack he had with all of Kye's meds and everything, pulling out a pill bottle and grabbing a pill out of it, also grabbing a bottle of water and moving over to him. "I'll help you. Just open your mouth and I'll get it in for you. All you gotta do is swallow." Nova smiles a bit, moving out of Vincent's arms and to lay on Vincent's thigh opposite of where Aaron's head was. She carefully puts her hands on his head, sending a cool, relaxing feeling throughout his body. Aaron looked a bit confused, glancing at Nova and then up at Vincent, but it was clear it was helping. "What's she d-doing...?" Nova looks up at Vincent for approval, it clear this was something she needed from him. Harry makes a sound of understanding. "Ah. Makes sense though. You are a beautiful woman." He chuckles a bit. "Royalty life is so annoying sometimes though. Like. When I was younger and stuff I used to have friends that I played with and whatnot and now I'm just stuck in the castle or doing something boring. I want to fight along side my kingdom. My father's going to pass soon and I literally have never had a moment in my life where I could get drunk and hang around with my friends, not having a care in the world other than having fun." He lets out a long sigh. "But I assume being a princess is probably much different than being a prince.." His eyes were filled with confidence and passion. Max let's out a long sigh, nuzzling him gently. "Mm.. How about we help him set up his room first.. And then afterwards, depending on what he wants to do, we can either cuddle and watch a movie or we can play a game.. We'll see how Anthony feels, alright..? Let's go talk to him.." Kye opens his mouth, as instructed. Vincent nods to Nova. "You're doing good." He looks to Aaron. "Just relax." Kayla laughs lightly. "I'd say the difference lies more in our species. However.. I may be more free on the notes you've addressed, but.. women are um... less important. In demon culture. So.. [other] issues arise.." Karma nods. "Alright.." Harry smiles a bit at her. "Well, I appreciate women a lot. They're strong and compassionate. That one thing I hate my father the most for. He thinks women are just creatures that were designed to cook and clean. I, on the hand, believe that women and men are equal and should be treated equally." Gerald carefully places the pill in his mouth, helping him take a sip of the water as well. "Swallow." Nova giggles happily, this clearly all she needed from him. Aaron sighs shakily, nodding and but and snuggling up to his leg, murmuring. "..I miss her already.." Max nods, getting up and grabbing his hand, intertwining their fingers and heading to Anthony's room. Anthony had seemingly locked his door. Max sighs, knocking on it. "Hey, bud. It's just me and your father. Can we talk?" After several long minutes, Anthony opens his door slightly, his Hood shadowing his face as he stared at the ground. "I'm just laying down." He glances back at his bed, seemingly using his magic to turn something off, looking back towards the floor in front of him. Kayla smiles graciously. "That's lovely to hear.." Kye swallows it. Vincent sighs. "You'll be fine without her." Karma made a slight face, not knowing if he should say what he was thinking, looking to Max for his thoughts. Aaron sniffles. "I-I know, B-But.. I still miss h-her.." Harry smiles more. "Mmhm.." he sighs. "Once we get out of here and back to the castle, you'll meet my father and two brothers." He pauses for a moment, thinking deeply for a moment and letting out a long sigh. "The older of the two of my brothers is trans. And despite the fact that my father absolutely hates him for it, I love him to death and would do anything for him. So, I'm asking nicely. Please respect his pronouns, name, gender identity, and everything else. He's open about it and everything but gets upset with my father and stuff as he just constantly tells him he's a female." Gerald sighs, moving away and nodding. "That should help. You should all get some rest." He glances at Jake. "You too." Jake quickly shakes his head. "No. I'm fine." Max nods to him. Anthony just stands there, his door barely open, him just leaning against the doorframe. Vincent nods. "Mm.." Kayla nods. "Of course, that won't be a problem." Kye grabs Jake's arm firmly, glaring fiercely at him. Karma sighs. "From now on, please don't lock the door. I understand you're upset, but it needs to stay open, okay? For your safety." Aaron starts to fall asleep with his head in Vincent's lap, Nova rubbing his head softly and keeping him calm and relaxed.          Jake frowns deeply. "Mmf.. I'm not sleeping until you're better, Kye.." Anthony glares at him a bit. "What's wrong with locking the door? Give me at least one good reason." Harry smiles at this. "Thank you, Kayla." He sighs, standing up and helping her out of the chair, looking a bit annoyed. "Ready to go face the press? You don't have to say anything, I normally don't. Just say no comment or push them away and stuff. The guards will keep most of them away." Vincent watches him closely. Kye growls quietly, as that was all he could muster. Karma huffs. "What if there was a fire and we couldn't get to you?! What if someone broke in?! Even those few moments it might take to break that lock could be the difference between life and death." Kayla laughs awkwardly, and nodding, though she mentally rolled her eyes. She obviously already knew this, she was a public figure for more reasons than being royalty. However, she said or showed nothing of this, simply getting up as well. Harry sighs, pulling out his phone and texting someone quickly, smiling as he got a response immediately and putting his phone away, putting a hand on her back and heading out, just walking past all the press, his eyes squinting from the cameras and it was clear he hated it, just muttering "no comment" several times and shoving people away, heading towards a black limo. Anthony frowns deeply. "..M-Mmf..." He stares at the ground, muttering. "..Fine.. But, just.. Knock, okay? Don't just walk in, please." Max let's out a long sigh, figuring it would be better for karma to talk, just observing for future days. Aaron falls asleep, one of his hands gripping onto Vincent's pants, snuggled up close to him. Nova giggles a bit, looking up at Vincent as she removed her hands from his head. "I help..!" Jake frowns deeper. "Mmf.. Will you be happy if I sleep with you...?" Kayla did not mind it at all, keeping a smile on her face as she walked through, trying to stay close to Harry. She didn't answer any questions, though she seemed calm still, and she was. That is.. until she heard a certain question. A reporter had shoved a microphone in front of Harry and asked, "How does it feel to be getting married to the Heartbreak Killer?" Kayla's smile dropped upon hearing this, but she keeps it from being shown. Karma nods. "Of course.." Kye nods firmly. Vincent nods. "Mmhm." Harry growls loudly at this reporter, shoving them harshly. "AYE! DON'T TALK ABOUT HER LIKE THAT!" This clearly upset him and the guards quickly stepped in. Harry huffs, walking quicker towards the limo, keeping His arm around Kayla's waist, getting them both in quickly, clearly upset from that lady question. He pulls out his phone again, grumbling to himself and pulling up a group labeled, "💙Baby Bro's💙", typing, "Hey, we're on our way. Please dress at least semi-decent, Leroy. And Atticus, hun. She's really nice and she already knows and everything so don't worry about that. She's not like father." A contact labeled, "💩Turd💩" responds first, "Alright, alright. I'll put on jeans and t-shirt, stupid." A contact labeled, simply, "🏳️‍🌈Atticus🏳️‍🌈", responds next with, "Thank you, Harry. We'll be ready when you get here." Harry let's out a long sigh, shutting off his phone, still clearly upset about the question but trying to get over it. Anthony sighs, opening his door more and going back over to his bed, having connected his PS4 up to the tv and that was what he had turned off. He sits on his bed, glancing at karma. "At some point, for like a birthday or something, could I get a laptop?" Nova nuzzles Vincent's stomach softly, looking extremely proud of herself. "I like helps.. It means I get special loves from daddy..!!" She giggles. Kayla sighs shakily, a bit nervous from this, frowning deeply now that they were in the limo. She sees what he was doing and keeps her eyes off of it, not wanting to be rude. Karma nods. "Sure. Oh! Yea, um.. when [is] your birthday?" Vincent chuckles. Harry sighs, wrapping his arm around Kayla, just trying to ignore what the reporter had said. He pulls up a picture of a teenage boy with green eyes and messy brown hair playing video games. "This is Leroy." He swipes to another photo. "And this is Atticus." This photo was of a younger twenties male that had some feminine features but overall seemed masculine. The man seemed to be playing video games as well. Harry chuckles a bit. "They both LOVE video games." Anthony frowns a bit. "I didn't mean this year.." he stares at the floor, his voice getting quieter. "It's today.. I don't normally celebrate it so I didn't actually think about it or anything.." Max wasn't really paying attention to their conversation as he was taking very thing out of the bags. Nova giggles happily, climbing into his arms and nuzzling his chest. "Nova loves special loves from daddy..!!" She kept her voice quiet, not wanting to wake up Aaron. Kayla lets out a long sigh, just smiling a little. "My brothers do too." She chuckles. Karma's smile completely fades, and he looks like he felt horrible, and sick. Vincenr smiles calmly at her. Anthony notices this and quickly tries to fix the situation, sighing shakily. "I honestly didn't remember until just now.. I didn't really think it mattered so I didn't bother to think about it.. Please don't feel bad.." Nova nuzzles him softly. "Daddy wanna sleepies again..??" Harry smiles back. "Cool.." They arrive at the castle within a few minutes, a man letting them out of the limo. Harry let's out a long sigh. "I'll let you meet my brothers first. They're much more welcoming. Let's go." He shoves his phone in his pocket, grabbing her hand and intertwining their fingers, walking into the castle, immediately being met with the older male jumping onto Harry. "Harry!" Harry stumbles back, letting go of Kayla's hand and grunting and coughing a bit, setting him down after hugging him. "Dude. I would've brought her to see you. You don't gotta pounce on me." He brushes himself off. Atticus smiles and shrugs, glancing at Kayla and waving. "Hey!" Leroy wasn't anywhere to be seen at the moment. Karma only frowns deeper. This didn't seem to help. For whatever reason, he seemed extremely effected by this. He seemed to be struggling to stay there. Vincent nods. "That would be lovely.." Kayla smiles a little, staying very professional. "Hello." Atticus chuckles a bit. "You don't have to be super professional or whatever when it's just us. We don't really care." Atticus kisses Atticus' forehead softly. "I'm gunna go find Leroy. Get her some tea, please and bring her to my room." He walks off and up a staircase, letting out a long sigh. Atticus seemed excited for her to be there. "Want some tea?" Nova giggles, nodding and snuggling up in his arms. "Don't drop me though..!" She holds her hands against his chest, filling him with a relaxed, sleepy feeling, making it quite strong, knowing he needed this. Anthony sighs shakily, getting up and going over to him, hugging him and looking up at him. "It doesn't matter whether or not we celebrate my birthday. I literally haven't celebrated it since my 10th birthday. I spent my 11th and 12th in the hospital and my 13th and 14th alone." Kayla sighs. She wasn't going to do that. It was safer this way.  She nods to this. "I would like that, yes. Thank you." Vincent lets out a long sigh, tilting his head back and closing his eyes.   A shock runs through Karma, for whatever reason this igniting past memories, and his legs go weak. He shifts out of Anthony's grip, trying to stable himself, but before he could his eyes role back into his skull and he faints. Anthony's eyes widen and he quickly catches him enough to the point where he wouldn't hit his head, quickly laying him down. Max had seen him faint and bolts over, scooping him up into his arms. "What the hell happened?!" Anthony looked confused and frowns deeply. "W-We were just t-talking and H-H-He fainted?!" Max looked upset, quickly laying him on Anthony's bed, sitting next to him and rubbing his head softly, looking extremely concerned, Anthony looking awful as he felt it was his fault even though he had no idea what caused it. Nova keeps doing what she was doing, smiling happily and whispering. "You have to sing for me later though.." Atticus giggles, grabbing her hand and pulling her towards the kitchen, making her a cup of tea quickly, brushing his hair out of his face with his fingers and leading her up the same staircase Harry went up. "Harry told me to take you to his room. I hope he cleaned it. It was a disaster." Harry was in the process of trying to get Leroy off his video games to come meet Kayla. Karma's breathing was hitched, shaky, and staggered. Vincent smiles a little. "I will.." Kayla nods silently, going up the staircase slowly and carefully, as she had to be gentle with her heels. Atticus goes into a bedroom, the room actually being quite clean, having a queen sized bed, a tv, a game console, a laptop on the bedside table, along with a pair of headphones on top of the laptop, as well as some other things scattered around. Atticus sighs, going over to the bed and plopping down, looking to her. "You're very very pretty.." he lays back on the bed, staring up at the ceiling. "I have to wear a DRESS tonight for dinner.." he looked upset and angry with this. "Father makes me dress feminine when I go out or am doing something public, or even just with him. Harry says that once he's king he'll make sure I can do whatever I want and not have to worry about that." Nova giggles, continuing what she was doing. "Cool..! Night night.." she snuggles up closer, just watching him. Max sighs shakily, just rubbing his head softly, leaning down and kissing his lips gently. "I'm right here, sweetheart.." Kayla sighs, sitting gently on the bed. "That is a rather unfortunate situation.. I'm glad it's only temporary." Vincent quickly falls asleep. Karma groans quietly, looking distressed.
Atticus smiles at her, clearly taking a liking to her. Harry walks into the room, dragging Leroy in with him. Leroy sees Kayla and freezes, laughing nervously and muttering to Harry. "How'd you get one so pretty..?" Harry glares harshly at him, shoving him onto his bed. "Shut. Up." Leroy laughs, sitting up and looking Kayla up and down, clearly checking her out. Atticus giggles. "Shut up, Leo." Harry goes over to the bed, sitting next to Kayla, sighing. "Sorry for him. He's 15 and quite stupid." Nova smiles, staying awake and just playing quietly with Vincent's hair. Max sighs shakily, pulling him into his lap, running his fingers through his hair. "Hey.. I'm right here, sweetheart.. I'm right here.. Don't worry.. Calm down.." Kayla chuckles lightly. "It's alright, I really don't mind.." Karma was shaking a little. Harry smiles a bit at her. "Thanks.." Atticus moves over to them, cuddling up to Harry's shoulder, smiling a bit. "I like her! She's pretty AND she's super nice!! None of the ones father has chosen before have been anywhere near as cool and sweet as you!" He smiles brightly at Kayla. Harry wraps his arm around Atticus, nuzzling him. "Mmhm. I'm sure she can help you with the dress as well. You only have to wear it for a few hours." Atticus let's out a long sigh, looking to Kayla. "I've got the dress in my closet.. It's got a bunch of like weird things that I can't get on myself.. Could you um.. Help me with it..?" Max just holds him close and continues to rub his head. Anthony comes over, looking sad and guilty. He rests a hand on top of karma's hand, squeezing it weakly. "M-Mmf.. I love you, dad.. I-I.. I truly didn't mean to upset you.." Kayla nods. "Of course." She smiles lightly. Mentally, she was quite annoyed they had referred to her as their father's pick, as she was almost certain it was her own Father's idea, and the only reason for this transaction was to use the country for Hell's gain. Karma sighs shakily, the shaking lessening. Atticus smiles back. "Thank you.." Harry sighs, standing up, looking to Leroy first. "Go get a suit on, leo. Do your hair and whatnot as well, please." Leroy  giggles. "Whatever you say." He gets up and leaves. He looks to Kayla. "Do you want to need to do anything or anything?" Max sighs shakily, nuzzling him and holding him close. Anthony sighs shakily, laying his head against Max's shoulder, clearly upset about upsetting karma. Kayla shakes her head. Karma seemed to be trying to get back awake almost, but struggling. Max let's out a long sigh, looking to Anthony. "Can you please get your father something to drink?" Anthony nods rapidly, quickly getting up and stumbling out, coming back a few minutes later with a glass of apple juice, handing it to Max. Max sighs, sitting karma up in his arms and nuzzling him, holding the glass up to his mouth. "Here, sweetheart.." Harry nods. "Alright." He looks to Atticus. "You can take her to your room, hun. Just remember, it's only for a few hours. Don't freak out, okay?" Atticus nods a bit, standing up and sighing shakily. He carefully grabs Kayla's hand, heading out and to another bedroom close by. Atticus takes her in and points to his closet, muttering. "..It's in there.." he looked extremely uncomfortable, tears in his eyes. Karma drinks it graciously. Kayla nods, giving him a sympathetic look and then going to the closet, and opening it. Max smiles a bit. "Good.. Can you tell me what happened..?" Anthony sighs shakily, just watching. There was a very elegant, beautiful black dress in the closet. Atticus closes his eyes tightly for a moment, sighing shakily. He opens his eyes after several moments and turns around, stripping off his clothes and very very hesitantly changing his undergarments, absolutely hating this already. He wraps his arms around his chest, tears running down his cheeks silently. Karma groans quietly, coughing a little weakly. "M-Mmf.. n-no..." Kayla lets out a long sigh, taking the dress from the closet and helping him into it. "Don't think of it as a dress.. it's just a piece of clothing, and it's not forever.. okay..? Don't let it worry you.. it'll be okay.." Atticus just continues to cry. "M-M-Mmf.. I-I hate it.. It's uncomfortable And-And ugly.." He stares at himself in the mirror, looking disgusted. Max sighs shakily. "Okay.." Anthony sniffles. "M-Mmf.. I'm sorry for making you upset, dad...." Kayla shakes her head. "Don't look at it like that. Don't think about it like something a girl would wear. Plus, if you still simply cannot get rid of that mindset, just keep reminding yourself that you don't have to deal with it for long. And um.. it's like Halloween! You're dressing up. That doesn't mean this is you, it's just a costume." Karma's eyes flicker open, and he looks away, sad. Atticus sniffles. "M-M-Mmf.. O-Okay.. Y-Yeah.." he sighs shakily, hugging Kayla tightly and muttering. "Th-Thank you.." he looked a bit more comfortable now, glancing at a pair of black heels in the closet and frowning more but reminding himself it was just a costume. Anthony sighs shakily, glancing at Max. "Can I talk to Dad alone for a few minutes..?" Max sighs and nods, getting up and leaving the room. Anthony lays next to karma, snuggling up to him. "Is.. Is the birthday thing.. is Th-That the reason you got u-upset...?" Kayla nods to him, noticing the heels and sighing, going and grabbing them once she finished with the dress, putting them in front of him. "Nobody likes wearing heels. That's just a fact." Karma nods silently. Kayla holds him close as much she could, sensing his struggle as they walked there. Karma lets out a long sigh. "I don't want you to think different about me.." Anthony shakes his head vigorously. "N-No! I'd never do that.. I love y-you.." Atticus walks up to a big door, letting out a long sigh, glancing at Kayla. He lets go of her hand, hanging his head downwards as he opened the door and walked in, not daring to look up at anyone. The king was sat at the head of the table, waiting patiently and smiling when he saw them. Leroy was sitting next to the king, Harry sitting across from Leroy, also next to the king. Harry sees them and gestures for Kayla to sit next to him, Atticus quickly going over to sit next to Leroy, tears coming to his eyes again as he just stares downwards. Leroy sighs, moving his hand to Atticus' knee and rubbing it softly, looking at him symphatheticely. The king licks Leroy under the table for doing this, glaring at Atticus. Karma keeps his eyes away. "Mmf.. Still..." Kayla purses her lips for a moment seeing the King's glare, but doesn't let it show. Before she sat, she curtsies to the King, murmuring a soft, "Your highness.." and then sitting, next to Harry, where he had gestured, gracefully moving the trail of her skirt to slink around the chair, and sat straight, with a perfect posture, her hands in her lap. Anthony sighs shakily, nuzzling his shoulder softly. "P-Please, tell me.." The king smiles at her. "Hello, Princess Kayla." He gestures to Harry. "How has my eldest son been treating you?" Harry sat straight as well, but was staring off at a wall. Atticus had tears running down his cheeks but kept his head down so they were mostly hidden, just wiping them away when necessary. Leroy was watching Atticus, clear hatred in his eyes towards their father for making him suffer through this. Kayla smiles softly. "Very well. He has been very welcoming, and kind." She keeps her eyes on the King. Karma lets out a long sigh. "It's just.. it horrified me to know you hadn't been able to experience that.." Anthony sighs shakily. "M-Mmf.. W-Well.. I don't.. I don't h-have parents, S-So.. I didn't have anyone to c-celebrate with.." The king nods approvingly. "I'm glad. Make sure to let me know if he does something you see as inappropriate." Harry glances at the king, rolling his eyes a bit at him and glancing over to Atticus and Leroy, knowing Atticus didn't even normally eat until the middle of the night for dinner so he didn't have to eat with them, feeling extremely bad. He texts him under the table discreetly. "Hey.. I know it sucks but it'll be over soon. It's just for now and then we can lay down and play video games or something, alright? Just relax and stay calm. If it gets too bad just say you feel sick or something." Atticus looks at his phone as his head was already down, glancing up at him and then at Leroy, sniffling and wiping his face, looking at his father, waiting for him and Kayla to finish talking and start eating, not wanting to be rude to Kayla. Kayla nods calmly. "Of course. Though, I'm sure he won't." She smiles lightly. Karma frowns more. "That makes it worse.."

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