Zul was awake, barely. His eyes were barely open, and he stayed laying there weakly. Aziende comes back a little bit later with the bandages.Levi quickly goes to him, scooping him up into his arms and holding him closely. "Hey.. I'm here now.. It's okay.." he kisses his lips softly. "Can you talk..?" Jaidan sighs shakily, looking extremely upset. "Please, Henry.. I'm trying my best.. I want us to be friends.. You're super cool and I want to learn stuff from you.." It was clear he genuinely meant this. Jake sighs shakily, carefully taking Max's shit off of him and unwrapping his arm, glancing at Aziende. "Mmf.." Zul wines, squirming and shaking his head. Henry shakes his head. "I'm sorry, I just can't feel comfortable in this house.." Aziende hands him the bandages. Levi sighs, nuzzling him and sitting on the floor, grabbing a blanket and wrapping Zul in it. "It's okay, buddy.. I'm gunna make sure you stay super safe!" He smiles a little. Jaidan frowns deeper. "M-M-Mmf.. Wh-What if we went to another house..? M-Ny boyfriend has a house near H-Here that doesn't look anything like here.. W-We could hang out there..? ..Please...?" Jake takes them, carefully wrapping Max's arm and his ribs, sniffling. "M-Mmf.. Does that feel any better..?" Max sighs shakily, shrugging weakly. "..H-He's gone.." Jake nods a bit. "I know.. K-Kye will be back soon.. H-He'll make sure everything is okay.." Max nods a bit, sniffling, just closing his eyes. Jake looks to Aziende. "Mmf.. Can you unhook me from all this crap and take us back to karma's..?" Zul whimpers a little. Henry still seemed uncomfortable. "Why do you wanna be friends with me so much...? It's kind of creepy.." Aziende yawns. "No." Zul whimpers a little. Henry still seemed uncomfortable. "Why do you wanna be friends with me so much...? It's kind of creepy.." Aziende yawns. "No." Jake growls. "NOW. OR LEAVE." Levi sighs shakily, nuzzling him softly. "Do you have any pain anywhere..?" Jaidan goes Completely silent, staring at him with his mouth parted open slightly. It was clear this had hurt him deeply. He murmurs quietly. "...you think I'm creepy..?" Aziende sighs. "Whatever." They unhook him from everything. Zul nods vigorously. Henry frowns deeply. "No, no, that's not... Mmf, that's not what I meant... I'm just.... I don't know what to expect with your family... it makes me really nervous..." Jake huffs a bit, grabbing his clothes and getting then on, moving himself into his wheelchair. He then grabs Max, holding him carefully in his lap, keeping his ribs warm. Max groans quietly, resting his head on his shoulder. Jake glares harshly at Aziende. "As soon as Kye's back, you're gone." Levi sighs shakily, nodding a bit and kissing his forehead softly. "Where does it hurt..? Can you point to it..?" Jaidan sighs shakily, struggling to keep himself together. "M-Mmf.. Xavier's a h-human like you.. He's the guy who W-Was in here.." he gulps, running his fingers through his hair, trying to stay calm. "H-He's super nice And-And he's not like m-my family.. Y-You'll like him.. I p-promise.." Aziende chuckles. "You already said that." Zul shakes his head, squeezing his whole body. Henry gulps. "Okay.." Jake huffs, clearly frustrated. "Just take us to karma's!!" Levi makes a sound of understanding. "Oh.. We could take a warmish bath if you want.. And then I could get you a fish.." Jaidan smiles a bit weakly, pulling out his phone. "If you want you could bring the arm or we can just leave it here.. Oh and um.. I know you won't fit in my clothes but you'll fit in Xavier's if you wanna change.." He texts Xavier, grabbing a hoodie and putting it on, putting the hood up. Aziende rolls their eyes and puts a hand on them both, taking them there. Zul nods a little. Henry nods. "Mm.."Levi smiles a little and nods back, taking him to the bathroom. He turns on the water to fill up the tub at a temperature that was comfortable for both of them. He carefully undresses him, setting him in the tub, hesitant with himself but just sighing and undressing as well, getting in. He moves Zul into his lap to make sure he was comfortable. "Can you change to your merman form or are you in too much pain..?" Jaidan nods back, grabbing his hand. "Are you okay with me teleporting us or do you want to drive there? Either is fine with me." Jake sighs shakily, wheeling to karma's room and going in. He goes over to the bed where karma normally slept, laying Max there. He then grabs one of karma's shirts and spraying karma's cologne in it. He brings it to Max, laying it over him, smiling weakly at him. "I put his cologne on it.. I know it isn't the same but.. I've been doing it with Kye's hoodie.. It's comforting for me so maybe it'll help you.." Max coughs a bit, smiling the best he could, but his face was filled with pain. He moves the shirt closer to his face so he could smell it better, holding it tightly. Jake glances at Aziende. "Mmf.." he gets in the bed himself, grabbing Kye's hoodie off his wheelchair as he had taken it off, holding it tightly. He sighs shakily. "Take off your gas mask and lay with us.." Zul gulps, trying, and eventually manages, though it seemed pained. Henry bites his lip. "Drive.." Aziende sighs, ignoring him and looking to Max. "Hand me the gem for a moment." Max glares harshly at him, gripping onto it tightly and murmuring. "..N-No.." Levi rubs his head softly, running his hand down the scales on his tail. "Don't hurt yourself.. But your scales are very very pretty just like always!" He giggles a little, trying to cheer him up. Jaidan nods. "Okay! Um.." he searches threw a drawer, finding a set of keys eventually. He grabs Henry's hand and heads out to the car he had keys for, getting in first and quickly picking up several joints, shoving them in his pockets, glancing at Henry nervously, hoping he didn't think of him badly because of this. Max glares harshly at him, gripping onto it tightly and murmuring. "..N-No.." Levi rubs his head softly, running his hand down the scales on his tail. "Don't hurt yourself.. But your scales are very very pretty just like always!" He giggles a little, trying to cheer him up. Jaidan nods. "Okay! Um.." he searches threw a drawer, finding a set of keys eventually. He grabs Henry's hand and heads out to the car he had keys for, getting in first and quickly picking up several joints, shoving them in his pockets, glancing at Henry nervously, hoping he didn't think of him badly because of this. "It helps calm me down.." Aziende purses their lips, taking off the gas mask and putting it down. "It's damaged. I can fix it." Zul still looked nervous. "Mm.. thanks..." Henry hadn't seemed to notice, just staring down nervously. Jaidan sighs shakily, noticing this and starting the car, begining to drive. He reaches a hand over to him and lays it on his hand, clearly trying his best to be comforting. "Um.. I know I'm not the best at comforting people.. But.. If you tell me what'll make you feel better I can try to do it.. Xavier's a singer, actor, and um.. Another thing but.. Yeah.. He could sing for you.." he kept his eyes on the road, only glancing over for split seconds. Max huffs a bit weakly. "Y-You killed M-My world.. M-My everything.." Jake was staring at a photo of Kye and him on his phone, it being his home screen, him Completely zoned out as he stared at it. Levi sighs shakily. "I can make it a little bit warmer if you want that.. It won't hurt me.." it was clear to Zul that he had been hiding his ribs from him, it clear he was hiding how skinny he still was, not wanting him to worry. Henry stares at their hands. "Mm..." he says nothing more. Aziende makes a face. "He's not dead, he's the gem." Zul sighs, and nods.Jaidan let's out a long sigh, squeezing his hand gently. "I really want to make you happy, Henry.. I've never been able to do that for anyone.. I couldn't ever even make Levi happy.. I want to try to make you happy.. I'm willing to do anything.. I just need you to let me.." Max huffs. "Th-Then bring him b-back..!!" Levi nuzzles him, filling the tub up a bit more so that the water was warmer. He lays back against the back of the tub, keeping him on top of him so he still couldn't see his ribs, just Zul could feel them on his back and arms. "I love you, Zul.." he looked like he was suddenly about to cry, his breathing getting much slower. Henry's eyes soften. "Jaidan... All I want right now is to live... just.... [live]..." Aziende grumbles. "Give me the gem." Zul looks very confused. "Levi...?" Tears start to drip from Levi's eyes, his bottom lip quivering. He pulls Zul into a tight hug, flipping him over so they could hug properly, it clear he was quite upset. "I don't ever want to hurt you, Zul.. You're my bestest friend in the entire world.. I can't function without you.. B-But.. I think everything's getting worse.. I can't function without stealing stuff from Jaidan's room to help me.. I-I don't want to lose myself and hurt you.. What if I can't come back from it..? What if I stay in a crazy state forever..? What if Agent indigo isn't here to hold me back..?The only person that has the heart to kill me is Agent indigo.. What happens if I hurt you..? What if.. I kill you..?" His voice broke at the last part. He was staring into Zul's eyes as tears continued to drip from his own. Max sighs shakily, holding it out to them. "M-Mmf.." Jaidan sighs shakily, pulling into a driveway of a big house. "Mmf.. I just.. I want to make you happy.. And um.. I can't even get myself to be like that.. That.. That's why I'm struggling to know what makes you happy..." Zul frowns deeply. "W-What..?" He sounded terrified. Aziende quickly takes it, and conceals it in their hands. Henry sighs. "Don't worry about it.." Levi sighs shakily, reaching over to his clothes and pulling out a bottle of pills. "Don't you remember my overdose..? I'm still taking things, Z-Zul.. I never stopped.. I'm afraid to stop.. I'm paranoid 24/7.. My vision is filled with all my creatures all the time.. I can't sleep properly because of nightmares.. L-Look at my stomach and ribs.. I just ate a ton but that's the first thing I've eaten in over a week.. I-I'm scared.." his voice was quivering as he held onto him tightly. Max stares at them. "M-M-Mmf.. B-Bring him back.." Jaidan sighs shakily, getting out of the car and going to Henry's side, opening the door for him, not making eye contact with him, but it was clear now he had been crying silently, just having been wiping the tears before he could see them. Zul bites his lip hard, his ears flattening against his head, and he whimpers, pressing himself against the bathtub wall. He was scaring him. Badly. After a while, Aziende uncovers the gem. It wasn't broken anymore. Too, it was now glowing red, and pulsating from the inside. He hands it back. Henry sighs, getting out. Jaidan grabs his hand, squeezing it tightly, clearly doing this for his own comfort. He knocks on the door. Xavier answers quickly, seeing Jaidan like this and frowning a bit, and quickly pulling him into a hug. "Hey.." Jaidan squirms away, gesturing to Henry, taking a deep breath. "That's Henry. And I'm fine. Just. Paranoid." He quickly heads in with Henry. Xavier let's out a long sigh, smiling at Henry and holding his hand out to him for him to shake as Jaidan let go of his hand. "Pleasure to meet you." Levi realizes this and quickly gets up, grabbing his own towel and getting out, wrapping himself in it. He looks away from him, sitting against the wall and hiding his face in his knees, whimpering quietly to himself, wishing Vincent was with him to hold him, hoping maybe he'd walk by the bathroom and hear him, knowing it was unlikely, but still hoping. Max holds it tightly, staring at it. "Y-You didn't bring him b-back.." Henry shakes his hand. "You too.." Zul sighs shakily, sinking into the water. Aziende scoffs. "I made it so he [can] come back. You have to incubate it." Levi uses his magic to bring his phone to him from Jaidan's room, sighing shakily and texting Vincent. "Can you come to the bathroom in daddy's room? Please? And try to hurry. And only bring you. Don't bring Nova." He sets his phone down, staring down at it as he shook. Max looked confused. "Wh-Wh.." he sighs shakily. "S-So keep it w-warm..? H-How long..?" Xavier smiles more, looking to Jaidan. "What're we doing?" Jaidan sniffles, wiping his face. "Um.." he looks to Henry. "Wha'do you wanna do..? Anything specific..?" Aziende shrugs. "You gotta raise him. Vincent sees this, still upset, and sighs shakily, texting back, "Yeah." Henry shrugs. "Mm... I... don't know...
Mm... music..?"Levi looked relieved, texting back. "Thank you." Nova had been trying to comfort Vincent, rubbing his chest softly with her hand, but having fallen asleep like this, drooling a bit on his arm. Xavier looks excited. Jaidan glances at Xavier, smiling a little. "Do you know how to sing?" Max looks extremely confused. "What.. Wha'do you mean...?"
Vincent sighs and heads to Addison's room to drop Nova off, going in. Henry furrows his brow. "No..?" Aziende chuckles. "Have you never even like, researched Reapers?" Addison had just gotten out of the shower, and a towel was wrapped under her arms. She was brushing her hair out in the mirror, not seeming to have heard Vincent come in and just continued brushing it. The lights in the room were dimmed slightly and the reflection off her skin made her look even more beautiful than she normally did. Jaidan nods. "That's fine. What genre of music do you like?" Xavier has started to lead them to his bedroom. Max frowns a bit. "..No.." Vincent's eyes glisten, and he smirks a little. "Mm~," He lets out, carefully placing Nova on the bed, and going over to her, putting his hands on her waist, and his chin on her shoulder as he watched her in the mirror. "Hey." Henry thinks. "Uh... I'm not.. sure..." Aziende sighs. "I suggest you do that."
Jaidan giggles, going into Xavier's room and sitting on the bed, Xavier sitting as well. "What did you listen to before?" Max huffs a bit. "Mmf.. Why can't you just tell me..?" Addison looks at him in the mirror, smiling a bit at him. "Hey." She lets her towel fall, tilting her head upwards, clearly inviting him in for a kiss, setting her brush down. Henry shifts. "Um... well, just whatever records I had available.." Aziende shakes their head. "Geez, why do you expect me to tell you everything?" Vincent graciously accepts the invitation, leaning down and kissing her gingerly, closing his eyes as he did. With the search, it brought up a wiki page, among other things. Vincent had since forgotten about Levi, getting tougher with the kiss. Henry tilts his head. "Mm...? Okay..." Max clicks on the wiki page. Jaidan nods, looking to Xavier. Xavier quickly grabs a speaker, handing it to him. Jaidan takes it and hooks it up to his phone, just shuffling a playlist. Addison sighs shakily, pulling back from the kiss and pressing her face into his chest, looking happy with him and just staying like that.
The wiki explained things like their status among other demon types, the civil war fought between them and harpies, sub types, and finally, their scythes and gems. It explained their connection to their Scythes, how the scythes grew through the gem with the Reaper, which was coloured accordingly to their type, and how the gem connected to their life force. It explained that the gem is the real reaper, and that everything else was just a shell. Their physical form could be regenerated through progression incubating the gem, and then raising it back to the reaper's former status. It said that generally the gem would go through the whole of the Reaper's life span, regrowing itself, at a rate of about a year of life a day, with the rates differing in royals to be faster, at about 3 years per day. Henry seemed very bewildered. Vincent rubs her back softly, kissing the top of her head. Max frowns deeply. "..I have to wait at least 6 days until I can kiss him...?" Jaidan sighs, pausing the music. "I assume that isn't anything like what you listened to. Alright. Um.." he thinks deeply. He hands him his phone. "Type in the search bar something you used to listen to." Addison looked exhausted after about 10 minutes of just staying like that. She keeps her head on his chest, letting out a quiet noise and looking up at him. "..I love you.." Aziende shakes his head. "Actually, 7. Starts at 0." Henry laughs awkwardly. "Erm... what...?" He looked extremely confused as he examined the phone. Vincent smiles warmly. "I love you too."
Addison sighs, sitting on the floor and leaning against his legs, just looking tired now, nuzzling him softly. Jaidan let's out a long sigh, sitting next to him and pointing to the search bar, showing him the keyboard. "Have you ever seen a mobile phone like at all?" Max groans loudly, just holding the gem closely in his hand to keep it warm. "How long til this gem hatches to a baby then..?" Vincent just rubbed her head as he watched her in silence. Henry laughs awkwardly. "well, [yeah], but... they don't... they aren't supposed to look like this..." Aziende thinks. "Mm, well. Warmer you get it, the quicker the incubation." Max thinks deeply. "Is it harmful to put him in a microwave or an oven..?" Jaidan giggles. "I'm gunna have to teach you how to use a cell phone, aren't I?" He sighs, looking to Xavier. "Do you have an extra phone that I can give him?" Xavier smiles and nods, quickly walking out and coming back with a brand new phone, giving it to Jaidan. Jaidan sighs. "Here's your new phone. I'll set it up for you and then I'll teach you how to use basic features and we'll go from there. First. What is your full name?" Once she felt like it, she stood up again, pulling him into a kiss. After a few moments he pulls back, nuzzling him. "I'll let you go finish doing whatever you were doing." She giggles, picking up her towel. Aziende makes a face. "Uh- Yes!" Vincent thinks for a moment, as he had forgotten, and raises both eyebrows. "Oh- Oh, yes. Heh.. thank you." He heads out. Henry felt awkward about all this. "Um... Henry Matthew Fazbre.." Max huffs. "Sorry, sorry.. Um.. Mmf.. What about Jake's magic..? Is that safe..?" Addison giggles, putting on some clothes and laying in the bed, scooping up Nova and holding her close. Levi had just curled up on the floor, not looking at Zul once as he just cried into his knees, his towel laying over him. He didn't understand why Vincent hadn't come yet and just stayed there crying. Jaidan sets up his phone for him. He also programs his number into his phone as well as Xavier's. "Alright. So. I put my phone number in here and my contact name is just Jaidan. I also put in Xavier's under just his name. We can put in more numbers as we go along. Also, um.. Do you still want to talk to Scott, Michael, and Crystal? I uh.. I haven't texted them from my phone but I have their numbers if you'd like them.." Aziende nods. "[Natural] heat." Vincent raises both eyebrows, having forgotten about it. "Oh- Oh! Yes, um.. right, thank you... heh..." he heads out to Levi, going in and going to him quickly. "Sorry, sorry..." Henry looked mildly surprised. "Um... yeah..!" Levi glances up at him, just clutching onto his towel tightly as he continued to cry, it clear he wasn't okay. Jaidan smiles a little, quickly putting in all three of their numbers with their names. "How old would you be now? It's 2028. I don't know how old you were before, so." Max nods, looking to Jake and nudging him. Jake opens his eyes, looking to him. "What..?" Max sighs shakily. "Apply as much heat with your magic and you can.." he holds the gem out to him. Jake lets out a long sigh, taking it and closing his hand around it, heating it up to an extreme temperature, laying his head back down on the pillow as he did this. Max looks back to Aziende. "How long does he need to do that for..?"
Henry's eyes widen. "Wh-?!" Vincent quickly scoops him up. Aziende shrugs. "Couple hours?" Max let's out a long, shaky sigh. "Mmf.." he looks to Jake, nuzzling him. "Do you think you can do that..? I'll feed you and cuddle you if you can do it for as long as possible.." he smiles weakly. Jake smiles at him. "Yes, I can do it.. And you need to rest.. Your ribs need time to heal.. Make Aziende make something.." Max looks to them. "Can you make us food..? I eat same thing as you guys, so.. And all you gotta do is hear something up, there's fresh stuff in the freezer that I got.." Levi snuggles up to his chest, weakly pointing to Zul. "..Z-Zul.." he cries harder into his chest, not even caring that he wasn't covered Completely by his towel, but he clutched tightly onto his phone. Jaidan sighs shakily. "Just for reference, my father is 66. How many years apart are you?" Aziende scoffs. "I'm not your servant." They make a face as they think about this, if it were actually true. Vincent sighs. "What about him..." Henry gulps, horrified. "I-I... I-Id be 68..." he murmurs.
Max huffs. "Yes, well. My ribs are broken and my arm has nerve damage. So, please? It's the least you can do for.doing this to me and temporarily killing my fiancé." Levi sighs shakily, it clear he was struggling for his words. "..G-Get him out And-And dress h-him.." he was more worried about Zul then he was himself but he looked awful, shaking harshly and crying violently, but still only wanting Zul to be safe, not caring about himself. Jaidan makes a sound of understanding. "Hey, hey, It's okay! You can just say you age really well! You look like you're 40 something! And I'm sure crystal, Michael, and Scott will just be happy to see you. They won't care about that and I don't think anyone else will either. Now um.. Have you ever texted before?" Aziende makes a face. "[I] didn't break your ribs! And he's not [dead]!" Vincent frowns deeply, seeing Zul and turning back to Levi. "He's fine... I'm here to help [you]..." Henry sighs shakily, shaking his head. Max huffs. "Please just make us food. I know you have a crush on Jake. He told me. So do it for him if not for me." Jake looks to Aziende. "Can you make me food..? I uh.. I actually can't really reach the microwave from my wheelchair like on a serious note, so.. I'd have to get on the counter or something in order to do anything.. And um.. Kinda hard, bro.." Jaidan giggles. "That's fine! I can teach you!" He pulls up the keyboard in the notes app. He hands him the phone. "So. It's kinda like a computer keyboard but a little different. Have you ever used a computer keyboard before?" Levi sighs shakily, clutching onto him tightly. "M-Mmf.. I-I cant.." he wines. "E-Everything... ..H-hurts.." he tenses, squirming and just holding onto him as tight as he could. Aziende stares for a while. "Ugh... fine." They head off. Henry looked miserable. "Mmf... no..." Vincent looked concerned. "Levi..."Jaidan nuzzles his shoulder. "Don't get discouraged! I promise you're fine. I don't mind teaching you! It gives me practice with helping others too." He smiles. He points to the keyboard. "I'm sure you know you're alphabet. So just like type a word. Say.. Your name! Type your name with the letter on the keyboard, and to make a space for the space in between the word, click this bar at the bottom." He points to it, showing him everything else on the keyboard as well. Levi was curled up in as tight of a ball as he could get. "M-My tummy and-and.. ..h-head.." he gulps. "..It.. It all h-hurts.. And-And my h-heart.." he gasps for air, looking like he was trying not to die. "..And.. ..lungs.." he cries out, not understanding why this attack was so bad. Jake sighs shakily, just keeping his magic going on the gem, using his other hand to rest on Max's head, rubbing it softly. "You're really brave, Max.. Kye and Karma will both be back soon.. I promise.. And then we'll both be super happy again.." Max smiles a bit, nuzzling his shoulder. "Thank y-you.." Henry sighs. "Okay.. Mmf... how do you do it so small...?" Vincent frowns deeply, and quickly runs him out of the room. Aziende comes back soon with food, giving it to them. Jaidan smiles at him. "I can make the letters bigger and bolder if that'll make it easier for you." Addison was walking out of the bedroom to get some food and sees them, smiling but instantly frowning as she saw Vincent's expression. She bolts over to them, looking confused and putting a hand on Levi's head, rubbing it softly. "What's going on..? Is he okay..?" Levi gulps, shaking harshly and just gripping onto him tightly, gasping for air every few moments. Jake takes it with his free hand, setting it down in between him and Max. Max smiles at Jake, grabbing some for himself. Jake heats up his own a bit more with his magic, eating it as well, smiling at Aziende. "Thanks." Henry nods. "Yeah.." Vincent shakes his head. "No." He seemed extremely worried. Aziende shrugs. "Mm." They pause. "Oh- do you know where Kayla is?" Jake looks confused. "Um.. How do you know her..?" It was clear he did in fact know where she was. Jaidan nods, taking the phone from him and going to settings, putting it on the boldest and biggest setting, putting it back in the notes app and giving it back. "Does that look a little better?" Addison frowns deeper, leaning down and kissing Levi's cheek softly. "What's wrong..?" Levi cries out, clutching onto his stomach tightly. Addison sighs shakily, taking Levi from him. "He needs clothes, Vincent. Go grab him some and I'll watch him." She bounces him gently, clearly trying to be soothing, carefully taking his phone from him. "Shh.." Aziende scoffs. "Um, she's the princess." Henry nods. "Yeah.. thanks..." Vincent nods, and quickly heads off to get them, coming back not too long after with them.Addison sighs, handing him back and taking the clothes from him. She carefully takes the towel off of him and gets his clothes on him, putting his Hood up on him as she knew he was always more comfortable like this. She looks up to Vincent. "What're you gunna do with him..?" Levi seemed to have just gotten worse, gripping back onto Vincent tightly, crying into his chest and wining and whimpering loudly. Addison frowns even deeper. "Do we need to take him to the hospital or..? I don't know what we're supposed to do.." Jaidan smiles and nods back. "Cool. Now, try typing your name." Jake huffs. "And queen of England. She's in England with her two children, the king, and her fiancé that she will marry eventually." Vincent purses his lips. "I think we should.." Henry does so, successfully. Aziende raises an eyebrow. "Mm. I see. Well, I'd rather like to pay her a visit." Jake chuckles. "That's if Aaron will let you get near her. And you better not hurt him because he's Kye's best friend and her fiancé." Jaidan smiles brightly. "Awesome!! Do you wanna try to send Scott or something a text now?" Addison nods, glancing up at Vincent and taking Levi. She lets out a her wings, wrapping them around Levi to try to comfort him, kicking Vincent in the leg in a way to make him turn away from her. "Walk ahead of me and don't look back." Levi seemed to be appreciative of this comfort, just clutching onto her. Aziende laughs, amused. "And why wouldn't he let me near her?" Henry nods. "Sure.." Vincent frowns deeply, just doing so, without questioning it. Jake shrugs. "Cuz he's super overprotective and doesn't really let most people near her without him right there." Addison lets out a long sigh, singing quietly to Levi in a soothing voice, trying to at least calm him a bit. Levi coughs a bit, his wining and whimpering quieting down a bit. It was clear he was still in the same amount of pain but that him calming down had helped a bit. Addison smiles down at him, putting back her wings as they got close, holding Levi out to Vincent and carefully getting him in his arms. "Sing to him.. He likes it.." Levi was staring up at Vincent, his bottom lip quivering as he continued to shake and gasp for air, still struggling to breath, and not having been able to say anything at all. Jaidan nods, starting a convorsation with Scott. "There you go! Now you can say whatever you want and if you want to call him, click this." He points to it. He looked happy that he was able to help him. Aziende clicks their tongue. "Interesting~ this shall be fun, then." Vincent frowns deeply, grumbling, "Addison.." Henry sighs. "Okay.. um... Mm... I feel like to start I should actually talk to him.." Jaidan nods. "Then click the call button and then just hold the phone to your ear and see if he answers." Addison rolls her eyes. "Fine. Let's just get him inside." She goes in and talks to the front desk and they quickly get Levi into a room. After several minutes of the doctor doing things, addison grabs Vincent's hand and pulls him over to the corner of the room with her, pulling him into a kiss and forcing him to face away from Levi's bed. To Vincent, it was clear why she was doing this. Jake huffs. "Don't you dare do anything to him." Henry nods. "Okay.." he clicks the button, and holds it to his ear, waiting. Vincent lets out a short sigh, just gratefully going with this. Aziende snickers. "What're you gonna do about it if I do?" Jake growls at him. "Just because I'm in a wheelchair doesn't mean I can't still hurt you!!" He was clearly quite offended by this. Max was just staring at the gem in Jake's hand. Jaidan sighs, leaning back and laying his head in Xavier's lap. Xavier smiles down at him, running his fingers through Jaidan's hair gently. Jaidan smiles up at him, pulling him down and kissing his lips softly, nuzzling him. "Mm.." Levi had been stabilized but was hooked up to many machines. A few of them being a heart monitor, oxygen tubes, and an IV that had a blanket over it. He was awake and was staring at the wall, tears running down his cheeks silently, it clear he was still in a lot of pain. Addison lets out a long sigh, pulling back from Vincent and looking over towards Levi. "Do you want to go over first..?" Aziende rolls their eyes. "Sorry, Sorry." Scott picks up, "Hello?" Henry speaks, "Um... Hey..." Scott pauses. "Who is this?" Henry laughs awkwardly. "Henry..." Scott pauses again. "What?!" Vincent sighs, and nods. Levi glances at him, coughing a bit weakly and murmuring. "..They won't give me pain meds.. ..They said I'm a demon and that I can take the pain.. ..Can you get me some from them..?" Jaidan was listening closely to Henry's convorsation, the volume up enough so he could hear Scott. Xavier covers Jaidan with a blanket, letting out a long sigh. Jake huffs. "I'm still very very tough. And Kye still loves me very very much and that's all that matters." He sticks his tongue out at him. Vincent sighs. "Sure.." he glances around for a doctor. Henry gulps. "Um... yeah, I... I'm back..." Scott laughs, confused. "H-How?! I- No, you- you're back?! We- we've gotta get everyone together, this is- Henry!!" Aziende rolls their eyes. "Whatever." Jaidan looked extremely happy as he heard Scott's reaction, looking excited that he had brought joy to them. Xavier was just watching Jaidan. There was a doctor on one side of the room that hadn't left yet and was looking over some of Levi's test results. Levi sniffles. "Mmf.." Jake glances down at the gem. "How long til he hatches?" Henry smiles a little. "Heh... Sure, yeah, um... where..?" Scott thinks. "Mmm... the pizzeria? Or- oh... I don't know if that would be..-" Henry quickly interrupts, "No. that's fine." Scott laughs awkwardly. "Oh. Okay. Cool. Um- who would you want to be there?" Henry thinks. "Uh.. well, everyone available, I guess.. heh..." Vincent goes over. "Hey." Aziende shrugs. Jaidan was watching Henry closely, hoping he'd let him come but afraid to ask to come. The doctor looks to him. "Yes?" Jake sighs. "Mm.." Max murmurs quietly. "I'm taking care of him until he's back.." Jake smiles at him and nods. "Of course, hun. I wasn't gunna take him." Henry sighs. "Could you be the one in charge of all that..? I've always been able to count on you, before.." Scott laughs. "Of course!!" Vincent sighs. "He needs pain meds." Aziende sighs. "Can I go now?" Jake glares harshly at him. "No. Not until karma's hatched." Jaidan murmurs quietly to Henry. "..Can I go..?" The doctor let's out a long sigh. "Costs extra." Vincent makes a face. "Then I'll [pay] that extra." Aziende groans. "But it's so boringggg.." Henry raises an eyebrow. "Um.. sure." The doctor nods. "Alright. It'll be added to the hospital bill." He searches through a cabinet and hands him two pills. "Give those to him." Jake huffs. "Should've thought about that before doing this to him." Jaidan looked excited, quickly sitting up and looking to Xavier with bright eyes. Xavier smiles back, kissing his nose gently. Jaidan looks to Henry. "Once you're done, we can find you some clothes and then you can shower if you want." He was talking quietly as he didn't know if he had hung up yet. Vincent takes them, and goes over to Levi, giving them to him. Aziende scoffs. "He would've killed ME!! And [I] don't revert to a ROCK!!" Henry nods, and talks with Scott for a few more minutes, just explaining the situation and everything, before exchanging goodbyes, and Scott hangs up. Jaidan giggles happily, looking excited. "You can wear whatever you want from his closet. He's got pretty much all styles. And do you want to shower?" Jake huffs. "Too bad. You're staying here." Levi grabs them with a shaky hand, putting them in his mouth and just swallowing them dry, not caring at this point. He carefully pulls Vincent down onto the bed with him, making sure to never lift his arm from under the blanket that had the IV, just using his other one. He scootches himself closer to him and rests his head on his shoulder. "We left Zul all alone in the tub.. Can grandma go get him..? He was scared and we left him.." Henry nods. "Yeah.." Aziende scoffs, and crosses their arms. Vincent sighs. "I'll ask her.."
Levi sniffles and nods a little. "Okay.. But you have to come right back over here and cuddle with me.." Jake examines the gem as he kept his head going, seeing if anything had changed. Jaidan nods. "I'm gunna use Xavier's but two doors to the right from here is another bathroom. You can use that one." He gets up, walking over to Xavier's closet which was quite big, and some of Jaidan's clothes being in it as well. "The clothes to the car left are mine and won't fit you, but you're free to anything else." He grabs himself a pair of black combat boots, a white shirt, a black leather jacket, and black baggy jeans. Vincent nods, and goes over to Addison. "Could you get Zul..?" Henry nods. "Okay.." he looks through, and picks out an outfit. Jaidan sighs. "See you in a few." He walks into the bathroom in Xavier's room. Xavier sighs, just staying on his bed and scrolling through his phone. Addison sighs and nods. "Where is he?" Jake glances up at Aziende. "Kye's been gone a long time. He needs to hurry up."
Henry goes to THe other bathroom. Aziende snickers, seemingly amused by this. Vincent sighs. "The house, bathroom.." Addison nods. "Alright." She teleports back to the house, going through the bathrooms in the house, looking for Zul. Jake huffs. "Don't laugh!! I miss him!! I haven't had any kisses from him in a long time.." he frowns deeply. Jaidan comes back out after about 15 minutes in the outfit he had chosen. His hair was brushed nicely and was out of his face and eyes. He had no eyeliner or any other makeup on his face, it clear he was trying to make himself look more presentable. He sits on the edge of Xavier's bed as he waits silently for Henry. Levi just laid there patiently, sighing shakily and looking upset as he didn't want to tell Vincent what they had said had happened. Zul was still in the water. Aziende rolls their eyes. "Want mine?" Henry comes back seemingly much later, looking awkward as usual. Jaidan smiles awkwardly, it clear he felt a bit weird not having his usual eyeliner and hoodie. "You look nice." Addison sees him and smiles, going over to the tube with a towel. "Hey.. Levi's in the hospital, buddy.. Can you change back so I can get you dressed and take you..?" Jake thinks for several moments with a frown. He takes out the glass fox and holds it tightly in his free hand so he could see if anything changes with it. "Fine. Yes, I do. But only because I haven't had any in a long time and the moment something happens to the fox I'm pushing you off." It was clear he was very paranoid. Henry laughs awkwardly. "Heh... thanks..." Zul frowns deeply, sinking further into the water. "M-Mmf.." Aziende smirks. "Aight, aight." They go over to him, and very gently enter into a kiss with him. Addison sighs. "Hey.. He's alive.. He just needed some medicine and some help breathing.. Grandpa is there with him right now making sure he's safe and everything.." Jaidan sighs lightly. "When and where are we going?" Jake lets out a relieved sigh, keeping his heated hand with the gem off of them but using his hand that had the glass fox in it to pull them closer. He kisses back passionately, nuzzling them roughly. Zul whimpers quietly, and slowly moves closer to the surface. "M-Mm.." he changes back. Henry thinks. "Mm.. I guess we could head there now..?" Aziende pushes theirself against him further, putting their arms around his neck and closing their eyes. "Mm~" Jake lets out a long sigh, just continuing the kiss, putting the glass fox back into his pocket, figuring it was okay for now. Max had looked away, figuring the gem would be okay for now. Addison smiles warmly, carefully scooping him out in the towel, nuzzling him softly. "It's okay, buddy.." she gets him into some comfortable clothes. "Is there anything you want to bring for Levi?" Jaidan nods. "Alright." He kisses Xavier softly before getting up, glancing at Henry as they walked out. "I didn't put on eyeliner and I'm not sure if I look good without it.. Wha'do you think?" He was clearly just self-conscious. Aziende pulls away after several minutes, smiling sweetly at him, looking into his eyes. Zul thinks, and nods. "Room.." he murmurs. Henry smiles a little. "You look fine." Addison nods, heading into Kye's room. "Where is it, sweetheart?" Jaidan sighs, smiling a little back at him. "Thank you.." He gets in the car. "Sooo.. Where are we going?" Jake looked quite happy now. He nuzzles their neck gently, letting out a long sigh. "Thanks.." he checks the fox, hoping nothing changed. Zul points over to a shelf. "2nd.." Henry smiles a bit more. "The pizzeria. Surely, you've been there?" Nothing had. Aziende nuzzles him back. Addison goes over to the shelf, looking on the second one. Jaidan pauses for a moment, before just nodding. "Yeah.." he shakes his head a bit, starting to drive. "Do you know who all's gunna be there? I assume crystal, Michael, and Scott." Jake smiles, putting the fox back into his pocket, kissing Aziende's nose softly. "Mm.. Now will you stay until Kye or karma comes back..?" There was a small box with a little ribbon wrapped around it, seeming to be what he was referring to. Henry nods. "Mm.. there's Jeremy, and Fritz, too." Aziende sighs. "One of them already [is] back.. you just haven't found them yet." Jake's eyes widen as he knew it couldn't be Karma. He frantically sits up, pushing Aziende off of him. "Wh-Where is he?!" He quickly grabs Kye's metal hand off the bedside table, laying the gem on Max's chest as he had fallen asleep. He looked panicked, tears coming to his eyes. Addison grabs it, giving it to Zul. "Is this it?" Jaidan nods a bit. "Mm.. I've never met Jeremy or Fritz.. And I haven't seen the other three since the wedding, so.. And they didn't like me then, so I guess we'll see.." he pulls into the parking lot of the pizzaria, looking nervous. Aziende shrugs. "How would I know?" Zul nods. Henry sighs. "I'm sure it'll be fine." Addison kisses his forehead softly, nodding and teleporting them back to the hospital and into Levi's room. Levi was staring at the ceiling, Completely zoned out and not even noticing them. Jake huffs. "WE NEED TO FIND HIM!!" Tears start to drip from his eyes as he got himself into his wheelchair. Jaidan sighs shakily, nodding a bit and fixing his hair. "You ready to go in?" Zul wines, trying to get to him. Aziende groans. "I shouldn't have said anything.." Henry sighs, and nods. Addison sighs, carefully setting Zul down in between Vincent and Levi, looking to Vincent and smiling at him, pulling up a chair and sitting in it, resting her head in his lap. Levi jerks his head to look at Zul, quickly wrapping his arm that didn't have the IV around him, sniffling. "I-I love you so so much.." Jake huffs, grabbing their hand and pulling them off the bed. "Y-You have to help me f-find him!!" Jaidan sighs, getting out and once Henry got out, he quickly got close to him, clearly nervous to see everyone as he didn't want them to judge him, hoping they'd push past it and appreciate that he was the one who brought Henry back. Zul nuzzles him. "I wuv you too.." he murmurs, holding the box tightly. Aziende huffs. "No! I'm leaving!" Henry heads in, smiling, as everyone they had mentioned were there. Jake wines loudly. "N-No!! P-Please!!" Addison nuzzles Vincent's thigh, looking tired. She yawns, glancing up at him. "Can you to in this chair and just let me sit in your lap...?" Levi nuzzles him back, shifting and helping him lay down with him, sniffling. "M-Mmf.. The doctors said I'll be okay.. And-And Agent Indigo got me some pain medicine to help with the pain.." Jaidan gets behind Henry, huddling up to his back, peeking his head out to the side slightly, looking scared. "M-Mmf.." Aziende grumbles. "I'll be back later." They teleport away. Vincent nods. "Sure.." he does so. Zul nods, nuzzling him. Henry laughs quietly. "Hey, guys.." they all smile. "Henry!!" They all crowd around, asking questions, expression words of glee, and just generally being happy. Jaidan sighs shakily, feeling like he shouldn't have come. He just steps away from them, leaning against a wall and staring at the ground silently. He murmurs to himself quietly. "...I don't even get a hello and I'm the one who brought him back..." He now just looked upset. Addison nods, getting up and letting him sit in the chair. She quickly gets into his lap, wrapping her legs around him and her arms around his neck. "Mm.. Love you, baby.." Levi sighs, looking at the box. "What's in the box..?" Jake huffs, sitting in his wheelchair as he cried softly, not knowing where to look for Kye. Henry looks back at him. "Hey! Where're you going?" They all stopped talking and looked to him too. Vincent smiles at her. "I love you too.." Zul sighs shakily. "O-Open.." Aziende had teleported to the castle in England. Silently, they try to get in. Jaidan frowns deeper. "M-Mmf.." he hugs his arms close to his chest. "Nobody even said hi.. I'm the one who b-brought you back.. I expected even a slight wave from someone... I-It took a lot of magic go get you here, you know.." It was clear he was quite upset with them. Addison sighs, closing her eyes and just resting her head against his neck. Levi nods a bit, taking it from him and carefully opening it, looking inside. There didn't seem to be very many guards around at the moment. Harry was walking around the castle doing several different things. Aaron was in the room he had been given crying softly into a pillow. Atticus was in his bedroom with Athena and Carter, playing with them. Henry sighs. "You can't just retreat so quickly. We just got here, settle down.." Inside the box, there was a small, blue dragon, made of sapphire. Zul murmurs, "I-I made it for you.." Aziende tries to just go through the front door. Levi's eyes widen and tears come to his eyes. He looked extremely happy. He pulls him into a tight hug with one arm, crying softly. "I-I love it so so much.. You m-made my day a lot b-better.." he holds onto him tightly. There was two guards but they seemed to be preoccupied with a different situation, huddled together as they spoke into a walkie talkie, making it a bit easier for Aziende to slip in. Jaidan sighs shakily. "Mmf.. Okay.." he sits, just keeping his eyes on the ground. He takes out his phone and takes a picture from under the table of himself, cropping out the background so Vincent couldn't tell where he was, sending him the photo and writing. "I didn't put on any eyeliner and I'm not wearing a hoodie. I thought you might be proud of that. I love you, daddy." Aziende shrugs as they see this, swiftly and quietly with the help of their paws slipping in. They put on their gas mask, and get out their sword. If anyone noticed them, they'd make quick work. Zul smiles brightly, kissing him softly on the cheek. Vincent sees this text, and smiles a little. Henry sighs, explaining to the others what Jaidan had said, about how he had brought him back, and they all understood, looking to Jaidan with smiles. Jaidan smiles back a bit weakly at all of them and murmurs to Scott. "Don't judge a book by its cover.." Levi kisses his cheek softly as well. "It's so pretty.. How did you make it..?" Leroy was walking around as well and sees Aziende, not even seeming phased by them, just standing there and staring. "Who you here to kill?" Aziende tilts their head. "Mm. Well, nobody, yet." Scott looked confused. "What?" Zul smiles a little. "It's an igneous gem.. I used my magic, and a volcano.. and then I carved it." Leroy chuckles a bit. "Mm. Who you looking for then?" Jaidan glances at him, keeping his voice down but making sure the rest of them heard him. "You judged me as soon as you heard who was my father. I said, don't judge a book by its cover. I'm not defined by him, you know." He still kept his small smile. Levi giggles, coughing a bit but just ignoring it, nuzzling him softly. "This isn't the only thing that's pretty.. You're super pretty too..!" He boops his nose softly. Aziende sighs. "Kayla." Scott makes a face, crossing his arms and stepping back from the group. Zul giggles happily. "So are you!!" Leroy sighs, nodding a bit. "Mm. She's either with the doctor or her room. Come on." He grabs their hand and pulls them towards Kayla ans Harry's room, going in without knocking to see if she was there. Jaidan sighs, looking back to the rest of the group, smiling more at them, looking excited, but not knowing what to say so he just stayed silent, not wanting to say the wrong thing. Levi giggles more, setting the box and the dragon to the side, using his magic to hide the IV so he could play with him. He kisses his nose gently. "Thanks, bubba..!! But you're still the cutest fox and merman in the entire world..!!" He looks over to Vincent, pointing at the dragon. "Look what Zul made..!!" Kayla yelps as she sees the door open, looking confused and bewildered. "Wh-?!" One of the ones he didn't know, a blonde, goes up to him, smiling shyly. "Hey.. u-um... I just wanted to thank you.. for... bringing him back.." Vincent smiles at him. "wow..!" Leroy glares at her. "It's me, dude. Some person with a sword is here to see you." He chuckles, letting Aziende in, just watching them both. Levi giggles more, holding Zul closely, still talking to Vincent. "You and Zul are my bestest friends in the entire world.." addison had fallen asleep cuddled up in Vincent's lap. Jaidan smiles back at them. "Heh.. I thought it'd make some people happy.. What's your name?" Kayla scoffs. "Wh-" she huffs. "Do you just let [every] random person in here?!" Vincent smiles warmly, and so does Zul. The blonde smiles sweetly. "Jeremy.." Leroy shrugs. "Pretty much." Levi sighs shakily, laying his head on Zul's chest, murmuring to Zul. "Can you find food for me..? I'm supposed to be eating but they won't give me food.." Jaidan smiles more, holding his hand out to them to shake. "I'm Jaidan Afton." He immediately freezes as he said his last name, hoping they wouldn't make the connection between him and Vincent, not knowing how everyone would react to it. Kayla huffs, grumbling. "Well, get them [out]!! And.. give 'em to the guards.." Aziende bristles. "Wh- Wait, but-?" Zul nods. "Okay.." Jeremy's smile immediately fades, along with everyone else's. Henry's because he saw everyone else, and Scott because he never smiled in the first place. Leroy huffs. "Let them talk to you. You don't even know what they have to say." Levi smiles weakly at him, moving his head off of him so he could get up. He giggles a little. "No flirting with anyone and come straight back here. Okay?" Jaidan gulps, looking nervous and sighing shakily. After several moments, he looks back up at everyone. "I promise I'm not going to hurt any of you. I brought Henry back to make you all happy. I may be his son but I'm not going to do anything to you, okay? I swear on my life." Kayla scoffs. "I don't [care].." she hadn't even looked yet. Zul giggles, and nods, getting off the bed and heading out. Henry tries to speak, but Scott interrupts. "He's different. He's not like him." All of them whisper to each other. They trusted Scott, as after Henry had passed he had largely taken over. Jaidan smiles a little at Scott, clearly appreciative of this comment. "Plus, I'd never hurt a group of incredibly hot guys." He hoped they all took this as a compliment and nobody got offended. Leroy huffs, shoving Aziende towards the bed. "At least look at them." Levi giggles, looking over towards Vincent. "Am I pretty or does Zul just say that?" He tilts his head, this being a genuine question. Fritz and Micheal laughed, amused, Crystal seemed rather.. pleased, with this, Henry awkward as always, Jeremy blushing madly, and helping with surprise and shyness, and only Scott unamused, but not mad or upset. Kayla huffs, glancing up. Her eyes widen as she sees them. "Aziende?!" Aziende laughs awkwardly. "That's better.." Vincent raises an eyebrow. "Mm, well, sure. Though, I don't know what you look like as far as colours. Heh.." Levi sighs, nodding. "I know.. I have like dark brown hair and white and light green scales.. And my eyes are a bright green as well.. I know you don't know what those look like but those are what they are.." Leroy just watches them, examining both of them. Jaidan giggles a little quietly, shrugging. "Not lying." He points to Fritz. "What's your name?" Vincent laughs awkwardly. "Mm.." Aziende slowly goes over. Kayla laughs lightly. "Wh- Why are you here?! When did you-" Aziende chuckles. "Not too long ago. I've gotta be back soon." Fritz smiles. "Fritz! It's nice to meet you, Jaidan." He was rather short, and plump, with fluffy ginger hair and a storm of freckles all over his face, Arms, and legs. Levi sighs shakily, just waiting patiently for Zul. Leroy rolls his eyes at them. "How do you know each other?" Jaidan smiles at him. "Nice to meet you too!" He glances at Crystal, smirking a bit at him and it was clear he was checking him out. "Mm~" Kayla laughs awkwardly. "Family.." crystal smirks, watching him. Zul heads to the cafeteria and goes up to the counters, where there was a person. "I need food!"
The person sees him and looks confused. They were a younger demon, seemingly in their twenties. They go around the counter and kneel down to him. "Where's your mommy or daddy, sweetheart? A little boy like you shouldn't be wandering around the hospital by themselves." Leroy looks confused. "Huh?" Jaidan smirks more at him, whispering to him. "You're the hottest one here, you know~" Zul frowns a little. "My daddy's gone, and my mom's dead." Kayla sighs, explaining further. "Family ties. My brother and her have worked together." Aziende laughs at this. "You could say that~" they smirk. Kayla rolls her eyes. Crystal chuckles. "Mm, am I~?" Jaidan nods. "Mmhm~ That comment I made, that was mostly for you~" He leans closer to him, making sure his warm breath was able to be felt against his neck, but he kept it subtle enough that no one else could tell. Leroy sighs, crossing his arms. "Why you got a has mask on?" The person frowns deeply. "Aww.. I'm so sorry, hunny.. Are you here with anyone else?" They kept glancing around at everyone else, clearly just trying to protect Zul as everyone else in the cafeteria seemed to be a human. Crystal laughs. "I see~" Zul sighs. "Yeah.. my grandpa and grandma are here, and my brother! He's why we're here. He needs food!" Aziende sighs, taking it off. "I'm a criminal. Need a mask, gas mask worked with my style. They hold it under one arm, putting the other hand on their other hip, shifting their weight onto the side with the mask. The person smiles a little at him. "You're an amazing brother. Come here." They stand up and grab his hand, taking him around the counter to show him all the food but then taking him to a back room. "Is he a demon?" They were getting a cup and a knife, waiting for his response before doing anything. Jaidan leans over quickly and gives him a small kiss on the neck before anyone could see, pulling away. "Mm~" He slips his arm around his waist, again, just staying back from everyone to make them less noticable. Leroy chuckles. "Fun. What're you doing here?" Zul nods. "Mmhm!" Crystal snickers, enjoying this. The others had just gone back to talking with each other and Henry, catching up. Aziende sighs. "Well, I just about just got here, and I was hung up with some other guys who were being way too depressed for my liking, so I figured I'd come here to have a bit more fun." The person nods, rolling up their sleeve and making a decent sized cut in it, the cup filling about 3/4 before it stopped bleeding. He hands the cup to Zul with a lid over it, the insides of the cup not visible to others. "Tell him to feel better and that's real blood, not any of that fake stuff, okay?" He walks him back out and around the counter. Jaidan sighs, nuzzling his shoulder. "You think they'll care if we kissed?" Leroy raises an eyebrow, glancing at Kayla. "Am I allowed to kiss her?" He murmurs. Zul smiles brightly. "Thank you!!" He waves, and then heads back to the room. Crystal shrugs. "Plenty of rooms in the back if you wanna be safe." Kayla bursts out laughing, and so does Aziende. Jaidan nods. "Aight. Only kissing though." He grabs his hand. "Take me wherever." He glanced at Henry, figuring he'd be fine, but hoping none of them noticed them walking away. Levi looked sick, but when he saw Zul, his face brightened a little and he smiles weakly. He murmurs quietly. "..My stomach feels like it's eating itself.." Leroy growls, clearly embarrassed, his face turning a dark red. "Don't laugh at me!!" Henry notices, but just sighs, smiling a little, and saying nothing. Crystal leads him down.. a familiar hall... to..... a familiar door.. that opened.. to a very, very... familiar room. Zul sighs. "Sowy!!" He holds out the cup to him. Kayla sighs lightly. "sorry, sorry... yes, you can." She chuckles. Leroy huffs a bit but quickly puts a smirk on his face, moving over to Aziende and pressing them up against the wall, pulling them into a passionate kiss. "Mm~" he looked excited. Jaidan freezes, not going in. "M-Mmf.." he gulps. "C-Crystal..?" He had a look of pure terror on his face. Levi smiles a little more at him, taking it. "Thank you, bubba.. I'll make sure we go find some fish for you once I'm out.." He carefully opens the lid, looking surprised as he realized it was real, but he quickly chugged the entire thing, setting it down the side, looking satisfied with this.Aziende kisses him back, equally passionately, wrapping their arms around his neck. Crystal looks confused. "What?" Zul smiles brightly. "Mm!" A shiver runs down Leroy's spine and he lets out a long, shaky sigh. "Mm..~" he just continues the kiss. Levi pulls Zul close to his chest. "Mmf.. Are you gunna stay with me over night..? I'm not allowed to leave until tomorrow morning.." he seemed to be talking to both Vincent and Zul. Jaidan sighs shakily, clearly trying to keep himself together but tears start to run down his cheeks at a rapid pace. He was extremely pale and lightheaded, and it was clear something was seriously wrong, but he was trying his best. "..I-I can't go in th-there.." he murmurs, mostly to himself. A few minutes later, Aziende giggles, pulling away and stares into his eyes. Zul nods. "Of course.." Vincent on the other hand, frowned. "I can't.." Crystal raises an eyebrow. "Why..?" Jaidan sighs shakily. "..I-I can't.." he had started to hyperventilate. "..Th-The kids.. ..Th-The suit.." he looked awful, stumbling back and landing on the ground, clearly needing to get away from the room. Levi frowns a bit. "Mmf.. But.. What if they're mean to us..?" Leroy digs his face into her neck. "Mm..~ Why'd you stop kissing me..~?" Crystal frowns deeply. "Oh.. um.. sorry, I didn't.. I-I cleaned it.. um... if that... helps.." he shakes his head. "I'm sorry, we should probably just get back now.." Vincent pauses, thinking. After a moment of this, his eyes widen, and he bristles. "I-I'm Sorry. I have to go, [now]." He gets up, carefully moving Addison into the seat by herself. Aziende chuckles. "well, we can't kiss forever." Leroy raises an eyebrow. "Maybe you couldn't, but I could." Jaidan was shaking harshly as he stared at the ground with wide eyes. He gulps, trying to calm himself down but he just continued to hyperventilate, the tears continuing as well. Levi looked upset. "Wh-Wh.. But.. Mmf.." Addison groans quietly, stirring and looking up at Vincent. "..Where're you going, baby...?" Aziende rolls their eyes. "Well, no, you would die of dehydration if you meant that literally, but either way we're not going to. I wanna do other things." Vincent purses his lips. "I'll be back soon." He quickly bolts out of the hospital, flying quickly. Crystal sighs shakily. "I-I'm Sorry.." Leroy huffs a bit. "A few more minutes then??" Addison frowns a bit. "Mmf.." Levi sighs shakily. "You can lay with us, grandma.." Addison smiles a little at them. "Thank you, sweetheart.." she gets in the bed next to them, wrapping her arm around them to hold them close, closing her eyes. Levi cuddles up close to Zul, closing his eyes as well. Jaidan gulps, trying desperately to speak before he manages. "..S-Schizophrenia.." Crystal could understand what he said, but it was mumbled quietly in between gasps for air. He didn't seem to be getting aggressive at all, he just began gasping for air as his eyes darted around, him clutching onto his knees. Emma had gone back to normal and she gets herself out of the leather jacket. She looked amazed, extremely happy that she could walk. She climbs onto the couch with Zarron and Celeste, seeing Celeste's wrapped hand and sighing. She carefully nudges Zarron, seeing his bandana was off and using her fingers to force open his eye. "Zarron.. I can walk.. Daddy's all better.."
Aziende rolls their eyes. "Fiiine. Didn't know you were so desperate." Crystal's eyes widen. "wait, you.. w-Wh..." he gulps. Vincent stumbles to the ground as he gets to the pizzeria. Zarron jumps. "Gah!" He squirms sway from her hand, putting his hand over his eye. Emma rubs her ears against his cheek. "I can walk!! Daddy's all better!!" Celeste shifts, but just stays asleep in between his legs, cuddled up in the blanket. Leroy huffs. "Don't make fun of me." He quickly pulls them back into the kiss, clearly enjoying it immensely. Jaidan sighs shakily, desperately reaching his hand out to him, clearly needing comfort. "...H-Help..." Zarron looked extremely confused. "W-Wh..?" Aziende shrugs, and lets this happen. Crystal just backs away from him. "I-I.. I-I don't know what to do.." Vincent heads to the back, unlocking the back door and storming in, heading through corners, and snatching Jaidan by the arm out of view of Crystal, and hugs him into the office, slamming both the doors and sitting into the chair, hugging Jaidan tightly. Jaidan holds onto Vincent tightly, feeling a lot better with him as he knew he'd be okay with him. He presses his face into his chest, letting himself calm down slowly, his breathing stabilizing and he looked much more relaxed. He sighs shakily, sniffling. "..Th-Thank you, D-Daddy.." Emma giggles more. "I'm walking!! That means daddy's all better!!" After several more minutes, Leroy pulls back. "Now I'm done. Thank you." Vincent murmurs, "You're welcome." Flatly. Aziende laughs. "Alright." Zarron looked confused. "Aha.. but... he isn't..... what..?" Emma giggles happily, changing into her fox form, licking his face repeatedly. "I can have belly rubs now!!" She rolls onto her back. "He's all better!!" She looked beyond excited. Jaidan sighs shakily, looking up at him and kissing his cheek softly. "M-Mmf.. H-He didn't mean to upset me.. W-We um.. We w-were.." he sighs shakily. "H-He was taking me back there cuz he said I-It was private and I C-Could kiss h-him th-there.. B-But then.. I-I saw the r-room and I s-started to panic.. And-And.. He-He didn't know I had Schizophrenia.. S-So.. H-He didn't know what t-to do.." Leroy sighs, looking to Kayla. "If she walks around with a gas mask on or just walks around in general alone, a guard, or someone else is gunna get her." Zarron still seemed extremely confused. Vincent frowns deeply. "It's okay." Kayla nods. "Mm.. this is true." Emma licks his face again. "Gimme belly rubs!! Daddy or Jakey will come find me eventually!!" Leroy sighs. "Your children are still with Atticus by the way. He wanted me to tell you that he gave Carter a bottle of formula when he put him to sleep earlier or something." Jaidan sighs shakily, nuzzling him softly. "C-Can I go back out..? Wh-Wha'do you think crystal told Th-Them..? E-Everyone is H-Here.." he now looked worried, not wanting everyone to think he was crazy. Zarron laughs awkwardly, holding her and rubbing her belly. Kayla nods. "Mm.. thank you." Aziende groans. "Can we just go already?" Vincent huffs. "You're not [going] back out. We're going [home]." He says, sternly. Jaidan looked devastated. "B-But.. M-Mmf.. I d-drove Henry H-Here.. And-And they all L-Like me now!!" He looked upset. "P-Please don't make m-me go.." he tries to squirm out of his lap, it clear he really didn't want to leave. Emma laughs wildly, clearly enjoying this immensely. Celeste groans quietly, covering her head with a pillow to block out her laughs. Leroy glares at them. "Where you going?" Vincent frowns deeper. "Didn't think to invite [me], though, now did they?" He squeezes him tighter. Zarron sighs, giving Celeste a concerned look. Aziende facepalms. "I dunno! I wanna be [spontaneous]!! Take me somewhere!" Leroy chuckles a bit. "How about I take you to my room?" Jaidan frowns deeper. "M-Mmf.. I-I'll go out and T-Talk to them And-And I'll tell them you won't h-hurt anyone.. M-Maybe they'll let Y-You say hi to Th-Them.." he looked desperate. "...I-I'm just trying to make friends..." he murmurs extremely quietly, it barely audible to Vincent. Emma sighs, curling up on Zarrons chest. Celeste shifts again, mumbling. "You woke me up, Emma.. Now I can't sleep.." she uncovers her head. Emma giggles. "I'm a pretty fox and I can laugh whenever I feel like it." Aziende raises an eyebrow. "Oh. And do what?" Vincent, heading this, immediately went silent. He snaps his jaw shut, the light above them flickering as he got up quickly, in turn moving Jaidan in front of him as he clenched his fists tightly, a shadow from the light covering his eyes as they dimmed. Something wasn't right, and this was very clear. Vincent growls behind clenched teeth bitterly, "They're supposed to be [MY] friends.." Zarron makes a face. "Mmf..." Leroy shrugs. "Kiss more if you'd like. Drink. Get high. Plenty of things." Jaidan knew he wouldn't get anywhere if he just curled up and he instantly put his arms up, ready to fight. He sighs shakily. "Please, daddy.. I really really don't want to fight.. I was hanging out with them because I thought if I could get them to like me then maybe I could make my own friends.. I didn't mean to make you feel like I was stealing yours.. I'm really really sorry.." Celeste huffs a bit. "Yes, well, I'm a prettier fox. My hand is just really burned." She didn't bring up the fact that Emma had burned her. Emma sighs. "Well then I'm a prettiest fox for now." She lays her tails on Zarrons face, giggling at him. Aziende thinks. "Mm, intriguing.. but I don't get to be here for long. Get me drunk, and lets go somewhere else. Out of here." Vincent growls louder. "No. It's not [your] fault. It's [THEIRS]." He growls continuously louder. At this point, it was clear he was running on aggression, and planning on acting on it. Zarron pushes her away. "Stop.."Jaidan growls loudly back at him and he snatches him down to him by the collar of his shirt, growling in his face. "YOU NEED TO STOP THIS INSTANT." he kept an extremely tight grip on the collar of his shirt and he throws him down to the floor, but he made sure he wouldn't hurt him, putting his foot on his chest away from his heart. Emma moves her tails, but continues giggling, rolling onto her back again, looking to Celeste. Celeste sighs, moving her good hand to her belly and rubbing it for her. Emma giggles, jumping onto her face after a moment, covering her eyes. Celeste screams, throwing Emma off of her. Emma hits the ground with a crack. She starts to cry, holding her hand to her shoulder. "Y-You huwt me!!" Celeste looked extremely guilty and frowns deeply, just curling up and wining quietly. Leroy nods. "Cool, cool." He grabs their hand, pulling them to his room and shutting and locking the door behind them. He goes over to his bed and grabs several bottles of different thinks from under his bed. He gives one to Aziende. "Here's your first bottle." Vincent immediately started revolting madly. "GET OFF OF ME!!" He yells loudly as he thrashes, struggling, and digging his claws into Jaidan's foot as he tried to pull it off. There was an empty madness in his eyes he hadn't seen before in person. Zarron's eyes widen, and he snatches her from the ground. "CELESTE!!" He yells, furious. Aziende nods, snapping it open with their teeth.Celeste looked terrified and frantically gets off the couch, getting on the floor with Anthony and just cuddling up to him, her good ear folding against her head. "..M-Mmf.." Emma cries softly into Zarrons shoulder, showing him her arm that seemed to have been dislocated. "Sh-She huwt me.. R-Really badly.. N-Now D-Daddy's going t-to huwt.." Jaidan glares harshly down at him and he switches feet, using his metal leg to ensure he couldn't get up. He doesn't say anything, just keeping his leg there and using his hands to pin down Vincent's arm. "Mm." He didn't seem as frightened as he usually did. Leroy sighs, laying back on his bed and quickly drinking his entire bottle that he had in his hand. "How often you drink?" Zarron huffs, quickly popping it back into place. Vincent huffs, thrashing more, trying to get his arms free, in the meantime kicking him with his feet. "JAIDAN!!" He yells, louder. He changes into his King form, tail, horns, and wings appearing. His wings desperately flapped, trying to get away. Aziende gulps down good amounts at a time, stopping midway to respond, saying, "Fairly often." And then finishes the rest after this. Emma cries out as this sent a shocking pain through her body, but she was appreciative of it. She snuggles up to his chest, sniffling. "Th-Thank you.." Celeste was shaking and had her face dug into Anthony's side. Anthony turns onto his side, wrapping his arm around her and holding her close, staying asleep. Celeste nuzzles his chest, sniffling and murmuring to Zarron. "..He's my boyfriend now.." Leroy nods. "Cool, cool. Your limit is 3 bottles out of my stash. You can find more somewhere else if you want more." Jaidan growls loudly at him, putting his other foot over his crotch, pressing down enough to cause pain. "I am NOT scared of you anymore." Zarron nods, rolling his eyes at Celeste. Aziende nods. "Aight. Fair enough." Vincent yells out loudly in pain. "JAIDAN, JUST GET OFF!!" He sounded more normal, now. Jaidan lifts his foot slightly so it wasn't causing pain anymore but he was prepared to slam it right back down. "I don't believe you're ready to get up." Celeste spits at Zarron, sticking her tongue out, holding onto Anthony tightly. Emma growls at Celeste, quickly wiping the spit off of Zarron. "Don't spit on him!! Only kisses!!' she nuzzles Zarrons chest. Celeste huffs. "You can't make me do anything." Leroy nods, pulling them onto the bed with him, wrapping his arm around them. "Mm~" he leaves a trail of kisses down their neck, smirking at them. Vincent huffs, struggling again. "I'm not a CHILD, stop TREATING me like one!!" Zarron glares at Celeste, and quickly gets up, heading off swiftly to another room. Aziende sighs shakily. "Mm~ I almost feel sorry that you have to go to a criminal with no standards for this~" Leroy glares at them slightly. "It's surprising how little people want to be with the youngest prince of England~" He shrugs, setting the empty bottle he had in his hand down, nuzzling their neck. "I don't want a permanent partner anyway~ I prefer to hop around~" Jaidan presses his foot back down. "I know you're not a child. What I do know is, that we are both Schizophrenic and I'm protecting you, myself, and a ton of other people." Emma had grabbed Zarrons bandana. She holds it up to him. "Do you need your bandana..?" She spoke in a quiet voice, not wanting to upset him. Celeste huffs, just cuddling up as close as she could to Anthony. Aziende chuckles. "Fair enough~" Vincent yells out again through gritted teeth. He curses him loudly, knowing he was right. Zarron nods, taking it. "Thank you." He puts it back on with one hand. Emma sniffles. "Is daddy ever gunna come back..? O-Or did he leave me forever..?" She looked heartbroken by this thought. Leroy sighs, resting his chin on their shoulder, staring at them. "How long you here for?" Jaidan rolls his eyes. "Here. I'll relieve some pressure if you go back to your normal form. I'll slowly start letting you go. Kay?" He still had him Completely pinned down. Zarron sighs. "He'll be back.. don't worry..." Aziende sighs. "Only about a day, probably. We'll see, though." Vincent purses his lips, and indeed goes back to his normal form. Jaidan nods. "Good." He lifts his foot off his crotch, but keeps it close in case he needed to stop him again. "How do you feel? And don't try to lie to me. You know you can't." Leroy nods a bit. "You are welcome to come back and visit me anytime you please~" Emma sniffles, digging her face into his shoulder. "O-Okay.. H-He said we could be f-foxes together when he was all b-better.. And-And daddy and Jakey are g-getting married soon.. Jakey and daddy agreed once daddy W-Was better that they would get m-married.. Will you come to the w-wedding..?" Vincent frowns deeply, grumbling, "[Angry]." Aziende lets out a long sigh. "Wish rhat was true.." Zarron nods. "Probably." Emma smiles a little at him. "I'm gunna be a pretty flower girl.. And Zul and Levi will be the ring bearers.. And-And Karma is Jakey's person and Aaron is Daddy's.." she giggles a little. "Jakey really really likes daddy.. Do you really really like someone..?" Leroy looks confused. "Why wouldn't it be?" Jaidan sighs. "Mm. I will talk to them and I'll get them to say hi to you. But you have to promise to behave and not come out until I come get you." He moves his feet off of him Completely, but keeps his arms pinned down. Zarron takes a deep breath, murmuring, "I did.." Aziende shakes their head. "Nevermind. Lets just enjoy [now]. Gimme another bottle." Vincent made a face, still clearly not approving, but doesn't argue. "Fine."
Jaidan sighs, letting go of his arms and very carefully helping him stand back up. He hugs him gently. "At least I didn't curl up on the floor this time. I actually helped you." He glances up at him, hoping he'd get some kind of approval or praise for this. Emma tilts her head, nuzzling him. "What happened..?" She kisses his cheek gently. Leroy nods, reaching under his bed and grabbing two more, giving them one and drinking half of his own quickly, it clear he wanted to get drunk fast. He slides on top of them, smirking a bit and sliding his hands slightly under their shirt, kissing their neck gently. Vincent scoffs, growling at him from his throat and pushing him away. Zarron shakes his head vigorously. "It doesn't matter.." Aziende chuckles, too quickly drinking from the bottle, and letting him do this. Leroy sighs, resting his head on their shoulder. "If you go kissing my brother, be mindful of his boundaries..~ He'll let you as long as you don't touch anything..~ Harry will beat your ass though if he finds out you did anything with Atticus or if you try anything with him..~" he chuckles a bit. Emma frowns a bit, trying to be comforting, rubbing his chest with a warm hand. "I pwomise I won't tell anyone.. Maybe I can make you feel better.." Jaidan frowns a bit, but just lets out a long sigh. He sits Vincent down in the chair, handing him his earbuds. "Listen to music or something. And if I catch you trying to come out, I'll hurt you a lot worse than I just did." Aziende raises an eyebrow. "Mm~ I'm intrigued~" Zarron huffs. "No!! I don't wanna think about her!!" He snaps, tears beginning to swell up in his eyes. Vincent glares at him harshly, snatching the earbuds from him. Leroy chuckles. "He's holding Kayla's kids but I can text him and have him bring Kayla them and come here if you'd like~ I'm sure he'd enjoy your kisses just as much as I do~" Emma quickly rubs her ears against his cheek, sensing he was quite upset. She keeps her ears against his face, warming her body to try to make him more comfortable. "It's okay to cry when you're sad.. I cry when I'm sad.. And nobody has to know that you're sad.. I can keep it a secret.." Jaidan sighs, leaving the office after fixing his hair, going back out to where everyone was, hoping they were still there, but not knowing what crystal had told them. He just puts his hands in his pockets, gulping. Aziende snickers, and nods. Zarron shakes his head vigorously, desperately trying to stop the tears from forming more. "N-No..!!" They all still were, sitting at one of the tables now, Crystal sitting slightly away, thinking hard. Jaidan goes over to where Crystal was first, sitting next to him and murmuring. "..What did you tell them..?" Emma holds onto him tightly. "I'm sad too, you know.. We can be sad together.." Leroy nods, sliding off of them and grabbing his phone, texting Atticus. "Bring Kayla her kids and come to my room. I've got a little surprise for you." Atticus responds immediately. "Okay! Be there in a sec!" He quickly drops Carter and Athena off with Kayla and goes into Leroy's room. He tilts his head as he sees Aziende. Leroy had quickly hidden all the alcohol. "Found you someone to kiss. For free." Atticus stares at Aziende. "What's your name?" He shuts the door behind him. Crystal looked confused. "Wha'do you mean..? I didn't tell them anything.." Zarron gulps. "Emma.. no..." he quickly sets her down on his bed, stepping away and turning the opposite direction, running his fingers through his hair. Aziende's eyes glittered with excitement. "Aziende~" Atticus sighs, glancing at Leroy and murmuring to him. "Does she know?" Leroy shakes his head. "Nope. Only told her not to touch anything." Atticus glares at him slightly. "I'm not kissing anyone without them approving of it first." Leroy rolls his eyes, looking to Aziende. "Do you care if he's got a females body?" Jaidan looked shocked at first, but then extremely grateful. He hugs him tightly, murmuring to him. "Thank you.. U-Um.. I know you like or liked my dad.. So.. Um.. Do you think you could help me convince the rest of the group to let him come out and say hi..?" He looked nervous asking this, but gives him a small kiss on the nose as he pulled away. Emma frowns deeply, sliding off of the bed carefully and going over to him, sitting on his foot and staring up at him. "Mmf.. Do you wanna do something together..?" Aziende shrugs, and shakes their head. Crystal laughs awkwardly. "Um... Jaidan, I don't think.. Mmf... I really don't think that's a good idea.." Zarron yells out in frustration. "Just leave me ALONE!!" Emma growls quietly at him, digging her claws deep into his leg. "Don't yell at me! I'm trying to HELP you!! Do you really think I'd sit here and waste my time on you if I didn't love you?! You've protected me so I'm trying to HELP you back!!" Leroy chuckles, looking to Atticus. "Told yeh." Atticus sticks his tongue out at him. "It's common courtesy, Leo." He sits on the bed next to Aziende, waiting for them to make a move first. Jaidan sighs shakily. "I literally just had to pin down my father because he had an attack due to the fact that you guys are hanging out with me but won't even say hi to him. I'll stand in front of him and I won't let him get close to anyone that doesn't want him close. I know the group trusts you a hell of a lot more than they trust me. Can you please help me?" Zarron yells out at this. "Emma!! Please!!" Aziende has no problem with this, scooting close and putting a hand on his cheek as they tilt their head and enter into a soft kiss. Crystal frowns deeply, looking fearful, biting his lip as he looked away, thinking, before letting out a shaky sigh. "Mmf... fine.." Emma releases his leg, getting off his foot and standing in front of him, holding her hand up against his crotch. "I'll freeze it if you don't apologize to me. I'm not a force to be reckoned with." Atticus sighs shakily, kissing back gently, it clear he hadn't really done this before. He presses himself up against them, closing his eyes. "Mm..~" Leroy giggles a bit, just watching, and murmuring to Aziende. "You just gave him his first kiss.." Jaidan smiles a little, kissing him passionately, figuring this might help his decision be more confident. Zarron sighs shakily. "Emma, I'm just upset.. I'm getting overwhelmed, I just need to breath.." Aziende tenses a little, pulling away after a moment gently, eyes wide, and looking shocked. Crystal just tenses, bewildered, as he was surprised he would do it right there. After a moment he gently pushes him away. "What are you doing..?" Emma huffs a bit. "You yelled at me. That's not nice. If I have to apologize when I tell at people, then you have to apologize to me. I'm as much of an adult as you are." Atticus looked upset, quickly trying to get up and leave. "I-I did something wrong.. Oh no.." Leroy grabs Atticus' arm quickly, sitting him back on the bed, looking to Aziende. "What's wrong?" Jaidan looked embarrassed. "U-Um.. Heh.. I was kissing you..?" His face was a dark red. Zarron gives her an odd look. "You're not a.." he sighs, shaking his head. "Well, you're right. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have yelled." Aziende snaps their jaw shut. "N-Nothing, I just... I didn't.." they sigh. "I didn't know it was his [first]..." Crystal frowns a little. "um... this really isn't the time.." Emma moves her hand, smiling and reaching her arms up to him. "I forgive you! Only because you're nice to me though and put my arm back in place." Leroy sighs. "Just kiss him. He's 25 and he needed to have his first kiss already." Atticus looked extremely upset, going over what he could've done wrong, not understanding that they had just pulled away as they found out it was his first kiss. Jaidan sighs shakily, nodding a bit. "I-I'm sorry.. I'm working on trying to judge when something's appropriate.. I-I'm sorry.." Zarron carefully picks her up again. Aziende lets out a long sigh. "Mm.." they look to Atticus again, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Hey.. it's okay. You did fine." Crystal sighs. "Mm.. it's alright.." he nods understandingly. Jaidan sighs shakily, running his fingers through his hair. "How do we go about asking them..?" Emma smiles at him, giving him a small kiss on the cheek, looking up at him and carefully sliding the bandana off his eye so she could see it. "You should adopt a baby so I can have another friend. I'll help you take care of it. I need a new friend." She just randomly said this, but it was clear she meant it. Atticus sighs shakily. "M-Mmf.. But you pulled away.. I-I did something wrong.. P-Please tell me what I did so I-I can try to fix it.." Crystal shrugs awkwardly. "Mmf.. they're not going to want to.. I know that.. so..." Zarron frowns deeply, and looks away. Aziende shakes their head. "You didn't... I was just surprised that this was your first kiss." Atticus sighs shakily. "..Would you kiss me again..?" He stares downwards. Emma sighs. "Babies are super cute and they make good cuddle buddies. Or you could adopt a toddler that way they can be closer to my age and I can teach them things. I'm three now, almost four! I pwomise I'll help with it." Jaidan sighs shakily. "Mmf.. My dad really wants to see them.. Um.. Quick question.. Are you afraid of him..?" Aziende nods. Zarron huffs. "Emma, I'm not adopting." Crystal frowns deeper. "Yes, Jaidan.. I am..." Jaidan stares at him for several moments, before quickly looking away, staring at the wall and murmuring several things to himself, before speaking out loud to Crystal. "You seemed to still love him three years ago at the wedding. What changed?" Emma wines a bit. "Am I old enough to adopt?? Daddy doesn't have anymore kids and the last one he had was an angel so he gave her to Ezekiel!! He just gave her away!! I can't trust him to have anymore kids.." she shakes her head a bit. Atticus smiles a little, gently leaning forward and entering back into the kiss. Leroy smiles happily at them, clearly happy for Atticus. Crystal looks away. "Nothing.. I do that, because when I do it around him he isn't quite as terrifying..." Zarron looked bewildered. He snaps his jaw shut, furious now, and teleports back to Karma's house. Aziende kisses back gingerly. Emma's eyes widen and she looked terrified, clutching onto him tightly. "Wh-What did I do?!" Jaidan huffs a bit. "You wanna know why I had an attack when I saw the room?" Atticus looked beyond happy, wrapping his arms around their neck, pulling them closer. Leroy mutters to Aziende. "Go as long as you can with him.. He likes it.. A lot.." Zarron growls, shoving her down on the couch. "I. Don't. WANT. KIDS. I didn't want Celeste, I don't want YOU, and I don't EVER want ANY. MORE!!" Crystal sighs. "Mmf... I guess.." Aziende sighs and begins to get more passionate, gradually.
Emma stares up at him with fearful eyes, it clear he had just crushed her. She quickly gets up, trying to run out of the house, not caring if nobody was able to find her, just wanting to get away from everyone, tears streaming down her cheeks. Her worst fear had just come true.. She had been rejected. She felt like she was going to collapse, just crying harshly as she ran. Jaidan was struggling not to let any tears fall, but he kept it together. "I personally sat through what happened in that room. The suit, and the children. I was put in my father's memories. I felt exactly what he felt when he died in that suit. I felt what the child in the vent felt, burning alive. I know exactly what and how it happened. And when I saw that room, everything that happened just replayed in my head." He had managed to keep himself together as he said this, but it was clear he was struggling quite a bit. Atticus sighs shakily, moving into their lap, continuing the kiss. Leroy looked quite surprised at this point. "Mm.." Zarron groans, but doesn't go after her. Crystal looked horrified. He, too, was struggling. He gulps. "Don't you think he [deserved] what he felt..?" He murmurs. Aziende graciously went along with him.Atticus let's out a soft noise, nuzzling them softly, pressing himself against them, continuing the kiss. Leroy chuckles a bit. Emma finds a forest eventually, collapsing next to a tree and just curling up and crying violently. Jaidan sighs shakily. "I wouldn't wish that pain upon my worst enemy, Crystal.. It was.." he gulps. "It was something I can't even find words to describe.." Aziende too continues. Zarron sits heavily onto the couch, closing his eyes and hanging his head. Crystal takes a deep breath. "Please don't tell me you're going to defend his actions.." Jaidan shakes his head vigorously. "I-I'm not.. I promise.." he clears his throat. "Can you please just help me convince them to let him say hi?" He stands up. Atticus just stays in Aziende's lap, smiling and giggling. Leroy chuckles a bit, pulling Atticus off of Aziende and hugging him tightly, kissing his forehead. "You've had your first kiss. Now, go back to your room or something." Atticus rolls his eyes. "Fineeee." He gets up, smiling at Aziende, but quickly leaving. Leroy looks to Aziende. "Thanks." Jake had heard Zarron, and he gets up, getting in his wheelchair and wheeling out to the couch, seeing him and sighing shakily, keeping his distance, but he murmurs. "You asleep..?" Crystal goes quiet for some time. "Mmf.. let me see him, first.." Aziende smiles awkwardly, and nods. Zarron groans loudly. "No.." Jake sighs shakily, wheeling himself over to the couch and moving himself onto it next to him, seeing he looked upset. He tries to comfort him, putting a warm hand on his shoulder. "Wanna talk..?" He didn't question where Emma and Anthony were, figuring they were fine. Jaidan sighs and nods. "Alright.." he grabs Crystal's hand, carefully taking him back to the office. He opens the door slowly, making sure Vincent would see him before he saw Crystal. "Daddy, I brought Crystal.." Leroy sighs, laying his head back against a pillow. Harry bursts through the door with Atticus tugging on his arm, Atticus wining loudly. "I-I let her!!" Harry growls loudly, making his way over to the bed and staring down at Aziende. "Who gave you the right to kiss my brother?!" Leroy chuckles. "Right on time." He moves in front of Aziende. Harry growls loudly at Aziende. Zarron sighs. "I guess.." Vincent however, was gone. Aziende frowns deeply. "Him!!" Harry huffs. "Did you not think to ASK me first?!" He was clearly just being very overprotective. Atticus starts to cry, just trying to pull Harry away. Leroy chuckles, getting off his bed and pushing Harry against the wall. "Leave her alone. Atticus wanted it. You need to loosen up. Atticus is 25 years old and I'm pretty sure he can take care of himself. Atticus quickly just went to Aziende, sitting in their lap to try to block them from Harry, continuing to cry. Jaidan freezes, quickly pulling Crystal back out to make sure the group was okay. "Shoot!!" Jake nods a bit. "So.. What's going on?" Aziende growls at Harry, glaring harshly at him as they held Atticus. Crystal looked frightened. "W-What..?!" The group seemed fine, oddly enough. Zarron looks off. "Well.. Emma..." Jaidan huffs a bit. "I hate him so much." He looks to Crystal. "He's gone and now we need to watch the group." Atticus clutches onto Aziende, wining. "I-I told her to k-kiss me!! P-Please!!" Harry huffs, shoving Leroy, grabbing him by the collar of his shirt. "Just because YOU are a dirty child, does NOT mean you can turn Atticus into a dirty adult. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?!" Leroy scoffs. "Sure." Harry seemed even more furious now, glaring harshly at all three of them. Atticus huffs. "Sh-She's my girlfriend!! Y-You can't touch h-her!!" Harry stops, staring at both of them, watching Aziende's reaction, knowing he could base his reaction off of theirs. Leroy remained calm. Jake lets out a long sigh. "What did she do this time..?" Crystal looked extremely nervous. "M-Maybe we should just have everyone go home.." Aziende's eyes widen, and they bristle, blushing madly momentarily, but snapping their jaw shut, knowing they shouldn't say anything, and looks away swiftly, hiding the blush until it faded. Zarron glances to the door. "Well.. point is, she ran off.." Jake frowns deeply. "Oh.." he sighs shakily. "Kye's back but I don't know where he is, and without him, it isn't going to be very easy to find her.." he suddenly gets an idea. "Where's Celeste?? She's a fox. Maybe she could track her?? I've got some of Emma's clothes with her scent on them." Jaidan huffs. "No. That's worse. Because then I can't watch you all." Harry huffs, just shoving Leroy away, looking to Atticus. "Your door remains unlocked unless you are given permission from me. Got it?" Atticus gulps, nodding rapidly. Harry looks to Leroy. "As for you, you need to stop." He walks out quickly, slamming the door behind him. Atticus was still crying, just holding onto Aziende tightly. Leroy sits back on the bed, staring at them. "You two actually gunna date?" Atticus doesn't respond, just continuing to cry softly into Aziende's chest. "..M-Mmf.." Zarron frowns deeply. "I'm not going back there, yet.." crystal bites his lip. "Mm.. maybe t-try to find Vincent, then..?" Aziende makes a guilty face, looking away. Atticus, after several moments, murmurs. "..Like someone's gunna actually d-date me.." he tries to move out of Aziende's lap. Leroy frowns deeply. "You're beautiful, Atticus. Father isn't here anymore. No more female clothing. You can be you freely. You need to stop saying things like that. You're one of the coolest, more handsome people I've ever seen." Jaidan sighs shakily, nodding a bit. He pulls out his phone, calling Vincent, knowing he wasn't going to answer but giving it a try anyway. Jake lets out a long sigh. "Mm.. Can you help me find her then..? She probably ran to the woods somewhere and I don't have a wheelchair that is good in the grass and stuff yet.." Aziende purses their lips. They felt really bad now. Jaidan was right, he didn't answer. Zarron nods. "I guess.." Atticus takes a deep.bresth, moving out of Aziende's lap and just grabbing one of the blankets on the bed, wrapping himself in it, crying into his knees, clearly trying to hide himself. Leroy reaches a hand over, resting it gently on his back. "Mmf.. You look awesome, Atticus.. Come on.. Please don't cry.. You're so amazing.." Jaidan sighs shakily, keeping his eyes on the group. "I don't know how to find him.. He's pretty good at not being found.. Um.. Heh.. The only way I could actually think of is if I got extremely hurt.. He.. He might come to me if that happens.." he glances at him. Jake nods back, getting into his wheelchair, letting out a long sigh. He grabs a small blanket off the couch, folding it and laying it in his lap, figuring Emma would probably be cold or just want the warmth. He puts on Kye's hoodie that was laying over the back of his wheelchair, sighing shakily. "Alright. Let's go." He starts to wheel himself out, looking around outside. "Do you know where the closest forest is?" Aziende bites their lip, and quickly slips away from the both of them, slinking out of the room before either could stop them, and putting their mask back on. Zarron thinks. "Mm.. yeah." He heads in that direction. Atticus sees this and bursts into violent tears, feeling even worse now. Leroy quickly pulls Atticus into his arms, laying down and covering them both with another blanket, rubbing his back. "Shh.. It's okay.." Atticus just continues to cry. Leroy sighs, trying to make him more comfortable so he could try to sleep, unclipping his binder and setting it to the side, snuggling up to him. "Just try to sleep, hun.. It's okay.." Jaidan huffs a bit. "Where do I look?? I don't want to go near that room.." Jake follows, but much slower as he didn't want to flip his wheelchair in the grass, but also not wanting to ask for Zarron to push him. Aziende awkwardly slinks through the castle, trying to remain unseen, but it was hard with their clothing. Crystal makes a face. "Mmf.. well... he might be there.." Zarron matched pace, not caring at all, just wanting silence. Harry sees Aziende and growls quietly. He quickly goes over, snatching them up to his height. "How long have you been dating Atticus?!" He still looked angry. Jaidan frowns deeply. "M-Mmf.." he sighs shakily. "C-Can you hold my hand while W-We go in there then..? P-Please..?" Jake sighs shakily, seeing the forest eventually and just heading into it. Emma's quiet whimpers could be heard. Jake hears this and let's out a long sigh. "Emma.. I can hear you.. I've got a blanket for you.. It's chilly out here and you're going to get sick.." Emma tries to muffle her cries but eventually Jake spots her, wheeling over to her. Emma sees Zarron and cries even harder. Jake leans down with the blanket, scooping her up and wrapping her in it, using his magic to warm her, bouncing her gently with both arms, glancing at Zarron and just staying right where he was, figuring now that they had Emma it didn't matter if they stayed out. Emma snuggles up to his chest, clearly not liking Zarron there, murmuruing. "H-He's N-Not nice.." Jake sighs, glancing at Zarron, seeing if he knew what had happened. Aziende freezes. "I-I.. u-um..." they gulp, not wanting to say the wrong thing. "Not.. long...?" Crystal purses his lips, but sighs, nodding. Zarron lets out a long sigh, and looks away.Harry huffs. "If you ever break his heart, I'm having you executed. Got it? You do NOT mess with my brothers heart." Jaidan sighs shakily, nodding a bit. He quickly grabs onto his hand, getting extremely close to him and slowly walking towards the door, gulping, and it was clear he was terrified. He lets out a quiet whimper, just gripping onto Crystal tightly, looking to him to open the door. Jake lets out a long sigh, bouncing her gently. Emma sniffles, closing her eyes and staying cuddled up to him. "M-Mmf.. Jakey's warm.." Jake smiles a bit down at her. "Are you warm enough down there..?" Emma nods, sniffling, not looking at Zarron again, her seemingly afraid to. Jake nods, pulling a pair of ear buds out of his pocket. "Do you have your phone?" Emma nods. "Mmhm.." Jake nods, giving her his earbuds. "Listen to some music so I can talk to Uncle Zarron." Emma nods a bit silently, taking them and just quickly plugging them into her phone, putting them in her ears. Jake looks up at Zarron. "Do you know what happened..?" Aziende made a nervous face. "Heh.. um... what other things would you have my executed for...?" Crystal sighs shakily, and opens it slowly. Vincent wasn't there. To be fair, he'd probably have the same if not worse of a reaction to the room that Jaidan was having. Zarron nods, but says nothing.Jake lets out a long sigh. "Can you please tell me, Zarron?" Emma snuggles up to Jake's chest, sniffling and closing her eyes. Jaidan, after seeing Vincent wasn't there, quickly moves up against Crystal's chest, digging his face into his shoulder, whimpering quietly. "M-M-Mmf.." Harry huffs. "Not a lot. I'd put you in prison to suffer longer if you did anything else. But do you understand me? If I find out you upset him or hurt him, you're dead." Zarron shakes his head. Crystal quickly shuts the door. "Alright, w-well.. th-there are other places.." Aziende frowns deeply, and nods. They also didn't know if what he did walking out would be considered upsetting him.. he guessed he'd see.Harry huffs, shoving them into the wall. "Now, Go hang out with him. I'm coming to find you two later and he better be happy. Got it?" Jake sighs shakily. "Zarron, please. I'm in charge of Emma until Kye gets back and I know you'd tell Kye what happened. So please tell me." Jaidan sighs shakily, just holding onto him tightly. He nods slightly. "M-Mmf.. O-Okay.." he gulps, it clear he didn't want to let go of him yet. Aziende makes an unhappy face. "Mmf.." "okay.." they murmur. Zarron huffs. "She wanted me to adopt. Then she wanted me to adopt [her]! I don't WANT kids, and you wouldn't catch me calling that monster of a child my daughter when pigs FLY." Crystal helps him away from the room.
Jake frowns deeply. "Don't talk about Celeste like that.. You took her and she got attached to you because she didn't have anyone else to get attached to.." Emma was listening to them and growls quietly, pulling the ear buds out of her ears. "I did NOT ask you to adopt me. I asked if I was too young to adopt MY own child!! Don't accuse me of things I didn't say!!" Harry huffs angrily. "GO!!" Jaidan stays attached to him, sighing shakily and sniffling, starting to calm down. He murmurs quietly. "..Wh-Where else should we ch-check..?" Zarron huffs. "Just- Ugh!! I've been trying to get PEACE, and QUIET, for WAY too long now!!" He unfurls his wings, getting ready to fly off. Aziende purses their lips, and quickly rubs off back to the room, and inside. Crystal makes a face. "Mmf.. just.. around, I guess.." Jaidan sighs shakily, pulling away but grabbing his hand tightly, slowly and carefully starting to walk around, looking for any sign of him. Jake huffs a bit, knowing he was going to struggling getting back. He grabs Zarron's hand. "Zarron!!" He pulls him down to his level, gripping onto him tightly, holding Emma in his other arm. "You need to stop being so selfish. I'm telling you this as a friend and as your soon to be brother-in-law." He looks down at Emma. "Go back to karma's. NOW." Emma wines, quickly disappearing. Jake looks back up at Zarron, keeping a grip on the collar of his shirt. "I have been selfish all my life and I've almost lost Kye multiple times because of it. I know you had a girlfriend a while ago. And I know she broke up with you. I don't know all the specifics but I'm assuming it had something to do with your selfishness. And don't you dare Try to fly away from this conversation. You need to realize how much you impact other people. And you need to STOP. I'm trying to help you but you keep pushing everyone away. I've been through VERY similar things as you. VERY. You need to let me help you." Leroy had his arms around the still crying Atticus. Atticus' head was dug into Leroy's chest, wearing headphones. Leroy sighs, rubbing his back. He frowns deeply when he sees Aziende, huffing a bit, glad Atticus had headphones on. He quickly shoves Atticus' binder under the pillows. "He's still crying, asshole. He's sensitive and I'm almost positive you saw that." Zarron was shaking a little out of anger. It was clear he was struggling to know what to say. "I-" he huffs, struggling too to keep it together. "Just- Ugh!" He stumbles back, his wings drooping, and he slides down to the ground by a tree, covering his face with his hands, shaking more now. Aziende bites their lip, taking off the mask again and staring at the ground with a frown. "I can't here stay.."
Crystal was very very uncomfortable doing this, and it was obvious. He didn't seem to be anywhere in the building.
Jake sighs shakily, carefully wheeling over to the tree. He pulls Zarron up into his lap, sighing shakily and wrapping his arms around him tightly, knowing exactly how it felt to be hurt and beaten by his father. He nuzzles his shoulder, just holding him close. "I want you to know you can ALWAYS talk to me.. I know when we first met we didn't like each other but I truly do want us to be friends.. I know how it feels to be hurt, and beaten by my own father.. I literally can't open YouTube without having one of the kids or Kye open it and click on the video for me because of all the videos my father has posted of me and my sister.. He murdered my sister in front of me and killed my mother and got away with it.. I'm not trying to compare to you.. I just want you to know that I understand what it's like.." he holds him tighter. Jaidan sighs shakily, carefully letting go of his hand. "He isn't here.. Mmf.." Leroy huffs. "Yes, well, you made him cry. Atticus is the most kind, caring, and generous person I have ever seen. He volunteers at shelters all the time and gives money to the poor while he's dressed in disguise just so he can do it without people thinking he's rich. He's so sweet and you hurt him." Atticus was just crying softly into Leroy's chest, curled up in a tight ball. Zarron sighs shakily, gulping and hugging him tightly. Crystal bites his lip. "well.. um... there is.... one more place.." Aziende gulps. "I didn't mean to.." they murmur. Jake sighs, holding him closely. He nuzzles his cheek, using his magic to warm him. "Nobody's out here with us, hun.. It doesn't matter if you cry.. It's just me and I'm almost positive you've seen my ugly crying before.." he holds him as tight as he could, knowing he just needed to show him love and support. Leroy huffs. "Then apologize." He carefully slips his hoodie onto Atticus, nuzzling him and carefully taking the headphones off of him. "Can you turn around, hun..?" Atticus sighs shakily, turning over but staying pressed up against his chest. He sees Aziende and just digs his face into the pillow, wining quietly. Jaidan sniffles. "Where..?" Zarron hugs him tighter. He tried to never cry in front of people.. he almost couldn't. However, he was able to let go eventually. Aziende frowns deeper. "Atticus, I'm sorry..." Crystal sighs shakily. "Below.."Jake nuzzles him softly, rubbing his back gently. "Just let it out, hun.. You don't have to talk to me if you aren't ready for it yet but just know that I'm right here for you.." he wraps his tail around Zarrons waist to try to make him feel as comfortable as he possibly could. Atticus sighs shakily. "I-I'm not enough F-For you.. I-I get it.. G-Go away if Th-That's what you're g-going to say.." he hides his face in his arms. Leroy rubs Atticus' back gently, frowning deeper, absolutely hating when Atticus got this upset, but knowing he couldn't leave him alone when he was upset as he didn't want him to hurt himself. Jaidan sniffles, nodding a bit. "H-How do we get down th-there..?" Zarron was appreciating this, massively, and he indeed did let it out. It felt good, as he hadn't had the chance to do it alone in so long, resisting every time he needed it. Aziende gulps. "No, I just.. Mmf... no." Crystal shakes his head. "No we.. I can't go with you..."Jaidan frowns deeply. "Wh-Wh.. Why not..?" Atticus huffs a bit sadly. "I get it!! I'm just some stupid trans kid! You aren't the first to say it.." he curls up into a tight ball as he broke down into violent tears again. Leroy frowns deeply, not knowing what to do as Harry had always helped in these situations, but knowing he couldn't get him. He pulls Atticus close to his chest, sighing shakily. "Please just listen, Atticus.." Atticus huffs. "N-No!! I don't want to b-be lied to!!" Jake sighs, nuzzling him again. He carefully takes his bandana off of his eyes as he didn't want it to get soaked, but out of respect, as he knew he didn't like his eye, he avoided looking at it, just holding the bandana and looking downwards, hoping he would just be comfortable with him. "I won't look up, I promise.. I just don't want it to get wet.." He hugs him tightly again. Crystal looked fearful. "if he saw me there.. o-or figured out I was there.. I'd be fired on the spot..." Aziende frowns deeper, gulping, not knowing what to do either. "Atticus, please... that isn't true..." Zarron sighs shakily. "Th-Thank you.." Jaidan sighs shakily. "What's down there..?" Atticus cries harshly into his hands. "I-I can't t-trust you.. I-I d-don't know I-If you're l-lying.. I-I can't t-trust Y-You.. Y-You might be l-lying.." Jake nuzzles his chest, shifting him a bit to make them both more comfortable. He sighs. "You can always talk to me, Zarron.. I promise no matter what you tell me, it'll remain a secret.. I didn't have anyone to hold me and cuddle me when I was upset until I met Kye.. I'd scare Jaidan when I got upset and force him into an attack so I just started hiding every time I cried.. It sucks not having someone to hold you and talk to you and reassure you that everyone's okay.. I want to be that person for you.. I don't want you to suffer alone.. Okay..?" He still didn't look up at him, it clear he was doing this as he didn't want to break his trust. Crystal shivers a little. "I don't know for sure.. I've never been... but... m-Mmf..." Aziende looks off, pursing their lips. "How am I supposed to prove it..?" Zarron gulps, extremely appreciative of this. "Yeah.. okay..."Jake sighs, smiling a little, just looking at his chest. "You're so smart and handsome, and have so many amazing qualities.. Don't ever doubt that.. And I can always come over and hang out with you if you just need a video game buddy or someone to just sit with even if you don't want to talk.." Jaidan sighs shakily. "Mmf.." he uses his magic to summon one of his smaller knives, hiding it in his pants. "How do I get down there?" Atticus huffs a bit. "I-I don't know.." he murmurs. Leroy sighs, nuzzling Atticus' back. "What if she cuddles with you..? Will you feel better then..?" Atticus shrugs weakly, clearly having calmed down a bit at this point. "I-I don't know.." Leroy looks up at Aziende, mouthing. "Lay down and kiss him." Zarron looked grateful. "Heh.. thank you..." Crystal sighs. "There's a trapdoor in the maintenance room under the stage.." Aziende nods weakly, and goes over, getting onto the bed with him, and trying to kiss him gently.Jake smiles more at him, carefully tying his bandana back over his eyes, looking up at him. He kisses his cheek gently, clearly just doing this to be friendly. "You're awesome, alright? Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. You're awesome, cool, amazing, handsome. You've got all the good qualities a person can have." Jaidan sighs shakily, nodding a bit. "If anything happens, call my phone immediately." He quickly sends a text from his own phone to him as he had his number. "That's my number." Atticus sighs shakily, but after a moment, he kisses back gently, slowly escalating it, but just continuing to lay how he was, it clear he was still upset but trying to push it away. Leroy smiles a bit at this, hoping he was helping him. Zarron nods a little. "Mm.." Crystal looks at it, and nods firmly. Aziende continues gently, too hoping it was helping. Jake smiles more at him. "Wanna head back to karma's?" Jaidan sighs, hugging him before quickly heading to the trap door he had mentioned, trying to open it, getting his knife out, ready to use it if he had to. Atticus, after a few moments, pulls away, snuggling up to their chest, but putting an arm over his chest to block their chests from touching. He sighs shakily, sliding down a bit and resting his head on their stomach so they were both more comfortable. He sniffles. "I-I forgive you.." Zarron nods. The trapdoor opened with a sharp creak. Aziende smiles a little. "Thank you.." Atticus sighs shakily, nuzzling their stomach softly. "M-Mmf.. Wh-What did Harry say to Y-You that made you come b-back in here..?" Jake nods, letting him stay in his lap as he carefully started to wheel back towards the house, again, going slowly as to not flip the wheelchair in the grass, but it was clear he was struggling, having to stop several times. "I really need to get a different wheelchair.. This is the one we got at the hospital but it is not meant for grass.." Jaidan sighs, running his fingers through his hair and heading in, looking around.
Aziende frowns at this. He didn't want to tell him. "I just needed a breather.." Zarron nods. "Mm.." It was dark. It seemed everything Vincent kept in secret was dark. Made since, since his own eyes acted as two flashlights. Jaidan sighs, pulling out his phone and using the flashlight, looking around, holding the knife in his other hand. "Daddy?" Atticus sighs shakily. "A-Alright.." he snuggles up closer, intertwining their legs. "Y-You don't actually have to b-be my g-girlfriend.." He kept his eyes on the ground. Jake lets out a long sigh. "Can we go to the store and buy a new one and then go to Karma's? Cuz this is seriously just annoying." He stopped again, but this time because one of the wheels got stuck in mud, him desperately trying to wheel out but just getting grass and dirt stuck in the wheel. He wines a bit, not wanting to make Zarron get up and help him, feeling stupid that he couldn't get it out himself. It was an elevator. He was in an elevator. Aziende made a point not to react to this, simply nodding, though they were relieved. Zarron sighs, quickly moving to fix this, kneeling down and doing so. "Sure.." Jake sighs shakily. "Thank you.. Um.. Can you push me until we get to the road..? Please..? I'll let you sit back down with me as soon as we get to the road.." he smiles nervously, wishing Kye were here as he felt less awkward asking him. Jaidan sighs, looking for a pad with floors or anything. Atticus sighs shakily, sniffling and wrapping his arms around them. "I know Harry said he'd execute you if you hurt me, so.. I'm not an idiot.. I'll tell him I broke up with you because I didn't feel we were good together or something and that we just decided to be friends.." Zarron nods. "Sure." He starts. There was one, with floors labelled, "B1, B2, B3" Aziende frowns deeply. "Mm.." they still seemed worried about this.Jake looked relieved, sighing shakily. Once they got to the road, he stops Zarron. "You can sit back in my lap now." Jaidan sighs, clicking B1. Atticus sniffles. "Mmf.. Will you still be my friend and visit me..?" The elevator didn't move. He seemed to already be on B1. Zarron nods, doing so. Aziende frowns deeper, more. "I can't.."
Jaidan sighs, looking for the door to the elevator, holding his knife in his mouth and using his magic to keep his phone in the air to keep the light up. He tries to force the door open, figuring if he could get it even slightly open, he could do the rest with his leg. Jake smiles at him, wheeling towards a store he knew sold wheelchairs. He goes in with him, looking around before eventually choosing one that was easy to use outdoors and Indoors. He points to it. "Can you grab that one?" He shifts Zarron off his lap so he could grab his wallet and so he could grab the wheelchair. Atticus now looked upset. "But.. Wh-Why not..?" The elevator creaked and screeched, wining against the pressure and walls, but it eventually started to open. Zarron nods, and heads over to it, grabbing it. Aziende gulps. "I'm... I'm not going to be here anymore, after today.." they murmured, sombrely.
Jaidan sighs shakily, very appreciative of the fact he had lost weight and was stronger now. He slips his metal leg and as much of his body through as he could, starting to push the door open with his leg before he managed to slip all the way through, breathing heavily and grabbing his phone, looking around. Jake sighs, going over to the register and paying for it quickly, heading out and once they were out, he takes the wheelchair from Zarron and switches into it, taking off the price tag. He lets out a long sigh, glancing at the old one and then at a dumpster. "You can toss that one. It's a cheap one from the hospital. This ones better." Atticus looked quite upset now. "B-But.. I-I.. I thought we w-were friends.." It was a small room, with windows on the 2 walls in front of him to the right and left, completely covering the walls up until the bottom, where there was a foot and a half of wall. The place was disheveled, the glass broken, sparkles flying from the light above, that didn't work, and a broken fan on the front wall, where another trap door laid under it, which was also broken. Zarron sighs. "Okay." He goes ahead and does this. Aziende looked guilty. "Atticus, I'm not going to be [anywhere].." Atticus looked extremely confused. "Wh-Wha'do you mean..?" Jake sighs, smiling a little at the new wheelchair. He pulls Zarron back into his lap, heading back to Karma's house. "Do you know where Kye could be..? He's back but I don't know where.." Jaidan sighs shakily. "Daddy?" He calls out. Aziende looks away sadly. "Mmf..." Zarron shakes his head. There was no response, other than the hum of a broken speaker in the corner, and the quiet beeping of a working camera in another. Atticus frowns deeper. "Mmf.." he sniffles. "Will you ever be back..?" Jaidan goes over to the corner with the camera, looking up at it. "I know you're watching me, daddy. Where are you?" Jake sighs, heading inside. "Alright.. I have his phone and metal hand so he's got one hand and no phone at the moment.. So.." He sees Emma in the bathroom, her sitting on the counter trying to clean the stitches on her ear, whimpering quietly. "..M-Mmf.." Jake sees this and sighs, glancing at Zarron, muttering to him as he stopped and watched her. "She's actually really good about cleaning her stitches.. They're healing very well.. She helps Levi do his when he needs someone to do it.." he glanced at Zarrons stitches. "Do yours need to be cleaned?" Aziende shakes their head. There was no response. Zarron laughs awkwardly. "Mm.. probably..." Jake chuckles a bit. He wheels them into the bathroom with Emma, smiling at her. "Hey, baby girl. Wanna help me clean uncle Zarrons stitches? You have to be very gentle, okay?" Emma glances at him, it clear she wasn't angry anymore. She smiles and nods, looking to Zarron. "Sit up here on the counter and you can hold onto my leg or Jakey's hand while I do it." She created a spot on the counter for him. Jake chuckles a bit. "Good job on cleaning yours, little one." Emma giggles, nodding. Jaidan rolls his eyes. "You're really just making me more upset and angry with you by not coming out." He goes over to the broken trap door, trying to see if he could get in. Atticus sighs shakily, staring at the ground sadly. "M-Mmf.." he hugs them tightly. "Can I take a picture of us..?" Zarron sighs, getting onto the counter spot. He couldn't get through, but he could see through it That it was a maintenance room, but all the controls were broken, and the room was empty. Aziende nods. "Sure.." Emma smiles at him warmly, carefully starting to clean his stitches. Jake grabs Zarron's hand and squeezes it tightly as he knew the cleaner Emma used was very strong. Jaidan sighs, heading back to the elevator and getting back in, clicking B2. Atticus sniffles, pulling out his phone and snuggling up close, making sure his chest was covered and taking a selfie of them. He sighs shakily, putting his phone away. "Do you have a phone number I can call or text you on..?" Zarron made a pained face, tensing and cursing under his breath. The elevator revved up, and started to go down. Aziende looks confused. "Why would you need that..?"
Atticus sniffles. "..Cuz I wanna talk to you eventually even if I can't see you.." Emma sighs, nuzzling his head once she was done. "It's clean now. I used strong stuff to help it. Do you want bandages?" Jaidan sighs, waiting for it to stop and hoping the door opened on its own. Aziende frowns more again. "Atticus, I don't think you understand... I'm not going to [exist]... anymore..." Zarron sighs. "No, I.. think it'll be fine... it's not going to heal, so.. there's not really a point..." the ride was very, very long for an elevator ride. A few minutes, at least. However, at last, it stopped, and the doors slowly creaked open. Atticus looked devastated. "B-But.. What.. What's gunna h-happen to you..?" Emma sighs, nodding a bit and looking at her own stitches in the mirror. "Mine are healing good. They haven't ripped again. Celeste needs stitches on her ear. But you'd have to make sure they sedate her cuz it really hurts on the ears. They sedated me cuz I was gunna freak out on them." Jake lets go of Zarrons hand. Jaidan let's out a long sigh, exiting and looking around with his phone flashlight, still gripping the knife tightly. "Daddy?" Aziende shuts their eyes, taking a deep breath. "Atticus... I don't have a choice.." Zarron nods. This floor had a wide hallway, with metal walls, splatters of blood lining the floor and walls in certain spots.Atticus sighs shakily. "M-Mmf.. A-Are you gunna d-die..?" Jaidan let's out a long sigh, searching around. Emma nuzzles him softly before jumping off the counter. "I wonder where daddy is.." she thinks to Kye. Where are you, daddy?? I miss you!! You said we could be foxes together once you were all better.. Aziende nods silently. The hallway ended in a large, empty room, with a glass tube displaying something.. familiar. It was the suit. The original. Disheveled and burned, barely stood up by a simple endoskeleton. Vincent, was there. He sat in front of it, staring, silent. Emma got no response. Jaidan takes a deep breath, a chill running up his spine. He sighs shakily, slowly making his way over, sitting next to Vincent and putting a hand on top of his hand. "Hey.." it was clear he was trying desperately not to look at the suit. Emma wines a bit. "He won't answer me!!" She tries to teleport to his location. Atticus wines loudly. "N-No!! Y-You don't have to die!! You-You could stay here with u-us!! W-We'll protect you!!" Vincent jumps in surprise, sighing shakily as he settled slowly. The teleport didn't work. Aziende shakes their head. "No, I do... you don't understand..."Atticus sighs shakily. "M-Mmf.. I-I'll m-miss you.." Leroy was just scrolling through his social media accounts. Emma huffs, looking to Zarron. "Daddy won't answer me and I can't teleport to him!!" Jaidan carefully moves into his lap. He grabs both his hands, setting his phone and the knife down. "What're you doing down here, daddy..?" Aziende sighs shakily. "I'm sorry it has to be this way.." Zarron frowns a little. "Hm..." Vincent's eyes were somber, and he was frowning. He murmurs, "I needed to remember.." Atticus sniffles. "M-Mmf.." he kisses them gently on the lips. "I-I'll always remember Y-You as my first kiss.." he smiles a bit weakly. Emma starts to cry suddenly, plopping on the floor. Jake frowns deeply, quickly scooping her up off the floor, bouncing her gently. "Don't cry, baby girl.. It's okay.." Emma cries harder. "D-Daddy doesn't love m-me anymore.." Jake sighs, nuzzling her softly. He pulls the glass fox out of his pocket, showing it to her. "Hun.. Your father have me this little fox to show me how much he loves me.. It'll shatter if he stops loving me.. I'm not even married to him yet.. You are his sweet little girl.. You are his daughter.. Don't EVER worry about your father not loving you.. You are a the most adorable little girl I've ever seen and you'll make an amazing flower girl at our wedding.. Don't ever doubt his love.. Or mine.. Okay..?" Emma sniffles, holding onto him tightly. "Y-You promise you b-both love m-me..?" Jake smiles and nods. "Mmhm.." Emma looks to Zarron. "D-Do you love me t-too..?" Jaidan sighs shakily, nuzzling his chest softly, squeezing his hands. "Crystal wants to see you.. He's gunna help me get everyone to let you say hi to them.. Okay..? I need you to come back out to the office with me.." He kisses his cheek softly.
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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...
