Instant Family (SWSH Fanfic)

Missing Links

Bea lunged for her phone, Allister's thumb coming dangerously close to unlocking her home screen. Two notifications had popped up on her screen, one labeled as a picture message, the other reading a simple message telling Bea she'd arrived home safe with a few heart emojis tagged onto it.

"Whoa there—" Bea's face blushed furiously, snatching up her phone as Allister wobbled backward, shaking his hand and giving Bea a sassy, purple side eye. His eyebrow cocked. "—don't you give me that look mister... you're uh—"

Come on Bea, think of something smart, that was totally weird...

"G-grounded?" Allister said teasingly.

"Yes sir. Grounded." Bea narrowed her eyes at her little brother as she cradled the phone to her chest defensively. "Now, finish heating up the water while I grab my glasses..." Allister jumped down from the stool, shuffling begrudgingly to the drawer that holds their pots and pans. Bea rushed to the coffee table where her glasses laid, opening up them with her mouth as she unlocked her phone. A blurry image teased her eyes.

Oh sweet Arceus.

Her eyes focused through her lenses on the screen.

Oh SWEET Arceus.

Bea gulped nervously, shielding her phone from the sun bashfully as she took another peek at the screen.

I can't believe she sent me this. I've never gotten anything... naughty before... what do I do?

She glanced back down at Gloria's picture message, depicting her wearing the bomber jacket she had given her a couple of nights ago. Only her bomber. She blushed as she surveyed her surroundings, bravely pinching her fingers against the screen as she zoomed in. The bomber parted down the middle, revealing just the right amount of cleavage, her toned stomach illuminated by the natural afternoon light.

Oh my... should I send one back? She's so darn se—

"Hey B-Bea?"

AH

Bea jolted back to reality with a yelp, the phone shooting upward out of her hand. She juggled it back into stability, tripping over their coffee table as she held the phone close to her chest once again.

Allister watched sheepishly.

"Ahem. Yes? What do you need?" She unceremoniously sat back up, craning her neck up to look at her brother.

They made awkward eye contact.

The red of her face juxtaposed the silvery platinum blonde bangs that fell in front of her face. She attempted to blow them out of her eyes before giving up and brushing them away with her fingertips.

"S-Seriously? Sis, y-you g-got it b-bad for G-Gloria..." Allister said as he gave Bea a smirk. "I j-just wanted t-to know i-if you wanted me t-to s-start the r-rice, heh..."

"Hey bud, watch it—" she gave a small grunt as she stood back up, brushing off her butt, "— and yes, please get the rice started..." she averted her gaze from Allister, nervously exiting the chat between her and Gloria as she made her way back into the kitchen.

She took her place next to Allister and started whipping up a sauce in one pan, while she sautéed some vegetables in another one, periodically bumping into her brother with her hip as they shot the breeze, cooking together. Allister occasionally stood up on his tip toes to peek at Bea's pans in excited anticipation, Bea pausing to tousle his hair and pat his cheek.

The awkwardness melted away between the two of them as Bea turned the burners off on her gas stove, grabbing a spoon from her drawer and dipping it in the sauce. She eyed Allister, crouching down next to him as she blew cautiously on the contents of the spoon, gently feeding him a spoonful. She smiled as he let out an excited 'mmm', nodding in approval. Bea smiled back.