Septuplet!AU (Side-story: Daun)

Part 2

"Daun..."

"Hm...?"

"What Mikhail said... he didn't mean it."

Daun gripped the watering can he had been holding, "Okay..."

He and Air arrived home not too long ago. Daun, not wanting to say or reveal anything else, immediately went to their backyard wanting to be alone. He only got a couple of minutes of that peace he wanted before Air suddenly appeared by the back door just as he was watering his plants.

"You really don't believe what he said... do you?"

Daun looked down at the plant that looked limp, "I don't know..."

"Daun... you're not—"

Whatever Air was about to say was interrupted by the loud slamming of the door followed by loud shouts. The two brothers exchanged looks before quickly entering the household.

They were surprised to see three of their brothers by the living room.

Api and Cahaya seemed to be in the middle of a shouting match while Angin was doing his best trying to calm them down.

"Do you have any idea how dangerous that was?!" Cahaya yelled as he threw his bag on the ground, "You're lucky no one else was in that room!"

"You're totally overreacting! I've seen bigger explosions than that one!" Api scowled while crossing his arms.

"Calm down, you guys!" Angin said, desperately trying to keep the situation under control, "Let's just—"

"No! I've had enough of this idiot!" Cahaya said glaring at Api with so much anger it made Daun nervous. He wasn't used to seeing Cahaya this angry before.

"Hey, hey. Let's calm down." Air quickly intervened, putting a hand on Api's shoulder who was probably about to yell something back, "What going on here?"

"Api tried pulling a prank on Cahaya's experiment at school today." Angin quickly spoke up before any of the two could say anything, "It ended with an explosion and the chemicals were everywhere. Luckily no one was around and Cahaya had been at the storage room when it happened looking for some beakers. Anyway, long story, short, Tanah and Petir are sorting out the problem as we speak! Which is why there's no reason to fight—"

"No reason?! The teachers banned me from using the laboratory room starting tomorrow!"

"Well- I got suspended from the soccer team!"

"I think that's a lighter punishment for someone who ruined my experiments twice!

"Wha—how did you— did Daun tell you?!"

Daun stiffened at hearing his name, and quickly stepped back when Cahaya turned to him with wide, shocked eyes, "You knew?"

"I—" Daun froze when he saw Cahaya's face morph into hurt, "Cahaya... I didn't—"

The youngest septuplet then scowled as he grabbed his bag and ran for the stairs, pushing past Angin who tried to talk to him, "You guys are the worst!"

"Cahaya, wait!" Daun quickly ran after his brother, ignoring Air's call for him to come back.

He quickly entered the room they shared as his brother threw his bag to his bed, "I-I just only found out at lunch that Api was the one who messed up your experiment! I didn't mean to keep it from you!"

He flinched when the other suddenly slammed his books on his desk, "So you knew since lunch time?! Then you had enough time to stop him! So why didn't you?!"