2020 Christmas Advent Calendar

The Mulled Wine Prank

Day 15: Mulled Wine

In hindsight, Techno knew this would be a bad idea.

The teen had been just chilling in his room, reading a book on his bed, listening to the music that was blasting throw a pair of headphones. His bed was a mess of shattered blankets and a few other books here and there. Techno was prompted up by a few pillows, holding him up at the headboard.

It had been a quiet day so far, Techno thought, looking down at the book sitting on his lap. He was absentmindedly braiding his hair, his glasses falling on the tip of his nose. The long pink curls had gotten longer since the school year started, he was starting to like it this long.

His little brother seemed to be keeping to himself that day, saying something about video chatting with Tubbo. Their father was out at the store, getting stuff together for dinner that night. And his twin brother? Well, he was nowhere to be seen.

That somewhat worried the pink-haired teen.

Flipping a page, he heard a knock at the door. Looking up, he saw the smiling face of his brother, and he had a look Techno didn't like. It was his "I have a plan and your gonna hate me later" face. One he had seen many times before.

"What do you want Wil?" He placed a bookmark between the pages before pushing up his square frames.

His twin stepped into the room, closing the door behind him. Wilbur was dressed in a yellow sweater, a red beanie shoved on his head. His head of curly brown hair was shagging over his left eye, almost blocking that look the 17-year-old had.

"You wanna help me prank dad?"

Techno placed his book to the side, sitting up straight. "What do you mean by prank?" he pressed, slightly glaring at Wilbur. "Like dye in the shampoo? You already did that to me last month, Dad would probably notice.

His brother chuckled, while Techno ran his fingers over his pink locks. His hair once was brown like Wil's not long ago, not before he got pranked by Tommy and Wilbur back in October. It was now a bubblegum pink.

A laugh escaped Wilbur, as he made his way over to Techno's bed and sat on the foot. "Nope, nothing like that, Dad would kill us," his grin was large, and his fingers seem to twitch. A thing that happens when his brother doesn't have something to do with his hands. A thing they both did. "We're gonna preteen we're drunk."

"He would actually kill us, Wil."

"But think how funny it would be!"

"Not happening."

"Schlatt told me his mom made some non-alcoholic wine," his twin tried to explain. "If we used that, and just started drinking it, we can scare the living bejeezus out of him. I can already see the look he gonna make, it's gonna be funny, Tech."

He crossed his arms, raising a brow at him. "And what am I getting out of this?"

"Um," the teen looked down for a second, thinking. "I will clean your room for a month."

"I don't want you messing with my stuff."

"I'll stop blasting music?"

"That would work. I'm in on this little plan."

The plan was put into action that night after Wilbur has left and got some of the mulled wine from Schlatt's house, promising he would be back before their dad got home.

They had it all planned out, sitting on the couch with two cups of the stuff. Techno hadn't even touched it, in case Schlatt had lied about the stuff being non-alcoholic. Who knew with that guy.

"What are you two drinking?" Their dad said when he came to check on them in the living room. He saw the cups the two had, watching as Wilbur took a sip of the drink. "Should I be concerned?"

Techno looked up at him, blowing a strand of hair from his face. The rest of his hair was tied up into a bun, keeping it out of his eyes. He looked around at the living room, decked out for the up and coming Christmas holidays.

He wanted to just tell his dad want was going on, but the look Wilbur gave him kept him quiet. His twin wanted this prank to go through. "Nope, just some sweet berry juice."

"Some good berry juice," his twin snickered. "Hey, Dad have you ever heard of Mulled Wine?"

Their father's blue eyes went wide, staring at them in shock. "Are you two drinking?"

"Um."

"Schlatt gave us it, said it was really good," Wilbur told him, grinning. "His mom made it, and then gave me some. I got Techno some and we've been just chilling."

Their father sighed, rubbing his face. "Boys, you are two young to be drinking," he explained. "Now hand me those cups and go get some water. I don't know how long you've been drinking this stuff. Then we can talk about your punishment for underage drinking."

That caused Techno to panic. "Dad it's not alcoholic, I swear!" He exclaimed, placing his cup down quickly. "It's a prank and was Wilbur's idea. We aren't drinking underage, I promise."

"Techno, you sold us out!"

"No, I just saved our butts!"
"Both of you, stop it." the two looked up at their father, going silent as they saw him smiling slightly at him. "As mad as I am that you two decided that it was a good idea to prank me, you two bickering has always been fun to watch. How about this, you two never do this again, for any reason, and I'll just ground you for two weeks instead of the month I was planning?"

The twins looked at each other, before nodding at their dad.

Phil grabbed the two cups of the drink and rolling his eyes at them. "Do not tell your brother about all this alright? I don't want him asking if he can drink this stuff, no matter what it is."

"Tell me what?"
The three turned to the hall that led into the living room, seeing Tommy standing there with his phone in hand. He looked annoyed, and Techno could see the profile picture of Tubbo on the screen from where he sat.

"About the wine we're drinking," Wilbur told him, smiling. Techno facepalmed, and he could hear their father sighing. "What?"

"Can I drink some wine?" the twelve-year-old placed his phone to his ear, smiling. "Hey Tubbo, Dad might let me drink some wine."

"You are not drinking any wine, Tommy."

"But Wilbur and Techno got to drink some!"

"They didn't actually drink any, son."

"But wine!"

"No!"

Wilbur began to cackle, almost falling from the couch with how hard he was laughing. Techno started to snort, laughing at his falling twin. He could still hear their dad and Tommy arguing in the background, and it just made the two twins laugh even harder.