HELLO! Before I say anything more, I'm gonna say this; Though these stories are completely/almost completely gore-free and quite romantic/slashy, they ARE supposed to be loosely based on Happy Tree Friends. Please don't get all uppity or anything. I could be doing worse. (stories with CanonxFemale OC pairings... :blech face: )

So! I should probably give a warning.

These stories may contain: incest/hinting at incest, threesomes (pairing-wise; I won't be writing lemons.), heavy slash (duh.), implied shota, Implied sex.

Also, they might not be written so well. But whatever.

Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me. :) they long to Mondomedia, silly. This IS fanfiction, right...?

Chapter 1: Van

pairing: Shifty/Lifty.

warnings: implied incest.

Almost there...

Sitting quietly in the back of the van, Shifty boxed a couple containers of the sweets that they were selling. In the front seat, Lifty counted their earnings. Neither of them was very happy.

"Twenty dollars!" Lifty exclaimed, looking back to his brother. "Twenty measly dollars!" Shifty rolled his eyes.

"Maybe we'd make more money if we weren't selling these things for peanuts, eh?" He purred sarcastically, forcing one more container into his current box. "But I guess it's all part of your 'master plan'. Since when do you have master plans, anyways?"

"Shut up. It's all about tactics." Lifty put the money away and climbed into the backseat to help his brother. He'd always been the more agile of the two, though he'd also been the stupidest. "You're supposed to pack seven into a box, by the way. This box here has a good twelve…"

"I know how to do my job."

"Well, do it, then!"

"Fine, I will!"

"Get going, then!"

"I am!"

The brothers shared a ten-second silence.

"Fine, I'm sorry," Lifty muttered, obviously frustrated at being the first to give in. He could never stay angry at his brother, not even for a minute. Without Shifty, Lifty was nobody.

Shifty grinned sheepishly. "I am, too," He admitted, pulling his twin into a hug. There was a slight hesitation before Lifty hugged back, squeezing Shifty tightly.

"Now, ain't we just a Kodak moment waitin' to happen…" Lifty joked, grinning. Shifty bopped him softly upside the head, continuing to nuzzle his brother's face while doing so.

"Smart-ass."

O-O-O-O-O

"Do you remember mom?" Shifty asked, grunting as he forced the containers into his cardboard box. Lifty looked at his brother for a second, silent, before answering.

"Y-yeah. A bit." Lifty muttered, rubbing the back of his right hand. Shifty didn't make eye contact. Lifty stared for a second at his brother before deciding to continue. "She was tall. She had blue eyes," He chuckled. "And she'd always sing this certain song that I loved. It always made you cry." Lifty glanced over at his brother, smiling weakly. Shifty pulled his hat down over his eyes, busy with pressing the containers into the box.

"I don't remember that." Shifty blushed underneath his hat, secretly trying to blink back his tears.

"Shifty?"

"What do you want?"

"You've been packing that box for fifteen minutes, you okay?"

"Fine. Never better."

Lifty frowned.

"You know, I would hug you, but I'm afraid that you'd throw me out the window." Lifty put a hand delicately onto his brother's soft shoulder. "Why would you even ask me about her if it's gonna make you cry?" Shifty wiped his eyes with his forearm.

"I'm not crying," He muttered. "It's better to grieve than to forget." Lifty smiled sadly. Again, there was a long silence. Shifty had become thoughtful and quiet again, and Lifty had become filled with stunningly new emotions.

"We still have each other," Lifty whispered, wrapping an arm around Shifty's shoulders and giving him a soft peck on the cheek. "my brother."

"That's right. And we'll always be together, in life and in death," Shifty smiled through his tears. "my love."