"Where are my grandchildren!?"

Li Xiao Wang (who went by Leon just to piss his father off) shrugged comfortably in his chair. Yao sighed as he sat across from him on a red velvet sofa. The two were having a rather familiar conversation that Leon would always dread. He'd always hear from his father 'I'm an old man! I want to see my grandkids before I die!' and 'Leon, you're 23, basically 30. It's best to start having kids now.'

One time, Leon even came home to find a crib set up in his gaming room. That one bothered him more than the needless comments and jabs at the fact that he's a grown man and has no girlfriend or baby.

It's not that he didn't like girls, after all he DID have a girlfriend in high school. However, his crazy rich family did scare her off (it was more the crazy that did it than the rich part, however).

Leon, his sister Mei, and his two cousins Im Yong Soo and Mameko Honda all lived with him. Leon had been born into wealth, with his father, Yao, being the successor of Wang Hotel — a popular hotel in New York, that was always packed with guests. Leon was next in line to inherit the company — much to Yao's disapointment. It seemed nearly all of Yao's interactions with Leon were always something negative...

"You so lazy. Get off your butt and put the game down for once!"

"If you could just wash your dish after using it, then this house would be a better place."

"Aiyah! Look at all the cups in your room!"

Those were just a few of the familiar phrases Yao complained to Leon, but right now, the question that was burned in his mind, was asked once again:

"Where are my grand children?" Yao asked once more, and Leon rolled his eyes.

"What about Mei? I don't see her getting pregnant." Leon crossed his arms, giving his father a deadpanned look.

"She's two years younger than you. That is so different!" Yao scoffed, "besides, she has boyfriend."

"Hey, quiet." Leon leaned in, getting closer to Yao. "Not anymore." The sound of 'Before He Cheats' by Carrie Underwood was drowned out by sobs in the next room over.

Yao's eyes widened, "Seriously!?" He sprang up from his spot on the couch, and headed out the door. However, Yao opened the door slightly, popping his head in. It was the most unsettling thing Leon had ever seen.

"Don't think this conversation is over! I'll be back." Yao hissed and shut the door once more. Then he was off, to go and comfort who Leon presumed to be his favorite child, Mei. Maybe not his most favorite, but still... she was definitely high up there.

See, there were four kids in the Wang household. 'Kids' was an understatement, but anyone who was younger than Yao was considered a child in the household. Over the years of living in the Wang Mansion (practically since birth) Leon got to know his sister and cousins very well, and he has surveyed his father interact with them all from afar. Judging by body language, tone of voice, and overall vibe that Yao gave off, Leon was able to successfully compile a list of Yao's favorite children (in order, of course. From greatest to least.)

1. Mameko Honda. Yao's adopted brother's only child; after his brother's wife abandoned him and he having shortly died of a rare form of cancer sometime later, at the young age of five Mameko was sent to live with Yao. While not related by blood, Mameko and Yao shared a great love for tea, old poetry, and heck, Leon wouldn't be surprised if Mameko was an old man in her past life. Mameko treats Yao like a father, and Yao couldn't be happier.

While Mameko was six months older than Leon, Yao had the tendency to treat her like a child. Yao coddled her like no other child of his, except maybe...

2. Mei Wang. The younger sister of Leon. She's very close to Mameko, and on the surface she seems almost as polite as Mameko. However, Leon has known Mei his entire life, and not only was she a total ditz, but she spoke her mind (unlike Mameko, who would agree with you to avoid conflict. She was working on it the last time Leon inquired her on it, however). She was incredibly bubbly, and was always watch trashy high school romance movies. Additionally, she was clueless about boys, and it showed, as her most recent breakup was her fourth breakup this month.

3. Im Yong Soo. He was two years younger than Leon. Sometimes he wasn't sure if he or Yong Soo was the least favorite. While stacks of cups would somehow pile themselves in Leon's room, piles of clothes would be left behind in the bathroom in Yong Soo's case. Leon wasn't sure why, but he'd shrug it off — besides, everyone in this household had a bad habit.

Except for Mameko, but Leon was sure he'd eventually catch her eating with her mouth open or talking during a movie. He wasn't too sure just what her bad habit could be — but it had to be something! Nobody could be that perfect.

Anyways, Yong Soo was the son of another adoptive brother Yao had. Yao and this brother didn't get along, especially at the time when he had kicked Im Yong Soo out for getting fired from his job as a barista, and Leon wasn't sure if Yao felt sorry for Yong Soo or took him under his wing out of spite. Leon had assumed it was the latter, but sometimes he genuinely seemed sorry for the fella.

Finally, last and most definitely least...

4. Leon Wang. Maybe it was because he'd abandon his Chinese name (Li Xiao Wang — but he couldn't help it. Not only did he prefer to it over his Chinese name, but he thought the name Leon was totally badass. Like, Resident Evil 4 badass), but he was definitely more defiant than the other kids. While Im Yong Soo often played practical jokes on the old man, Leon had a terrible resting bitch face (and also spaced out often, making him appear as if he wasn't listening).

And he played video games too much.

And he was always complaining.

And he always had cups in his room. Curse the man for having cups in his room! Had he no sense of dignity? No sense of pride?

Not to mention it had been several months since Leon last held a job. While the Wang family was as rich as they were crazy, Yao didn't like his kids to laze around the house all day. Mameko worked as a clerk at a nearby bookstore, while Mei was a barista at Starbucks that also wasn't too far. Yong Soo has recently been hired at a McDonald's in the area. The same McDonald's that Leon had quit because he 'fucking hated the place'.

Leon didn't necessarily enjoy the unemployed life. While having no job didn't impact him financially, sticking around the house to hear Yao's bickering desperately made him want to seek out work.

"Oh, by the way, Li Xiao..." Yao popped his head into the room, and Leon rolled his eyes.

"It's Leon." Leon could hear Yao shiver in disgust. Or maybe it had been his imagination — he did have a tendency to make things more dramatic than they actually were. Being a theatre kid in high school did that to you.

"Whatever. Anyway, how would you like to be a bellboy at Wang Hotel?" Yao smiled, as he offered the job to Leon — the only job offer Leon had gotten in several months since he was fired - er, quit.

Despite how shitty the job sounded, Leon didn't care all that much. It was a job. "Really?"

"Yes. One of the bellboys just quit, and I figured you could benefit from it. Plus I'm sick and tired of seeing you being lazy and doing nothing!" Yao pouted, then smiled again. "Can you start Saturday?"

Leon blinked. Without a job, or school, he wasn't sure just when Saturday was. Honestly, he hadn't been keeping track of time.

However, he wouldn't admit to that. "Sure."

"Good! I was heading over to the hotel, just to help the other general managers fill out some paperwork, and I'll throw a word in." Yao winked. Actually winked.

It had been so long since Yao had helped him out that all Leon could sit there in stunned silence. A job. Yao had helped him get a job?

Bellboy. Huh. Working at his father's hotel too, nonetheless. Leon wondered how this would all pan out.