It had been two and a half weeks ever since Della came back into everyone's lives. Everybody was getting used to her presence once more and Della with theirs. She had told the family her adventures up on the moon and what it was like to live there. It only felt like one hundred and twenty-six days passed for her though, not ten years. According to her, it was great for a day, but not very fun to live there for a long period of time.
Della spent some time with everyone, trying to catch up with what happened while she was gone. She didn't bother Dewey as much for a few days as she wanted him to rest, although she did check up on him every couple of hours to see how he was. Huey was by his side almost every minute. Dewey didn't think he needed to be there and that he could do his own thing, but Huey insisted. Dewey was able to walk after a week, so that was pretty good.
Donald had offered to show her all the pictures he took of the boys. The mention of that made her excited and she looked at all she could. Della asked about everything going on in his own life, as it had been awhile. She was excited to hear every little thing, even if they were the most mundane details someone could hear.
Ever since Della came back, though, Huey decided he and Dewey should be more careful. He didn't want them to get caught again. They were only lucky that Webby was fine with it from the looks of it. Lucky enough that Launchpad didn't see them as well.
Dewey got how Huey felt, but he felt that it was a little much. He felt that Huey was paranoid about it, even.
'We're fine,' Dewey said. 'No one else will catch us,' he had said oh-so confidently.
But Huey was still anxious. Not that he didn't believe him, but it was better to be safe than sorry. Especially since Dewey wasn't the most cautious of people that he knew.
When Webby and Louie were alone, she was going on about how he was right and how she couldn't believe it. Louie had been teaching her how to lie better for the past couple of weeks, for Huey and Dewey's sake. It was because of her that Louie knew how his brothers felt after all. Well, how he found out so quickly at least. Who knows how long it would've taken if it wasn't for her?
She had a lot of questions about them. So, so many questions, and Louie answered as much as he could.
'When did they get together?'
'A few days after we came here.'
'How did they know they liked each other that way?'
'With Dewey I'm not sure exactly, but with Huey...' He paused to remember. 'I think it was when you nearly hit him with that ball you kicked towards him.'
Louie saw how Huey looked when Dewey was on top of him. He saw the confusion and nervousness on his face. When he went through his diary, he figured out why he ran off, and Huey not knowing how he felt at that moment was why. Webby didn't think that it'd be because of her that one or both knew how they felt, but she wasn't complaining. She knew it was wrong and understood why, but she didn't do anything, seeing they were happy together.
Louie asked about that kiss on the cheek she gave, and she basically told him how she felt. He felt the same way as her and they got into a relationship. They haven't done too much as a couple yet, though. Louie wanted to take things slow and she understood. With all the stuff that's been going on, could you really blame him?
Finally, there was Scrooge McDuck himself. Ever since Della suggested that Huey and Dewey could be 'more than brothers,' he had been keeping an eye on them both for the past two weeks to see if it was true. Nothing so far had answered his suspicions. His intuitions started to die down though; he assumed he was worrying for nothing. If what Della had said was true, they were good at hiding it. If it wasn't, then he was worrying over nothing and Della was looking way too deep into it.
On the present day, the sounds of the kids' Nerf war games could be heard throughout the mansion. Scrooge walked down the hallway as one of the kids ran past him, trying to dodge the darts coming towards him. One nearly got Dewey, but luckily for him it missed him slightly. Huey started shooting and Della avoided the darts.
Sliding across the floor, Della shot Dewey and he fell down. She got up and turned towards Huey, who ran in the opposite direction. Louie did the same, not wanting to get shot as well.
The old duck had a small smile on his face. It was great seeing his family having fun. He walked down the stairs and into the dining room. Scrooge sat down on a chair at the table. Screams could be heard from downstairs. He chuckles; sounded like either Della or Webby got them both.
Beakley put his breakfast onto the table. Scrooge started eating his food as Beakley walked away to clean up whatever mess the kids and Della made while they were playing. The triplets came downstairs minutes later.
"Great game, guys." Huey complemented.
"But we lost again." Louie complained.
"But at least we had fun." Dewey said to Louie.
"And nobody got me in the tailbone this time!" The eldest said.
Dewford smirked. "What about your head, though?" He said mischievously.
"Yeah my head's fine- Wait, why are you asking?" Huey asked curiously, oblivious to what he was planning.
"Because of this!" He grabbed Huey and started to give him a noogie.
Huey started laughing. "Hey stop!"
He tried to free himself from the headlock, but doing so caused his hat to fall off instead. Louie caught the hat before it hit the floor.
Scrooge snickered; it was great seeing the boys having enjoying themselves.
The triplets decided to go outside for a while. He figured they'd be out to a park or 'Funso's Funzone,' whatever that was. It was good they were going out and do something other than be lazy all day.
Della came downstairs, grabbed some food, and sat next to Scrooge.
"Beautiful morning so far, isn't it?" Della spoke before taking a sip of her tea.
"Aye, lassie."
She had a few bites of her meal, as did Scrooge.
They heard the light sound of birds chirping. Light was shining through the windows, lighting up the room they were in. The room light was on, but it wasn't bright for mornings like this.
In between bites, Della started to yawn. She had to admit, it had been awhile since she woke up so early in the morning.
Scrooge looked around to see if anybody else was in the room with them. No one was there with them, so he then looked at Della.
"Have ye seen them do anything, Del?" He asked quietly.
Della put her fork down. "...Can we just drop this already?"
"But Della-"
"No." She interrupted harshly. "We're dropping this. Period, end of story."
Scrooge blankly looked at her for a moment, then started looking at his food. Della grabbed her food and cup, and started to walk away. She walked out of the room and into her own, as she had had enough hearing him ask that.
Opening the door, she stopped walking, and looked straight at the floor and her meal.
"...And to answer your question, Uncle, I have not."
She then left the room completely, slamming the door shut. Now, Scrooge was completely alone in the large dining room.
He growled to himself quietly. Maybe he should stop, it was getting nowhere. There was nothing that would be proof that they were a thing, so why keep trying to find out? It was irritating, but what did he expect? Them coming straight up to him and saying it oh so bluntly? Not a chance.
The old duck didn't feel hungry anymore all of a sudden. The food smelled, looked, and tasted amazing, don't get him wrong, but he didn't feel like eating anymore.
Being annoyed and having suddenly lost his determination made him lose his appetite, it seemed.
Sighing, Scrooge got up, pushed the chairs back in, and started to leave the room himself. The sound of the phone ringing broke the silence, so he answered it immediately.
"Hello? ...Now? What do you mean s'an emergency?" Scrooge said. "...Fine, I'll be there as soon as I can."
He hung up and called Launchpad. Scrooge was hoping he'd get to do what he had planned today, but work needed him now apparently. Not what he had in mind when he said that he wanted to be out of the house for awhile, but it was something.
In the meantime, Della walked up to her desk, which was highly messy compared to the rest of the bedroom. It was filled to the brim with books. Stacks upon stacks were on the desk.
Everyone who saw the desk was surprised nothing fell over. Not a single book fell off. How everything was still there was beyond everybody, even Della herself.
She tried to make a bit of room on the desk so she could put her tea and meal down. Della sat down and looked at the books in front of her.
She sighed. "It's going to be a long day, isn't it...?" She whispered to herself.
She wouldn't be surprised if it was a long day.
Later...
It was 5:38 PM. That took way, way longer than he wanted it to.
Scrooge entered the mansion. The first thing he could hear was the TV. He went to check if it was Louie as usual, but when he looked in the living room, he was only partially right. Della and Webby were watching with him too.
He looked to the TV. What was the cartoon show they were watching called again? Sailing Moon? Something like that, he wasn't knowledgeable about TV shows.
"I prefer the Japanese version," Della began, "because when it got to America they cut out and censored so many stuff. They even cut out a whole season due to the fact that-"
"Mom, they're re-dubbing the series now so it's basically uncut." Louie interrupted.
"...Oh."
Webby and Louie laughed at her response.
"So nothing's uncut now? They're no longer called 'cousins' like in the original dub?" Della asked, performing air quotes on the word "cousins".
Right from the start she knew that Uranus and Neptune weren't really cousins. It was just censored from lesbians to cousins. Until she got older, she didn't really know why it was censored.
"Yep! I can't wait for the Stars season to be dubbed!" Webby said excitedly.
Scrooge chuckled. Hearing that, Della turned her head almost immediately to see the trillionaire standing there.
"Oh hey, Uncle Scrooge." Della greeted.
Scrooge looks around, Huey and Dewey aren't in the room it seems.
"Where are the lads?" He asked, wondering where they were.
They all shrugged. "We don't know. I offered if they wanted to watch Sailor Moon with us, but they said no." Webby answered. "That was the last we saw them for the day."
"Probably upstairs or outside then..." He whispered to himself as he scratched his chin.
But he was very close on the name of the series, though.
"Wanna join us?" Louie asked.
"I'm good lad." Scrooge rejected. "Thank you for the offer."
He walked away to look for the kids. Della watched him as he left, feeling a little worried. They weren't outside for all he could see, so they were most likely in their room.
He didn't see why they wouldn't be.
He walked up the stairs, which were mostly empty, aside from Beakley vacuuming as usual, anyways. After a few minutes of walking, he saw the door to their bedroom and walked up to it.
Scrooge figured they would be in their room right about now. He started to open the door, but stopped, just barely cracking it open. Not too open for them to notice it was ajar, but enough for him see and hear them. They were arguing once again, from the looks of it.
For the past couple of weeks, they'd been arguing more and more. He didn't know why, for he asked but all they said was 'it's nothing.'
"How many times do I have to tell you that we can't do that so recklessly anymore, Dewford?" He had heard Huey say.
"You worry too much!" Dewey replied. "Nobody's gonna see us!"
"And what if the same thing two weeks ago happens again?"
This made Scrooge's eyebrow go up in confusion. See them do what? What happened a couple of weeks ago? If he didn't interrupt their argument, he'd find out what they're talking about, so he did just that.
"It won't! We're not out in the open this time, we're just in our room!"
"Yeah, and someone could walk in and see us!"
"Well at least we could stop immediately after hearing the door if we don't hear the footsteps!"
"But what if we're not fast enough, Dew? Then what?"
"You're worrying a little much, Hue!"
"I just can't risk having us caught again..." Huey said in a rather upset tone as he looked elsewhere. "We were lucky Webby's fine with us."
Dewey started to breathe a bit heavily. He didn't have anything to say about this. Not a single word could come to mind. All he did was clench his fists.
'Caught again' and 'fine with us' were the words that stuck with Scrooge. It didn't make sense until what Della said before came into mind.
There was only silence between the two.
Huey looked at Dewey for a few seconds before saying anything.
"...I'm sorry, but I can't let anybody else know about our relationship."
That was it for the old duck. That was all he needed to hear.
Scrooge slammed the door open. "Relationship?!" He repeated the last word Huey spoke.
The slamming scared the red and blue triplets. Knowing it was Scrooge who slammed the door open scared them even more, seeing he was pissed off to no end. They were breathing heavily and their eyes looked like they were going to pop out.
"We- We can explain!" Huey quickly stuttered, shaking slightly. "It's not- It's not what it sounds like!"
"Not wha' it sounds like? Then wha' was that, lad?" Scrooge demanded furiously.
Huey and Dewey looked at each other with concern, not sure how to come up with a fake explanation to save themselves. A lot of 'uh' and 'um's came from both of them. They didn't think that far ahead for if they got caught.
Scrooge grabbed their arms, "Yer comin' with me at once!"
He started walking and dragging them to his room. Dewey looked at Huey, feeling worried and scared. Huey was looking down to the ground, he looked pretty upset.
If he only knew Scrooge was going to be this mad. Oh, he was completely wrong, so wrong.
A/N: This is what happens when you let your hands slip when you should be doing other things.
But anyways I hope this isn't a bad way to start off a sequel. I'll be taking a little longer to post new chapters, since I wanna take more time on them. Make sure they're good, more descriptive, and that I don't miss anything like I forgot to add this or that. That and I don't want anything to feel rushed, at all. So I wanna make sure that nothing feels rushed or anything.
Anyways I hope you enjoyed this!
