A Word from Me: Gasp! Is this what you think it is? If you were thinking of the sequel to 'You Snuck Your Way Right Into Our Lives' than yes, yes it is! If you haven't read that story than I suggest you do to understand this one, and for those who did read it I thank you! I never imagined when writing this that people were actually going to like it! Hope you like this story just as much as the other! And without further to write, enjoy~
There are new residents living in the DEI building, as many of the few, already living inside, that actually pay attention started to figure out. The occupants could care less about what Heinz Doofenshmirtz does with his life or what it involves. Not even the daily explosion noises on the roof attract their attention. The only interesting event worthy to remember is the embarrassing super star viral video and the fact that the man is divorce to a fairly attractive woman. How he managed to win her over is beyond them, and having a beautiful daughter to boot, the man is unworthy of such things but somehow he still got them.
Now recently many have bear witness to two kids running in and out of the top floor and building, along with, according to the female residents, a fairly tall, somewhat tan and very handsome teal haired man who looked to be around his late thirties or early forties. The man had big oval shaped brown eyes and a long ball-tipped nose that complimented his masculine face with a toned upper body. Not toned enough to have a visible six pack but properly toned to maybe have one hidden under the brown suit he is seen wearing daily with a curiously picked orange tie.
The two kids themselves were an adorable and complete pair. One child has the same teal colored hair as the man with the same neat style and everything but instead of the oval-shaped brown eyes he bared big circled-shaped blue eyes and a small pointed nose that, even though it seemed out of place, still matched the child's figure. He wears a lab coat just like the pharmacist Heinz Doofenshmirtz but the black undershirt and gray pants are replaced by a blue shirt and maybe navy blue pants? With white and gray sneakers.
His companion has more resemblance to the handsome teal haired man. Having the same nose and eye shape, along with the same brown shade but differing from hair and color style. Instead of the neatly placed teal hair the child wore messy brown locks that stuck out in every direction, strangely just like the Doofenshmirtz fella. The kid wore a plain outfit consisting of a light tan colored hoodie with black sleeves, black pants and white sneakers with a tint of gray on the top.
One thing many of the residents couldn't fathom is why in the world did these three even moved in with Doofenshmirtz? Which they figured they did since all four are always seen leaving the building together and returning. Could they be related somehow? The children seem to share something in common with Doofenshmirtz but the handsome man has no relation whatsoever. Could the man and Doofenshmirtz be friends? Possibly someone needing a place to stay and the pharmacist offered his home. Doesn't explain who the children belong to though. They resemble both men in such ways that either one has the likelihood of being the father, but who?
This isn't any of their business but one thing civilization is always determined to barge in is personal lives and juicy gossip, and the main gossip of the building is who in the world these new residents are? Who do the children belong to? And what relation can Heinz Doofenshmirtz possibly have with all three?
"Moooom! Max keeps hogging the remote!" Ethan shouted from the living room as he determinedly tried to reach the device from his brother's grasp, gritting his teeth the more he leaned over him and ensuring the risk of tipping off the couch. Max held the remote on the edge of the arm rest, using his other un-used hand to push his brother away.
"It's my turn to pick the show today!" Max tried to reason.
"But you picked it yesterday!" Ethan countered.
"Yeah, after you picked it the two days before!"
"Which you picked the two days before, before that!" Ethan tried again to reach the remote and came only a few inches away from obtaining the object before it was swiped from his brothers' hand by another hand. Both pups turned to the source of the swiping only to look up at their dad quirking his eye at them. "I believe it is my turn to pick the show for today and if I remember correctly, there is a new episode for Amor de Fuego coming out."
The two brothers made a face of dismay at the name. If there is one thing they both agree on it's their dislike for their mom and dad's romance shows. They would rather watch a show about a dog capable of writing blogs than sit through another episode of Amor de Fuego. It lacks creativity, using the same recycled romance plot and has one too many holes in the story, plus where is all the action!? Even with their brilliant minds they both can't understand the popularity of the shows. What are the probabilities of any of it happening in real life anyway?
"But daaaad, your show is boring. It will torture us to sleep!" Ethan whined, numbing his body on top of Max to exaggerate his point, Max obtained a back full of brother as his chin caused his brown hair to cover his forehead. He stared annoyingly at the source but knew it would have no effect since the boy couldn't see under his nose.
"Dad, take back your show and save me from being crushed under this tacky lab coat!" Max pleaded, obtaining a raised eyebrow from both teal haired presences.
"Excuuuuse me?" Ethan asked, lifting his chin and starring down at the brown locks. "There is nothing wrong with my outfit, if anything you lack uniqueness, wearing an everyday hoodie just like everyone else and black jeans! Plaiiiin if you ask me."
"Yeah, and wearing a lab coat just like mom makes you sooo original." Max opposed, rolling his eyes along with the statement.
"No, but at least it's something not commonly seen and besides, you insult my outfit, you insult mom's outfit!" Ethan stated as he lifted himself from his brother and sitting upright on the couch.
Max seated himself upright as well right after the extra weight removed himself. "Then moms outfit is tacky too."
Just as he finished the comment, the tacky lab coat wearing mother walked into the living room in time to hear everything. "Oh, so my outfit is tacky you say? Fine I'll remember that the next time I think of making my stinky cheese family recipe. I'll have your share of the cheeeese." Heinz said as he crossed his arms and lifted his chin, wearing a pink apron over his lab coat lacking black undershirt that said "Kiss The Evil Cook" and a matching pink set of oven mitts.
Ethan smirked while Perry couldn't help but smile when Max's eyes did the near impossible, widened in pure panic. He instantly turned his head towards his dad. "He can't do that right dad? Mom can't do that!"
Perry simply shrugged. "He's the one with the Doofenshmirtz family recipe. If I were you, I'd start thinking of ways to appease your mama."
"Yes and if you ever say mama again, he's going to have your share of the cheese as well Perry Flynn-Fletcher Doofenshmirtz." Heinz finished off turning from the three and entering the kitchen again.
Perry froze at the words and stared at the retreating back. "He can't do that, right pups? Tell me he can't do that!"
Ethan was the one to shrug this time, closing his eyes and leaning his head on his arm that rested on the couches side, a playful grin evident on his face. "I don't know dad, mom is the one with the Doofenshmirtz family recipe."
Both brother and father stared at him un-amused before sharing a look and grinning wickedly. Ethan was suddenly dog piled as Max and Perry attacked with mad tickling skills. "MOM! Help me!" He cried and laughed desperately trying to push both offenders away.
Heinz ignored him and went back to whatever he was working on beforehand, smiling to himself as he heard everything occurring in the living room.
Amateurs.
Ethan paced back and forth in the living room, his brother lazily looking at the TV. screen un-interested with whatever the machine was showing. It was summer and instead of them helping to build the world's biggest, human assisting, technologically advanced, joyride induced machinery they were stuck indoors with nothing to do besides pace back and forth and watch electronically waved transferred imagery.
Phineas, Ferb and their friends were currently out on a trip and even though they welcomed both brothers into their huddle with opened arms it still felt like they were intruding. Sure they had fun together and the ex-platypups added a special sauce to the mixture, but they weren't a condiment you would add daily to your food. Only sometimes when one craves it, and right now they weren't craved, they could tell. The group already has all the basics covered and they aren't looking for new permanent members. Maybe the occasional special guest, but that's it, just a guest.
Living about thirty minutes away isn't much help either. Everyone in the group live about a few houses from each other but the brothers are miles away and living in the city. Going over to their neighborhood takes more effort than one thinks. Both parents aren't always here every day to give them a ride over and it wastes gas, also by the time they get there on bikes or by foot the project of the day would be halfway done or finished already. Where is the fun if you can't build it?
Ethan continued to pace, thinking of ways to make the day exciting with the lack of friends in the equation. The brothers have tried to build on their own but the attempt utterly failed because they are missing something. The feeling wasn't the same when they tried to build inside mom's old evil lair. For one it was too confined, they couldn't expand their horizons because of the lack of space, and two it wasn't as lighthearted. The room didn't have the natural freedom the backyard of the Flynn-Fletcher household held, didn't have the blue skies or the green grass. If anything, the backyard was the one thing Ethan and Max regret leaving behind in exchange for turning human. They would do anything to get it back.
Then it hit him.
Ethan stopped himself in place, smiling as he thought it over. Without the backyard trying to build things wasn't the same, and they would do anything to get it back. If they would do anything to get it back then why don't they? The only thing they can do is solve cases and build things, so why don't they do what they can do and figure out how to build it? They lack a backyard in this building and what better way to solve this than by building one themselves!
The teal haired brother turned to the brown locks one and grinned, the other staring at him oddly. "Max, I know what we are going to work on today!"
He suddenly grabbed him by the arm and practically dragged him from the living room, heading out the front door but not before shouting to their mother. "Max and I are heading outside mom! We are going to build a backyard!"
"Alright! Just remember to wash up before dinneeer!" Their mother simply answered, not seemingly paying attention to their proclamation.
"Kayyy!" Ethan replied, pushing Max into the elevator and leading him out through the backdoors of DEI.
"So let me get this straight." Max started after Ethan finished his explanation, a table placed in the middle of the space they were working on holding blueprints for the construction and boxes scattered all over with parts inside. "You want to build a backyard here because you figured the main reason we can't build anything is because it doesn't feel the same, it doesn't feel as homey as when we build over at Phineas and Ferb's place? "
"Yeah!" Ethan grinned at his brother, lifting his welding helmet from his face. "We can't build or think of ideas inside the floor because it's too confined and it lacks outdoors. If we build a backyard we will have the freedom and space to let our imaginations run wild without the limitation, and the added building surrounding us. It's not perfect but it's something." He finished off before placing his mask down again and starting his welding.
Max stared at his brother for a few more seconds before putting on his own mask and joining him. "Alright, I'm in."
Both brothers continued to work for half of the day, making slow process because of the lack of extra hands. During one of their breaks Ethan couldn't help but say. "Man, I wish the fireside girls were here to help us. This would have been finished a long time ago."
Max nodded his agreement. "I think they already got their Backyard Design badges last year. Helping with building homes or something."
Ethan sighed at that. "Yeah, too bad we weren't here yet."
A comforting silence fell upon them as they refreshed themselves with lemonade from the half-way finished project. The summer sun smiled brightly at them with chirping birds flying across and a lone butterfly hovering over Max before deciding to head somewhere else.
Neither brother noticed a figure standing beside them with their arms crossed behind their back and leaning their body sideways, staring at them with curiosity.
Ethan finally turned his head in an angle that allowed him to catch a glimpse on the corner of his eye, turning to the figure and standing up to wave. "Oh hello, we didn't see you there."
The figure turned out to be a young girl, probably about their human age with bright green eyes, long eyelashes and freckles. She has purple curly hair that reached down to her lower back, wearing a spaghetti strap green top that cut off the shoulder blades with long sleeves that connected to a skirt that started a sideways black strip pattern.
She smiled at him and giggled before answering. "Hello."
Ethan nodded at her. "Did you need something? Is our work too loud for you? We'll keep it down if it is."
The girl shook her head at him. "No, nothing like that. I just came down to see what was going on. My name is Vex." She greeted herself, walking closer and extending an arm out in courtesy.
The teal haired brother smiled at her, extending his own arm to accept. "My name is Ethan, nice to meet you." He shook hands with her and let go before lifted it again and gesturing towards his brother. "This guy over here is Max."
Vex smiled at him, bowing her head. Max mimicked and bowed his own head as well.
She then looked around to the scattered pieces and seeds on the floor, lifting her arms up in question. "So, wacha working on here?"
"We're working on building our own backyard. Somewhere we can work freely without imprisonment from rooms."
Vex clapped her hands together in excitement. "Oh how wonderful! Do you both need help with anything?"
Ethan turned to his brother in question before he nodded at him in agreement and turned back to the girl. "Sure we do! Do you know how to handle power tools?"
The purple haired girl pulled out a box opening it to show shiny gold medals at them. "Ja! I have all my power tool medals along with welding and metalsmithing!"
Ethan whistled at all the shining, clearly impressed. Max even quirked an eyebrow in agreement.
"Well, shining things never lie, you're hired!" Ethan shouted, throwing her a welding mask and explaining the blueprints on how everything should go.
And this is how the brothers finished their very own, first project and how they thought up of many more to come. This is also how they added the first member of the DEI group, the two others showing up after the first few projects.
"I'm telling you! Having an air-traveling carnival rides wouldn't just add more humph into the experience but it will also come with world sightseeing! Two in one!" Ethan grinned at them, lifting his arms up in enthusiasm.
Vex held the blueprints up for her to study. "Ja, but wouldn't it cause danger in the air? A ferris wheel can only turn so far in order to avoid collision."
"No problem, we can add in motion detection for it to know before hand when an obstacle is in the way. Giving it plenty of time to re-route its direction and avoid any form of collision."
After a few more convincing words from Ethan's part Vex finally caved in and agreed upon the motion detection. If anything she just really wanted to get this project done and ride on the space ship, maybe sit next to Ethan as well? Hopefully lady luck is with her today.
Sometime later through the project Ethan picked up the blueprints and looked them over, comparing each machinery to that of the model in the paper. Everything looked about right and the only thing yet to be finished were the ferris wheel and soccer playing field. He turned to the spot where the legs of the ferris wheel were already placed and saw Vex sitting on the top of the machine connecting the wheel into its slot. "How is everything up there Vex?" Ethan shouted. "All in order and every bolt accounted for?"
Vex removed her mask at the question and looked downwards, raising a thumbs up. "Ja! Everything is on and accounted for. Anything else missing?"
"Just the soccer field! I'm going to check with Max on that!" Ethan replied.
"Okay! I'll come down once this is finished!" She ended, placing the mask down and getting back to work on connecting the wheel.
Ethan set pace towards his brother who worked on placing the field goal in place and marking the ground with white paint to set where players can run. The teal haired brother suddenly got an idea and kicked one of the soccer balls innocently placed on the ground and scored as the ball crossed over his brother and entered the net. "Gooal! And the crowed goes wild!" He shouted, raising his arms up in victory.
Max got up after the painting the last line of the field and walked over to the ball, grabbing it and hurling it towards his brother who narrowly avoided the missile and grinned at him. "Hey, no need for revenge seeking, you were a fair distance away from even getting hit by it."
The brunette crossed his arms waiting for him to finish.
"Alright, alright. Just came to see how everything was going. Field is in place and nets too, check. Soccer balls have the remote control feature for them to hover back if they get kicked off?" Ethan asked gesturing at the pair of soccer balls.
Max nodded at him.
"Sweet! The air-born soccer field is ready and Vex is finishing off the ferris wheel as we stand!" Throwing the blueprints over his head Ethan started jumping in excitement before he was stopped by a voice appearing out of nowhere besides them.
"Did my ears deceive me or did I hear an air-born soccer field over here?"
Both brothers turned together towards the source to see a taller than them kid with a dark tan and dark brown eyes. His hair was somewhat neatly placed and curiously seemed to resemble that of a lion's mane, being held up by a white-yellow headband. He wore a plain orange shirt that had one sleeve reaching his elbow on his left arm and shorts that changed from black to yellow and two different shades of brown on the bottom. He held himself in confidence, placing his arms on his hips and smiling at them.
Ethan smiled back while Max just lazily stared at him. "Yes indeed you did! Our air-traveling carnival is about to be finished, all we need is the ferris wheel and we can started making our way across the world!"
Suddenly Vex ran up to the three boys and gestured at the ferris wheel comment. "The ferris wheel is up and running now, we are set to start the travels." She said smiling at them.
Ethan turned back at the newcomer. "Our air-traveling carnival is ready for business!" He stated, cheering along with Vex at their accomplishment.
The lion-haired kid cheered with them, fist pumping and gazing at them in question. "Mind having another tag-a-long? I would love to try out an air-soccer field!"
"I don't see why not!" Ethan said, turning towards his two companions. "Right guys?"
Vex clapped her hands together and beamed. "The more the merrier!"
Max simply shrugged at them.
Lion-mane extended an arm out at them in greeting. "The names Leon, short for Leonardo."
Ethan shook it first. "Names Ethan, nice to meet you."
"Like-wise." Leon responded.
Ethan then motioned at his brother and answered for him. "This is Max."
Leon moved his arm towards him and Max accepted it, responding once he grabbed hold. "Short for Maximus."
"Maximus huh? Good name, strong and firm." He commented, earning himself a respectable nod from Max.
Finally he turned to the last member and softly smiled at the girl. "Please to make your acquaintance."
The girl giggled lifting her arm and accepting the hand. "The pleasure is all mine. My name is Vex, short for-" Before she could finish however, she got interrupted by another newcomer who made his way towards the group of kids in the middle of a carnival. "Leon, what's taking so long!"
The new kid turned out to be another boy who wore his unruly black hair spiked backwards with intense, dark green eyes frowning at them all. His skin has a yellow tint to it as he wore a red shirt with yellow straps on the front side and blue shorts that held black belts connected from the front to back on each edge.
Even though he appeared next to Leon in a menacing way he was completely unfazed from the hostility, instead smiling and rolling his eyes at him. "Come off it Terrance, no need to get your shorts in a twist. I was just asking to join in the fun, these three were building a air-transportation carnival." Lifting his arm and presenting the trio Leon started an introduction. "These three are Vex, Ethan and Max. Responsible for building those machines you and I always stared curiously at." He turned the other way and motioned towards his friend. "And this guy here is Terrance, has a knack for running head first into things but don't worry, he's more bark than bite."
The trio nodded at his words, looking at Terrance and watching the boy cross his arms and stare off to the side annoyed. "It's nice to meet you both, you are more than welcome in joining our carnival cruise but we better started making our trip soon if we want to make it home in time for dinner. Mom tends to get upset at us if we're late." Ethan said, pointing at himself and his brother.
"Oh, then we haven't got a moment to lose!" Vex stated, running off and entering the space ship.
Ethan couldn't agree more as he followed suite, climbing on the ferris wheel. "Climb aboard everyone! The DEI air-traveling carnival cruise is about to start her maiden voyage!"
All kids cheered together, except for Max and Terrance, and made their way towards their desired ride. Leon picking the soccer field as he said while Max picked the speed ride, hopping inside and adjusting his seat belts along with the arms placed over his chest. Terrance decided to hop on the gyro tower, daring himself to ride it the entire way around the globe. Needless to say, it only took the first seven dives for him to regret the decision but braved through it all the way.
A loud thumping sound was heard as the ground quaked slightly with each step taken. Norm walked through the opened elevator doors that his younger brothers built. The elevator specifically made for the backyard and the top floor of their home to have access from each other; A one-way elevator, only stopping at the bottom of the building, and back to the penthouse. Even made to withstand Norm's weight, height and shape!
The robot walked out in time to witness his brothers and new friends bungee jumping down from the newly made American placed Eiffel tower, the group now dangled in different ways as the cords wrapped themselves around their limbs. The scene became comical with Ethan being held upside down from the ropes tied around his feet and Max completely draped with rope all over his body.
The girl with the purple hair got tangled upright with one of her arms held high above her head and the other limping downwards; both her legs were held by the center of her shoes, one overlapping the other. The tan boy was in no better shape as his body got curled together by having both hands and feet tied together upwards. The spiked haired one got held upside down just like Ethan but instead of it just being a single line of rope around his feet he got the entire enchilada wrapped from the bottom of his feet to his waist, his upper body completely free as he stared annoyingly at nobody in particular and crossed his hands on his chest.
Norm quickly snapped a picture of the scene and stored it inside his hard drive before stomping closer and announcing his presence. "HEY LITTLE BROS! THE SNACKS AND LEMONADES ARE READY, TIME TO COME UP! I HAVE ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE!"
Ethan smiled and ran up to their robotic brother once Max and himself managed to free their bodies from the entanglement of ropes, beaming. The three others took a little more effort in the freedom but managed to succeed as well and gazed up in amazement at the mechanical goliath once they reached him.
"Whoooa." Both Vex and Leon said simultaneously.
"Ethan, who is this gentlemen here?" Vex asked, still looking up at the giant and smiling.
If Norm had been able to blush through his metallic coating he would have turn a fair shade of pink at her comment but instead settled on placing his hand behind his neck rubbing bashfully. "IT'S AN HONOR TO MEET YOU ALL. MY NAME IS NORM."
The teal haired brother of the trio stood beside the self-named robot and placed a proud hand on the metallic arm. "Guys this is our brother."
He then turned to face his brother and pointed at each of their friends as he named them. "Norm, this here is Vex. The tall, tan, lion haired one is Leon, and the grouchy porcupine here is Terrance."
Each kid waved a small hand at him.
"WE SHOULD GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER OVER SNACKS! THEY ARE WAITING FOR US UPSTAIRS!" With that said the giant turned around and started stomping his way back into the elevator, leaving the doors opened for the kids to scramble inside, which they did in an adorable manner.
The elevator ride to the top was calmly short-lived and once the doors re-opened again Ethan lead the way out followed by Max and Vex, Terrance and Leon walking out side by side and finally Norm stomping out last. Ethan lead them all the way into the kitchen of their home and once everyone seated themselves and gazed curiously at the room in amazement, Norm picked up one serving tray full of snacks at the same time balancing another tray carrying the glass of lemonades. Expertly placing them on the table and serving them to each child.
"THERE YOU GO CHILDREN, EVERYBODY DIG IN!" Norm happily shouted once everything was set.
"Thanks Norm, this looks great!" Ethan said munching away at his snack dish and slurping the lemonade through a straw.
Everyone else gave their own curt nods and 'Mmms' at him, agreeing with Ethan.
Chatting arose afterwards with everyone talking about today's activity and tomorrows planning. Each child showing their excitement openly or at least as much as they would allow. Max and Terrance only permitted a twinkle to escape in their eyes, revealing what their faces refused to show and even though to outsiders it looked as if they were uninterested or completely annoyed with their acquaintances, the group knew the truth.
Conversation continued on until one of the Doofenshmirtz parents arrived and couldn't help but smile at the home portrait scene in front of him. "Such lively conversation in here, the daily project done already?"
Ethan smiled and waved at the newcomer, Max showing his own short wave at him. "Hey dad! We have friends over, hope you guys don't mind."
Perry removed his brown jacket, hanging it on a coat hanger and walked closer towards the table, snatching one of the snacks for himself. "Not at all pup, who are your friends here?"
His teal haired son went over the same introduction Norm obtained, each child nodding, smiling or waving at him.
"Hello Mr. Doofenshmirtz it's nice to finally meet you." Vex said to him.
Perry cringed slightly at the formal name. "Please call me Perry, Mr. Doofenshmirtz makes me sound old." He said, chuckling at his statement and hoping Heinz was nowhere in hearing range. He loves the baffling fool but one subject he tries to avoid that causes his partner to rant away insulted is anything that has an age related subject and his surname in the same sentence.
"So pups, any word of your mother? Still out?" Perry asked his sons.
Ethan shook his head with a mouth full of culinary sustenance. "Still no show."
Perry nodded at the information. "He should be here soon then."
The three guests at the table did a double mental-take at what the Doofenshmirtz father said. If they hadn't been focused on the conversation they would have miss the bit where he said 'he' in reference to Max and Ethan's mother. Did Mr. Doofenshmirtz make a mistake? No he couldn't have, for one he said it with confidence and would have corrected himself if he caught it, and if not him then the Doofenshmirtz children would have taunted him about his mistake just like any other child would. Neither child seemed to care though. Is there more behind the saying?
"He's actually here right now." Suddenly a high pitched voice said at the kitchen entrance, causing Perry and everyone at the table, minus a giant robot who was too busy dusting the refrigerator, to stare at in response.
"Well speak of the Doofenshmirtz, have you been practicing? I don't remember you being remotely close to sneaking up on us like this." Perry asked, walking over and hugging the new, newer addition.
"Hi mom!" Ethan beamed, snatching yet another dish and munching away with Max simply waving his greeting.
Their 'mom' hugged Perry and turned his head to greet him. "Hey my little unruhestifter's, your invention already done for the day? And who are these extra bodies?" He asked, gazing at the guest surrounding the table.
"Yep, today's project was kind of short and these extra bodies are our friend's mom. This is Vex, Leon and Terrance, they live on the floors below us. No you can't use them for your inators." Ethan finished, wagging his finger at him in a warning fashion.
This caused their mother to simply chuckle. "I wouldn't dream of it, I need bodies who are older anyways. In case you don't know that's sarcasm, I don't really mean anything I am saying."
"Ah, I think they got it." Perry interrupted before he could get on full ranting mode.
Mom simply huffed at him and placed his right hand on his chest in an addressing manner. "The name is Heinz, nice to meet all of you, and if you guys don't mind I need to borrow Perry for some manual labor really quick." He didn't even finish his sentence before suddenly spinning Perry and pushing him out the door and across the room before vanishing.
"Even if we minded mom would have still taken him away." Max commented, slurping his lemonade.
This caused Vex to look at them in curiosity, a question in her mind dying to be asked. "Ethan, Max, why do you call him mom? Technically he is a boy unless the word has a sort of history or you guys grew accustomed to naming him that?"
Leon and Terrance slowly leaned closer towards the brothers, eager to hear the answer to the question. Ethan gave all three an awkward smile, rubbing the back of his neck. "It's a long story actually, some of which might be hard to believe and yet make perfect since."
And long story it was indeed. Ethan gave the short version on how their 'mom' came to be named and in reality their dad is actually a platypus turned human. Their reaction on the portion of them themselves first being platypups came off as being more hilarious on Leon and Terrance's part and adorable on Vex's than shocking or alarming. Building things that defy the laws of physics and configure molecules to re-shape sure has its advantages when it makes everyone believe anything is possible.
"So you guys were really platypuses before becoming the humans that you are now?" Vex asked, making sure she heard the tale right.
"Yes." Ethan answered.
"And your dad was a platypus as well?" This time Leon questioned.
Max nodded.
"And your mom was human first who changed into a platypus to be with your dad and with the help of his invention managed to have you both?" Terrance added.
"Well that's kind of what happened yes." Ethan replied.
"You know, this sounds like a badly written fanfiction but it makes perfect sense on retrospect." Vex finished off before clapping her hands together and smiling. "Oh, I bet you both were adorable as platypups!"
Ethan smiled bashfully at her with Max turning his head away, slightly embarrassed. "According to mom and dad we were, and quite the troublemakers too.
Leon leaned back on his chair, expertly balancing the two hind legs and causing the front pair to dangle in the air, placing his arms behind his head. "As far as I know, this just adds to the list of the individuality you both have."
Both brothers gazed at him in question.
"Your individuality, everyone around can build things, and as far as I know you both aren't the only ones who defy laws of physics, but you are the first I heard of being animals first and turning human later. So, congratulations on having a unique background!" Leon cheered as he lifted one of his arms and gave thumbs up at them. Vex lifted a fist up in celebration and Terrance shrugged, gesturing he could have had a better background story if given the chance.
The two ex-platypup brothers smiled and eye-twinkled at them. That's one way they never thought of putting it. They never minded being born animals and turning human, in fact they hardly cared at all, but if you put the whole experience in words like Leon just did one can't help but feel prideful at the background story.
"HEY CHILDREN! I JUST FINISHED MY FAMOUS CRUNCHY MUFFINS! WHO IS UP FOR SECONDS?" Norm suddenly interrupted the thought, dragging the brothers from their revelation and making the group groan from already finishing all the snacks.
"Noooorm, if you keep feeding us we will blow up." Ethan whined, placing his head on the table's surface and feigning death.
"NONESENSE LITTLE BRO! THESE MUFFINS ARE GOOD FOR YOU!"
The children groaned again. They needed a salvation and they needed it now.
Notes: Yay! Finally can start working on this again! Promise I'll get chapter two up as soon as I can, I'm still recovering from my computer blackout but I am returning! With a vengeance! :D and a request! Any ideas you guys would love to see with these characters? Certain scenes or moments? If it's in my power I'll try to write about it, if not I'll make a short verse of it. o: Thank you for reading! And thank you my beta reader for being patient with me! X3