A/N: Here's the second chapter of When The Brothers Cry. Enjoy!


Chapter 2- Spin the Bottle

First, Adam spun the bottle, and it landed on Satoko. "Oh my, little brother, such a pervert!" Jamie said, before Adam stomped on his foot. "Shut it, Jamie." He said, before Satoko walked over to him. "Ready?" she asked, before Adam smiled, and kissed her gently, pulling back after a couple seconds. "Well, Adam, I'm surprised you managed to go through with it." Jamie said, before Adam glared at him. "Dunno what you're laughing about, bro, as you're up next." He said, gesturing to the bottle. "Alright. I'm not one to back down from an honest challenge." His brother said, before spinning the bottle. To Adam's amusement, it landed on Shion. "Hope you're ready for Shion Sonozaki, Jamie!" the green-haired girl said, making Jamie smirk cockily. "Please, a Robertson's ready for anything!" he said, before Shion lunged and kissed him. Their kiss lasted longer than Adam and Satoko's, and Adam could see that Jamie was clearly enjoying the experience. When the two finally broke apart, Jamie was finding it hard to form coherent sentences. "You alright, brother? If I didn't know any better, I would say you were in love." Adam said, taking the piss out of Jamie, waving a hand in front of his brother's face, causing Jamie to blush. "Oh, this could be interesting." Mion said, looking to her sister, who was smirking. "You looked like you enjoyed that." Mion said, before Shion smiled. "Meh, he's kinda cute." She said, before Rena spoke up. "I'm going!" she called, before spinning the bottle.

After spinning for a while, the bottle landed on Mion. "Oh, you gotta be kidding me!" Mion called, but Rena said, "Come here, Mion!", and tackled her to the floor, kissing her while doing so. When they broke apart, the club saw Rena change into her famous "Kawaii Mode", and she rubbed her cheek against Mion's, repeatedly saying, "Kyute!" Ignoring the two, Rika piped up, "My turn!", and spun, with the bottle landing on Adam. "Rika, you don't have to do this if you don't want to." Adam said, but Rika smiled and wrapped her arms round Adam's neck, before kissing him, immediately getting her tongue inside Adam's mouth, catching the boy off guard, but he'd be lying if he said he hated the experience entirely. After some time had passed, Rika broke away from Adam, and smiled. "You're not half bad at kissing, Adam." She said, before Adam smiled. "Not too bad yourself, Rika." He replied, before the girl sat back down. "What the hell was that about? The way Rika was carrying on, she knew what she was doing. A 10-year-old shouldn't know how to kiss like that." He couldn't help thinking to himself, as the girl smiled.

"Alright, I'm next." Mion said, before spinning the bottle, with it landing on Keiichi. "Alright, let's see what you've got, Mion!" Keiichi said, before the girl smirked. "You asked for it, Maebara!" she said, before wrapping the poor boy in a passionate kiss. As everyone's attention was on the two, Adam saw Shion pass his brother a bit of paper. Reading it, Jamie smiled and passed it to Adam. Reading the note, Adam saw…


"Mion's been wanting this for a while, though she'd never admit it. She's got a huge crush on Keiichi. And I'm pretty sure the feeling's mutual."


Smiling, Adam put the note in his pocket, as the two broke apart. Next up was Satoko. Spinning, the bottle landed on Jamie. "Who's the pervert now?" Adam asked cockily, before Jamie sighed. "Alright, let's get it over with." He said, before kissing Satoko. When the two broke apart, Shion giggled. "Lucky Satoko, getting to kiss both Robertsons! If you had to choose, which one was the better kisser?" she asked, making the girl blush. "Don't answer that, Satoko, if you don't want to." Adam said, before the girl smiled, and pointed at him. "I choose Adam. Sorry, Jamie." She said, causing the boy to smile, as his brother giggled. "My baby brother, the womaniser!" he said, before Adam stamped on his foot again. "Jackass." He said, before nodding back to the game. "Shion, you're up." He explained, before the girl nodded, and spun the bottle, with it landing on Adam once again. "Oh, would you look at that! Seems I get to try both Robertsons as well!" she exclaimed, before Adam smiled. "Alright, then, let's get it over with!" he said, mimicking Jamie's previous statement, before kissing Shion, knowing full well that it would piss his brother off. When they broke apart, Shion breathed out, "Yeah, sorry Adam, but I'd take your brother.", making Adam shrug in exaggerated disappointment. "Meh, I tried." He said, before looking at Jamie. "I concede today, Jamie." He said, bowing his head, making his brother smile, and return the nod. "Anyway…" Keiichi said, drawing the whole Club's attention, "I'm going." He said, spinning the bottle, with it landing…

On Rena.


"Oh, I get to kiss Keiichi!" Rena said, slipping back into her 'Kawaii Mode'. "Oh, for the love of…!" Keiichi said in exasperation, before kissing Rena, snapping her out of her trance. When he pulled back, the girl was bright red, and struggling to talk. "Keiichi, I think you broke her." Adam said, before the Club laughed. "Sorry, Rena." The boy said, thinking he was a bad kisser, before Rena regained the ability to talk. "Oh, no, you have nothing to apologise for, Keiichi!" she said, before falling quieter. "It was a good kiss." She said, causing Keiichi to blush. "Thanks, Rena." He said, causing Adam to look to Mion, who, even though she was smiling, he could tell had tensed up. Seeing that the game was getting close to dangerous territory, he reached for the bottle. "I'm going again." He said, before, instead of gently spinning the bottle, he grabbed the top of the bottle, and looked to Jamie, who nodded. "Alright, let's go." He said, before spinning the bottle hard, causing it to become the equivalent of a mini hurricane on the table, eventually ending on Jamie. Looking to his brother, Jamie said, "Kiss me and die." Chuckling, Adam spun the bottle again, with it landing on Rena once again.

"Alright, let's go, Rena." He said, before kissing the girl, who accepted it, before they broke apart. "You're getting quite lucky the day, little brother." Jamie said, before Adam slammed his chair leg onto his foot. As his brother squirmed, Adam whispered, "Shut. Your. Mouth.", making sure that Jamie could pick up the venom in his voice, before he lifted the chair back up. "Well, he has a point, Adam. Besides from landing on him, you've been extremely lucky on your spins today." Mion said, causing Adam to smirk. "Yeah, I know. I just wanted to annoy Jambo over here." He said, before Jamie punched his arm slightly. "Wanker." Jamie said, quiet enough so only Adam could hear it. Smirking, his younger brother nodded to the other side of the table. "Rena, you're up." He said, before the girl nodded. "Right!" she said, before spinning the bottle, with it stopping on Rika. "~Nippa!~" Rika said, before kissing Rena, who was both shocked and instantly transferred into her 'Kawaii Mode' again. "I wanna take you home, Rika!" she said, before picking the girl up and heading towards the door. "Oh, no you don't!" Adam said, before leaping towards the door, just barely managing to grab Rena by the collar, and drag her back into the room. After planking her back down into her chair, Adam, along with a few other members of the club, managed to get her to release Rika. "She does this often?" Adam asked, before Mion nodded. "Yeah, it's kinda like a running gag." She explained, before the brothers smirked. "Alright, we should get back to the game." Mion said, but Keiichi said, "Actually, I need to get going.", stretching his arms as he did so. "Yeah, us too." Jamie said, before nodding to Adam, who had stood up and collected their helmets. "Alright, guess we can call the club here for today." Mion said, before the entire group nodded, and collected their belongings. "Alright, dismissed!" Mion said, before they all departed the room.

As the club exited the building, Adam heard Rena say to Keiichi, "I need to get to the town. There's something I need to buy." Smiling, Adam turned to her. "If you need to get to the town, Rena, we can give you a ride." He said, before the girl smiled. "Sure!" she said, before Jamie wrote something down on a notepad he had in his pocket, before tearing the page out and handing it to Rena. "Drop by, and we'll drive you." He said, before the girl smiled and nodded, then pocketed the note. "Alright, we'll see you then. Jamie…" Adam said, looking to his brother as he put his helmet on. "Let's ride!" he said, before the two of them kicked their bikes into action, and tore off down the street.


A couple of hours later…

"Admit it, Adam. You're crushing on Rika." Jamie said, before his brother scowled at him from the couch. "Alright, I'll answer yours if you answer mine. You crushing on Shion?" Adam asked, making Jamie smirk. "On three?" he asked, causing Adam to nod. "Alright, 1, 2, 3…" the younger brother said, before both answered at the same time…

"Of course I am!"

As they both smirked, Adam leaned back on the couch. "Well, seems we're both in a pinch here." He said, before Jamie shrugged. "At least I can pursue my attraction." He said, making Adam scowl. "Touche." He said, before the two heard their front door knock. "That'll be Rena." Jamie said, before Adam smiled. "Let's find out." He said, before getting up and opening the door. Indeed, on the other side, they saw Rena, wearing a white dress and cap, on the other side. "Hello, you two!" she said, before Adam stepped to the side, and allowed her to enter the house. After closing the door behind her, Adam said, "Just give us a minute, then we can get going." Nodding, Rena said, "Take as much time as you need. I'm in no rush.", as she sat down on the couch. "Alright, well, we'll be back in a second. Make yourself at home." Adam said, before he and Jamie entered their rooms, shutting the doors behind them.


As they got ready, Rena decided to take a look round their living room, examining all the photographs, eventually stopping at a picture that showed the brothers, along with two women, standing in front of four cars, all four of them smiling. As Rena smiled, Adam's voice came from behind her, causing her to jump. "The girl beside me's called Libby. She's our little sister. And the woman next to Jamie, that's Lisa, our mother." He said, before taking the picture from Rena. "You look like a happy family." She said, before the brothers smiled. "We are. When we get along, there's nothing we can't do." Jamie said, making Rena smile. "You seem to hold them in high regard." She said, as Adam replaced the picture on its shelf. "Of course we do. We've been raised to believe that family's the most important thing on the planet, which it is. That, and there are no such things as friends." Jamie said, causing Rena to raise an eyebrow in confusion. "Let me put what my brother said into perspective. Simply put, we don't have friends. We got family." Adam said, causing Rena to smile. "That's good to hear. Sounds like a family people would want to be a part of." She said, before the brothers nodded. "You ready?" Adam asked, as he and Jamie held up a set of keys each. Nodding, Rena followed them into the garage, where she gasped at the sight of the two cars.

"You two can drive?" she asked, before the brothers nodded. "Learned how to back in Scotland." Jamie said, before Adam opened the driver's door on the Charger. "Who'd you want to ride with, Rena, me or Jamie?" He asked, before the girl walked over to the Skyline, and got into the passenger seat. "Alright, let's go." Adam said, before he and Jamie got into their driver seats. After starting the engine, Adam picked up a walkie-talkie. "Right, you ready, bro?" he asked, before Jamie's voice replied, "What do you think?", and the Skyline's engine roared. "Smartass." Adam said, before he pulled his car out of the garage, Jamie's following close behind.


After driving for a while, the two cars pulled up outside a general store. After getting out of the cars, the three entered the store, soon after emerging with bags of shopping. "I don't know about you two, but I'm starving." Adam said, after they placed their shopping back into the cars. "Sounds good, let's go." His brother said, going to enter the Skyline, but Rena tapped his shoulder and pointed to a nearby building. "We can go there." She said, causing the brothers to turn round. "Angel Mort." Adam said, reading the sign on the shop. "Fair enough. I'm game." Jamie said, before the brothers locked their cars and followed Rena towards the restaurant. Inside, they sat at one of the tables, and waited to be served.

Eventually, a waitress came up to them. "May I take your order?" she asked, with the brother's eyes widening, as they recognised the voice. Looking up, they saw Shion standing there. "I'm surprised to see you working here, Shion." Adam said, before glancing over to his brother, who was still wide-eyed, and looking at Shion. "Well, a girl has to earn her way somehow." Shion said, before Adam smirked. "Well, if you're our waitress, Jamie and I'll take…this." He said, pointing to an item on the menu, causing Shion to nod. "Very well. And you, Rena?" she asked, causing the girl to shrug. "I'll have the same." Rena said, before Shion bowed. "Very well, I'll be right back." She said, before walking away. As Adam smiled, he looked over to Jamie. "Let me just get that for you, bro." he said, causing Jamie to look at him in confusion, before he leaned over the table, put his hand under his brother's chin, and pushed his jaw up, as it was hanging open. "You were nearly drooling there, bro." he said, before Jamie scowled. "I was not." He said, before Adam raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, and I'm not an arsehole." He said, before looking to Rena. "Please don't repeat any of what we say to the Club." He asked, before Rena nodded. "Alright." She said, before Jamie growled. "Alright, you've made your point…prick." He said, making Adam wink. "And don't you ever forget it!" he said, before Jamie slid out of his seat. "I need to get something from the Skyline." He said, before Adam nodded. "I left my phone in the Charger. Can you get it for me?" he asked, passing his brother the keys to his car. "Sure…bawbag." Jamie said, walking back outside.

"Adam, can I ask you something?" Rena spoke up, causing Adam to nod. "I want to know how you and Jamie can insult each other as much as you do, and yet still be able to tolerate each other." She said, before Adam smiled. "You remember what we told you earlier?" he asked, smiling when Rena nodded. "You don't have friends, you have family." She said, before Adam nodded. "Well, there's another part to it: You don't turn your back on family, even when they do. And that's why we can insult each other like we do, and be laughing the next minute. It's because we know however bad the situation gets, we'll always have each other's backs." He explained, smiling when Rena nodded. "I see." She said, before the two of them looked out of the window, where they saw Jamie opening the Skyline. As they smiled, they heard plates being put down. Turning, they saw Shion smiling. "Enjoy!" she said, before she looked to Jamie's empty spot. "Jamie went to the toilet?" she asked, but Adam shook his head. "Nah, he's outside, getting something from his car." He said, jerking his head towards the window, prompting Shion to look out the window. "You might want to rethink that statement." She said, causing Adam to look out the window, where he saw Jamie engaged in a confrontation with what seemed to be three bikers. "He'll need help." Shion said, before going to leave, but Adam held up a hand. "He'll be fine." He said, before Rena spoke up. "Adam, he's your brother!" she said, causing Adam to look to her. "Alright." He said, before pushing himself out of his chair, and leaving the café.

Outside, Adam stormed over to the bikers, one of whom had pinned Jamie to the ground. Pushing past the other two, he grabbed the man round the waist, and threw him backwards, into a set of bikes, all three of which crashed to the ground. "Oh, now you've done it!" one of the man's companions said, cracking his knuckles. "That's what happens when you fuck with my brother!" Adam replied, before the other two growled and launched forwards. Despite there being a two on one disadvantage for Adam, the bikers didn't know one thing: Adam was an accomplished fighter, being more than able to handle his own. Even after receiving multiple punches, Adam still came out of the fight the victor. "Beat it, punks." He breathed out, before the bikers nodded, got onto the bikes and rode off. "Wankers." He said, before turning to his brother. "Get up." He said, extending a hand, but Jamie slapped it away. "Well, fuck me for being concerned for my brother, eh?" Adam said, as Jamie scoffed while getting to his feet. "I didn't need your help. I had it under control." Jamie spat, before Adam snorted in derision. "Yeah, whatever. Now, I believe we should get back to our dinner." He said, gesturing to Angel Mort. Sighing, Jamie barged past Adam, and stormed back into the restaurant.


An hour or so later…

After bidding farewell to Shion and dropping Rena off at her house, the brothers arrived back at their house. After placing their shopping in the needed places, Adam flopped down onto the couch. "I'm beat." He said, before he saw Jamie glaring at him. "What is it? You've been acting like an even more moody bastard than usual, and it's starting to piss me off." He demanded, before Jamie sighed. "Alright, I'll tell you. Why do you feel the need to meddle in every little thing I do?" he retorted, as Adam pushed himself to his feet. "Because if I didn't, you'd have been long buried by now. You should know by now, Jamie, that everything I do, good and bad, I do for the good of the family." He explained, scowling when he saw Jamie chuckle. "Is something funny? Did I miss a funny thing?" he asked, before Jamie shook his head. "Oh, no, it's a very good sentiment. But, it's easy to preach devotion to family when you're the one making all the decisions." He said, before Adam raised an eyebrow. "Easy for me, is it, having to drag your sorry ass out of every single fuck up you make?" the younger brother asked, making Jamie scowl himself. "When was the last time you did something that wasn't in your best interest…" he asked, before he saw Adam rub the bridge of his nose in exasperation. "But solely for the benefit of our family?"

"THE DAY THAT YOU GOT CAUGHT!"

After Adam yelled, the room fell silent. "You were going to be shipped off here, alone. I volunteered to come along, see if I could keep you in line. I did it, not because I wanted to, but because I had to. Mum was tearing herself apart worrying about you. Imagine what she would think, seeing what you've become." He spat, before Jamie cracked him in the jaw, sending him to the floor. "Ever since we got here, you've been holding me back. Take earlier, for example. I could have taken those bikers, if you didn't intervene." Jamie said, before Adam scoffed. "Please. They would have laid you flat out." He said, getting back to his feet. "Whatever. You need to back off sometimes, Adam. I'm getting sick of you intervening every time." Jamie said, before Adam scowled.

"Alright."

Stepping towards his brother, Adam said, "You want me to back off? You got it. Next time you get into a scrap like earlier, don't expect any help, from me or the Club. You're on your own.", before storming off into his room, slamming his door behind him, without even waiting for a reply. "What. A. Prick." Adam said to himself, before he flopped down onto his bed. "I'd better not end up regretting this." He thought to himself, before he let himself drift off into a deep slumber…


A/N: Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Just as a note, the title of Spin the Bottle had a double meaning. It serves as the title at the game at the start, but it also shows you can take a chance in life, and hopefully get lucky. Adam spun the bottle, but he ended up falling out with his brother. Guess he got shit luck, despite how lucky he was at the start. I'll see you in the next one. Madman out!