"Do your sons have girlfriends?"

"What?"

"I said, do your sons have—"

"Yes, yes, I heard you Mathias. Just caught me off guard. Shit, I don't know. That's kind of sad. I feel so uninvolved in their lives. I think Lau has a girl he met at the casinos. I don't think Leon has anyone."

"Dude, your older one has a serious gambling addiction."

"Eh, he wins a lot of money. But why do you ask about them having girlfriends?"

"Because I think Leon's gay."

"Really, do you now?" Chun Yan looked a bit uncomfortable.

"The sexual tension between him and my future brother-in-law is powerful."

"O…kay?"

"Yeah, he's a total queen. I would know. I'm one myself. And I live in a house full of them! Though I'm pretty sure Peter has a girlfriend…"

"So, um, you think Leon and Emil…you know…?"

"I know so. It's a fact that Emil's totally flaming, and your son doesn't seem like the straightest pole in the strip club either!"

"Oh…is that…so?"

"Do you not approve?"

"It's just—"

"Reminds you of Arthur, huh?"

"It is really that obvious?" Chun Yan asked the Dane, wincing slightly at the fact that he could read her so easily.

She had come to visit her ex-brother-in-law, Arthur's little brother, Peter (whom she adored, and Peter adored her too), at his surrogate family's house. There was Tino and Berwald, Peter's two adoptive fathers, Berwald's stepbrother Mathias (who she was currently talking to), Mathias' boyfriend Lukas, and Lukas' brother, Emil. Who apparently had some UST (or was it already RST?) going on with her younger son.

And of course, Peter, who was currently in his room talking to Sakura, whom he also adored. And then Hana Tamago, the little white dog who was currently occupied with Pochi, Sakura's little Shiba.

But back to Leon's possible homosexuality. Mathias broke her out of her reverie.

"I mean, I get why you would be worried. I mean, after what happened with Arthur, I'm sure you pretty much think of him whenever you hear the word 'gay,' but the fact of the matter is, he loved you, and then he loved someone else. It doesn't mean he didn't love you at one point. I mean, it was a total dick move to get you pregnant them leave, I get it. But, y'know, if your son inherits a little more from Arthur besides the eyebrows, it's all good."

"I know, I know. I have nothing against him being gay. It's just that I don't want him to leave me."

"I get it. And, he might not even be gay. I'm just making an educated guess."

"Mom, I'm gay."

"What?!"

"I like boys."

"Just like you're son-of-a-bitch father! You're going to fall in love then leave me!"

"Mum! No, I'm—"

"FUCKING FAG!"

"GAHH!" Leon shot up, into a sitting position, drenched in sweat, panting.

Ah, just a dream.

Though, his mother could still react like that when he came out of the closet.

He walked out of his room, into the kitchen.

"Oh! Welcome back to the world of the living, dear!" his mother joked. "Are you hungry?"

"No, not really. Hey, I have to tell you some—"

He was interrupted by the sound of loud knocking, a female's muffled cry of pain, the doorbell, and Lau shouting, "Mom! Open up!"

Chun Yan rushed to the door, twisting the lock and opening the door for her son, and a woman dressed in pink with a long blonde braid. "Lau, why couldn't you open the door yourself?"

Lau looked sheepish. "I left my key at home…"

"Useless brat!" Chun Yan chided, but then broke out into a smile enveloping her son in a hug. "And who's this?" she asked, motioning to the woman.

"Ah, this is Monique, my friend, er, um, now my girlfriend from the casino."

"Lau? With an actual girlfriend? Never thought I'd see the day."

Monique chuckled. "Same! I'd always see him drunk stumble to the motel across the street from where we usually paly, with some giggling bimbo hanging off his arm. I's always think 'God, what a douche, feel sorry for the dumbass that falls in love with him.' And now he's my boyfriend."

"Ha! I like her, Lau!"

"Good mum, I'm glad you approve…" Lau walked away in embarrassment as his mother and girlfriend walked behind him, exchanging funny stories about the boy.

In the meantime, Leon had retreated to his room, left to stew in his own juices. So his brother had a girlfriend?

Yeah, like hell he was going to come out of the closet now.