I love how Alvin's given his heat a title "The Pain"

The drama promised, lol, XD

Enjoy!


The next day, at about two thirty pm, Dave called the twins into the living room.

With good timing, too; only an hour ago Alvin had the Pain hit him – the eldest two were in the kitchen at the time – and had only just managed to get upstairs before Dave caught them standing in awkward silence when he got home.

Alvin and Simon made themselves comfortable on the cushiony sofa, a bit nervously on Simon's part, as he'd never been called by Dave to "talk". He knew Alvin had, so it couldn't have been good.

'What's up, Dave?' Alvin asked in a bubbly voice. Dave gave him a stern look, as if to say "now's not the time". Simon panicked silently.

'Let's talk about yesterday.' Dave began in a serious voice. 'I've been told you two... were... kissing... outside. Is that true?'

Alvin's stomach bent in knots, Simon felt as though he could be sick at any moment: someone saw them? Kissing? Neither even thought about the neighbours.

Dave continued regardless of the silent response. 'And this afternoon, someone saw you through the kitchen window, r-running hands over each other – kissing, again.' Dave told them seriously. 'Is that true?'

'It's not...' Alvin began, 'entirely true...' he looked at Simon furtively. 'We're not involved... like that...'

As if on cue, Jeanette walked in the room. She guiltily looked at her hands when Simon gave her a shocked and hurt look, and she stood behind Dave.

'You saw us?' Alvin demanded. The brunette nodded shyly.

'So you were kissing?' Dave deduced.

Simon shook his head in slight desperation. 'Dave, it's not how you – both of you –' he shot Jeanette a hurt look and looked back at Dave, 'think. Alvin and I are not romantically involved.' He waited for that to sink in.

'You're not?' Dave clarified. Simon shook his head for a "no". 'But you were k-kissing? Boys, this isn't sounding any better than before.' Their father-figure looked cross. 'Are you telling me, you're involved sexually, but not romantically?'

Alvin nodded. 'Basically.' He agreed. Simon shot him an unamused look as Dave and Jeanette looked a little grossed-out and kind of scared.

'It's more complicated than that,' Simon put in. He then explained to Dave and Jeanette the whole "mating in spring" lesson he'd told Alvin. Dave listened well, but still looked concerned.

'So, if I hadn't found you,' Dave cleared up, 'you two would have... mated and, forgotten? Thought nothing of it?' He looked as though he was having a hard time believing it.

Simon nodded.

'But that's not the point!' Alvin put in, folding his arms. Dave looked at him expectantly. 'That's not exactly why we were kissing. It's definatly the whole reason, but not the point.'

'What's the point?' Dave asked.

'Why me and Simon were kissing.' Alvin shrugged.

'Explain.' Dave said quickly.

'Well,' Alvin began, 'since I'm the eldest, and the eldest are supposed to mate first, I get this pressure on my system...' he tried to remember how Simon had said it. 'My body's telling me I need to mate.'

Dave still looked reproachful. 'So you kiss your brother?'

Alvin shook his head. 'Because my system is under pressure, during this season, I've experienced this "heat" thingy,' he sighed, 'and 'cause of our age, it's worse and I get the Pain...' he frowned in the memories.

'What's "the Pain"?'

Alvin gathered his thoughts together, trying to sum up how he felt.

'I... guess, the simple way to put it is that I feel like I'm dying...' Alvin figured. 'Like... like there's someone stabbing at my gut, slashing and going deeper, making like a hole – I may be exaggerating.' He smiled sarcastically, 'but that's how it feels to me. Ringing starts in my ears; I collapse, whatever I might be doing; breathing gets harder; my body just spazes out; I get tears building up...' Alvin looked with inward satisfaction at the realisation on Dave, Jeanette and even Simon's faces.

He continued. 'Remember a few weeks ago, Dave, at dinner, when you told us our song got twenty-something? – well, it hit for the first time that night.' He shook his head. 'But, I swear it hurt less back then. Anyway, it went away when Simon, who must have picked up on it, held my hand.' Alvin inwardly shied at that statement, he wasn't sure why it didn't gross him out anymore. 'Th-then he put his hand on my thigh and it disappeared. See, my body wants sexual stuff to happen to it, so when Simon does something intimate...' he smiled, 'it goes away.'

'Alvin didn't want my help at first,' Simon put in, 'which is only natural, I'm a guy, and his brother, but... we knew that helping each other out was the easiest way to deal with it.'

Alvin nodded in agreement. 'It started out where Simon only needed to hold my hand, or press on my thigh, but...' he shook his head. 'My body got used to the simple stuff and wanted more –' Alvin looked Dave in the eye, Simon at Jeanette.

'That's why we were kissing.' They said at once.

Dave nodded. 'But,' he began, 'what if you don't do anything?'

Alvin shook his head. 'Were you not listening?' He asked incredulously, 'I feel like I'm dying and it won't stop! I don't want to try it out, to see what happens.' He scoffed.

'I'm so sorry, Simon, I had no idea!' Jeanette pleaded. 'I saw you kiss Alvin, and Alvin kiss you – and today in the kitchen, and I didn't know what to think...'

Simon smiled. 'No, Jen, thank you,' he said genuinely, 'if you didn't tell Dave, Alvin and I would still be doing this behind his back.' He looked to Dave. 'It feels good to tell someone.'

Alvin frowned. 'No, it feels painful to tell someone, it's just good you're not mad at us.' He insisted.

Dave nodded. 'I'm not mad at you,' he agreed, 'but just one more thing: what happens if you do mate?' he asked curiously.

Simon shrugged. 'It goes away for the rest of spring. Once every spring heat would hit.' He told him. 'But if you claim a mate, then it'll go away for... basically ever.'

'So I gotta claim a mate by next spring.' Alvin declared.

'Okay, guys, look,' Dave continued seriously again, 'I want you to be aware of the neighbours. I don't want to have to explain this to anyone outside the family or our closest friends. Understand? And please still avoid me and Theodore whenever it happens.'

Alvin chuckled nervously. 'Oh, no problem... we wouldn't exactly want you to see... if we had to...' he trailed off at Simon's stern look.

'Uhm... Dave?' Simon asked politely. 'Could I be excused? I'm up to a good part in my book, and...' he let the rest hang. Dave nodded and Simon got up, nodding in a kind of awkward farewell, not knowing whether to look happy she caught them, or sorry for what he did.

Alvin gave an extremely conspicuous grin that clearly read "Ha! I didn't get in trouble!" and ran upstairs, Simon following his footsteps much more calmly.


Haha! Busted :D

I left Dave's expression the whole time to the imagination, because I can only guess how weird it must be for him to hear this stuff coming from his kids, as though only now learning they're different to other kids.

I am SO inspired by everyone's reviews, thank you SO much!