A/N: Here is a brand new chapter. Thank you to FoxLover96, shiningstar786, and Durbe the Barian for the lovely reviews on the previous chapter. I hope that everyone enjoys this new chapter.

This particular chapter is set far pre-canon. Chris is five years old going on six, Thomas is two, going on three, and Michael is soon to turn a year old.

Disclaimer: I do not now nor will I possibly ever own Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal or any of the characters, Shin Yoshida does.

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Two-year-old Thomas Arclight sat on the couch in the living room, pouting. Ever since the new baby had been born, he was all that mattered.

Thomas's parents had had the baby a little over two months ago. But when Chris, Thomas's older brother, had asked if he and Thomas could see the baby, their father had explained to them that the baby needed to stay in the hospital because he had been born a little early. Luckily, his lungs and all were developed well enough so that now, a month after he had been born, he could come home.

Shortly after, their mother had come home, carrying the gurgling newborn in a little blue blanket. An even smaller blue hat covered the infant's head. Ever since the baby had come home, he had slept most of the time. Byron explained to his two young sons that it was normal for babies to do so, especially for one that had come early as their new brother had. Byron and their mother, Annabelle, had both decided to name their new son Michael.

Nearly a year had gone by, but the now middle Arclight brother was still bitter about everything. After all, he had been the baby for the first two years of his life. Now that was all gone. And ever since Michael had been born, Chris paid less attention to Thomas. Their parents also seemed to dote on the baby more then they did Thomas. It wasn't that he felt neglected, Chris and their parents still always had time for him, he was just angry. What made the baby so special? Why did they even need another baby? Hadn't he been good enough? If so, why not?

Suddenly a soft coo pulled the sulking toddler out of his thoughts.

The red-and-yellow-haired child looked down to see his baby brother sitting beside him. The baby, approaching his first year, was now trying to crawl into his lap.

Thomas frowned but said nothing.

Baby Michael cooed softly and snuggled against Thomas's arm, his newly grown pink curls entrapping Thomas's little fingers.

Thomas sighed.

"Well...I guess you're not too bad," he said after a while.

The infant stared at his older brother for a moment before giggling, laying his little head on Thomas's stomach, and continuing to snuggle against him.

Thomas yawned and felt his eyes growing heavy. With a sigh, the nearly three-year-old child laid his head down on the couch and drifted off, his baby brother lying down beside him.

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As Chris entered the room, he was pleased to see both of his brothers resting together on the couch. He had noticed that Thomas had not taken an immediate liking to the new addition to the Arclight family. But now, here they were, sleeping in each other's arms.

The five-year-old carefully lifted Thomas and just as he turned to take the younger boy to his bed, he found himself staring up at his mother.

"It seems that little Michael has begun to work his way into our stubborn little Thomas's heart," Annabelle said.

Chris nodded.

"It took him a while," he couldn't help but smile as he held his little brother closer. "But I guess better late than never."

"That's very true," his mother agreed, stroking her eldest son's bangs and patting her middle child's head before walking over to the couch where Michael rested and lifting the sleeping infant gently into her arms and carrying him to his room.

"Goodnight, sweetheart," Annabelle called over her shoulder.

"Goodnight, mother," Chris replied before turning and carrying Thomas to his room, which he was lucky, was only just across the hall from Chris's own bedroom.

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