Family notes:
Ludwig Beilschmidt: Ludwig Beilschmidt grew up in Germany with his grandfather and little brother Gilbert. It was a peaceful life, but then once he turned eighteen Ludwig decided to join the military. He had a great time, but after three years he found out that his family was moving to America, so he decided to follow them. Ludwig came to realize that fighting was not his life dream, and instead decided to peruse with his love for math. He became an Algebra teacher at Chestnut River High, living in a small apartment down the street from his Grandfather and brother. Ludwig is currently in a secret relationship with Feliciano Vargas, the art teacher. Though he does love his job, having his younger brother in his morning Algebra class can be a very trying thing.
Honda-Kiku: Kiku lives with his older brother Yao, and his three younger siblings. Yao was forced to take care of them after loosing their parents to an accident. Kiku is a very good student, and is also best friends with Arthur Kirkland. Though Kiku does fantastic at school, his home life is a tad bit more tricky. Kiku and Yao's brotherly relationship isn't the best. While Yao tries to be a good authority figure and role model for Kiku, it can be hard because he has to work, take care of the younger ones, and be the main supporter of the family. Because of this, Kiku often feels ignored, though he never complains. To help out, Kiku also works at the bookstore three days a week. He often has dinner at the Jones-Braginski house, almost like another son to Alfred and Ivan.
Wang Yao: Yao plays the role of a parent/sibling to all of his family. Since the death of their parents, Yao has been taking care of his younger siblings. Yao is 24, and holds a job as a nurse. He often makes traditional Chinese silk patterns and sells them online for extra money as well. Though they are financially alright, Yao is trying to work on the "family" part of being a family. Bonding with his brother Kiku has proven to be difficult, as he is so busy tending to the younger ones needs, and Kiku often helps him with that. Yao is also good friends with Ivan and Alfred. Ivan had originally offered Yao a high position from his company, but Yao declined since the hours were so long and he needed to take care of the little ones.
Chapter 10:
Arthur and Kiku slept through the rest of the night night (technically the morning since it was after midnight) but then awoke to a loud crying sound. Sitting up from his makeshift bed on the floor, Arthur glanced at Kiku, who gave a slight roll of his eyes at the ruckus from outside of his room.
"Just another morning for my crazy family" He muttered, yawning sleepily. "Come along Arthur-san, we should go get some breakfast. I also believe that my older brother would like a word with us."
The two teens walked out into the hall, and into the kitchen. Arthur found that the source of the crying noise was a small Asian boy who looked to be around five. He was laying on the kitchen floor, bawling loudly and pounding his fists against the tile flooring.
"Im Yong Soo, stop this temper tantrum immediately! You may not have cake for breakfast, it us unhealthy aru!" Yao was trying to reason with the child while also trying to cook eggs. Im Yong Soo? So the child was South Korea? Typical..Arthur drew his gaze from the two other members of Kiku's family, observing the rest of the room.
Sitting at the dining room table were two other children. One was a little girl who looked around three. Unlike everybody else she was already dressed, wearing a children's style bright pink qipao, and there were lovely dark pink flowers perched in her hair as well. After staring for a moment, Arthur recognized her as a young version of Taiwan. Next to Taiwan, (or Mei, as everybody called her) sat a boy who Arthur instantly recognized. Though he looked around nine or ten, Arthur knew that this was Hong Kong. Both children didn't pay much notice to Im Yong Soo, as if it were an everyday occurrence. Well, it probably was.
"Would you like my help with breakfast, brother?" Kiku offered. Yao looked up gratefully.
"Thank you Kiku, I would very much appreciate it. Could you just watch the eggs? It's good to see you two boys up by the way." Yao said. He then scooped up Im Yong Soo to protect the boy form banging his head against the table corner.
"Arthur! It's been awhile since you've visited! I've missed you!" Mei called happily, hitting her spoon against the table excitedly.
"Er...hello" Arthur waved a little hesitantly before turning to Kiku and offering his own help. In the end while Arthur and Kiku made breakfast for everyone, Yao managed to calm Im Yong Soo down. Now they all sat at the crowded table.
"Leon stole my napkin!" Mei suddenly said, pointing an accusing finger at Hong Kong, who was referred to as Leon.
"No I didn't" Leon protested calmly. "This one was mine."
"No it wasn't!" Mei cried. "Your a thief! An evil napkin stealing thief!"
"It was jut a napkin, calm yourself" Leon said, growing a little agitated.
"Here Mei, you can have my napkin!" Im Yong Soo offered, holding his already used napkin out to his little sister.
"No! I want my napkin!" Mei said, eyes welling with tears.
"Mei, it was only a napkin" Yao took charge. "Now why don't you all finish breakfast and go play outside. I need to speak with Kiku and Arthur alone."
"Oooh, Kiku must have done something bad!" Im Yong Soo said tauntingly. "I bet your in trouble!"
Kiku sat stiffly in his seat, obviously trying to ignore his siblings. Arthur was quiet too, but his face was a dark shade of red.
"Kiku isn't in trouble! Right Yao?" Mei asked worriedly.
"You wont find out until you finish your breakfast and go outside aru" Yao told her. This caused Kiku's younger siblings to quickly shovel down their food and go outside, eager to find out what Kiku had done. Once the kitchen was cleared from the younger ones, Yao sat calmly, hands folded as he observed both Kiku and Arthur.
"You both do understand how wrong it was to have drank?" Yao asked.
Both of them nodded silently.
"And you both know that pool hopping is considered trespassing, and trespassing is illegal?"
Once again, they both nodded.
"Good" Yao said pleasantly. "And as I said last night, I am proud of both of you for coming home aru."
"So...what does this mean?" Arthur finally asked after a few seconds of silence passed.
"Well, you should probably call your parents and have somebody pick you up. Whether you tell your parents or not is up to you. To me, it seems as though you understand where you went wrong. Everybody makes mistakes, and each of you realized the mistake that was made last night." Yao told him.
Wow. So Yao really wasn't going to rat him out. What a good parent, or older brother in Kiku's case.
"Thank you Yao" Arthur said with a small smile. The Chinese man returned it, before settling his gaze onto Kiku.
"You are not going to be in trouble aru" He said. "But perhaps it would be in your best interest to refrain from hanging out with Gilbert for awhile, so you will not be in such a situation again."
"Yes, I think that would be best" Kiku agreed.
"Good" Yao smiled at him.
...^J^...
Alfred picked up Arthur from Yao's house. He had been confused as to why Arthur was at Kiku's house instead of Gilbert's, but Arthur promised to explain later. Anyways, when Alfred arrived he went inside to say a quick hello to Yao and Kiku. Luckily Yao didn't say anything about the events of last night to Alfred like he'd promised, much to Arthur's relief. However, it looked like Alfred sensed that something had happened. Luckily he didn't say anything though, not even in the car. Instead he chose to indulge in telling Arthur the things that had occurred at the house while he had been gone.
"Okay, so you missed the funniest thing last night! Natalia accidentally spilled orange soda all over the carpet! Ha, and she calls me a clumsy no good American...now she has a taste of her own medicine!" Alfred said, laughing wildly. "Now the carpet is stained though...but still! Now for the rest of her visit, whenever she looks at that stain, she'll know that it was caused by her!"
"Mhm...very nice" Arthur commented, only half listening to Alfred's ramblings. He was still pretty tired, hopefully he would be able to take a nap once he was home.
"So, did you have a good time?" Alfred asked a little curiously. "And you still haven't explained why you were at Kiku's house instead of with Gilbert."
"Ah, you know..." Arthur said airily. "I just decided that Kiku's would be funner."
"I can tell that your lying Artie" Alfred told him. "Being able to tell that your kid is lying comes with being a parent. It's kind of like a super power...and I am the hero after all."
"It was nothing" Arthur said, growing a little aggravated.
"Not really. You told me you were going to Gilbert's, but then you ended up at Kiku's. Why would you have to hide that?" Alfred asked.
"Why do you have to be so nosy?" Arthur snapped back.
"I'm not being nosy, I'm wondering why you would feel the need to lie about it."
"Because it isn't important!"
"Oh God...you must have done something horrible. What was it Artie? Did you break the laws? Steal something? No wait...you broke into somebodies house didn't you? And then the cops must have chased you and you ran to hide at Kiku's house! Oh god, my son is a criminal! Do you know how much trouble you could be in? And since I'm your dad, I'll be in trouble too-" Alfred yelled on in horror.
Arthur couldn't take it anymore.
"DAMMIT, I WAS POOL HOPPING WITH GILBERT AND A FEW OTHER PEOPLE! HAPPY NOW?" He shouted.
"And now my son is going to be on the wanted list and- what?"
"Pool hopping" Arthur repeated. "With Gilbert. Only Kiku and I didn't want to continue after...well, that's not important."
"So that's really it?" Alfred asked, breaking into a smile. "You were just pool hopping? No theft, or broken laws?"
"Er...right" Arthur said, figuring it not be best to tell about the alcohol.
"Oh thank god!" Alfred said, breathing a sigh of relief. They pulled into the driveway as he said this, and Arthur's spirits suddenly sank low. Great, his aunts would be here. Still, he followed Alfred inside the house. Ivan was the only one in the living room. Natalia was apparently taking a shower and Katyusha was getting dressed from her previous shower.
"So, did you find out the reason he was at Kiku's instead of Gilbert's?" Ivan asked Alfred once they were inside.
"Yeah, he was pool hopping." Alfred said casually, walking over to Ivan and giving him a passionate kiss.
"Pool hopping?" Ivan asked in bewilderment once the kiss was broken. "Arthur, why would you go pool hopping?"
"Well it was Gilbert's idea" Arthur muttered.
"Oh, I suppose that makes sense" Ivan said. "But still, you know that is trespassing onto other people's properties."
"I know. I only did it for a little bit. We accidentally...jumped into Uncle Matthew's pool. His Cuban friend freaked out, but I don't think they saw that it was us. Anyway, that made Kiku and I decide to just go to his house."
"Woah, woah, woah. You guys pool hopped in Mattie's pool? Oh my gosh that's just great!" Alfred said, breaking out into laughter. Ivan lightly slapped his arm.
"I am still not impressed that you went pool hopping. Still, I am happy that you and Kiku decided to leave." Ivan said. "Perhaps that means you have already learned your lesson."
"Yes, trust me I have learned my lesson" Arthur assured each adult. "Never again will I go pool hopping...especially if the owners of the pool are either Cuban, or related to you."
"Good lesson to learn" Alfred said while snickering.
"So I wont be grounded any longer for it?" Arthur asked, just to double check.
"That's right" Ivan told him. "But only because I am in a good mood today."
Arthur was certainly glad that Ivan was in a good mood today. Granted, he definitely would have been grounded if he'd told about the alcohol, but likely they would never find out about that, so right now he was golden! Gosh, if they ever did find out though...he'd never see the light of day again.
"Well then, did you have a good time at Kiku's house?" Alfred asked.
"Yes, it was nice. I have a feeling that Kiku doesn't like his family that much though.." Arthur responded.
"Kiku and his siblings have had it rough. Ever since their parents died, Yao had been trying his hardest to raise them. With Kiku being the second oldest, it is understandable that he must have troubles." Ivan told him.
Before anything else could be said, Ivan's sisters returned together from upstairs. Apparently they were all going to go out shopping, mostly to show the sights of everything to the two Russian woman. Arthur had to go change and freshen up quickly, but once he did they were all ready to go.
Katyusha enjoyed many of the clothing shops, and spent a good deal of her time in them. While she bought lots of American style clothing, Ivan, Alfred, Natalia, and Arthur bought smoothies in a nearby store. Arthur had to admit, once you got past Natalia's creepiness, it was actually nice...hanging out with everyone like this. Alfred and Ivan weren't half bad when it came to acting as parents. Well, despite the whole grounding fiasco, but that was pretty much over with.
"Oh yeah, you have a follow up doctors appointment tomorrow Artie. Dr. Jacobi wants to check on how you've progress with your memories." Alfred told him once they were on their way back home.
"Alright" Arthur nodded. He wasn't exactly too keen on seeing a doctor, but it wasn't like he had much of a choice. At least he knew better than to act insane now. He would just have to go along with things for the time being, as much as this all still didn't make sense.
Later that night as Arthur slept on the couch once again, he could vaguely make out Alfred and Ivan talking together in the kitchen.
"...He's finally starting to act normal again. I mean, he called you father yesterday didn't he? And he also called me dad a few days ago. Artie has to be getting better!" Alfred was saying.
"Yes, I believe you, sunflower. I am sure that he will be completely back to normal in a few weeks give or take." Ivan responded to him.
"Everything's going to be just fine now! Ugh...except for having your sisters here. Babe, I've been horny all week! Can't we just have one quick round in the bedroom? I'll be quiet, I promise!" Alfred pleaded. Arthur scrunched his nose up. Ew, how had the conversation gone from his memories to Alfred and Ivan's sex life?
"You must be patient sweet one. Once they are gone I promise we can have as many rounds a night that you want."
"Awww, okay. Well, at least they'll be gone soon. Until then, at least I have my hand...and the shower..." Alfred trailed off.
That was enough for Arthur. He quickly covered his head with the pillow, feeling quite nauseous.
...So maybe this life wasn't 100% perfect...but what life was?
a/n: I will add more family notes if you want...just request who's family notes you would like in a review or something.
I tried to make this chapter long. I hope it wasn't completely horrible. Thanks for the reviews for the last chapter, those are what inspired me to update! I just can't believe that this story has almost 100 reviews...yay! I was so afraid to post the first chapter of this, and it's so great that a lot of people enjoy it. So thank you again everyone!
Next chapter is already in progress! ;)