A/N: How's it going everybody!
"Phew!" Corrin satisfyingly said, after he had finished yet another day of Senior Year. "Now I can finally relax. Thank the heavens!"
"Oh, real mature Takumi! Real mature!" Leo angered voice echoed throughout the house.
"You wouldn't know mature if it hit you in the head!" Takumi countered back.
"So much for relaxation…" Corrin groaned, hearing yet another Leo and Takumi fight.
As Corrin climbed up the stairs, the fight became more and more apparent.
"How many times have I told you to bring your glass to the kitchen when you're done drinking?!" Leo growled, annoyed by the fact that he had to repeat his statement for the nth time.
"It's an honest mistake this time." Takumi defended. "Besides, how many times do I need to tell YOU to keep your books?!"
Just at their doorway, the rest of the siblings have been watching the commotion.
"What happened this time?" A rather fed up Corrin asked.
"Takumi left his glass of pineapple juice on the desk again, and it attracted ants not just to the glass, but to Leo's book as well…" Camilla replied, not taking an eye off of her two younger brothers.
"Yikes…"
"Yikes indeed…"
"THAT'S IT!" Both of the brothers suddenly yelled out. "YOU'RE OUT OF MY ROOM! WHAT! YOUR ROOM?! THIS IS MY ROOM! YEAH RIGHT!"
"Well, I ain't leaving." Leo firmly said.
"Well, me neither!" Takumi firmly said as well.
"Someone's gotta do something about this…" Sakura sighed, distraught by the sight of her two brothers arguing like children… again.
"You're absolutely right." Corrin agreed, before walking away. "Let me know when you guys think of a plan."
After a while
Corrin was in his room, having changed back into his house clothes, peacefully reading a book. "Ahh… the many perks of having my own room. I don't have to be involved in their nonsense…"
As if on queue, after he said the statement, a knock came on his door. "Open," Corrin spoke, not even taking his eyes off his book.
The door opened, revealing his six other siblings.
"Oh hey," Corrin began, still not looking up. "So, thought of any ideas?"
"Actually…" Xander began. "We have."
"That's good. What is it?"
"We're gonna hold a dinner in their room with the hopes that they'll be able to work things out" Camilla explained.
"Oh, that's a grea- You're gonna what?!" To say Corrin was shocked, is an understatement.
"What?" A confused Xander asked. "You think it's stupid?"
"No…" Corrin admit. "But wouldn't that be a somewhat double-edged sword?"
"And how is it that?" Ryoma questioned.
"Well, there IS the chance that they'll be able to get along, but wouldn't it also mean a messier outcome? Both figuratively AND literally."
"Well, what do you WANT then?" Xander countered. "For those two too get along, or a fight that'll happen almost every hour of the day for the rest of your life?"
"You know, I honestly want to say the fight just to get out of this." Corrin confessed. "But, since I too am getting sick of the constant bickers that they have, I guess that'll do…"
"Very well…"
Later that Night
"All set?" Elise asked, peeking out of her older brothers' bedroom door… along with the rest of the siblings.
"Of course." Camilla spoke proudly. "Complete with both Leo and Takumi's favorite food if I may add: Beef stew and Miso soup."
"Shush! Here they come." Sakura announced, upon noticing her brothers entering their room, and sitting down.
For a couple minutes, Leo and Takumi just sat there, not saying even the slightest word to each other. In all honesty, they got notes (courtesy of Corrin) with the knowledge on why the two of them were to be in their room. They didn't care much about the dinner, and just wanted to get it over with.
"It's good to know that you want to apologize already." Both brothers said at the same time. "Ha! Like I'd apologize to someone like you. You're the one who should apologize to ME!" Both brothers were getting angrier and angrier as each second passed.
"This isn't going well…" Hinoka said.
"Oh really?" Corrin sarcastically spoke.
"Brace yourselves…" Came the voice of a scared Elise.
"You're being ridiculous!" Leo said.
"Me? Have you gone insane? Yeah right!"
"I don't even get why you even think that it was mine!"
"Well it is!"
"No way!"
"Just learn to fix your books!"
"Well. Why don't YOU learn to bring down whatever you used to eat?!"
"Yeesh," Xander began. "I don't want to get in the middle of that."
"True, but unfortunately, desperate times call for desperate measures…" Corrin replied, ultimately seeing that none of his siblings had the courage (or guts) to enter the battlefield of a room.
Corrin sighed before entering the room. 'Why do these things always fall to me?'
"This is stupid!" Takumi complained.
"Well this stupid fight is your fault to begin with, not mine!"
"Hah!"
"Don't even get me started."
"All right," Corrin began, before separating the brothers, by coming in-between them. "We've just had about enough from the two of you!"
"But it's HIS fault!" Leo and Takumi accused at the same time, pointing to each other.
"It's BOTH your fault!" Corrin scolded. "It's Takumi's fault for leaving the glass, therefore attracting the ants, and it's Leo's fault for both not reminding Takumi about it, and keeping his books."
And it was at that moment, that the two younger brothers knew that he was right.
"Well," Takumi admitted. "I guess I DO tend to leave my glass on desk far TOO often."
"And I guess I DO forget to remind you, AND keep my stuff…" A reluctant Leo said.
"Glad you two finally realized your problems." A satisfied Corrin said before going back to his own room, but not before saying: "It's hard to believe I'm the middle child, when I'm the one who ends up breaking up most of the fights in this house."
"What was that?" Xander asked after a few seconds.
"Nothing!" Corrin defended, upon realizing what he just said. "It was just a joke!"
"Oh really now?" Xander spoke, his tone getting a bit more menacing. "Didn't seem like one too me."
"Out with the old fight, in comes a new one…" Corrin spoke in fear, before rushing to his room, with Xander just behind him.
Back to the rest of the siblings
"Should we help them?" Leo suggested.
"Nah," Hinoka spoke. "I'm sure they can figure it out."
"You're absolutely right." Takumi agreed. "Now then, who wants some Miso Soup? There's enough for all of us."
"As well as some Beef Stew." Leo added.
"Don't mind if I do."
"Leave some for me!" Sakura squeaked.
"Don't be greedy! Learn to share!" Elise added.
Cue to an outside view of the house, with Xander being heard saying: "You are SO gonna regret that Corrin!" while he banged his fist on the door.
"Somebody help me!"
A/N: And we're done!
This shot was based on an idea by PrinPage. Thank you for the suggestion, and I hope you enjoyed it! :D
Also based on a real-life scenario with my brother, who constantly leaves his coffee mug on his desk almost every day. It never attracted ants thankfully, but I think it's safe to say on how annoyed I was about that (and pretty much everyone in my family).
Review Reply:
snoogenz: Yeah, it's better not to question it XD. A gender-bender shot is in the works. Expect it soon. But an age-change is also interesting ;)
Rosalinda Lancaster Leonhart: Read her supports with Setsuna, and you'll understand. No problem on the rant. I too hate vegetables, but not all of them. Mushrooms are definitely tasty.
cheese.1000lb: You're lucky. For me, it's a 45% chance of working.
Anyways, until next chapter, BYE!
