A New Addition

Hey Readers! Glad to see that this story actually got a bit more love than I was expecting it to. And since you're reading this, then you know that this is an all new chapter so without further ado, Enjoy!

Game Time.

After talking a bit more with some of the family, sans Lyra who was fuming a bit, Toby had taken his leave with the family, telling them where his own suite was in case any of them wanted to find him. Once the door had closed and everyone had a moment to breath, the eyes of all the Loud moms looked over to the sole adult man in the room. The kids were quickly rushed into their rooms and told goodnight, before the adults all went to the living room to have a discussion with their brother.

If Lemy were being honest, he hadn't been expecting to have his rank of 'Oldest Brother' taken away from him in only a couple of hours. While it wasn't a big deal to him, what was a big deal was how said brother had spoken to Lyra earlier. While the two never saw eye-to-eye too often, they had an unspoken rule when it came to outsiders speaking about them or their mother.

"The nerve of him!" Lyra spat, having been pacing back and forth in their room since they had gotten into their room. The older brunette was obviously pissed at how the white haired teen had carried himself, Lemy would be lying to himself if he said it wasn't kinda cool to see someone take Lyra down that wasn't Lupa. But he would never say that outloud.

"Giving me permission to beg?! Who does he think he is?! I'm not some floozie!" Lyra ranted, her hands balling into fists as she spoke.

"C'mon, Lyra, I'm sure he was just making a joke," Lemy said, still on the fence about whether or not he should be angry alongside her or laughing at her clearly flustered reaction.

"That's not something to joke about, Lemy! Especially in front of children!" Lyra countered, lightly glaring at her brother, who in turn threw his hands up in surrender, before sighing to himself. He knew he was in for a long rant and wasn't looking forward to it.

Meanwhile, a certain autumn-haired teen was doing some pacing of her own while her two sisters looked at her.

"What's on your mind, Libs?" asked Lacy as she watched the older girl mutter to herself before shaking her head lightly.

Looking over at her roommates after hearing her name called, Liby said, "I'm just trying to wrap my head around this. Like how did Dad not know about Toby? And if he did, then why didn't he tell us about him sooner? I mean, he knew about all of us from the day we were born."

"Maybe he didn't know," Lacy said, trying to help her sister out a bit.

"Then that raises the question, Who told him about Toby? Even if Dad didn't know about him, surely he didn't just coincidentally get a letter in the mail for an all expenses paid trip to New York," Liby said.

"If it's bugging you this much, then go ask Toby, we all know where his suite is," Lupa said, shrugging her shoulders easily as she did so. The white haired preteen was actually acting relatively civil, given all that's happened today. Seeing her older sister about to open her mouth to state the obvious, Lupa cut her off, "Not now, Einstein. In the morning, which speaking of," at that the girl crawled over to her side of the bed and got under the covers. Soon soft snores could be heard as the girl had gone out like a light.

Seeing that, the two teens figured they'd follow her lead and climbed into bed. They both got on either side of the smaller girl and drifted off themselves.

One by one, the rest of the Louds went to bed and the suite was soon silent. Save for the slight sound of joysticks clacking as well as soft swearing, both of which coming from the room of Loan as she lost herself in her nightly ritual.

Day soon broke and everyone was woken up in the usual way they expected, the sudden sound of a door being kicked open and a female voice crying out.

"Alright, up and at 'em! We're burning daylight!" came the excited voice of Lynn Loud as she had performed her daily ritual of waking up her daughter, who in turn jumped out of her bed in a slight panic. Which was followed by Liby and Lupa both groaning and glaring at the athletic woman.

Once she got her bearings, Lacy quickly made her way out of the room, throwing an apologetic look at the other two. Getting dressed into her running clothes quickly, she made her way out of the room with Lynn in tow. The two began to jog down the stairs before Lynn stopped them and they went through a door and onto the floor below their suite.

"What're we doing, Mom?" Lacy asked, genuinely confused at the sudden stop.

"Getting your brother up. Can't have him being another Linc," Lynn said simply as the two lightly jogged down the hall before getting to the door that held the number he told them. Making their way towards it, the older brunette banged on it as hard as she could without breaking it. There was a moment of silence before the door was yanked open suddenly and, needless to say, the two found out that the teen was, in fact, up.

Before either of them could react, there was an airsoft pistol in Lynns face. Dangerously close to her eye. Blinking for a bit, the athlete looked towards the person holding the weapon and raised an eyebrow. "I'd recommend you get that outta my face before I break your wrist," the brunette woman said calmly. It took Toby a moment to even realize who he was looking at before he put the weapon away.

Combing his fingers through his hair, he spoke "Sorry about that, thought you were someone else. What's up, Aunt Lynn?"

"Who were you expecting?" Lacy asked.

"Doesn't matter. You need something?"

There was a moment of silence, Lynn contemplating on pressing the question a bit before deciding to drop it and letting her bright smile come back, "Wanna go for a run?"

The question seemed to catch the teen off guard as he stared at the mother and daughter duo. Chuckling slightly to himself, the teen answered, "Sorry to disappoint you ladies, but I already did my workout for the morning. I was actually about to have breakfast," he finished as he leaned on the door frame.

Hearing that made Lynn actually look at the teen in surprise before checking her watch, which read 07:15, before she looked back at the teen and smiled widely. Before he could react though, Toby was pulled into a bone crushing hug as he heard his Aunt mumble out 'Workout Buddy' which frightened him but gave Lacy a look of relief. Releasing him, Lynn began to excitedly ask him questions pertaining to his diet and exercise regimen, only for Toby to remind her about her workout.

Remembering her routine, the brunette waved goodbye to her nephew before heading towards the gym that was on that floor. Waving back, Toby just rolled his eyes before going back into his room to finish getting ready for the day.

Some time passed before the Louds finally began to wake up. Some began their morning routines while others were merely lying in bed for a bit. Lynn and Lacy had come back from their run and were showered by the time anyone else woke up.

"Alright, what're we doing for breakfast?" asked a tired Lincoln as he leaned against a doorway, propping himself up with it.

"We could order something to the room," Luna offered, still clad in her nightshirt.

"Or go out to a diner," Lori countered as she stifled a yawn. Both options sounded arguably good to the adults and while they knew that they could ask the kids, they also knew how much bickering that would cause. Sighing to himself, Lincoln weighed the options but stopped when an idea struck him.

Leaving the room, he came back with his phone and began texting someone. The man stifled some yawns before a ringtone sounded, making everyone look over at the man in confusion.

"Uh, Linc...what was that?" Luan asked, trying to place the ringtone.

"Oh, that? That's Toby's ringtone, which reminds me," Lincoln paused to text something before continuing, "There, sent you guys his number."

"You...you set The Godfather Theme as his ringtone?" asked Lori.

"Well he set it, but that doesn't matter. He should be on his way up," Lincoln said, just as he did so, there was a knock at the door. Making his way over, the white haired man opened the door to see his younger doppelganger standing there.

"Morning, Linc," he said casually, making the man in question wince slightly at his name. Letting the teen in, Toby casually made his way over to the living room. "Good morning, Aunts," Toby greeted as he made his way around the couch and sat on the arm. The women of the room greeted the teen back in their own ways, and before long they got down to business with discussing breakfast.

"So you needed a locals' help?" Toby asked simply, getting nods from the adults. "Alright, gimme a sec," he paused and made his way over to the landline and dialed the front desk and asked for a waiter to come up to the Presidential Suite before hanging up. "They should send someone up in no time to take our orders," Toby stated with a small smirk.

"Alright, hotel food it is then," Lincoln said with a clap of his hands before making his way into his room while the others continued to wait on the kids to be done. The white haired teen took out his phone and began to scroll on it but it was interrupted by a voice cutting in.

"Toby?" asked one of his Aunts, making the young man in question look up.

"Hm?"

"Got any plans for the day? I know you said you like to keep busy," Lori asked, making eye contact with the lad. The question made him think for a moment before something clicked in his head.

"Oh, yeah! I was gonna head to the arcade nearby, figured I'd check in on my scores. Also get a smoothie," Toby answered easily, causing some of the women to roll their eyes at that in amusement. The teen, despite his completely different demeanor from his father, had a lot of similarities to him.

"Damn brah, seems you and my little buffalo have something in common," Luna said as she smiled at her nephew.

"Have what in common, Mom?" Asked Lemy as he walked into the room, tying his headband on.

"Aside from being cuties, you both like video games," the rocker said to her son with a loving smile. The reaction she got from Lemy had warmed her heart as the small boy blushed slightly at her compliment. Looking over, she saw Toby have an amused smirk on his face but didn't say anything.

"I'm heading to the arcade nearby so if you wanna come, then feel free," Toby said simply. Soon there was a knock on the door and upon answering it, a raven-haired waitress stood in the doorway with a confused look.

"Um...hi, I was asked to come up here and take orders?"

"Right this way," Toby said as he escorted her in and after calling out to everyone, the orders had been taken for everyone except Loan, who seemingly hadn't left her room that morning. After directing the waitress to where her room was, she made her way back there. A few moments passed before there were suddenly two feminine screams and the sound of a door slamming shut.

"I'm sorry, Ma'am! I'm really sorry!" the waitress squeaked out as she came around the corner with her head down.

"What happened?" Lincoln asked, confused by the woman's sudden behavior but she merely shook her head at him, her face a bright red.

"Did you get her order?" Lori asked but after receiving another head shake, she sighed and gave the waitress an order for Loan. Jotting it down quickly, the woman nodded and took her leave, her face getting brighter as she made her way out.

There was a hush over the room for a bit before Toby made his way over to Loan's room and knocked. Almost immediately the door was thrown open and the disheveled appearance of the blonde was seen, her face a bright red. Looking at who was at the door, the blonde stammered out in complete embarrassment.

"I-I didn't mean t-to!" the young woman said as she looked at her brother.

Raising an eyebrow in confusion, Toby asked, "What'd you do?"

"W-well I...uh...ya see, I u-uh..." the woman stammered out.

Toby rolled his eyes before speaking, "Maybe it'll be easier to talk in private." Loan stopped her stammering before looking past the teen and saw that everyone had gone about their business while her mother was giving her a frown in disapproval. Looking back at him, the young woman nodded her head meekly before letting Toby into her room.

Gently shutting the door, Loan turned to her brother and watched him just casually look around her room. Taking in his appearance, Loan noticed that aside from his hair, Toby had gone from business formal to a simple leather jacket and jeans combo. The outfit actually looked good on him.

"So what happened?" Toby asked as he still looked around. The question easily snapped the blonde out of her gaze.

"W-well...she may have seen m-me..." Loan stopped as her own embarrassment took hold and couldn't finish the statement but Toby easily understood what had happened and merely rolled his eyes in amusement.

Turning toward Loan, he said with his usual smirk, "I'm pretty sure she was just not expecting to see a naked blonde when she walked in. If anything, you probably made her day."

To say Loan's face got brighter at that would be an understatement, the woman's face went from a light pink to almost entirely red as she began to sputter and stammer out her words. As she did this, Toby decided to spare her from any further embarrassment by changing the subject. From his observation, the white haired teen noticed her small collection of games in her duffle bag.

"You like video games? What's your favorite genre?" he asked.

Hearing this, Loan looked at him and blinked for a moment before answering, "Y-Yeah, I like video games. And I'd h-have to say horror mostly."

The answer caught Toby off guard as he spun around to look at his new, older sister, "You...You like horror games? I'm sorry, but you don't seem the type. If anything, you seem like you'd be into puzzle games or something. No offense."

"N-none taken. A lot of people say the same when they find out," Loan said with a small smile. Her face slowly returned to normal color as she spoke, much to Toby's silent relief. The teen didn't need the girl passing out from embarrassment.

"Well Lemy and I are going to the arcade after breakfast, you can come if you want." Loan's face lit up slightly at that, before it quickly went away as she sighed.

"I can't...I...don't do well in big crowds and...Lyra wouldn't want me around Lemy. Says I'm a bad influence on him," the blonde woman said but was met by the sound of laughter as she saw Toby clutching his sides at that. "W-what?" she asked.

"You, a bad influence? Man, and I thought you were just some cute NEET," Toby said as he wiped a tear from his eye.

The use of the acronym caused Loan to look at the teen in surprise. She had been called a shut-in on several occasions, mostly by her mom, but she had never had someone refer to her as a NEET. It was usually something she had seen in mangas that she read. "Y-you...know what a NEET is?" she asked as she continued to look at her brother.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I?" Toby asked as he got himself under control.

"W-Well, it's just that...that's usually something you see used in like a manga or something. Most people don't even know what it is, even when they do read manga."

"Well I guess we're both full of surprises because that's actually what I used to call people when I was a kid." That seemed to throw Loan off even more.

"W-What? How'd you even know that word as a kid?"

"Cause it was a common thing to call people in school. Some people actually wore it as a badge of honor."

"W-Where'd you go to school?"

"Hokkaido Noboribetsu Akebi," Toby stated simply as he started to rummage through Loan's video games. If the blonde were drinking anything, she would've performed a spit take at the admittance of the knowledge. It wasn't as though one could blame the blonde though, no one would've expected that answer.

"I-I'm sorry, are...a-are you saying you went to school in Japan?!" Loan asked, her voice raised an octave as she did.

"Yeah...why?" Toby said as he turned to face the blonde in confusion, her voice raising had easily caught his attention. The moment he looked over at her though, Toby knew what was about to happen and merely braced himself for it.

"Oh my god! Really?! What was it like living there?!" Loan asked, excitement evident on her face. Something that was not expected for the white haired teen to see when she reacted. The blonde easily closed the distance between them and grabbed Toby's shoulders, looking him in the eye with a large excited grin.

"Well...it was kinda cool, I guess. Had to learn some Japanese to make school easier though," Toby said as he felt an awkward half smile spread across his lips. He hadn't been expecting the blonde woman to get this excited over something so simple. If anything, her reaction was throwing him off a bit, he had expected to be in control of the conversation the whole time, but the tables turned very quickly on him.

Loan began to open her mouth to say something but was interrupted by a knock on the door. Using the new interruption, Toby slid his way out his older sister's grip and made his way to his salvation. Opening it up, the teen was greeted to the sight of a slightly taller blonde with a rather confused expression on her face as she saw who answered the door.

"Yes?" Toby spoke, his tone shifting from awkward to its usual smooth style. The girl seemed to look at him in confusion before looking over his head at Loan and began to make a few hand gestures.

"Oh, did you not meet him yesterday, Liena?" Loan asked, receiving a head shake from the girl.

Seeing this, Toby interjected simply, "My name's Tobias Finley. You can call me Toby though. I'm your new brother."

Liena smiled at him and extended a hand to shake, to which the teen easily met her and shook with his own. "I take it that you're deaf?" Toby asked gently as the three began to make their way to the living room.

Liena tilted her head at him slightly before realizing what he was asking and shook her head. Smiling, the blonde tapped her throat gently as to gesture her answer. The teen looked at her in confusion before he looked to Loan for an answer.

"She's mute," the eldest blonde said, Liena tapping her nose and smiling at her sister.

"Ah..." Toby said before looking at Liena. "(That must suck sometimes,)" he signed to her, making the blonde's eyes go wide in surprise. Seeing that she was completely taken aback, the teen said, "I know a little ASL, not much for long conversations though."

Liena's expression shifted at that, going from surprise to happiness, "(Well at least you know what I'm saying,)"

"Yeah, it took me a second to realize what you were doing," Toby said as the three finally made it to the living room and saw that the food was being brought in on a cart. The waitress, with a slightly pink face, began to set the food onto the table as delicately as she could before stepping back.

"Is everything to your liking?" She asked, her head bowed slightly.

Taking a bite of the food, everyone was taken aback by how delicious the food was. With hums of approval, everyone gave her a thumbs up. Taking that sign, the waitress nodded slightly and stole a small glance at Loan before scurrying out of the room with the cart.

Loan, having seen the young woman look, felt her face heat up. While almost everyone, due to enjoying their food, didn't notice the young blondes' behaviour, Lupa decided to pipe up. "I guess you already tipped her, eh Loan?" the white haired girl asked, a sly grin on her face.

To some, that question caused them to either swallow their food and drinks harshly and others merely raised an eyebrow at the question, confused by the meaning. The blonde in question however, felt her face grow even hotter. Seeing the two's interaction happening, Lori couldn't help but roll her eyes in annoyance.

"When will you stop sleeping naked, Loan? Honestly, if you're gonna do it then at least lock your door." the blonde woman said harshly. Loan flinched at her mother's tone, knowing that she was right. Toby, however, was confused by his sister's reaction as well as his Aunts' statement. If Loan was, from what he was told, 21 then why would Lori be treating her as though she's a small child? The teen began to open his mouth but was stopped when there was another knock on the door.

"I'll get it!" Leni said excitedly as she got up from the table and made her way down the small hallway. After a few moments, the blonde came back with a large smile on her face, "Tobes, you're friends are here!"

"Tobes? Wait...friends?!" Toby asked as an athletically built black teen came around the corner with a shorter, petite Latina flanking him. Without a second thought, the white haired teen shot up from his seat and drew the airsoft pistol from the holster on his shoulder. Almost immediately, the Louds took cover in some capacity as they saw the guns revealed.

"Well look what we got here, Soph," The teen boy said with a smug grin.

"Only one this time? Someone's slipping." The Latina, Soph, said as she shared a similar grin.

"Bold of you to assume that I only have one," Toby said cheekily as the three continued their stare down. The rest of the occupants remained in their cover, fear and confusion starting to permeate in the room. A few moments passed before the Finley boy spoke, "At least let me finish my juice, I gotta have my vitamins after all."

The two teens shared a look before gesturing for the boy to get the aforementioned beverage. Not breaking eye contact, he gulped down the beverage and set the glass back down. Upon releasing the glass from his hand however, Toby quickly grabbed a bowl of unfinished cereal and chucked it at the teens.

Seeing the sudden object coming toward his head, the boy opted to duck. A mistake that he'd soon regret. Seeing his opportunity, Toby quickly took aim at the teens crotch and pulled the trigger, firing a pellet into the guys nethers.

He went down quickly as he proceeded to drop his pistol to cup his injured manhood. The gun slid across the ground before Toby dove to the side, sliding across the wooden floor as he grabbed the other gun in his free hand.

Soph, having moved when the bowl went flying, took aim at Toby but was stopped when two pellets made contact. One hit her thigh while the other hit her forehead. After coming to a halt on the ground, Toby got to his feet and aimed at the two in triumph.

"Argh, why the nuts, man?!" the teen asked, glaring up at Toby. Giving an apologetic smile, the teen handed the downed lad his pistol before helping him to his feet.

"Sorry about that, dude, I had to do something to win," Toby stated with a small laugh. The teen rolled his eyes and smiled slightly.

"Damn, what is that? 23-19?" Soph asked, having climbed back onto her feet.

"Are you out of your mind?!" screamed Lyra as she stormed over to Toby, her face contorted into a scowl. "What were you three thinking?! Someone could've been hurt by your shenanigans!" Lyra shouted, her hands balling into fists.

"Shenanigans? Wow, didn't realize today was Grandma Words Day," Soph said, earning a laugh from the two boys. Lyra felt her blood beginning to boil at their laughter but before she could speak, someone cut in.

"Toby, who are these two? And why was there a cheesy, action movie scene played out in the middle of the room?" Lincoln asked, having helped everyone to their feet and setting the chairs upright.

"Whoa, you weren't kidding about the natural hair color thing," The teen said as he looked at Lincoln's hair.

"Duh, you think I would dye it this shade?" Toby asked before turning to the man, "By the way, these are my friends, Jay and Sophia."

"Pleasure to meet you, Sir," Sophia said as she extended a hand, to which Lincoln shook it firmly.

"Nice to meet you, Snowbunny Sr." Jay said with a two finger salute, earning a blush from the two white haired men.

"Dude!" Toby cried, punching his friend in the arm. Jay merely laughed at that with Sophia and, eventually, Toby joining in.

"Whoa...it's like looking into the past," Luna said as she watched the three teens interact with each other.

"Yeah but like in an alternate past where Lincoln and Cylde were cool," Lynn added as she watched alongside her sister.

"Hey! We were cool!" Lincoln cried indignantly, earning some laughs from the two.

After that, the others attempted to finish their meals, sans Lemy who's cereal had been thrown, before placing the dishes on the table and calling for someone to collect them. With breakfast having been eaten, the family began to scatter about, some lounging around while others grouped up and went out to explore the city.

"What do you mean I can't go?!" came Lemy's furious voice, the small boy having been upset by the ruling of his older sister saying that he couldn't go out to the arcade.

"You heard me the first time, Lemy. I don't want you out and about with some strangers that we just met," Lyra said, her arms folded tightly across her chest as she glared down at her brother.

"But Loan will be with me and you know her!"

"I'm not Loan's older sister, I'm yours. So if I say you're not going, then that's that." Hearing that, Lemy threw his arms up in anger and went to storm out of the room but was promptly stopped by a hand on his shoulder. Looking up, the boy saw that Toby had seemingly heard their conversation and wasn't too pleased about what was said.

"If we're going off of birth order being the law, then my word dwarfs yours, Lyly, and Lemy's coming with me."

"First; Don't ever call me that. And second; What is that supposed to mean?"

Toby smirked at his sisters irritation before stepping forward, placing Lemy behind him, "Well, it means, since your birthday is in March and mine is in January, I'm older."

Taking a deep breath, Lyra attempted to settle her nerves before speaking, "Okay, you may be older but I've watched over Lemy since the day he was born so if I say he can't go, then he can't go, no matter who's older than whom."

Toby contemplated her words for a bit before nodding his head, seeming to understand his sister's logic before releasing a large sigh, "You're right, Lyra."

"Of course I'm ri-wait...what?"

"You're right. It isn't my place to mess up such a delicate balance between siblings," Toby said, raising his hands in surrender. The brunette was slightly taken aback at how easy the boy had given up his argument with her.

Blinking for a moment, Lyra quickly cleared her throat before speaking, "Right, well...glad we came to an agreement. Now, since that's been cleared up, have a nice day, Lemy and I have our own things to do."

"Fair enough. I'll be sure to bring back a smoothie as an apology," Toby said as he began to make his way to the hallway.

"I appreciate the thought but we'll be fine, Toby."

"Alright then, see ya around Lyra," the teen said before making his way out the door, the sound of it closing easily being heard. Heaving a sigh, the brunette began to relax her shoulders but found the gesture being cut short by a voice cutting in.

"You know he just conned you, right?" asked Lyle as the blonde boy sat on the sofa next to his two sisters.

"What are you talking about?" Lyra asked, now confused by the boy's words.

"Just now, when he moved in front of Lemy, he intentionally threw you off guard to keep you from seeing Lemy sneak out with his two friends," Lyle stated.

"Wha-" Lyra began before she realized that Lyle was easily telling the truth and her confused expression quickly shifted to anger as she soon darted out of the room screaming, "You're dead, Tobias!"

Meanwhile, a couple of blocks over, Lemy couldn't help but continue to smile brightly as he, Jay, and Sophia made their way toward the arcade with Loan in tow. "Dude, I'm still freaking out! How'd you guys trick Lyra so easy?! She didn't even notice me leaving!" the little metalhead exclaimed as he looked up at the two teens.

"Calm down there, Little man. Get anymore excited and you might blast off into space," said Jay as he smiled down at the young boy.

"Besides, it was more over Toby than anything else, that guy's a damn master at conning people and rubbing distraction," Sophia said to which Jay easily agreed.

"B-but isn't Lyra gonna be mad?" piped up Loan as she continued to look around with worry while kneading her hands together.

"Ah, she speaks!" cried Sophia as she laughed heartily before answering the blonde's question, "Eh, she might be. Depends on if she finds out or not."

Almost as if by fate, Lemy's phone rang. The boy took it out with ease before feeling his bright smile drop from his face. On his phone's caller ID was Lyra's name and if their conversation just now was any indicator, then the brunette found out about the ploy. Looking down at it for a bit longer, the boy quickly declined it and shoved it back into his pocket.

Without another word said, the four made their way toward the arcade as fast as they could. Arriving to the building quickly, the group easily made their way in and the two Louds were easily taken aback by the sheer size of the buildings interior. As far as the two could see, there were various arcade cabinets lining the walls as well as a small food court and bowling alley.

"Welcome to Funtropolis!" Sophia exclaimed as she gestured to the absolute eutopia that Lemy and Loan were in. The two pairs of blue eyes were scanning the place, looking for a good starting point.

"There's also an entire Laser Tag battle arena on the next floor," Jay stated as they walked deeper in. After seemingly finding their starting point, Loan and Lemy broke off and ran towards a simple Kart Racing cabinet as if they were little kids.

"Looks like they're gonna enjoy themselves thoroughly," Sophia said with a small smile, Jay nodding next to her.

A moment passed with the two looking at their best friends two siblings before it was ruined by a rather haughty voice cutting in and breaking the moment. "Well, look at what we have here," came a female voice, making the two groan. Turning around, they were met by the face of a rather buxom redhead, who merely looked at them with a sneer placed on her lips.

"Just when I thought today was gonna be fun," Jay said as he stared down the teen girl.

"Hello, Camilla," Sophia greeted bitterly at the spoiled girl.

"I'm surprised they let strays in here," Camilla said before sighing dramatically, "This place is truly going to the pits."

"What do you want, Cam?" asked the Latina through gritted teeth. Neither her nor Jay were too happy with the girl being near them at all and the stray comment just made it worse.

"Oh well I was here to see if my Honey Bunny wanted to go get some coffee but now I think I have something else in mind," the redhead said before smiling darkly at the duo. A feeling of unease starting to grow amongst them.

"Excuse me, coming through!" came a familiar voice as a head of gelled white hair made itself seen in the crowd. Bursting through, Toby came sprinting up to his friends before slipping behind them as to catch his breath.

Camilla's dark smile seemed to switch quite quickly as she saw the teen, "Oh, Honey Bunny!" she said as she moved forward to show the newly arrived teen some affection. Taking only a single step forwards, another figure burst onto the scene.

A rather angry and exhausted Lyra stood before them before locking eyes with Toby, "You!" The brunette made her way over to him easily but was stopped by the slightly shorter redhead.

"And just what the hell are you doing?" Camilla asked, the teen standing angrily in front of the brunette. Lyra was taken aback by the sudden appearance but her surprise was quickly wiped away when she saw Toby's small smile on his face. Pushing the redhead to the side, the Loud teen made her way towards him before she quickly found her world flipped upside down as a sudden pain erupted up her back, making her cry out in pain.

"Alright, Camilla, that's going too far," Lyra heard Toby say in a surprisingly stern tone. The redheaded beauty quickly let go of the teens arm and made her way over to the white haired teen.

"But Honey Bunny-" the redhead began but was stopped as Toby moved past her to help his sister up. After checking her over, the teen introduced the two to each other and was surprised by how quickly the haughty girl became apologetic. Once everything was said and done though, Loan and Lemy made their way back over to the group.

"Guys! You'll never guess -Oh hi, Lyra- you'll never guess what they have upstairs!"

"What do they have, Lem?" Toby asked as he smiled at the boy's excitement.

"Battle Of The Legends!" the young boy said as his smile grew, "We gotta all play!"

At that statement, the three friends easily smiled before agreeing with Loan merely saying she wished to stay on the ground floor and play the other cabinets. After some convincing however, mostly from Lemy, the blonde agreed to go up with them. Lyra, after some light begging from Lemy, opted to stay on the ground floor to wait for her little brother with Camilla surprisingly opting to stay with her.

With the five of them gone, the two teens found a booth to sit at and wait. After Camilla ordered some shakes for them, much to Lyra's chagrin, the two sat in silence until they came. Once they had been sat down and the worker walked off, the mood seemed to shift slightly between them as the redhead took a sip.

"So, Lyra, what's it like being a rockstar's daughter?"

The brunette couldn't help but choke on her shake a bit at that, "I'm sorry? What makes you think I'm a rockstar's daughter?" she asked, confused and a bit worried.

"Oh come now, Lyra. It's a simple question and I'm a curious gal."

"Well, I'm sorry to burst your bubble but my mother is an accountant, not a rockstar."

"Really now? And what about your father?"

"He's not in the picture," Lyra stated quickly, now beginning to feel uncomfortable with the questions she was suddenly being asked.

"Interesting...never would've thought that Luna Loud moon lit as an accountant." Camilla said easily as she took another sip before locking eyes with the brunette. If she wasn't uncomfortable before, Lyra definitely was now. As far as she knew, no one knew Luna Loud had kids.

Quickly swallowing a lump in her throat, Lyra spoke, "My mom isn't Luna Loud."

"Really now? Then your parents must be awfully rich to send Lemy to so many of her concerts around the world. Or maybe my info guy should be fired."

"W-what?" Lyra accidentally stammered out as she felt her breath begin to quicken. But just before it could get worse, the brunette felt a hand on hers and a voice calmly spoke to her in an attempt to calm her. Once she had gotten herself under control, she saw that the hand belonged to Camilla.

"Are you okay?" she asked, making Lyra nod slightly. "Good, wouldn't want Toby to get mad at me for harming his sister."

Lyra's head snapped up quickly at that, her eyes wide, "What are you talking about? We're cousins," she lied.

"Come now, do you think you should be lying at this point, Lyra? I know what you and your little gaggle of siblings are to Toby."

"W-What?," she asked quietly as she stared at the redhead.

"Oh yes, I know. And while I personally have some problems with it all, I know how much this means to Toby so I merely want to make sure history isn't going to repeat itself."

"I'm sorry?"

"I mean, with Luna and Lincoln making you and Lemy, I just want to make sure that my Toby doesn't follow in daddy dearests' footsteps."

Lyra couldn't help but feel her face heat up considerably at that, "W-We are not our parents!"

"That's what I'm hoping for," Camilla said easily. Taking another sip, she spoke again, "Now since that's out of the way, tell me about yourself, Lyra. I wanna get to know my Honey Bunny's family a little."

And at that, the two began a simple, if not slightly awkward on Lyra's side, conversation. With time passing quickly for the two and before either of them knew it, the missing part of their little group made their way back down. All of them easily laughing with each other with Loan, surprisingly, being the main focus of the conversation.

"Dude, it was like her sweater was weighted cause the minute she took it off, you got slaughtered!" Sophia said as she laughed at Toby's slightly miffed expression.

"Never thought I'd see the day Toby got taken down at his best game," Jay added before lightly punching Loan on her shoulder, "Great job, girl!"

"T-Thanks..." Loan said as she fiddled with the hem of her sweatshirt, a small smile on her face.

"That was awesome, Loan!" Lemy exclaimed.

"You two seemed to have fun," Lyra said, her knotted stomach being ignored, as she approached them with Camilla heading over to Toby.

"Yeah, we did! You should've seen it! Loan was just going at it on the guitar!"

"I-It wasn't anything special..."

"Alright, we gotta head back before it gets too late out," Toby said as he began to say his goodbyes to his friends. Looking outside, Lyra was surprised to find the sun had begun to set. Grabbing Lemy's hand, she began to make her way back with Loan in tow and Toby, after getting a small peck on the cheek from Camilla, making up the rear.

After a bit of walking though, Lyra spoke up, "I'm still not too pleased with you, Toby."

"I didn't think you were. And since you let Lemy stay to play, I owe you a solid now."

"A...solid?" Lyra paused for a moment to turn and ask.

"A favor. Which aren't things I give out easily so don't waste it."

"I'll try not to," she said with a roll of her eyes.

"Oh yeah, who was that Camilla girl anyway?" Lemy asked.

"My girlfriend," Toby said simply, answering the question that the two girl also had.

After returning to the hotel and having a late dinner, complete with the same waitress from earlier being unable to make eye contact with Loan, The Louds said their goodnights and went to bed. Lyra being the only one to have a hard time drifting off.

And thus wraps another chapter. Hope you all liked it, I know I liked writing it. This had to go through a little editing before it was ready, but I wanted to introduce you all to Toby and his neighborhood a bit before we actually get to the meat of the story so I hope you all return but until next time, Stay Tuned, Readers!