Summer Nights

By: Kia Wolf

IcePrincess-Thank you so much for your review! I hope to hear from you again, and I hope this story is as good as you expect!

Kia: Hi guys! I missed ya'll! So glad to be back! And with Chapter 2! Here it is! Enjoy!

Chapter 1

We Go Together

D was curled up on the small loveseat, happily braiding Leon's hair while Leon watched some random program on the television. Leon was sitting on the carpet floor, with his back against the loveseat. Normally, times like this, D would say they were wasting time. But, ever since D had become a married man, spending quality time, even if it was while Leon was watching TV, was essential.

Even after the 3 years the couple had been happily married, things had not changed much. Leon had not grown any older, in body or mind, leaving his friends baffled. They claimed it was due to his staying with D. When Leon had told him about it, D had only smiled. After all, after eating the intestines of a mermaid, a human man tended to stay as he was…for a very long time.

Matt walked up to Leon, hugging him before climbing over him and onto the loveseat. He then cuddled up to D, who stopped playing with Leon's hair to hold his son. "Hello, Matt!" D cooed to the 4 year old, tickling him. Leon just smiled at the scene, before flipping through the channels once more.

With Ten-chan and T-chan

Ten-chan yawned, covering his mouth with his hand. He rolled over to find T-chan sprawled out across the floor where they had stayed. He was only half-covered, and Ten-chan smiled, moving the blanket over T-chan. After all, that was a sight that the young twins would never need to be subjected to. Ten-chan blinked sleepily, and smiled tenderly at T-chan's peaceful sleep. Settling down, Ten-chan cuddled close to T-chan again. Resting his head on T-chan's chest, his eyes fluttered closed as he fell into a sweet slumber.

TV room…Den…whatever it's called

Leon turned towards the door when he heard the front door of the shop opening down the hall. The familiar sound of Jar and Julie's talk filled the room.

"No, Julie! I CAN'T…Please don't look at me like that."

Jar and Julie emerged in the den, Julie pouting cutely at Jar, who was blushing. "Pweese?" Julie begged, taking Jar's hand in her own.

Jar's blush burned brightly, and he absently ran a hand through his hair. "Well…I…But, Julie! I promised Chris…but…"

Julie's pout immediately changed to a sly smile. She slunk closer to Jar, wrapping her arms delicately around his neck. Jar gulped. "And Chris is more important than me?" Julie teased, kissing Jar intimately. Leon watched with a knowing smile.

By the time Julie pulled away, Jar had wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer. He sighed deeply, and rested his head on Julie's shoulder. After a moment's time, Jar lifted his head and gazed into Julie's green orbs. Jar groaned. How could he refuse her? Julie grinned at Jar's reaction.

"Fine. Fine." Jar muttered, shaking his head. Julie squealed happily and yanked Jar into a choking hug, causing Leon to laugh heartily at his son's predicament.

"Shut up, Uncle Leon." Jar murmured, glaring daggers at Leon.

Leon flipped off the TV and stood, stretching. "D, where's Yui? YUI! COME HERE, YUI!"

Jar and Julie snuggled up on the free end of the loveseat, Julie taking a place on Jar's lap without a moment's hesitation. When Yui entered the room, Matt stood on the loveseat and waved to his sister cutely. Yui ignored him. Leon scooped Yui into his arms, saying, "Why don't you tell your brother hi?" Yui pouted, but did as she was told. "There now." Leon continued. "Wanna go play?" Yui's face brightened, and she nodded eagerly, her hair bouncing in the little pigtails D had fixed it in this morning, despite her cries.

"What do you say?" D encouraged, holding the squirming Matt in his lap. Yui frowned. She didn't talk much, which surprised many, seeing as how she was so much like her father.

"Ah, c'mon, Yui. It's not that much. Just a 'yes sir'." Leon said, bouncing Yui in his arms. Yui frowned again.

"Yes sir." She said softly.

"Good girl!" Leon cheered, placing Yui on his shoulders. "C'mon, let's go outside!" They trotted out of the room and to the front door.

D smiled down at Matt before standing and scooping the youngster into his arms. He nuzzled Matt playfully as he started to leave the den. At the doorway, he paused to glance at Julie and Jar. With a sigh, he set Matt down and told him to wait. D returned to the Sakura(1) red loveseat.

Jar and Julie were in an intense lip lock, and hadn't noticed D's presence. D folded his arms and tapped his foot loudly. He was willing to let the two finish their kiss before scolding them. They knew the rules of this home, and kissing was something that was forbidden, unless they were married or much older.

D's eyes widened as Jar's hand snuck its way into the back of Julie's pants. Julie didn't seem to mind, but D certainly did. D quickly pulled the two apart, and glared at them both. Jar's face flushed as he knew he had broken a rule and more than likely dug himself into a hole when he had made a move on Julie. There was also the fact that he hadn't known D was standing there.

"Jarvis Reid Orcot!" D scolded. Jar cringed. Julie cowered behind D, out of his view.

"I'm sorry, Dad! It was an accident…I mean…I couldn't help it…" Jar whimpered, inclining his head as a blush spread across his face.

D's frown softened. He sighed. There had been many times Leon's sexual instinct had taken over much like Jar's had. It had been awful hard to pry Leon off too. D smiled gently, brushing Jar's bangs from his eyes. "It's ok. I know how it is sometimes." Jar glanced up, the embarrassment fading from his eyes. "Of course…" D continued, making Jar's hope fall again. "You do know that you've broken a rule. I don't mind kisses, but intimate ones like that are FAR beyond chaste kisses."

Jar sighed. "I know, I know."

D smiled and hugged Jar. "Just don't let it happen again and I'll let you off the hook this time." He circled around the couch and picked up Matt. "After all. Matt and I have some cooking to experiment with, don't we, Mattie?"

Matt laughed and clapped happily. "Cookies!" He immediately said.

D chuckled as they left the room, heading for the kitchen. "Cookies, is it?"

Julie slowly approached Jar. "Sorry 'bout that, baby." She hugged him.

"It's ok, hun." Jar shrugged. "Not like it's the first time that's happened, remember?" Julie laughed and nodded her agreement.

Outside

Leon bounced a ball from the top of the stairs, watching as Yui, who was backed against the oriental doorway of the petshop, squealed happily and scurried around the small area to chase the ball. Leon laughed loudly at this display, until Yui fell. Leon's eyes widened. He hurried down the stairs. "Yui? You ok, baby?" He carefully picked up the sniffling toddler.

Yui buried her face in Leon's chest, holding her knee close. Leon smiled softly, moving her hand gently to examine her scraped knee. He kissed the scrape tenderly, and said, "All better!" He grinned and kissed Yui's cheek, earning a wide smile.

Kitchen

"Here you are, Mattie." D cooed, handing Matt two bags of chocolate and white chocolate chips. Matt grinned, bringing the two bags from the pantry and to the marble countertop where much of the cooking was set up at. Leon had had this installed as a surprise for D on their second anniversary.

Matt cooed softly as he set the bags on the countertop. He squealed happily when T-chan growled playfully, jumping out from under the table. Ten-chan walked into the kitchen soon afterwards, smiling when he saw T-chan scoop Matt into his arms and toss him into the air. Matt laughed and hugged T-chan tight.

D crossed to where they were standing and exclaimed, "Don't throw him! What if you dropped him?" D grabbed Matt away from T-chan, scolding him all the while for being careless with his baby. Ten-chan couldn't help but laugh at T-chan, who was staring at the ground guiltily.

Outside

Leon picked up Yui, placing her on his shoulders. She grinned and threw the basketball into the hoop. Leon cheered and took her from his shoulders to toss her into the air as T-chan had done to Matt.

"Leon?"

Leon was just setting Yui down on the concrete, and was surprised to hear his name. He knew it wasn't D, he had D's voice locked away in his memory, and this wasn't D's voice. He looked towards the speaker, his smile fading. He quickly turned back to Yui. "Go on inside now, sweetie. I'll be in later. If Mama asks, say I had work to do, ok?" Leon instructed Yui, helping her down the stairs to the shop entrance. Yui nodded and shut the door. Leon ran back up the stairs.

Leon paused in mid-step and said softly, "Jacob."

Jacob smiled. "So you do remember me, Officer Orcot."

Leon rolled his eyes in disbelief. "Duh. It's your fault D got extremely pissed at me. Oh, and must I remember the teacup incident? I got a few cups thrown at me, and then D was complaining because his favorite cups were shattered to bits…Yes, Jacob. I remember you."

Jacob shrugged. "Life doesn't always go the way it's expected, y'know."

"Boy, do I." Leon shook his head slightly. Jacob had changed a bit since he had last seen him. Now his hair was much longer, down to mid-thigh, and was braided neatly. He was a tinier bit taller, also. Not that it mattered much. He was still a head shorter than Leon. His eyes…they were brighter, basking Leon with their blue happiness. But Leon knew better, and was able to read the signs. He saw the depression Jacob was trying to hide under that happiness.

It was when Leon saw the light scars across Jacob's wrist that he interrupted whatever it was Jacob was babbling on about. "What happened to you? I know you moved to another district, but what happened there? Something bad enough for suicide?"

Jacob paled slightly, but kept his cool. He snorted disapprovingly at Leon's observation. "Well, when your parents die moments before you are able to talk to them for the first time in countless years…"

Leon shook his head. "So you went to suicide because of that?" He sounded suspicious. "I don't think so, Jacob. What happened?"

"Nothing, ok? Just got a little too wasted one night and some weird things happened, is all." Jacob waved his hand, dismissing the topic. Leon folded his arms, frowning his disbelief.

"Ok. I guess. Well…" Leon scratched his neck in thought. With a shrug, he said, "Wanna go get something to eat and talk awhile? I'm not as paranoid of you as I used to be." Jacob smiled, nodding happily. They headed down the streets of Chinatown, going to D's favorite Chinese restraunt.

Kia: Hi guys! Oh my gosh. It's been way too long since I worked on this story. At this moment, I haven't even uploaded the prologue, and am about to start work on Chapter 3. sweatdrop I don't think I've even been grounded so long that someone couldn't get to my stories. Thank you SO much for reviewing you guys! And to IcePrincess, I'm glad to hear from you again! Even though it WAS a while back. Hehe.

Leon: I thought you forgot about us.

Kia: No, no. I just…got into LOTS of trouble. The worst ever by far that I've gotten into. Didn't mean to. It just…happened?

D: Well, at any rate, we're very happy to see you again.

Kia: Thank you, D! I missed you so much!

Jar: Yes! I'm older!

Kia: LOL! Ok, well…Adios! Parting is such sweet sorrow. Until next time!