The Abilities of a Little Brother
It's been a week since everyone accused Wally of having feelings for Kuki and he still won't admit it. Meanwhile another sleepover was to occur and this time it was at Kuki's house.
"Hey guys!" She greeted Wally and Hoagie when they arrived, "I hope you guys don't mind but my parents left me in charge of Mushi so she might hang out with us.
"Sure, I don't mind" Hoagie said. Meanwhile, Wally grunted. Then just out of nowhere Mushi came running in.
"Hoagie!" She exclaimed, giving him a big hug.
"Aw, hey Mushi" Hoagie smiled as he patted her head.
"And Wally!" She spread her arms and hugged Wally who snobbishly stared at her.
"Careful, he bites" Hoagie laughed and Kuki and Mushi giggled.
"Mushi, help me make some snacks in the kitchen" Kuki said to her sister. Then she turned to the guys, "You guys can make yourselves comfortable in the TV room"
As soon as the two girls were gone Hoagie and Wally made their way to the TV room.
"How come Mushi likes you so much?" Wally asked Hoagie.
"I guess I'm like a big brother to her"
"So? I am too"
"Yeah right"
"What's that suppose to mean?"
"You treat Mushi like any other girl. You're a snob to her"
"I'm not a snob!"
"Yes you are, especially to girls. The only girl you pay respect to is Abby and that's because she's like a big sister to you"
"That's not true I respect Kuki!"
"By criticizing every single thing she does and likes?"
Before another word was said, Mushi marched into the room carrying a bag of potato chips. "Hi!" She greeted them with her adorable little squeaky voice, "I have chips!"
"Great, now get out" Wally snapped. Mushi scowled at him and left the room.
"What?" Wally said after realizing that Hoagie was staring at him, "She's not supposed to be here listening to our conversation!"
"Sure, big brother, sure"
After settling down, they heard the door bell ring and the door open.
"That must be Nigel and Abby" Hoagie said. In just a few seconds Nigel and Abby came in the room carrying their own bags. Mushi and Kuki came out from the kitchen and greeted them.
"Hey guys!" Kuki greeted.
"Hi!" Mushi squeaked giving Nigel and Abby a hug.
"Guess who we ran into at your porch?" Abby said.
"Who?" Mushi asked. Nigel and Abby turned to the doorway where a boy of Mushi's age appeared.
"Bow before your king, scoundrels!" He joked.
"Sandy!" Mushi exclaimed as she ran to greet her boyfriend. After greeting his girlfriend back, Sandy turned to Wally and recited, "Oh look! If it isn't the prince charming from the beach, with his heart burning intensely with love for the fair princess…"
Kuki and Mushi sighed at Sandy's talent for poetry. Meanwhile, Wally was fuming, "Shut up, you little brat"
"Ah! Denial! The first sign of love-"
"SHUT UP!"
Sandy was caught off guard when Wally pinned him under his arm but the others tried to save him. In no time, Sandy was free. But apparently he didn't learn from before and he kept reciting poems at random times. Lucky for him, Wally was being held back by Hoagie.
"You're lucky that Kuki is a bit oblivious" Hoagie whispered to Wally, "She doesn't know that she's 'the fair princes of the beach'"
"Shut up…"
Soon after that, everyone sat on the floor in the form of a circle.
"Wow, everyone's here" Kuki smiled, "Wally, Hoagie, you guys should've brought your little brothers"
"Joey's only six. He's too young to go to these things" Wally said.
"Aw, what a protective big brother you are, Wally. That's so cute!"
"Yeah Wally, so cute" Hoagie nudged him.
"What about you, Hoagie?" Kuki asked, "How's Tommy?"
"Annoying, just as always"
All of a sudden, out of nowhere, someone jumped in from the window and landed in the middle of the circle. At first everybody was so alarmed, but soon they all realized that it was just Tommy who broke in.
"Tommy, what are you doing here!" Hoagie said.
"Oh come on, you and I hardly hang out together. I just wanna join you guys on this sleepover" Tommy said.
"What do you mean we don't hang out? You bug me all the time!"
"Where's the bonding in that?"
"Go home, Tommy"
"Hoagie!" Kuki snapped, "Tommy just wants to be with his big brother"
"Are you kidding me? He hangs around me more than enough!"
"Yeah but we need more bonding!" Tommy replied, "Like, you should teach me stuff like how Wally teaches Joey martial arts!"
"Not now Tommy!" Hoagie debated. The argument between the brothers continued until the doorbell rang again. When Kuki opened it, Wally was shocked to find that his mother came over.
"Mum?" He said.
"I know it's short noticed" His mom said, "But the babysitter backed out, no one's gonna take care of Joey and your father and I are busy, so it's up to you"
"Mum, I'm busy!"
"No you're not. Look! It's 'bring your little sibling over' night!" She giggled as she pointed to the other kids. And just like that, she left.
"Wally!" Little Joey chortled as he jumped on his big brother.
"Aw that's so cute" Kuki squealed as she watched Joey crawl around Wally.
"Joey stop it!" Wally grabbed him by the ankles but he just kept laughing.
"Come on, Joey" Kuki took him.
Wally watched enviously as Kuki brought Joey to the TV room in her arms.
"Hey you guys, look who's here!" Kuki announced and everyone sighed at how cute Joey is.
"He looks just like Wally!" Mushi squealed as Kuki, Wally and Joey settled on the floor with them.
"So what should we do?" Kuki asked the rest of the gang.
"Let's play truth or dare" Abby suggested and she placed a bottle in the middle of the circle.
"I wanna spin it!" Joey said. And everyone allowed him to. And so the bottle was spun and when it stopped, it pointed to Kuki.
"I choose dare" She said.
Before anyone could speak, Joey spoke up, "I dare you to kiss my brother!"
Wally, who was drinking soda at that time, choked. Meanwhile everyone giggled. Wally was turning red in fury as he eyed his little brother. But when Kuki kissed him on the cheek, his anger switched into bliss. Ever since that night, Wally became fonder of his little brother.