1. Ride Our Bikes Around the Halls!

Five-year-old Yumoto laughed loudly as he followed his big brother in the halls of the palace…on his bicycle. He laughed and Gora smiled, "You're falling behind!"

Yumoto giggled as he went faster, Gora laughed as they rode into the portrait hall. Their poor mother gasped as she saw her sons, "Boys!" Natsumi cried and Gora smiled as he circled her, "Yes, mama?"

"Why are you doing that!?" She frowned and Yumoto laughed, "It's too cold to play outside, an-chan said we could ride around in here!"

Natsumi shook her head, "Off the bikes!"

Gora sighed, "Mama…"

Yumoto groaned, "We were having fun!"

"If you want to ride bikes, go ride them in the ballroom! Not in the portrait halls!"

"Alright, come on, Yumoto!" Gora called as he rode off and Yumoto laughed, "Coming!"

Natsumi shook her head and watched her sons cycle away.

2. Daily Walk

Gora sighed as he carried Yumoto on his back, they were walking with their father this morning, Yumoto said he could walk the entire two miles, but then he started crying.

"Yumoto, you know that two miles is a long walk…"

"sorry…"

Yukiteru smiled, "Nonsense, a little soldier doesn't cry, Yumoto. Even the best of us feel upset during a long walk."

Gora shook his head and Yukiteru grabbed his youngest off of Gora. "Here, I'll take him now."

"Thank you papa." Gora nodded and Yukiteru smiled, "We're almost back home, I promise. Then we can relax."

Yumoto nodded and Gora sighed as they walked once more.

3. War

Yukiteru sighed as he stood next to Natsumi, "Damned mortals and their damned wars."

"Dear, you're the God of War."

"Nat….you're the Goddess of Peace…"

"Yes but the mortals are corrupted by demons, darling." Natsumi frowned, "And yet you have war meetings…"

"I know, I know…"

Gora looked down, "And yet…we're against demons in a never ending war…"

Yukiteru growled as he clenched his hands into fists. "They shouldn't have killed the first God of Love nor curse Yumoto to death…"

"Papa, Hireashi is the least of our worries right now." Gora explained, "Yumoto hasn't been sick in months and he hasn't been seen."

"Yes…" Yukiteru sighed and Natsumi rubbed his back. "Yuki, it's okay…Yumoto is fine and so are you."

"Is he asleep?"

"yes, I put him to bed about an hour ago."

Yukiteru stood from his chair, "Alright."

Gora smiled, "Don't worry, papa, it'll be okay. The wars shouldn't last too long. We can always pray to Kouki for guidance."

Yukiteru nodded, "Of course, Gora."

4. Pranking

Gora smiled as he sat next to his eight-year-old brother, "Okay, see Auntie Sora? We're going to get her really good tonight."

"How?" Yumoto smiled and Gora whispered his plan. Yumoto giggled and Gora smiled, "It's not to hurt her, just to make her laugh."

Yumoto nodded and Gora walked up to where she was sitting. He began to chat her up and Yumoto slowly snuck over to Sora. He held a strawberry in his hand and Gora smiled, "Auntie Sora, I'm glad you finally came again, Yumoto and I missed you."

"Speaking of Yumoto, where is h-!" She gasped as she felt her shoe slide off and looked down as she saw the younger boy, crawling out from the table. "Yumoto!"

Yumoto giggled as he ran to his brother and Sora sighed, "May I have my shoe back, dear?"

Yumoto looked at her, "You finally wanted to see me! Mama said she'll be here shortly!"

"You took my shoe." She laughed, "But I was waiting for you two."

"Alright, Yumoto. Give Auntie Sora her shoe back."

Yumoto sighed and Gora smiled as she slowly put it back on. Then she froze and took her heel off quickly once more. She sighed as she pulled out a squashed strawberry.

5. Royalty

Gods smiled as they filled the ballroom, they were waiting for the family to come out. It was an exciting day, they hadn't had a huge get-together in ages.

They were chatting about former events and about what was going on.

Yukiteru smiled at his sons, "Are you both ready?"

Gora nodded, "Yes, papa."

Yumoto giggled, "Yeah!" He held his Wombat plushie as Yukiteru picked him up, "It's about time."

Natsumi nodded and Gora blushed as she patted down his uniform and smoothed out wrinkles, "Alright Yuki…" she whispered, "let's go."

Gora looked up as music flared up and Yumoto looked up as the curtains opened for them to walk out.

Being royal could be fun.