I'm already working on the next chapter of that. Right after uploading the last one. Great. I should have just made it one chapter. Except I wanted to put one chapter out. And this was originally supposed to be a bunch of short one-shots. This chapter might not be so short. Maybe it'll take a few days?
Like I mentioned last time... if you don't like the pairings, don't read it. And in case you were wondering, Ran calls Khun A.A. And for identification reasons, I call him Aguero. Since there will be quite a few Khuns popping up in the story. By the way, Khun's birthday is November 29th.
Edited for tense and slight addressing errors: Nov. 1st, 2019
"So how are we getting there?" Anak slings her backpack over her shoulder and walks over to Ran.
"We'll wait for either of my brothers to pick us up. Since Hachuling always slacks off, it'll probably be A.A.," Ran says, squinting. "Our school is pretty close to A.A.'s."
"Ugh. Why don't you walk home?" Anak mutters, sitting on the railing of the stairs.
"Because I live pretty far from here?" Ran asks.
Anak grunts.
"Oi. Lizard."
"What."
"Just saying, sometimes his friends come over, and Rak is pretty loud. And annoying."
"Can't be worse than my friends," Anak grumbles.
Honk!
"There he is," Ran says, walking over to the parked car.
"A Ferrari?" Anak glances at it. "Your brother's pretty rich."
"Oh look, the gator's here as well," Ran sits in the back, kicking the driver's seat. "You're taking up the whole row, move."
"Who are you calling a gator?" Rak asks, glaring at Ran. "Annoying blue turtle."
"Why does he call you a turtle?" Anak whispers, glancing at Rak.
"Why should I tell you? You lizard."
Anak gnashes her teeth and glares at Rak, who sighs in exasperation and begins to drone out the story. "Rak dressed up as a crocodile one Halloween to go out with Bam and A.A. People called him an alligator. The nickname stuck. So he got revenge on us by calling us turtles because he thought we were too slow."
"You need to stop talking to Hachuling," Aguero says.
"He has interesting stories, of course, I would talk to him," Ran says.
"Besides, the other choice would be you, and you're incredibly annoying."
"So how's your girlfriend, Ran?" Aguero grins.
"What girlfriend?" Ran turns his head around.
"The one that you're currently squished up against," Aguero continues.
"I would punch you right now, but I'm sitting in the backseat because your boyfriend is sitting in front," Ran responds.
"As far as I know, I don't have a boyfriend," Aguero answers, glancing at the slowly waking Bam.
"So you must be Mr Ran's friend," Bam turns around to face Anak.
"Oh. We're not friends, we're enemies. We were just paired together for this assignment," Anak says. "I'm guessing you're the guy Ran mentioned, Bam."
"And you are...?"
"Anak. Anak Zahard."
"Oh! You're one of Miss Endorsi's cousins!" Bam smiles. "She told me quite a bit about you."
"Hey, black turtle! What was our assignment again?" Rak asks Bam.
"Wow, gator. Did you really not hear that? We have to write an interview that would showcase political views," Aguero answers mockingly.
"I am not a gator, white turtle," Rak turns around, annoyed. "Besides, I was asking the black turtle."
"Calm down you two," Bam raises his hands. "Look, we're almost there."
"Hmm? Oh yeah, Ran, do you know where that kid...Beta is right now?" Aguero turns around for a second.
"Beta as in Mr Horyang's adoptive brother?" Bam turns around. "You know him?"
"Yeah, he's in my class. Why do you need to know where he is?" Ran asks.
"Because Hachuling wants to talk to him for some reason," Aguero answers.
"I don't know, ask him yourself," Ran shrugs.
"..." Silence envelops the car.
"Come on, we're here," Aguero jumps out of the car right after he parked.
"What are we even supposed to do for the assignment..." Rak grumbles, trudging out the door.
"Political views," Aguero answers, frowning at the multiple other cars in the garage. "It seems like Hachuling's friends are still there."
"So Mr Urek is there as well? I need to ask him something," Bam says, looking up from his textbook.
"Yeah, he probably is there," Aguero's answer came out slightly clipped.
"Jealousy," Ran whispers from beside his brother.
"Do you want to die?" Khun grins back sadistically.
"Come on, we have to finish up the research," Ran runs into the house, sticking his tongue out at Aguero on his way past.
Anak shrugs and follows the guy into his house. Of course, she was not expecting to see a couple guys sitting in the living room, one of them shirtless.
"Baby!" Urek greets Ran. "What's up?"
"Homework," Ran says.
"And who's this young lady?" He continues, looking at Anak. "Does the baby Khun have a girlfriend?"
"First, I'm not a 'baby Khun', second, she is not my girlfriend. Geez," Ran says. "Anyways, we have to work on a project, so bye."
"Who were they?" Anak questions Ran.
"Friends of Hachuling. I only talk to them since Hachuling has stories of A.A. from before I was born," Ran says.
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"Mr Urek, I heard that you were..." Bam's words trail off as he and Urek walk off to the kitchen, Rak following them.
"You should follow after your little friend," Hachuling grins.
"Why would I do that?" Aguero throws himself on the couch. "Whew-"
"Becuase of your jealousy?" Yuje says bluntly.
"Jealousy of what?" He asks, looking towards the kitchen again.
"You're still denying it?" Hachuling sighs. "I told you I would take care of you, seeing as father ignores us both, but if you continue to be so annoying I WILL kick you out."
Aguero just glares at his older brother. "Just because you're two years older than me doesn't mean I can't take care of myself. I'm 20 you know."
"Yada, yada, yada. Whatever. But I'm the only one out of us who has a job," Hachuling says. "Besides, there's still Ran. He's what, 16?"
"Hmph," Aguero crosses his arms.
Hachuling grinned and ruffles his hair, causing Aguero to swat his hand away.
"Mr Khun, are you joining us?" Bam asks, popping out from behind the door. "Mr Rak looks like he's trying to devour the bananas."
"Of course," Aguero smirks, flipping Hachuling the bird as he walked into the kitchen.
"Achoo!" A muffled sneeze sounded from the stairs beside the living room.
"What was that?" Bam turns his head around, only to see a tuft of blue hair disappear from the stairs.
"What are you doing?" Anak hisses at Ran.
"Blackmail," Ran replied, smirking.
"Idiot."
"What, are you chicken? Annoying lizard," Ran holds up his camera, and then ducks behind the sofa.
"What are you even doing this for?" Anak mutters, following him. "And I am not a lizard," Her hands twitch.
"Like I said, blackmail. I do have the role of the annoying younger brother to play," He follows after the group of friends, slinking along the shadows like a discount Batman.
"You've already got the annoying part down," She sighs, flopping on her back.
Meanwhile, Ran was busy trying to figure the camera out. "So will this turn it on? Or this one. Hey," He pokes Anak. "Lizard, do you know how to use the camera?"
"Why would I use a camera? Use your own phone, you asshole."
Ran just glares at her. "I'm sure you know what happened to my phone."
"What? All I did was drop it! It's your fault for not getting a better phone," Anak says.
Ran ignores her, still peeking out at the group.
"Oi! Blue smurf, are you even listening?"
"Shush." Ran shoves her to the side as he strained to hear better.
"You stupid turtles," They both hear Rak say. "I mean, bananas are definitely better than apples."
"..." Ran blinks for a moment before he almost starts to laugh.
"Now who's the one that needs to shush?" Anak asks, pushing Ran over again. "Do you want us to fail the assignment?"
"Let me listen first," Ran says, pushing her back and pressing his ear against the back of the couch.
"Pfft." Anak smothers her laugh as Ran almost topples over.
"How's Mr Dann?" Bam asks.
"What?" Aguero blinks in confusion.
"I heard something about him breaking his legs," Bam continues to type, blissfully unaware of Aguero's narrowed gaze and the two teens giggling behind the couch.
"I'm sure he's fine. Why would you ask?" Aguero replies, glancing at his other friend, who was munching a banana.
"Isn't he your friend?" Bam glances up.
"He's more of a teammate than a friend," He answers.
"Why don't you make more friends, Mr Khun?"
"You two are already enough. Gator handling takes energy, you know," Aguero says, scrolling down on his phone.
"How cute," Ran coos sarcastically.
"To the point where I want to throw up. How are they not together yet?" Anak says, focusing on watching the two talk, with Rak eating his banana beside them.
"The same reason why you two aren't together yet," Aguero's voice says from above them. "Except you two actually like each other as more than friends."
Ran's voice raises a pitch, and he jumps a bit. "What?"
"What were you doing behind the couch?" His older brother asks, glaring at Ran.
"It was her idea!" Ran points to Anak.
"Don't drag your friend in this, I know it was your idea," A dark aura surrounds him.
"Mr Khun, you might want to consider sitting down, you'll fall off the couch at that rate," Bam tugs at his arm from beside him.
"Alright-"
Thud.
Aguero was cut off as he toppled off the couch and fell onto his younger brother.
"Ouch! What was that for, you bastard!" Ran grumbles, shoving him off. "Yeesh. You weigh a ton."
"..." Aguero brushes himself off and then kicks Ran.
"Bwahahaha!" Rak bursts out laughing. "That was priceless, blue turtle."
"Are you alright, Mr Khun?" Bam leans over the back to check on him.
"Now Bam, don't be stupid like my brother here, or you might- ARGH!" Ran jumps as Bam also topples over the couch, landing on Aguero this time.
Anak facepalms and stands up.
"Hey! What are you doing in here? I'm trying to actually do work, thank-...Looks like you like being on top, huh Bam?" Hachuling enters the room, holding a bottle of pop.
"M-Mr Hachuling?" Bam rolls off, blushing.
Aguero sits up, flipping Hachuling off.
"We all know you want to fuck him, there's no need for that. Besides, there are children here."
"That's it. I'm done with you idiots," Ran says, looking at Hachuling, then Aguero's completely red face. "Besides, I. Am. Not. A. Child." He storms upstairs.
"Like you're one to talk, leaving your girlfriend he-" Hachuling ducks as a book goes sailing over his head.
Thud.
"If you call me his girlfriend again, I won't miss," Anak glares, following Ran up.
"Let's just get started on this," Ran says, walking into his bedroom. "I want to get this over with."
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Aguero rubs his head, muttering curses under his breath. "Stupid Khuns."
"You're a Khun too, blue turtle," Rak continues to munch on the banana.
"Whatever," He leans his head on Bam's shoulder. "What do we still have to do?"
"A-ah. We have to organize the format and clear up a few notes," Bam says, stiffening.
"You turtles stop messing around and get to work," Rak says, reaching for another banana.
"Nope. You aren't eating any more of these," Aguero says, snatching the banana from Rak.
"I'm sure you would give it to black turtle," Rak mutters.
"!" Aguero started to cough. "What?"
"Are you alright, Mr Khun?" Bam asks.
"I meant what I said."
"Shut up, you stupid gator," Aguero kicks Rak.
"Ouch! You are too cocky, blue turtle!" Rak shoves him back.
"Can we get back to work?" Bam pleads, trying to stop the two of them.
"Yeah, gator. We need to work," Aguero grins.
"So what about the president of the United States? The one who looks like a carrot..." Rak says.
"That's not nice, Mr Rak," Bam types it in.
"It's true though," Aguero says, leaning back and stretching. "But then we'll have to change this, and this." He continues, pointing to various points in their essay.
"Bam! You're here!" Yuri runs in through the door. "I haven't seen you in forever!"
"...It's only been a day, Miss Yuri," Bam sighs.
Aguero glares at the black-haired girl in suspicion. "What are you doing here?"
"Hachuling invited me over. Are you staying for dinner, Bam?" She turns back to Bam.
"You don't even live here," Aguero grumbles.
"What? Jealous?" Yuri grins. "Too bad, this chestnut's mine."
"..." Bam stares at the two people bickering over him.
"You're what, 20? You're too old for him!" Aguero says.
"You're in the same grade as me!" Yuri replies "And who are you calling old, you little-"
"...Is it dinner time already?" Bam asks, looking at the clock. "I should probably go."
"Why don't you stay here?" Yuri asks.
"Now, why don't you stay for dinner?" Aguero turns around, switching to a smile, which turned into glare once he realized Yuri said the same thing.
"Nonono, it's fine," Bam says, placing his hands up in a placid manner.
"Hey! Have you turtles forgotten about your leader already?" Rak shouts in the background.
"You can go home," He turns to smirk at Rak.
Rak opens his mouth. "Then I'll tell the black turtle that you like-"
"Alright, why don't you stay too, gator?" Aguero smiles murderously, kicking Rak as he did so.
"Alright, I'll stay," Bam says, losing whatever argument he had with Yuri.
"Ran! Get down here, dinner's done!" Aguero shouts upstairs. "And bring your girlfriend too, we all know you want to." He mutters.
A yawning Ran stumbles down the stairs. "What, you satanic asshole?"
Anak follows him, poking his back the whole time.
"Wow, I've been upgraded," Aguero answers sarcastically.
"Oh, aren't you my cousin?" Yuri asks Anak. "You should stay over for dinner, it'll be amusing."
"Hmm?" Anak turns around. "You are...Yuri, right?" She grins in response. "More time to annoy him? Sure, why not." She jabbed Ran again.
"You don't live here!" Aguero protests again. "Are you trying to turn our house into a restaurant or something? It's tiny!"
"..." Yuri just glares back.
"You should redefine tiny," Bam says. "Your house is really large, Mr Khun."
"Let's just eat already..." Ran grumbles, rubbing his eyes.
"Aww, look at the little baby, so tired," Aguero cooed mockingly, pinching Ran's cheeks.
"Fuck off," Ran slaps his brother's hands away.
"Baby turtle!" Rak turns towards the two squabbling brothers. "Did you know that your brother is-"
"Oh shut up you gator!" The aforementioned brother sighs. "Why are you even here?" He asks Yuri.
"As I said, Hachuling called me over."
"But why?" He whines, blowing his bangs out of his eyes.
"To hang out? So that Urek could find out how to stalk Garam?" Yuri shrugs.
"Isn't that creepy? 23-year-old Urek stalking your half-sister?" Ran asks.
"Not as bad as her stalking Bam," Aguero mutters.
"Hmph," Yuri crossed her arms. "Like you're any better," She murmured to the boy. "You're lucky I didn't tell him. And that he's just really, really, really dense."
"Baby Khun!" Urek saunters in, immediately rushing towards Ran, who just shuffles past the half-naked guy to enter the kitchen.
"Come on, let's eat already!" Ran calls from the dining room, glancing back to check that Urek wasn't rushing to hug him.
"Pfft," Anak laugh, racing to get in front of him.
"FUG baby, you're staying for dinner, right?" Urek turns over to Bam this time.
"Please don't remind me of that, Mr Urek," Bam sighs. "But yes, Miss Yuri forced me to stay for dinner."
"Hmph. At least act grateful," Yuri says, crossing her arms.
"...So Yuri, about Garam..." Urek loops an arm around hers.
"Stalker~" Hachuling pops up, grinning like a fool.
"...Are you going to eat or not?" Ran yells from the dining room.
"Coming. Yeesh," Aguero just sighs, walking over. "I swear, Ran acts like a five-year-old."
"Where did Mr Yuje go?" Bam turns his head around.
"He left, probably to go wander around. Again," Hachuling sighs.
"Is that a banana pie?" Rak runs off.
"What is with him and bananas?" Aguero sighs again.
The ending was kind of rushed. But I wanted to update since I'll be out of town this weekend, so I didn't think I would have time. Anyways, I never want to try balancing so many characters. Ever.
Thank you AnimeWatcher001 for reviewing.
Almost any ship with Bam is cute. (Your statement that is)
But anyways, please review, and till next time. Maybe there will be another chapter tomorrow, I've got an idea after all. It just won't be of this short continuation. This will probably end once the ships get together. Maybe I'll add to it at some points, but yeah.
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