His sisters, one by one eventually separated from the hug as Lucy stayed a little bit longer before also releasing him and took a step back. Her head still lowered and her dark bangs slightly brushed against her pale face when she rubbed the tears from her hidden eyes. Noticing this, Lincoln turned his head to the side, his gaze laid on the far corner of the room, avoiding from looking at the black haired girl infront of him. He can only take so much before finally breaking down, and after what just happened earlier he don't want to cause anymore scene and raise more concern from his sisters. They already had enough for today...

Lowering his gaze, Lincoln turned around and looked at Lori behind him. In her eyes he could see a sense of authority and concern pointed towards him in a soft gaze. Although she could be a little bit annoying and strict at times, he knew how much they matters to her since she is the oldest sister. No matter how hard she tried to hide her soft side sometimes, he would always find them in her small gesture in his everyday life. And he hoped for anything so she would stop looking at him like that.

He was sick of seeing people that he cares about cried because of him today. It hurts him and the pain is far more worse than anything that he ever felt before. He wanted for the pain to stop, but the wound won't healed on itself if he didn't do anything about it. That is why they are here, they wanted to help him. At least he don't need to go through this alone anymore. He can trust them, he knew that, but to get past this he need to open up with them, even if he is uncomfortable to talk about it.

This will be his first step of reconciling, not only to his family for hiding the truth, but also to himself for succumbing into this horrible path of delinquency. It will definitely be a long and rough journey, but he can get through this. If he can still get up after being badly injured because of a fight, than he will fight his way out of this like always. Giving up is not an option anymore, his sisters believed in him even when he already lost hope. He need to stop blaming himself for everything that he had done in the past and instead put more thought and effort on how he can fix this, how he can fix his life.

He just need to keep moving forwards...

"Lori..." Lincoln trailed off, unsure how he should approach the subject without worrying his sisters.

Noticing his discomfort, Lori placed her right hand on his shoulder, assuring him to continue. "What is it Lincoln?"

He glanced at the rest of his sisters behind him, as much as he wanted them to know the truth he couldn't help but feel like there is something preventing him from doing so. A nagging feeling that keep bothering him at the back of his mind like an unreachable itch. When it occured to him what it was about, Lincoln turned his back on Lori and let out a defeated sigh. It was pointless to delay what he already had in mind. They might not agree with his decision but he is doing this for their own sake, or perhaps he was just being a selfish jerk.

"Lucy, I'm sorry but can you please bring our younger sisters out of this room." Lincoln requested as her eyes widened behind her dark bangs. She reached her right hand out for him but he quickly took a step back, adding the distance between them. He might be strong in a fight, but he was vulnerable against his sister plead. It wouldn't take much for them to change his mind and he can't afford to let that happen.

From the corner of his eyes, he could see a small movement being made but decided to ignore it off for now since most of his sisters didn't realize it yet.

"But... I... " Lucy muttered weakly.

Lincoln lowered his head and closed his eyes shut tightly. "Please Lucy." He begged.

Silence filled the air as tension increased between them.

"You heard what he said..." Lynn stated, gathering her younger sisters and pushed them out from the room.

"But I want to hear what Lincoln want to say." Lola argued, struggling to get out from her older sister strong grasp.

"Yeah, we also wanted to help him." Lana added.

"You can still help him, we just need to discuss about something important right now." Luna reasoned while looking at her devastated brother.

"But why can't we know now?" Lana asked.

Luna lowered her gaze and thought for a reason good enough to answer her question. "I'm not sure dudettes but it might be something that he is uncomfortable to talk about around you guys." She let out a sigh.

Lisa winced at her older sister reason as Lucy kept quiet at her brother request. Neither argued to stay in the room and resigned with his decision.

"Just leave this to us okay." Lynn shoved them out of the room, also giving Lily to the black haired girl to hold. "Now move on." She raised her voice, slammed the door shut and leaned her back against it.

"Thanks Lynn." Lincoln looked at her with appreciation.

She crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes at him. "Don't mention it Linc, you still owed us an explanation." She stated.

"I could have force it out from you before but Lori said it would be better if we waited, and I think we already waited long enough for this conversation to happen." She pointed out.

He looked at Lori as she sat on the edge of her bed.

"I thought you would need some time to open up with us, I literally didn't expect this to happen before we got to this point." Lori admitted.

"None of us do Lori but it's better late than never, so what do you want to say Lincoln?" Luan asked.

He raised his right hand as they looked at him in confusion. Soon after, he started walking to Lori's bed and got down on one knee before squinting his eyes. True to his suspicion, there is a sliver of light reflected from the hidden object slid beneath the pillow.

"What are you looking at Linky?" Leni asked as she pressed her index finger against her chin.

His right hand reached under the pillow and eventually pulled the object out before inspecting it between his thumb and index finger.

A small camera

If he need to guess there is only one person that he knew has the capability to produce such intricate design.

"What is that?" Luan raised an eyebrow while looking at the object from over his shoulder.

"A camera, and it's still recording." Lincoln replied before putting the device into his hoodie pocket and getting back up.

"Lisa?" Lori gave him with a knowing look.

"Lisa." He answered with a sigh.

"Don't worry Lincoln I will literally talk with her later." Lori pinched the bridge of her nose in frustration.

"No, you don't need to do that Lori, I'm sure she was worried about me just like the rest of you." He reasoned. "Though perhaps she also has another reason for it." He whispered with a small humorless smirk, kind of unnerving them a little.

"And we really need to find a way to make you stop from being creepy, seriously, where did that come from?" Luan commented.

Honestly, he also didn't know where he got that from. It started developing in him like a second nature with every fights that he won. It kind of make him more intimidating whenever people intended to disturb him, warning them to leave immediately. As time went by he realized how it was working like a double edged sword in his life. Other than making people afraid of him, it also brought more challenger to fight for his throne, not knowing what terrible fate awaiting for them. They could either be defeated by his hands or perhaps if they are strong enough finally get to sit on his throne. It was as easy as that and still there is no people that managed to do that.

'I see you're enjoying the fight after all, quite disappointing there is no one that can give you a challenge anymore.'

Lincoln was cut off from his thought when he suddenly felt a hand placed on his shoulder.

He turned his head only to see Leni's concerned eyes looking back at him. "You alright Linky?"

His hands twitched in alarm but he managed to keep them down. His reflexes was no longer able to separate between concern and hostility with how many times he believed in his fighter instinct. He could have done something that he will definitely regret if he wasn't careful enough with his surrounding. He was at home, there is nobody that wanted to hurt him here.

Sort of...

His eyes glanced at Lynn who is still leaning against the door. Though her posture has changed a bit from what he remember, she was more attentive and cautious.

Did she notice what he was about to do earlier?

"I'm fine Leni, I just spaced out for awhile." He faked a small smile.

"Wait, we are in space!" Leni exclaimed while clamping his mouth shut with her palm. She quickly inhaled from her nostrils and hold her breath with her puffed cheek.

Lincoln gently peeled her fingers away from his mouth. "No Leni that's not what I meant." He almost let out a genuine smile at that. he would never understand how she can be so gullible with how serious their current situation was. It was one of her trait that will always managed to light a spark in him. And also one of the reason why he would never wanted to see her without her cheerful smile.

Leni tilted her head in confusion as Lori called for her to sit on the bed with her. Lincoln appreciated his oldest sister assistance for taking Leni away so he won't need to further explain what he meant to her. It would take some time for him to do that and by now he was sure that they're all impatient to know the information that he held back from them.

'You sure you wanted to do this, there is no way of going back after you tell them about it.'

He had been delaying it long enough, it's about time for him to come out with the truth. He don't want to see more people cry because of him. Her mother is where he draw his line that it was too far. If he could, he would have done this from the start but it was already too late for him to regret about it. He no longer have a choice, and running away would lead him nowhere from standing in this place. He would get here eventually, but now that he was actually here, he don't sure if it was the right decision. No, that wasn't him.

He wanted them to help him.

Letting out a conflicted sigh, Lincoln looked at them with a serious expression.

"I think it would be better if I tell you from the start..."


He can still clearly remember what happened that day. It was the time where he was a normal kid among the other. Where there is nothing he need to care about but his social life and homework given by the teacher. He missed talking with his friend, how they would hung out and discussed about their daily life. But everything was different now, he almost can't remember who he was before that incident anymore. There is only a little fragment from his past that still tied him with those memories, but even those were slowly disappearing since it didn't matter much to him like how it supposed to.

It was recess when it happened. Lincoln was having lunch with his group of friends like usual at their table and talking about their recent homework that needed to be send that day. Then, they came, as if a sign for his day to get worse.

He didn't stood up so much among the crowd except for his natural white hair. If he needed to say something about himself, he would say that he was an average student in that school, having a normal life as best as he could.

Maybe there is something about his old self that made him an easy target for bully. Was he really that weak? Why do they liked to bother him that much, it wasn't like he ever do something to them that they would hold a grudge against him. Like he said earlier, he was as normal as a person could be, he would avoided from getting involved with problem that could bring more attention to him, especially the bad one.

"Sup loser, how the group doing?" Lincoln hated the fact that he can still remember how his rough voice sounded like.

"Leave us alone jerk." One of his friend said bitterly.

"Oh come on now we just wanted to talk with the sister fucker for a moment."

Gritting his teeth, Lincoln clenched his fists in anger under the table.

Recently, there was a rumor spreaded in the school that left a weird taste in his mouth. He don't know when or how it started, but if he need to guess, the person infront of him was the same person that responsible for it. It wouldn't take a genius to figure that out with how many times he had been calling him with those names even before the rumor started.

"So how are your sisters? Any of them pregnant yet?" His vein pulsed.

"Hey if you need help with that, I'm always free you know, i've always been wondering how the stupid one felt like."

At those words, Lincoln instantly stood up and slammed the table with his balled fist, shocking all of them.

From under the bangs of his white hair, he glared at them with full hatred in his cold blue eyes, tearing them apart with his sharp gaze. They unconsciously took a step back at the dark intensity emitting from him as he lifted his head. Even his friends slightly moved away from him.

'Destroy them...'

"Leave." He warned coldly, his fingers twitched on the table.

'Make them bleed... They deserved it..."

His body almost moved from the table if not for the small hand tugged against his orange hoodie, breaking him from the lingering voice taunting him at the back of his head.

"Male sibling unit?" His shoulder tensed at the familiar voice. Turning his head to the side, he was met with the sight of Lisa looking back up at him with indifferent in her eyes. What is she doing here?

"Ohh, how sweet, just look at that, one of his secret lover is coming to get him." His body froze as everything felt like they are moving slower than usual around him.

"Lincoln?" His ears discarded the fearful voice and tugging of his clothes.

He felt nothing but the slow beat of his heart pounded against his chest. The sound reverbrated in his body, sending a surge of electricity throughout his nerves like a flicker of light in the void of darkness. His head lowered as a shade of shadow downcasted over his forehead.

"Can you please stop being childish and spreading nonsense about our family, you don't know anything about us." Lisa said, glaring at them.

"Pftt, you're just saying that to protect your brother, seriously dude I thought you're only your older sisters fucktoy, I didn't expect you to also fuck your younger sister, how sick can you be." He mocked with a grin.

"What is wrong with you imbeciles, he would never do such inappropriate things to us." Lisa growled.

"Oh please, don't say that he never touched you weirdly before, we all know he really, really loved his sisters. Now tell us, did he touch your-"

In a swift motion, Lincoln jumped over the table and leapt towards the boy, pinning him down onto the floor.

"What the-" He was cut off when Lincoln released a hard blow to his face, knocking the back of his head against the cold floor. He grunted in pain but the blow kept coming from the white haired boy assaulting his face with fiery punches. With each blow, blood started seeping out from his broken nose as he struggled to escape.

Students in the cafeteria gasped in shock at the sudden fight happening infront of them. From the table, Lisa watched in horror while her brother kept attacking the boy beneath him without hesitation.

His lackeys hesitantly pulled Lincoln away from their injured friend lying cold on the floor.

"Dude, stop, what is wrong with you!?" One of the bullies said, holding his head in a chokehold.

He coughed when Lincoln suddenly elbowed his chest, pushing him back slightly before sending an uppercut under his chin, throwing him on his back.

"The fuck!?" A student in the crowd exclaimed.

He kicked the fallen bully at his stomach, receiving more groan of pain from him. Even with the plea for mercy from the boy, he still kept hitting, and hitting, and hitting...

...Until he stopped begging... and moving.

'This is really fun you know, we should do this more often!'

Lincoln stopped when he felt a metal object suddenly hitting his back. He didn't even flinch when the last bully standing hit him with a tray in both of his hands. Turning around, he looked at him with an unamused expression on his face, his blue eyes devoid of any emotions. After kicking the boy on the floor one last time, he approached the last bully now shivering in fear infront of him.

"Lincoln stop!" Lisa screamed but only to no avail. He wasn't listening to her, in fact, he didn't hear anything.

The last bully threw the metal tray at him but Lincoln dodged it before punching his face. Holding both of his shoulders in a tight grip, Lincoln brought him down and buried his knee into his stomach as the boy grunted before falling down. He coughed a few times while clutching his stomach in pain. Before he got to look up, the front of a shoe met his face, making him immobilize after the final hit.

The corner of his lips curled up a little at the sound of bone crunching in his ears.

"Y-you freak..." A shaking voice said.

Lincoln looked over his shoulder only to see the first bully that he had beaten earlier staring at him in fear while lying on his back. He walked over to him as the bully shrieked and dragged himself back with every step he took. His eyes widened when Lincoln stomped his feet on his chest, stopping him from moving further.

"What did you call me?" He coldly asked, putting more pressure on his chest. If he listened closely, he could hear something cracking beneath him like dried leaves in autumn.

The bully screamed in pain as Lincoln almost went further when a pair of small hands clutched his hoodie and pulled him away from the injured boy. Annoyed by the disturbance, he grabbed the soft wrist and roughly pulled it away from him only to instantly regret it later when he heard the familiar shriek. Slowly lowering his head, the sight of Lisa wincing in pain filled his view. His eyes widened and his heart sank in shock.

Lincoln quickly released her as she rubbed her sore wrist with her head hung low.

"Lisa, I didn't mean to-" He muttered, taking a step forwards only for her to back away.

From the corner of his eyes, a male teacher arrived from the entrance. His face changed from the variation of shock, fear, confusion and finally anger. Looking at the assumed culprit of the fight, he glared at Lincoln while pointing at the door.

"Principal's office... NOW!" He shouted.


"I think you all already knew what happened next." He sighed, his right hand rubbing the back of his neck.

"Yeah, you're suspended from school for a weak." Luan sadly said.

"Wow, that was really messed up Lincoln, how long that rumor had been going on?" Luna asked.

"About three months I think, but it stopped as soon as the story about me beating those bullies got out." He replied, leaning his back against the wall.

"Why didn't you tell me about it Linc, I would have do something to make them stop bothering you!" Lynn asked.

"I'm sorry, I thought they would only tease me, I didn't expect them to also include all of you." He apologised. "I just can't ignore it when they say bad things about you girls." He clenched his fists tightly.

"I got you Lincoln, I understand why you don't want the other to hear this, I can't imagine what I would do if people started saying we're using you as our... " Luan trailed off unsure if she wanted to continue her sentence.

"Yeah, me neither dude." Luna wrapped her arm behind her roommate shoulder.

"If I ever meet those guy, I will make sure they will regret for what they did to you." Lynn said.

"I don't think that will happen Lynn, they're badly injured after the fight and were sent to the hospital. After that they moved to a different school just so they can avoid me." He chuckled weakly.

"They why are you still like this, aren't you supposed to be like the old Linky?" Leni tilted her head.

Lincoln looked at her with a small smile. "Honestly, I also don't know why Leni, people just started avoiding me after the fight, even my friends." He answered.

"Poor Linky, why didn't you say so." She wrapped her arms around him. "Like I'm totes always here for you." She comforted him.

"We all are little dude." Luna added with a nod.

"We are going to help you Lincoln and whatever troubling you after this I want you to tell us about it, no excuses or we will literally force it out from you." Lori said.

"You might be different now but I'm still your older sister and I'm not going to be scared of you." Lynn stated.

"Seriously girls, I can't thanks you enough for forgiving me even after what I have done." He said with guilt in his voice.

"That's what sister for Lincoln." Luan assured him with a small smile.

"I think you already know what your first step should be." Lori crossed her arms.

"Yeah, I know." He sighed in defeat.


Outside the room, the five younger sisters were sitting on the floor while waiting for their older siblings to finish with their discussion.

"What are taking them so long!" Lola wailed.

"Calm down Lola, I'm sure they will come out soon." Lana commented.

"Seriously, what are they doing in there?" The younger twin sighed, her eyes glanced at the three other occupants who were still in there with them. Though Lily was already asleep with her favorite blanket on the floor.

Lucy was staring at the door, or what she assumed with her bangs covering her eyes. As for Lisa, she was still looking at her tablet that she got out earlier. Though there is nothing interesting on the screen. Lola wondered why her younger sister would still be looking at that thing. She could have do that in her room if it was so important to her. She don't need to wait here with the rest of them.

The door opened as Lola quickly turned her head towards the room. She stood up and instantly hugged the white haired boy as soon as he came out from the door.

"Ow! Easy there Lola." He chuckled.

"What are you talking about in there?" She demanded. His chuckle turned into a nervous one.

"Well you know, boring stuff." He replied receiving a pout from her.

"You're lying!" She stated.

"Come on now Lola, Linky needs a break, why don't you let him be for now and go watch something downstairs." Leni suggested.

"But..."

"I think there is a new episode of Dreamboat running today, let's go watch it and let Lincoln rest in his room for now, he literally need it." Lori said, holding the twins hands and leading them downstairs with her.

Lucy almost escaped into the darkness of her room but Lynn managad to catch sight of her before pulling the younger sister down with her. "Not a chance Ms Gloomy, you're coming with me."

"Sigh, I just wanted to talk with Lincoln." She monotonely said.

"Well you can talk with him later." Lynn responded.

Lisa went back to her room only to stop second later when Lincoln placed his hand on her shoulder, halting her from her track.

"Lisa..." A shiver ran through her body at the voice.

Taking a deep breath to calm herself, she turned around to look at her older brother kneeling on one knee infront of her.

"W-what is it male sibling unit?" Her voice cracked a little as a bead of sweat rolled down her forehead.

He frowned for awhile before flashing a small smile at her. "You're still scared of me huh?"

Reaching into his hoodie pocket, Lincoln pulled out the camera and gave it to her. "I'm going to change Lisa, I promise." Lisa lifted her head and saw the look of regret in his eyes. She believes that he can do that and she will help him along the way. He stood up, ran his finger through her brown hair and headed to his room before closing the door, leaving the spectacled girl alone in the second hallway.


At the dining room, Lincoln skipped dinner for the night as the older sisters helped him to be excused from the table. He already told them that he didn't have the appetite to eat anything for the time being and they understand the reason why he was like that. What happened earlier is still affecting him and he need some time to think what he wanted to do next. They already gave him their advice, now he just need to execute them... and perhaps hoped for the best.

After all the sisters had went to their own shared rooms, Lincoln got out from his abode and started his way downstair until he stopped infront his parent door. He needs to do this, it won't stop bothering him until he get over the building guilt in his heart.

Taking in a deep breath, he raised his right hand and knocked the door a few times. He waited for awhile until the door opened, revealing his father looking down on him with a look that made his legs shaking.

"Lincoln." Lynn sr seriously said.

"Hey dad, can I see mom for a few minutes... please." He pleaded.

Releasing a sigh, the older man moved aside so his only son could enter. "You're still grounded young man." He stated with crossed arms.

Lincoln smiled a little at his father. "Thanks dad."

As soon as he got into the room, his heart instantly sank to see his mother sitting on the edge of her bed with a frown on her face.

He walked over to her and kneeled down beside the bed before holding his mother hands in his.

"I-I'm really sorry mom, I know that I'm not a good son and trust me none of this is your fault, it was mine, I decided what I did even if I'm not following your advice. This is all my fault, please don't blame yourself for what I have done. I'm going to fix this mom, I promise with all of my heart." He confessed.

She placed her right hand on his cheek, shocking him a little.

"I believe in you Lincoln, we all do, just please let us help you." Rita softly said.

Lincoln leapt into his mother arms and hugged her in a soft embrace. "I'm sorry mom, I really am, I swear I won't make you cry again." He cried out, hugging her tighter

He is going to change, he is a delinquent making a new path for redemption.