By the time Leonardo turns 19, he leaves them and heads for Hellsalem's Lot. Michella, now 18, is a fully legal adult, and is living in their humble abode in France, while Horacio travels the world for his job as a professor and also a doctor that specialises in the nerves and brain. Both working in professions that allows them to search for ways that will lead them to find a cure for Michella's disabilities.
From the crystal ball that his Master lends him, he watched over his younger brother as the 'plot' story begins. He smiled at the sight of Leo being welcomed into Libra by Klaus. He smiled as he watched Leo interacting with the rest of the Libra members, but frowned slightly at his meeting with Mary Macbeth. So, it seems that this time, the story they will be following will be a mixed of the anime and the manga?
Not that he minds. He knows that Leo will not die and continue to grow from his experiences in Hellsalem's Lot with his friends there and his allies with Libra. The sight of Leo interacting with Mary and William Macbeth did gave him some rough outline as to the timeline of the story.
Now then—he better start planning. Libra is a group of people he will have to avoid at all costs—his cover job as a professor and a doctor should be able to cover for him just fine. He knows that Leo will only rely on him if he does ever arrive into a situation where he knows he's unable to solve, so meeting the members of Libra would not be a problem for now.
He knows the King of Despair isn't a problem either, as he knows that Leo could deal with it just fine, but about Dr. Gamimotz however…
What sort of punishment should he deliver to the future antagonist that will harm his beloved younger siblings, he wonders?
He's 30, and he knows that the time for the fated meeting between Libra and Michella is going to happen soon. Following his duty to comply with the plot, regardless of the fact that he already mashed and broke some of the plot points of the story, he simply shrugged and improvised them all on the way. What else could be done likewise? It's not as if he asked to not remember anything of his purpose in this life until he became a Blood Breed when he's 25.
Speaking of the improvements he made—has he ever mentioned of how much effort he has put into avoiding into the said day? He's been watching over Michella as she interacted with Toby Mcaughlin, keeping tabs of the two future couple. He has already met the said guy and damn does he admit that Michella is sharp. He has never been more proud of his younger sister at the knowledge that she has successfully chosen someone who truly, genuinely cares and loves her for who she is.
So when he began to notice how Dr. Gamimotz has made an appearance in the form of the illusion of Toby Mcaughlin, he simply smiled, pretended that he did not notice the said antagonist that starts to haunt and terrifies his sister and asks, "Michella, when are you going to tell your tortoise knight that you're marrying Toby? I'm sure that he'll be delighted to know about your engagement. In fact—I have 2 tickets heading towards to Hellsalem's Lot. Why don't the two of you go and surprise him?"
The hopeful look that filled her terrified eyes immediately made Horacio smile at the turning point heading towards his favor.
With this, she would be safe, and Leo, his younger brother, Michella's tortoise knight—
—Leo would be terribly injured and Michella will probably be traumatised from this, but on the flip side, they will make it out alive and his bond with Libra will strengthen.
Horacio smiled as Michella quickly agrees and proceeds to leave to call him.
Leonardo, his dear, dear younger brother will be safe. Horacio thought, his mother-hen tendencies showing up in his thoughts. So why in the world does he feel as if something unexpected has happened due to his existence?
The answer comes in the form of one of the most cliche turning points in a typical story, and one of the worst, unexpected yet expected force that is uncontrollable and unpredictable to everyone—Love.
Yes, you heard him right—it's love. Affections, desires, lust—all those words all come with a single synonym and word that we all have come to recognise as Love.
Love.
Love is the unexpected factor in all of Horacio Watch's plans.
Despite of all the time that he spend watching and protecting and guiding over the two of his beloved siblings, he did not expect the unexpected to happen.
Love.
Horacio banged his head to the wall in frustration as the realisation that Leonardo Watch, his younger brother, the protagonist of the story, fell in love with Klaus Von Reinherz.
—He could already hear the Fujoshis screaming and squealing of agreements in his head already, because, curse all the gods and all the devils and the heavens and the hells that threw him in this position! How in all the heaven and hells that Leo somehow FELL IN LOVE WITH Klaus Von Reinherz?!
"What have I done wrong?" He groaned as he whined again to the listening ears of one of the subordinates to his Master. "Someone, please tell me, whom have I killed in my previous life that let fall into this situation right now. Someone please tell me how in the world did LEO FELL IN LOVE WITH KLAUS?!"
If the situation is only Leo falling in love with the man, then he could fix the entire situation by convince or maybe threat—ahem, teaching him that it is simply not right to fell for the man who's supposed to be his boss. With the art of subtle manipulation, he could ensure that Leo falls in love with someone else that he deems worthy instead of Klaus.
But no.
But nooooooo.
Somehow, one way or another, the cheesy, obvious thing happened.
Leo's feelings are reciprocated.
Leonardo Watch's feelings are reciprocated by Klaus Von Reinherz himself.
…...Needless to say, it is safe to say that Horacio is not amused at all at the direction of the plot.
He knew that he messed up the plot already, but to think that he has messed the plot up this much—God damn it all, how in the world is he supposed to fix all of this shit up?
"I hate you," Horacio moaned. "Master, have I mentioned how much I hate you? No? I'll say it again then—I hate you."
"You're blaming me for the mess that you created?" His master raised an eyebrow. "How rude. Horacio, did you not realise that you're the precise reason why he even fell in love with Klaus in the first place?"
"How?" Horacio asked, deadpan. "Don't give me the look that says that this is the typical 'your lover is the most similar person to your parents' or 'your lover is the person who acts similar to your parents' cliche! I don't even think or even act anywhere like the said man at all!"
"You're an expert with plants as you are raising them as ingredients for your cooking, Klaus has a vast collections of plants and flowers alike. You're very protective of your sibling to the point you don't care about yourself, Klaus protects the balance of the two worlds to the point that he doesn't care about himself, you're very strong with your strange use of martial arts, Klaus has his blood techniques that relies on his brute, beast-like strength, and then there's also the fact that the both of you play Prosfair. Must I add more to the list, Horacio Watch?" His Master answered easily, not stopping even for a beat, much to Horacio's exasperation.
Horacio stared, opened his mouth for a retort, before closing it after leaving it open for a full minute. He sighed, proceeds to slam his head to the wall for some more, before answering, "...I hate you. I really hate it when you somehow make every miraculously makes sense, Master."
His Master only shot him a look in response.
I live to serve, you ungrateful servant. Now man up and do your goddamn job and fix the plot that YOU messed up!
Horacio groaned and proceeds to slam his head to the nearest wall once again, as his Master's subordinates expertly ignores their interaction and comes to them with a pot of steaming tea to serve.
How in the world is he supposed to salvage this broken, twists and deranged plot?
He's 30 and going to be 31 soon, before he knows that it's about time for the inevitable meeting between him and Leo, and by the extension, the members of Libra as well, is about to arrive.
The date is coming closer and closer, he knows. Ever since Leonardo knows about Michella's engagement to Toby and before giving them his blessings, it wasn't long before the rest of his Libra allies became closer with him to the point that they're actually match-making him with Klaus.
Yes—you heard him—He could already hear the Fujoshis squealing, now where are his damn noise-canceller earphones? Oh right, he's doesn't need it—it's all in his head after all!
Horacio groaned and promptly proceeds to bang his head to the desk of his office. The papers and documents that he needs to look over before he signs them all lay scattered in his desk. His assistant shots him a worried look before looking away in favor of the call that ringed in his office. Horacio is still and will continue to bang his head to his desk if it wasn't for the fact that his assistant called to him, saying,
"Mr. Watch, there's someone in the line calling for you. It's from your younger brother."
Horacio stopped midway. Lets out a groan, and stands up to answer his beloved younger brother. Here we go again, you're the Reincarnate, you mess shit up, you clean shit up. Now let's mess the plot up even further, shall we?
Holding back another groan, he answers the call. "Hello? Ah, Leo? It's been awhile, how are you, younger brother? You're good? That's great! So you're living healthy? And…...I'm sorry? you want me to what?"
"I'm inviting you to Hellsalem's Lot!" Leo shouts over the phone. "I want you to be here, you know, for a vacation? I mean, it's been awhile since I saw you ever since I left for Hellsalem's Lot and I thought that we could meet up again? It's been years since we meet after all."
"I'm working, Leo," Horacio sighed into the phone. "I don't know if my schedule in between working at my research and at the hospital could let me take a break off to visit the most dangerous place in the world. Hellsalem's Lot isn't exactly tourist friendly, last time I checked."
"But you still have some time offs that you could use, can't you?" Leo presses on. "You've been working a lot and the last time you've been home is for Michella's engagement to Toby, and that's not precisely a long break from what I heard from Michella. You need a break and I want you here for one."
"Why the sudden desire to see me, little brother?" Horacio asked playfully. "I'm glad you're worried for me and miss me and all, but I'm not exactly free right now, so—"
"—I have someone that you have to meet!" Leo interrupted him midway, much to Horacio's dread and surprise. "He's, um, uh, no, she's, no uh…"
At the line trailing off into a silence. His mind is quick to draw all the laid out hints in front of him.
Leo…. it can't be…. right?
"...Leo?" Horacio prods, as the silence continues from the other line. "Is there something you need to tell me? Are you in trouble? Do you need my help for something? Do you need a ticket back home—"
"—No! No, I don't need any ticket—I just well…."
Well? Horacio's dread spikes up. No, no, no. Damn it, Leo, don't do this to me, don't do this to your elder brother—!
"...Well?"
"...I want you to see my boyfriend."
"...I see."
God damn it all.
Leonardo Watch, My dear younger brother, WHY?
Just—Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy?
"...Nii-san? Are you still on the phone? Hello? Nii-san—"
"—I'm here, i'm here, Sorry, it's just—" I'm speechless. Oh, please say no more. Please. I dread this. Leo, why? Just why? Why do you want to make your Nii-san's life harder? "I had something to deal with my assistant before. But I heard you, you want me to meet your girlfriend? Congratulations, on getting the girl, Leo!"
"...Uh, Nii-san—"
"—I never thought I see the day when you've finally met someone who loves and cares for you as we do, i'm really glad! So, what's her name, Leo? What is she like? What does she see in you? How did the two of you met? Are the two of you photographers? What is she working at? How old is she? How long have you been dating her? Do you plan on getting engaged soon? Michella is going to hold her wedding soon with Toby sometime next year did you know that? Oh, dear me, Leo, you've grown up, ah, it feels just like yesterday that you and Michella are so small—"
"—Nii-san, I—"
"Ah, sorry Leo, tell me more about her next time, alright? I have a meeting soon. Send me pictures of her! Talk another time, younger brother."
Without any hesitation, he proceeds to turn the call off, walking stiffly to his desk, and proceeds to bang his head to his desk some more.
GOD DAMN THE HEAVENS AND HELLS! MASTER, YOUR MOTHER FUCKER—I FUCKING HATE YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS UNNECESSARY HEADACHE!
The pitying and exasperated look of his assistant gave it all away. Used to it all, he simply made his exit with his most used technique;
"Mr. Watch. I'm going to make you coffee, do you want me to get anything else?"
"Just—"
Bang.
"—get me—"
Bang.
"—the documents—"
Bang.
"—that I need—"
Bang.
"—to sign—"
Bang.
"—today."
"Off course," He nods and makes his graceful exit. "I'll be back with them at once, Mr. Watch."
He's not even 31 yet, and Horacio is already contemplating about what is he doing with his life. His younger sister is already engaged, his younger brother already has a partner regardless of the fact that he still refuses to accept the fact that he's with Klaus of all people—Again, Leo, why are you making Nii-san's life harder?!—and then he has yet to find a partner.
Okay, perhaps that one issue is not a big problem—he for one knows that he's not even sure if he wants to settle down with someone yet, or even if the thought of being in a relationship now sounds appealing to him at all—but.
But.
"Why does all my problem stem from love…?" Horacio groaned. Wondering what of his life and what does it even mean for him anymore. His parents got together because they were in love and got him and his siblings. They parted because of their love for Michella and him and the lack of it for Leo. He parted ways from them and never did once look back at them because he loved Michella and Leo. He did all of this because he loves Michella and Leo. And now that Leo is in this….. Relationship with Klaus instead of any possible girl, could it be that his love for them is to blame for all this mess?
"What is love?" Horacio muttered, taking another swig of his wine. He's still in his office, working through his still ever high stacks of paperwork, while his assistant is downstairs, sorting the stacks of paperworks that he has worked through. He signed a paper before dumping it into a pile before taking another one from another pile. He's feeling a bit tipsy—how many glass has he drunk again?
"Why does it all have to stem from love?" He mumbled as another paperwork is done. He still has a few more piles to go through, and he finished the glass with a glup before filling it again from the bottle. "What is love, and why does everything has to do with love?"
Love.
Just what is love?
Love is everything, some people might say, love has a thin line with hate, they're the two sides of the same coin, some might say. There are many types of love, platonic, sexual and Ohhhh—Isn't the topic of love is so big and large and so ever affects everyone to the point that they have their own latin names and discussions and all? They have, what? Grouped into so many groups? What are they called again? Eros? Pragma? Agape? Mania? Wait, which one is which again? And sort of love does love for the same gender even share? Wait, is being gay even legal in this world? In his previous world in some places it's recognised and are legalised, but what about this world? What about Kekkai Sensen's world? Wait, does Yasuhiro Nightow-sensei even accept same-sex marriage? And, oh—wait, why is he even thinking of this again?
"...I'm drunk."
At the realisation that he has been in deep thoughts about love due to the wine, he sighed and proceeds to stand up, using the table to help him up, and begins to prepare for his way home.
He's definitely going to sleep through this entire ordeal before he's back in his top form again. No way in hell is he ever going to answer Leo or make any decisions when he just feeling so tipsy and drunk.
As he made his way home, one question still lingers in his ever drunk mind.
—Just what is love?
He woke up with a hangover, but he has no regrets. Now that he has finished 3 bottle of wine on his own which earned him a very displeased and annoyed look from his assistant, he still has no regrets now that he's back to his top forme again.
But again, back to the issue here….
"What should I do about this issue?" He sighed as he slumped into his chair, sinking into the comfortable chair. Reclining the chair slightly, he twirled with his pen idly. He needs to do something to make sure that Leo and Klaus does not pursue their relationship, right…?
"Deep in your thoughts again, Mr. Watch?" his assistant comes in, bringing him a cup of tea.
"You can say that again, Amamiya." He sighed, taking the cup of steaming tea on his desk. "My brother plans to introduce me to his boyfriend, and I… have to admit that I don't know what to do in this situation. Do you accept in the belief of same-sex marriage, Amamiya?"
"Same-sex marriage?" Amamiya, his assistant, blinks. "Why, Mr. Watch, if I may ask, why do you think that Leo and his boyfriend are immediately going to marry one another? Aren't you jumping into conclusions too fast here?"
"Well they are in a relationship now."
"And if I can ask, for how long has it been since they got together?"
"Almost a full year, I think? I'm not sure."
"Well then, I would safely say that there is still a chance that they would break up. They would not get together and hold on for that long if they aren't made for each other, Mr. Watch."
A chance to break them up when the entire organisation of Libra is match-making them together? Yeah, righttttt. Fat chance alright. Horacio sighed, groaning for the umpteen time today.
"From that groan again, Mr. Watch, I take it that they won't break up anytime soon, is it?" Amamiya smiled knowingly, refilling the empty cup of tea that he finished. "If that's the case, then why do you want them to break up, Mr. Watch?"
Why? Because he wants to ensure that the plot is protected—
…...The plot?
The plot, the route, the scenario, the order of events….
Yes, the plot—But why does he want to protect the plot, and for what reason does he comply to it?
At the dawning look of realisation that dawn in his employer's face, Amamiya smiled, excusing himself with the tray filled with the pot and cups of now finished tea.
What should he make next? Maybe he should try to make some Chamomile tea. He heard that it could make people fall asleep better. Looking at the heavy eye bags in Mr. Watch's eyes, he knows that he could definitely use it.
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Author's Note:
Please Review on your way out~ I'll like to know your opinion on this story, and I would like to apologise if any of the characters that I don't own seem OOC in a way or another. I hope you enjoyed it!