Flowers were blooming in the early morning and birds were chirping to indicate the start of a new day. The sun was slowly rising from the horizon allowing its rays to spread in the city of Magnolia, reaching far-out in the outskirts of town where a mansion was standing tall in the elegant field of diverse types of flowers. The sunrays were able to access the small crack that was present between closed curtains of the room situated in the farthest corner from the left of the mansion. This small quantity of light permitted the room to clear from the darkness a bit which allowed the body covered by a light blanket to stir lightly and to burry its head under the covers. Suddenly, the sound emanating from the collision of a door on a wall was heard which caused the covered boy to hold onto his pillow and place it over his head to muffle all the unneeded sounds coming from the entrance of the room. This action has not bothered the intruder who was now standing on the mattress holding the rooms' occupant that was trying to regain the slumber he was in a few seconds ago.

"WAKE-UUUUUP! Come on Natsu-nii get-up! Rise and shine, its morning! Come on, come on, come on!"

"Sting I swear if you don't stop jumping on my back right now I'll make sure you won't be able to walk for the next century!"

"Ahahahahaha~ you're so funny in the morning Natsu-nii"

"Get. Off. Of. Me. NOW!"

The young child didn't even have the time to react to his older brothers' threat before he found himself thrown on the floor with a loud thump. Meanwhile the pink haired teenager got up grumpily from his bed and headed to the bathroom that's built-in inside of his bedroom leaving a light-blond child to attend to himself on the floor.

The twelve-years-old child stood-up from his spot caressing the spot on his head that hit the floor while pouting. "Natsu-nii is a big huge-polka-dot of an idiot!" Although he tried to make it a whisper, Natsu has an over-developed sense of hearing. "Excuse me, mind repeating that again young man?" His voice came out in a wicked way which freaked the young blond out who ran away, before it was too late, out of the room. Natsu let out a sigh and collapsed back on his bed trying to go back to sleep instead of readying himself for the day that awaits him. He was just about to reach his previous state of slumber when Sting came back in revealing something that made the tanned-skin teenager to jump-out of his dozing state and sit straight on his bed.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to say this before leaving, but Cobra-nii is back!" he was so excited he couldn't control the huge grin that his lips were forming "and Laxus-nii is expecting us to have breakfast together for today so he said that if you don't show-up in about ten minutes downstairs he'll come-up to specially escort you to the table~"

As soon as the words were formed Natsu started paling and his eyes grew wider while his mouth dropped open from its initial spot. "Hum? … Sting? …When did this ten minutes start?"

The young boy placed his index finger on his chin as if to indicate that he was trying to remember but Natsu knew better and had a feeling that he was being mocked in the instant.

Sting retrieved his hand back to his side and gave a bright smile to his older brother who was holding back on beating his younger brother to a pulp!

"Well…after Laxus-nii sent me to wake you I went to Rogues' room and didn't find him in it, I'm pretty sure he's already sitting in the dining table." He laughed at the thought while scratching the top of his head. "Then I started heading back over here but on my way I found Gajeel-nii's room door open so I had the urge to enter and disturb him which wasn't a great idea since he was still sleeping…and you know…he can be very scary when woken-up" shivers ran through his spine when his thoughts drifted back to a fuming Gajeel trying to catch him. He forced himself to forget about what happened by shaking his head violently and resumed giving what he liked to call his report to Natsu. "Yup! And I ended-up here remembering my initial mission captain!" he rose his right hand in front of his temple and hid his left one behind his back, all that while grinning stupidly at his older brother.

Natsu looked at the idiotic fool in front of him wondering for the millionth time why he had to deal with such an idiot so early in the morning. "So? You still haven't told me how much has gone by since you talked to that monster of a brother…"

Realization downed upon the younger of the two and with a swift movement of the arm he snapped his fingers together while exclaiming an "Oh yeah!"

"It was 7h05 when he sent me to get you."

The pink-haired boy only had the time to check the digital clock that was placed on a shelve in his room and read 7h35 before a loud scream came from the end of the hallway.

"NATSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"

"Oh fuck!" The said boy started freaking out while trying to get out of the covers that got tangled around him for no reason.

By the time he was able to untangle himself and dress-up, Laxus was standing in front of his door frame fuming with anger. His usually light-blue eyes got slightly darker and his lips were forming an angry snarl that got the other two to hold on to each other while shaking from fear.

"I thought I told you to be downstairs in ten!"

"Ah…yea~h…about that, Sting may or may not have been through an adventure before reaching my quarters…hahaha…" Natsu got-out a sheepish laugh while praying any god out there that he'll come out of this intact.

"HO~? I'll give you a head-start of ten seconds to the both of you. If I reach the dining table and don't find any of you there, I'll make sure to eradicate you from the surface of the earth. Understood?"

The younger boys didn't need to be told twice, before they knew it they were sitting around a table that was already occupied by their four other siblings.

The only girl living in this household greeted them good morning and chuckled at her brothers shenanigans so early in the day.

"Good morning to you too Wendy, glad to know that my near-to-death experience amuses you so much!"

"Don't worry Natsu-nii, everything about you is funny"

Sigh. "I hope that wasn't meant to make me feel better…"

The thirteen-years-old girl gave-out a light chuckle to her older brothers' grumbles.

"Gihi!" The raven head took a fork and started to eat the breakfast their older brother Laxus prepared for them. "Don't go reverting your anger on the innocent because of your idiocy salamander!"

Natsu took hold of his own fork and started engulfing what was on his plate while glaring hard at Gajeel who was sitting next to the young Wendy.

"Shut-up you metal-face! At least I don't go clubbing all night and then lash out on my younger brother for trying to wake-me!"

"Natsu-nii that's exactly what you did actually…well minus the clubbing part!" the young boy grinned and added a "well I'm sure it's because you're too scared to go in a club alone" but regretted his words as soon as they came-out for he felt a burning glare directed at him. When he turned to see who it was from he came to realize that if glares could kill he would have been a pile of ash by now…scary!

"Shut your mouth or I will shut you off Sting!" The way his name was pronounced didn't help to relieve his doubts either, again…scary! His thoughts were interrupted when a soft voice came out from the chair next to him that wasn't occupied by Natsu.

"Why do you insist on making Gajeel-nii and Natsu-nii angry every morning? It's getting very exhausting and stupid to hear you guys bickering every day about nothing."

"E~h? but it's fun!" Sting exclaimed while raising his hands up in the air "Why don't you try annoying them once in a while as well Rogue? I'm sure you'll find it fu-"

His exclamation was suddenly stopped when a fist found its way on top of his head. "Fun huh? I'll show you what fun is!" Natsu took hold of Sting in a head-lock and started rubbing his knuckles on top of his head all that while the younger of the two was trying to get away from his arms and screaming for him to let go of him.

"You guys can beat yourself up for all I care but can you take it outside? You're being noisy and it's annoying I can't even eat breakfast in peace with you guys around!"

"Oi you fucker! Isn't it your fault that we're awake this early anyway? Couldn't you just show-up in the afternoon or something? The fuck do I care if it has been a month since the last time we saw you Cobra?! How does that even explain that we have to eat breakfast together? Man Laxus can be such an idiot sometimes!"

The purple head didn't even bother looking at his interlocutor when he responded in a monotone voice "I'd take what I just said back right now Gajeel if I were you."

"Huh?! I ain't no coward!"

"Ano, Gajeel-nii…" Wendy started

"If you don't like what I said just suck-it-up then! Gihi!"

Rogue's eyes started widening while Sting tried but to no avail to swallow the lump that formed at his throat. At the same time Cobra took a sip of his cup of coffee without a care in the world and Natsu just stiffened on his seat feeling bad for his one year older brother but didn't bother commenting. Thinking that Gajeel deserves it he went back to his previous task and started to devour the rest of the food on his plate.

Wendy saw the indifference that was shown by her two older brothers and decided that she could go back to eating as well…This left the younger siblings of the household to watch with poorly hidden fear Laxus standing behind the spot where Gajeel was sitting with some sort of dark aura emanating from him.

Gajeel saw the fright that was coloring Sting and Rogues' faces but regretted questioning them about it when he got two fingers pointing behind him as an answer…

As soon as he turned his head to see what was behind him, his smile faltered his eyes opened wider than what they're supposed to and his form started shaking.

The dark voice that came next didn't help him to control his fear at all!

"You know, I thought only Natsu would be stupid enough to try and defy me" this got a jerk from the pink head who got slightly irritated but shut his mouth as he didn't want the bulky man's anger to be drifted towards him "but I never thought that you would too. I thought you were smarter than this" the blondes' hand found its way on Gajeel's shoulder putting a lot more pressure than needed. "Isn't that right Gajeel ?" The said man started sweating bullets and stood-up abruptly which caused the hand that was holding him to loosen-up and allow the raven head to run-away while screaming: "GIHI! I'm late! Gotta go to school, BYE!"

"Ah! Wait! Gajeel-nii! Our way to school is the same, let's go together!" Sting went and took his already prepared school bag from the floor and ran after his older brother followed closely by Rogue.

The instant they heard the front door shut Laxus sat down in his spot and started eating his cold breakfast while Natsu cleared his plate as well as the absentees' ones. "Eh? That's not fair!"

The blond looked-up from his plate. "What's not fair Wendy?"

"How come Sting and Rogue get to walk together with Gajeel-nii to school while I have to walk alone when I frequent the same school as Natsu-nii?" her eyes started tearing-up causing the pink head to furrow his brows and form a sad smile on his lips.

"I already told you Wendy, we don't want others to know that we live together or that we're a family! Gajeel, Rogue and Sting go to a school outside of the city of Magnolia while you and Natsu go to Fairy Tail High! That's literally in the middle of town! Besides, they go separate ways as soon as they reach town!"

"Laxus can't you hand-it to her in a nicer way?"

"Shut your mouth Cobra it's none of your business how I say it!" Laxus went back to eating his breakfast meaning he is not going to continue arguing about this matter. During that small talk Natsu was able to go retrieve his bag and head back to where his other siblings were.

"We can argue about it being my business for a long time and you know that. She is my younger sister too but that's not the point here" Cobra got-up from his seat and headed towards the one next to Wendy and waved for Natsu to sit on the other side of the blue head. Natsu complied without arguing for he knew that his younger sister was upset and he didn't want to be the reason why she would be sadder.

"Listen to me Wendy; I am quite aware of the fact that you know what we are right?" He got a nod from her head as an answer. "Now imagine if one of us got revealed and that everyone knows we are a family…Don't you think that it would not only endanger the one who was discovered but all of us? But, if no one knows that we're siblings and that we're living together then it would be easier to protect our secret! It would also give us a better chance to protect whoever of us would be revealed…So people can't know what and who we are, they can't know that we're related either alright?" During his little explanation, Cobra's hand found its way on Wendys' head and started patting her gently while giving her a warm smile trying to boost her mood up!

Wendy took comfort in this gest and lowered her head while humming and mumbling a "It doesn't change the fact that it's lonely to live like this"

Sigh. Cobra couldn't handle seeing her dejected anymore so he told her: "Fine! But ONLY once a week! Got it? I won't permit for more than that! You get to walk to school with Natsu only once a week . . . Capiche?"

Wendy got a huge smile printed on her face and jumped in her older brothers' arms while crying happy tears and throwing some thank you's here and there. Natsu was watching her reaction from beside her all along and couldn't refrain the grin from forming on his lips. He stood-up excited about leaving with his sister to school. What's wrong with a grown-up teenage boy feeling lonely leaving home to school as well? He may get to walk the other half of the road with his friends but it wasn't the same thing as leaving with your family from the same door together!

"Let's go Wendy or we'll be late!" his voice was showing how thrilled he was about the deal Wendy made with their older brother.

"You're growing too soft Cobra…I think it's stupid but I won't interfere it's up to you to make a choice." Sigh. "I'm leaving first, I've got to be there before you guys since I'm a teacher and all, see ya tonight Wendy, Cobra. And it's a see ya later Natsu!" With that, Laxus left leaving the three teenagers alone at home.

"Later?"

"Ah! Yeah…Laxus is kinda my physics teacher in school…" A sheepish smile got hold of Natsus' lips and his right hand found its way behind his head scratching on his pink locks.

"Wow! That's just hilarious! That explains why you never skip your physics classes" Cobra patted the pinkettes' head while laughing loudly causing the pink head to get irritated.

"Hey! You're no better! Look at you being a senior and still skipping your classes!"

"Oh! And you're the good student that attends all his classes is that it?"

Natsu snorted before giving a loud "hmph". "Let's just leave Wendy, if I don't get to our meeting spot soon Erza will kill me" A shiver ran through his spine just by the thought of what the red head would do to him if he was even a milli-second late. With that he grabbed his younger sisters' hand and ran through the door towards their destination leaving Cobra to take care of locking the door. Laughing lightly Cobra started walking on the road to his high school. "Being a 19 years-old brother is not an easy task…"

Nearing his destination, Cobra stopped and raised his head to look at the clear sky muttering: "Well…I guess that's nothing compared to us being dragon-slayers."

"I wonder what the future holds for us!" With that he took his last step towards the schools' entrance.


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