Chapter 17- Truce
Kane parked his car in font of the school building and went out, scanning for a sight of his brothers among the students , but he only spotted Dean in the distance, who immediately came running to him hysterically. "Kane!" He screamed excitedly.
"Hey there buddy! " Kane scooped him up as soon as the boy got to him, and Dean giggled. "How's school ? " He asked , hoping for a news of Seth had apologized to Dean as he had promised last night.
" I had fun today. We are playing baseball, " Dean informed him. "Mommy says hi to you."
"Really? Does the whole class participate or what? " Kane asked with a grin, " You playing with Roman and Seth, right? " He mentally was cursing Seth right now. Damn if he was still not apologizing to both of his former friends.
"Roman, yes. But Seth, no, " Dean shook his head innocently.
"He did not speak to you at all? Or Roman? " Kane asked again.
"Nooooo, " Dean answered, " Would you like to come to my house? We can play Call of duty again, " He suddenly asked, and Kane was quite hesitated.
"Well Dean. I have this problem, See, my mom currently did not approve me of going anywhere after school, " Kane began, "But I got a better idea. How about you tell your Mommy that you are going to my house instead. We can play a whole lot game there, " He said, but Dean's face fell unhappy.
"I don't wanna go to your house." Dean shook his head in disappointment. "It's okay anyway." He said, making Kane was guilt-ridden.
"Seriously Dean. I'd really like to spend my time with you. But I'm not allowed to go anywhere or my Mom would be angry, " He tried to convince, but Dean did not reply. He turned to walk away, but Kane grabbed his hand. Then he saw Randy and Seth in distance, heading towards him, but both of them were stopped dead in their tracks as they saw Kane was holding Dean's hand.
"Randy! Seth! " Kane called out. The two boys exchanged looks at each other before they hesitantly walked back towards him, feeling a little nervous as they stared at Dean who was standing beside Kane.
"Well Seth, " Kane said to Seth who quickly went to hide behind him, " Didn't you have anything to say to Dean? Like you promised me? " He asked gently. Seth was still hesitated.
"What promise? " Randy interjected, puzzled to notice that Dean was looking friendly towards his older brother.
"Nothing! " Seth snapped and suddenly turned to walk towards his brother's car. Kane seized him by his arms and Randy was getting more confused as he noticed Dean too was starting at Kane. He had no idea what was going on.
"Seth, you promised me, " Kane insisted sternly, griping on Seth's arm as he was about to pull the passenger door open.
"I'm not going to do this. No. " Seth refused stubbornly.
"But you promised last night, Seth. You promised, okay! Look buddy, if you are going to be like this forever, we are not going anywhere okay? " Kane scolded.
"Why don't you just hang out with him, after all, you both looked cozy there, " Seth scoffed, "Obviously you don't need me anymore. I'm not going to apologize to him, " There was a hint of jealousy in his bitter voice, and Kane was losing his temper.
"Fine. " He said. "I'll drive you straight to Dad's office and how about I tell him and Mom what exactly you were, Seth. How was that? Can you imagine Mom's face when she find out? Bet you were going to be cozy with that, " Kane turned his attention to Randy. "Come on Randy!We are going to pay a visit at dad's office, and I have an interesting story to tell you,"
Pretending to roughly opening the car door, Kane smirked as he saw Seth's face grew pale and he was horrified. "No! "He hollered in alarm.
"Okay then, " Kane smiled, "So why don't you go over there and be a good boy for me by doing your little friend a favor he need? "
"Fine! " Seth was looking crestfallen. He sulked as he turned to look at Dean who was still staring at him from afar.
"Look Seth. Just please do this okay? There's nothing wrong with admitting sometimes you are wrong and need to apologize alright? " Kane threw his arm around Seth's shoulder. Look who's talking, Kane mentally laughed at himself.
"Just go over there and tell him you are sorry. It's not a big deal, right? You are doing everyone here a favor. Dean and Roman would stop bothering you and you would stop making Mom and dad worried everytime Mr. Jericho called them. Okay?" Kane coaxed.
"And I promised Dean he can hang around our house so I can keep him company. You don't have to sound all jealous and bitter for that, there's nothing changing between us if I adopted Dean as my brother too. I love all of you as long as you don't piss me off, got it?" He added, and Seth eventually nodded. "See, that's Roman tagging along, " Kane pointed to a direction where he saw Roman Reigns approaching Dean.
"Okay." Seth let out a breath. He mustered all his courage as he slowly made his way towards Dean and Roman, while Kane watched with Randy at his side.
"What it's all about?" Randy asked suspiciously.
"Long story, buddy, " Kane replied with a grin as he leaned against the hood of his car. He watched as Seth slowly approaching both Roman and Dean, looking quite nervous as he spoke, but Dean and Roman listened to him anyway.
"Kane! Hey Kane! You big red freak! " Suddenly someone with a loud voice calling Kane out of nowhere, and he was shocked to see his classmate, Dwayne Johnson in the distance waving at him wildly. He jogged towards him excitedly.
"Yo! What's up man? Whatcha doing here? " Kane asked in surprise, laughing as his classmate went to give him a brotherly hug. He had no idea Dwayne probably had brother or sister at Seth and Randy's school.
"You are such an asshole, you know. Where the hell you and Mark went today ,huh? " Dwayne asked, "You both gonna get in trouble for skipping school ,"
"Come on man. Chill out, " Kane shrugged, " Me and Calaway had a secret mission, it reads, None of your fucking business! " He replied jokingly."what the hell are you doing here anyway? " He asked.
"Very funny, jabroni. Very funny, " Dwayne said sarcastically ,"What, you think you are the only one with baby duty? I'm here to pick up my cousin , man. Is this Randy or Seth?" Dwayne asked as he looked at Randy, who gave him a courteous smile.
"Randy. It's Randy. Randy, say hi to Dwayne. He's my friend and also Mark's friend, " Kane introduced. Randy nodded as he shook the older man's hand politely.
"Hi there, nice to meet you, Dwayne, " Randy said gracefully.
"Nice to meet you too, buddy. Ha, you look quite big for your age, pal, " Dwayne commented, and Randy just laughed a little.
" That was Seth, " Kane pointed at his youngest brother, " So where's your cousin? You never told me you had a relative in rich school, " He teased.
"What a coincidence! " Dwayne suddenly yelled. "That was my cousin , man. The one with your kid bro,Seth. His name is Roman. Our family actually were best friends, dude! You never told me about this, jabroni! " he slapped Kane's stomach, making Kane laughing in amusement, as he saw Seth shook his hand to Roman and Dean, who accepted the apology in skepticism. But they seemed to had established the situation as Roman was saying something to Seth, and Dean nodded in agreement.
"How the fuck I was supposed to know? " Kane shot back. " I never knew they were best friends until I was forced to babysit them. By the way, how many cousins you got there? Yesterday Roman dropped by my house with his two cousins too, Eddie and Matt. Are they your brothers or something? " he asked.
"Oh, Eddie and Matt? Nope, they were my cousins too, but they were from other family, " Dwayne laughed, patting Randy's head, 'Our family tree was large, you know. Most of us lived in Florida, but Roman's dad and my dad were the only one staying in Connecticut. I rarely went to Roman's place, though. Sometimes Eddie and Matt dropped by to crash at the Reigns' household. They were in college, " He explained.
"Wow, confusing, " Kane said, and Dwayne glared at him.
"What? Your family connection were too much to process! " Kane argued, and Dwayne punched his belly again playfully. He looked again at the three boys, and he smiled as he saw Seth hugged both Roman and Dean.
The three of them who appeared to had made a truce , rushed towards them. "Kane, I made it. I apologized to them, " Seth stated. Roman and Dean beamed happily beside him. Dwayne gave his little cousin a hug.
"We are friends again! " Dean yelped in joy. He began to climb on Kane's back, so Kane helped him up so he could sit between the older boy's shoulders.
"Good. I'm so proud of you, " Kane said to Seth. "There,there, it wasn't so bad, right? You did one of the most amazing things in the world and now you three were brothers again! "
Seth hugged his older brother with content. "Yeah, thanks, " He said shyly.
"Yeah, Kane. I'm so happy we could be friends with Seth again, " Roman chimed in .
"You got it buddy, " Kane grinned, then turning his attention towards Randy who had been in silence for awhile, crossing his arms idly. "Randy, you had anything to say? ''He asked, but in a sharp tone that actually indicating more like an order that Randy instantly knew what his brother meant to say.
Reluctantly, Randy groaned as he spoke to Dean and Roman. "Hey Roman, Dean. I'm sorry for what Seth and I did, " He said politely, and Roman just nodded. He suddenly went to hug Randy, who hugged him back pleasedly.
"So, everything is cool! " Dwayne clapped his hand ," Why don't we go celebrate or something? 'He suggested, although he was really clueless of what the real deal between the four kids.
"Uhuh, sorry to break your heart, man, but I'm grounded. Anyway, can I take Roman to my house so he can play with Seth and Dean there? " Kane asked.
"No problem, " Dwayne shrugged. "I'll tell Roman's dad I drop him at your place. They knew your folks,right? " He asked, "Oww, big daddy got his ass grounded. You forget the diapers, old man?." He mocked.
"Yeah,shut the hell up, "Kane rolled his eyes at him, "Come on boys. Dean, I'll text your mom now. I hope she don't mind me kidnapping you for awhile, " Kane said, pulling out his Iphone to send Dean's mother a quick text.
"Yeay! " Dean just replied cheerfully as he climbed into the car while Roman went with Dwyane to his own car.
"Kane, hurry up, that's Mr. Jericho, " Randy suddenly warned , and Kane grumbled as he saw Mr. Jericho was making his way towards them, dressed as usual in his glittering jacket. He was wearing a Ray Ban sunglasses, and had a cocky smile on his face.
"Good lord, " Kane said as he pushed Seth and Randy into the car, "Hurry everyone! Let's go before he gets here! "