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Chapter 6
"All right, the pizza is in the oven and should be done in another 10 minutes. What else..." Lucrecia tapped a finger against her powdered chin, having a look through the warmly lit kitchen. It was getting dark outside now, and they were already late...
"Ah, make sure Kadaj takes his vitamins!"
Sephiroth just nodded, ignoring the face his littlest brother was secretly making. He leaned against the counter, arms crossed, waiting for his mother to finish her round. Kadaj was crouched before the oven, watching it closely because he had taken on the important task of making sure that the pizza wouldn't burn.
Yazoo and Loz sat on the couch in the dark living room, only illuminated by the blue, cold light of the TV. They were busy with some video game, and judging from Loz´s constant string of curses that he mumbled under his breath so his mom wouldn't hear it, it was a pretty intense game.
It had been quite the surprise when Lucrecia had come down into the kitchen, dressed up in a red evening gown, her hair pulled up in a wavy ponytail and high heels strapped to her feet. It was one of their friend´s birthday parties tonight , but after what had happened last night, Sephiroth hadn't thought they would go. Little did he know that Vincent had strongly objected, but Lucrecia was set on going, telling him that they needed to move on, that they had to show their kids that they still trusted them and that they couldn't monitor them all the time. Vincent had morosely pointed out that he did not trust them, and if anyone asked him his opinion, he wouldn't mind installing surveillance cameras in their rooms, but Lucrecia had just laughed and told him to not be silly.
In the end Vincent had been overruled, which was why he was coming down the stairs now, still working on his tie.
He didn't look at Sephiroth when he stopped in the doorway asking, "Are you done?"
"Yes, coming." Lucrecia placed a kiss atop the head of her youngest and quickly hugged her oldest, before announcing towards the living room, "We´re leaving!"
"Fucking SONOFABITCH MOOOOOVE!!!!!"
Loz was busy smashing his controller on the ground in frustration, racking his short hair that it stood up to all sides. Yazoo gave a low, somewhat gloating chuckle, and leaned back, basking in his victory.
Lucrecia chose to just ignore this little sequence and dragged her husband out to the car for a hopefully nice evening full of distraction.
*
The four of them were seated around the kitchen table, Kadaj dangling his too short legs over the ground while chewing with concentration on the slice of pizza he held with both his tiny hands.
Loz was just helping himself with his fifth slice, snatching it just right before Yazoo could reach it with a slightly miffed air. Payback was a bitch, even though stealing pizza and getting his ass wiped in Tekken were not very comparable. Yazoo was a clever guy, though, Loz was sure he got the message.
Yazoo simply lifted a brow and took another slice of the succulent, self-made pizza, chewing it unfazed. Wasn't his fault that he was a genius (and that Loz had taken the controller he might have 'accidentally' altered a bit after their last game).
Sephiroth wasn't very hungry, listlessly staring down his half eaten slice, reassuring Kadaj again and again that it was delicious and that he really just wasn't hungry whenever the boy asked with a dubious look.
Just now, the littlest tore another chunk from his slice, oil and cheese splashing onto his plate. "You really not hungry?" he frowned. The tomato sauce that was running down his chin was absently wiped away with a dirty napkin by Yazoo, who kept nibbling at the hard crust of an end piece.
"I put extra peperoni on it for you," the youngest delicately pointed out, poking at said shrivelled spice with his smudgy finger on the cold piece resting forlornly on Sephiroth´s crumb littered plate.
"And too many olives," Loz grumpily declared, reaching for another slice on the quickly emptying baking pan sitting in the middle of the table.
"Don´t cry, Loz." Yazoo smirked, taking a sip from his half empty water glass, and meeting his brother's indignant "I'm not crying!" with a roll of his green eyes.
"I'm really not hungry," Sephiroth assured for the fourth time, moodily crossing his arms over his chest, but sparing Kadaj a tiny, forced smile.
Huffing, Kadaj lifted his small shoulder in a resigned shrug, before he eyed Sephiroth and Yazoo with a curious glance. "So, what did you do?"
"We didn't do anything – cheese!"
The warning came too late and sighing, Yazoo got up to fetch a cloth from the sink to clean up the mess Kadaj had just created on the kitchen floor. The youngest frowned at the mushy yellow spot on the tiles, before looking back up at Sephiroth, declaring, not very convinced,
"Yeah you did! Otherwise you´d have been allowed to come to the zoo with us, but you didn't and besides, Dad was totally pissed at the two of you!" He looked somewhat satisfied, having established his line of argument with such overwhelming evidence.
"He was," Loz grunted, just for good measure. He was pretty curious too, but he was above asking the cheater directly, just throwing him a look from above.
Yazoo pretended to not see it, busying himself with walking back to the sink and wash out the oily cloth, watching its contents being rinsed down the drain. He could see the translucent reflection of his brothers sitting at the lit table in the dark window, Sephiroth´s back stiffening.
"Eat your pizza. It´s late. You ought to be in bed already," he dismissed Kadaj´s question, earning himself an unhappy huff, because Kadaj was so not tired yet.
Yazoo carefully draped the wet cloth over the tap, before he started to clean the table, setting their plates on the counter. It was Loz´s turn to do the dishes and he sure as hell would constantly remind him, just because it annoyed the elder to no end. They all hated doing the dishes with a passion!
Sephiroth got up from the table to help as well, throwing the remainder of his meal into the trash. He shared a brief look with Yazoo before he turned back to the table, taking away the baking pan just as Loz rescued the last slice from being thrown away by quickly stuffing it into his mouth.
Kadaj unhappily slipped from his seat with a pout to express his unwillingness, but a warning look from the oldest made him shuffle up the stairs to the bathroom anyway. Seph was no fun when he was peeved.
"Don´t forget the dishes," Yazoo remarked sweetly into Loz´ direction, before he went off for a shower as well, making sure Kadaj would properly brush his teeth.
Loz simply glared daggers at him. Then his broad shoulders slumped in defeat and he grumpily prepared himself for his hated task, hot water rushing into the sink.
Sephiroth watched him for just another moment, before he shook his head and left the kitchen to plop down on the couch. In the background, the TV still mutely declared Yazoo´s victory, but Sephiroth didn't look.
*
Twenty minutes later, Kadaj shuffled down the stairs on bare feet, dressed up in his favourite pyjamas, his giraffe he hadn't named yet stuck under his arm. He waddled into the living room on the tip of his toes, like a lion stalking his prey. Sephiroth was lying on his back, hands under his head, eyes closed. Perfect...
With a predatory smile, Kadaj prepared for the attack, bracing his giraffe and then leaping forward to land on his brother´s belly with a war cry.
He unexpectedly was caught midway by strong hands, though, and before Kadaj could even blink, he was a laughing, pleading mess as Sephiroth tickled the hell out of him with a victorious smirk.
"S-stop!!! P-please, I su-surrender!!!" Kadaj curled into a hitching, giggling ball, trying to fend off his brother´s merciless fingers that tackled his sides till the smallest was afraid he´d just pee himself. The elder stopped with a sigh and relaxed back into his former position on the sofa, looking down at Kadaj who was half lying on him, trying to catch his breath.
"Shouldn't you be in bed already?"
The giraffe had fallen onto the carpet, but was quickly snatched again.
"... Yeah, but I´m totally not tired yet." Kadaj shot his brother a long, suffering look, giving him the puppy eyes, while his little fingers pulled at his plushy´s plastic eyes. Now came the hardest part of his mission that would decide whether he would succeed or be brutally crushed. "...But if you´d tell me a bedtime story... I might get sleepy." Kadaj lifted his brows, worrying his lips in anticipation.
"Is that so?" Sephiroth replied, mockingly mirroring Kadaj´s expression, before he gave a sigh, shifting his head into a tilted position. "Did you take your vitamins?"
"I did! They were yummy!" Kadaj made an eager face that would hopefully convince Sephiroth that he had been a good boy and deserved a wonderful, long bedtime story.
Sephiroth still didn't look too enthusiastic.
"Can´t Yazoo or Loz read you something?"
"No," Kadaj darkly rejected with utter conviction. If Loz started telling a story, they wouldn't get past the point of him describing the princess in every detail, especially her cup size and how perfect and pure and lovely she was, and Kadaj would die of boredom. And if Yazoo told him anything, Kadaj would usually wake up in the middle of the night, shakily checking under his bed if there weren't any monsters hiding to gnaw at his baby fingers.
"Fine then," Sephiroth sighed, lifting his brother up to take him piggy back, but declaring over his shoulder, "One story, and then you´ll go to sleep without further ado, understood?"
Kadaj drew his little arms around Sephiroth´s neck, pressing his cheek against cool, long silver hair and gave an eager nod, his pink mouth forming a tiny 'O', as he absently yawned.
Tbc
Aeriths-Rain: Haha, well, I suppose technically it wasn´t so bad, that talk, but Vincent might feel highly uncomfortable about such topics XD Hehe, imagine the boys with a skirt and high ponytails XD I think they´re fine being boys, haha.
Soyna: I think Vincent had hoped to avoid the topic alltogether, but seeing what come of it he had no choice but to face them head on XD Now we´ll have to see if it helped anything at all^^
AlexJ69: Haha, yay, reviews!!! *lush eyelash flutter* I´m glad you liked it, poor banana indeed!
I think Vincent isn´t really prude, he just feels uncomfortable about the idea of his sweet little innocent babies having sex (even without each other). And I got delicious chocolate for easter XD What about you?
Shiva Rajah: Haha, I´m glad you enjoyed it, thank you! *revives quickly*
Psycho Steph: Yeah, banana and condom, the two classics XD I don´t think anyone took that serious, accept Vincent, poor thing^^ Haha, now I so want Vincent to educate me as well, I bet his face´d be as red as his cape XD And yesh, Vincent is equipped with books, beware! And let´s see how far that´ll get him ;)
natzilla: You evil, evil alien! I can´t believe you´d put the two in an orphanage :O On the other hand... after that terrifying sex talk, Yazoo and Seph might not have minded at all XD I think maybe Seph and Yaz did learn it your way... and by DIY of course ;)
Madisuzy: Haha, thank you! It was a bit cliché, but I had fun (even though vince, seph and yaz hadn´t XD). He had to demonstrate it to them somehow, didn´t he? *hugs poor traumatized Vinny*
PoppetlurvesZexion: You summed it up perfectly XD Vincent doesn´t seem much of a great help, does he? XD I suppose there´s just things he doesn´t want to know about his kids, though otherwise he is interested in them and does love them. This was just too awkward XD
oztan: Oh no, I didn´t mean that! I just meant that we will see more of how the boys interact together, no worries XD
Review pease? ^___^