A/N First thing first. I'm REALY sorry for the late update. i was stuck without inspiration for like forever and when i finally go inspiration like a week ago I was drowinign in school work so it took some time, but here yah go. So last time it was a little before halloween but now it's after christmas so there is a slight timeskip again. If I'm still working on this around next halloween I'll post an extra halloween chapter then but don't worry you should be able to understand everything. Just to be sure i'll make a quick check-trhough

Lien- Vietnam

Sunan - Thailand.

Warning - like really long chapter ahead

Enjoy!

Arthur had a strong look of doubt and sceptism on his face, one that matched very well with the looks that Logan was shooting at me. It seemed as though my father-figure was about to object to what he had already agreed to but no words came. It was a special day to me and a horrible to Arthur. Tonight I would have a sleepover at Yong and Hyong's house for the first time. The thought clearly aggravated Arthur but I couldn't be happier. Hyong and Yong were already waiting outside and all I needed to do was say goodbye to Arthur and the others. Arthur coughed awkwardly.

"I suppose there is a time for everything to be done." He said and hugged me all of a sudden. It was actually kind of awkward how hard it seemed for Arthur to let me go.

"I'm only going to be gone for the night dad. I'll see you tomorrow."

Arthur nodded and patted my shoulder.

"Promise at least to call me before you boys go to bed, I want to know that everything is fine. And don't hesitate to call if you feel homesick. I'll be right over and…"

I shot Arthur a bright smile before I grabbed my bag and headed out. Hyong and Yong smiled brightly at me and we started walking. It was only a fifteen minute walk between our houses so Arthur had after some begging allowed me to walk there.

"Took you some time to get out of the house." Hyong commented with his hands dug deeply into his pockets.

"Took you some time to get out of the closet." I shot back but there was no bite to it. Hyong had confessed to the two of us about his sexuality around Halloween but he hadn't told anyone else. Neither of us judged him and if possible it had only brought us closer than before. It felt nice to know that someone trusted me that much. Hyong shot me a wide genuine grin, one I knew he only offered me and Yong.

"Fare enough! Are you ready to do something that normal teenagers do?"

"You bet."

Wang Yao's house was a cozy one entirely decorated in Chinese style with cute stuffs propped on every possible surface. Pandas fought for the space with kittens and Asian dragons. Wang Yao himself was a petit man, much like myself with a long shiny pony-tail and dressed in some red silk robe.

"Aiyah! So nice to meet you." He said pleasantly and bowed to me. Unsure of what to do, I bowed as well to which Wang Yao clapped his hands in glee.

"So polite young man!" he swooned and suddenly he was pinching my cheek. "Why are you two nothing like him?" he shot a glare at Yong and Hyong.

Hyong just rolled his eyes.

"Yeah we'll be in our room if you desperately need to talk to us." He said dismissively and pulled me with him up the stairs. Currently, very overwhelmed, I could do nothing but follow with Yong soon behind me. Once upstairs Hyong slowed down and I took a look at the upstairs. It looked a lot like the downstairs with cute stuffs covering the walls but the only thing in the halls apart from that were doors. In total I counted up to eight doors, four on each side and each one had beautiful carvings upon them. They seemed to be in Chinese so I could only guess that they were perhaps names. This confused me however as I could only think of four children. I wasn't offered chance to think of that as we ended at the last door, one that had a second name carved crudely beneath the first. The room was a mess and clearly too big for two persons. Two beds took up most of the place on each side of the small room with a desk forced to fit in between them. A stationary computer stood upon it along with books, papers and clothes. In front of the desk and between the beds, someone had pushed in a mattress along with cover and pillows. A closet stood wide open, overflowing with crumbled clothes and finally in the roof someone had painted the South Korean flag, ever so carefully. In all, I thought it was beautiful. Hyong instantly flopped down on the right bed with an annoyed sigh while Yong jumped onto the other in glee. Not all too sure what to do, I put my bag down and sat down on the mattress. Awkward silence filled the room only broken by breathing and occasional creaking when someone moved. Finally tired of it all I pulled out my phone and found the loudest song I could find. Green Day blasted through the room on top volume and both Yong and Hyong jumped in surprise. As soon as they were both out of it I turned it off and grinned at them.

"Sorry did I scare you?"

Hyong scoffed.

"Don't flatter yourself, I just… wanted to test my beds bounciness."

All three of us remained silent for a short while before all three broke out into laughter at just how ridiculous that excuse was. Hyong was the first to calm down while Yong and I giggled for a while longer. The tension was all gone by now and it was a comfortable silence that filled the room instead. Eventually Yong got a playful look on his face.

"You guys wanna play something?"

Logan's POV

I watched with little interest as Arthur paced the living-room nervously checking his cell-phone ever so often. I yawned lazily.

"Remind me again why you let everyone leave the house but me?" I asked in annoyance.

"Because, dear Logan," Arthur replied in feigned calmness. "If something happens to Jamie I might need help from you."

I rolled my eyes but deep inside I knew how he felt. Jamie had never had any friends and so he had never stayed over at someone's house. I had always known when I was out that he was safely in his bed, or in worst case scenario sleeping in a hospital bed. But in either case, someone was always there to take care of him and I had someone to call if I couldn't take the worry anymore. It didn't help my nerves the least that he was staying over at the weirdest house in the entire of Paron. I know I didn't always show it to the world but I truly did care about Jamie, perhaps more than I cared about the others. Jamie was like a glass-doll and could break beyond repair any second if one wasn't careful. I looked down on my phone and saw that I had received eight new texts. One was from Esteban who asked me what I was doing home. I looked through the living-room window and saw him grinning from a room across the street. I answered truthfully that Arthur wanted me home in case something happened with Jamie. Esteban accepted that reason without question and even offered his help if needed. I felt a little guilty thinking about him. We had been best friends since kindergarten but lately we had rarely hung out at all. Most of my energy was focused on Carrie, popularity and barely passing classes. Despite that, he was still my only true friend. I sent him a smiley back and checked the others. Three of them were from my 'friends' in school, who I had obtained by my relationship with Carrie, asking if I wanted to go to a party. I lied and told them that Arthur was mad about my grades and had decided to ground me. It would have been true if he knew about them. The other five messages were all from Carrie, whining and nagging about acting like a baby and not just sneaking out of the house. I chose to ignore all five of them. Our relationship had grown cold ever since Halloween. We still kissed and acted as though nothing had happened but I was more reluctant to kiss her now and the thoughts of love that had overwhelmed me when we started dating was subduing itself to a small flickering hope in the back of my mind that maybe I meant more to her than popularity. With an exhausted sigh, Arthur sunk down next to me, head in his hands.

"I should never have let him out of the house."

I patted his back sympathetically and forced a grin on my face.

"You're overreacting Artie, he'll be alright".

"My name is Arthur."

James POV

It was like staring at a demon. Actually more like a fat Cheshire-cat but in my current mood it was the same thing. With a heavy sigh I pulled my T-shirt of myself and threw it at the grinning boy. Said boy caught the T-Shirt easily and pulled it on. Hyong huffed in annoyance as he glared at his cards before in a fit of rage throwing them across the room.

"How can you be so good at poker, when you look so damn stupid all the time?!"

Yong only giggled and ducked the offending cards that came his way.

"You better start working soon brother. There's not much left."

True to his words Hyong was left in nothing but boxers, one sock and the shirt that he refused to take of himself. I was simply grateful that I at least had my jeans left but my upper body was all bare by now. I shivered a little. Gathering the cards I dealt them again. That's when I heard a female voice down the hall and I couldn't ignore the curiosity I felt. It wasn't Mei-Mei's voice so either someone had a girlfriend or there was another female in the house. Hyong noticed it and smiled a little.

"You wanna meet our sister." He asked with a genuine smile that surprised me. He rarely spoke fondly of his family. I needn't answer as the door swung up to reveal the voice outside. She was tall and beautiful with a long dark ponytail much like Wang Yao's with some sort of green dress with white leggings. For a moment she stood there frozen before she let out a shriek and wrapped her arms around Hyong, pulling his head flush to her chest. She petted his head repeatedly while ranting quickly in some Asian language. Another man now stood in the doorway, messy black hair, glasses and a white shirt. He smiled warmly at all in the room. I shot Yong a questioning look. He said.

"Jamie, this is our sister Lien and her fiancé Sunan. They've been out of town for a while though."

"We were the one to bring Hyong from China to here." Sunan said in heavy accented English.

I nodded politely but in all honestly I felt terribly awkward. Lien suddenly seemed to notice me and our appearance and let go a perfectly calm Hyong.

"Hyong, why is there a naked boy in your room." She asked with thin eyebrows raised.

I blushed madly as she stared me down with scrutinizing brown eyes. Then her eyes moved to Sunan who was chuckling quietly.

"It seems like Yong has caught onto some of my card-trick that I showed him."

Hyong's calm face turned to fury as he lunged at his brother.

"You cheated!" he yelled. The two wrestled around and Lien yet again turned to look at me.

" Who are you?" she asked with a sharp glare.

"I… I…" I stuttered helplessly under her gaze. "I'm James, a friend of Yong and Hyong." I finally managed to choke out while trying to steady my trembling heart. Lien was quiet for a moment before a cold smile came to her features.

"Don't fool yourself."

With graceful movements she rose from her seat and flowed out of the room. Sunan shot me an apologetic smile before hurrying after her. Hyong and Yong were still fighting, letting me sit forgotten in the cold. Eventually I relented and pulled out a sweater that I had packed in a weak attempt to keep my body from shivering. I couldn't truly explain it but Lien had frightened me. I barely noticed someone standing behind me until an annoyed yell echoed through the room.

"Aiyah! What have I told about fighting in the bedroom?" Wang Yao yelled furiously already moving passed me to separate the two. "And when you have guests none the less!"

"He cheated!" Hyong complained pointing Yong. Yong pouted.

"He hit me." He whined.

Wang Yao huffed in annoyance.

"So rude! Come we will settle this like men." He suddenly turned to me and offered a hand to me with a bright smile. "Come little Kirkland. We shall show you how it's done in Asia."

Logan's POV

Pling

It was the 27th message from Carrie that I hadn't read and Arthur was starting to notice. If he had calmed down or if he was just too exhausted to walk around any longer, I didn't know, but he had sat down with the needlework in hands. Now however he looked up at me with thick eyebrows raised.

"Since when do you avoid answering text-messages?" he asked, giving me that 'I'll know if you lie and if you do I will release the wrath of Mordor upon you' look.

Knowing a defeat was coming I just relented.

"It's annoying having Carrie nagging at me about why I'm at home and not sneaking out to go to parties."

Arthur seemed surprised by my honestly but a small smile grazed his lips.

"It's not always easy to be in a relationship." He spoke wisely. "But it wouldn't be a relationship without complications. I had a rocky relationship myself when I was young."

Now it was my time to look surprised, just as message 28 rolled in. Arthur's eyes narrowed a little.

"Don't look so blasted surprised, Logan. I'll have you know I was quite the rebel when I was young."

Yet again I couldn't hide my surprise, much less my amusement. Arthur smirked, something I had never seen directed at me.

"When I was in high school I went to parties every night of the week, drinking, smoking amazing hot sex on dirty sheets…"

"Arthur!" I yelled indignantly with a furious blush. "You don't just go around talking like that! So you had a relationship in high school?"

The smile softened a little.

"It wasn't easy, I'll tell you that. She was perfect, beautiful, fun and the most popular girl in school. We were like day and night and it was only to be expected that arguments would occur. Some handsome jock would get too close and a fight would ensue out of my jealousy."

Arthur had a sad look on his face and in a way I felt sorry for him.

"So you broke up?"

Arthur shook his head.

"She refused every time. No matter how complicated things got she'd return the very same night and we'd work things out and rest in each other's arm."

It was silent for a long while. I knew what Arthur was trying to say. He wanted me to move on and sort things out with Carrie. But Arthur didn't understand.

"She cheated on me." I murmured.

"If you truly love her, you are willing to forgive her for that. Everyone makes mistakes in their life but not all get a second chance. "

I cursed inwardly.

"I should check up on her, shouldn't I?"

Arthur nodded with a smile that looked far too cocky to belong to him.

With a sigh, I checked what she'd written.

Stop bein so gay and com ovr hre.

Hy babe, maybe U didn't c the txt. Com ovr 2 my house

Om not hre?

Like R U cheating on me?

Luke juz told me u got grounded! Y

Y u not answer!? Im Ur gurlfriend!

I'm brekin up wiz u!

Babe I luv U. Cum ovr hre!

I'm so horny! FUck me!

By babe! Im goin 2 Narnia!

Is wtr suppose 2 taste so weird.

OMG Im SO drunk!

Babe, I'm w8ting 4 u!

I h8 U fucking ass!

Sry that was meant 4 dad.

Like srsly y u ignore me?

Fuck U! Im horny!

I'm gunna have sex wit Luke now!

The other ten texts were disgusting pictures from various friends of Carrie, more or less naked and making a fool of herself. More pictures were rolling in amongst a video of Carrie having sex with Luke but I chose not to look at that. I looked up to find Arthur looking at me worriedly.

"I need to pick up Carrie."

James POV

My jaw fell open when we entered the room right opposite to Yong and Hyong. It had seemed more like a closet to me but it turned out to be a fairly large room with a much simpler style than the rest of the house. A sword hung on the wall but other than that there was not much decorating the walls. Wang Yao seemed pleased with my reaction and motioned for me to take of my socks and go sit on a mattress at the other end of the room. Yong and Hyong were not far behind me, now changed in white and blue robes that I didn't know the name of. Behind them followed Lien, Sunan, Kiku and Mei-Mei also dressed in Asian robes of some sort. All bowed to each other in sync and went to stand by the wall. Wang Yao stepped out in the middle onto a mat. He bowed to me then turned to the others.

"Hyong, Yong. You will show master Kirkland what you are able to." He said sternly and stepped of the mat, only to sit down next to me. I watched in silence as my two best friends walked out onto the mat, with much more grace than I could have anticipated, and bowed deeply. Then they stood themselves ready for attack and waited. Wang Yao yelled something and the battle began. I watched in awe as the two aimed kicks and strikes against each other. Each blow was blocked and followed by another attack. They moved swiftly and seemingly without flaws, making their wide sleeves flow from the movements. I couldn't help gasp when Yong managed to aim a kick right at Hyong's, sending him flying. Hyong crashed harshly against the wall, but within seconds he was up on his feet and charging at his brother yet again. I watched worriedly as the battle kept on. Each of Hyong's blows seemed to be stronger and more aggressive than the last, while Yong simply flowed the room with a bright smile on his face.

"Mister Wang Yao," I said worriedly. He turned to me." Shouldn't we stop them soon? Someone might get hurt."

Wang Yao shook his head.

"Hyong needs to get rid of his anger towards his brother so we can finally get some peace in this household."

I bit my lip, a habit I had developed since Halloween.

"But the anger gets him unfocused which makes him easier to defeat and defeat only gets him more frustrated and more unfocused. In this pace he might get actually hurt."

Wang Yao shook his head.

"Leave their training to their trainer, young master Kirkland. I know when it is time to stop."

"And when is that?"

"When one of them admits defeat."

I groaned inwardly and buried my head in my hands for a moment before returning to the brothers' fierce battle. While waiting, the others in the family had spread across the room in pairs to train and it was only Wang Yao and I who were watching the twins. Ten minutes had passed but neither were yet to give in. So far I had counted that Yong had managed to get at least ten hits at his brother while the other had only managed four. The rest had mostly Hyong attacking and Yong blocking. And for every passing moment, Hyong was getting more worked up.

"They won't stop." I murmured. "They'll work themselves to exhaustion."

"Then let them. They will learn their limits."

I honestly couldn't believe what I was hearing. Yong had spoken so fondly about how much Wang Yao cared for them but this bastard was willing to push them to their limits, and for what? Absolutely nothing! I watched with beating heart as they continued but now Hyong's movements had gotten sloppier while Yong was still dancing around. I couldn't allow this to continue. To this very day I have no idea what went through my head that moment. All I know is that I wanted them to stop fighting and sort this out in a better way. As in a daze I had gotten of my seat and leaped forward, in between the two fighting brothers. For a moment time stood still in the room. I could hear nothing but my beating heart and panicked breathing. Hyong stood like frozen with one foot only inches away from my head while Yong's was just barely touching my abdomen. Everyone else had stopped their training. I took a last shuddering breath and looked pleadingly at my friends, before everything went black.

Logan's POV

I found Carrie in one of the rooms upstairs completely naked. I pulled away the guy that was currently snogging her, the other guy cursed angrily.

"Dude, what the hell? I'm doing her now!"

I turned swiftly and gave him a murderous glare. The guy, I couldn't bother with remembering his name, instantly let his smile grow nervous.

"Dude, this is not what it looks like. I was only giving her CPR and…"

"Just fuck off!" I growled.

Luckily, since I was in a rush, the guy did as told and left. Finally I could take a look at my girlfriend. She was barely conscious but she giggled stupidly when she saw me. Not bothering to look at all the hickeys and her swollen lips, I simply pulled of my jacket and wrapped it around her so she was somewhat covered. It was somewhat difficult to carry her down the stairs but at last I had laid her carefully in the backseat of Arthur's car. Arthur gave me a concerned look but I only asked for him to get us home. On our way, Arthur's phone rang and I put it on speakers.

"Hello?"

"Is this Arthur Kirkland?" an Asian voice spoke.

"As a matter of fact it is, how may I help."

"Well, I don't want to alarm you," the man said. I could already feel the sinking feeling in my stomach. What had happened? "Your brother fainted..."

Before anything else could be said, Arthur had done a very illegal u-turn and headed in full speed towards Wang Yao's house. He parked yet again illegally and was out of the car in seconds with me suit behind. My rational side, said that I perhaps should have stayed with Carrie in case something happened, but I was far from rational at the moment. Arthur was already slamming his fist at the door when I reached him and we were soon greeted by none other than Wang Yao.

"What the bloody fuck happened to my son." He growled at the other man.

Wang Yao frowned a little at him.

"There is no need to curse, Mr. Kirkland. As I would have explained on the phone, he…"

Feeling restless about standing there, I tuned my angry father figure and Wang Yao out and snuck passed them and up the stairs. I had been here once before while doing a project with Im Yong Soo so I knew where his room was. Somehow I guessed Jamie was there. True to my beliefs, Jamie lay unconscious on one of the messy beds with Im Yong Soo and Im Hyong Soo sitting on the other and a man with glasses sitting on a chair next to my brother. The guy had the nerves to smile at me.

"He's all yours."

Not wasting an answer at him, I simply hurried over to Jamie. I picked him up carefully in my arms, bridal style, and held him close. He looked so fragile that I was afraid that he might break if not handled carefully. I remembered the two brother's in the room and turned awkwardly to them.

"Yeah, a pitty things had to end this way but why don't you, like come over and visit him tomorrow or something?"

The two only nodded and I nodded back. I was surprised a little at myself for saying that. I didn't particularly like Jamie's friends but I had seen it proved that they were very close and therefor I couldn't really blame them for what had happened. I knew they would never intentionally hurt him. That was simply my way of saying that I didn't blame them. Arthur and Wang Yao were still arguing downstairs but that faded the moment I descended the stairs. I vividly noted that I had more trouble carrying Carrie than I had with Jamie. I mentally reminded myself to feed him more calories. Shooting a final glare at Wang Yao, Arthur motioned for me to move before slamming the door. He was muttering curses all the way home while Jamie still rested in my arms. There was room for him in the car to lay down but I found myself rather reluctant to that. Finally we arrived home and Arthur released me from my cargo so I could carry my girlfriend. She had fallen asleep some time during the ride but I found myself caring surprisingly little. After some struggle I had laid her down on my bed, in the attic and put up the covers. Carrie mumbled something about Dave, in her sleep but other than that, there were few signs of her being alive. Arthur had assured me that she was fine after checking her pulse and a bunch of other stuff I didn't understand but suggested I'd leave a bucket at her side. Not feeling like sleeping in her bed tonight I left her there and headed down stairs. I found Arthur in a chair next to Jamie's bed and stroking his hair softly.

"What does it tell you when you let your baby go for the first and he ends up hurt?"

It was spoken softly and I wasn't really sure if it was said to me or something I couldn't see. Arthur had always spoken about things that not all could see. I sat down cross-legged on the floor next to Arthur and smiled slightly.

"You gotta let him go some time." I reasoned with him.

Arthur sighed.

"I know that, but I just did and he ended up hurt."

I sat down next to him and smiled a little at him. It wasn't my usual crazy grin but a softer one, one that rarely anyone saw. Arthur tussled my hair affectionately.

"You remind me so much of her."

For a moment I was unsure of what he was talking about but then I remembered the talk we had had earlier.

"What happened to her?" I asked.

Arthur sighed sadly.

"My father didn't approve of her so he forced us to move back home to England and made sure I'd never see her again."

I furrowed my brows a little.

"What an ass!" I muttered to which Arthur chuckled.

"Yet he's the one who taught me how to be a father."

I looked up at him.

"So the bastard who forced you away from the one you loved was decent enough to turn you into parent?"

Arthur shook his head.

"Not at all, he in fact was very much against me adopting five orphans."

"So how did he make you into such an awesome dad?" I asked, genuinely confused.

Arthur pressed a kiss to my hair.

"Whenever I doubted my decisions, I just thought of what my father would have done, and did the exact opposite."

Jay! New chapter done and it's like superlong and you got an insight of Arthur's past. Just to be clear, Arthur's ex is actually a guy but since he knows about Logan's feelings about gays he lies and says it's a girl. Reviews make me happier than a husky with a new chewing toy!