The only thing I seem to be doing lately is apologizing… God I suck. Well, since summer vacation started, I had no computer what so ever, and it was only a week ago that I finally came back to my mom's… And I just graduated high school and turned 18. Yay me! Thanks for your patience. Sorry for the delay.

Chapter 16

"Mom! I'm home!"

"Speak of the devil." Mort giggled as she turned to welcome her son home.

Said person appeared in the hallway, mouth partially open to start another sentence when he saw strange people in his house.

"Oh good, I see everything went well." The boy replied flippantly as he eyed the seething Duet and his mother.

"Hi hon!" Mort smiled. "How was your day?"

"Yo!" Bikky growled. "Aren't you gonna introduce us?"

"Ya mom! Who's the hotty?"

Duet twitched and grabbed for his boyfriend.

"He's mine, that's who."

"Duet, play nice. Shi, this is your older brother Duet. That's his boyfriend Bikky, and their guardians Ryo and Dee."

The purple haired woman pointed to each in turn.

"This is my son Shi."

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"This is really good Ms. Maoim." Ryo said before taking another bite of his stew.

"Yes it is…" Duet muttered politely, scooting closer to his boyfriend to make sure his brother got the message. "Can I have the recipe?"

"Sure, no problem."

The atmosphere at the table was stressed, but nonetheless conversation stormed its way through.

"So… Is purple your natural hair color?" Dee asked Mort. "I know some one with hair paler than yours, but it's natural."

"Nope, sorry. It's actually black like Duet's here. I bleach and dye once a month."

"Not for me." Shi said as he ran a hand through his white hair. "I got some albino gene in me… white hair and red eyes. The only thing that wasn't affected was my skin color."

Duet stared at his younger brother.

"You are a freak." He claimed, rolling his eyes as he spoke.

"You're one to talk, mister-painted-on-leather-pants."

Bikky sputtered and choked on his stew as Duet glared full force.

"Boys, quit it. No more fighting." Mort said calmly, her eyes unfocused.

"You're just jealous that I'm hotter than you." Duet ignored his mother and sneered at Shi.

Shi sat there and took it, taking nervous glances at his mother. In an instant Mort was behind her oldest son, smacking him over the head with a wooden spoon.

"I told you to stop."

In the same instant, she had sat back down and glanced at her sons. The rest of the table went back to their food busily and pretended not to notice Duet's pride shattering moment.

"Who wants seconds?"

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This is a filler chapter I suppose. Nothing wanted to come out. Sorry all!