"So, care to explain what happened to my car?" Fran asked Spanner as he stepped out of the Murcielago and tossed his keys to elder blonde.

"Um well…" Spanner started off nervously, "when Hayato arrived here that day I was working on Murci but then Hayato came and Lambo was all messed up so I left Murci with Shoichi to help Hayato with Lambo but that kid was being annoying and he ran away from us. He ended up distracting Shoichi in the garage and Shoichi accidentally moved something in there which ended up affecting the gas and break pedals. Sorry."

"It's fine" Fran said and patted his friends back before he looked around for the other blonde. He spotted Bel holding Mammon tightly against a wall across the tracks. Fran shrugged and went over to Verde who smiled at him.

"You did well," Verde said proudly.

Fran nodded and took Verde's hand. He placed the larger hand on top of his head and moved his own hand above it, making Verde's hand rub his head.

"What are you doing?" Verde asked as he fixed Fran's hair.

"My dad used to ruffle my hair when I won a Go-Kart race…when you ruffled my hair back at your house it felt nice," Fran muttered so quietly that Verde almost didn't hear him.

Verde smiled affectionately at the boy before pulling him into a hug and ruffling his hair lightly, "You did really well, Fran."

Fran wrapped his arms around Verde's waist, pulling himself closer to his Uncle and taking in his scent that was nearly identical to his fathers.

"Please remember that I am not your father," Verde pleaded, "I am your Uncle. I will, however, take good care of you like I'm sure your father did."

"So um…since you're his Uncle and all, will you be taking custody of him?" Spanner asked, suddenly appearing beside the hugging family members.

Verde chuckled and gently pulled Fran away from him, passing the teen into Spanner's arms, "He's Luche's. Or is he yours now?"

"Mom passed custody over him onto me," Spanner said as he wrapped his arms around Fran's chest, holding the boy closely.

"She did well, he's happy with you," Verde said and ruffled both Spanner and Fran's hair. "I should go now; Reborn won't stop calling me so I probably have to be at the station. I'll see you later, Fran."

Fran nodded and both he and Spanner waved goodbye to Verde as he left.

"Is Bel still making out with Mammon over there?" Fran asked Spanner, tilting his head up to look at Spanner.

"Yep," Spanner sighed and leaned his head down so his forehead rested on Fran's.

"Oi!" Spanner jumped and Fran turned his head at the sound of Mammon's voice, the purple haired male marching towards them.

"Yes?" Spanner asked when Mammon stopped in front of them.

"Why'd you give Fran to Verde?" Mammon asked with a pout, "I could have taken care of his sleeping problem too."

"Well…Verde is more trustworthy and I didn't want Bel hating Fran even more," Spanner explained.

Mammon's eyebrow furrowed behind his hood, "Why would Bel hate Fran?"

"If Fran is with you then Bel doesn't get laid" Spanner explained simply, giving a small shrug.

"He just needs to understand that Fran is important to me too" Mammon grumbled as he sat down.

"Yeah, he's being a bit of a jealous child," Spanner said before he let go of Fran shooed the young boy away, "To Bel, Fran is an intruder who is coming into his territory uninvited. Like a newborn who grabs all of the mother's attention."

"That last one is pretty weird," Mammon said and scrunched his nose, "But it makes sense."

Spanner bit his lip, almost regretting the words he was about to say, "So when siblings are fighting the best thing to do is to try to get them to talk about their problems and bring them closer, yes?"

"I agree," Mammon said and nodded, "What do you suggest we do?"

"Let them talk it out and get closer on their own? There's no way I'm helping in that. Fran would destroy me and Bel would run me over."

Mammon groaned and pressed his face into his hands, "Letting them do things on their own is easier but it may take some time."

"It will take time but it'll be worth it to see our boys getting along in the end, right?"

"Why are you making it sound like they're our sons?"

"Well…I take care of Fran and you take care of Bel, yes?"

"Yes."

"Well there you go."

"Let's just handcuff them together and hope that they don't kill each other."

Spanner frowned at the thought of Bel being so close to his Fran and shook his head, "No way."

"You're unbelievable," Mammon groaned and rubbed his face with a palm.

"Am I that obvious?" Spanner asked nervously.

"You're too obvious" Mammon said honestly. "I'm surprised he hasn't noticed it yet."

"Oh gosh, he'd probably hate me," Spanner groaned into his hands.

"I don't think he's capable of hating," Mammon said, "Anyway, didn't you two have sex?"

"Yeah but it was mostly because Fran wanted to get losing his virginity over with and mom always told him that one must only be intimate with someone they truly love and trust," Spanner explained.

"Wow, did he just ask you?"

"Yeah, he doesn't beat around the bush."

"I've noticed."

Spanner and Mammon both looked over to where Bel and Fran were leaning against a wall at the far side of the tracks, Fran sitting and crouching next to him.

"What do you think they're talking about?" the two asked in unison.

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"What do you think they're talking about?" Fran asked, glancing over at Mammon and Spanner.

"Probably about us," Bel answered before he let himself plop down beside Fran, pulling his knees to his chest and wrapping an arm around them.

"What makes you think that?" Fran asked Bel, scooting to the right to put more space between himself and Bel.

"We're feuding and they're worried," Bel said and shrugged, giving the younger a glare when he saw just how much space Fran had put between them. "I know we don't like each other but did you really have to put an entire three feet between us?"

"Being near you makes me sick," Fran answered.

"Well I don't like being so close to you either but we can't exactly talk like this," Bel said as he scooted closer to Fran. He grabbed a handful of Fran's hoodie to prevent the younger from moving further away, letting go when Fran promised to not move.

"Do you think they're going to do anything about this?" Fran asked, gesturing to the arm length space between himself and the blonde.

"I hope not, you're not exactly a person I want to get close to," Bel said and scrunched his nose.

"Why not?" Fran asked innocently, pulling one leg up to his chest and wrapping an arm around it before he rested his chin on top of his knee.

"I don't like you, from the moment I saw you I wanted to take you down," Bel mumbled, resting his cheek on his knee and facing Fran.

"I didn't like you either when I first saw you and I made that clear," Fran said and sighed, "But do we really have to remain like this?"

"Are you expressing interest in becoming friends, brat?"

"No, I'm just trying to end this quickly 'cause I'm running out of ways to insult you."

Bel scowled and reached over to lightly slap Fran's thigh, the younger sticking his tongue out at him afterwards.

"So, do we agree to remain like this?" Fran asked.

"I don't know, I want nothing to do with you, honestly," Bel mumbled tiredly.

"Okay, after we complete the bet we'll separate," Fran said with a nod.

"Sounds good," Bel mumbled, his eyes closing behind his bangs.

The two sat in silence for a while before Fran heard soft snores coming from the blonde. He looked at Bel curiously, slightly wondering what Bel's face looked like without his bangs covering his face.

Fran decided he didn't care and stood up before walking away, leaving the blonde sleeping against the wall.