Blue Lullaby 2:

His little Blues went today on a school expedition trip across the island and would be gone for the rest of the day, giving Red some well-deserved time to spend alone. He got to work on cleaning the house. The only problem was that his leg was bothering him. Again. He should really go to the doctor and request more medical attention. The doctor had told him that his leg will heal completely eventually for sure since it was never broken, but he was starting to think there was a pulled muscle somewhere. He did a lot of exercise maybe that was the reason. Red decided to just clean the living room and the kitchen and just sit down to watch TV. All his friends were occupied today. Chuck was having… something, Bomb went sightseeing and Matilda and Terrence… he didn't want to think about it.

He sighed and decided that a walk was the best for him. He needed the fresh air anyway. He walked down the path through the market place. On his way to nowhere, he encountered a few birds who waved at him. And the Mime kept following him, mimicking his mannerisms. When no one was looking, he elbowed him on the ribs, leaving him gasping for air. "Oh my God…." He gasped and fell. Red smirked and resumed his path.

A few minutes later, he started limping again. He groaned and sat down on a lonely bench. He started to rub his leg and winced a little. He sighed. He should definitely lay off the exercises for a while, maybe his limping will actually heal. He stayed there for a few minutes until the pain ceased. Just when he stood up to leave, he heard a familiar, unwelcome voice. "Well, well, if it isn't the clown."

Red groaned and turned around. "Hello, Mr. Edward." He said with a fake smile.

Edward just growled. "So you got kids now, huh? Three of them?"

"Triplets, yeah."

"I bet they have anger issues too, considering who's raising them." Edward said. Red growled, containing himself. "You shouldn't be even allowed to raise them."

"What are you talking about?" Red asked with shock evident in his tone.

"Those hatchlings will grow up to be just like you if you keep them."

"Actually, if I don't keep them they will end up just like me." Red explained. "If I take them back to the orphanage, they will live the rest of their days like I did and eventually become what I became." He smiled. "Besides, I'm too attached to them to let them go just like that. Good day." He turned around to leave when Edward stopped him again.

"I still don't trust you."

"Do I care? No, I don't." Red said. "If this is about the birthday party, I already said I was sorry."

"This is not about it! It's about the Blues."

Red rubbed his forehead. "Listen. I would never even dream to hurt them and if that ever happened, I prefer to be dead. My anger is under control, enough proof of it is standing in front of you and not punching your ugly face."

Edward growled. "Listen, you…"

"As much as I love to chat. I really need to get to the doctor now before I pick up my kids. If you excuse me, I'm out." Red said and started to walk away, or rather limp away.

Edward smirked. "Getting old?"

Red sighed. "When the Pigs' castle exploded, a piece of concrete fell on my leg. It's still healing."

Mr. Green's face seemed to soften at the mention of Red's heroic rescue. One of those eggs could have been his. "Oh, um… it… it stills hurts?"

"Yeah, but like I said, I'm off to the doctor's office. It's probably a pulled muscle."

Edward nodded. Maybe he had been a jerk towards Red. He heard a gasp that pulled him out his thoughts and saw Red leaning against a tree while holding his leg. No curse word went unheard from him. Edward frowned, then sighed. He might be a jerk, but he wasn't a bad guy. "Here, I'll help you get to the doctor's office." He grabbed Red arm and put it over his neck. Red looked at him wearily.

"Why are you helping me?"

Edward sighed. "My hatchling could have been one of those eggs you rescued. I guess I was being a jerk. Come on, the office is not that far."

"Thanks." Red said.

And that was the beginning of a frenemy relationship.

OOO

"JIM! JAY! JAKE! BLUES! GET DOWN HERE! Don't make me come up there!" Red yelled and tapped his foot furiously. This was probably the first time he was angry at the Blues. He usually forgave their mischief, but this was taking it too far.

The Blues were no strangers to Red's anger, but it was never directed at them even if their father had every reason to be mad at them. They descended the stairs carefully and made their way to Red with their heads down.

Red signaled to the living room, the TV specifically. Or what used to be a TV, now just a pile of junk. "Care to explain?"

The Blues stayed quiet. Red groaned and rubbed his eyes. "Silence, then? What about this?" He pulled out a baseball bat and a baseball. The Blues looked down. "I think I've told you many times not to play sports inside the house because something like this might happen. I'm really disappointed of you." He put away the sports equipment. "I have no choice but to ground you three. So, no ice-cream or Uncle Chuck's visits for the rest of the week."

The Blues nodded and looked down. They started whimpering. Red sighed. He hated seeing the Blues so sad because they looked so… blues... And he couldn't stay mad at them for long periods of time. He sighed and kneeled in front of them. "Come here."

The Blues did as told and hugged their father. "We're sorry." They said. Jim, the blue eyed Blue looked up to him. "You're not taking us back to the orphanage, are you?"

"Why would you say that?" Red asked, clearly shocked.

"Because we were bad." Jake the green eyed Blue said. They started crying.

"Shh… It's ok, don't cry." Red said. The Blues pulled away and looked back at Red with teary eyes. "But you got to understand that when you do something that's wrong or disobey, you have to be grounded, ok?"

The Blues nodded in understanding. "Now," Red started. "Go clean your room. The last time I was there I stepped on too many Lego blocks for my taste." He smirked.

The Blues chuckled and nodded, running back towards their room. Jay, the brown eyed Blue took a broom along the way and carried it towards their room.

Red sighed. He really hated to be mad at the Blues, but he would couldn't be mad with them for so long. He grabbed another room and started to clean up their mess. He smiled. This was just a tiny price he was willing to pay to keep his little Blues.

And here's a second chapter! Firstly, I corrected the name of the green and is Edward and his wife is Eva, thanks ILUVOLAF3 (guest). And yes, those are the Blues names, Jim, Jay, and Jake. I don't think this will get regular updates, so I'll just leave in 'completed', but I'm open to suggestions in reviews. Anyway, review!