A/N: Prompt given by XxStarryHeavenxX. Next up is "fireworks", then a shot that I really want to write now, but I'm not gonna let down reviewers, cuz it's thanks to you guys that I keep writing:)

4-sentence glimpses into everyone's relationships - who are involved with this relationship. ...You'll see.

I should be doing homework lol.

16

Family

F - - frustrating

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"Why can't you just accept this?!"

It's driving her insane because it's true; her brother just cannot - will not - get over the fact that she is a young adult and has a free will...meaning she is allowed to date Thomas if she wants to. But apparently the past is spiking up in his memory, or maybe something else, Rio doesn't know, because Ryouga clenches his fists and shouts real roughly at her, and she's a little surprised at first when he does (he's just so frustrating sometimes but now it all makes sense).

"Because you're my sister and it sucks to let you go!"

A - - adamant

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Maybe it's due to their history, the events that messed up their childhood, but Thomas is pretty damn sure that brothers aren't supposed to do this.

Seriously, where is his personal space lately? Jesus, you tell one of them that you're courting a beautiful girl and soon the other one knows as well and they're both pounding for details in an adamant fashion (have you guys 'done it' yet? how does she put up with you?) without minding your fricken zone, your bubble, your comfortable distance from other individuals.

Eventually, he tells Michael and Chris to leave him alone - especially when he finds them hiding behind a bush the next day when he is with Rio.

M - - melodramatic

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When Thomas isn't with her and she is alone in his home with his two siblings, things tend to get a little awkward.

And really, it's because they try so hard; offer her a beverage, a snack, a better place to sit, to take her coat, and they mind their manners to the point that it is hilarious. Rio just smiles, pretends like that isn't weird because she has known these guys for a long time and they only started acting like this when Thomas brought her home hand-in-hand.

When her boyfriend returns to rescue her, he whispers in her ear as they leave, "Don't worry about them; they're a bit...melodramatic about things."

I - - intimidating

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Ryouga has never really fazed him before, which is why it's such a different feeling to be fidgeting and sweating in his presence. And the Kamishiro man isn't making things much easier because his glare is soulless and piercing and Thomas feels like his body might ignite into black flames of the Devil and explode.

Ryouga, King of the Barians, keeper of this apartment, and protector of his twin, blinks slowly and it's real intimidating and he scrambles to find his voice (when he finally does, it's kinda raspy, forced, with a nervous laugh evident).

"So uh...I can propose to your sister...right?"

L - - loving

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Thomas presses the palm of his hand, fingers extended, gently on her swollen stomach and he grins like an idiot (he doesn't allow her to see his fear, his distrust in himself, his utter worry about this whole situation). Rio simpers sincerely and pecks him on the cheek that bears his old scar.

"Don't worry; you'll be a wonderful, amazing, loving father."

And for some reason - maybe it's that voice of hers, it's like a drug - he believes her.

Y - - yours (for the moment)

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Their daughter is practically a celebrity within their own family, with her dark hair and bright eyes and tiny body that walks unsteadily on carpeted ground littered with stuff given to her by spoiled uncles.

Chris is the patient one, the one who holds Aimi-chan's hand so she can wander around the room; Michael is more like a cousin or such, he plays with her and brings her some of his pretty artifacts to keep; Ryouga is a little obsessive, melts at the sight of her, wants to be there for her first birthday and her first soda-pop and her first belly laugh.

It's when everyone gets together and Aimi-chan is being doted on that these said uncles turn to ask the parents a question only to find them curled up on the couch completely asleep on each others' shoulders, as if they're saying She's yours for the moment...at least while we take a breather.

~Finish~