[normal POV]
The fish and chip place was a small family owned restaurant. The service was a little slow but there was never really many people on a week day at noon going down to the beach. The chips on their own we're amazing here. They had that freshness that you normally don't get from fast food restaurant. The owner often have school kids a discount and a bag that would be the equivalent of two large order on a place like Mc Donalds was at $2. As for the fish, it was freshly caught that day from the beach not 500 m from the place.
Emil grinned at the options on the menu above the cashier. He loved fresh fish much like his brother. They often fought over the last bits of mackerel when they had the chance to have some. He also knew was Lukas was going to order. He walked to the register to find it was empty. He looked around and then saw the bell with a small note under it saying 'press for service'. Emil frowned a little suspicious off the small shiny bell but pressed it any ways.
The ringing of the bell died down and then when Emil was about ring again a small kid around 10 years old with a sailor uniform pop up from under the register with a grin. Emil jumped a little feeling his heart runaway and a shriek leaving him and embarrassing himself. Lukas walked in just to see that happen and snorted.
"Hi! What would you like to order?" The kid asked bouncing a little with excited to see people. He had a name tag that said 'Captain Peter'. Emil looked warily at the kid.
"Uhh.. Two Mackerels with one large chips and one $2 chips... With calamari rings.. 12 rings." Emil said looking at the menu. Lukas sat at a table listening to the order and raised an eyebrow at the 12 calamari rings. It was odd out of the order. Emil only orders that when Leon joins them sometimes on the trip to the beach on summer days.
"Will that be all?" The boy chirped with happiness writing the order. Emil nodded, taking out his wallet to pay.
"Okie dokie! That's.. Uhhh.. Where is the calculator?" Peter mumbled as he searched around the register. Emil pointed at the side of the register and Peter giggled and took it muttering something along the lines of "silly me." He quickly pressed the buttons and did a little bee line around the kitchen setting things to cook and stuff before running back. "Oh! Sorry, that was $23! The calamari are at 50¢ each and the mackerel at $7 each."
Emil handed him the money and then added $5 to the tip jar. Peter beamed with more happiness if that was even possible and put the money in the register. "Thank you so much! Your food will be ready soon!"
Emil joined Lukas at the table. Lukas had a small smirk on his face. Emil pouted knowing his brother was probably going go on saying how cute that was of him and he didn't want that happening in public. He was already red in the face from being startled by a kid, he didn't need more embarrassing moments today.
"So who's coming?" Lukas asked staring at his brother with amusement. Emil looked at him and then at his phone that was beeping.
"Uhh.. Someone.." Emil answered not looking at Lukas. The oldest raised both eyebrows now and then narrowed his eyes at his brother.
"Emil... You better tell me now who." Emil shifted in his seat a little, trying to hold back a laugh. Lukas was now suspicious but also knew his brother wouldn't tell him until the mystery guest arrived.
"Your order is ready!" Peter chirped walking to them with their order on a tray. The food was steaming a little as it was freshly cooked. Emil quickly cleared the table. He was a waiter at a restaurant so he knew what it was like to have a tray full of hot food. Peter grinned and put the tray down on the table and skipped off to the back again.
Emil began to eat ignoring the stare his brother was giving him. It was always more fun watching the reaction he was going to have when Mathias got here. Luckily, he didn't have to wait long before the door opened and the little bell at the top door rang to alert everyone that someone had come in. Lukas and Emil looked towards the door and there stood a worried nerd with big blue eyes being framed by his glasses, his bag and a dishevelled getup and hair. Lukas' eyes widen a little from surprise. Emil grinned until he saw his best friend walking in behind Mathias with a smirk on his face as he spotted Emil.
"There you are! Thank god I brought Leon. I got a little lost." Mathias sighed in relief as he got closer.
"What are you doing here?" Emil butted in before his brother could talk. Of course his question was directed at Leon, who grinned and sat beside Emil.
"I'm being a life saver and being the map for the dork over there who was freaking out. Why upset to see me?" He gestured to Mathias who puffed is cheeks a little and went red. Lukas snorted. Emil blushed a little at the question.
"No.. i just didn't expect you to come.." Emil muttered with his cheeks still transitioning to a nice ripe apple red colour. Lukas raised an eyebrow at the two but decided that asking questions now was probably a bad idea since he wouldn't get any answers.
"Sounds just like him. I'm more surprised to see you ditching class than being here to be frank." The punk decided to take the coy approach to the surprise and happiness to see that the nerd was here. Mathias took that a signal to sit next to him.
"I can ditch class! Why is it a surprise that I ditched class? That's the third time I have been told that it's surprising to see me ditch clas-MMm!" Mathias replied but was interrupted by Lukas shoving a chip in his mouth to make him shut up. Emil and Leon laughed as a response to the pair.
"The chips are amazing! You don't have to- MHmm!" Mathias began to talk again but got more chips shoved into his face.
"Any ways, thanks Leon for making sure you got to the right place. What are you both doing here though?" Lukas asked feeding Mathias with more chips. Mathias tried to out chew the speed that Lukas was feeding him at without think about it too much or he would go red in the face.
"They are helping us out." Emil answered. Leon nodded in agreement. Lukas looked at Leon for a little and then at Mathias that had just finished chewing. Both boys were there to help them. They had come out of class, risking getting in trouble to help them. Guilt began to invade Lukas, as he somehow found it was his fault they were in this mess. He felt like a burden now. First needing his brother to pull him out of the house and now having to find the heart to rely on these two. He felt weak and guilty.
"I'm not taking no as an answer. You guys are coming with me or Leon but we aren't leaving you alone." Lukas glanced at Mathias who seemed to have read his mind and then looked at his brother and Leon. Leon smiled a little
"Yao, said it wouldn't be a problem but whatever you feel comfortable with. You know, since I do have more siblings in the house and stuff." He offered.
"No I can't do that. Yao already works pretty hard to keep you guys together." Lukas replied rather seriously. Leon nodded and smiled a little more.
"Then it's my house!" Mathias announced almost jumping out of his seat. Lukas turned around and frowned in disagreement. "My parents are okay with it since they aren't at home for most of the year any ways. I don't have any siblings and my house is pretty big. You can't say no." The nerd grinned triumphant.
"Of course I can say no, you bookworm." Lukas replied in a feint insulted voice.
"You can but you have no reason to." Mathias replied quickly. Emil giggled at the scene in front of him. Leon too was amused.
"Shut up and eat will you." Lukas shoved the rest of his food I front of Mathias. The victor relished in his triumph.
They had spent the entire day out by the beach, it was late November so it was freezing there. But the smell of the salty sea waters gave the four boys a sense of freedom. It was only 3 pm and the sun was already setting. The day had gone just as it had come and now there was more hope for Lukas and Emil. They bid goodbye to Leon after they drove him home. Yao was at the door waiting. Leon promised to tell him all about it once they got inside.
It was now Emil, Lukas and Mathias at the entrance of the Kølher house. Mathias hadn't been joking when he said his house was big. The brothers had their mouths gapped a little. It was a double story house with a fountain at the front and possibly a garage that could fit two cars.
"you weren't kidding about the space huh?" Lukas spoke a little too shocked. Mathias shrugged it off.
"both my parents own busy businesses overseas. It's kinda expected I would think." Mathias shrugged as he opened the double doors for them. He turned to face them with a grin from ear to ear. "Welcome home, guys"
The inside was more luxurious than the outside. The outside was like a humble simple but the inside was extravagant and held the very essence of the word 'luxury'. The rooms were like the ones the boys had only seen in crafts magazines. The furniture all matched, the frames from the windows matched the frames of the door, the curtains even had a thin veil to block direct sunlight. The scent that engulfed them was of pine trees like a forest with a hint of vanilla drifting in now and again. It was warm and felt like the right place to calm down after a stressful day.
"Let me show you to your rooms." Mathias grinned a little amused by their dazed expressions. He lead them upstairs where the moods changed. The doors were different colours and design but the frames for the doors were all the same. There was a carpet on the hallway and there was a small table with a vase and a painting above it. There were also pictures hung on the walls. Mathias walked to two doors one navy blue and another a soft beige then turned to them and grinned again.
"You can pick and swap if you want mines the red one and the orange one is my parent's"
Mathias watched the brothers exchange looks and timidly reach for the doors, Lukas the blue one and Emil the beige. Both rooms were clean but the colours themes were different. Emil smiled and turned to Mathias, checking that his brother was in his new room. "You know you should talk to him. He was talking before; you might be able to get him to talk to you some more." Mathias' cheeks turned a soft pink as he tensed up a little with nerves but nodded. Emil grinned and left them to it.
"You like it?" Mathias asked the punk getting used to his new room. The walls were a soft blue and the furniture white.
"Reminds me of a place I know." He replied still not turning to look at Mathias. Mathias began to walk closer to catch a glimpse of the expression on Lukas' face.
"Is that a good thing?" Mathias asked quietly but so curious.
"Depends how you look at it." Lukas said finally turning to Mathias. His expression was calm even had a slight smirk growing. The smirk, of course, left as their eyes met and instead it was replaced with its usual shield that didn't let Mathias see what's really going on. Lukas looked away to the window now. "You don't have to take us in you know. I mean, we are thankful. You wouldn't believe how thankful, but I also don't want to be here because you feel compelled to help." His eyes must have hit the light because the colour in them was more vivid somehow.
"What makes you think I feel that way?" Mathias asked stepping a little closer. Lukas turned to look at him straight in the eyes. It was a breathtaking site, the vivid colours showing in more detail, Mathias could see the fairest hints of purple in those irises.
"It's a habit of yours. You tend to help other before thinking about what that means." Lukas replied blinking a little and then stepping back a step, realising they were rather close. Mathias smiled looked away a little. Was it really a habit? He hadn't noticed. He knew he was helpful but that it was a habit, he didn't know until now. Lukas was looking at the floor.
"I mean, if you thought about it, that means you are willing to spend more than school hours with me and Emil in that case." Mathias blushed a little at the idea, not that Lukas was looking at him. He had probably thought about this fact the most of all. Seriously, to be able to live with your crush. It was an intriguing situation. Lukas, of course, was now considered a friend though. Which meant he was crushing on his new 'friend'. At least, they weren't strangers or Lukas wasn't aware of his existence at all.
"Emil, I understand, he is enjoyable to be around and will probably get you hooked on a tv show. You can talk to him about anything and he is willing to listen and have a conversation about it. But me?" Mathias frowned a little now, suddenly realising what Lukas was suggesting. There was s silence as Lukas kept his head down. "I'm not the best at much at all."
"Lukas, you don't actually think that I don't want you here right? I mean I was making excuses just to see you after school the moment we first got to talk to each other. And so what if you think you aren't good at stuff. Hell, do you have a clue the piles of things you're actually good at?" Lukas looked up now a little surprised by the little outburst. Mathias looked away a little and then back at him with a gentle smile. Of course, the punk quickly covered his surprised with a side smirk and looked away. Mathias went red on the face. "Well, you know like… you're wanted here and you're amazing… and stuff anywaysgoottago."
Mathias turned around and walked to the door when a thin but strong arm held him back. Everything stopped for second and seemed to slow down. Lukas leaned closer and kissed his cheek. It wasn't hard or rushed. But it was like the softest feathers had touched his face and ignited a wild fire of excitement everywhere. Mathias could only stare back at the punk in front of him opening and shutting his mouth in attempt to ask about the kiss. Lukas smiled this time and began to leave.
"Whatever you say nerd."
Million apologies, guys! I have been so busy with things but i have a new laptop and have chapters almost done! just working on details since if you guys haven't noticed the chapters are getting progressively longer! but i have lost this chapter twice and then had chrome crash on me whilst i was editing adding this section and adding in minor parts.
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I'll be starting uni in 3 weeks which gives me time to write around 4 to 7 more chapters and edit out big mistakes or story errors to half of those 4 to 7 and post them
AAAAAA so much to do! but any ways! as per usual thank you for everyone following and joining in and read and writing reviews. You wouldn't believe how much I have missed posting.. it's been a tough last 3 month for me but now enough about me and more about you guys!
Review Time!
Kirin Vlider: aaaaaa! dont feel bad! your reviews are amazing and always make us log on just to continue reading because of how well you pick up on detail!
as for the contact lenses scene.. ;) expect it to be seen again but in Lukas' POV. I'm working on it but I'm adding it in hopefully soon.
also I'm glad that the last chapter was of your liking. they do deserve so much more than what they have there. also I like it that you picked up on the brotherly thing! I hope this chapter was okay though because the dynamics have changed a little now that they are more relaxed. Lukas will still be protective and caring and always put Emil first but now they have tie for typical and normal brotherly bickering and maybe even time to bring out memories and probably Lukas can talk to Emil about both Leon and Mathias.
Since Norway is a silent character I want to focus on that and maybe point out that it might be because he just doesn't know how to talk about his problems. in most cases with abuse at home, kids tend to shut those problems in. Especially since they are being blamed for stuff they didn't do and such which is basically Lukas. So, I will be working on that. Of course, Emil will be showing some of that too but it wont be as much considering his main problem in Kevin. but yea! detail!
the cross idea I love, but I have something planned for that. it will be heartbreaking probably but! I have been writing and I have thought about making other high school AUs. of course they will be different but ill consider them for then!
also , i will take you up on that offer!
Guest2: Hello lovely guest! you sound very awesome! you can be addressed as awesome1 if youd like! I'm glad you enjoyed the previous chapter! and im sorry it took so long to update but I'm back now! hope this gets to you!
CopperTeaLeaves: I totally agree that the dad should totes be punching himself but he will be back later on for more heartbreak :') also youre very welcome about the bad guys thing! i equally hate it, tho some stories are pretty good with it like that, unfortunately ;n; i hop this was happy though. i tried to make it as happy as the situation they are in allows. next it will be the dance and then the christmas and then i might head into a bit of angst.. maybe ;u;
briana. schmidt1: im glad it was a good read! and sorry for those mistakes, i tend to edit at like 2 am so its very questionable sometimes. also Russia to me is like a big fluffy bear cub. you wanna hug him because he is adorable but he is also a bear and that would be a bad idea. still simply cute!
selene-la-lune: Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy this one as much as the rest!
norgesass: when i first read you username i didnt know if it was norge sass or norge's ass but i was very amused but thank you so much! i'm only gonna make thi ridiculously sweet for the next 3 or so chapters! :3ccc
thelordofabsoulutelynothing: aaaaa! thank you for commenting on the development. i think about the storyline a lot and how im going to build on it and its simply wonderful to hear someone compliment on that! also my apologies for being away for so long! and thank you so much for commenting a couple of days ago. it really kicked my butt into editting everything and getting it out for you guys to read!thank you so much for the compliments!