Those We've Forgotten
Prt. 11
It had been a couple hours since Lizzie had graced them with her song and still 13 stayed right beside 10 no matter what the young male was doing. He had finished off the book quiet awhile ago and than had set to work on his writing before going to his daily exercises and still the small female was right there watching closely. What was it about him he wondered that she found so worth the time to observe?
Course he'd be a bit hypocritical if he said he didn't behave the same as he had glazed more than once at 13 as she explored much around her in the study that the pale one spent so much of his time in. Her attentions were so attentive and in a way 10 felt like she was copying him as it seemed when he passed a bit of furniture she would as well. And whenever he did something like yawn or stretch she would do it; when he sighed she sighed and when 10 tapped his claws impatiently there was 13 mimicking the action.
Normally the male would find this irritating and just plain obnoxious but for whatever reason, everytime 13 smiled after acting just like 10 he found it hard to tell her to quit and just went on ignoring it.
"Alright I'm leaving now!" Lizzie called out when she at last was ready to head off for her own work and well 11 and 12 simple called out a 'okay bye,' to her being as they were both to amused spinning along on top of a record on the phonograph, 10 actually went out on his study which 13 of course followed closely like she needed to keep a visual over him and the male went right up to the human before she left and waved happily at her.
"Goodbye Lizzie," he said with a smile, 13 joining his side shortly and holding onto his arm securely, "See you later okay?"
"Alright 10," the human female laughed and tossed a stray red tassel of her red hair back over her shoulder, "I'll see you all later. Now be good and take care of 13 okay?" 10 nodded eagerly and looked down to the short female with a smile which she eagerly returned and than nuzzled into his arm with a soft purr, making Lizzie laugh softly.
"Do I get a goodbye from you to 13 dear?" she asked in a teasing way but 13 seemed to catch on quickly and looked away from 10 only for a moment to look up at her soul provider and maker with a small smile.
"Goodbye Lizzie," she replied, "Please take care of yourself." Lizzie was pleased that she had already grasped the concept of greeting and farewells and kneeled down to softly rubbed her hands over both of the stitchpunks warmth.
"Thanks you guys, I've be safe and be back before you know it," she said and than rose up again before opening the door and leaving out of it just as Marcus had done earlier in the day, but she blew a soft kiss to the small ones before departing and shutting the door behind her.
"Where do they go?" 13 suddenly asked out of nowhere when 10 started to head back into his room of choice. When he gave her a confused expression and rose a brow in all the tale tells of not understanding what it was she was asking, the female huffed slightly.
"Where do the humans go during the day?" she asked yet again, "First that Marcus fellow and now Lizzie. Is there a place all humans go because they need to be out for awhile? Do we not need to go and just stay inside all the time?"
10 blinked oddly to all her questions and well the innocence was amusing at times right now it was just overload as he suddenly began to chuckle and the action made 13 jump back a bit in surprise. The male even made the effort to brace himself against the wall before looking back at her to answer.
"No 13 their not going anywhere that all humans do," he informed her, "It's just called work and most humans do it because they feel they need what is called a job. It's where you work all day and only come home later but it lets them earn money to pay for the things they need to survive and live comfortable. Marcus is a apprentice for some scientist and Lizzie is a singer and actress. Both work but always come home and make time for eachother and the family. That explain it?"
Thankfully 13 seemed to understand well and nodded quickly which made 10 nod himself that he had done a fine job of explain where it was their human caretakers had gone just now. But of course, the curious bundle of questions had another question.
"Do we have jobs?" she asked curiously and this time 10 paused a bit as he thought it over. They had purposes certainly, but did that really qualify as a job? Simply deciding that the longer he waited the more bored or frustrated 13 may become (though he really had yet to see she like this) he sighed and pushed off the wall.
"Well, we have things called purposes," he told her carefully, not wanting her to get any funny ideas about wanting to figure out what role it was she played in their little family, "It's like-the main goal you serve in a group like me and my brothers. Not completely a job but it's pretty darn close. We're suppose to do something that makes us stronger as a whole."
"Oh~!" 13 said in a long trail with big eyes of amazement that were undeniably cute for the male to see and he had to stop himself from laughing at the image she was no giving off, "So we have purposes? A purpose is like our job and makes us stronger?"
"You got it," he replied with a jab in her direction and a stratified smirk, than he just went back to a casual pose, "Don't worry so much about figuring what your purpose is okay? We all find it out in time; least in this house anyways. 11 knows his but me and 12 are still figuring it all out so you're not alone. Just means you get to try a bunch of stuff in the meantime."
13 seemed satisfied and even a bit excited over the fact that she was going to have to figure out her place in this world alongside 10. She just hoped as they went back into the study that he didn't figure himself out before her and than decide that he didn't wish to be beside a nobody anymore. For now though both ragdolls were innocent to that much into the future and just returned into the study. Bu this time around, the teal eyed one wanted to do something else.
"Can we go something happy?" she innocently asked and again when 10 gave her the unknowing look she this time smiled and shook her head before making it more obvious, "I wanna do something that makes me fill happy inside again. Like when we were outside and you chased me until we fall down. That even made me happy." Now 10 understood and he blinked a bit in surprise before he actually started to smile a bit in amusement.
"Really?" he asked with a good laugh, "You want to play something? For real?" When 13 began to nodded eagerly and even started to jump slightly on her foots 10 couldn't help but laugh some more at her behavior. Where did this endless bundle of energy she seemed to carry come from?
"Oh alright, alright," he chuckled one finally time and placed his hands on the smaller's shoulders to settle her down a bit, "We can play. Just calm down for a moment before you bounce yourself clean through the ceiling."
"You can do that?" she asked in a small freight and looked up to the roof in a nervous display that made 10 laugh all over again but he stifled it as he had some work cut out for him. "No you can't really do that," he assured her and she settled at once knowing they were going to have more fun in playing and it was going to make her feel happy again.
"Okay, you wanna play that tug game again?" he asked and when 13 immediately nodded with begging eyes shinnying in longing he just rolled his own playfully before backing up a bit, "Okay than. You start running than and I'll come get you at the count of ten okay?"
13 nodded and no sooner had he said that she was off and running to begin a game that she found quite enjoyable and pleasant. The male just shook his head to her behavior but knew it was only her newborn innocence that she was likely to get out of one day, so he decided to enjoy it well he could and began to count hoping it would fuel her drive to run.
"One, two, three, four, five, six," but as he counted 10 felt something stirring inside of him that he had never really felt before in his memory. It was a primal and baser instinct, one to hunt and capture.
"Seven, eight…"
Just he was getting very excited at the mere idea of 'hunting' the smaller female down and harmlessly going after her but he didn't understand where all this drive in himself was coming from. Sure he had played a bit with the brothers before but never had it turned him into something this animalistic before. He didn't want to hunt and hurt 13, only to capture and hold.
"Nine…ten!"
And with that he was off quickly and in no time at all had picked up 13's scent coming from the living room. He run in and began to look for the female no doubt hiding from him and he looked around and under things with a playful growling that was very familiar to a dog wanting their owner to pay attention to them and just play. But 10's instincts were on a high and the only cure to come down was finding and getting 13.
"Where are you?" he asked playfully and he looked behind the chair with a laugh even though she wasn't there, "I thought you wanted to play tag. Not hide and go seek." Suddenly he saw movement out of the corner of his eyes as 13 scurried out from her place under the foot rest and tried to quickly run down the hall and out of sight, but 10 had seen her and was right behind her.
"For a newborn your doing awful good on your feet in the first few attempts of running," he called out and smiled to 13's excited squealing as she rounded a corner which 10 had a bit more difficultly with as he skidded on the wooden floors. The duo continued to run amuck for sometime and even 12 and 11 started to wonder what all the squealing was about as they peeked out just in time to see 13 slide on a bit of fabric on the floor before getting herself up quickly and 10 following right after with bad fit of giggles.
Both brothers blinked oddly at what they had just witnessed and 11 even had his mouth openly slightly in disbelieve that their no nonsense was openly chasing after a young female like a love struck schoolboy and giggling on top of everything else!
"Um, did that scare you too?" the shorter of the males asked and when 12 nodded 11 just shook his head like it would clear out the madness. But than he got a wicked grin, a simple awful grin that showed he was up to no good.
"What are you thinking?" 12 asked quickly, knowing that look all to well and not wanting to have to break out another fight today. But 11 just waved him off. "Oh nothing, nothing. Just wondering if 10 has any idea how easily I'm going to be able to jump him like that."
"Oh for the love of-" 12 started and slapped himself on the forehead in disbelieve, "You know what? Never mind, if you wanna get yourself a beating than go but don't come crying to me when it all blows up in your face."
"Oh come on 12. Have a little faith," the smaller replied and quickly left into the hall to follow after 13 and 10 who were still in the depths of their chasing game. "It's only a danger if you get catch." Than we left with 12 shaking his head and just knowing this wasn't going to end well.
13 in the meantime had run herself all up and down the lower level of the house and by now was making her way outside once again to the garden in hopes of hiding herself among the faunas, flora and tall bounds of long grass that wisped around like wild horse manes in the gentle blowing wind.
She jumped off the stairs in a small stumble and hurried along to a small patch of daisy's that she wasted no time in hiding under as her breathe came out in heavy pants. She may be fast than the taller male but it seemed that 10's stamina was higher and he could run far longer than she could even with his disadvantageous. Suddenly though, she got a chill as a growl was heard.
It was aggressive or violent in nature, just hunger and ready to strike. 13 knew all to well what it meant and she stumbled trying to get herself up from the ground.
"Maybe if I can just make it to the sta-Waha!"
She was tackled right down into the lush greenery in a surprisingly soft way and when the female turned around it was of course 10 right on top of her and smiling almost so smugly that she wanted to find a way to slap it off of him but didn't because, he had played fairly and hadn't done wrong. Yet…
"Okay, you win," she yielded and didn't understand when 10 didn't just get of her. Instead he leaned in closer and growled positively and it honestly made 13 squirm a bit as she didn't understand what he wanted. "10? Come on now get off me. You got me now let me up."
"Not just yet," he suddenly purred and before 13 had time to react, the taller white fabric one had lowered himself down a bit and pressed his face right against the nip of 13's neck, making the female freeze and twitch just a bit with each breathe against her fabric.
When right out of no where, 10 began to nipped against the female's neck gently. She screamed out once not in pain but in disgust at the suddenly new and odd sensation the action ran through her body. Mainly she just want it to stop and now!
"No, no don't do that!" she screamed but again in pain, more like desperate pleading now similar to when siblings gross each other out, "10 stop it! That feels soooo weird!" But instead of complying with her pleaing the red eyed one actually decided that he wanted more of a react and again out of nowhere began to softly lick against 13's neck
Now there was a defiant reaction as where the nipping had just been weird, the licking actually did gross her out and make 13 kick and thrash out wildly trying to get away but 10 had her held down fast and was just chuckling to himself at the handy work.
"Ewww! 10 stop that! It' s gross!" 13 kept trying over and over but for whatever reasoning 10 was finding this all enjoyable and didn't stop but instead continued to nip and lick her just for the sake of bothering her.
"Stooop it~" she whined and started to get mad a little bit that 10 wasn't listening and instead was continuing to gross her out by whatever this action was, "Stop it already! Pleeease 10~ I don't like this~!"
Just before 10 could comply though just after sitting himself upright again, 11 suddenly appeared in front of them wielding a small spray bottle that was purple in color. He smiled deviously and 10's pupils shrank down to triangle pinpricks at knowing what the other had planned.
"Don't you dare-!" he started but of course 11 being the trouble maker that he was, didn't listen and just pressed down on the sprayer so that 10 got hit right in the face; along with his overly sensitive scent sensor.
"Ah it burns!" the older of the three screamed overdramatically and fall right off 13 who quickly scooted back but watched in confusion as 10 continued to scream bloody murder. "Sweet stitchpunk heaven it burns! 11! I'm soooo going to get you for this!"
11 on the other hand just waved it off and smiled as he was quite satisfied with himself, "Oh you big baby, it's only perfume. I hate it worse than you do and I don't make as much of a fuse as your doing right now. And besides," he now stood in a very brave pose and helped 13 back up to her feet, "Where there is a maiden in need of safe I'll be there! Fear not my dear; I've gotten this beast under control."
He said this all in a very old fashion gusto similar to old English knights and well 11 believed every word of it, 13 was less than convinced as she had seen earlier just how quickly 10 could put the smaller male in his place. Course that didn't mean she wasn't going to smile and chuckle over the whole thing.
"You know your really going to get it once his back to normal?" she asked and pointed to 10 who was rubbing dirt in his face in a attempt to drown out the overly flora scent that has him gagging. "11, thanks for saving me but; you're going to get into trouble again."
11 gasped as if offended and let go of the small bottle to place his hands to his chest in a hurt fashion though 13's eyes still looked less than impressed at his acting, "Me? Get into trouble? Why 13 I'm simple wounded I am. Am here I went into such trouble to annoy-I mean save you from this brother of mine."
"11…" she started but was silenced as he held his hand up in a 'no, no' manner. "No I get it," he argued and looked like he wanted to pout, "Try to help and this is where it gets you." Suddenly his attitude changed as he dropped the act and just smirked knowingly.
"Besides…" he said with a manly arrogant gusto that made 13 roll her eyes, "Your only every in trouble my friend if you get caught." 11 winked at her after than but than it was right hand that 10 finally got back to his sense and picked his annoying brother up by one of his ankles and now the smaller was dangling in the angry brother's grasp and worse yet, was so mad that his eyes shrank down and he tried to curl in on himself.
"I'm in trouble."
"You're darn right you are!" 10 screamed and quickly picked up the forgotten bottle on the ground that as soon as 11 saw he began screaming and trying to run away even though he was being held fast by his much older and much stronger brother.
"No not that!" he begged, "Anything but that! It's icky and smelly and so girly! I don't wanna smell like a Posey!" Course that only fueled 10's desire to do just that.
"Well neither did I but you didn't given me much choice in the matter now did you?!"
"That's different," 11 cried overly dramatic. "Oh yeah?" his brother asked, "How so?"
"Because you already act so much like a female," 11 said without thinking and yup, he got it right in the face. And at close range not less. "Ahhh! Oh-ho-ho no I'm blind! And my masculinity is being drained…of…it's…powers!"
10 just rolled his eyes, which had trace amounts of dirt on them thanks to 11's actions and he roughly dropped the other of his head when just simply letting go of the annoying one. Of course 11 just had to add to it well his brother rolled his eyes far back into his head and 13 just watched with one eye twitching in confusion and a mouthing hanging open well her brows flexed in confusion.
"Don't make me so mad that I have to pin you down and spit of you," 10 grumbled and only now did 11 stop in the theatrics to look at his brother with a disgusted expression.
"You really are a sick individual…"
"And you annoying!"