CHAPTER 2:

Reno was peacefully sleeping when something caught his nose. 'What kind of smell is that? Disgusting' he thought. He got up on his bed and looked around with one eye opened. His roommates were still sleeping. 'Can't they smell what I can smell right now?' he scratched his head and got up on bed.

His head popped out on the living room, "Professor?"

Professor Barret looked at him, "Oh, Reno! It's still early... Go back to sleep," he looked back to his work.

"But, professor…" he came closer, "I was distracted by the bad smell and I can't sleep again." He continued while rubbing his right eye.

"That?" he chuckled. "I'm sorry for that bad smell, Reno. I am experimenting something…" he smiled.

"Experimenting? What is it?" he looked at his work.

Professor Barret grinned, "You'll know this later. Now, go to sleep again," he pushed Reno lightly out of the living room.

"Okay… I'll try to sleep again. Good luck with that experiment, professor." Reno went upstairs while the only girl in the house, as well as Professor Barret's daughter, Marlene, went down. They've met each other at the middle of the staircase.

"Good morning," Marlene greeted, "You woke up early today. Why is that?" she smiled and tilted her head.

"Well, yeah…" he chuckled, "I was woken up by that awful smell," he sniffed and made a weird face, "Can you smell that?"

She inhaled and coughed, "I think you're right. It's awful," she covered her nose. "See?" he coughed, as well, "I'll go back to sleep, okay? If… I can." He sighed. Marlene nodded, "I'll cook something for our breakfast now," she went downstairs and Reno did the opposite.

At the dining table, all of the boys were eating with Marlene. "Reno, you look tired. Did you sleep late?" Denzel looked at him with a worried face. "I slept early. It's just that I woke up early," Reno answered without even looking at him.

"Why is that?"

"I smelled something awful. I mean, really awful. Because of that, I can't sleep anymore."

"I smelled it, too. But, I just ignored it," Vincent said.

"Good thing you can ignore it," he leaned on his chair. "Why is there an awful smell, anyway?" Denzel asked again. "Ask the professor…" Reno said.

Denzel looked around and to Marlene, "Where's professor, by the way?"

"He's upstairs. He said he'll eat later after he finishes his experiment," she answered and took a small bite on the meat.

"Whoa. Another experiment?" Rufus was surprised, "I hope professor won't fail this time."

"What kind of experiment?" asked Cloud.

Marlene shook his head, "He won't tell."

Denzel's eyebrows curled up, "I wonder what it is…"

After taking their lunch, Marlene was washing the dishes. "Let me help you with that," Denzel immediately took the sponge in her hand. "No, it's alright," she tried to get it on his hand, but Denzel raised it higher so she won't get it, "I'll help you…" he put an angelic smile on his face. Marlene turned red, "Do whatever you want." She secretly smiled. He chuckled and helped her.

Vincent was looking at them at the living room with his mouth was slightly open, "I envy them… When will I meet my girl?" he pouted.

Rufus chuckled, "You're too young to think of that thing, Vince. You'll meet her someday. Let's wait for our right girls, okay?" he ruffled his hair. Vincent looked at him, "Too young? I'm old now…" he pouted. Rufus just laughed.

"Yes, you're old now. But you act like a kindergarten," Rolled his eyes. Vincent just looked at him while pouting.

Finally, Professor Barret went downstairs. Everybody looked at him. "Hi, professor," Vincent waved. The professor waved back, "Do you want to go somewhere?" he asked.

Reno and Vincent nodded many times. "Yes, professor. We want to. I want to!" Vincent said excitedly.

"Okay, okay… Fix yourselves now. I'll be back in…" he looked at his watch, "10 minutes."

"Why do you ask so suddenly, professor?" Cloud looked at him. "I just want my boys and daughter to have fun. All of you are stuck in this house. So, okay. Fix yourselves now," the professor went upstairs again. All of them headed to their room.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: thanks for reading my story... 3 by the way, I think I must make Marlene and Denzel a bit older in this story... maybe... a year or two younger than Cloud.. I hope you'll understand. And also, I made Vincent's character much lively here... (I wanna see him that way personally that's why I made it like this...)... Again please review and Thank you for reading and I apologize for my mistakes... xD