Okay~ in with the next chapter! Why am I updating this one instead of my other ones? BECAUSE, I keep my chapters short in this story. Hahaha.. I don't know, author problems, yeah. Anyways, enjoy!

WARNING: I only made up their age difference :) Let's say Rido and Haruka have an age difference of 7 years. Is that cool? Okay.

He didn't know why it was a little irritating -not just a little, but a lot actually- to hear his parents coo over his little brother. Yes, brother. Rido was shocked about what his father had said and when the words finally sunk in, he didn't know how this will go on or how he will handle it.

Rido was already 8 years old and his little brother was still nearing his 1st birthday. Truly he didn't have anything against his younger sibling but then he felt a little dejected not getting as much attention from his parents compared to when he was still the only child. But then again, Rido knew better than that. As the eldest sibling of the Kuran lineage, he must take care of his brother, not get into any unnecessary fights with him, and also he must act far more mature now despite being just nearly a decade old.

BUT, he still can't erase that little jealousy of his for his little brother.

"Ri-chan." Kina called out to her eldest son, gesturing for him to come to her. She was seated on the sofa of the huge living room which was elegantly designed fit for royalty -which they in fact are- with Haruka in her arms. The nearly 1 year old baby was in his one piece (not the anime) pajamas looking around like he was searching for something or someone. His hands would flail upwards, left, right, basically anywhere at times and the Lady of Kuran couldn't help but constantly giggle at her child's antics.

Kaa-san is doing it again. Rido thought, rather irritated yet again but on the outside he didn't show it. More like, he couldn't show it. He was the eldest child. He must be more mature. He must be reasonable and so on and so forth does his self lecture on how he should behave being the first child and older sibling goes on. By the time that the 8 year old had gotten to his mother's side, his thoughts stopped as he watched his mother place Haruka into his arms like how she had the first time he had seen the baby boy. "W-what - again?" Rido nearly whined.

"Ri-chan, have some time with your brother for once." Kina pouted as she got up. "I'm going to assist the chef with lunch preparations so that when your father arrives we'll all have a happy meal together." She stated, patting imaginary dust off of her lap before crouching and ruffling Rido's already naturally messy hair.

Honestly, the things he'd do to make his parents happy - how could he disobey.

Almost accusingly, his gaze had darted towards the bundle in his arms. Haru was just staring at him. The younger boy which was sitting up as Rido held him had his red wine orbs locked with the elder's.

"What are you looking at?" Unknowingly flushed, Rido did his best to glare at the boy but in the end all he could do was return the gaze of Haru's with his own. Silence had crept in between the two of them but surprisingly it held no awkwardness or anything unsettling for the two.

In response to his legs on the verge of buckling due to the added wait on his upper torso, Rido decided to walk over to the sofa where his mother had once sat and place his younger brother there, sitting beside him afterwards. Haruka was still staring at Rido and the said older male had grown all the more flustered. His brother's gaze was unsettling, Rido silently told himself.

"Look, if you have something to say then just say it." Rido's eyebrows knitted together as he said this. But then a thought occurred to him. Oh wait.. he hasn't even learned how to talk yet so why the heck should I force him to-

"-do." The elder's thoughts were interrupted when he heard a small voice come from across him where Haruka had sat. He shifted his gaze, eyes slightly wide and interest piqued.

"What did you say?"

Haruka just kept staring at him until he lifted his arms and reached out to his older brother.

"Ri..do.." He said again, giggling as he finished.

It would be a lie if he denied that his cheeks were red right now. Heck, Rido's beet red up to his ears!

"What the-"

"Rido." Haruka giggled again, this time crawling towards Rido and tugging at his sleeve.

"Uwaaah!" Rido unintentionally flailed too much and he accidentally hit his younger brother's head with his hand in the process.

Somewhat still unaware of his surroundings because of his own commotion, he didn't notice until a few seconds later that there were small sobs and hiccups coming from in front of him. Haruka was crying.

In all honesty, Rido's first reaction to seeing that wasn't panicking. He gawked at the sight and the reason why was that the thought going around, meeting all the corners in his head, was one word : cute.

"Ara, ara what's happened here?" Kina rushed into the room while wiping her hands on her apron. One could tell that she had jogged half the way from the kitchen since she was panting slightly when she finally came to a stop.

"K-kaa-san!" The mother's worried eyes went and met Rido's before they settled on the crying child's form.

"My, my, Haru-chan.. sshh." Kina gently hushed the crying child by carrying him and caressing his soft brown locks. The tears had stopped soon enough but the hiccups were still there. "Ri-chan, what did you do?" Her voice wasn't mad since she wasn't that type of person but then she was still concerned as to what had happened. She hadn't expected this to happen since she knew her eldest son wasn't a troublemaker.

"I-" Rido started.

"What's going on here?" Another voice had entered the room and everyone turned their heads to see that Sei was home. Again, one could tell that he had somewhat ran to the living room because he was slightly breathing raggedly when he finally approached the three other members of the Kuran near the sofa of the living room. In truth he just got home and had asked around as to where his beloved wife could be and once he had been notified that she suddenly ran out of the kitchen and had gone to the living room, worst case scenarios had started to play in his head and he too had sprinted off in that same direction.

"Sei, welcome home." Kina greeter her mate with a kiss on the cheek. "You see, I asked Ri-chan to watch over Haru-chan while I helped the chef cook our lunch but then.." Her eyes went to Rido whose head hung a bit low and fists were clenched.

Sei was slightly confused again but when his eyes had seen Haruka's state right now, which was eyes slightly red and puffy, he went to his older son, knelt so they can be of eye level, and asked him in a gentle voice. "What did you do Rido?"

Rido gritted his teeth. "I accidentally hit him on the head." He admitted straightforwardly. There's no use in lying if he knew the truth.

Knowing his son, he believed him. "But what could have happened that made you accidentally hit his head?" Sei thought out loud, standing up and looking back and forth towards both his sons.

"Well-" Rido started again, ready for his explanation but then something had interrupted it once more.

"Rido."

A silence cut into the room for a few seconds before Kina looked at Haruka.

"Haru-chan, did you just say Ri-chan's name?" Her eyes were wide.

"Rido." Haruka simply replied back. He was back to smiling and giggling, almost like the incident a few minutes back hadn't happened.

"Yay~ Haru-chan's first word~!" Kina couldn't help but squeeze her youngest son in a nearly bone crushing hug when she finally realized it. Haruka had said his first word.

"That's my boy, Haruka." Sei smiled, ruffling his son's hair.

"I'm jealous though." Kina huffed, her cheeks puffy in a child like manner.

Rido couldn't say anything at the moment so his facial expression did the work for him. His eyes were slightly widened and one of his brows was elevated.

"I wanted Haru-chan's first word to be mama! D'aww Ri-chan you lucky pure blood!"

Truthfully he sometimes wondered if this person really was his biological mother. He cherished her and loved her a lot, don't get the wrong idea, but sometimes he wonders who is older. She has the mind of a 5 year old when she gets hyper. He still loves his mother though. No doubt about it.

Rido was brought out of his thoughts when he heard an 'ahem' from above him. His father was standing beside him watching the scene take place in front of him.

"I know why this all happened now."

That is the end of this chapter! I really had a little trouble writing this since words came and go and then left me in a kerfuffle but like at least I am done! YES!

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- Mi-chan's Soundless Voice