Hello :P It is Wednesday and I am back with a new chapter. Continuing the story telling of Justin and Eli, we have a fun one! Like the title suggests, it takes place at a fun fair and you get to see the kind of relationship that Eli has with Justin's little brother and sister, Jorgie and Johnny. Though it does touch on the fact that the relationship is kept hidden mostly and because of Eli, most of it is done in a really light-hearted way this time around - bordering on comical. So I think it's safe for all! I hope you enjoy :3
Ages:
Justin: 22
Eli: 34
Jorgie: 3
Johnny: 2
Disclaimer: I own the story and the OCs mentioned!
The deep purple haired male tried to resist and he tried to occupy his mind calmly and sensibly. However, as the clock continued ticking on the wall of the central office at the fairground and it made that monotonous clunking noise which began to irritate him, he couldn't ignore it anymore! He couldn't ignore his racing thoughts and his rather agitated limbs any longer.
Biting his lip and glancing around the room just one more time, he exhaled and then promptly stood up when he very briefly made eye contact with the woman behind the desk. As I'm told, she seemed to quickly look away as if she didn't want to have that conversation all over again.
And so, with hands being held up in the air and the lavender haired toddler boy and the orange haired toddler girl watching with round orbs from their push chair, the eldest Morgan son came out with it.
"I'm sorry. I know the ten minutes aren't up. But are you sure there isn't anything that can be done?" Justin questioned and he exhaled all over again, running an impatient hand through his more modern, shorter locks.
The woman with dark brunette hair scraped back let out her own exhalation of breath and though she had being trying desperately hard not to make eye contact before that, she knew that she had to when the deep purple haired male actually addressed her.
Looking over at him in her glasses and holding a wad of paper in her hands, she swallowed and at first, she just watched as the eldest Morgan son planted both hands on the front of her desk. After she felt his unmoving and determined yet concerned filled orbs, she couldn't help but soften slightly. But she still didn't give him what he was hoping for.
She stopped looking at him over her glasses and took them off her face entirely, trying to express being reasonable.
"Justin…" she started and she did this because not long after the deep purple haired male had burst into her office followed by two small children and expressed his dilemma, his name had come up. The woman behind the desk looked as though it was a foreign concept to call a customer by first name but she did it anyway. Composedly, she continued. "From what you have told me, your friend is a fully grown adult and he is not a threat to himself or the public. He is not in distress. I ask you again, please be patient. And wait."
Because the deep purple haired male had begun to get his hopes up just a little bit when she had uttered his name, it was a great and down-crashing disappointment when he was just offered the same words and solutions as before.
He couldn't help but outwardly groan, that hand running through his hair, tangling in his locks rather than just delicately making their way through. Soon enough, he recognised the lady looking away again and he realised this made him come across as impatient (he was truthfully) and rude.
Justin decided to hold his hands up politely in the air to show that he meant no harm and after glancing to the right of him at Jorgie and Johnny in their push chair together to soften his demeanour, he tried again with the member of staff at the fun fair.
Surprisingly, she looked over at him all over again and didn't grow intolerant.
"I'm in distress!" the deep purple haired male couldn't help but exclaim dramatically and if the woman on duty had still been wearing her glasses, she would have certainly looked over them at him! Swallowing, Justin's cheeks turned a little pink. And tugging at his own shirt collar to compose himself, the eldest Morgan son tried again. But his second attempt was almost just as feeble – and dare I say it – pathetic. "You don't know what Eli is like. He never answers his phone!"
Taking a step towards the deep purple haired male, the brunette bun haired lady banged her wad of papers on the desk to even them out. Seeing as Justin's hand were resting on the desk all over again, his fingers almost got the brunt of her potentially oncoming impatience.
The eldest Morgan son very nearly hiccupped as he tugged them away and then when the woman working could sense both of the toddlers' eyes moving onto her, she showed her true colours of that she didn't mean any harm by her actions either.
Leaving the papers abandoned on the desk and while Justin's hands slid into his jeans pockets embarrassedly and helplessly, she ran a brief hand over the slicked back part of her hair. She tried once more, her own hands then rising to express reassurance.
"I will do everything that I can to locate your wandering friend. But I need you to work with me. Those children over there that you were sat with have been separated from their parents. I can't prompt any lost people announcements until all that is sorted!" the woman working hard spoke gently and fairly but then she nodded her own head towards the end of her sentences firmly. As I'm told this story, I'm sure that Justin must've looked a little disappointed albeit gratefully because she added, folding her arms loosely over her chest. "How would you feel if you got separated from the two little ones you are with?"
I really don't believe that I am imagining things all these years later because when I heard that small part of the story, I couldn't help but believe that Justin must've glanced to his right when these words floated into his ears. Instead of glancing behind him and to the bench where there were indeed two small children that had been separated from their parents, he looked at his little brother and little sister in their shared push chair.
Though they were both then probably staring back at him, the deep purple haired male most likely locked eyes onto the orange haired toddler girl. He likely very nearly thought to himself, he wouldn't mind ridding himself of her for a few moments! But then he inwardly scolded himself, reminding himself that he knew better than to think things such as that.
Despite the fact that his mind wandered through all this and as well as the deep violet haired male who had gone walkabouts, the deep purple haired male's expression didn't move an inch. He merely just stared at his siblings for a good few moments.
Then, when he finally reacted, he reacted towards the woman all over again. She had unfolded her arms from her chest all over again. Perhaps she was softening towards him all over, thinking her words had really hit home.
Nevertheless, it was the eldest Morgan son who was the one to speak first. Running a hand through his hair all over again but briefly that time, he pressed his lips together into a polite line. Then he very nearly turned properly on his heel, getting ready to take hold of the handlebars of the push chair all over again and wheel the two toddlers out.
However, before he could properly do that, he uttered some simple words to the woman working behind the desk. And as well as this, as he pressed his lips further together, he exhaled softly out of his nostrils and just one dimple appeared.
"Thank you for your help." He mumbled but gratefully even so. Following this, he actually did move behind the push chair and take hold of the handles and prepare to wheel his little siblings back out of the office all over again. And despite the fact that the woman nodded already, believing this was all she was going to get out of the deep purple haired male, he continued anyway, expressing more gratitude. "I'll get out of your hair now. We'll try and find him ourselves. Hopefully you won't see us again."
The eldest Morgan son's words quietened down towards the end and this showed how much he was beginning to regret the slight display he had put on there! But still, he couldn't help himself. He was absolutely beside himself when the deep violet haired male had wandered off and during such a busy event. Panicking wasn't the right thing to do, it's true, but it felt the natural thing to do. It was almost as if Jorgie or Johnny had wandered off.
Justin's cheeks turned a little rosy pink and he shook his head at himself, answering the orange haired little girl's questions when she looked up at him from her side of the push chair and asked. The deep purple haired male quickly and quietly replied to her and even gave her a loose pat on the head.
And it was after he did this that the woman said just one more thing. It was in response to his outward thankfulness. But I get the feeling that she was hoping to see the deep purple haired male again and see what sort of character he had become separated from.
"That's what I'm here for. Anytime." She called out to Justin and Jorgie and Johnny too before all of them left the little main office for good.
When that small part of the day was behind them, the deep purple haired male loitered right outside the door and in the hub bub of the fun fair, standing behind the pushchair and raising both his arms behind his head.
Justin let out a very confused and bewildered and dazed sigh. He repeated the orange haired toddler's question in his mind. How on earth was he going to find Eli?
But before we get there with our story, I should probably go back and let you know how they all ended up in that very same situation!
The deep purple haired male breathed out in contentment and his arms were raised yet folded behind his head as he walked in through the gates of the fun fair and with the deep violet haired male right by his side. No doubt was the eldest Morgan son very content to not be pushing the weight of both his younger siblings in their push chair.
But it wasn't just this. Naturally, it wasn't just this. Justin showed his contentment and gladness for the company of one particular person out of them all by briefly wrapping his arms around his shoulders while pretending to stretch. In response, Eli didn't react very much at all and he continued pushing the two toddlers in the push chair, turning to look at Justin and glancing at him through the black and round sunglasses that were on his face.
"Bit of a cheek having to pay for Jorgie to get the little tickets, don't you think? She's only a little thing! Plus, Johnny is almost as big as her!" the deep violet haired male shook his head as he let the deep purple haired male know of his displeasure of a tiny thing that had happened before. As well as this, he glanced down to where the two children were in the push chair.
Needless to say, they were completely unbothered! They were happy as larry. Dressed in their summer clothes, they were over the moon to be having a special day out and clutching their tiny tickets.
For once in his life, the eldest Morgan son was in tune with his youngest sibling's actions and their behaviour. Like the two of them, he was smiling. The deep purple haired male stopped his arm from lulling over the broad shoulders of Eli and instead he used both arms and hands attached to lift the Unovan male's glasses away from his eyes and placed them so they were like a hair band on top of his curls.
The deep violet haired male quickly furrowed his brow and shook his head, his own hand rising to lightly bat Justin's hand away. And even though he lightly touched his own sunglasses upon his head himself, he didn't remove them. Perhaps he silently liked that the eldest Morgan son wanted to see his eyes, thinking that more important than the sunny weather that they were indeed having. Or maybe he didn't even realise that this was the reason at all.
All the same, the deep purple haired male finally responded to Eli's slight grouchy and pessimistic words by grinning properly and shrugging. After briefly glancing down at the two children in their care for the day, he shrugged all over again.
"Who cares? We got in, didn't we? And we are going to have a great time." Justin insisted and though I imagine that he'd have liked to plant a kiss to Eli's cheek to prove his point even further, he didn't do this. He didn't touch him at all. Instead he reached down and rested the palm of his hand on the top of Johnny Jinn's very sparse locked head as he continued. "What do you feel like doing first?"
The deep violet haired male had gone back to furrowing his brow a little bit and I am torn between imagining whether it was out of Justin disagreeing with him yet again (even if it was lightly) or the sun was beginning to get in his eyes since his sunglasses were no longer protecting them.
Even so, after the light frown appeared and decorated his face, and after those wide yet sunken orbs of his had quickly surveyed the crowd of people who had also gathered at the fun fair that day, Eli moved away from being behind the buggy completely. In fact, he moved round to the side and crouched next to Jorgie, his thick and strong fingers reaching out to tickle her gently on the cheek.
Eli smiled at Jorgie in an endearing sort of way.
"What do you feel like doing first, little madam? You are the only little princess here, after all." The Unovan male spoke to the orange haired toddler in a surprisingly low and level voice for addressing a child of her age. Despite this, Jorgie fluttered her little eyelashes all the same. After the deep purple haired male and the lavender haired toddler boy shared a look as he glanced up from his side of the push chair towards his big brother, the Morgan-Williams three year old girl uttered incomprehensible words out of excitement and pointed. Eli pretended to crane. But then he stood up, not wanting to tease her too much. "Okay, okay, you got it. We'll head there. Nice pick."
Since they had stopped looking at one and other, the two related boys had very similar reactions upon hearing Eli's next words.
Johnny Jinn seemed to mutter to himself, and he was expressing doubt that it would be a nice pick from his older sister! And as for Justin – he muttered something that was probably pointing out how the child had merely pointed to the nearest thing that she could see.
But nevertheless, after no debate and no hesitation, the deep purple haired male and the deep violet haired male and the two children headed over to that particular attraction. It was a very simple one. In actuality, it was arguably one of the smallest ones there.
The Unovan male's eyes widened and reacted as he took in what they had all walked up to and after blinking a few times, he mused aloud to himself. Seeing as he was the one who was pushing the push chair yet again, he reached out his hand and copied Justin's actions from before but planting his palm on top of the head that belonged to Jorgie.
"Aaaah, you want to get your fortune told do you, little madam? I have to admit that probably like her, I too saw that coming." The deep violet haired male mused to himself and I gathered that the deep purple haired male wished that he was wearing his new love interest's sunglasses. Then he could've rolled his eyes in private!
In spite of the corny joke and pun that the Unovan male had offered to them all, none of them could have prepared for what happened next. Although looking back, Justin should've known his little sister well enough to know.
You see, while the eldest Morgan son couldn't hold his tongue a second time and he murmured something to Eli about how bad his joke was and Johnny merely glanced between them both, silently taking in everything, Jorgie had some very particular responses indeed.
I am told the female fortune teller animatronic in the box was certainly an interesting looking thing and I didn't doubt it! She came adorned with long and dark hair cut into bangs. She was clothed in a very silver and very sparkly scarf upon her head. She hadn't been switched on or prompted into action at that point. But still, she had piercing green eyes to contrast her black hair that seemed to follow you.
In the split second that Justin and Eli themselves began to quieten down and Johnny remained silent, realising that there was something eerie about her, Jorgie then reacted. She let out such the siren wail that the deep violet haired male looked to the sky, thinking there was something going on up there!
Even though the deep purple haired male had stupidly not anticipated fully this reaction from his little sister, when it did come, he expressed not a hint of surprise and responded to her quickly.
Letting out a sigh from in between his lips and while the lavender haired toddler boy turned to his older sister, staring, before going back to the woman in the box, Justin crouched down next to the push chair and next to Jorgie. Instead of just lingering there, the eldest Morgan son unclipped her from being strapped in her seat and lifted her up into his arms, offering her a cuddle of comfort.
Needless to say, she gladly accepted. She continued wailing and crying like a siren even after she buried her head into the side of his neck, her orange and bouncy baby curls tickling against Justin's skin.
While the deep purple haired male tried to comfort her as best as he could by rubbing her back but with a bit of a smirk on his face, the Unovan male just looked horrified, plain and simple. His sunken eyes yet with a widened quality widened all the more so.
His thick and deep violet coloured eyebrows twisted and knotted on his face with sincere remorse and regret. Despite this, Justin just simply approached his side while still holding his little sister and reached out to squeeze his shoulder before going back to holding Jorgie properly, his lips pressing together all over again and his dimple appearing.
"I don't think the little madam is going to get her fortune told anytime today, baby." The eldest Morgan son humoured him and then he started swaying his toddler sister on his hip and rubbing her back even more when her head lifted up upon hearing one particular word from him. For once, Eli didn't notice or correct him for it slipping out even with people all around them. He was too busy biting his lip out of sadness that he had troubled the little girl so. Justin gave him a grin to turn his frown upside down. "Why don't you have a go? Go on. You can pay for it with my tickets."
The deep violet haired male listened to the younger male's words and with one hand absentmindedly resting on the top of Johnny Jinn's head, when Jorgie's wails subsided and she sniffed instead, resting her cheek on Justin's shoulder, Eli reached out to her as well.
In fact, his main priority was making sure that the orange haired toddler was okay. Then, he listened to Justin's words. The younger male was making a point of how wrong Eli had got the situation with little Jorgie! He was trying to make it up to him by losing out on some of his own tickets.
Because of this, the curly haired Unovan male then had a light-hearted eye narrow. And then following this, he used those eyes of his that had opened back up to turn around and look at the fortune teller in the machine himself. She had a lot of garish make up painted on her and her nails were manicured and painted to match.
In spite of the fact that she was still not plugged in, even he felt like he was being watched! A subtle shiver shot up his spine and it caused him to grip Johnny Jinn's head a little harder. Then, he turned back to Justin and turned his nose up.
"Oh, I'm not really sure that that is the best idea. Besides, I don't really want her knowing that much about me." Eli replied and because the Unovan male shivered more at his own words rather than the sight of the woman in the box, Justin couldn't stop himself from rolling his eyes yet again. But it was done with fondness.
And then something was done with playfulness but Justin pretended to smile innocently at Eli, momentarily brushing his shoulder up against the shorter male's one. Still clutching Jorgie in his hold, he locked his eyes on the older male who was usually the one with the lingering gaze.
"Don't worry about it too much. Did you know that I can actually do everything that she does? I myself can read the future." The deep purple haired male uttered in such a serious voice, I'm told, that Eli didn't hesitate to stare back at him, his lingering and staring gaze coming to fruition. Contrasting this, the two toddlers' slowly began to get bored and occupied their own visions with other things. Because of this, Justin added, his nose moving slightly upwards. "In actual fact, I know what is going to happen to you as soon as we've got rid of these of these two and we step in the front door together."
The deep purple haired male had never seen the deep violet haired male's eyes looking so fixed and so prolonged – and that was saying something! It was hard for him to keep his face and his voice straight. Yet somehow, he did just that. He managed not to falter even when Eli asked.
"Oh really? What's going to happen to me?" the Unovan male questioned innocently and his eyelashes danced on his face as he waited for a response. Though he didn't show it on the outside, his mind was filled with confusion when Justin showed off that grin and he leaned closer to him.
Eli's head tilted on one side. If Justin had opened up to him about how he could tell fortunes, then why was his answer for him such a secret? That didn't make much sense. That didn't make much sense to Eli.
Thankfully, all would become clear there and then. A grin on his face and beginning to bite his own lip, Justin's head started to tilt. And as he did this, his own eyelashes danced on his face. But his was done out of playfulness – flirtiness – in comparison to the Unovan male's intrigued actions.
Before the deep purple haired male could stop the words from coming, he had uttered them. And Eli had heard them.
"I couldn't possibly say in front of all these listening ears." Justin told him and his eyes briefly shut and as well as this, the grin on his face seemed to be then just for himself and a whole lot more bashful!
Nonetheless, it took Eli a moment or so to catch on. But, when he did realise what the younger male was getting at – or rather, he understood what exactly the younger male was teasing him about – he couldn't stop his tanned cheeks from turning red.
And in spite of the fact that these words came from him next, a grin took over his own face and it lasted on his expression for a long while!
"Justin Morgan, stop it!" the deep violet haired male blushed and ducked his own head in response to the words that came from the eldest Morgan son. And the two of them seemed to be in their own brief bubble from the way that they grinned and blushed and looked and one and other and then rubbed shoulders all over again.
No doubt did the younger of the two want to reach out and make a grab for Eli's hand in public. Perhaps the older of the two wanted this as well. But that thought didn't even cross his mind. Instead, while the two toddlers looked on obliviously and yet also occupied themselves with looking at the scenes all around (and Jorgie looked everywhere other than the fortune teller lady) the both of them shared a knowing look.
However, even if Eli wanted that moment and that look to linger – and even if he wanted to feel the spark of electricity through his hand even if he and Justin weren't even touching there at all – he decided that he had to get one up on the scheming younger male.
So, gesturing to Justin with his fingers and then holding his hands out, Eli smiled sweetly at the deep purple haired male.
"For that, you can get your fortune told and you can pay with it out of your tickets!" the Unovan male told the eldest Morgan son and before the slim framed male could protest, the deep violet haired male took hold of Jorgie in his own arms after not having to entice her much at all. In truth, the orange haired toddler girl seemed to be just as pleased to be in his arms, even though he was the one closer to the scary woman in the box.
At first, Justin's initial reaction was to curl his lip up and give the lady in the box a sceptical look. Then, seeing the glint in Eli's eyes and the way that he had started swaying with his little sister, even his determined self couldn't deny himself the opportunity of being won over by the older male.
The deep purple haired male mocked rolling his eyes and a joking scoff escaped his lips also.
"Fine!" the eldest Morgan son retorted and he reached down, taking his roll of tickets from the hood of the push chair. Taking a glance at the writing below the glass part of the fortune teller's box, he took note of how many he needed. It was three. Justin and Eli swapped positons and the deep purple haired male was then the one closer to her. As he slid his tickets into the flap and waited for her to come to life, he added for Eli's benefit. "But you must know that it's pointless. After all, my future is going to be the same one that I predicted for you."
Jorgie began unknowingly hiding in Eli's neck and Johnny waited for the woman to do something – anything – while the deep violet haired male blushed all over again. After biting on his own bottom lip before sucking on the top one, the Unovan male mouthed those infamous words all over again "Justin Morgan, stop it" could be seen just by Justin himself.
And then following this, the deep purple haired male showed off a flirty and smug smile before his attention was taken by the woman in the box finally moving!
To tell you the truth, it was lucky that the orange haired little girl was hiding in the nape of Eli's neck. She would not have liked it one bit. And truthfully also, Justin and Eli seemed to not like it very much at all.
The lavender haired little boy was the only one in the group to have a positive reaction. And after his sunny dispositional self, squeezed his eyes together and clapped his hands, babbling out the words "hands, hands, hands!" all over again, Justin seemed to grimace.
But Justin nodded.
"Yep. She's going to pick out a card for me with her hands and give it to me." The deep purple haired male spoke to his little brother but also everybody through gritted teeth. While he had also noticed that her hands were beginning to move, tracing along all of the selection of cards that were in front of her, most of his attention was taken up from the way that her piercing green orbs were spookily moving from left to right. Justin uttered nervously. "Hopefully thunder doesn't clap as soon as I read it."
And there and then, making everybody jump, a banging noise indeed could be heard! But it was just the machine jolting and jerking and causing the card that the fortune teller had finally chosen to slide from being in her pile and through the hole next to where Justin had put his tickets in.
Although Jorgie had not being watching not even for one second, she too jolted against Eli and she held him even tighter. In response, the Unovan male didn't stop himself from hugging her and holding her so very close to him.
Looking back now, I can't help but think that Justin was the one to need that hug! He was the one potentially hearing something very eerie indeed.
Not catching on to the rest of the atmosphere, Johnny Jinn continued chanting and clapping his hands as well as kicking his legs, soon enough wanting to escape his push chair. Justin gave him a small smile in response, wordlessly telling him to be patient. But one can't help but wonder whether he needed that soothing gaze from a child before he reached and took the card in his hold.
Very gingerly and after wiping his non ring clad fingers on his jeans, he took hold of the card that was slightly tattered and a little bit yellow. He grimaced and winced and pulled a face all over again before he even saw the words.
Eli's eyes widened so much that you could very much see the whites of them. He clutched Jorgie even tighter and it was probably for his benefit as much as hers.
"What does it say?" the Unovan male questioned even though he didn't need to ask this at all. Justin's spare hand raised in the air and then ran through his locks. He took barely even a second to look at the mysterious handwriting on the front before he read it out loud.
His tone was laced with scepticism as well as pure and unfaltering mockery.
"'You must learn to use your voice a little more. That will be your downfall'. That's not a future prediction. That's bloody advice!" Justin repeated and a slightly rude word slipped out before he could stop himself. Like the two children knew perfectly well that this wasn't appropriate, all four of their eyeballs clapped onto him. Hurriedly, Justin added, a blush on his face for being rude in front of the children as well as embarrassment that he had got so uneasy for just that. "I think my managers would say that I need to use my voice a little less! That's why I always end up on vocal rest."
The orange haired little girl waited a few moments until Justin's fortune session as over and the fortune teller's eyes had gone back to fixing straight ahead then she finally stopped hiding herself against Eli's neck. Still, the deep violet haired male continued holding her, and he held her comfortably close to him while he openly laughed in response to Justin's words.
The deep purple haired male couldn't help but smirk slightly and scrunch his eyes up at Eli when he heard his laughter, even though his words had been rather serious! Shaking his head at himself as well as the fact that he had had to waste tickets and time on that attraction, he decided to sigh and hand the card to Johnny Jinn to hold who seemed most delighted.
"Anyway! Onwards and upwards. What are we going to do next?" the deep purple haired male spoke to Jorgie and Eli and the Unovan male in particular but then when Johnny Jinn briefly stopped being so happy with getting to hold the card in his hands and with the tickets on his lap, the eldest Morgan son took charge all over again. He saw the way that his little brother was beginning to kick his legs out from being strapped into the seat. "I think it's his turn. Jinn needs a win."
And so then and there, the lavender haired toddler boy was lifted out of the push chair and planted on his feet and he was allowed to charge ahead, picking the next attraction for himself. Eli very carefully and sweetly put Jorgie back into the push chair when she felt ready to and she was put in charge of everybody's tickets.
After not much time at all, the deep violet haired male was pushing the buggy with the oldest toddler in and Justin was sprinting close on Johnny Jinn's heel, the lavender haired little boy surprisingly fast and nimble for his age! It was like a game to the little boy.
Though they all felt like he understood that it was his turn to pick, that was still the best attraction to him of all. Running through the crowds and with his biggest brother right behind him!
The deep purple haired male laughed, having almost as much fun as the little boy.
"Jinn be nimble! Jinn be quick! Watch Jinn's legs they can certainly kick!" the deep purple haired male called after his youngest sibling and though he laughed in between his words and at his own words, it was Eli who began to chuckle the most. And I don't know for certain because Justin didn't turn back but I was sure that he would have a flushed face all over again – and it wasn't due to trying to keep up with them while pushing a buggy.
The eldest Morgan son scooped Johnny Jinn up under his armpits and his legs in his little yellow jeans kicked as soon as he was in the air. Justin scooped Johnny Jinn up before he fully made it to the next attraction but it wasn't because he was deterring him, no. Despite his equal enthusiasm, he knew that they needed to play by the rules and join the queue.
Justin switched the little boy so he was on his hip like Jorgie had been initially when she came face to face with the fortune teller and he rested his chin against the little boy's shoulder so he knew not to get ahead of himself.
"A good old fashioned tunnel and soft play? I like your style. We can all burn off some of our excess energy." The deep purple haired male spoke to him and he finally removed his chin from his little bony shoulder when he stopped wriggling and fidgeting, growing content with being in the hold of the taller male.
Justin then could have the opportunity to turn behind him, making sure that Eli and Jorgie were still with him. At that point, both of them were. And after joining the queue and leaving the two little one's push chair on the brake (they had both learned from the last time) the Unovan male quietly surprised the younger male by resting his chin on his shoulder.
"It does look good and old fashioned, lover boy." The Unovan male murmured and he planted a kiss to Justin's shoulder that was so brief that only he felt it. Nobody else saw. Not even Johnny Jinn and with his round blue orbs that could be as lingering as Eli's.
No doubt did Justin let out a very loud and contented exhalation of breath from in between his lips and he leaned back even though Eli had since moved away from him. He didn't care. He was just glad to be there. He was just glad to be there with the deep violet haired male and his little siblings as well.
He had been a little bit apprehensive when Eli suggested to his father all by himself that the two of them take the small ones off his hands for the day! But when it was happening – after the two of them relaxed into it – it felt, dare he say it, blissful?
The deep purple haired male couldn't stop himself from turning around and to search for Eli with his eyes all over again. No doubt did he want to search for him with his hands and his body but he had to make do with what he had. Very subtly, he tilted his head at him but gave him a smile that was most genuine.
Promptly, Eli's own head tilted back in between beginning to tuft the top of Jorgie's scrunchie decorated pineapple-esque hairdo. Needless to say, the Unovan male was going to smile back to him in the same mysterious and easy going yet infatuated way.
However, before that could happen, the deep purple haired male caught on to what was being said to the group of people in front of them. He glanced to the right of him and the sign to make sure that it was true. It was. He groaned. His hand did reach for Eli's then but it was to get his attention, informing him and pointing.
"Look. It says there can only be one fully grown person to accompany a group of children at a time." The eldest Morgan son informed the Unovan male when he could most definitely read with those inquisitive eyes of his! Even so, Eli listened to Justin rather than the man in charge of the attraction as well as the sign. Despite this, Justin added with a disappointed tone. "That can't be true."
But it was very much true. And after the bearded man wearing a cap in front of the attraction had sent the group in front of them in and discarded a few adults to the side, he nodded his head, butting in but in a friendly sort of way.
"It is very much true. Bummer though, huh?" he uttered in a cheery sort of way and while Eli's eyebrows danced on his face and his eyes narrowed far more at him saying a "rude" word compared to when Justin had, he added, a humorous look taking over his face. He gestured to the Unovan male. But it wasn't because of the expression on his face. "And might I suggest that it be him who takes the kiddos? No offence, man, there's no way that you're getting through it all with that stature of yours."
Justin tells me that looking back, Eli's expression narrowed all the more there and then and as well as this, his chest puffed outwards as he tried to make his height grow. But he doesn't think that it was the pointing out of his shorter height, no! It was out of natural protectiveness towards the younger male.
Following this, the deep purple haired male and the deep violet haired male looked a little disappointed at being split up. But then, at the whines that began to come out of Johnny Jinn's mouth as if he was sensing their reluctance and his legs turning into a windmill all over again, they knew that they had to go through with it.
And as well as this, it wasn't exactly a problem. Justin could have a breather from the children that he spent a lot of time with at the best of times, even if he hadn't seen them as much since moving in with Eli. And the deep purple haired male knew that the little ones were in safe hands with the Unovan male.
It was true that he could be a clumsy and dreamy and blunt sort of fellow but he was protective and gentle like no other. All of these things were apparent in the deep purple haired male as well and it was shown after Jorgie had been lifted out of her push chair and was then being held in Eli's arms along with her excitable little brother.
While Justin prepared to move to the one side and with the empty push chair, he took note of her apprehensive expression and the soft whines that escaped her lips. He moved closer to Eli but it was actually in order to lightly reassure his little sister.
"I'll be there every step of the way but from this side. Promise." The deep purple haired male told the little girl and all of them too but mostly her in a voice that was very grown up and unmoving for a child of her age.
But like I said how Eli could be blunt, Justin could be as well. And he meant every single thing of what he did say. So because of this, Jorgie knew that she had to believe him. After a smile was exchanged between Eli and Justin (it could have been a kiss but it was what it was) the deep violet haired male disappeared into the next attraction with the two little ones.
And for the next little while was a lot of hilarity and mayhem as Justin passed round the side of it, peeping through the mesh and rope holes to see every little part of what they were doing.
He watched Eli hold both of their hands as they made their way over foam logs that rolled when they stepped on them! He watched Johnny Jinn run on ahead and giggle like no other in the house of mirrors and while Eli held Jorgie so she too didn't end up with lots of bumps on her head. He watched and he listened out and he rolled his eyes fondly at all the imaginative words coming out of their mouths when they made their way to the fake ship and role-play part.
It was perhaps for the best when a little while into the attraction, the side of it grew blocked out from outside onlookers so Justin had a little moment to compose himself.
In the same way that he had never expected to end up with two new little siblings after all of those years, he never imagined that Jordan's cousin was going to come into his life – let alone he was going to fall for him the way that he was beginning to. But maybe like the fortune lady was trying to advise, he wouldn't tell him that for a little while longer.
In retrospect, I wonder if Justin was thinking these things as he had a tiny break from the crazy gang. Or perhaps he was starting to miss all of them as he continued walking around the side of the attraction but not hearing or seeing anything from the way that it was blocked out with black.
The deep purple haired male's brow began to furrow as he tried to occupy himself with pushing the push chair. He wasn't exactly worried, per se. it was just strange to have that little gang be so intense and non-stop and consuming and then for that all to disappear!
With the way that he felt consumed by Eli at the best of times and since they had been living together, no doubt was it noticeable.
Thankfully, Justin was able to breathe out after not too much time after that. All of a sudden, that part of the attraction was beginning to come to an end. And because of this, almost as soon as the sides turned to mesh and rope all over again, Jorgie appeared.
She pressed her hands and face against the side of it and peeped at Justin, making him jump.
"Hello!" she greeted and then she cackled to herself, her innocent and youthful bouncy and orange curls all the more unmanageable after her time in the fun attraction with the two other boys.
Justin clutched his heart and reacted almost as soon as she appeared. And despite the fact that he didn't hesitate to greet her back, clutching the rope from his side and so their hands were almost pressed up together, he still asked.
"Hello. You didn't lose your little brother, did you? You didn't lose Eli?" the deep purple haired male questioned tentatively and then almost as soon as these words escaped his lips, a second person appeared. They greeted in the same word and in the same way as Jorgie! It was Johnny Jinn. Justin shook his head fondly when he saw them both there and clutching the side like star fish. "Hello to you too. You two better go down that slide because it ends right where I am now. You don't want to hold everybody up in case Eli takes a little while longer."
Now, you see, "takes Eli a little while longer" was an understatement at that point.
After the two little children argued and giggled and bickered over who got to go down the slide first – they emerged on Justin's side once and for all. And after the deep purple haired male had strapped them back into the push chair - the deep violet haired male still hadn't appeared.
The deep purple haired male tried not to worry about it too much at first. He tried to make a joke about it, still kneeling next to the children in their push chair after strapping them in, pressing his lips together and smiling and both dimples appearing on his cheeks.
"I wouldn't worry about it. Sometimes Eli gets lost in our house!" the eldest Morgan son reassured Johnny Jinn who wasn't worried one bit. He had had so much fun and he was reunited with the tickets and the card that he got to hold. Justin reassured Jorgie who did look a little bit worried and quiet as she put her thumb in between her lips for comfort.
Perhaps Justin secretly wanted to do the same thing. He stood up back to his full height and his smile didn't falter. He had told them not to worry. But as time passed, he did begin to worry. And time really did pass.
Five minutes went by. Ten minutes went by. Fifteen minutes went by. Twenty minutes went by! Johnny Jinn began to grow unusually cranky and restless from being in the same position and in the sun and after Justin pulled out their sun shield to protect the two of them, he found himself going down to their level all over again.
Perhaps stupidly, he asked them.
"There wasn't another exit that you noticed, was there?" the deep purple haired male asked both of the children and in spite of the fact that James liked to announce they were very gifted and intelligent for their age, even Jorgie stared blankly back at Justin! He shook his head at himself. After he mumbled something or other to himself, he stood up and decided to ask the same question to the man at the front after he wheeled the push chair back towards there. In fact, he questioned as well. "You didn't notice that short dude coming out anywhere did you? You know the one. Purple curly hair but different purple to mine. Wearing sunglasses on his head. Short."
The man with the beard and the cap and working at the front showed off a false blank look until Justin got to the last description of Eli. Then, he smirked and chuckled like they had known each other forever. He waved an easy going hand, his clip board in his other hand.
"Nah, mate. Sorry though, maybe you should have been the one to go in with the kiddos after all." He suggested with amusement and a shrug and after Justin put on a false grin that couldn't hide his concern and he had agreed with his words back to him, the deep purple haired male decided to go and try to find the deep violet haired male himself.
And where exactly did he head to first? Well, he had ended up at the central office like I told at the beginning of our story! And it was after that that he knew that he needed to find him on his own.
Justin let out a very confused and bewildered and dazed sigh. He repeated the orange haired toddler's question in his mind. How on earth was he going to find Eli?
It was true that he did have very short legs and wasn't too fond of large crowds but he simply could have ended up anywhere. It was unlikely that he had grown distracted and was still back in the previous attraction. Even he wasn't that dreamy! Even Eli wasn't that dreamy.
The orange haired little girl had been rather quiet since the deep violet haired male had gone missing and she took on the persona of her brother that was usually the wordless yet hyperactive one. Her eyes widening forlornly and her legs beginning to kick against the foot rest of her buggy, she whined. Jorgie whined. And when she whined, she uttered her nickname for the older male.
"Elmo…" wailed the orange haired toddler and her little feet kicked against the foot rest all the more. The deep purple haired male was encouraged to go back down to her level all over again and run a hand through his hair.
He wanted to sigh and groan and probably whine himself! But he had to resist for the benefit of the little girl. He put on a tiny smile. And he reached out to ruffle her pineapple hair, just like the Unovan male had done in the time before he went missing.
"Don't worry, we will find him. We just gotta think. If you were Eli, where would you go if you ended up separated from us?" the deep purple haired male mused aloud and I believe that even he didn't know why he did this when he turned to look at Johnny Jinn instead of Jorgie.
It was true that it was the little girl who needed reassurance more because Johnny was acting completely unbothered, if he had even noticed that Eli had disappeared at all. And it was also true that Justin possibly had more humorous interactions with her.
But despite this, it was evident that he turned to him at certain times also and there and then was one of them. And maybe it was because it was his older sister that was whining and kicking and fretting, he decided to be the one with all the brains. Or maybe he wasn't even thinking at all.
Either way, something prompted him to do something.
The lavender haired toddler boy merely pointed at an attraction not too far of them before going back to his usual child-like self, clapping his legs and joining Jorgie in kicking her legs. But his was out of glee.
When Justin stood back up all over again, I wondered if he wanted to kick his legs as well! But I wondered if he wanted to kick them with gratitude. The deep purple haired male caught sight of where the little boy was pointing to and because he felt like that was as good a place to start as any, he got behind the push chair all over again and wheeled it towards that particular attraction.
There wasn't even little to no queue for there was no queue! That attraction looked very run down and very strange and very odd – far more so than even the previous ones. If that didn't sound like a good place to start looking for Eli, Justin didn't know what was. And in addition to that, it was an ice cream museum.
Regardless of his worry and his concern and his still lingering embarrassment over how he had acted when he needed help from the admin's office, Justin smirked just a little bit. And after touching the tops of both Johnny and Jorgie's heads and informing them that they were going to go in that place to look for Eli, he wheeled them both over to the entrance of it.
But he was stopped. He was stopped by a man who like the man before, was also bearded and wearing a cap and holding a clipboard. But unlike the one before, he didn't look cheery at all! He looked very rigid and snooty and in actual fact, rather bored of his job.
He blurted out to Justin before he even had a chance to properly roll the stroller in.
"You don't want to go in there, man, don't even waste your tickets." The man working at the fun fair started and extremely quickly, Justin's mind flickered to the tickets that he had already felt like he had wasted! However, before his lips could press together and he could politely dodge conversation and head on in anyway, the man stepped right in front of them all. "Seriously, it's the worst. And I got lumbered with it. Don't waste your time. You'll end up spending so much money on junk for these two."
The deep purple haired male didn't like the way that he was being stepped in front of and prevented. The deep purple haired male didn't like this at all. He couldn't believe it when all he wanted to do was to find Eli! But nevertheless, that interaction wasn't the worst one in the world.
In truth, he had had far worse from members of the public and people who called themselves fans of his.
Justin managed not to get too distracted by his emotions and Jorgie's ongoing snivelling and tilted his head, deciding to just be honest. Maybe he actually was taking the advice on the card.
"Well… I do appreciate your honesty but I really quite badly need to go in there. I've lost someone… A mate. And I'm pretty certain that he would be interested in this kind of thing. Hence the urgency. And I don't care if the little ones make me buy crap. I need to find him!" the deep purple haired male insisted quite heavily towards the end and because of this, it finally made Jorgie quieten down! Johnny looked over to her, continuing to kick his legs and still not realising that a member of their group was missing.
In the meantime, the person working outside the ice cream shop raised their eyebrows and instead of their expression growing rather sour, they looked almost pityingly. They looked right at Justin. In actual fact, they looked at Justin up and down.
"Why would you be friends with someone who would like a bunch of crap like this?" the man with the beard and the cap questioned and he used Justin's words back at him. Justin merely shook his head and knotted his eyebrows together, breathing out and trying to wordlessly convey urgency. It didn't get his point across. Or if he did, it was ignored. The person finally had a bit of a smirk and not only did he step in front of the younger male all over again but he reached his hand out to his shoulder. "Why would Justin Morgan waste his precious time?"
And I don't know why Justin reacted the way that he did there and then. Even he doesn't know as he helps me with telling this particular story. All that I know and all that he knows is that he finally snapped. He didn't snap horrendously so but he snapped with finality.
Whether it was the relentless prevention or someone knowing his full name or making him out to be too good for a sweet and enjoyable fun fair – or the hint that Eli wasn't good enough even though he had probably never met him so that couldn't have been the case – but Justin put his foot down.
He put his foot down literally and figuratively. He stamped his foot just once in his boots and then he retorted. He retorted firmly and a little louder than he intended.
"Just let me in there, dammit!" Justin erupted with hands going all about and cupping the air with exasperation of it all and he did this as someone came walking out one of the side exits of the ice cream museum.
Paying homage to where they had been exactly – paying homage to where he had been exactly – he had an ice cream in his hand. And he stopped and stared and watched the scene before asking.
Eli stopped and stared and watched the scene before asking.
"…Justin, why are you yelling at this man?" Eli questioned in a very low and level and quiet voice and his eyes blinked as he stared at the younger male.
And in response, among Jorgie clapping her hands and breathing out her nickname for the Unovan man and Johnny continuing to clap his hands anyway, Justin's eyes just widened and he stared back in the direction of where that oh so familiar voice was coming from.
Before the eldest Morgan's son's head could tilt even a fraction, everything Eli had been through and everything that he had been feeling suddenly caught up with him. He shook his head profusely, ridding himself of all of the madness. He ran straight towards Justin and with his ice cream in his clutch.
"I was so worried about you! I can't believe the three of you got lost!" the deep violet haired male exclaimed, his voice finally changing from its low and level tone. And stranger than even this and extremely rare for him, he didn't care when his ice cream dropped straight to the floor.
But the unexpectedness didn't stop there, oh no. He did something truly unheard of for him. In between breathing out words, he bent down to the two children.
"Oh, I was so worried…" he expressed and then he cupped both of the children around the cheek and planted kisses right on the tops of their heads. But he wasn't done there. No, he wasn't done there. He suddenly sprung up and stood to his full height next to Justin while the deep purple haired male continued staring and puzzling, trying to piece together why on earth Eli thought that they were the one who had gone missing. "I was so worried, Justin! Don't put me through that again!"
And before the deep purple haired male could protest, the shorter male wrapped his arms around him and gave him such a fierce hug that he was lifted in the air and held by the Unovan male. But it still did not stop there.
Though he hadn't even had time to recover from this, after Justin was put back down on his own two feet, Eli then leaned in, cupping Justin with his hands on either side of his face.
"Don't put me through that again…" the Unovan male murmured and then he leaned in properly. And he planted a very obvious and unhidden and loving and passionate kiss right onto Justin's lips.
The deep purple haired male went weak at the knees straight away! He could not believe what was happening. But he went with it.
Believing that it was only going to be a once in a life time thing, he soaked it all up and enjoyed every moment of it. He kissed him back with the same tenderness and yet passion and for once it was the two of them didn't care who watched. They didn't care if the two children did or any other members of the public.
When the two of them finally pulled away with each other and Justin was still weak at the knees – and Eli's hands were still cupping the younger male's cheeks – the way that he was being looked at informed Justin of everything that he needed to know.
The Unovan male needed reassurance that he was never going to go anywhere again. And in spite of the fact that Justin very much wanted to promise this, he couldn't help but utter in a way that was centric to what he was feeling.
With giggling and a blush taking over his cheeks and demeanour, Justin slid his hands to the sides of Eli's neck. And while his non ring clad fingers stroked at his skin, he spoke to him and just for him – even though everybody could hear.
"If that's the reaction I get then I'm sorry, baby, but I'm going to be buggering off with every chance I get." The deep purple haired male told the deep violet haired male and even though Eli needed a moment to catch on to what he meant, soon enough, he didn't care about the teasing reaction that he got in response.
He just cared that he had the younger male back at his side. So he wrapped his arms around him all over again and lifted him up, planting his lips back to his when the two of them were embracing all over again.
Maybe the fortune teller was right. Maybe in the future his biggest downfall was going to be not using his voice and speaking up as much as he should. But for the time being, his biggest downfall was Eli! But that was okay. Because it was the same exact way for Eli with Justin.
They were a whole rollercoaster of things – enough for a fun fair, in fact! But they did have fun together. And that was something that they needed to remember when everything fell down and it seemed that it would be that way for good.
The End.
There you go! Thanks so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed :3 No doubt did this chapter show off Eli's uniqueness and his quirks! But it shows he and Justin's ability to just have a bit of fun when they are together. As you can see, Jorgie really loves Eli. In fact, that's a bond that probably goes beyond even Eli and Justin breaking up! I like to imagine that Eli and Jorgie still hang out in the months that their break up is painful, and beyond that. So, in this chapter, Justin got a little bit of what he always wanted. He got some affection in public! I'm glad he's happy about it. Because everyone knows that it will not last. And that is one of the reasons they come to an end :P Thanks again for reading and I will be back again on Wednesday so see you then!
AmyBieberKetchum signing out :)