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Chapter 2
Setting : Midday Environment : Fulgur’s House
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The door opened to reveal a shirtless adult with the smell of metals and lubricants. Mechanical Engineering student Fulgur was very keen on keeping his house un-burnt by the chaos caused by a 12-year old Yugo and a 10-year old Alban. But turns out, his hard work at keeping every nook and cranny of his house baby-proof was useless.
It was a very big surprise to Fulgur when a distressed Sonny carried a child about the height of Fulgur’s knee with a very clear wet patch. And a bigger astonishment was on his face when the very same child jumped at him almost immediately. Alban would usually avoid coming near Fulgur when the latter was stinking with chemicals.
“Fuu-nii…” a pitiful whine was let out by Alban, who Fulgur could see very clearly, was crying with puffer fish-looking eyelids. And who was he to deny the cute baby? Even with their short playful banter, Fulgur always cared for Alban the same as he did for his nephew, Yugo. The grey-haired male held the crying kitty within his arms and quickly motioned to Sonny to explain what was going on. He only got a shrug and a silent mouthing of ‘I am not sure.’
The sheep lover rolled his eyes and simply kept on patting Alban’s back until he reached the playroom. The brunette was very tired and the statement proved correct when his grip on the fudanshi became noticeably slack. Everyone becomes sleepy after crying, especially children. So, Fulgur tried to tuck in Alban to let him rest but the rugrat would dissent.
“Nyo! I wan’ play wid Yugo!” The sweet little boy croaked out, clearly queasy from drowsiness. Alban did not want to sleep, he wanted to play with his best friend.
“Yugo is not here yet. I’ll wake you up when he arrives.”
“Promise?”
“Yes yes, you giant baby now get some rest.”
“ m not baby…’’
“Sure bud, whatever you dream about.”
The mini interaction between the parent figure and Alban was seen by a sulking Sonny, who was clueless about the reason for his brother’s sadness. He watched Fulgur drape the soft orange cotton blanket over Alban and quietly moved away.
The platinum-haired boy gripped his friend’s arm and looked at him with frantic eyes, a contrast to his tender and calm facade with Alban. The duo headed towards Fulgurs room as the grey-eyed boy called the other half of the group, Uki, all while Sonny tried to recall the events.
“You busy? Come as soon as you can to my house. Sort of an emergency moment…. Uh, Alban was crying… uhhuh…. I don’t know, Sonny is clueless too……yeah, take care, be safe on the road, love you, bye.”
Fulgur disconnected the call and looked at his best friend, whose soul seems to be leaving the world. The violet-eyed man grew mushrooms in the corner of Fulgurs room, clearly in a dump. Letting out an exasperated sigh, he tried to move the yellow boulder from the crevice of the room and dragged him to the bed.
“Alright, what exactly happened? Don’t skip anything.” The cyborg mechanic motioned with his arms as he sat opposite the edge of the bed. Sonny let out a sorrowful breath and looked down at the bedsheet, re-telling the story.
“We were coming by the pastry shop, yeah? Alban wanted to buy one of the orange pearl cakes with the glitter on top, he was talking about it for an entire 5 minutes with those cute little stars in his eyes. And you know alban, he was so cute I just had to squish his cheeks-”
“You are going off track Sonny. I know you are a hopeless case for Alban but stick to the point!”
“Ah yes yes, sorry. So, on our way, some colleagues saw me and Alban………”
Sonny re-told the entire story from his perspective, leaving Fulgur confused as well. The shirtless male blinked his eyes and got up to grab a random red sweatshirt as he listened to the crap Sonny was spouting. His 6th sense was perking up to tell him that there is a detail missing, something that could have been the trigger.
“Are you sure that's it?” He inquired again, frowning at the lack of information to base from. Fulgur texted the entire thing to Uki, who seenzoned him. Sadge.
Sonny nodded, plopping his entire body into the bed. He took out the phone from his pocket, informing about his sudden absence for today’s class.
‘Either way, Alban comes first’, he thought to himself.
Time skip : 20 minutes Environment : Fulgur’s House
A concentrated Sonny was on fulgur’s desk, seemingly doing his studies. As expected of the disciplinary committee member. Fulgur was downstairs in the kitchen, putting away every sharp object when he heard the doorbell ring.
The grey haired boy quickly made his way to the front door, and saw a clearly tired uki and a yugo smiling brightly.
“Come in, and tell me why Yugo is with you.”
“Ike-senpai saw me on the road, gave him to me.”
“Well, Sonny is upstairs, I am gonna go wake up Alban.”
Uki quickly moved to the aforementioned room as Fulgur looked at Yugo.
“What’s up little guy? Let's wake up albanyan.”
“IKUZO!”
While the uncle and nephew duo made their way to the cat’s sleeping quarters, Uki briefly knocked on the closed door to fulgur’s room and entered.
“Uki! My saviour!” Sonny cried out, stopping his studies once he saw the violet haired boy. Dramatic tears coming out of his eyes as a halo surrounds Uki. At this point, the author is sure about Uki attaining the role of a therapist and counsellor in the trio of friends.