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In the household there are a couple of things banned, these include: eton mess(banned by Frankenstein), wi-fi timers(banned by Tao), candy floss(by Frankenstein), lighters(banned by Rai after he accidentally burnt his hair) and handcuffs(this was banned by Takeo for reasons unknown ;)). And now it was M’s turn to add something to the list because if he didn’t then he would shave his hair bald.
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The household for the past week has been engaged in a prank war, even Rai was involved.
There were two sides dubbed The Neanderthals, which had Tao as their ring leader, Rael(and by extension Nibbles) and Regis(who mostly just did it to screw with Rael), and The Ass-Savers, which had Takeo, Seira and Rai(and by extension Frankenstein).
And M was tempted to just move out and live with Kentas , no not because he finds Kentas cute, just because he would rather spend time baking with Kentas than whatever’s happening at the house.
So far there has been sugar swapped with salt, people’s uniforms being tightened and someone waking up in the middle of nowhere(no one knows how Frankenstein pulled it off but they suspect he’s been wanting to do that to Tao for ages).
But this is taking it a step too far…
M’s standing in front of everyone, all of them sitting on the floor instead of the, what was previously, white sofa, all of them look like they’ve just jumped through a rainbow. Rai, Seira and Takeo all have variously different coloured hair, Frankenstein’s whole body is covered in red and yellow and green and brown and… you get the gist, Seira dyed her hair green and black(think Billie Eilish) and Takeo had dyed his blue and styled it like Jessie from Pokemon.
The other three(and Nibbles) were looking no better, Tao looked like Shadow from Sonic the Hedgehog, Regis was dressed as Sonic and Rael was dressed as a Kangaroo, with dyed hair to match.
M sighed and felt like a mother who had told her kids not to shave his head , he’s done a lot of that lately.
“Why did I just have to pick you lot up from the police station? Don’t you think Rai has enough of a criminal record? What was it this time?” He very nearly shouted at them and the others looked like children whose hands had been caught in the cookie jar.
There was silence…
“It was Frankenstein’s fault.” Rael spoke up.
“Oh, really?” Frankenstein did that dramatic flourish of his hands, he didn’t look terrifying like he usually did, not in the rainbow of colours, and a splatter of paint flew off him and M watched as it landed on the white couch. Of course he wasn’t going to say anything, he’d rather them fight this out.
“It was my fault.” All heads turned to Rai, who was sat there with a cup of tea, that he pulled out of nowhere, and immediately Frankenstein changed his tune as always.
“No, no, no, Master. It was your humble servant’s fault. You were led astray.” Frankenstein knelt down, getting paint everywhere and M groaned.
“Tao? Takeo? You guys are awfully quiet.” He turned to look at his comrades and they aerated their gaze.
“Wasn’t me.”
“What he said” Two voices said in unison and M raised an eyebrow.
‘Why do I have the brain cell today?’ M thought, as he watched as everyone started fighting with one another, getting paint everywhere and M suddenly felt as if this was a nursery.
He clapped his hands, once, twice, three times and everyone’s attention turned to him.
“That is enough. You guys are getting paint everywhere especially on the sofa so you guys are going to stop fighting, shower and clean up.” Everyone’s jaws dropped as M took control, “Don’t you dare leave Tao and Rai. You two are the ring leaders in this so you’ll shower and clean up first. Do you understand?” He watched as the two slunk back in, well Tao was dragging Rai around, much to Frankenstein’s displeasure.
“Yes Sir!” Tao chirped.
“Of course M.” Rai nodded and M waved them away, and turned to see Frankenstein’s pleading eyes. They looked marginally terrifying.
“What?” M barked.
“I need to go and help Rai, he might drown.” Frankenstein stated.
“He’s over 1000 years old and in a shower, I’m sure he can manage fine without you for once.” M told him and Frankenstein pouted, frowned and M groaned.
“Fine, but come back as soon as you can.” M pointed to the door and Frankenstein rushed off, trying to catch up to Rai’s heel, bumping into his Master, who just patted his head.
M doesn’t want to think about what would happen.
“You lot,” He turned back to the others, “Start getting cleaning supplies and no more fighting or pranks. Do. You. Understand?” M smiled, feeling very much like Frankenstein when he has to deal with the nobles.
“Yes.” The duckling all stood in a line before dispersing and gathering the necessary stuff.
M was tempted to throw himself on the couch but considering the state of it, he didn’t want to have to wash anymore clothes. So he decided to lean against the only clean wall in the house and exhale.
“I’m never having kids.” M said outloud.
“OH? REALLY? WHY’S THAT-...OH.” Kentas shouted from the front door.
“What are you doing here? I thought I told you I had to cut the date short?” M watched as Kentas came in with a basket of cookies.
M’s heart went doki doki and he ignored his flushing face. Kentas’s baked treats were always a delight.
“I know but I thought you sounded a bit stressed so I baked these for you, they’re all your favourites.” Kentas kissed M’s forehead as he bit into a cookie and moaned in appreciation.
“I love you” M told the cookies breathlessly and Kentas turned him around.
“Babeeeeeee” Kentas whined and M chuckled.
“I love you to infinity and beyond, don't worry.”
“Enough to share the cookies?” M pouted, and it looked different on Kentas because
“We’ll get there one day” M patted Kentas’s head and the taller one smiled and pushed his head into his touch.
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GET A ROOM YOU TWO!!!! DO NOT DEFILE THE BATHROOM!!!!!!!” The two of them jumped apart as Tao ran towards them, from the bathroom.
“Tao! STOP RUNNING YOU’RE GONNA SLI-” There was a crash and then silence.
M and Kentas peered over at Tao, who’s dignity was only left because of a towel, sprawled on the floor.
They stared at him.
Then looked at each other.
M raised an eyebrow, should we leave him.
Kentas blinked, will he be ok?.
M nodded, I think we should continue the date.
Kentas nodded back, absolutely, and grab the cookies.
M chuckled and did as he was told.
Before they left the house M shouted “MAKE SURE YOU GUYS CLEAN UP BEFORE I GET BACK!” to the quiet household and wrote it down on a note, just in case they “forgot”.
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When they came back to a spotless household and everyone was asleep in various places, M didn't want to know how Frankenstein fit around Rai like that, M smiled softly before grabbing pillows and blankets before tucking them in.
After the last person, it was Seira who was holding onto a frying pan, was tucked in, M turned to the giant notice board and grabbed a red marker pen, writing down;
NO PRANKS OF ANY KIND!
Before he and Kentas walked upstairs and fell asleep, uncaring of their clothes and shoes, as soon as their head hit the pillows.