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Chapter 1
Setting : Late Morning Environment : Brisko House Porch
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Soft brown locks bounced with the rhythm of his movement. Eyes that sparkled with life and mischief laid upon its latest prey. He sprawled out his hands like a precious little kitty who saw a favourite plaything. Tiny fists that wrapped themselves clumsily with an older brother's fingers.
Subsequently, the grip on the fleshy little fingers tightened lightly. Cheeks flushing happily with love and enthusiasm. Inward screams and squeals are included in the course.
"Alban! How are you doing little one?" The blonde adult exclaimed, staring at the younger boy as if he hung the stars and moon in the sky. Happiness radiates off his body and is visible for the world to see.
It slightly flustered the 10-year-old Alban, to be greeted with so much love even while having thoughts of mischief. The confident arch of his lips wobbled as a faint voice left his baby pink lips. The latter had not seen his brother for the entire month! Blasphemy!
"Onii! I missed you so much"
A pure and lovable giggle could be heard from Alban as he nuzzled his face lightly with Sonny's already occupied hands. Atop all of Sonny's emotions swirled a tremble of pleasure and a twinge of insanity to keep his most loved otouto away from the darkness of the world.
But that would be a story for another day. A sickeningly charming hue plastered itself on Sonny's front, patting Alban's tuft with the tenderness he reserved for his most precious individual. The blonde boy laughed for a brief moment before asking the cat-like boy about his future activities as the resident menace to society.
"And I missed you as well, so much more than you can imagine Alban." Gently picking up the boy and carrying him. It wasn't hard since Alban weighed fairly nothing to the older boy.
"What loveliness will you showcase today?" He said; with a voice laced with affection, but with each word that Sonny spoke, the cavity between the fluffy cheeks of Alban had increased, forming a tiny chick's pout. It felt unfair for his brother to say something like that, although it was correct.
"I am going to burn the world! Rawr! Chaos! Destruction! Evil!" A little kitty-sharp canine tooth was visible as he said his motives of the day, evoking laughter and adoration from the boy he was held in the arms of.
With his eyes shut from the brilliance of the feline in front of him, Sonny could only clutch his heart in his thoughts to prevent himself from smothering the precious boy with kisses.
Instead of what he truly wished to do, Sonny decided to go for a milder option and snuggled into the boy like a cute puppy, "oh Alban, you are so adorable ~ my cute little otouto."
"Hehehe~"
Alban giggled like the most adorable little gremlin to reside on planet earth. For him, Sonny was like the sun, a brilliant gold star that never failed to make his heart happy.
Feeling appeased with the attention he received from the sun personified, Alban decided it was time to wreck and ruin the day. He embarked on the journey of travelling the high seas (read: crossing the road) and finally reaching the demon’s lair (he meant fulgur's house but we do not talk about that)
"Don't fight Fulgur too much, okay? He tries his best to make sure you do not burn the house down. I am sorry I can’t stay with you for too long “Sonny softly urges Alban, trying to make sure he does not end up blowing the house to smithereens. His soft violet-blue eyes peered at the boy he carried in his arms. Long lashes framed an airy veneer on the slightly not-very-sane boy.
With black cat clips pinned on top of his head, Alban felt fairly pleasant this morning; until his brother had to mention the very short time he had with the young boy. Dissatisfaction bubbled up in his teeny-tot fist, but he immediately put on the sullen look.
"Fulgur is going to be talking with Uki about the things he read last night. ‘M just going to be playing the harmonica with Yugo."
"I see, and what about your mission of taking over the world?"
"Uhm....I'll leave it for another day~"
"Thank you for sparing our lives today, oh great Knyox."
The jovial repartee between two cuties was interrupted by a group of acquaintances from school. Few know about the existence of his younger brother and Sonny always made sure to keep his family as low profile as possible. As well as his selfish reasons for keeping his brother guarded away.
(so true taichou ! gaslight gatekeep girlboss)
Although Sonny was a convivial boy to his peers, he always felt a bit iffy when the thought of these coequals getting to see Alban's precious smile as well. After all, Alban may be a bit mischievous, but he was fairly young to not know how the world works.
The blonde put on a stern face as the people came closer to him, "Huh? Captain? Is that you?" A mob character spoke; curious about who the head of the disciplinary committee was squishing cheeks with.
Just like a curious little star, Alban peeked out, to see which monkey had dared to interrupt his cheek smushing session. And there it was, all in its glory, a typical side character that is going to be used by the author for the plot. The little cat-boy growled lightly, obviously showing hostility to the man in front of him. And Sonny was not very fond of the intermission either, but since it would possibly put Alban in the line of sight of those people, he only settled with a nod to answer, hoping they would scram quickly.
Unfortunately, the world is cruel and the group just came closer to Alban after the confirmation. Alban gripped his brother’s shoulders tighter, clearly uncomfortable and unhappy, yet he didn't speak a word since Sonny was enduring them, which in Alban’s brain translated to endure as well.
“Move another inch and I will make all of you kneel to the ground.” Apical eyes like a protective clouded leopard, glaring fiercely at them. The outsiders flinched, and some of them even moved back, but most of them misunderstood Sonny’s happy and jaunty nature at university.
“Come on taichou, we just want to see who you are talking to.” A small but plain ‘tch’ was heard shortly after; it was the sound of Alban's tongue clicking. His patience was slowly stripping itself bare; first, these strangers came up to them and then they ignored his brother’s words? Atrocious. Unforgivable. Alban moved away from the crook of his brother’s shoulders and unknowingly foiled his brother’s plan.
“Go away!!” A literal baby gremlin. Alban was an absolute baby gremlin. Sonny let out a small sigh at his botched plans, and for all unfortunate reasons, Alban heard the breath he let out and misunderstood it as disapproval. The snarky frown turned to a sorrowful arch and shoulders hunched to hide on the crook of Sonny’s shirt.
Alarmed, Sonny raises an eyebrow, quickly patting his head as a concerned expression takes its seat on the elder brother’s face. The blonde misleadingly concluded that Alban became even more dismal because of these people invading the brunette’s personal space. It was half the truth but Sonny did not know it until this very moment.
“So cute !? Senpai, who is that?” A chirpy side-character spoke, seemingly unaware of the tension rising in Sonny’s mind and the amount of error intellect in Alban.
A hushed sniffle was heard, and Sonny only realised about the big droplets that flowed from Alban’s eyes after a wet patch was formed on his shirt. Panic flashed in the blonde’s mind like thunder. At that instant, Sonny let loose of his character in front of his colleagues, “Get Lost Right Now.”
Thank the heavens the coterie finally understood the meaning and quickly cluttered off; leaving the two siblings alone, mumbling, words that fuel the fire. ‘Does taichou have a brother? I thought he was an only child?’
If it were any other person, perhaps it could have gone unheard, but Alban's amazing hearing did not let it go unnoticed. The baby gremlin’s figure shook and an abrupt hiccup left his cherry lips. Trying his best to get his emotions to calm down, Alban shook his head, burying himself deeper into the hook of his older sibling’s neck.
Sonny quickly tried to take a look at Alban’s face but was met by a strong shake of the head. Rejection. It was like an immediate emergency switch to the doting older brother. Thankfully, Fulgur’s house is the next one down. They were quite early as their previous expedient of wanting to stop by a cake store was ruined.
Sonny made sure to carry the tearful little boy, who clinged onto him without displaying his face. Needless to say, the moment was only 5 minutes in reality and the painful agony of an hour to Sonny's imaginative soul.