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As Roman awoke that morning, he was roused by the sounds of… children? Oh god, had his kids planned a surprise visit? He hoped not, he loved his babies but there was so much going on-
“Ow! Jimmy you jerkwad, how come I'm always the stool?”
“Because I'm the oldest, now shut up. You're gonna wake Roman”
“Only by nine minutes!”
What. The. Fuck.
Roman shot up and stared at the sight in front of him.
There was a set of twins currently trying to unlock the hotel door. The one acting as a stepping stool had a too big bloodline t-shirt on that hung off him. The other had a bright red bloodline hoodie that hung past his knees. Their bushy black curls were tingled with faded red dye.
Roman blinked a few times and rubbed his eyes.
The stepping stool looked over and made eye contact “um… J-Jimmy-”
“I almost got it”
“Jimmy-”
“Not now Jey, I think I got it”
“Romans staring us down-”
The one fiddling with the doorknob froze and turned, also making eye contact with Roman. With a terrified yelp he hopped off his brothers back “run!” He shouted, grabbing his twins arm and running off.
Roman threw off the covers and followed “Jimmy! Jey! You stop right there! You're not in trouble!”
“You're using your scary voice though!” Jey squeaked as he dove under the hotel bed, pulling Jimmy down with him. The twins squirmed under the mattress and stared at their older cousin with wide eyes.
Roman sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose “I am- ugh okay. I promise you're not in trouble. Just come out of there”
The two were quiet for a moment, glancing at eachother before slowly climbing out from under the wooden frame. Jimmy stared up at his older cousin and clung to his brother “we’re really not in trouble?” He asked hesitantly. Roman softly sighed and nodded “yes. You’re not in trouble. What were you two even doing?” The twins paused and looked down at the floor, Jey anxiously rubbed his hands over his gym shorts “we were trying to leave and find Solo, we didnt want to wake you up.”
Well… they have the brains and bodies of babies but they still have the same memory, Roman thought to himself. He knelt down and looked his little cousins in the eye “you could’ve just asked, little dudes” he said with a small chuckle. He stood up and held his hands out “come on, lets go find your baby brother”
The twins quickly grabbed each of their cousins' hands and became glued to his side. They looked up at him and both seemed to have the same thought in mind. Uppies. But neither said anything.
Roman knew his cousins very well; however, he wordlessly picked them up and started to walk down the hotel hallway to the room next door that housed Solo and Sami. The tribal chief knocked on the door and waited. Soon enough the door opened and a sleepy Solo opened it, his headphones on and still in his pjs. He opened his mouth to greet his older cousin but froze when he saw the two toddlers sitting on his shoulders.
The twins smiled and practically launched themselves from Roman’s shoulder, jumping into their baby brothers arms “Solo!” They cheered. The younger let out a surprised grunt and caught the two, he stared at Roman. Who just shrugged “no idea, just woke up and they were like this.”
Sami yawned and walked over, dressed in a too big bloodline shirt that surely didnt belong to him and flannel sweatpants. “What’s- oh my gosh!” He squealed, covering his mouth as he spotted the little twins. Jimmy smiled and made grabby hands for the ginger while Jey scowled grumpily. The Canadian stared wide eyed at the two before turning his attention to Roman “how- what- I-”
“I have no idea.” The Samoan said, shrugging “I just woke up and they were kids. I have no idea what happened so… I guess we're just stuck with babysitting duty until we figure it out.”
Jimmy let out a small whine as he kept desperately trying to get the honorary uce’s attention. Sami turned and smiled “awe, sorry little man” he grabbed the boy and cradled him. “Babysitting duty huh? Fine by me, kids love me!” He chirped, gently bouncing the little uce in his arms.
Solo let out a small snort “cept this one apparently” he teased, gesturing to the other uso still in his arms.
Sami frowned and tilted his head “what?”
Oh.
Jey was glaring at him. The toddler had the biggest mean mug Sami had ever seen. His little hands were clutching protectively onto Solo’s T-shirt.
“dont mind my baby brother, Jey is always like that” Jimmy said proudly, nuzzling his head onto Sami’s shoulder.
“I am not a baby!” Jey whined, turning his glare to his twin
Roman raised an eyebrow “you know, I think it's nap time” he hummed, crossing his arms. “Someone's sounding a little cranky” he took hold of Jey and ran his hands through his curls. The younger twin continued to pout and whine, squirming in his cousin's arm. “Nooo, no nap!” he sulked, his protested interrupted with a small yawn.
Roman nodded “that settles it, come on you two. Nap time” he took the other twin from Sami and returned to his hotel room. He laid them on the second bed in the room and tucked him up “comfy?”
Jimmy, always the easy one, nodded and got cozy under the blankets. Jey continued to sulk however “I'm not tired big uce, can't I just stay up with you? Pretty please?”
Roman shook his head “nope, you're so sleepy. I can see it in your eyes. However I turn on finding Nemo and if you stay up the whole movie I'll let you stay up. That good enough? Deal?”
Jey was quiet for a moment, nibbling his bottom lip before nodding “yeah, okay. Deal.”
Satisfied, Roman smiled and nodded. He grabbed the remote and navigated to Disney+, quickly turning on finding Nemo.
As predicted, not even 10 minutes into the movie Jey was out like a light. Roman was quite proud of himself, he nodded and went out to the other room. He slipped inside and let out a soft sigh “Sami, I have a job for you. Me and Solo have to go make an excuse for the boys absence so you're gonna have to babysit them.”
Solo grimmaced “you sure that's a good idea? Jey doesn't really seem to like him. No offense-”
The Canadian quickly waved him off “I'm sure I can get on his good side! Like I said, I'm great with kids! You can count on me”