92 At the Bar XI

Dark brown eyes darted from the sleep slack face in his arms to the three pairs of eyes watching them with curiosity and amusement, feeling helpless and very out of depth.

One of the pairs of eyes belonged to a face identical to the sweet-smelling omega currently curled up on his lap.

The twin offered him a wink and pulled out his phone. "This is so cute," he said with a wide grin. "I'm never going to let him live this down," he said, a satisfied smirk on his face as he studied the image he captured in satisfaction.

He took another one for a good measure, and once he was satisfied, the twin bowed to him in greeting. "Sorry for my brother, mister. I'm Yukio. You're the guy we...ran into at the station that day right?"

Lorcan nodded, surprised at being recognized.

"Truly, such a small world we live in," Yukio mused, studying them with intelligent amber eyes.

Then he redirected his attention towards Emil, "You must be Professor Belmont," he said, greeting him with a bow as well.

Emil was completely drunk, but after a brief lapse where he took to processing the words directed towards him, the older man nodded, "Yes. It's good to finally meet you. Heard a lot about you from your brother."

Yukio grinned, face lighting up in pleasant surprise, "Really? Yuliang talks about me?"

Emil nodded vehemently, "Ye-ah" he hiccupped, "Occasionally. Said you're very talented and that you're the smarter one between you."

Yukio ducked his head, looking both bashful and pleased, "That's not true at all. Brother is the amazing one, not me." Then he shook his head, his attention returning towards the peacefully sleeping Yuliang, "Seriously though, how did my brother end up like this."

Lorcan cleared his throat, "He came over and said he wanted to sleep and uh… somehow, ended up like this. I couldn't wake him up," he awkwardly explained, internally cringing at stupid he sounded.

He hadn't exactly been sober at the time, so his recollection of the moment wasn't very clear either.

Yukio shook his head with an exasperated sigh, "He's a deep sleeper when he's drunk." He turned to the quiet man beside him, "What should we do, Zander? I don't think either of us are strong enough to carry my brother to his apartment without getting hurt."

The sly glint returned to Emil's eyes once more. "That's not a problem. I was planning on staying at my apartment tonight either way. If you just tell us his room number and give us a key, We can drop him off," Emil offered, casually.

Lorcan frowned. Professor or not, there was no way anyone would leave their omega brother unattended with a stranger.

Hell, if it had been Elys drunk and asleep in a stranger's arms and Lorcan had been in Yukio's position, Lorcan was certain that his first instinct would have been to destroy the person who suggested such a stupid idea, not trust them.

Much to his surprise, Yukio just shrugged, "Alright. I'll leave brother in your hands then, good night" he said, handing a key with a fluffy pink key chain attached to it, to Emil. Then he grabbed the Sundanese-looking guy, Zander, and headed for the exit with a skip in his step and a bright smile on his face.

Lorcan exchanged a glance with Emil, who just offered him a helpless shrug and dangled the fluffy pink key chain at him with a pointed look.