Brothers And Nosy Demons

"It was a lovely sight~"

"Lavender...,"

"What~? I can't help it~! I'm a demon of lust. You think I wouldn't peak on such a sexy moment-"

"Okay, that's enough!"

I stopped Lavender's words.

Apparently, Lavender got through the others' sight and managed to appear on the real world to see me and Arden-- um, kissing. I let out an exaggerated sigh while trying to calm my heart down.

Since then, the atmosphere got tense. I kept blushing and Arden kept clearing his throat. I can tell that Arden wouldn't let go of me after that.

... But we can't go further than that, yet.

"Little master, your face reminded me of a ripe tomato," Io pointed out bluntly.

The corner of my eyes twitched while I shoot a glare aimed at Io. "... You're not supposed to be here. The two of you,"

"Oh, I'm here to drag Lavender back," Io said happily. Lavender giggled and wrapped her arm around Io playfully.

"But I wanted to know the full details~ Master master~, describe to me how it felt? did he use his tongue--"

"Lavender!" I shouted. "Say one more thing and I'm going to put you in the same temple as Sephtis,"

"Eek!" Lavender yelped and backed away, hiding behind Io. Io smiled.

"Alright, then little master. We're going back to the demon realm,"

"Please do," I rolled my eyes.

Io and Lavender then disappeared.

I plopped myself on my old bed, sighing while looking up to the ceiling.

The kiss from earlier is still lingering. I unconsciously touched my lips with my fingers. I blushed again and buried my face onto my pillow. Stop thinking about it. Hm, maybe I can't. This is a new feeling for me. I never kissed anyone even in my previous life.

It's sad. But that's the truth.

So being kissed like that... by my own lover, it feels-

𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙜!

"Ezra!"

"What?!"

I yelled in surprise and tried to get up from my position. I widened my eyes when I saw two grown men running toward me and plunged themselves to me, crushing me under their weight.

No way!

"Sehan? Leorys?"

They finally let go of me and let me catch a breath.

They're supposed to be far away right now. What are they doing here?

"You're so different now! I'm going to cry," Sehan frowned.

Leorys looked at Sehan with a dry expression. "Don't,"

Oh gosh, I missed them so much.

"Knock knock,"

(𝘈/𝘕 : 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦?)

The three of us turned our heads to the door. Once again, I gasped in surprise.

It's, Christopher.

"... Chris," I whispered.

Christopher smiled warmly.

He's grown so much. So different as well. I guess that's normal since he's in his early thirties.

God, time passed so quickly.

"We're visiting our most adorable little brother,"

It's Sylvester..

"Get inside will you? It's heavy to carry these kids,"

"!"

T-That's right.

I forgot, brother Raphael has his own kids now.

Christopher and Sylvester walked inside to let Raphael walk in while carrying two little babies on his arms. I never see them in real life, but I receive a letter from Raphael when I'm still in school.

"... I'm an uncle," I mumbled.

Sylvester chuckled softly.

"Ezra looks much more adorable than them," Sehan said innocently.

"Do you wish to get your butts beat?" Raphael asked. Sehan grinned.

"Nope,"

"We became very busy," Christopher sighed. "But we're trying to spare our free time to meet our dear little brother,"

"We don't have time actually. I have a meeting right now," Sylvester said. He smiled. "But I can't help it. We all agreed on meeting Ezra today,"

They did?

I'm, so touched.

Gah! don't cry Ezra!

"Aaw your eyes are watering," Christopher said. He walked toward my bed and gave me a big hug. I missed his hugs so much. I hugged him back tightly.

Everyone looked at me with warm eyes.

Wait, but where's Edgar and Juno?

"Where are those two twerps by the way?" Raphael asked.

"Edgar is on his way I assumed," Sylvester said. "And Juno-"

"Here,"

"!"

All of us looked over at the corner of the room.

There's Juno, crossing his arms cooly while leaning to the wall.

He's been standing there this whole time and we haven't noticed him?!

"Juno!" I called him excitedly.

Juno smiled at me.

"Yo,"

They're all so busy. But they manage to spare some time just to see me. Maybe because I'll move out to the north that's quite far from the capital. And we won't have that much time to see each other.

"I made it!"

Ah, there he is.

Brother Edgar.

He opened the windows and sit on the window's frame. His shirt is dirty, like always. He looked at me with his usual energetic grin.

"Hi there, little bud"

"..."

... I can't take it.

I'm too happy.

This joy is overwhelming that I finally broke into tears.

My brothers, they're all here. They're older, they grew up so much. But they're still my brothers. The image of us playing together in one room came across my mind. This nostalgic feeling.

I needed this.

After everything that happened before, I feel so lonely.

But now, I'm ready for anything.