Movie night

The whole family entered the house silently without any words being spoken. The silence between them wasn't the awkward kind. Instead it was a comforting silence where all of them tried to cherish this moment.

Karl looked around the house and saw that no major things had changed while he was in the military.

They walked silently until finally Karl was the first one to speak.

Karl said ,"So..." while squeezing their hands to get their hands attention.

Sophie, Lucy and Jannah came back from their thoughts as they felt the hand that they have been missing for a long time squeeze their's suddenly.

They all looked up and saw Karl having a teasing smile on his face while looking at all of them up and down.

The three women were confused by his look and Karl noticed it which made his smile wider.

"Care to explain why all of you are wearing my shirts, hmmm?"

Karl noticed it way earlier that they were wearing his shirts. Karl's body size didn't really change much on his 2 years in the military, that's why his clothes way back before he entered the military still fits him. But for his mother and sisters who have smaller body sizes, it was way too big. The hem of the shirt reached all the way down to their thighs.

As if something struck them, Sophie, Lucy and Jannah stiffened for a moment. Then their faces turned beet red as they all looked down at the ground shyly while they play with their fingers.

All of them tried to utter a sentence but all that came out was a continuous sounds of unintelligible words.

"Ehhh."

"Uhmmm."

"That-"

Their reaction made Karl laugh which made the three women's face turn even redder. Karl continued to laugh for a few seconds until finally, Sophie couldn't take the embarrassment as she slapped Karl in the chest, but there wasn't really that much force put into it since it was only a playful slap.

Karl laughed even harder due to her actions. Seeing that, Sophie pouted. Combined with her red face, it would be enough to turn countless men into lovestruck fools.

"Mmmhh. Stop laughing at us. It's not funny you know."

The two sisters suddenly gained courage due to their mother's actions as they also playfully slapped Karl in the chest while they also pouted.

"Mommy's right Karl/big bro. Stop laughing will you."

Karl saw their cute faces and his heart skipped a beat. He coughed hard after he stopped laughing.

"Ok ok I'll stop. So? Will you answer me?" Karl got his bearings, his smile returning on his face.

"Well." Sophie started off nervously. She took a deep breath as preparation for what she is going to say. But unexpectedly, Jannah beat her to it as she took Karl's hand and hold them.

"We like wearing them big bro. They're so comfortable to wear, it makes us feel like your here with us, like your hugging us. Your not mad right?" Jannah said sheepishly as she gave the ultimate move of a girl. The puppy eyes!

Karl's heart skipped another beat as he saw Jannah made that look at him. He shook his head inwardly to calm down.

He smiled at Jannah as he said, "Of course not. You guys can wear my shirts anytime you want. I mean it's not really a big deal. I could just buy clothes again. Besides..."

Karl stopped his words as he saw their confused stairs at him. His next actions stupefied the three girls as he gently rub their heads one by one.

"You look beautiful and cute in that shirt."

He waited for the reaction of the three. He expected that the three would act proud and say, "Hmp. Of course we are." or something like that. They always reacted that way whenever Karl would compliment them.

'I mean what can I do. They deserve to be proud since they really are beautiful.' Karl thought inwardly and despite being like that, he liked that attitude of them since that means they really have a close relationship with each other. If it were someone else, the three would have just ignored it, considering how much they get praised everyday for their beauty.

But what they did next was so unexpected that Karl's eyes and mouth widened considerably.

The faces of the three turned even more red compared to earlier as they unexpectedly rubbed their heads against his hand while having hazy eyes.

All that was on the girls mind was Karl's words saying, 'I look beautiful and cute.' saying it over and over inside their heads.

Due to surprise, Karl stopped rubbing their heads which woke the three girls up from their imagination.

They noticed Karl looking at them with a strange look which made them panic inwardly. 'He didn't notice did he?!' all of them thought at the same time.

At this time, Lucy tried to salvage the situation as she opened her mouth with her hands on her hips, chest pushed outward as she posed liked someone bragging. "Hmpp. O-o-of course we know we-we're beautiful. You don't need to tell us that. And also, can you st...stop treating us like a child by rubbing our heads like that?"

Lucy stuttered at her first sentence and on the last, she spoke quietly with a pause in the middle as if she is hesitating to say that word.

Sophie and Jannah did a forehead slap in their minds as they thought, 'Ohh Darling/sis you just made it worse.'

Of course, Karl noticed all of that and felt that something is weird with how they act. In the back of his mind, a thought popped up but he forcefully pushed it down.

Karl put his arms up in a surrender pose, "Ok I won't do that again."

A trace of disappointment flashed on the three girls faces which didn't go unnoticed as the thought in the back of Karl's mind rose up again. He discarded that again.

"Are you guys ok? Your acting weird."

"Yup, we're fine sweetie. We're just really happy to see you again, that's all." Sophie said as she composed herself. She looked at Karl's hands and saw a plastic bag. To divert the conversation she asked, "Sweetie what's that on your hand?"

Karl looked at his hands and remembered the things he bought for them. The diversion worked great as he forget about that thought.

"Ohh this. It's chocolates and ice cream." Karl smiled at them and as he expected, all their eyes brightened up immediately as they all rushed towards it.

However, Karl raised it up before they could grab it which made them pout again.

"This is for later ok? Let's have a movie night with these. I also brought popcorns. But for now let's have dinner first. And speaking of dinner..."

Karl looked at Sophie with a teasing smile again, "Mom, you left the stove again."

Her eye's widened as she rushed towards the kitchen, the girls soon following after her as Karl followed from behind while chuckling to himself.

'Looks like some things still didn't change huh?'

After that episode, they all had dinner together like they always did while chatting to each other, telling what has been happening to their life. The girls is the first to tell what's happening to Karl.

Karl got to know that his mother is still working the same job, being a professional scientist. His older sister just became a new doctor, which surprised him just a little bit.

'She really is a genius just like mom ehh?'

Lucy has always been the smartest child in the family, with Jannah as the second and last is him. Karl was smart as well, thought not as smart as his sisters. Of course, even with that being the case, the mother and sisters didn't change their attitudes towards him.

Because for them, he has been the man of the family far longer than any man did in their lives. He was the one to always protect them, care for them and love them whenever they need, even to his mother. And that's why they love him so much.

Anyways back to the topic. When Karl heard what Jannah became, he was speechless for a moment. Jannah was still the same high school student but her attitude outside the house changed greatly. She became a delinquent in school and was known for beating up boys who did things too far to try and get close to her. The students in school ended up giving her the nickname of mafia princess because of her actions. And the school didn't expel her since she was smart enough to keep evidence of the boy's action that would help her in winning the case.

As for how she was able to beat up boys her age. Well what can you expect from someone who is living with a battle maniac? Of course some of it rubbed onto her as well.

Then it was Karl's time to share his experiences. He just gave them some unimportant information since he knows they will be worried if he told them the whole story.

But he did told them that he can control himself better now, which made the girls relieved.

After their dinner, they all headed to the living room for the movie night. All of them sat down in the couch, Karl in the middle, Sophie on his right, Lucy on his left and Jannah on his lap, which earned the jealous stares from the two girls, to which she responded, "Little sister privilege. Hehe."

Karl just shook his head at the three, still confused about their changes in attitude. But for now, he didn't want to think about it. He just wanted to spend the night with his loved ones.

And so, the happy family had a great time together watching movies, chatting together, and eating their favourite food in the world.

The time soon struck past midnight as all of them fell asleep on the couch, the three girls leaning on Karl as they slept peacefully with smiles on their faces, no doubt having a good dream.

Unaware of the chaos that will soon befall to the whole world.