It's beginning to look Alot like Trouble p4

"My kitchen...THE HELL HAPPENED HERE?!"

"Maybe you should calm down, lovely."

"Calm down, CALM DOWN?! WHO THE FUCK BROKE MY KITCHEN TAAAAAAAABLE?!" Ned screamed so loud, the windows glass began cracking.

"No way he did that with just his voice." Garrick whispered to himself in sheer horror, as he saw the cracks.

"Holy shit what animal screeched just now?!" Jade said as she and Jasper came running into the kitchen when they heard Ned scream, still in their pajamas.

"Animal? Am I an animal Now?!" Ned turned to face them with an mad grin, "I meant to s-say! Whose beautiful voice was singing opera just now?!" Jade said in an attempt to save herself.

"Mom, before you think about becoming one of them killers that are serial/Mass killers because they murdered their entire family in one go...I want you to know, me and Jade have nothing to do with what happened to the kitchen! Faunus can testify." Jasper said in defense of himself.

"YEAH! we're innocent! Yur-! I mean Jihi can vouch for Me!" Jade said, "I told you to call me by my name, kid." Yuri popped out of nowhere startling them.

"AHHH?! shit!...Am I on Santa's naughty list? I need to send Santa a letter next year asking him for people to just stop sneaking-up on me!" Garrick complained while shaking, "Easy boy, who would believe you're an Fbi agent if you get scared so easily?!" Yuri said.

Realizing something "Wait... you're not hiding anymore?!" Ned and Jasper both asked in confusion, "Yurei knows apparently...Mallory snitched on me and honestly, I don't care anymore." Yuri replied nonchalantly.

"Hold on, I just realized from your voice... You're 'Jihi' right?!" Garrick asked earning a nod from Yuri.

"Wow, you're so pretty!" Garrick said, "What's with this family? do I have to be ugly or something to hide behind a mask!" Yuri replied a little surprised.

"No, sorry if I said something offensive." Garrick nervously said.

Sighing, "Anyways, the mess that happened in your kitchen Ned...was caused by the other four men you housed last night, royal couple and the assistant couple.

Hurry-up Ned because they are already trying to run away, I just saw Thorn and Lucius in their cars." Yuri spoke turning their attention to Ned.

"Those Brats!" Ned grunted and hurried to the front door, he quickly ran outside and through the gate just in time as both Aroon and Muriel climbed into their Alphas cars and closed their passenger doors behind them.

"HEY?!" Ned shouted at them, "WHERE THE HELL YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?!" he shouted while approaching Lucius car.

Petrified, Lucius locked the car, And Ned furiously started banging on his window, "First you take my assistant away from me, and now you destroy my kitchen?! I should just let Fernando turn you into BBQ Lucius!"

"Lu just drive, we'll handle this later." Aroon whispered begging Lucius, "I Will Find You And I WILL GET YOU!" Ned yelled, "DRIVE!" Aroon shouted terrified, and Lucius did just that.

"YA! SHIT! I'm not going to let go of this you two." Ned said pointing at them, as he watched Lucius drive off with Aroon.

Remembering the other couple exist, Ned turned his head to see that Thorn and Muriel were about to drive away as well.

"YA! DUMB BLONDE! YOU'RE FUCKING PREGNANT! I EXPECT YOU TO COME OVER TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A CHECK UP TOMORROW! YOU HORNY RASCAL!" Ned directed his speech to Muriel.

Popping his head from the window, "I will come do not worry! and I am very sorry Neddie! I will send you someone to fix the mess we made! Merry Christmas Luv!" Muriel said waving at him, "See you later dude!" Thorn said sniggering before he drove off.

"Lol, they ran away." Jade said as she watched from inside the house, "But seriously, What the hell did they do to the kitchen?!" she added asking.

"They took being naughty boys to a whole another level." Jasper replied, he was blushing just by thinking about what he saw with Faunus.

"Speaking of which, where's Faunus? he usually appears whenever you do." Yuri asked Jasper, "Oh? he should be sleeping in my room right now, Unless mom's screaming woke him up." Jasper replied.

"Faunus Asleep till now...could it be he's not feeling well?" Yuri asked.

"About that, he's been skipping on both food and sleep for a while now...I don't know what is going with him and he isn't being open about it." Jasper replied.

"Hehe, he slept in your room?" Jade said with a smug face, "Gurl...we did nothing! not everyone here is horny AF!" Jasper replied, "We had a wholesome time, just watched some kpop performances, some cats getting rescued videos and I taught him how to play Dimecraft!" He added explaining, he felt his heart warming all of the sudden.

"Dimecraft! love that game, I may or may not be obsessed with taming wolves in it." Garrick said chuckling, "Oh there's Fau!" he added slightly smirking as a sleepy Faunus approached them, with his hair messy, shirtless and wearing only a pajama pants with cat prints on it.

"Sometimes I get scared of the fact that Faunus is Fernando's twin...like this, without makeup and his usual glamour, they look too similar, I wouldn't be able to tell them apart." Garrick commented whispering.

"That's what identical twins are supposed to be like." Yuri replied.

"Hey everyone, *Yawning* My love, is it me or I heard Mother scream earlier?" Faunus asked rubbing his eyes.

Nodding, "Yeah, those four wrecked the kitchen, it's a mess now." Jasper replied noticing how pale Faunus got overnight, it made him feel worried.

Jasper was wearing a pajama robe, so he took it off and placed it around Faunus's shoulders.

"...!" Faunus glanced curiously watching Jasper cover him up, "What? I don't want you to get cold!" Jasper replied.

"But it is warm, no need to worry about me." Faunus replied, "Shut-up and take it!" Jasper said flustered.

"Ohohoho!" Jade sniggered, "Someone is too worried about their boyfriend." She added,"Leave me be." Jasper replied in despair.

"I should get ready to go to my place." Faunus said, "You should eat something first! you're barely eating anything lately, You haven't shifted in a while too, are you sure you're doing fine?" Jasper asked.

"Does he need to shift?" Jade asked, "Being unable to shift for Someone's like Faunus, is a sign of decreasing mana." Yuri replied.

"No wonder you look so tired!" Jasper said, "I am fine! my appetite is just gone, it happens." Faunus replied, "Then if you aren't going to eat anything, You should go back to sleep! you didn't sleep well Last night!" Jasper said pushing Faunus back to his room.

"Oh right! I need to check on Ned, he's still outside." Garrick said hurrying outside.

"You look worried, is that a bad thing? shouldn't Faunus be fine after some sleep or a meal?" Jade asked, "It is bad, I think it may be poisoning...I think he's loosing mana and can't refill it either." Yuri replied.

"Oh! poison can do that? how would he get poisoned in the first place?"

"There's Alot you don't know about magic...and as for how he could've been poisoned, we all know a suspect."

"What would happen if he's out of Mana?"

"Faunus obviously won't be able to use his healing magic, and with time he'll end-up getting sicker and sicker, he might end-up in a slumber."

"Slumber as in...Coma?! like sleeping beauty type of shit?!" Jade said with wide eyes, "Yes." Yuri replied.

"If this is true, we gotta help him!"

"Not so fast kid, we need to make sure this is a case of poisoning, and then get to find which poison was used so we can make an antidote...or..."

"Or? what ?"

"If my guess is right and this is Fernando's work, he won't be using anything easy to get rid of Faunus, it could not even be poison...that girl Coco, might be able to help us."

"Should we tell Jasper? it seems he already noticed something is wrong with Faunus." Jade suggested, "Okay but don't freak him, and tell your mom too, meanwhile I'm going back to my office... I'll come back once I have some free time." Yuri replied before teleporting away.

...Some Time later...

"NedGarrick!" Yuuya cheered pulling them into a big hug, "Don't act like you and me are clear now." Ned said, "Oh c'mon! how many times do I have to apologize...I didn't mean to make Garrick think you're a murderer!" Yuuya replied making Garrick chuckle.

Breaking the hug, "Yeah yeah whatever, your Christmas gifts are in the car, I got something for the whole group, so help yourselves out." Ned said tossing Yuuya the keys, "You got us Christmas gifts?" Stella said confused, "And we gotta go get them ourselves?" she added asking.

"Girl, I'm not going back down after climbing them stairs!" Ned said, "I wish there was an elevator in this complex." She replied whining.

"C'mon Stella! it's just a couple of levels you can do it again!" Kimberly said encouraging Stella,"And Ned, thank you in advance!" Kimberly added excited as she dragged Stella with her and followed Yuuya outside the apartment complex.

"If I'm reading the mood right, I should go and help them." Agu said following them, "Should I help you guys?" Garrick asked, "Nah, it's okay bro." Agu replied.

"I didn't buy them something they can't carry...anyways while they're busy, can you show me around your apartment." Ned said with a smile.

"I don't know but Why do i think, that you left the gifts on purpose in the car just to make my friends go all the way out of the complex, so you and i can have a minute alone?" Garrick asked, "I'm An introvert who's Guilty as charged, let's enjoy the few moments we have by ourselves." Ned replied.

After the whole kitchen thing and in order to calm down, Ned tagged along with Garrick's to go to his apartment, in hopes to get a glimpse on his lover's life.

But Garrick had already called his friends telling them to meet there, so Ned brought with him the gifts he bought for them a while ago for Christmas, as a distraction.

They found the group already waiting inside for them when they arrived, because Yuuya let the friend group in with the spare keys he had that Garrick gave him long ago, to take care of his place when he's out.

Guiding him in, "Lovely you know, My apartment isn't fancy like your house." Garrick said feeling a little embarrassed, "Horse face, do I look like I care? it looks nice and comfy so far...Show me your room." Ned replied wrapping his arm around Garrick's.

...Few minutes later...

The sounds of Kimberly and Stella shouting in excitement as they digged into the fancy shopping bags, grew louder while seeing all the clothes and jewelry Ned got them.

"Haha the girls are loving it, never heard Steel Girl scream this loud." Yuuya said giggling.

"Thanks for the new laptops Ned." Agu said, "Oh and the portable recorder! that would come handy in our podcast when we interview people outdoors." Yuuya added.

"Actually Agu, can I talk to you in private?" Ned said, nodding "Sure." Agu simply replied.

The two of them quickly got-up and moved to a different room, "What's that all about?" Yuuya asked but Garrick shrugged his shoulder not knowing what's going on.

On the other side, "Here...take this." Ned said handing Agu a small jewellery box.

Hesitant, Agu took the box in his hands and opened it, it was a sliver engagement ring, "Ned, why are you giving me this?" Agu asked puzzled.

"Merry Christmas, Mister Francis." Ned replied winking before he left Agu to stare at the ring in a complete State of surprise.