OLDER BROTHER BRUNO!

"Please don't leave me," Yuri said, pleading, looking up at the seniors with a heart-wrenching expression.

The seniors could not help but feel guilty for Yuri's vulnerable state and insecurity. Sam, who was closer to Yuri, immediately gathered Yuri's little frame in his arms, swiftly lifting him and placing Yuri in his lap, cradling him in his arms as he sat on Yuri's previous seat. The other seniors drew closer like a magnet would to iron filings, without further ado, they glued themselves as close as possible to Yuri, even if it was practically impossible for ten bulky boys to glue themselves to a small frame like Yuri's at the same time, but they managed quite well, pressing random kisses to his neck and face.

Yuri, surprised by their positive change in attitude, melted against his seniors's hold and welcomed the feeling of being smooched by his Geges.

"That is ticklish," Yuri said between wheezes of laughter, finding it hard to get a word out of his lips without choking up on his belly-deep laughter.

After getting their fill of kisses and hugs, the seniors finally gave Yuri breathing space, leaning away a bit from their panting junior.

"You are so precious," Sam said, a genuine smile plastered across his face as he peered down at Yuri with adoration visible in his eyes.

Glancing up, Yuri grew red when he saw the same expression on each senior's face and opted to cover his tomato-colored face with his hands which earned him a round of coos and head pats from his seniors.

"With that said and done, Yuri I would like you to accompany me to the city's mall." A senior said after silence settled amongst the boys.

"Of course, I would love to accompany you," Yuri replied, a little bit too excited.

"Then it's settled, get ready in an hour." The senior said with a broad smile, imitating Yuri's.

"Bruno just wants you all to himself." Yuri heard Sam grumble from above him.

"Yeah, our bonding time is a little bit overdue." The senior who identifies as Bruno replied, puffing out his chest proudly.

"In an hour, Yuri." Bruno reminded and tipped his invincible hat towards Yuri's direction, then stood up to leave the other seniors scoffing at his overly dramatic outro.

"He just wants an opportunity to spoil him rotten," Sam grumbles, scoffing for the umpteenth time since Bruno first spoke.

"Yes, probably." Another senior voiced out.

"He is the smallest senior here, but none of us are man enough to stand up to him." Lin Feng said, adding a scoff at the end of his sentence, standing up to leave.

"I guess you have to get ready for your date, Yuri," Sam muttered, looking down at Yuri, jealousy etched on his words.

"Yes, if you will excuse me," Yuri said and wiggled his way out of Sam's arms with a giggle, not missing the fact that his other seniors were indeed jealous.

"I am taking him out next," Sam grumbled, looking at Yuri's retreating figure.

"No fair, you spend quite a lot of time with him, I think it's only fair if he goes out with me next." A senior interjected, looking at Sam with narrowed eyes.

"Li Wang, you do not want to be on my bad side." Sam glared at the senior, seeming unimpressed with the latter's statement.

"I would like to try." Li Wang retorted, seeming indifferent toward the killer glare Sam sent his way.

"Don't you dare try me, Georgios!" Sam screamed at Li Wang's face, but the indifferent expression on the latter's face did not twitch a bit.

By then, the common room had diffused, leaving just Li Weng and a steaming Sam.

"Sam, come here now!" The duo heard a voice angrily call for Sam from down the hall, he recognized the voice as Chen Ling's and he visibly paled.

"You my friend, are in one dipshit." Li Wang said, then summed it up with deep wicked laughter, stood up from the couch he previously sat on and left the common room with a dramatic hair flip.

"Sam, you won't want me coming down there to pick you up myself!" He heard the same voice holler at him, and he impossibly paled more and audibly gulped.

"I'm on my way," Sam said, taking extra precautions so he wouldn't stutter, trying not to give away that he was nervous.

"On my way." He mumbled, taking hesitant steps toward the direction of Chen Ling and Lin Feng's shared room.

"I am one dead meat,"

-

"Yuri, look, isn't that cute?" Bruno asked Yuri who was slightly behind Bruno as they walked down the aisle of one of the stalls of the city mall.

"Yes, I guess?" Yuri said, but Bruno placed the human-sized stuffed bunny in the cart anyway, not listening to Yuri.

This has been going on for about half an hour- Bruno picking out cute things for Yuri because it suited his personality- the senior's words. The most distressing part of this scenario to Yuri was the pitiful staff who was pushing two carts that were filled to their brims around with tired expressions on their face beware brutally ignored by the overly excited senior.

"Older brother, I think this is enough," Yuri said in a quiet voice, drawing the attention of the hopping senior.

Turning around to face Yuri, Bruno was unable to hide the shock on his face at being referred to as older brother by the younger boy.

"If you say so," Bruno replied after he regained his composure.

They checked out and loaded what they had bought into the back seat of the truck.

"I thought you said that you wanted to do some shopping for yourself," Yuri said, questioning. They were leaning against the hood of the truck, enjoying the cool evening air.

"I need nothing, this outing is basically for my cute younger brother," Bruno said with a broad smile and leaned over to grasp Yuri's cheeks between his index fingers and thumbs and gave a slight pinch to his slightly chubby cheeks.

"Really?" Yuri asked, his eyes filled with hope.

"Really," Bruno answered, releasing Yuri's poor cheeks.

"Then, let's go get ice cream!"