Normal Days

Dorian took off his dirty hoodie and lucky, he had a black polo shirt underneath "Lan, you didn't learn how to fight just for petty disputes but for self defense and to protect"

Lane argued "But this also counts as self defense and protecting you"

Paul squeezed his shoulder "Lan, just listen to Ian and stop being mad about it already. I am already forgot about it"

Lane kicked the grass "Fine"

Dorian sat on the swing and said with a soft smile "Let's play Mobile Legends Bang Bang again"

Lane grinned with satisfaction and Paul chuckled "It's been a while"

That night, three shadows appeared behind a building along with a fat cat

Lane asked as they squatted on a tree "So what should we go with this time?"

Dorian caressed Milky "How about a grenade?"

Paul exclaimed "That's too much! Are you here to kill all of them!? We're only after Glean"

Lane scratched his head "So should we just kidnap him then?"

Paul rolled his eyes "And let the whole world know we were here? The police will track us down"

Dorian frowned as Lane whined "I wish I was Sister Lao"

Paul sighed "I have a better idea. How about we get in first?"

The trio snuck into the dimly lit apartment building and looked for Glean's parents apartment

Paul whispered as they got to the fourth floor "That's the one. He's bragged about where he stays at school to his friends and I heard once"

The trio stood by the door all dressed in black which only revealed their eyes which they wore shades to cover up and Lane asked "How do we get inside?"

Dorian scrunched up his nose as he tried to recall "I've never been inside but I can probably get us to window. Lan, you'll have to slow us down so we can grab onto the balcony"

Lane nodded and Dorian passed Milky to Paul "Hold on tight"

Dorian opened up a portal that encompassed all four of them and they disappeared from sight

Lane slowed them down when they appeared in front of the balcony and they quickly grabbed onto it then jumped and silently landed on the balcony

Lane gave a thumbs up "Good job, Ian"

Dorian whispered "Less talking, More moving"

Paul checked the balcony door "It isn't locked"

Dorian told Lane to make a video call with him and Lane asked "But we're right beside each other"

Dorian raised his phone on the air with his psychic ability "Just do it"

Lane realized what he wanted to do and accepted the call then Paul opened the door slightly enough for Dorian's phone to go through

Lane passed the phone to Paul and carried Milky while Dorian focused his attention on the phone he was moving and Paul could navigate for him

Paul said "No one is in the living room"

Lane asked "But why are the lights on?"

Dorian said "Maybe someone's in the kitchen, Paul take me there"

Paul nodded "Turn left, go low, lower, you're about to hit a table"

Paul said "Pause, someone's by the fridge and it looks like.. Glean"

Lane chuckled "Just the person we were looking for"

Dorian asked "What is he doing there?"

Paul had a disgusted expression "Blue film"

Lane puked air "Ew"

Dorian squeezed his face "No one is around, right?"

Paul nodded "The whole place is absent excluding his presence, it seems like his parents are already asleep upstairs"

Lane scoffed "Pig body with pig brain"

Dorian brought back the phone in less than a millisecond without any noise

Dorian asked "Did you screen record that?"

Paul nodded "Already saved in hidden files"

Lane asked "Why?"

Paul rolled his eyes "Did you forget? Ian needs to see a place to be able to portal there so everytime we play, Ian gets more places to portal to. We might never know when we need it"

Lane realized "Oh, like the time we-"

Paul covered his mouth "Did you forget the second most important rule of the game? Do not mention past ones"

Lane pursed his lips and nodded "What's the most important rule?"

Paul rolled his eyes then Dorian answered for him "No Killing"

The trio entered the living room stealthily then Dorian signalled Lane to stand guard by the stairs and inform them if anyone was coming

Lane tip toed towards the stairs and stared it down which made Paul roll his eyes again

Dorian signalled to Paul that he would go in first and knock Glean out then he would come in the kitchen

Paul silently stood by the entrance as Dorian crawled into the kitchen

He got behind Dorian who was engaged in what he was watching which made Dorian disgusted but he quickly delivered a hand chop towards this neck and moved the phone aside

Paul came in and asked "So what do we do to him?"

Dorian smirked "He's gonna wake up to a very very bad morning tomorrow"

After they were done, the trio disappeared like they were never there

The next morning, Glean's Mother came downstairs and was shocked by what she saw

Then she slapped Glean awake "You ..! You rascal of a son! What is the meaning of this!?"

Glean was puzzled but when he looked down, he was speechless

The blue film he was watching was on and his private part was out with his hand on it

He stammered as he tried to explain to his mum but she just gave him another slap and called his dad who gave him a good beating and also grounded him

While Lane and Paul were having breakfast with their parents, Carrie asked "So, Lane, when will your summer lessons end?"

Lane replied "Uhm.. it's called summer lessons for a reason because it lasts throughout the summer"

Lujin rolled his eyes "Serves you right for causing so much trouble at school. Maybe you'll learn to be more calm"

Carrie lightly hit Lujin's shoulder "Oh come on, don't be like that. It wasn't his fault, they provoked him even though they knew he had very little patience. How can you get out of it? You have to enjoy your summer too"

Lane replied "I could also not go. We don't even do anything there, the teachers just come, sit and press their phones for six hours"

Carrie was surprised "I thought it was called summer lessons because they would teach you guys something"

Paul shook his head "No, Mum, it's called summer lessons because they learn the consequences for their actions which counts as not enjoying their summer"

Carrie nodded "So if he doesn't go?"

Paul replied "He'll get a bad grade in one of the subjects and have to write double exams for it at the end of next session which means writing both eighth grade and ninth grade exams at the end of next session"

Carrie asked "But does it count? He's a tenth grader though, high school level"

Paul nodded "It does count. Because it will affect his high school certificate if he doesn't write the exams"

Carrie said "He just has to study more. Lane, would you prefer going for summer lessons or after school lessons when the next session starts?"

Lane widened his eyes and couldn't decide so he turned to Paul who asked their mother "How many hours will the after lessons be and will it be at home or at school?"

Carrie was taken aback and hadn't thought of all that yet then Lujin said "It will be at school because if he has his lessons at home, he wouldn't focus and the family secret might be revealed. We'll get one of your teachers who is versatile to teach him in his weak subjects"

Paul placed his elbows on the table "You do know that five out of the six subjects are his weak subjects. Mathematics, English, History, Science, Fine Arts but he is good at Languages"

Lane smiled widely with his eyes closed "Mercu beaucoup, Frere aine"

Carrie snapped her fingers "I got it! There's this tutorial school which is just ten minutes walk away from here and starts by four in the evening and ends by six in the evening. They teach all subjects, four per day"

Lujin nodded "That's a good idea so Lane, you either go for summer school or after school lessons when the semester starts"

Lane whined as Paul answered for him "After school tutorials"

Lane pouted "B-but.. Paw"

Paul whispered something to Lane which made him nod then Paul shook Lujin's hand "It was nice doing business with you, Dad"

Lujin smiled and returned the handshake "Same here, son"

The duo quickly finished their meal and grabbed their jacket then shouted in unison "We're off to Grandpa Yanghu's!"

Carrie chuckled slightly "Sometimes, if not for the fact they're our kids, I would think Paul's the older one because of how smart he is"

Lujin was proud "He takes after me"

Carrie asked "Should we tell them that we planned a trip to Molly's for them?"

Lujin shook his head "No, Laolao will tell them for us. She is also the one taking them. With those trouble makers gone, the street will be peaceful and you me, and Yanghu can play board games and have tea all day. Living the life, maybe take a walk too"

Yilao was surprised to see both Lane and Paul "Lan? Aren't you supposed to be at summer school?"

Lane earnestly took off his shoes then excitedly ran towards Dorian's room while saying "I don't have to go anymore"

Paul explained everything that went down for Yilao who nodded "Oh nice also your parents said to tell you three that the four of us are going to Molly's tomorrow and as for how long we'll be staying, depends on her"

Paul was ecstatic "That's great, will we be seeing Aunt Gaeul too?"

Yilao nodded "Definitely!"

Paul left for Dorian's room "Where's Ian?"

Lane jumped on the bed and said "In the bathroom"

Paul rolled his eyes "Did you barge in without knocking again?"

Lane was distressed "I didn't know he would be naked. I opened the door and I saw him dressing up but he when he noticed me, he portaled into the bathroom"

Dorian came out fully clothed "How about next time, you knock?"

Lane sat up "But we're all males here. There's nothing if I or Paw saw you naked"

Paul flicked his forehead "Silly boy, have you forgotten me and Ian's sexuality?"

Lane counted his fingers "I'm straight, Ian's bisexual and you're gay"

Paul facepalmed "Did you have to say that out loud??"

Dorian scoffed as he sat on his chair "Forget about it"

Lane asked "So what did Sister Lao tell you, Paw?"

Paul sat beside Lane on the bed "She said we're going to Aunt Molly's tomorrow and we'll also be visiting Aunt Gaeul too but as for how long we'll be in Washington, I have no idea yet"

Lane was over the moon "We'll get to see Baebae and Lala"

Dorian smiled "Those are the only girls in our generation of the family. It's been a while"

Hours later, Lane yawned "What should we do? I'm bored already"

Lane was playing games on his phone, Paul was working on his designs and Dorian was busy hacking

Lane looked distraught "Paw has an architect job he gets paid for and Dorian's a secret hacker who hacks company systems for fun but I'm the only one who has nothing to do but play games and even Milky has something to do"

Milky who was napping on the window sill raised its head then licked its paw and continued sleeping

Paul said "Don't you get paid for playing games too?"

Lane whined "It's only on weekends and today's Thursday"

Paul rolled his eyes "But you love playing games, how come your bored now?"

Lane was feeling gloomy "I don't know"

Dorian said "He wants to go out"

Paul was about to say something when Yilao came to their room "Guys, wanna go grocery shopping? Dad's going to make lunch so he told me to send you boys out to buy groceries"

Lane jumped up "Yes!"

Yilao was taken aback by Lane's actions "What's his problem?"

Paul pushed up his round glasses as he closed his laptop "He's been wanting to go out and you gave him a perfect opportunity"

Dorian finished up what he was doing and closed his laptop too "Come on, let''s leave sooner so Grandpa can start quicker"

Milky jumped into Dorian's arms when he stood up and Lane tilted his head as they went out and Paul closed the door "How did Milky become so fat though?"

Dorian scoffed "Says the person who feed her late night snacks when we were younger"

Paul chuckled "We all feed her late night snacks, Ian"

Dorian pursed his lips "Well, Lan fed her most"

Lane said "I didn't"

Dorian glanced at him "Did too"

Yilao gave them the list "You know where to get them and no side tracks. You have one hour at most, the Chinese market is ten minutes walk to and fro so use the forty minutes sparingly"

Paul said as they left the house "Lan, you hear that? No side tracks"

Dorian caressed Milky who was purring in his arms as he teased "Don't go chasing after a squirrel again"

Lane stomped his foot "That was one time, Ian"

Paul chuckled "Maybe we should place him on a leash"

Lane said "If I'm a dog then Ian, you're a black cat"

Lane wore a brown thick pullover and brown cargo pants while Dorian wore a black armless shirt that reached his knees and black shorts and Paul wore tea green crop long sleeve sweater and high waist blue jeans

Paul acted cute "And I'm the hamster"

Dorian just rolled his eyes in reply to Lane

They got to the Chinese market and quickly got all the ingredients on the list in less than thirty five minutes

Paul asked as they came out of the market "We have fifteen minutes extra, what should we do?"

Lane laughed as he carried all the stuff "I guess Sister Lao would never have guessed that we'd get it in time. I wanna go somewhere!"

Someone bumped into Dorian before he could speak and the person fell to the ground and complained "Damnit, what are you!?"

The police quickly arrived to apprehend the person who was a jewelry thief and people gathered around

One of the police officers came to ask the trio "Which one of you stopped the thief?"

Paul and Lane looked at Dorian who was calmly standing as usual

The police officer patted his shoulder "Good job stopping the guy but we would like you to come to the station with us to give a statement"

Dorian stretched out his hand and Paul gave tore a paper from the jotter Yilao gave them

Dorian took out a pen and wrote something on the paper "That's my statement. We have to go home now"

The police officer was baffled and could only state as the trio walked away quickly

When they left the scene, Paul took a breather "Geez, Lan, you almost sent us to the police station"

Lane asked "How is it my fault, Ian's the one who stopped him"

Paul said "You were the one who said he wanted to go somewhere. Ian, this is also your fault, you're the one who got bumped into and you were supposed to fall, how do you always forget that"

Dorian whistled as he looked at the skies and Lane scratched his head "But why does Ian have to fall?"

Paul sighed and whispered "We have fit bodies because of our specialities, Ian's physique most especially goes beyond normality so if he shows it, we draw in unwanted attraction"

Lane realized "Oh"

Dorian walked forward "Come on, let's go home quickly before another incident hits us again"

Lane chuckled "Haha, Ian, I see what you did there, hit"

They got home and Paul asked "Lan, do you still want to go somewhere?"

Lane hurriedly shook his head "I'll play tag with Milky in the backyard instead"

Dorian headed for his room "I'll continue with what I was doing earlier"

Paul said "I'll go help Grandpa Yanghu and Sister Lao in the kitchen"

After Lunch, the three boys headed towards Dorian's room then he closed the door

Lane asked as he played with Milky "Eh? Why did you close the door?"

Dorian opened the drawer under his bed and brought something out

Paul was shocked "Where did you get that?"

Dorian closed the drawer and sat on the bed then the other two came to sit on his sides "When that thief bumped into me, I portaled the stuff in his bag into my room then sent some rocks into it"