#aflockofffeathers

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The first time Casey reached for Raph's mask, he just turned around to kept the knot out of their reach. When they tried again he turned and twisted out of the way. Even if he was playing it off with a laugh it was a bit odd that Raphael pulled away before Casey could grab at the tails of his mask. At least it should be odd, he never took issue with them doing it before. Setting a hand to Casey's shoulder to push them back slightly leaning back and ducking out his reach. Casey had the advantage with those long arms of his. So it took a lot of effort to keep out from his reach. Free hand grabbed at a pillow before he swung it over to slam into his boyfriend. Trying to keep to the playful act as he looked to Casey.

"Quit it I know I'm handsome unda' the mask an' all. But I ain't plannin' on sticking around long tonight. Be easier to keep it on so I don't gotta go looking for it in the dark."

Raphael excuses before falling back on to Casey's bed, arms folded behind his head, ignoring any of Casey's protest or complaints. Letting his eyes close as he went and turned them out a bit.

"Jus' go ta sleep dontcha got stuff ta do tomorrow?" he brushes off with to try and get them off the topic of getting his mask off. Despite what he said, though, he found the lure of sleep easy here, blaming it on Casey. Of course, they always found comfort in them. No struggle for rest. It was hard to resist.

Listening to Casey talking, feeling them beside him, Raph found himself turning his head to look at them as they were talking. A soft smile on his beak as he found himself moving in closer towards Casey. Tucking in against them to soak in their warmth. Raphael found himself yawning, telling Casey something about how he wasn't going to fall asleep he was just simply resting clearly. Even as his eyes were growing heavy, taking in his boyfriend's scent, arms moved to hold around Casey's frame so he could get in closer. Another yawn was followed by another protest about how he wasn't going to be falling asleep. Of course, he was. He was tried, and Casey was just so comfortable. Face nuzzle in against them, and that was the last thing he remembered. Being I'm Casey's hold, the tail end of their voice lingering in his ear, the feeling of their hoodie against his face, the beat of Casey's heart. It was soft.

Once feeling so light and clam as he felt his body succumb to sleep. Soaking in Casey's warmth, how their arm arm laid over him, how the ends of his hair slightly brushed against him as they got in closer. just them over all. He wished that feeling stayed when soon he found himself lost in the dark. A voice echoed in his head, giving him orders he tried to resist but couldn't feel his body move as if being pulled by strings. Eyes forced open as he rolled away to his shell. Everything in him was screaming. That fight or flight feeling he knew so well was crushing him against the mattress. As if someone was pressing a foot to his plastron, the more vulnerable side of his shell.

Raph had moved out of the bed, panicked, and breathed hard. He was tugging his mask down so he could feel over the space between his eyes a moment. He could still feel it. Feel how that thing went into his head. How all he heard was their voice. How he knew what he was doing but couldn't stop. If shredder told him to kill, he would..he almost did to. Almost took his own brothers life even. That's the worst part he could see that so clearly standing over Leo, a lifeless Leo. Just like his nightmares. Sometimes, it wasn't inly Leo. He dropped to his knees and started the shake as his body shivered violently. He felt colder. His breath was growing, and his rapid eyes searching the room now till landing on a trash bin he managed to get himself to move to it.

Get it out, get it out, and get it out!

Raph's mind may as well be screaming as he forced his body to start dry heaving hunched over the bin. He needed that damn worm out! Slow to move away from the bin, certain nothing was left he felt his shell hit the wall beside him. Only now recalling where he was. He was at Casey's. Fuck. Near slamming the heels of his hands against his eyes as he pulled his knees up and tried to get his breath under control again. Shaking again as he tossed his head back, letting it knock back against the wall softly.

The fuck was wrong with him.

That's when Raph pulled out his phone. When Leo finally answers Raph voice was quite he doesn't want to wake Casey. Leo's didn't sound groggy when they answered, a glance to the window Raph could see it was still somewhat dark out but the sky was getting lighter.

"Leo?" Of course, he answered stupid. "Uh yeah, it's me, sorry, just..Don and Mieky? Splinter? They're fine, right?" He paused to listen to Leo talk, settling when he was told there were.

"Yeah, just dozed off at Casey's, that's all.." keeping his voice low as he could so not wake them either. Raph felt over his face moment. Leo was ready to go off about curfew and whatever else. "Le?" he says softly into his t-shell. "Could ya meet me turnstyles?" There was a pause on Leo's end now, but when Raph speaks again, there was relief "Thanks I'll head out now." Moving from his place on the floor, as he hung up tje call lifting his mask back in place over his eyes.

I was just about to make his way out and head home without a word. He paused to look to the bed. Eyes landing on Casey in the dark. He bite at his bottom bill, questioning if he should just text them he left to go home. But soo je found his feet, taking him back to the bed. Moving to the side, he set his hand on to Casey's shoulder to shake them a bit, assuming they had been asleep the whole time.

"hey bonehead." He offers a slight smile that was likely hard to see in the dark "I'm headin' out alright?" That was where Raph wanted to leave it as he moved to get up only stopped by Casey's expression in the room. "sorry but I already got Leo covering for me I don' need Splinter on my ass for being out so close to mornin. Again." He tries to brush off "ya know, mutant turtles are bit easier to notice when the sun is out."

i jus’ wanted t’ make sure yer okay.❜

Casey was one of few people who could read Raph and the only one who seemed to understand his actions best. It shouldn't be a surprise they could tell something was up. Something seen as both a blessing and a cruse at times.

"who me? yeah i'm-" Raph cut himself off, lying to Casey, who was not something he liked to do, but at the same time, he just?

So instead, Raph leaned forward a bit, dropping his forhead to rest on their shoulder. It wasn't the answer Casey was going to want, but it was at least a way to explain it. He let him.self stay like that a bot longer before speaking, sharp breath drawn in.

"No, but i'm handlin, it so i will be." Pulling back soon after, he was sure Casey wasn't going to like that answer after all. He wasn't okay, but he wasn't saying why, lifting up a bit so he could give them a light head bump

"Aye gotta go, it's still dark enough I won't have ta worry 'bout being seen. I'll text you later, okay?" In other words,'I ain't talkin' about it'. And ysing his uqinue circumstances as the excuse to get out of it right now. Which might be worse considering all they have been able to say to each other before.

"Oh good, you're both home," Don starts with a beaming grin that hadn't been seen in a while, "I have a new project I want to show you guys."

Instead of leading them to his lab though, he instead holds up a polaroid photo, not quite showing them yet though as he goes on to explain this 'project',

"Well, I say 'I have', it's actually something Yvonne and I are working on," He explains, a wag to his tail, "Biomaterials, we're estimated everything will be ready between thirty seven to forty two weeks max, and we're already six weeks in; that's how we were able to get this photo."

And that's when, finally, Donatello shows it to them, handing it to Raph first - call it twin privileges. Though he won't go into details how he got an Ultrasound picture, he does give a second to let the penny fully drop,

"We're thinking Ariel for if they're a girl, Eric if they're a boy," He announces, obviously feeling proud and excited as he tells his brothers, "So, what do you guys think about being Uncles?"

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Mikey's laugh easily echoed across the walls of the lair as he skated ahead of Raphael hot on their heels. For a turtle he was fast more so when Mikey annoyed him enough, which was why Mikey was laughing so giddy as he had been. Raph throwing out threats and swears as he was running after Mikey it looked stupid with him running back and further just barely catching up t them. Leonardo was near by watching them being stupid as they could, and that was only annoying Raphael even more. Being made too look like some fool because of the youngest of them. "Fuck you Mikey I'm too old to be acttin' 'ike this anymore."

Mikey slowed down beside him ready to argue that point or make the old statement more annoying to his brother he hadn't picked just yet when he went to open his mouth ready to let which ever choice just happen, when everyone paused at the sight of Donatello.

"Oh good, you're both home,"

Mikey forgetting he was in the middle of annoying Raph can't help but smile back when seeing Donatello's big wide beaming smile just now. Kicking the back of his board so he could hold it under his arm. "yeah just making sure Raphie here ain't trying to pull more Nightwatcher when no ones watching him." he teased ducking away when Raph decided being mature was over rated for a chance to hit Mikey.

"I have a new project I want to show you guys."

Both the orange and red banded turtle shared a confused expression when Donatello help out a photo to show this 'project' he was talking about. Raphael turned to look at Mikey as if they were going to be able to clue him into anything. Mikey Offered a shrug of his shoulders at first glance they couldn't tell what the image of the polaroid was meant to be off. it was all just grey and black maybe some sort of this being shown but even Mikey could make sense of the randomness. Well seemingly random. So the pair turn towards Leo but he didn't seem to know as he joined the group.

"Well, I say 'I have', it's actually something Yvonne and I are working on,"

"So you an' Von are off bein' nerds 'bout what exactly?" Raph asks wishing they just tell them what was up instead.

"Biomaterials, we're estimated everything will be ready between thirty seven to forty two weeks max, and we're already six weeks in; that's how we were able to get this photo."

Silence fell between them all a few blinks between them all as they each tried to figure out any of those words that Donnie let out just now. They didn't even need to share a look this time before Raph opened his beak again to speak up.

"Biomaterial? Donnie drop the geek speak and fuckn' use English here will ya!"

Don's response was to hand the photo over, Raph took it with out much argument and pulled it over his way as Mikey leaned in over on shoulder trying to take a peak at what Donnie and Yvoone had been making. Raph noticed something though, tugging the photo up to his eye. He never seen this sort of photo before. But he swears there's something there? That was a head right? and what might be arms and some legs? something living? Wait was this ? He turns to Leo they seemed ti figure it out to about the same time Mikey giving a delight squeal beside him a moment later.

"We're thinking Ariel for if they're a girl, Eric if they're a boy,"

"Seriously! At first I thought it was some alien freak" Mikey started off with finally having the verbal confirmation and well to be fair the ultrasound was kind of weird looking after all. "Like no one else was talking yet so I was all dang are Von and Donnie just finding aliens now? I mean possible I guess but you made it sound like ya made something so then I though oh they are making aliens. But I couldn't figure out why? But instead ya guys made a baby!" He rambled on a moment there.

Raph doing the honors of hitting Mikey ti get him to shut up so Donatello could speak once again.

"So, what do you guys think about being Uncles?"

Despite them all finally clueing in there it kindnof didnt hit that this meant they were uncles. Thier family was growing. Mikey and Raph wasted no time running right Donnie arms thrown out to snag him into a group hug, clearing him over and landing together in a pile to the floor. They couldn't help the excitement that went through them all just now.

"This is amazing! I can't believe it! I always knew you would make for a great Dad Dee and now you are gonna be a great dad to little Eric or Ariel!" Mikey exclaimed first having not gotten hurt himself so his excitement didn't come to any end.

Raphael meanwhile managed to work an around around Donnie, trapping him in a slight headlock as knuckles grind in against the top of his head laughing slightly. "Can't believe you guys been keepin' 'his from us!" Raph remarks clearly happy for them though, just not as vocal compared to Mikey for that excitement. Letting go of Donnie once he felt he had enough and first to move to sit up as he grabs at Mikey so he could pull them off right after. So the Dad to be could finally get some air himself. Raph holding up the photo ones more as he slightly held it for Donnie too.

"Look at that Don you made that." Raph stated because well it was something to truly marvel over. This little blob of a thing was going to become Donnie's kid their family was going to grow by one more. After everything fell apart they were still working on building it back putting the pieces together once again. It was nice to see Donnie smiling as wide and bright as he told them he was going to be a dad.

"oh oh we gotta start getting you baby things" Mikey jumped to his feet now. Grabbing at Leo and tugging him as he made way to leave the Lair. "Were gonna be their favorites cause your too slow Raph!" Mikey yelled over his shoulder heading off.

Donatello was the quiet one; passive, sensible, preferring to keep to himself in his lab all day, but it didn’t mean he didn’t get angry. He carried a weight he refused to mention to his brothers, never speaking of the trauma’s inflicted upon him. The nightmares of the other World where they all died. The second mutation that nearly killed him. The brain probing when those aliens came for Professor Honeycutt. He brushed it all off, bottled it deep down and kept working. If he focused on a new project, something to tinker with, it meant he could rationalise the fears that crept down his spine.

But he couldn’t keep it like that all the time. Some nights he’s wake up from a terror, unable to breath or focus - it’s why he’d stay up as much as possible. When the lair went too quiet, he’s fly into a fit of panic, needing someone to bring him back to the real World and remind him everything is okay. And some nights, not amount of tinkering could help keep his building frustrations at bay. The sound of arguing and fighting from the living room had gotten on his nerves, Don no longer able to tell who’s voices were yelling; he just knew there was voice. He reached back and tugged at the tails of his bandana, tightening the knot uncomfortably. He couldn’t deal with it tonight.

So he headed out of his lab, bo on his back as a frown to his face. No duffel bag tonight, he didn’t have a plan; he didn’t really want to think either. He hunted down Raph, thankfully catching them before they headed out for the night. Grabbing their wrist, he offered a sheepish smile,

“Hey Raphie?” And despite the frustrations he still speaks so softly, as if everything was fine, even when he knew it wasn’t, “You mind if I join you on patrol tonight?”

Usually Donatello only went out when all four of them were going, or for trash diving. But an actual patrol? Something was up, even if Don refused to open his mouth,

“I could do with some fresh air, you know, clear my head,” He gives a faint laugh, lets the metaphorical mask slip slightly as he adds on, “And maybe vent out a few frustrations...”

He trusted Raph, which is why he brought it up. Don even making a quick biting motion with his beak; though he didn’t really bite to initiate playfights with Raphael anymore, it a rare occurrence now, he still hopes his twin knows what he’s hinting at right now.

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"blah blah blah you hav'ta Raph blah blah blah order order. Oh why dontcha take all the crap comin’ outta yer mouth and shove it Leo!” Rapheal went out to holler out, voice roaring out against the walls of the living room. Oh wow and Raph and Leo argument what a surprise would say no one in this family. They often were the ones getting into spats like this and well annoying at best it was one of the more just annoying ones breaking out between them. Of course Leo just stood there arms crossed over his plastron staring down at Raph and it just made the blood in his veins boil hell not even it was like they were set a blaze as he went on to brush off Raph’s comment speaking in an even down as if he was dealing with a child simply throwing some tantrum. Oh that just made it even worse.

It took everything inside of Raphael to not reach out and grab Leo by the shoulder when they blew him off just now. Turning on their heels lecturing Raph about his outbursts. Yeah he had that damn temper sure but all he was hearing was unlike himself, Leo wouldn’t stoop as ‘low’ wouldn’t be baited as if that what Raph was doing pulling mister perfect down to ‘his’ level. He could so easily reach out turned them around and sock them square in the face, gritting his teeth grinding against each other as Mikey was standing off to the side watching this all going down as if this was just something better to watch. Raph bawled up his hands and growled under his breath. Between the two of them not taking him serious reducing this out burst to nothing but that of a child’s whining just pissed him off even further. Arm swung up and slammed down so his fist smashed into punching bag near him. Able to at least exercise that much control in his action, as the fabric of the bag torn a little for some sand to start spilling out, he’ll patch it up when he gets back. 

“If ya care i’m headin’ out for the ‘ight better ta deal with the loser runni’ the city.” a slight snark towards Leo Turning away to leave as the tension in the room followed Raphael on his way out. Grumbling under his breath to himself complaining about well Leo of course. As he went about making his out of the lair and to the tunnels so he could leave. beating the shit out of whatever group of idiots he came across first sounded like the best way to deal with his building frustration. Call it patrol but nah it was just him needing to get his anger out, maybe call up Casey well he’s at it to join him. Well he would have done that till hearing Don’s voice.

“Hey Raphie?” 

Didn’t matter how pissed off he was he just halted the second he heard ‘Raphie” force of habit maybe, he was the only one he was mad at right now anyway besides Don only used Raphie when they needed something. Maybe Don’s calmer tone helped to not get a snippy response out of Raphael just now. No verbal answer just turning a bit to show they had his attention.

“You mind if I join you on patrol tonight?” 

Raph sort of needed a moment to understand what they just asked, he looked them over they didn’t have their duffel bag so it wasn’t that Don wanted to go out and scout for supplies. Also it was just Raph heading out, not so much a real patrol but Don was smart he would be able to know what was up from the fact he was leaving off on his own like this. Hmm something was up with Don it seemed. A bit like Leo in that they didn't express emotions all that much but Don's issue was he kept it to himself, bottled it up.

“I could do with some fresh air, you know, clear my head,”

As Don let a laugh slip out just now Raph offered a tilt of his head, oh okay someone was dealing with a lot themself it seemed. Maybe it was the twin thing or just how close he was with Donnie over all but yeah he could see that mask Don wore was slipping a little here. Guy was dealing with something and like himself? he needed to vent it out.

“And maybe vent out a few frustrations...”

If them saying as such wasn't enough to prove Raph's thought the motion of biting the air just now? yeah that sure was enough to sell the point. Raph knew better than anyone in the family that Don could grow just as frustrated as he could but Raph tend to explode over it Donnie? he kept it in so long that words just were not even of use for him.

| JEALOUS, FIERCLY PROTECTIVE & TERRITORIAL PROMPTS

Raph had just wanted to go out and explore a little that was all! He was often just so curious about all the places him and his ma' went. But he was tiny and small, her words not his, so she didn't like the littler turtle wandering away to far from her sight. Course, Raph understood to a point but he was a growing boy and clearly he just needed to prove to his mother that he was perfect fine at his young age to do the very thing that made her worry about him. Big Mama seemed to run a lot of things and he was still learning just how much his mom was in charge of which really was a shock. He knew the hotel the most, it was their home after all. Not that he ever got to go outside of it. Mama always said something about not wanting him to get lost. So color the young snapper excited when he finally got to go somewhere new!

They called it the Battle Nexus, just huge big fighting ring! it sounded so excited to the young snapper! Big mama seemed to enjoy her other work place, Raph was still learning everything his mom was in charge of and in truth it did bring some awe to him about her. The hotel was large and big already and she was in charge of it and everyone who worked for her. But she also had this place? Once they got into the the luxury suite box Raph was free of his mothers hand and ran right up to large wide glass so he could look down below to the fight already going on. Little tail behind his shell was waging at the sight of the fighters, training and practicing with each other. Guess there was a big fight for the night and his mother had to be here to watch over it. meaning Raph got to be here to watch to! Stepping away from the glass he started to try and mimic their movements just playing around but it was kind of cool! The flipping and the kicking and the spins around! Raph kind of wonder if he could do stuff like that himself maybe? There's no way his mom would want him anywhere near those fighters though right? Pouting his beak as he went to press his face to the glass once more. His mother was talking to someone now, he didn't really listen out side her telling him she be right back and not to leave the suite.

That was all it took for him to start getting ideas, a very bad idea at that. "Okay ma' I'll be good!" he called out looking over to the door as she waved him a quick good bye. He waited a little before running to the door, jumping up for the handle and giving it a turn when it clicked open his little grin grew and he kicked his foot to the wall so it would pop open. Dropping to the ground he peeked out just to make sure she was far outta sight. "Stealth mode!" he yelled out as he ran down the hall forcing his legs to go as faster as he could make them move. It didn't take long for the turtle to find his way down to where the 'fighters' were kept. Of course Raph was a bit to young to understand what was turty going on here, just assuming they were resting in these caged off areas between battles and such.

He still looked at them in awe though. So many of them were huge! They looked tough as well. Seeming to start taking notice of this tiny little turtle who manged to find his way in here with them. A kid just knew how to go into a place they shouldn't be in the first place. But if this kid manged to get in? yeah seems a lot of these fighters were cluing into what that meant a way out. It started with one getting up near Raph asking how he came in, Raph didn't think much of it and just pointed to the door he found. Shouldn't they know where the door was? clearly left wide open. A couple yokai's necks snapped in the way of it. Seemed no one was watching it likely being kept busy with big mama in the same moment. And that when things went south. A sudden panic broke through the room, and all these yokai were spiriting out to the door. Raph found himself knocked over at some point shaken and unsure what to do he just curled up into a ball. He wished he could sink into his shell, he tried before but just didn't seem possible. Hand covering his head as he couldn't help but regret this whole idea now! "Mama!" he yelled out maybe pointless but it was all he could think to do in his sudden fight. So it was a bit of a shock when in what felt like an instant the ground around him shook. Eyes snapped open as he looked and saw familiar set of spider legs around him. Rolling to his side a bit he looked up to see his mother standing over him. Large loud roars giving out as she was keeping any other yokai from trampling him. When a set of arms reached down it took him no time at all to moving to his feet and be picked up. Gripping on to her tightly as he buried his face against her. Any fear he held was melting away slowly. But only then did he seem to understand what had just nearly happen to himself in all that rushing around Raph hadn't noticed but he could feel it now, his back hurt a lot around the lip of it. Peek away from his mother to look over his shoulder he could see a chip in the shell. He started to shake a little and went back to hide against his mother. Tears spill out his eyes as he gripped her tighter.

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|Fluff interactions

Eyeing the plate inside of the microwave as it slowly spun around, dim yellow light from inside it shone through the window of the door, well it made a soft 'hum' as it ran. Stolas was just curious about the appliance he didn't have one at his place after all. So it fascinated the owl as he blinked all four eyes in unison as it held his attention, long tail feathers sways left and right as he smiled like a child watching their favorite show. BlitzØ said it was the chef tonight the imp was far too tired to try and cook after all. Though to be fair Stolas sort of invited himself over so one couldn't really blame BlitzØ for being too tried to really entertain his sudden guest. At least the appliance was far more than enough to do so for the owl. He could smell the Salisbury steak meal as it was cooking, well reheating. The food was already cooked beforehand and then frozen to be eaten later. How handy of an idea though! hmm Stolas could maybe even handle that instead of just munching on his cereal time to time. Suddenly the plate was coming to a halt as a loud alarming 'beep' sounded off and the light turned off.

"oh" Stolas worded out when it seemed the meal was finished. Steeping aside to let BlitzØ pull the black tray with the food out from the microwave. "I can't believe how simple that is, and for all that," he gestured to the streaks, corn, and mash potatoes. Was a bit weird that thier was gravy on it already? "not needing to be done separate and such." placing his elbows on the counter as BlitzØ was setting the hot tray on the counter just eyeing the prince now. "It's just so quaint that you can have a whole meal all package up without any cooking needed and pop it in." Stolas went on to talk about the tv dinner as if it was just the most interesting thing to the owl. Which in a way it was. So that wasn't a stretch really. BlitzØ didn't share in the fascination, however, far more curious why Stolas was even waiting at his place in the first place. At least they let him in so there was that. Stolas just smiled softly, "I just wanted to see you that's allowed isn't it?" he simply asked, he figured if BlitzØ did in fact like him back then a simple visit had no harm right? he wasn't too sure still. Sure The imp had come over to his place before when asked when he was alone and needing..someone for company. And sure they agreed to a date and even asked him out but Stolas just wasn't all too sure. He..he jumped the gun so to speak before. When they had started their whole acts of passionate fornication as a way of payment for the imp to use the grimoire. But Stolas did find himself falling for the imp at least he thought it to be love. He had never really been in love but it was such a hard emotion to explain and put logic to when he thought about this imp. He just wanted to be with them whenever he could be. Wanted to hold them and kiss them, just sit with them even. But he pushed his wants and feelings before, for all he was aware BlitzØ was agree to a lot for the book still.

“I don’t like them,” Buddy says, upset and angry, the glitchiness in their eyes making that obvious, “Your parents are mean, they’re bad friends,” He goes on, shoving his spoon into the ice cream they’d gone to get after the small encounter, “You should’ve let me fight them papa, I had this whole plan, holograms that would’ve scared them, they deserve it.” 

They shuffle in their seat, an ice cream parlour has probably never seen a kid more upset,

“Bad friends deserve bad things.” 

Well, it was a possibility he figured when they made a trip out to see Zane, but after the last time, Richard had sort of stressed he'd like to visit more often, this time it was so they could bring Buddy. Zane was their uncle after all, and Richard was sure Zane would have loved Buddy and been a great uncle to them. Unfortunately, it also led to an unwanted run-in with Thomas and Melody of all the creatures to run into right now. Went about as Richard expected not well. Sitting at the table of the ice cream shop they ducked into after their encounter. Richard shouldn't be surprised with how they reacted towards Buddy saying the kid wasn't a real kid. Slightly clicking his tongue over those remarks. He always feared how they would be towards those Richard let into his life how they might deem them. Old family connections made Bailey okay to them. Of course that was until the unspeakable event. Should Richard be shocked? nothing Richard did or had in his life was good enough to those two after all, though seemed he wasn't the only one upset.

“I don’t like them,” Attention shifts to Buddy as they spoke up, Richard was pretty sure his family was the club on not liking those two, and now Buddy was the newest member to it.

“Your parents are mean, they’re bad friends,” Richard slightly shrugs his shoulder but nodded none less, Buddy wasn't wrong after all. Can't really blame the kid Richard's parents were good at upsetting children didn't have to be their own either it seemed, course it did slightly hurt how they viewed Buddy to him. Face dropping a little as he thought on that. Far as Bailey and he was concerned Buddy was their son.

“You should’ve let me fight them papa, I had this whole plan, holograms that would’ve scared them, they deserve it.” Richard just smiled a bit at that remark, leaning back in his own chair now amused at this three-foot-tall child claiming he was going to fight anyone. As he was watching Buddy shovel spoonfuls of ice cream in their mouth but even the sugary treat wasn’t enough to get rid of the look on their face.

“Bad friends deserve bad things.” Richard just raised an eyebrow letting himself laugh a bit now "You need to stop listening to your dad when he talks. I know that's impossible since he pretty much never stops talking." cause taking a shot at Bailey is his favorite pass time as Richard looks out the window slightly wondering if he'll see them pass by. "Just forgot them, Mijo, they don't deserve to know the people who make me happy anyway. Auntie Val, the kittens back at home, Grandma Sue," lifting up his fingers he listed off. Point towards Buddy and Bailey with the last two "You and dad" turning back to look at Buddy as he smiled.

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Richard was busy going through his phone's settings at the moment, clicking on Bailey's information as he went to change the picture for their caller ID. Smiling now as he was taken right to his album seeing Bailey's fluffed up angry face on full display. Chuckling slightly as he made his selection and saw it set on to Bailey's number now. One hand propping up his head as he just enjoyed the expression.

"Look how cute you're angry face is" Richard pointed out as he held his phone over to show it to Bailey.

Said rooster was still clinging to Richard staring down at anyone who may dare try and look just in case they turned out to be another offender who would try and swoop in on his Richard. As they were making their way back to the café after having had a bit of time out together before. The eagle had slightly forgotten about the flirter himself. Enough to know that's why they were still in such a huffy mode now, but they hadn't left much of an impression either. No Richard had became far more invested in his husband's possessive side. And was too busy enjoying how his husband was being right now. Much like he guessed was why Bailey was clinging to Richard. Holding tighter than needed, but Richard was actually enjoying the extra attention.

"Even more so with that angry stare in you're eyes see. Talk about looks that could kill" Richard added in as they got into the café. Looking around seemed it was still and doing well today it seemed everyone else had things under control Richard moving to speak with Val a moment only for Bailey to tug and make it clear he was coming too. Richard looking to the a second but simply just shrugged giving a small mention to Val that he was heading to his office which she just waved off. Hoping having time alone would at least work for his husband to relax some.  --- “Bailey I need to work no let go please”  Bailey just insisted on holding on to Richard right now not so much, making it hard for him to get to the paper work he put off to do later so he and said rooster could go out eailer. Bailey on the other hand wanted them to stay on the couch so they could hold on to him instead. Trying a bit more froce to pull away only for Bailey to make it clear Richard wasn’t going anywhere, pinning Richard down to the couch once they had the opening.

“you’re mine”