"Your mom called," Tyler said to Noah, who looked up at Tyler oddly.

  "What'd she want?" He asked, rubbing his temples. Any subject of either of his parents gave him a headache. I didn't blame him though, his parents were terrible people.

  "She wanted you to go home for the weekend for some kind of family reunion," Tyler replied, scrubbing a dirty bowl until it was all soaped up.

  "Are you gonna go?" I asked curiously, handing Tyler a dirty plate. Noah took the bowl from Tyler and rinsed it while Tyler started soaping up the plate I'd handed him.

  "If I don't go, she'll probably call me every day and bug me about it." Noah sighed and set the bowl on the counter to dry. "Plus, my half brother Julian will be there and I haven't seen him in years," he added, running his slightly wet fingers through his hair.

  "We could go with you," Tyler suggested, handing him the plate and taking a different plate from my hands.

  "Nah, my mom wouldn't be very happy to meet my boyfriends."

  "Where are you gonna stay when you get there?" Tyler asked, pausing what he was doing to look over at Noah.

  "I'll stay in Julian's room," Noah answered quickly. Tyler nodded and returned to washing the rest of the dishes that had piled up over time.

  "How old is Julian?" I asked curiously.

  "Oh, he's seventeen," Noah answered quickly.

  "Do you have any other siblings?" I inquired.

  "No."

  "So when are you planning on leaving?" Tyler asked Noah, preventing me from continuing my little questionnaire with Noah, who I just realized I knew very little about.

  "Tonight probably. I wanna get there on time," Noah replied, sitting down in one of the kitchen chairs behind him. His mother was a very punctual person and I'm sure he didn't want to disappoint her by being late.

  Tyler started to drain the sink and wiped off the counter, cleaning up the soapy mess we had made mindlessly.

  "Need help packing?" Tyler asked Noah, who nodded.

  "I can help to!" I suggested. You could tell that I was on the verge of going into littlespace, but not quite there yet.

  "Sure," Noah said, giving me a kind smile. I followed Noah and Tyler into the guest bedroom- well perhaps it was Tyler and Noah's bedroom since they had basically both moved in- where most of Noah's stuff was.

  "How many days will you be gone?" Tyler asked.

  Noah shrugged. "Three or four, probably," he responded, pulling out a messenger bag from the closet and dropping it onto the bed.

  "Sephy can you go grab his toothbrush and toothpaste from the bathroom?" Tyler asked, folding one of Noah's red shirts and placing it into the bag.

  I nodded and ran into the bathroom, pulling out the purple toothbrush and Enamel-repairing mint toothpaste Noah used.

  "Here you go!" I held the two items up for Noah to take.

  "Thank you, kleiner Prinz," Noah expressed, referring to me as little prince in German. I smiled happily, feeling a heat spread across my cheeks.

  "You're welcome," I squeaked, helping Tyler fold the rest of Noah's clothes and put them into his bag.

  "Thank you guys for your help," Noah said to us, kissing my forehead and Tyler's cheek.

  "No problem," Tyler noted, zipping up Noah's bag.

  "You'll call us every night, right?" I asked Noah.

  "We'll see. I think I can manage that." He chuckled at my evidently childish behavior and ruffled my hair slightly.

"You better," I whined, pointing a 'threatening' finger at him.

"Do you boys wanna go out for dinner before Noah leaves?" Tyler proposed, looking between Noah and I for signs of our answers.

"Where?" Noah voiced my thoughts.

"I don't know," Tyler said, "just somewhere. It would be nice to have something besides my cooking for a change I'm sure."

"Can we go to Lotus Room?" I asked, batting my eyelashes as I looked up at Tyler.

Surprisingly, he agreed quickly. "Sure," he replied. "Noah, you down?" He asked. Noah nodded.

"Noah can you help Sephy get his jacket and shoes on while I start the car?" Tyler asked Noah.

"Yeah," Noah replied, grabbing my hand and leading me into my room so I could grab my jacket.

I grabbed a soft grey jacket and let Noah help me into it, following him back out towards the front door where he helped me slip my black Nike shoes on.

"Are you boys ready?" Tyler asked after opening the front door a crack.

"Yes sir!" I replied, looking over to see Noah tying one of his shoes up. He finished and then nodded at Tyler as he stood up.

"Noah can you sit in the back with me," I whined, dragging out the 'e' sound.

"Sure," Noah said, sliding into the back with me.

"Sephy, please be on your best behavior while we're there. You too Noah," Tyler said sternly, pulling out of the driveway.

"Okay Daddy," I replied, clicking my seat belt into place quickly.

"I want you to order only what you know you'll like," Daddy instructed. "I'm not paying for something that you won't end up eating. This place is quite expensive."

"Can we get ice cream afterwards?" I asked, bouncing up and down in my seat slightly.

"Maybe if you both behave," Daddy said, turning into the parking lot.

He was able to find a spot only a little ways away from the front door. He put the car in park and stepped out of the car.

Noah unbuckled my seat belt and helped me out of the car. I looked up at the small building, my eyes scanning over the pretty lit up signs that advertised that they were very much open.

I grabbed Noah's hand with my right hand, and Tyler's hand with my left, pulling them towards the building giddily.

Lotus room was hands down one of my favorite places to eat and I hadn't been there in awhile. I was excited to be here again.

This is another 'meh' chapter. It's mostly edited. I've got plans for the next few chapters so at least I'm not being killed with Writers Block. The only issue is if I'll have time to write those planned chapters and if they'll turn out good or not. I hope you enjoyed the chapter and thank you all for the support and love 😋❤️