Coffee Mugs

Rating: K plus, T -M

Warning: BoyxBoy Lovin’ a bit of mental craziness and probably some things you might not understand, please for those who have sanity left in them leave the room for this might give you some mental scaring, still here?

Well then lets begin then shall we?

Summary: What happens if you mix a doctor that reminds you of Doctor Who, a priest that claims to be Van Helsing, a talking cat bent on world domination and a regular teenager that thinks he’s not going to live to see the age of twenty, what do you think life is like under one roof? Who cares, want some Coffee?(Yaoi & Shonen-ai)

Entry Six:

Brother comes to Town!

Mondays,

Why do they have to be such a pain?

I got off the bus and made my way down the street, I can’t wait to get home, just set myself down on to my sofa and watch television, I hear that the new series of Law & Order UK is on tonight.

I missed the first episode last week due to some technical difficulties.

When I reached the house, it wasn’t long till I found clothes hanging out of a window, like they were dangling for pure life if they had any.

I’m getting use to my new life now even if there are still some things that are strange and new to me, yesterday Van went mental because none of us went to church or prayed in the morning.

Salem’s excuse was that he was an unholy creature of the night and if he prayed his master would surely come here and chop his tail off to make a dish that I never knew existed.

Loth’s explanation was straight forward, since he wasn’t use to the customs of this planet, he could not part take in it.

When it came to me though…

Well to him it was unforgivable, he started ranting and raving that if I don’t pray to god on a daily basis then how am I ever going to go to heaven?

Don’t take this the wrong way but I accept every religion but I don’t want to get involved because sometimes it feels like its being shoved down my very throat.

My grandfather was a very religious person, he’d always tell me to revise over the ten commandments and make me learn them off by heart, this was when I was five years old, my grandmother told me not to worry about it but my grandfather was strict when it came to me learning about the commandments.

When I entered the house, I found the hallway in a slight mess, I could tell it was Salem’s doing, he’s been having a habit of leaving things around the house and forgetting about them altogether.

“I’m home!” I hollered

Salem appeared out of the kitchen door and made a sudden dash towards me; he then pounced and tackled me into the floor. Salem gave me a little peck on the cheek; he’s more like a dog than a cat if you ask me…

“Cutie Palin welcome home!! I missed you so much!!”

“That’s nice” I wheezed “B-But can you get off me I can’t breathe…” I don’t think he heard me, Salem just cuddled me tighter and smothered my lips in a kiss, my eyes went wide open and as a case of bad luck Loth came round the corner with a glass of milk in hand and saw the situation.

“Salem!”

Thwack!!

“Ow! Loth you can be so mean!” Loth was already pulling him off me and glared at him angrily.

“Keep your hands to yourself you pervy cat!! Or should I say lips?”

In the commotion I slithered out of there before things get heated up and there waiting for me was my beloved coffee machine, I felt slightly gigglish when I saw it.

Oh my precious coffee machine, you’re the only thing that doesn’t make the days hurt anymore, plus your not weird, your just normal.

I began to make my own cup of coffee, doing what I usually do, put in the coffee beans, a little bit of sugar and a lot of hot water, oh and the milk, let’s not forget the milk.

It’s not coffee without milk.

“Aw coffee” I mumbled.

“You have fallen head over heels for that thing haven’t you?” Van asks me, his eyes staring at me as though I’ve been possessed.

“Yup”

Ding, dong

“Hm? I wonder who that could be at this time of day?” Van mumbled, Salem popped his head round the corner and smiled.

“I’ll get it!!”

Salem skipped round the corner, me and Van looked at each other, our eyes met before we got back to our routine again.

“Hi, who are you?”

I froze, that voice sounded very familiar, I got off the chair and wondered hesitantly over to the corner, I placed my gaze down the hallway to see who it was; I froze dead in my tracks.

“Ah, Palin!”

Should I be horrified or terrified?

Van came around the corner and stared at me “Kid?”

I left the coffee mug back on to the table and made a mad dash for the stairs.

“Aw Palin, is that anyway to say hello? Come and give me a hug”

This is defiantly an emergency, I was almost at the top of the stairs until I got pounced on and we tumbled down the stairs.

Almost knocking over the cabinet and the phone along with some other pieces of furniture.

“Hah, thought you could get away huh? You can’t escape from me that easily Palin, our little bunny”

I wish he would stop calling me that; I’m not a kid anymore. I tried to pry myself from his grasp until I just gave up altogether and looked at him straight in the eye; he hasn’t changed ever since he got married. Those dark brown eyes still looked at me with such amusement.

“It’s nice to see you again too big brother”

“Let me get this straight?”

Mark, my older brother stared at me through those squared glasses he wore, he then turned his gaze over to Loth, then Van and lastly Salem before directing it back to me again.

“Your telling me that Loth is an alien, that guy is Van Helsing and Salem is actually a cat that takes on human form?”

Yeah, I just told Mark the truth since he’s my older brother; there was silence for a few moments until Mark laughed his head off.

“Palin, Palin, come on, there’s no such thing as Aliens or anything else you just said to me sounds like something you’d come up with when you were a cute five year old, you no need any silly explanations”

“But it’s the tru-!?” he placed a finger on to my lips and giggled

“Silly bunny, I won’t tell anyone that you actually bat for the other team” What? No that’s not it at all!

“W-What?”

“Now that I think about it this explains why you’re so shy around girls and boys your own age”

“Mark you have the totally wrong idea” I mumbled, Salem scooted his chair closer to my brother, closed his eyes and placed his hands onto his cheeks and his elbows on to the table.

“Tell me what Cutie Palin was like when he was five?” Not a good idea.

A giant proud smile came on to my brother’s face, I hate it when he gets like this, it’s just so annoying. “Well it just so happens I always carry a photo album of Palin with me when ever someone asks me that question…”

He does what? Before I knew it I see Mark pulling this red book with a little chibi Mokona on it, my face turned blue, Loth and Van also seemed to have rushed round to Mark’s side to see my photos of embarrassment and shame.

“This is him when he was born, he was such an adorable baby back then” I froze, not knowing what to do.

“And this is him on his first Halloween, he wore a little mouse costume” why can I hear nothing but ‘Aw’s’?

“What about when he was five?” Salem repeated I can’t take it anymore. I jumped off my chair and tried to make my way over to the living room.

“Palin where are you going?”

“To lie down”

When I got to the living room, I flopped myself down and placed my head on to the pillow, I yawned and then fell asleep immediately.

The next time when I woke up, I found a blanket placed over me, I don’t remember getting a blanket out when I was going to take a nap or did I?

I don’t know anymore, the whole ordeal is still a bit foggy in my head.

“Palin” Mark?

I slowly got up and rubbed my eyes, he was sitting on the seat that was on the right of the sofa I was lying on. My brother looked as if he was serious this time, there were times that I could tell if he was acting and times I couldn’t.

“Palin are you awake or asleep?” I shock my head until I became fully awake.

“I’m awake Mark, what is it?”

“How are you since uncle went to America?” Great it’s one of these talks again. I have to tell you guys, my older brother always had this habit of trying to talk me into moving in with him either Mark or my older sister.

“I’m doing okay, I’m not lonely if that’s what you’re worried about?” Mark shock his head at me, I looked over the place until I realised the others weren’t around “Where did Loth, Van and Salem go?” My brother looked at me, a smile on his face when he replied to my question.

“Oh, Van had to go to work, Salem snuck off somewhere and I think I heard Loth saying he was going on a job hunting trip” Job hunting trip?

“Palin, I want an honest answer, how did you met these guys and how did they end up living here?”

I tilted my head to one end and then replied, I wasn’t going to lie, I’m going to tell the truth no matter what my brother might think of me or anyone else, I’m use to being called the weirdo of the family.

“I told you in the kitchen”

“Really?” Mark got off his seat and wondered over to me, kneeling down to my level and looked me straight in the eyes “You aren’t lying to me are you little brother?” I shock my head, telling him that I wasn’t lying, in turn he just shock his head at me, closing his eyes

“Really little brother, I get worried about you, I don’t know what you’re thinking in that head of yours. When you were a kid I had no idea what drives you to trust people immediately at times, it scares me”

I turned my head away at him, when my brother gets like this, I can’t look at him, he just gets at me at times.

“I’m scared Palin” Mark got off his chair and wrapped his arms around me and snuggled his chin into my hair. “I’m scared that one day, you’ll trust someone so much and when it’s broken then your just going to get hurt” It’s true, I know what he’s trying to say but still he doesn’t need to worry about me.

“I don’t want you to feel that pain again” again?

Mark just held on to me tighter and all I can do is just look up at him, his eyes looked even tightly shut than before.

Later that evening when Mark finally returned to normal from that awkward moment, I decided that it was probably best for me to go to bed and talk about what Mark meant by that ‘again’ comment?

Loth sighed when he returned home, he was practically exhausted, it took him a long time but now he’s found himself a job that will suit his needs and benefits, since it was going to take him a while to fix his ship and leave however he’s been getting a few problems, emotionally lately…

“Your names Loth isn’t it?” Loth jumped, turning his head over to Mark who was standing there in wait for him to get home.

“Oh Mark, hi, where’s Palin?” Mark narrowed his eyes, Loth did the same, he has been wondering when he will be able to see the real Mark, and he knew that the one he was talking to earlier was partially an act.

“Palin’s in bed, I’ve been meaning to talk to you alone, I was wondering when the others would disappear and waited for Palin to go to bed so I can just talk to you one on one”

Mark waved his hand at Loth to follow him and they both ended up in the kitchen, the two sat down on the desks, Mark on one end and Loth sat on the other side, silently waiting on what Palin’s older brother had to say.

“I know where you come from, to be honest I hope that I never had to meet someone from the Atlenains” Loth flinched, he was at a loss for a moment, he wonder how Mark knew. “You’re probably wondering how I know this?”

“I am slightly curious” was Loth’s reply

“My father told me stories about your people, he’s warned me about certain things but never in millions of years did I think Palin would be having one living with him” Loth knew that Mark was being honest.

“Your father?” Mark nodded, standing on his feet and wondered over to the coffee machine.

“Yes, you might not have known, to be honest I don’t even think that Palin knows but our father took on our mothers name to hide from the Atlenains” Mark began to bring out coffee mugs, after he was finished making the coffee and all, he wondered back to Loth and handed him a mug. “But I’m not here to talk about that, I’m here to talk about my brother”

Mark sat down on to his chair again and took a little sip, Loth did the same

“You probably have noticed that my brother has a habit of trusting people blindly under weird circumstances” Yes Loth certainly has noticed that already since Palin let someone as weird as him live her, let alone Van or Salem. “I hope you can understand but as his older brother I have to be protective of him”

“I do understand, Palin can be the type of person that you can’t help but worry about, your brother is kind of an oddball” Mark made a little soft giggle

“You’ve noticed that too huh? Palin was always like that since he was small; he would always do the weirdest things. I remember when Palin was five he brought a little bird that broke it’s wing, home to me and asked me to help it” Mark took another gulp of his coffee “He would always try and help others and leave himself last, this is the point I’m getting at”

Loth thinks he might know what Mark was going to say.

“There are times when he does trust people, I mean really tries but what I’m really scared off is that one day Palin is really going to trust someone with all his heart and if they break that trust then he’s going to break down completely, like last time…”

Loth tilted his head to one side “Last time?”

“Yeah but I won’t tell you about the details, their between me and my family”

“No need to worry, I won’t betray your brother’s trust” Mark just gave him a glare

“You better not, from what I’ve heard from my father, some of you guys aren’t very well known to trust others”

Loth sat there in silence when Mark got off the seat and left the kitchen, when the teacher left, Loth got out of the kitchen and headed upstairs towards the bedroom.

When Loth reached the bedroom, he sat down on the bed and looked over to Palin who was sleeping soundly. Loth felt something inside him that churned and the echoes of Mark’s voice spinning round in his head, he reached out a pale hand and ran it through Palin’s silky hair and then brought it down to Palin’s cheek.

How many times has he been stepped on and tossed aside, those small shoulders can only handle so much pain until he becomes completely crushed under the weight of the world…

Once Loth changed his clothes and got in to the bed, he made sure that he was facing Palin’s direction

If they break that trust then he’s going to break down completely, like last time…

Mark’s words were pinning in his head before images from his own messy past came back to haunt him. Loth closed his amethysts, turning on his side, facing away from Palin but not before giving him a quick glance.

I don’t want to betray your trust Palin but if you knew the truth about me, then I can’t stay here…

And before he knew it, it was lights out for him…

Entry Six

Brother comes to Town!

End

Alert, Alert, Warning, Warning! Prepare for unexpected Bonus Chapter:

Van’s Secret Box

Van smiled with a giggle escaping his lips, the vampire hunter seemed to be quite happy with what was in that little brown box.

Loth, Palin and Salem watched from afar, on the kitchen sofa to be exact, all their eyes aimed at the little box that Van had in his hands and tried to hide it back into its hiding place in the kitchen.

“What is that French idiot up too now?” Loth mumbled, all three of them turning their attention back to the TV, Salem was just in as much thought as Loth was but little Palin was busy drinking his coffee to even care.

“What ever he’s giggling at it must be funny” Salem purred

Palin who was sitting in between the alien and vampire cat took as sip of his coffee before replying.

“Maybe he has some *Skelanimal plushies?” Loth and Salem both looked at the boy in bewilderment before they both frowned at him.

“No Palin, you already collect them” Palin blushed a little; Loth knew how much the boy loved cute things.

“Maybe our little Van has some very naughty material that he doesn’t want any of us to see…” Salem meowed, his ears twitched and his tail appeared swaying from side to side.

“If that was it then we would be seeing a book or something and by the size of that box I don’t think it would be able to fit a magazine let alone a book” Loth explained, Salem made a sour face, knowing that Loth was probably right.

“Funny animal pictures?” Loth narrowed his eyes at Palin before grabbing the boy, snatching the mug off his hands and poured the coffee into Palin’s mouth by force.

“Just drink your coffee Palin, let the adults talk!”

“You know…” Loth and Palin turned their heads over to Salem who had that mischievous look on his face “Since Van is away, we can probably investigate to see what’s in that box…”

All three sat in silence until the all tip toed from the living room to the kitchen, once they got there and after many minutes of finding the box (Once Palin pointed out that Van would usually go towards the cupboard where they kept the coffee mugs), all three gazed at it, the tension slowly building around them as they waited for Loth to open he box…

“Loth open it” Salem meowed, Loth sighed, slowly opening the box and what the three saw was completely shocking and gobsmacking.

“Cute” Palin mumbled

“Weird” Loth grimaced

“What an unexpected plot” Salem said trying to withhold his laughter.

What was in the box was a little bobble head of Whippy Goldberg staring at them, along with many photos, post cards inside, not only that but for some reason there was makeup inside along with some Hello Kitty and Playboy merchandise as well.

“He always was a fan of Whippy Goldberg but why Hello Kitty and Playboy?”

“What are you guys doing?”

Never judge a book by its cover I say…

Alert, Alert, Warning, Warning! Prepare for unexpected Bonus Chapter:

Van’s Secret Box

End

Youkai Of Hearts: Hey kids sorry for the long update but I had an enormous writers block, plus I was wondering what to do to make it more interesting so it seems that Mark knows more about Loth than he’s letting on…

What will happen with the story?

Mark Nxic – Palin’s older protective brother, he seems to be aware of what Loth really is, he lives in Belfast with his family and is happily married with children. Mark is also a school teacher…

I hope I’ve made things more interesting with the latest development and I hope that you continue to enjoy this story as to why I added a little bonus…

Meh I just got bored…

I think I made Salem and Loth out of character-ish…

Until Next Time

Youkai Of Hearts Out!!