It is Forbidden!

Posted originally on the Archive of Our Own at http://archiveofourown.org/works/50618269.

Rating: Explicit
Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Category: F/M
Fandom: Bittersweet Candy Bowl (Webcomic)
Relationship: Mike/Haley (Bittersweet Candy Bowl)
Characters: Mike (Bittersweet Candy Bowl), Haley (Bittersweet Candy Bowl)
Additional Tags: Sibling Incest, Incest
Language: English
Stats: Published: 2023-10-06 Completed: 2024-05-19 Words: 59,716 Chapters:
7/7
 It is Forbidden!
by GreyKitten1911

Summary

Mike's sister, Haley went through a traumatic event. Requiring Mike to give her emotional
support. Haley opens her heart to her brother, telling him what she truly feel and what she
desires.

She does not want to pretend anymore.

Notes

All characters are over 18

 The Beggining

Michael laid down on his bed, above the covers, he’s been staring up at the ceiling for what
feels like hours. The clock next to his bed showed the time in a green glow. “It’s 3AM” Mike
thought to himself, “It’s a Thursday... We have collage in a couple hours...” He was now at an
emotional slope, just some time ago he was through an emotional roller coaster. He felt like
he was at the bottom of a lake, he felt wet, everything was cold around him, the only source
of warmth was at his side.

Mike’s face slowly turned to his side, there laid his sister, Haley, his sister, just a year
younger than him, his sister, calmly sleeping, covered in sweat, just like him, his sister.

“That’s my sister.” Mike thought to himself, his eyes slowly scanning her body, going up and
down her figure. “I laid with my sister.” He looks at her face, her lips, her chest, her waist,
her hips, legs, and the mess between the legs.

His mind went back to a couple hours ago, to what they felt, what he felt, the joy, the
pleasure. Only that, things that at that point he only felt with Sandy and Lucy. All of that
happiness, with no shame mixed with it, no guilt or pain, only happiness, only joy he felt
while committing that sin. Not even lust, just... Happiness.

“I did that...” Mike felt something cold running through his spine. “All of that, I made that
with her.” Mike’s eyes flow towards his own sister’s face, seeing a faint smile on her lips.
“Good god... What have we done... What have I done...” The Korat cat rolls to the side again,
laying on his back once again. He doesn’t know how many times he’s done that night, trying
to fight the fact he made love with his own sister, both of them, in agreement.

“Good god... What did I do” He thought to himself, how he and his sister broke an natural
taboo, feeling like he just grabbed an holy book he’s been following for all his life, for all his
life, feeding his faith and guiding him, just for him to up and then set it on fire in a second of
weakness. “How did I get here?” He thought. “In just a single day... What was the path I took
to get here.” And so, Michael’s mind began to backtrack the road he took, to even before this
morning, to the morning before, on how he reached this singular point in his life.

The morning began like it usually does, Mike had gotten up from his bed, had put on a pair of
jeans, a shirt and his scarf. True that the scarf was an accessory he’s been wearing for a while,
but the pants and shirt are sort of a new thing. When someone gets older they start wearing
more clothes, at least when compared to kids, as a sign of formality, professionalism and
adulthood. But with Michael it’s been for a different purpose that most don’t desire to speak
out loud in public.
Mike heard some noise coming from the living room, loud enough to sound like a heated up
discussion. He walked closer to the stairs to check if everything was ok, it was where he saw
his sister and mother having a discussion.

“Just take the spray, do this one thing for me.” It was coming from Ellen, Michael’s mother,
she held a small red spray can, most likely a pepper spray can.

“Mom, we are just going to the movies after class, what’s with you, last time we talked about
him you were so static that I found myself a good boyfriend!”

“Well that was before I found out about his reputation, a reputation that I was told you were
also informed about, young lady!” Two months ago Haley had started dating a senior student
from Mike’s math class, he didn’t know much about the guy, besides that he was a Golden
Retriever, tall, strong and all of that jazz, he hadn’t talked to him or anything, but seems like
he had some reputation with girls. “Did you know the stuff I heard about him?!”

“That he had a bunch of girlfriends before me?”

“That he’s a womanizer!” When Ellen yelled that, Haley rolled her eyes in response. Ellen
rested her face on her hands, taking a minute to breath and try to calm down. “Listen, just
take the spray, keep it hidden, not even in case he tries something on you, just in case
something, anything, happens to you two, alright?”

Ellen held out the pepper spray, Haley stared at it for a moment, before letting out a huff of
annoyance and taking it. “Alright, alright, guess it won’t take much place in my purse.” She
then began to walk towards the staircase. “But I’m telling you, it won’t get much use!”

Haley went up the stairs and walked by Mike, giving him a frown, the way little sisters do,
and kept walking.

Mike turned his head and looked at his mother, he saw her worried look, and Michael
understood what she meant and what she wanted him to do.

Mike caught up to Haley and placed his hand on her shoulder. “Sis?” He spoke.

Haley let out another huff of annoyance and rolled her eyes. She knew what Michael was
planning to say, not surprising as he heard the conversation she had with her mother.

“What is it Mike?”

“Don’t you want me to take you two to the mall and then pick you two up?”

Haley raised her eyebrow and crossed her arms “And why would I let you do that?”

“Well, I know that Cory doesn’t have a driver’s license, and neither do you. So you two either
walk, or catch a bus or pay for a taxi. And guess who can drive you there for free?” Mike
smirked and pointed at himself with his thumb. Michael had gotten his driver license a couple
months ago, and was a pretty good driver.
Haley smirked back “Oh, and I guess mom will take a taxi to work and let you keep the car
for the day?”

Mike leaned back a bit, looking from side to side, trying to think of a response. “Hmmm,
well...” His sister had given a pretty good point back, and he didn’t have a good comeback.

Then they heard a voice shouting from the living room. “I can take a ride with my coworker,
you can keep the car, Mike!”

Mike’s head turns from the direction of the living room and to his sister. “Well then, seems
like everything's coming up, as they say, Millhouse?” Mike gave a smug look at his sister,
who was trying to hold back her laughter.

“Jesus Mike! You are such a dork!” Haley laughed.

“Got you to laugh!”

“Yeah, because I wasn’t expecting an obscure Simpsons reference!” Haley began to

recompose herself as she walked back to her bedroom. “We go there right after class, you
pick us up at 7. And better not say anything dorky, ok? Or I’m never talking to you again!”

“Yeah, it’s fine, don’t worry sis.” Mike watched as his sister walked away, he watched her
back, his eyes slowly lowered at her back, as he stared for what could have been a second too
long. But that didn’t even cross his mind, if someone would point it out to him now, he would
have called them a weirdo, it was just for a split second, there was nothing there.

Right?

As the class bell rang, the entire class was already getting up and started to leave while the
teacher tried to explain how he wanted his homework to be delivered.

Mike walked towards his locker to drop off his books and also for something else that would
be on the way.

Near the lockers was a Golden Retriever named Cody, putting his books away and taking out
a jacket from there. Mike walked next to him, it didn't take much for the dog to notice him
and smile.

“Hey, you are Mike, right? Haley’s brother?” He had a charming expression and clearly
showed how photogenic he was with girls, well built body too. After getting in the track team
Mike has also been getting into shape, so their bodies were somewhat similar, although Cody
was a bit taller.

Michael nodded “Yeah, I’ll be driving you guys to the mall to see the movie” As Mike tried
to say something else, Cory had cut him off almost right away.
“Hey don’t worry. We get there, we have some food, then the movie and I deliver her back at
8PM!”

“It was 7PM.” Mike said coldly. “And I’m the one picking you two up.”

Cory smiled, scratching the back of his neck “Well you know how things can go. We can get
caught up, talking for a bit too long. Don’t be surprised if you miss the time by a bit.”

Mike frowned and raised his hand, pointing his index at Cory. “Listen, just don’t try anything
with her, Haley is a strong girl, but she’s putting her trust on you, s-” Mike gets interrupted,
his hand gets grabbed by Cory.

“Hey... Listen... It will be alright, ok?” Cory began to slowly squeeze Mike’s hand.

Mike then began to grip back Cory’s hand. “I know, I just want your word that you’ll bring
her back to me safely. Right?” Mike began to push Cory’s arm to the side, they now doing a
sort of air arm wrestle.

“Got it, she’s coming back in one piece.” Cory and Mike glared at each other for a second or
two, both of their arms wrestling, neither arm giving away, both of staying still at the middle,
you could even hear some joints popping from the pressure.

“Hey”

Mike and Cody stopped the arm wrestle, turning their heads to who was standing behind
Cody.

“What are you two doing?” Haley asked, she wore a nice light blue dress, nothing too fancy,
but nice for a first date.

“Ah, just getting to meet your boyfriend.” Mike spoke, letting go of Cody’s arm.

“Yeah, just getting to know each other. Ready for the movie?” Cody stepped near Haley,
placing his hand on her hip.

Mike glared at Cody’s hand placement, but he tried to ignore it, he would have done the same
to Sandy, at least that is what he thought to himself.

“Yeah, let’s go” Mike followed behind them, both going towards his mother’s car.

Hours later, Mike laid on his bed while typing on his phone, writing a reply to Sandy, he had
received a message from her, talking about how her last shoot went in England. Seems like
she was getting to live the good life, was what Mike thought to himself.
Mike’s reply was the usual stuff, congratulations on her job well done, that he really wishes
to see her again, how his day was, what he usually writes. But quickly he drops his phone on
to his bed and just looks out of the window for a while.

Things have been the same with her for years now, just replying to each other, the calls have
been getting rarer by the day, he can’t remember the last time he called her, the last time he
heard her voice.

Having a long distance relationship is truly different from having a girl next to you. “Maybe
it would be better if I had some other gal” Last year Mike wouldn’t even dream about getting
with another girl, but now, everything feels dull, all of it, him and Sandy, he doesn’t feel the
emotional support he once felt.

“Maybe... But who would I ev-” As Mike mind kept wandering, he heard a loud sound
coming from down stairs. “What the hell?” He got up from the bed and walked towards his
door, his mother had already arrived earlier today, his father was on a business trip and it was
still 5PM, and Haley had to get picked up by him at 7PM.

Mike walked in the middle of the hallway, in direction to the living room, when he saw Haley
running up stairs. Mike would have tried to call her, ask what happened, but Haley was
walking fast and not looking where she was going. She jumped into Mike’s arms.

“Haley?” He could feel that Haley’s body was cold, he heard her sobbing. “Is everything
alright?”

Mike’s sister, Haley, raised her head, her eyes red from crying, tears ruining her make up and
a red handprint on the side of her face.

Mike didn’t have any words, he felt sick to his stomach, his mind began to race, he hugged
Haley tight, letting her head lower back to his chest, her tail wrapped around him.

They stood in the hallway for a couple seconds more, before Mike began to guide his sister to
his bedroom, get her to calm down. As they entered his room, Haley quickly jumped on to his
bed burying her face into his pillow. Michael could still hear her sobbing.

“Listen.” Mike began. “Want me to get you anything? Some food, that ice cream you like?
Uhhh... If you want I can make that milkshake from your birthday...? Haley?”

There was some silence, until Mike heard Haley’s weak and broken voice. “Yes.”

Mike gave her a reassuring smile. “Ey, don’t worry, I’ll be right back.” He got up and slowly
shut his bedroom doors. Michael let out a sigh and took a deep breath, it seems like things
went very badly.

As he began to make his way down to the living room, he saw his mother, going up stairs.

“What happened?” Ellen spoke, worried. “I was at the garage, I heard a slam an-” She
stopped talking when Mike raised his hand.

“Haley and Cody... Didn’t go well.” He spoke calmly.

“I... Why didn’t she call you then? It’s not a long walk from the movies, but still...”

“She was sobbing.” Mike added. “And there was a red palm print on her cheek.”

The moment Michael finished the sentence, Ellen’s eyes widened and her pupil shrank. The
mother quickly began to stop right towards Haley's bedroom like a woman ready to throw
someone out a window.

“Hold on!” Mike grabbed his mother’s arm. “Hold right there!”

“What?!? Why are you stopping me?!”

“For one, she’s in my bedroom, not her’s. Second, I want to know what happened before you
go in!”

“And why do I have to wait?” The furious mother asked.

“Yeah, but what are you going to say to her? Cause Haley is in a really fragile state now, and
if you go there to wag your finger at her, you’ll only make it worse.” Mike spoke in a quick
and harsh voice, trying to hold down his own anger, his mind finally processing what had
happened to his sister.

“I...” Ellen stopped, calming herself down. “It’s that bad?”

“Barely spoke a word, I cried on my chest... I never saw her like that, she’s usually so...
Confident...” Mike and Ellen stopped and stared at Mike’s room, they could hear sobbing
coming from there. “I was going to make her some milkshake...”

Ellen nodded. “Yeah, good... I’ll go see if she’s ok, no nagging, just check on her...”

Mike took a breath as he then walked down stairs to the kitchen. He tried to keep his mind
clear, focusing on making Haley’s dessert, focusing on keeping his mind calm. He did not
know the extent of what had happened, he didn’t want to let his mind wonder. Just seeing that
slap mark and tears, making him want to castrate Cody.

Mike focused on the Milkshake, used the ice cream that Haley liked, milk, mixed everything
and then he sprinkled some crushed chocolate. It had taken him 15 minutes to prepare
everything how Haley liked, then he saw his mother come down the stairs.

Mike gulped, her expression wasn’t assuring, like she was just seeing a ghost. Michael
walked towards her.

“That bad?” He asked.

“Yes... I have never seen her like that... She doesn’t want to talk to me...” Ellen was trying to
hold back tears. “Better if you see if you can talk to her, I think I’m the last family member
she wants to see now...”

Mike nodded as he went upstairs, carrying the milkshake, he went to his room and softly
knocked at the door. “Haley...? I’m coming in” Mike opened the door slowly and saw his
sister still laying on the same spot of the bed. She had taken her dress off and kicked it to the
ground, now Mike could see a bruise on the side of her waist. Mike took a deep breath and
walked in.

“Heeey... Haley?” He spoke softly. “I got your milkshake...” There was no response. “You
want me to leave it here for you?” There was still no response, Mike waited almost a minute,
and no response. “Do you want me to leave you for a while?”

“... No...” Mike heard softly from her.

Mike gave a sigh of relief and laid the milkshake next to her.

“Alright, the milkshake is here. I’ll stay with you as long as you want, you can talk about
anything, let’s focus on making you feel better, alright?”

Mike waited for a second before Haley replied.

“Thank you” Haley spoke

Mike stayed with Haley for the whole afternoon and night. She would not leave his bed, only
at night, when everyone is asleep, to use the bathroom, it seems like she didn’t want to talk to
anyone, not even her father, at least for now.

As Haley slowly let out information of what happened, Mike managed to ping down what
had happened. Seems like Cody’s bad reputation was a bit worse than expected. The date
went as it should, with them having a meal before the movie, but as the movie began, it
began to go downhill. Cody began to get a bit too hands on Haley, she tried to go to the
bathroom to take a break, but Cody followed her, seeming like he didn't want to be denied,
and Haley tried to retaliate. That's how she got the bruise and marks on her body.

Haley would then stay with Mike throughout the night, sleeping right next to him. In the
middle of the night, he could feel her laying right against his arm, to feel his warmth.

As daybreak came, Mike was the first up, quietly going to his bedroom door and waiting out
there, for when his mother showed up, where he explained what he thinks happened.

“Are you sure?’ Ellen asked. “Cody tried to assault my daughter? My little baby?!” She tried
to keep her voice low, to not alert and stress Haley.

“I think. At least what Haley said in fragments, and what I managed to piece back together,”
Mike gulped, “but Haley is still stressed, and we don’t know if it’s messing up with her
memory, we gotta wait and focus on her recovery.”

“Oh my god, is she still?”

“Yeah, still stressed out, she hasn’t woken up yet though. The only thing I know now is to
keep Cody the fuck away from her.”

“Yeah... Yeah you are right, we gotta wait for her to get better, that’s priority one now...”
Ellen passed her hand through her hair, looked around, thinking. “I... Mike, you think it
would be ok if you stayed with her for today?”

“I... Skip class you mean?” Mike was a bit taken back, it is not everyday when your parents
ask you to skip class.

“Yeah, stay with Haley, make sure she’s ok, I've never seen her like that... I don’t want her to
do anything stupid, understand?”

Mike stood in front of his mother and nodded. “Yeah.” He said. “Better if she doesn’t do
anything stupid”

Haley appeared to be recovering as the day passed on, by noon she was already raising her
head off the bed, by afternoon she was making small talk with her brother.

Mike had taken his old Super Nintendo from the boxes and installed it again, and seemed to
have helped to break the ice with Haley, although not wanting to play, she was enjoying
seeing her big brother play the games, and would comment from time to time about her
brother’s gameplay.

But from time to time, Haley would break down again, crying at Mike’s arms, not saying
anything to him. Mike would hug and caress his sister back, it seemed to be helping her, her
crying fits would get shorter and finally Mike would see a smile on her face. Haley would
raise her head and look at her brother, smiling with tears on her face.

She would break down only one more time, then calming down and falling asleep on Mike’s
lap. Her brother would gently pet her head, throughout the afternoon, letting his dear sister
sleep.

It was now 9PM, Haley slept on her brother’s bed. Michael slowly walked towards his
bedroom door and quietly opened it. Outside the door was his mother in a nightgown.

“How is she?” She asked.

Mike smiled reassured. “Way better than yesterday, she’s able to talk and smile. I think
tomorrow she’ll be able to sleep in her own bedroom.”

“You think she still needs to stay with you?” Ellen’s expression was a bit unsure, she’s been
worrying about Haley all day, would try to talk to her through the day, but there would rarely
be any reply, only when she talked with Mike.
“Yeah, at least for tonight, and after when we go back to collage, I swear I’ll be looking over
her like an hawk.” And Mike was also to give Cody a good ass whooping, get James, Paulo
and David to back him up there, he’ll be getting some answers from that dog.

“Alright, alright. I’ll be going to bed now. You should also check on Haley and catch some
sleep, alright hon?” Ellen walked forward and gave Mike a kiss on the forehead.

Mike watched his mother walk to her own bedroom, he lets out a sigh and walks back into
his bedroom.

Mike began to take off his shirt, he had recently acquired the habit of wearing clothes in the
house, but he would still sleep naked, but with Haley, he would put boxers on. He sat down
on the bed as he began to unbuckle his belt. “Gotta get some regular shorts for when I’m
home, it’s kinda bothersome to wear jeans all the time.” He thought to himself.

That’s when he felt Haley’s hand on his tail, he quickly turned around to see his sister, with
eyes somewhat red, looking at him.

“Haley, you feeling better sis?”

“Yeah... Better... Is it ok if I sleep with you again?” Haley watched as she saw Mike nod, she
crawled over to her brother, hugging him as she buried her face on his chest. “I was an idiot”

“Oh come on Haley don’t say that.”

Mike’s sister cuts him off. “No... It’s my fault, I shouldn’t be going out with boys”

“Haley, just because that guy was a piece of shi-”

“They were all pieces of shit.”

“... Haley, you should get some sl-”

“No...” Haley paused for a second. “He wasn’t my first boyfriend... I have at least 4 now...”

Mike was surprised by what Haley had said. He’s been close to his sister, but never heard
anything about her having boyfriends besides Cody.

“When I first got into community collage. I have gotten a couple boyfriends... All of them
were the same thing. Were nice to me, and then started to feel up my body. Fuck, two of them
wanted sex almost right away. Not even the decency of asking me out to prom...” Haley took
a moment to breathe and to pull back the tears building up. “At least Cody waited for the first
date, right?”

Mike rugged his sister, lowering his head near her as he talked softly. “Haley, you’ll find
someone else. You just gotta know them before asking them out, or them asking you out. If
you want your big brother could do some background checks.” He joked.

Haley laughed back, raising her head to face Mike’s, him being able to see her with a genuine
smile of joy on her face. Haley opened her eyes and looked deep in her brother’s own eyes.
“Mike, you are the only boy I ever met who was more than decent.”

“At least decent? I’ll take that as an complimen-”

“No” Haley cut him off. “You mean more than decent... Michael, you are a fucking amazing
man.”

Mike raised his eyebrows a bit, he’s never seen his sister talk like that to him. She never
hated him with a passion, but going this way to compliment him, during what she’s going
through...

“Thank you Haley.”

“I mean it. You are the best man I have ever seen.” Her head began to near her brother’s.

Mike was looking away, feeling a bit flustered. “Thank you Haley, that means a lo-”
Something stopped his words.

Mike was feeling something he’s never felt before, familiar, but different, as time seemed to
slow down, his mind began to search what it was similar to. Only two occasions came up,
with Sandy and with Lucy. Both of them were kisses.

Mike recognized the feeling of a kiss, but this one was different. His eyes finally had moved
to look forward, for what felt like an eternity. In front of him was Haley. His sister. His sister
Haley, kissing him. Mike was kissing his own sister.

Soon Haley pulled back, breaking the kiss as she then sat on her knees.

Mike and Haley both stared at each other. Haley had a blank expression with bedroom eyes.
Mike’s own face was shocked, at least is what he thought, his mind was in chaos at the
moment.

They both stood there, looking at each other for what felt hours, until Haley broke the
silence.

“Hmmmm, felt kinda sweet. First time it tasted like that actually.” A small smile began to
form on her lips as she reached to touch with her fingers.

Mike’s mind could only come up with one word, in a ocean of chaos and disruption, he could
only make one word come out of his mouth.

“... What...?”

Haley smiled, crawling towards her brother, laying her right hand on his chest. “I said you
tasted sweet, silly.”

Before Mike could reply with anything, Haley gave him another kiss, once again they
connected, brother and sister, doing such a sign of love. Haley began to push Mike backward,
making him fall and lay on his bed, as she continued to kiss him.
Mike could feel his own sister’s tongue pushing into his mouth, her right hand feeling his
chest, touching the muscles around his torso. Mike’s own hands finally began to move
towards Haley’s body, but they wouldn’t obey him, they did not know what to do, he should
push her away, but he did not. Instead his hands laid on her waist, were applying some force
back, but it was more like he was feeling her waist than anything.

Finally Haley broke the kiss, letting Mike breath.

Michael looked upon his own sister, blushing and smiling from the second kiss she gave him.
Finally, his mind was organized enough so he could speak again.

“... Haley... What did you do?”

“What do you think?” Haley said. “I kissed my brother.”

Mike could not believe what his sister had said, of what had just happened. “Haley, do you
know what you are sayi-”

“Oh please Michael, don’t dance around the subject. You know exactly what just happened”
Haley lowered her head. “I needed this, I wanted this. You are the only man who is even
decent around me... No, you are better, I have never seen someone like you... Sandy doesn’t
know what she’s mis-”

“Haley, pay attention to what you are saying!” Mike was sweating, blushing just like Haley
was. “This is incest. It’s wrong. A-and this... An-”

“And what, Mike?”

“This is wrong? A taboo!” Mike spoke.

“I failed to see why I should care.” Haley began to lean again, for another kiss, but Mike still
talked, trying to scoot away.

“You are my sister Haley, this is wrong, we can’t do this. Your mind is just a mess now.”
Mike kept looking into Haley’s eyes, her expression hadn’t changed, actually she seemed a
bit bored by what Mike was saying. “It’s fucked up Haley, we can’t do this!”

“We can’t do this, you say. It’s wrong, you say. It’s fucked up, you say. That’s all I keep
hearing you say...” Haley paused, Mike could feel his heart beating, like it was ready to jump
out of his throat. “But you know what I’m not hearing? I’m not hearing you say no, I’m not
hearing you stop, and I’m not hearing you say, I don’t want this... Michael, I’ll stop right
away, never talk about it, go to my room and sleep there. I’ll never even talk to you forever if
you want...” Her head approached Mike’s as she then whispered. “If. You. Just. Say. No”

And there Mike stood, staring blankly at Haley, his heart beating fast. But he stood quiet.
Haley kept on staring at her brother under her, they stared and stared.

Soon, Mike’s clock showed that a full minute had passed and Haley made her request.

Haley smiled. “Well, well, well. Seems like we are about to be fucked up together.”
“H-haley...”

“Yes?” Once again, Mike said nothing.

Haley smiled, right when Mike felt her leg press against his crotch, he hadn’t noticed that it
had formed a wood already.

“Ah, seems like someone here agrees with me.” Haley approached Mike’s zipper with her
right hand, she slowly opened up the button, as her hand undid the zipper.

“H-haley, w-wait.” Mike gulped, taking deep breaths, as he sees the large bulge between his
legs, being visible through the tight jeans pants. “J-just... Be gentle, be slow.”

“Ah...” Haley smirked. “Finally something concrete came out of your mouth.”

And now their fate was sealed.

It could not be taken away, what they had done. Even though nobody saw it, they knew. It
was carved in stone. To 10PM, 11PM, midnight, 1AM and 2AM was when they ran out of
gas. It was when Mike laid down and stared into the ceiling, when the lust had left his mind,
and the realization of what he did had set in. He remembers everything.

Haley’s lips against his own. The warmth of her body on his. How their tails wrapped around
each other. How they touched each other in that sin they committed.

Haley started it. But Mike himself kept going. He took his own pants off. He held Haley
against his own body. He got off and locked the door. He turned off the light.

When Haley began to kiss down his torso, he guided her head down to his own pelvis,
Michael caressed Haley’s head as she licked his manhood, as her soft lips kissed his cock,
when her tongue touched it, when she started sucking on him, making he feel things that he
never felt before. He caressed her and praised her, Haley. His own sister.

Mike held Haley’s torso, he kissed her chest, he caressed her breasts himself. Nobody was
there forcing him, Haley was simply letting the river take its flow. Haley had just given the
snow ball a nudge. Mike himself kissed her nipples and groped her, and she enjoyed it, she
begged for more. What kind of brother Mike would have been if he had stopped there?

Mike’s mind might have been clouded and drunk in the lust, he’s never done such things with
anyone before, at best it was a kiss, but that, it wasn’t just sex, it was full on debauchery. He
did things he never dreamed before. And so he reached the point of no return.

Haley laid bare on the middle of his bed, “I never seen such a gorgeous woman” he thought
to himself. His hands moved to her legs, his head leaned forwards and kissed her once again,
the way it all started. Michael’s hands spread Haley’s legs wide, and his pelvis came closer to
hers, and there it was, the point of no return.

Penetration.

Mike could not describe what he felt then and there. As their hips connected, as they became
one, as they completed their sin. He and Haley felt many things, love, joy, lust, happiness,
excitement. But neither of them was shame or regret.

Michael did most of her work, he kept kissing on Haley, his sister, he kissed her, he moved
his hips with her, they made love. To Mike and Haley, it seemed like time had stopped, the
outside world did not matter, they were connected now, they were one, as if their souls were
meant to be this close. They were one. And so it came, the final release, the ending, the
curtain drop for their sin. The climax.

Michael released his seed inside of Haley, and she accepted it. From all the things running
through their mind, from the countless things in their heads as they reached their climax,
neither of them was that they were siblings, but that they were staring at their lovers.

And so, they stayed, as Michael’s seed began to slowly pour out of Haley, as they broke their
kiss and kept on looking at each other. As exhaustion began to catch on with them, Michael
let out a long sigh, he pulled himself out of Haley and let himself drop to the side of Haley.
Both of them were breathing heavily. Michael’s mind began to cloud, as his 5 hour workout
session came to an ending.

Michael had no worries at the moment, Haley had stated multiple times that she was on the
pill. She actually had said it multiple times, they were in agreement this was a good idea.

And so, Mike let his mind wonder.

And now we are back. Michael was staring at his ceiling at 4AM. He kept on staring at the
ceiling, on and on, as he finally piece together how he got into this situation. All the events,
all his decisions and everything was being held one thing.

But that was when he felt Haley touch his chest. She had a faint smile on her face, even
though it was dark, Mike could clearly see it on her, once again, he found her gorgeous.

“Hey Mike.” She said in a lovely sultry voice. “Guess we overdid it a little.”

“Haley...”

“Good thing I was on the pill.” She continued. “But next time we better pack some condoms,
right?”

“Haley please...”
“Really don’t want to go through a scare like some hillbilly.” She joked.

Mike rose his torso from the bed, now sitting on it. “Haley please!” Mike raised his voice, but
not enough to wake up anyone, he then calmed down, looking at Haley. “We... How could
you talk so casual about what we did... Haley, we committed incest. Incest, Haley!”

Haley stared blankly towards her brother, she didn’t seem to mind it. But she then nodded,
lowering her head. “Yeah... I was at an... At a weak space. My boyf-... I mean, that bastard
nearly took advantage of me, he hurt me, my head was a mess... And you were the light at the
end of the tunnel... My hope... And I let an intrusive thought win...” Haley went quiet for a
minute, before raising her head. “But that is what you wish I would have said. What I would
have said to our parents if they found out... The thing is... I've been thinking about this for a
while...”

“W-what... Haley, what are you talking about.”

“The reason I kept going from scum bag to scumbag, is because I was... I have been wanting
you this way for a long time, Mike, I love you. I tried to distract myself with those guys,
maybe if I found the one I would... But there is no replacement...” Haley stared at Mike, he
had no words, but she could see his expression change, see him looking around, trying to
think of a response. “But I think... I think I wanted you to tell me to stop, I didn’t want to hurt
you, but I wanted to... Be with you...”

Mike bit his lower lip, he scooted closer to Haley, laying his hand over her as he looked into
her eyes. “The thing is... I think I... I think I was ok with it... Ok let’s be real, I went for it. I
fucking WENT for it. I kissed you, I caressed you, I... I fucked you.” That came out easier
than he thought it would. “You can’t take all the blame...”

“Guess we are fucked together then.” Haley jokes, there was some small laughter between
her and Mike, but nothing too hard.

Haley and Mike stood there, holding each other’s hands. After a minute, they would then lay
down on the bed while holding hands, together they both stared at the ceiling, seems like a
pretty good pass-time for certain occasions now.

“So...” Haley started. “What do we do now?”

Mike shook his head “I... I don’t know...”

“Do you keep this going?”

“W-what lik-... Like you become my secret girlfriend? We keep making love when nobody is
looking?”

“Well... Yeah, I want to be close to you now. Well, we can keep the sex part less casual, we
can’t do it every night... But we can work it out, right?” Haley looked at her brother, waiting
for his reply.

“I... I don’t know... I have a girlfriend, Haley.”

Haley sat on the bed “Oh, you mean that whore that cheats on you, that barely sees you and
doesn’t support you? The bitch who says your hobbies are stupid? That cunt?”

“Don’t call her t-... Yeah... I guess you are right.” Mike spoke. “She’s been quite distant
lately... Feels like a stranger...”

“Sooo...” Haley smirked. “How about some revenge?”

“What?”

“Let’s double time her. Let’s be girlfriend and boyfriend, Mike!” Haley had a smile that went
from ear to ear. “Let’s cuck her.”

“Haley...” Mike paused. “Seems like you are enjoying this idea way too much...”

“Oh... Yeah you right, I’ll dial it back a bit, but let’s do this Mike, me and you, lovers, let’s
have some fun.” Haley laid back on to the bed, snuggling with her brother’s arm, smiling
while looking at him.

Mike paused, looked in her sister’s eyes, her gorgeous green eyes. And he smiled.

“Yeah, sounds great.”

“It is a deal then!”

Haley leaned over, and Mike sealed the deal with a kiss. Another incestuous kiss, this one
didn’t last as long, but tasted much more sweet than before.

“But let’s buy some condoms before our next session.” Mike stated.

“Oh god yes.” Haley laughed.

Now it is the morning of the same day.

Ellen had already taken a bath, she was putting on her business suit and getting ready for her
day at work. But all in her head was still Haley’s mind state, another night she spends with
her brother, she’s hoping she made some improvement. Although she did hear some noises in
the middle of the night, probably Mike and Haley playing games together, helping her
recover.

Ellen made her way out of the room and down the hall, to her joy, she saw Michael already
standing out of his room, smiling at her.

“How is she?” Ellen asked.

“Way better now. It... It took a while for her to go to sleep, woke up a while ago, but went
back to sleep. I think tomorrow she’ll be alright to go to collage with me.”

Ellen stepped back, placing her hand on her chest and she let out a sigh of relief. “Oh thank
god... You think I can go and see her now?”

“Hmmm, better not, she needs to catch up on some sleep, mom.”

“Yes, yes, I understand... Will you go to collage today, or?”

“I’ll see with Haley. But I think I’ll just be a bit late.”

Ellen nodded. “Alright, I’ll send the collage another message, that you might either be late or
not show up today.” She then began to walk down the corridor. “I’m so sorry, I’m late for
work. But give Haley a goodbye kiss. Love you both!”

“I... Will sure do mom!” Mike’s mother probably wanted to be cheesy with that last night, but
with the result of recent developments... Yeah...

Mike waited until he heard his mom’s car leave the house, he then walked back into his
room, seeing his sister, Haley on his bed, where they made love.

“Heeey.” Haley spoke, she had just woken up from her sleep, and was still looking groggy.
“Talking to mom?”

“Yeah, yeah, she was worried about your condition.” He smiled. “I told everything was fine,
she wanted to come and see you, but I said you were asleep.”

“Hm?” Haley frowned. “Why did you say that?”

“Uuuhh, because you are the one with the crotch covered with my jizz? I had to take a quick
bath before she woke up. If anyone walks into this room, they’ll wonder why I’m hiding a
squid in here.”

“Ah fuck, you right.” Haley laughed.

“Better if you stay here for today, I... I might go to class, I don’t know.” Mike shrugged.

“I don’t think it’s a good idea for you to go, you didn’t get much sleep either.”

“Yeah... Guess you're right... Yeah better if we stay and rest up. And get a bath too.” He
pointed at Haley’s crotch.

“Uhh, Mike, this is half your fault.” Haley jokes. “Alright so first me and then you.”

“Yeah, for now let’s keep at least bath time-” Mike was cut off, his phone began ringing,
“separated...”

“Who is it?” Haley asked.

Mike leaned over and picked his phone up, looking into it. “Ah... Sandy...”

“Oh...” Haley looked around a bit, watching her brother just stare at the phone. “Ain’t going
to pick it up?”

“Hmmmm... No.” He threw it back on the bed. “Let it ring, first things first.” Mike leaned
towards Haley, smiled with her and they both kissed again.
 The Sleepover
Chapter Summary

Mike's parents went on a trip for the weekend. Haley decided to invite her friends over
to a sleepover in their house. And they are planning something.

Mike shuts his locker, then notices a familiar face was standing next to him, that was covered
by the locker’s door, white fur, blue eyes, pink bow, even though it's been a while since he
saw her, she was easy to recognize.

“Lucy?” Mike spoke, waiting for the white kitten’s reply. “Uh... What’s up?” Michael was
surprised at first, but he remembered that he heard that Lucy also got into the same
Community Collage as he did.

Lucy frowned “We haven’t talked for nearly a year and all you have to say to me is what’s
up?”

Michael blinked, his mind began to rewind, trying to remember the last time he talked to
Lucy, he seen her now and then, but ever since he joined and started to hang out with the
track team , now he realizes it’s been over an year since he spoke a word to her, and even so
all he said was an empty “Sorry” because he bumped her in a crowd.

“Yeah... Actually it might have been the best, you look great...” Mike looked at his old friend.
“Although I would have expected you to stop wearing that bow and start putting on some
clothes.”

“Oh big talking coming from the guy still wearing his security... Blanket... Oh shit...” Lucy
stared at Michael, as if he had a second head.

Mike stayed quiet, he first looked behind him, seeing if anything weird was behind him, then
he started to look down on himself, nothing was off about him. What was Lucy staring at?

“Lucy, what are you staring at?” He asked.

“You scarf,” Lucy pointed out, “it’s gone.”

Mike raised his hand to his chest, touching it, realizing that for a fact, he wasn’t wearing his
scarf anymore, it’s been a part of him for so long. Wearing a scarf had become a force of
habit putting that on. But now he didn’t have it and he didn’t notice the scarf that Sandy gave
him.

“No wonder you were so hard to recognize!” She scoffed. “No scarf and you are as tall as a
light post. I had to ask Paulo to know if you went to another Collage or just straight to
university, but no, you were disguised as a jock.”

“Seriously? You came back to nag at me and ask where my scarf went?” Although Mike was
wondering that right at that moment.

“I wish, I’m here to know how Haley is doing. I heard about what happened to her and that
Cody guy.” Lucy leaned against the lockers. “My mom told me about it, Haley only started
coming back for classes the next Monday, right?”

Michael nodded, their family had decided to keep quiet about what had happened at the
movies. Haley had recovered, was ready to come back to school on Friday, with Mike taking
care of her too... But their mother had decided she should wait for next Monday. The reason?
Well, Haley had woken up sweating and didn’t seem like she had gotten much sleep. Their
mother thought she might have gotten a cold and thought it was best if she rested.

Michael might have had something to do with Haley’s lack of sleep and sweating. Although
his sister hadn’t complained, on the contrary actually.

“Yeah, she’s way better now.” Mike smiled. “But I’m still staying with her while in collage,
her friend group ended up joining the track team’s at the lunch table. And I’m talking to
Jasmine again, so that’s nice.”

“Yeah, you guys took over the big lunch table,” Lucy smiled.

Years ago, in the old High School, the big lunch table was usually taken by Lucy and her
friends in the past. Sometimes people would just assume that was their table. But now in
collage, Mike and Haley’s group had taken this table. But it wasn’t a problem for Lucy and
her friend’s, after Mike went to the track team, their old friend group sort of fell apart.

Sue and Daisy both stayed with Lucy, but Paulo and David started to hang out with Rachel’s
group before they graduated, and after it Lucy didn’t keep up with them, at least as far Mike
knows. He’s been off the loop when it’s about Lucy.

“Heh, to tell the truth, I kinda miss those old days. Me, you, Daisy, Sue, Paulo and David. All
of us together, hanging out... Those were good times, remember all the stuff we did?”

“Yeah...” Mike nodded. “Remember when I nearly fell to my death, not once, but twice?” He
gave a very sarcastic smile. “I’m amazed it didn’t leave any permanent damage”

Lucy frowned. “Oh don’t you be pouty”

Mike smiled. “Just joking here Lu-” Michael interrupted.

Before Mike could say anything to Lucy, he felt a pair of arms hug him from behind,
squeezing her front torso against his back. He recognized the feeling of that body very well.
“Why? Cause you invented that?” The person said.

Mike turned his head, seeing Haley smiling up at him. “Haley?”

“I think people call it Pulling a Lucy.” Haley spoke. “It’s when you take the defensive on
anything nice somebody says until they leave you be. Worked wonders for you.”

Mike was astonished by what his younger sister was saying.

Lucy had her eyes wide open. “Why are you being so mean to me? I went to Mike to check if
you were ok.”

“Oh and why do you care?”

“Haley!” Mike quickly grabbed Haley’s arm, making her stop hugging him as he then glared
into her eyes with a concerned look.

Haley immediately took a step back, she didn’t need words, she knew just by her brother’s
look what he was trying to say with it. They had shared a lot of close looks in recent times.

“Sorry Lucy...” Haley apologized.

Lucy stepped closer “What was with you just now? I was very concerned and wanted to
know if you were alright, and you just started to be catty at me.”

Haley frowned and then hugged her brother’s arm tightly, she looked to the side. “You upset
my brother some time ago, I thought you were doing the same again.”

“Oh really?” Lucy began. “Do you even know what had happened way bac-...?” Lucy
stepped back taking a breath of air to calm herself down. “Listen, let it be water under the
bridge, alright? But are you ok?”

Haley blushed, still hugging Mike’s arm. “Yeah, Mike has been taking care of me, same with
Mina and Cassidy.”

Lucy smiled. “Yeah, heard you were going to have a sleepover with them, right?”

“More of a study group where we’ll take a nap right after. Jasmine is coming too.”

“Guess she’ll make it an christian sleepover.” Lucy joked.

Haley hugged Mike’s arm tighter and gave Lucy a smug. “Oh I don’t know about that.”
Before Lucy could say anything else, Haley pulled on her brother’s arm. “Come on, we gotta
get going, you’ll walk us home.”

Mike looked at her a bit confused as Haley pulled him down the hall. Michael waved back to
Lucy. “Bye Lucy. Sorry about that just now, I was just joking” He spoke as his voice became
lower as Haley pulled him away, almost letting the words See you later, out of his throat, but
something stopped it, he didn’t feel like it was appropriate.

Soon Haley dragging her brother became a walk when she slowed down, she still hugged his
arm, if anyone from the outside saw them like that, they would think they were a couple, if
anyone who knew them saw that, they would see a loving sister hugging her favorite brother.
As they walked down the hall, Mike turned his head to his sister. “Haley...” He spoke. “What
was that with Lucy?”

Haley looked up confused at him. “What?”

“You were so ru-... Wait, is that?” Mike looked down at Haley, seeing that she was wearing a
blue scarf around her neck. “Is that my scarf?”

“Huh, yeah.” Haley smirked. “Only noticed now?”

“Why are you wearing it?”

“I've been wearing it for about a week now, Mike. Did you actually take that long for you to
notice?”

“I... Yeah, I guess it did. Guess I grew out of it... Still, why are you wearing it?”

“Oh?” Haley smiled and pulled the scarf up to her face. “I like how it smells,” She joked.

Mike blushed and glanced away, flustered. Then he regained his composure. “Doesn’t matter
now. I wanna know why you were very rude to her, why? You have never been like that with
her.” Michael asked, concerned that something else had happened without him knowing.

“It’s just... I don’t like her. She made your life worse, she would hit you, snap at you, like if
you were an stress toy”

Michael gulped, what Haley was saying wasn’t exactly a lie, Lucy misbehaved with him, and
if you looked a certain way, you could say that she even took advantage of him.

“Haley... Listen, what happened in the past is done, Lucy might have not been the greatest
friend but I still put myself in that situation, it was my choice, and let me be honest, I did not
handle that situation well. Mainly when I tried to break it up... In December, I told you that...
I made a lot of mistakes there” Micheal kept what happened that day a secret, for some time
he planned to take it to the grave, but Haley was the first one he opened his heart about it, in
a very private moment that Mike rather not discuss in public.

“Heh, yeah...” Haley smiled. “Worst pillow talk ever.” She said in a whisper.

Mike could feel every muscle in his body tense up, he bit his lower lip, his eyes widened and
his pupils shrank. He quickly looked around the hallway, to see if anyone overheard it.

“Dude.” Haley spoke, looking up at Mike. “Calm down nobody he-”

“I don’t care.” Mike grunted, under his breath, his voice began to lower to a whisper. “If
somebody overheard us... If Anyone hear this, then we are both fucked. We don’t know what
our parents will do...”

Haley frowned, giving Mike a sorry look. She then sighs and nods. “Yeah sorry, just can’t
wait for us to get home, you know?”
Mike scratched the back of his neck. He had to admit to himself that he’s been feeling a bit
frisky all morning too “Ye-.” But then Mike stopped. “Hold on, but we are taking your
friends to the sleepover.”

Haley smiled. “O-oh! Yeah, maaaaaan, I forgot.” Haley gave an short laugh

“Yeah, also why didn’t you wait for me to pick you up at class?” Ever since the Cody
incident, Mike been walking Haley from class to class and back home.

“Oh come on Mike, I can at least walk around collage with you as my bodyguard... And...
Cody showed up there.” Haley’s grip around her brother’s arm tightened when she said that.
“I managed to escape through the crowd.”

Michael began to feel his blood boil, once again, that dog Cody showed up in his sister’s life.

A couple days ago, Mike had teamed up with James, Paulo and David to see if they got some
stuff out of Cody, or what had happened between him and Haley. He wasn’t very cooperative
during it and ended up resulting in a short fight, he fought pretty well for a guy outnumbered
by 3.

James thought it was a better idea to leave him be for a while and come back later. But for
what he said, his story fits well with what Haley had said.

“Alright, if he does that again, then I’m also calling the whole track team to see if we can get
anything through his head.”

“Mike the last thing I want is you in the most wanted list”

Michael sighs. “We at least gotta go to the principal and complain about it. See if she can at
least give you a different schedule.”

“Oooor, I could learn some fighting styles. Like wrestling!” She smiled and gave Mike a
smug look. “I think it would fit me well.”

“Oh yeah.” He smirked back. “That would fit you like a glove.”

An unknown voice then called out from behind them. “Hey, what are you guys talking
about?”

Haley and Mike both looked back, their hearts had accelerated, but they managed to keep
their faces calm. Behind them were some familiar faces. A black and white cat with her hair
tied into a bun and a cross around her neck, their old friend Jasmine. With her was Mina, a
brown dog with her long ears tied together and Cassidy, a black cat with puffy curly hair. By
the normal look on their face, it’s clear they didn’t hear too much, although what they had
said wasn’t too bad when taken out of context.

“J-just about some extra-curricular activities for sis.” Mike said.

“Yeah, I was thinking of learning martial arts.”

“You? fighting?” Mina slatted her head to her side. “Haley, I can’t imagine you fighting.”

“Yeah, you are kind of a stick figure.” Cassidy said. “You don’t have that much muscle to
take anyone down.”

“And that is where a martial art comes in.” Mike intervene. “There are fighting styles where
you can take advantage of your enemy’s weight and center of balance.”

Mina rolled her eyes. “Yeah, you know that cause you are a geek.”

Haley frowned and stepped into defending her brother. “What is wrong with being a geek?”

Mina and Cassidy both looked surprised for a moment, raising their eyebrows. Soon they
frowned and looked at each other. Then they smiled and looked back at Haley and Mike.

“Haley, you've been much closer to your brother lately.” Mina began.

“Yeah, even after what happened, it kinda looks like you are his clingy girlfriend or som-”
Before Cassidy could even finish her sentence, Jasmine stepped between the two girls,
having a nervous look on her face.

“Hey girls, I think you would also try to be extra nice on your brother when he’s buying a
car.”

Mina and Casey both looked at each other again with a surprised look. Mike was also
surprised by what Jasmine had said, but not because she made it up.

“How did you find out I was buying a car?” Mike asked.

“Oh, Haley told us.” Jasmine smiled.

Mike turned his head to Haley, who was giving him a smirk. “And how did you fin-” Mike
stopped short. He had plans to buy a car, nothing expensive, a used car, he had a $1000
budget, stuff he managed to save for two years with his part-time job he got last year. But he
also remembered that he let out the fact about the car to Haley in one of their pillow talks.
“O-oh yeah... I told you about it...”

Mina and Casey both seemed surprised by it. “Are you buying a car?” Mina asked.

“Yep, he’s been saving up money from his part time job, then when he gets his car, my big
brother will have to drive us to wherever we want!”

Casey smiled and looked at Mike. “Where do you work, Mike?”

“I work at Red Hill Publishing. My mom knew some people there and she managed to get me
a place there to work part time. I mostly just help out carrying stuff, but sometimes I help
take notes whenever a writer is talking to their editor.” Mike has been working since after he
got into the track team, about a month after, hanging out with them at the arcade and shops,
ended up making his wallet very light.
“Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!” Said Mina. “What car you getting? It gotta be an awesome car for when
you take us to places”

“Just some used cars in my price range. I’m a new driver, I don’t need anything expensive
that will get outdated the moment I actually need it... Hey hold on a second, who said I was
going to be your private chauffeur?!” Mike crossed his arms.

Haley then hugs his arm again. “Come on now Mike, I’m sure we can discuss how we can
figure that out, now let’s go, if we manage to catch mom before she leaves, she might forget
she already gave us money for pizza!”

Mike and the other girls began to walk out of the hall and out of the collage. Mike was ready
to take a break tonight and get some rest, ever since the developments with Haley, it became
rare for Mike to get a full night of sleep on Fridays. But as Michael walked the girls home, he
had a feeling that something was about to happen.

Everyone had arrived about an hour ago, Mike had first gone to Lucy’s house, his parents
were going on a trip this weekend and they wanted to give Mike some rest, so they had left
his little brother, Chris, with Lucy’s mom. Mike had checked on him before returning home.

Mina, Cassidy and Jasmine were at Haley’s bedroom, they were finishing up some
homework, and when they say “finishing homework”, they meant to trick Jasmine to give
them the answers.

Haley had gone down stairs when she heard Mike arriving, about 25 minutes ago. She
wanted to talk to him about what pizza to order for them. But she got caught up doing
something important to her and Mike.

At the kitchen, Mike leaned against the freezer, his arms held Haley’s waist, her hands groped
his bare chest, feeling his muscles and their lips were connected together. Their lips smacking
together, the moans and breathes could be heard out from the living room. They seemed like
long lovers, their kisses kept on breaking and connecting again, as if they couldn’t get enough
from each other and their bodies grind against each other. Mike slightly raised his left, Haley
pressed her crotch against it.

Haley had wrapped the blue scarf around her head and Mike’s, it was her first move to get his
attention and drive him to this situation. It didn’t need much more for him to agree. Although
Mike would admit that he feels a bit of guilt having that scarf on while doing it, or that Haley
had taken it. After all, it was a present from Sandy, his girlfriend. His girlfriend said that he
hasn’t replied properly for almost a month. Haley was keeping him company.

Maybe that was one of the reasons for Haley to wear the scarf, like some sort of way to get a
symbolic satisfaction on Sandy. When compared to Lucy, it seems like Haley liked her much
less.
Mike managed to break Haley off him enough to let some words out. “H-haley.” He panted.
“W-wait.” As much as Mike tried to talk, Haley would just go in for another kiss. Mike could
already feel a stick fog of their sweat around them. “Haley please, calm down woman.”

Finally Haley backed up, giving her brother boyfriend some space. “What gives?” She
panted. “I thought you loved whenever I grind on your body.” Haley gave a smirk.

“Haley, your friends are up stairs, what if they come down? What if they see us” Michael was
breathing heavily.

“Then why did you agree to this little session?”

“You jumped on me, and we were at it for 15 minutes, woman!” Mike placed his hands on
her shoulders. “Come on, save it for the weekend, ok?”

Haley let out a sigh and wiped sweat off her face. “Yeah... Yeah you're right.” She unwrapped
the scarf from her brother’s neck and back on to her. “Also you gotta go and wash off the
gloss from your lips, get some on you.”

“Oh god damn it.” Mike rushed to the sink while rubbing his mouth.

Haley was already going up stairs as she then talked back to Mike. “I’ll go off now, you order
the pizza.”

“Wait hold on, you didn’t say which you guys wanted!” Mike shouted back.

“The usual. One of Cheese, one pepperoni, one bacon and one tuna for you. We managed to
fool mom into giving us twice the money.” Haley kept on walking up. “Just pocket the rest
for later!”

“And for the soda?!” Mike yelled.

“We already bought them!”

Michael paused for a second and then just shrugged, had finished cleaning himself, he went
for the phone to order the food.

Mike was resting on the couch the entire time, watching TV, he hadn't had a night to just chill
for nearly a month now. Now most of them were with Haley, but he would lie if he said he
didn’t enjoy those times.

Mike laid there watching a movie on TV for around 30 minutes before the door rang, like
usual they deliver on time. The young man managed to carry all four pizzas upstairs, he was
already imagining himself taking his own back down for tonight’s movies, watching the
whole marathon and then falling asleep on the couch in a food coma. It would be a nice
change of pace, he never did that before. Lately Mike has been doing quite a lot of different
things, things he would never do before, getting out of his comfort zone.

Michael knocked on the door with his foot, soon enough Haley opened it. Her friends were
sitting around in a circle in the middle of her room, they were already in their pajamas,
already drinking soda off red solo cups. They had some music playing on Haley’s boombox,
but the volume was lowered, so Mike couldn’t make out what it was.

Haley picked up the pizza boxes and began to place them on the ground, next to Mina. But as
she did it, Mike took a look at the soda bottles she had in her room, around 4 bottles of soda.

Mike raised an eyebrow and asked. “Where did you get those soda bottles from? I mean, you
four didn’t carry them here from collage.”

“Oh!” Haley began. “We bought them yesterday and kept them in the refrigerator.”

Mike looked at his sister, still finding it strange. “Why did you buy them in advance?” Mike
noticed that Mina and Cassidy looked at each other unsure, Jasmine was trying to avoid eye
contact.

“Cause 7-11 has it cheaper than the pizza joint.” Haley said.

“... Riiiight...” Mike began to slowly nod. “Ok, so I’ll take my pizza and you girls can keep
going, don’t worry about your big brother embarrassing you.”

Mike began to squat to pick up his pizza box off the ground, he was already thinking that he
should have taken all of them to the kitchen, left him there and brought the other three to up
here, less weight. But as he was about to grab his pizza, Haley placed her hand on his
shoulder.

“Actually.” She smiled. “Don’t you want to eat with us for a bit?”

Mike stopped, his eyes locked into his sister’s for a good minute as he processed what she
had just said.

“... What?” He asked, baffled.

“Eat the pizza with us... It’s been a while since you talked with Jasmine! Right Jasmine?” As
Haley mentioned Jasmine, the bible girl winced and her eyes began to rapidly scan the room.

“I... Yeah, That’s it...” Jasmine said, then taking another sip from her cup.

Mike stared then went from Jasmine, back to Haley.

“You. Want me. You brother. To stay here. In your sleepover... Did I hear that right?”

“Yeah, it seems like you got everything straight.” Haley smiled.

“...” Mike’s eyes squinted, as he stared at his sister. “What are you planning here?”
“Man, your bro is way too paranoid.” Mina said. “We want you to stay cause tuna is
Jasmine’s favorite pizza.”

Mike’s head turned to Jasmine, who was already eating a slice from his pizza.

Mike let out some air out of his lungs as he then sat down on the floor. “Alright, alright...” He
said, still squinting his eyes at the girls. “But no funny business...”

Haley bent over and patted Mike’s shoulder. “Dude, chill, ok?” She then sat right next to him.

Mike reached over to the pizza box and pulled out a slice of tuna. It was pretty good, his
other friends didn’t seem to like it as much as he did, David on his hand absolutely hated it.
Mike took a bit out of it, then Jasmine handed him over a cup of soda.

Mike began to drink the soda after swallowing the pizza. But as the soda got into his soda, he
found something strange, something familiar. Mike then took another sip from the soda, then
another, and another.

“... Haley... What soda is this?” Mike looked at his sister, who then pointed at Cassidy.

“She bought it, why? Something weird?” Haley placed both her hands behind her back and
tilted her to the side, a sign that she was hiding something, but what?

Cassidy raised her head in alert. “Uugh, just lemon soda!” She said.

Mike raised an eyebrow. “Lemon soda? Just lemon soda?”

Cassidy nodded. “Yeah, why?”

“This is lemon soda, that’s what you're saying?”

Cassidy nodded her head again.

“Even though it’s clearly orange and tastes like oranges?!” Mike showed Cassidy and the
girls the cup he was holding and the orange soda in it. “What are you four hiding?” Mike
took another sip. But the girls just looked at each other, none of them said a thing. “Alright,
guess I’ll have to get it from the source... JASMINE!” Mike pointed his finger at Jasmine,
who was surprised and with her mouth full of tuna pizza.

Jasmine gulped down the pizza in her mouth. “Why me?!”

“Cause you are the bible girl and you are the easiest one to crack under pressure!” He had a
point though.

“Why not Haley, it was her idea!” Jasmine said.

Haley face palmed. “Great job there Jazz”

“Hah! So you girls are plotting something!” Mike took another sip.
“He knows her too well.” Mina spoke to Cassidy, who nodded in response.

“We should have accounted for that.” Said Cassidy, crossing her arms and nodded.

Mike took another sip from the soda. “Alright so you better...” He took another sip. “Tell me
what...” Mikes frowns and takes another sip. “... Wait a second...” This time Mike takes a
longer sip, the cup now being half empty, he had a feeling in his body and mind after
drinking, he recognized that feeling. “GOD DAMN IT HALEY! Did you put alcohol in the
sodas?!” Mike took another sip.

All of the girls either rolled their eyes and threw their hands into the air.

Haley looked at her brother. “Yeah, yeah we did. We wanted to spice things up.”

“With what did you spike the sodas with?!” Mike was angry at his sister, but he took another
sip from the soda.

“Some vodka.” Said Cassidy.

“Vodka?! What, were you guys out of Everclear?!!” Mike shouted.

Haley frowned and then placed her fists on her waists. “If that’s such a problem, then why are
you still drinking it?!”

Mike gave a smug look at Haley. “Well my dear Haley, you see-” Mike then takes a very long
and loud sip from the cup. Then he followed it with a loud lip smack. “Shut up”

Haley began to laugh back at her brother, the tension of the room began to drop as the other
girls began to relax.

“Alright, Mister Boy Scout, don’t worry about it, we didn’t put too much into the sodas, just
enough to get us into the mood.” Haley smiled.

Mike was already refilling his cup with the actual lemon soda, also mixed with a bit of
vodka. “How do you girls know how much is enough?”

“Oh you know bro, we did some some experimenting here and there”

Cassidy let out a sigh. “Yeah, mostly with my dad’s liquor, good thing he hasn’t noticed yet.”

“You girls aren’t as virtuous as you appear to be.” Mike said while looking at Jasmine, the
girl just blushed.

“Umft.” Mina began. “Big talking coming from you...”

“What did I ever do?” Mike began to take another sip from the soda.

Mina stayed quiet for a second, like she was holding something. “You are drinking vodka
soda with us.”
“Hey!” Michael pointed his finger at Mina. “I’m a cool brother alright? I ain’t a narc. I let
people have fun, as long they aren’t hurting anyone”

Mina looked to the side, frowning “That coming from the guy shagging his own sister.”

Cassidy dropped her arms to her lap. “Oh boy.” She was not going to enjoy what will soon
happen.

Haley’s eyes were wide open, she slowly raised her hands up, like she was ready to strangle
out Mina. Mike on the other hand quickly gagged and spat out a mouth full of soda. Sadly
Jasmine was right at the center of his splash radius.

Jasmine whipped off her eyes. “Is this personal? Is it because I dumped Paulo?”

“WHO TOLD YOU THAT?!” Mike had jumped to his feet and shouted, dropping the red
solo cup to the ground.

Mina leaned backwards, she could feel Mike’s anger and aggression emanating off him, she
felt each word in her chest. “H-haley told us...” She spoke slowly.

“I’m going to kill you.” Haley said in a cold tone, staring at her dog friend.

“HALEY!” Mike turned to his sister, who now had a sweaty nervous look on her face.

“Uuhhhh, now I know it might sound b-” Haley couldn’t even finish her sentence before
Mike jumped at her, now it wasn’t the first time he did it this month, but this time it wasn’t a
pounce that would result in a fun time.

Haley began to run around her bed, trying to get as much stuff between her and her angry
lover brother. Sadly Haley had forgotten that Mike was on the track for over a year, and so he
caught up to her quickly and pinned her on the bed.

“Start talking.” Mike growled. Haley felt his hot breath on her face and neck, she would be
turned on if it wasn’t all covered by her fear.

“I-I ended up telling them after having too much to drink.” When Haley let those words out
of her mouth, she could feel her brother’s grip around her shoulder tighten.

“What’s wrong with you woman?!!” Mike growled.

Jasmine then shouted. “Mike, hold on!”

“You stay out of this!” He barked

“I swear to god it was an accident, Mike!” Haley winced.

Mina had gotten up to her feet. “Does that even hold weight, pretty sure incest is an sin.”

“You are not helping!” Cassidy shouted.

“Mike stop! It wasn’t her fault!” Jasmine began to skedaddle back on her feet.

“What?!” Mike stared at Jasmine.

“Juster calm down, Mike, and listen!” Jasmine had gotten up and onto the bed, all of her
friends had worried looks on their faces. Jasmine held her hands straight, trying to get Mike
to calm down. “Listen, it’s not her fault. She ended up telling us way before you two made
it... Official... It was last year, and she was sobbing about it.”

Mina nodded “Yeah, and the days after she was uber paranoid that we would slip it out.”

“Yeah,” Cassidy said. “Yeah, we had to practically do a blood pact to get her to calm down.”

Mike's gaze seemed to calm down, his grip on Haley weakened as his look shifted to her.

Tears were forming on Haley’s eyes. “We were trying out mixing alcohol with soda, like
today, I had too much, got sad and blabbed it out my accident.” Haley’s voice was cracking,
as it seemed she was afraid because of how Mike had acted, but it was because Michael
thought that she had betrayed him.

Michael began to take deep breaths, calming down. He moves his arms, now holding his
weight on her bed, his head hanging right above Haley’s as they both begin to unwind.

The tension of the room began to drop as the others began to relax and calm down, although
Mike was still on top of Haley.

“Hey, just...” Michael began speaking lowly to Haley. “I’m sorry, I’m very sorry Haley... You
know how much that stresses me out, other people know.”

“Yeah, that’s why I waited to tell you Mike.” Haley wiped the tears off her eyes. “They
already knew, I didn’t want to stress you out, it took me a while to try and think how to tell
you. And I was planning to do it tonight.”

“And this idiot decided to just rip the band-aid.” Cassidy pointed at Mina.

“I didn’t think he would take it that bad!” Mina shouted.

“And who knows Mike better than you? Haley.” Cassidy said.

“Just... Just give me a second...” Mike spoke, taking another second to breath, his heart was
still beating. “You have to tell me these things. If people outside find out. Jesus, if our parents
find out, what is going to happen to you?”

“Shouldn’t you worry about you both??” Jasmine asked.

Mike moved and wiped off the tears from Haley’s other eye. “Doesn’t matter, I can manage...
Haley can’t, not yet.”

Mike and Haley stared at each other for a couple seconds, thinking as their bodies began to
finally relax. Their faces became closer and they sealed a kiss, an apology kiss, an love kiss.
After they broke their kiss, Mike asked. “Alright, no secrets now, ok?”

“No secrets now, love.” Said Haley as Mike then helped her off from the bed.

Jasmine watched on with her hands on her chest, a look of relief and worry on her face.
Cassidy smiled on and Mina frowned.

“Why the hell are the incestuous duo 10 times more romantic than any of my dates?!” Mina
shouted.

Mike and the girls sat in a circle, Haley was right next to him, hugging his left arm like she
usually does, while eating the pizza, meanwhile Jasmine was whipping off the soda on her
body with a towel.

Mike kept on drinking the spiked soda, after the stress episode he just had, some alcohol was
perfect to calm his nerves.

“So you guys are serious?” Mike began. “You girls don’t care that me and Haley are
together? Not even a bit?”

Cassidy shook her head. “I mean, I can admit it’s pretty weird, but it ain’t hurting any of us.”

“Yeah, to us it doesn’t matter.” Mina added. “We were also curious about what Haley saw in
you. And I still don’t know what she sees.”

Jasmine looked to the side, she partially covered her face to hide the faint blush. “Well just
now they were kinda cute. With the kiss and all...”

“Cute?” Mina complained. “That guy was almost a feral animal just now.”

“Hey!” Mike slammed his hand on to the floor, making a loud sound, getting the girl’s
attention. “You three might be cool with it, but I have no clue how our parents would react to
this, if they...” If they kick Haley out of the house, my heart will be torn to pieces, even more
if they keep me from helping her. That was what Mike was planning to say, but he couldn’t
bring himself to it, he didn’t want Haley to have those thoughts in her head. Now it was time
to relax and unwind, he doesn’t need to bring the mood down. “It’s just, we have a lot to
worry about, ok?”

Haley began filling up more of his cup. “There, try to calm down, today is time to party
baby!”

“Alright! Let’s get shit faced” Cassidy grabbed a bottle of spiked soda and began to chug it.

“Hey! Leave some for the rest of us” Mina complained.

And the night went on, Cassidy was serving the sodas to the others, she would also try to mix
the sodas together, like some sort of discount bartender, sometimes she would add more
vodka to the sodas and it would be an improvement, but probably because there was more
alcohol. Mike stood adamant about keeping the vodka levels down, as the girls would have to
go back home next morning and it wouldn’t be good if they all had a hangover.

As the night went, Mike seemed to become more mellow, he was more jovial, he even
brought his SNES to the room, they would then play it from time to time, helping pass the
time into the night.

It was mostly because of the drinks, he was also getting more physical with Haley, kissing
her move, touching her body more, if he was sober and even with the girls knowing what was
up, he would never be so bold. Haley seemed to be enjoying it.

“Hey Mike, I have a personal question between you and Haley.” Mina said. “Hope it ain’t too
personal.”

Mike shrugged. “Guess I should be the judge of that, shoot!”

“I guess it ain’t, so are you and Haley planning to have babies or something?” Mina then held
down a burp. Mike right away jolted into attention, his back snapping straight.

“Ok, if that’s ain’t too personal, then what is!?” Mike shouted.

Mina was now curious. “I’ll take that as a yes?”

“Wh- NO! I am not going to knock her up! How did you even get that conclusion?”

“Awww Mikey.” The slightly drunk Haley held Mike’s cheeks with her hand. “Don’t you
want some kittens running around?”

“Haley, you are the one carrying my lil brats inside of your womb for 9 months. Remember?”

Haley blinked for a second before she cringed. “Oh crap you right...”

“There Haley, you nearly played yourself.” Cassidy joked.

“So you two aren’t, you know, performing intercourse to not have babies?” Jasmine held her
legs together and rested her chin on her knees.

Mike looked at her, “What does that mean?” He was a bit confused by what she said.

“She’s asking if you're only doing anal with me. Which of course is a hard no.”

“I heard it’s pretty fun.” Cassidy smugly said.

Haley rolled her eyes. “I am not wrecking my butthole for pleasure.”

“Oh now you have standards. So what? Are you risking it and going for the pussy?” Mina
scoffed.
“Birth-control and condoms, you dimwit!” Mike turned to Mina, raising his arms as if she
had asked the stupidest question in the world. “Do you even think before saying stuff?”

“And again.” Haley added. “I ain’t wrecking my asshole.”

“It’s not that bad Haley.” Cassie stated. “I did it a couple of times, it just doesn’t become a
gaping hole.”

Haley looked at her friend and gave her a sarcastic smile, while pointing at Mike. “Cause you
ain’t seen what he’s packing over there.”

Mike joined in again. “Oh can we not?!”

Cassidy smirked. “Alright big boy, care to share with the class?”

“Fuck. No.” Michael punctuated each word with a firm hand gesture.

“Confirmed.” Mina started. “He got a small dick.”

“I... What?!” Michael scoffed. “Alright ma’am, how about if you dropped those trousers of
yours and show off your goods?!”

“Who says trousers?” Haley commented.

Cassidy shrugged. “I don’t know about you, but I’m fine with that.” She was already moving
her hands towards her waist before Mike spoke up.

“Please don’t!” he shouted.

Cassie looked up at him, confused “Why?”

“Cuz you are clearly drunk.” He stated.

Right as Mike had finished his sentence, Cassidy had gotten open and stood on one leg.

“Is this sober enough for you?” She asked before she waited a second before doing a
handstand, holding it for a good minute. “And how about this? Sober enough?”

Mike let out a sigh and he threw his hands to the air. “Ok, fuck it, show it.”

Cassidy fell back to her knees and sat back down, she grabbed the border of her pants with
her thumbs, then pulled them down with her underwear. She fully removes her bottom
clothes, putting them to the side and spreading her legs open, showing off to everyone in the
room her nether regions. Her crotch was as dark as the rest of her body, although it had a nice
pinkish shine, that helped accentuate the curves of that area.

Mike and Haley were looking straight at it, they weren’t having much of a reaction to it.
Mina was smirking, Jasmine was trying to divert her look while heavily blushing, it seemed
like things were getting out of hand to her.
Mike then nodded and finally gave his two cents. “Hmmm... Seen better.” He stated.

“Seen better?!” Cassie protested. “Who’s?!”

“Haley, Sandy...” Mike stated.

“No Lucy?” Haley asked.

“Luckily I never got that far.”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah.” Cassie waved her hand, with the other she covered her exposed pelvis.
“Now it’s your turn.”

“My turn for what?” Mike asked.

“Wha- Your junk! I showed you mine, now show yours!”

“I don’t remember that, I said that showing my dick was like you showing off your pussy, I
never said anything about an agreement!”

“Well actually it was implied.” Mina stated. “The way you worded it, you heavily implied
that it was a deal.”

“Hmmm, I’m afraid she’s right bro. Gotta whip it out.”

“Et tu, Haley!” Michael said, shocked.

“This night is going completely differently than what I thought it would.” Jasmine stared wall
eyed.

“But here’s the deal.” Haley started. “If it turns out that Mike is big, you gotta let him fuck
you.”

“Alright!” Mike raised his arms “I’m drawing the line there!”

“Awww, why not bro?”

“Oh I don’t know, because I am not fucking someone I practically just met, Haley!” He sighs.
“Cassidy is real cute, but I ain’t fucking her now.”

“You could just rub her cunt.” Mina said.

Cassidy blushed and added her opinion “Yeah that’s fine too. I mean you guys kinda got me
all worked up...” she pulls her hand off her crotch, a small trail of a slimy clear liquid
connected her hand to her pussy.

Mike rolls his eyes and lets out an annoyed grunt. “Yeah fine, I’ll do it... But nothing beyond
that, ok? But before'' Mike then moved to the side of the room, coming back with a shoe box.
“Everyone’s phone, into this box. Should have done it when Cassidy showed herself off to
us.”
Mina rolled her eyes, but she went along with the idea, same with Cassidy, Jasmine and
Haley, who was the most upset about it. She had been asking Mike to take lewd pictures
together, something he was strongly against.

After gathering all the phones, he puts the box to the side. “Alright, once again, no touching
on me, and no sex with any one of, understand? Only once.”

“Just show off your dick already!” Mina shouted.

Mike glared back at the brown dog for a solid minute, who also glared back at him, making a
short staring context before Mike growled and moved his hands to his hips. “Alright, fine,
here it is, jackasses.” Mike quickly pulls down his shorts to just get over with it.

Mike whipped out his rod that the room just wouldn’t shut up about, it hung in an arc,
dropping down, as Mike was now with a half chub. Haley was smirking while looking at it,
for Mike it was normal, she had already seen it many times before. Mina was also staring at
it, a bit surprised, of course as it was a solid 5 inch when just at half-mast, she would be real
quiet about it after that moment. Jasmine was just averting her look, and Cassidy, she was
also staring at Mike, she blushed even more, very impressed.

Mike was blushing slightly, he was having a hard time trying to get a full on boner. “A-
alright, so you girls have seen enough.”

“Hold on!” Haley stated. “What about Cassie?”

“What about Cassie?” Mike asked.

Mina smirked. “You were supposed to help her relief herself.”

“Yeah, don’t need my dick out for that.”

“Actually it might work as a visual stimulation.” Cassie blushed.

Mike let out and sigh, looking down at his own manhood, seeing it pulsating. He waves his
hand as he walks towards Cassie.

“Alright, just relax, let me do the work.” Mike then sits left to Cassie, he wraps his right arm
around her back, he pulls her into him, putting their hips next to each other, he moves his left
hand on her to her belly, slowly moving it downwards. “You seem relaxed.” He added.

“Y-yeah, I done it before with someone... Uh, could you get closer to me?” As Cassie said it,
Mike could hear her heart beat getting faster, her pussy was already getting wetter.

“Yeah, I know what you want.” Mike pulled her even closer, his head right next to her’s, he
started whispering to her. “Like this?”

“Oh yes.” Cassie moaned.

“Oh yeah this is getting good.” Mina said lowly, before Haley quieted her down.
Mike’s hand moved down, his fingers were already touching her clit and lips. “Have you
done this before?” His index was already pressing against Cassie’s clit, slowly and gently
rubbing it.

“Y-yeah, some times.” Cassie moaned, her breathing was getting faster.

“Yeah but I gotta know how often, I don’t want to go hard on you like I did Haley.”

“A-ah! T-two fingers, ok? And keep talking.”

“Alright babe.” Mike was trying to give Cassie what she wanted, some sexy talk to get her
even into the mood. His fingers began to press down against the entrance of her vagina, it
was already wet enough that he slit in very easily. “Hmmm, good girl, nice and soft.” He
gave Cassie a kiss on the side of her neck. Cassie ended up letting out a rather loud moan,
quickly covering her mouth to hold herself back.

Mina was smiling ear to ear, clearly enjoying what she was seeing in front of her, maybe even
wishing she was in Cassie’s place. But Haley seemed a bit annoyed, Mike found it a bit
hypocritical of her, after all that was her idea, but he guessed she didn’t want him to go all
romantic on her.

Mike had slit his middle and ring finger down to the second joint, he gently moved them
around, he could feel that the insides of Cassie contract and pulsate, getting warmer and
sticker. Soon she began to slowly pull them back and push them back in.

“Want me to go slow, babe?” Mike asked.

“P-please, a bit faster, this feels too god.” Cassie moaned, a wide smile on her face, the blush
even more red. “Steady pace.”

“You sure? Seems like you are about t-” Before he could finish his sentence, Cassie cut him
off.

“Please, I hate being teased!”

“Alright, just focus on me, ok?” Mike then began to move his fingers back and forth, going a
bit faster now, he would also gyrate his fingers around, seemed to be doing the job on Cassie,
he could feel her pussy pulsate and compress even more than before. “There, bet you close
now, girly.” Mike went for another kiss on the side of her neck.

Cassie let out a grunt, her entire body tensed up, she pushed her waist forward as Mike knew
what was coming.

Mike then felt a splash on his hand, followed by another one and another short one. Cassie
pressed her hands harder against her mouth as she tried to hold down her moaning of
pleasure. Mike could hear her let out an yeep every now and then.

As Cassie’s body began to loose up and she relaxed on her arms, Mike gently pulled his
fingers out of her body, opening up his hand to see it covered in a wet and slightly slimy
substance. Cassie had dropped her hands down, and now on her face there was only a drunk
smile, and Mike had a suspicion that the alcohol didn’t have much to do with it.

“You ok there?” Mike asked.

“Y-yeah, sor-sorry Mike, guess I should have let you cover your junk up...”

Mina smirked. “Yeah, bet knowing it was right there, next to your exposed bottom, made you
finish way earlier.”

“Y-yeah... It's been a while you know?” Cassie smirked. “And sorry for the mess.”

“Ah don’t worry.” Mike said. “You aren’t the only squirter in this room.”

“HEY!” Haley shouted.

“Hey” You ain’t the one who had to show off their dick, ok?” Mike pointed out.

“You are the only one here with an dick!” Haley shouted.

“And I had to show my cunt.” Cassie sighed.

Mina raised an eyebrow. “But you agreed to it.” she pointed at Casie “And got a handjob.”

“Semantics...” Cassie let out a smile, still pantless.

“What?! No it’s not!”

Haley raised her head as she noticed something. “Hey where did Jasmine go?” She looked
around.

The others also just now noticed. Jasmine wasn’t in the room anymore.

Meanwhile in the bathroom. Jasmine placed her hands on the sink, watching the water from
the tap run. Her face was all wet from the water, she was trying to calm herself down. Her
friends would always get a bit... Lewd... During sleepovers, when they knew they weren’t
listening, and today she was ready to help and support Haley on coming out to her brother,
make sure that nothing goes badly. She even was ok with the spiked soda part. But all of that
depravity she just witnessed!

Them talking casually about sex, Cassidy showing off her naughty bits, Michael showing off
himself. The moment Mike went on to... Relief Cassidy, was too much for Jasmine, so she
sneaked out of the room and went to the bathroom, try to calm down, she had recited a couple
of bible verses, to calm her nerves, it would work, until the image of Mike’s manhood would
come to her mind, completely disrupting her clean thoughts.
“No...” Jasmine said to herself. “I will not let it tempt me... I’ll not let it tempt me... I... Will
not... Let... AARRRRGH!” Jasmine growled, grabbing her head and squatting. “It’s the first
time I've seen a guy's dick! I can’t stop thinking about it!”

As Jasmine squatted down in her little despair, she heard a knock at the door.

“Heey...” It was Haley’s voice. “Is everything alright there?”

“I...” Jasmine took a deep breath. “Yeah... Just wanted a second to brush my teeth.”

“Hey listen, things got a bit warmed up back in my room. I’m sorry, I kinda egged them into
going further, it was my fault.”

“N-no! No apologies.” Jasmine opened the door. “Just... Uhh, next time warn me before
going so... Debaucherous...”

“Yeah don’t worry. Mike just made a rule about nobody’s pants coming off anymore.” Haley
said in a joking tone. “Also to lay off the spiked soda... Although he did take a big shot
before saying that, I think it was to wash off the guilt.”

“Oh, alright, yeah, that might work out.” Jasmine nodded.

“Also it’s getting pretty late, so we are going to wrap it up and go to bed, we are all
exhausted, mainly Cassidy.”

Jasmine blushed as she averted her gaze. “Y-yeah, I bet...” Her face began to blush. “Ok, I’ll
just wash my hands and get back to you all.”

“Sounds great.” Haley smiled.

The night went on as they hoped, Jasmine came back to Haley's room and the girls seemed to
be more chill this time. Mike had stepped in to apologize, Jasmine tried to say he didn’t have
to, but he was insistent.

So the girls and Mike finished up the pizza, they wrapped up the game as Cassidy and Mina
began to prepare their sleeping bags. Mike was the first to go take a bath before bed. Then it
was Haley, Mina, Cassidy and finally Jasmine.

Jasmine took an extra time in the bath, she ended up sweating a lot during the past few hours,
also she had the longest hair. But as soon the clock hit midnight, Jasmine left the bathroom,
drying the extra moisture off her hair with a towel as she walked to Haley’s bedroom. But as
she entered it, she was first confused and then a bit worried.

On the floor was Mina, in her sleeping bag. Cassie was on the bed, it seems like she either
forgot her sleeping bag, she slept at the far right corner of the bed. Haley was sleeping right
to Cassie’s left, and Haley was hugging Mike, which confused Jasmine, as she thought that
Mike was going to sleep in his own room.

Jasmine tried to wake up Haley or Mike, but it seemed like they were both passed out drunk.
They might have taken some more of that spiked soda, or the alcohol came hit them hard just
now. Only thing she could get out from them was Haley moaning “Sleeping pillow.”
Probably referring to Mike.

Haley had a pretty big bed, could fit four people in it, tight but it could work. Jasmine took a
look at the bed, then realized the only spot free was on the far left, right where Mike is
facing.

Jasmine's face began to blush bright red, her ears lowered as she then realized that she would
have to be the little spoon for Mike.

Jasmine slept next to Michael, she had pushed his arms into him, leaving her enough space to
sleep without touching him. Her heart was beating faster than she ever felt it beat, her tail
kept on waving, her tail wiggled in compensation, she never did anything like this before.
Actually she’s seen a lot of stuff that she hasn’t seen before tonight.

But soon Jasmine realized that if she wanted to sleep, she had to calm herself down. She
took deep long breaths, soon she began to calm down, she began to recite a prayer, as much
as she could remember, and before she knew it, she slept.

Jasmine had a dreamless sleep, at least that what she could remember, but consciousness
began to return to her.

The room was pitch dark when her eyes opened, she tried to look around but the only light
source was coming from behind her and did not illuminate well. Jasmine wondered what time
it was, her phone was left on the counter next to her, she had taken it away from the box a
while before taking a bath. She tried to move towards it, but she felt something holding her
back.

As Jasmine's awareness began to awaken, she noticed an arm under her and another above
her waist. Someone was hugging her.

Jasmine turned her head around, she saw Michael, bathed in moonlight, clearly asleep,
holding her, she also noticed that she was closer to his body than when she went to sleep, it
seems like he pulled her in as he slept.

Jasmine’s mind was racing, what was going on, was Mike actually a creep, was he taking
advantage of the situation? Maybe, he’s doing his own sister. But what if he’s just
sleepwalking?
Jasmine then felt Michael pull her closer, she could now feel his breath behind her neck, she
could feel her entire body warm up as she then heard something coming out of Mike’s mouth.

“... aahhh Haley...”

“Haley?” Jasmine thought to herself. “He’s dreaming of Haley?! D-does it mean he thinks
I’m Haley?!” Jasmine felt Mike’s right hand begin to move and cup her breast, the fabric of
her shirt wasn’t much thin, but she could still feel it was someone else’s hand touching her
chest. Both excitement and shame began to wrap through her body.

Jasmine could not believe what was happening, another boy touching her body like that, but
the worst part was that, even though she knew it was wrong to someone with her beliefs,
even that she wouldn’t have even dreamt something like this, the worst part that she had to
admit, she was enjoying it.

Michael’s hand moved through her body, pushed and caressed all the right spots of her chest,
or at least of what he could reach in his sleep. Jasmine was reaching the point where she
wished she went to sleep in the nude instead of just bottomless.

The bible girl covered her mouth with her free hand, at any moment she could escape from
Mike’s grip, push him away or turn around, but seemed like her body didn’t want to do
anything besides getting closer to his body.

Mike’s breath, his touch, his warmth, his smell.

Jasmine instantly raised her tail, almost like she was inviting her friend’s brother into her.
Into her sacred body. All of her beliefs seem to have flown out of the window at that very
moment, she only wanted more of that, years and years of faith, now gone. All gone, just for
that moment.

“What are you doing?!” Jasmine thought to herself. “W-what, like you gonna have premarital
sex with someone you haven’t even kissed yet?!” Her hand moved back, towards her tail.
“Control yourself, don’t act like a common harlot?! What were you thi-...” As Jasmine
moved back, as she had just awoken and her motor skills were in a slightly drunken state, her
hand waved around and had touched something else, something warm, slimy and hard.

Jasmine’s heart beat so fast that she could believe it would jump out through her throat. Her
left hand touched a hard and warm object, a flaccid object. “Is this what I think it is...”
Jasmine thought to herself. As Mike kept copying her breast, Jasmine moved her hand, it
began to slowly coup back what Jasmine believed to be Michael’s manhood. As her hand
touched it, Jasmine began to make out the shape inside of her head. “There’s no mistake, I’m
touching it” she thought.

She felt it being bigger than her own palm, even reaching above her wrist. Were every boy
that big? Was it meant to be like this? How is a woman supposed to fit all that?

Jasmine pulled her hand back, slowly, towards the front of her face, with the help of the
moonlight and her eyes adapting to the dark, she could tell that her hand was covered in a
transparent, gooey substance. It had a strange smell too.
Her mind began to race. “W-wait, are boys supposed to make this? Did he already relief
himself? Wait, d-don’t boys produce something else during the act?” As Jasmine found
herself lost in thought, she felt Michael pull her closer to him, now she could feel his chest
against her back, she could tell that her bottom was above his pelvis.

Jasmine could hear Mike’s moans, “Haley, I love you so much... My princess”.

It was now or never, Jasmine had to free herself from Mike, try to wake him, struggle or
anything. Or let things take their course.

Jasmine closed her eyes, searched through herself, what to do, what did her heart tell her. She
tried to search for her faith to save her from such temptation.

But Jasmine found nothing, only the flame of lust inside her own heart, and she succumbed,
relaxing her body.

Jasmine could feel the warmth of Michael’s limb, getting closer to her nether regions. The tip
touched the bottom of her vaginal area. The bible girl held her breath and closed her eyes.
She heard that someone’s first time would be painful, so she prepared herself.

But as she waited, she had pushed her bottom a small amount forward, when Michael
instinctively pushed his own pelvis forward, Jasmine could feel the rod slide further back,
and apply pressure into another hole.

“W-wait-WAIT! WAIT!” Her mind raced. “It’s not supposed to go into that one!” Jasmine
felt Mike push his manhood into her tailhole, she felt the head forcing its way in even though
she tried clenching.

For a second Jasmine had thought she managed to stop Mike’s penis on its tracks, but as soon
as she had any form of relaxation, it had broken in. A massive and girthy rod pushing through
Jasmine’s back orifice, more tight and cramp than the hole it was supposed to go in.

Jasmine slammed her left hand into her mouth to contain her grunts and screams of pain. She
could feel Michael’s manhood pulsating, every time, she could almost tell it’s exact shape
inside of her, nearly every vein. The bible girl was ashamed of it, but she also had to admit
that a part of her enjoyed it, the tension, the pain, how wrong it was.

As soon as Jasmine began to get used to the feeling of someone else inside of her body, she
could feel Michael’s hips move back, his cock retracting for a short while, before then slid
deeper into her. It was an alien sensation to Jasmine, the girl hasn’t laid with anyone else, not
even Paulo. Now this other boy that she didn’t know that well has penetrated her.

As Michael’s trusts went on, Jasmine began to get used to the feeling, how it pushed her
insides apart, how it squished some parts of her body, the liquid poured into her periodically,
how close she felt to that man. And in a way she could feel that Mike was being gentle to her,
even though he wasn’t aware of what was going on.

His grips around her chest began to harder. His muscles began to tense up, pulling her closer
and closer, squishing her chest. His legs had wrapped around her’s, hugging them tightly.
Jasmine could feel his breathing get heavier and faster.

Jasmine wondered if that was it. As Mike moaned out Haley’s name one more time, she
could feel Michael’s cock twitch, wondering if it was coming. Her heart sped up, she could
feel all of her sensitive areas tingle, like if they were getting second hand stimulation.

She could feel a warm and slimy substance shoot out of Mike’s. She could feel his cock
pumping and pushing more and more of the liquid into her, deeper into her body. At the same
time she felt something come out of herself. “Was it what Cassidy felt?” She wondered, as
her mind lit up in pleasure. As Jasmine reached a climax with the man next to her.

Jasmine’s mind began to cloud. She could feel Michael’s grip lighten, she felt her body go
soft, she’s never been that much tired before, it was new to her.

Jasmine’s eyes closed as her body fell limb, only thought in her mind. “I wish I could have
kissed him.” She then went to sleep.

Around 7AM Michael finished frying a couple eggs for him. It was now Saturday and
everyone had woken up. The girls had already called their parents, and agreed to just walk
home and arrive at around 8:30 AM. Mike had made breakfast for Mina, Cassidy and Haley,
now he was making for himself. Only Jasmine hadn’t shown up, she woke up first and went
to take a bath, she hasn’t returned yet.

Haley snaked up on her brother and hugged him. She kissed his neck and he kissed her head.

“Morning babe.” Michael said, then laughing for a moment. “Man, it feels weird saying this
when outside our bedrooms.”

“Better not get used to it, mom and dad will come back on Monday, remember?”

“Yeah, don’t worry about it. But it will be nice to be with you freely this weekend.” He
smiled.

“Yeah. You got so relaxed that you fell asleep with me during our baby talk.” Haley smirked.

“Hey, not my fault, I was really stressed before that. I needed some sleep.”

“Yeah, yeah. Just surprised you didn’t pop a morning wood when we woke up... Unless
Cassidy took care of that.” Haley wondered.

“I fucking wished!” Cassidy yelled from the living room.

Mike and Haley both gave a soft laugh and went back to their conversation.
“Dunno, guess I just didn’t feel pent up last tonight.” Mike shrugged. “I woke up really
relieved.”

“Yeaaah...” Haley released the hug and walked to her brother’s side. “Did... Did you have a
wet dream?”

“Hmmmm?” Mike was confused.

“Just asking...”

“Uuhhh, no, not that I know of... I mean, I did dream of you, on a beach. Why?”

“Nothing, nothing.” Haley said. “Just wanted to know.” She looked to the staircase and tilted
her head. “I’ll go check on Jasmine.”

“Alright, see yah.” Mike put his eggs on a plate, with toast.

Jasmine stood in front of the bathroom sink, her legs spread wide. She looks at herself in the
mirror with a look of shame and also pain. Not only she broke her vowels, not only she broke
years of being faithful, not only she had obscene sex with someone unconscious. She also
can’t sit nor walk right.

Jasmine heard the bathroom door opening, she forgot to lock it. She quickly adjusts herself to
bring her legs closer, at least enough so it doesn’t look weird to anyone.

In came Haley, with a smile on her face.

“Hey Jasmine. How was the water?” She asked.

“Oh! It felt great, you guys got a great shower here.” Jasmine still had her body damp from
the bath she just took, to try to get the smell to go away.

“Awesome, also did you call your parents? How are you going home?” Haley tilted her head
to the side, trying to look curious.

“I...” Jasmine paused, her parents, what would they say if they found out. They probably try
to make Mike marry her. “I-I haven’t called them yet, but I’ll probably just wobble- I mean
walk home!” She gave a nervous smile.

Haley nodded and then looked to the side, thinking. “Great... Also another thing.”

“W-What?” Jasmine asked.

“Not to be intrusive or anything... But did you have sex with my brother while we slept?”
Haley smiled.
Jasmine felt her body go pale, all of her blood quickly going away as Haley made that
question.

“H-ho-How di- How did y- How did yo-...” Jasmine began to shake, words would not come
out properly

“Hey, hey, hey.” Haley walked towards her friend, placing her hand on her shoulder. “Calm
down, ok? I mean, what am I going to do? Tell your parents? Yeah, the girl fucking her own
brother is going to tell on her best friend. Yeah, fucking brilliant, right?”

“I... Y-yeah, y-you... Yeah you're right.” Jasmine took a deep breath, calming herself.

“Listen, the important thing that I want to know is... Did he force himself on to you...” Haley
asked, worried. “Cause if yes, I’ll go down there and twist his nuts off.”

“No! No! No!” Jasmine yelled, then catching herself and taking a deep breath. “He was
asleep, sort of, sleeping, walking? He hugged me... thought I was you. And I let it go on.
Kinda escalated it?” Jasmine blushed.

“Oh!” Haley lets out a sigh of relief, leaning against the wall. “That’s a relief, I was worried
my brother had raped you. But it was just an accident... But, seriously Jasmine.” Haley places
her hand on her friend’s shoulder. “Michael’s mine... If you want it, ask for my permission,
ok?”

Jasmine felt a tingle down her spine. “Ah... O-Ok. Won’t happen again.”

“Great!” Haley smiled.

“But, Haley.” Jasmine said, worried. “How did you know?”

“Oh! Simple. There was a stain on the bed where you would have been. The bed smelled like
Mike. And also...” Haley pointed at Jasmine’s hips. “You are still standing weird.”

“O-oh... You're right...” Jasmine blushed.

“Yeah, it took me a minute after he did it the first time. It will go away soon.” Haley smiled.

“A-actually he... Uhm... He did t-the back...” Jasmine diverted her eyes, blushing bright red.

“O-oh... Oh... Oooohh...” Haley cringed, taking a step back to absorb what she had just said.
“Yeah... Not even I would go that far yet... O-Ok, I think I can help you out disguise it, might
be sore until tomorrow, maybe.”

“Alright, guess I won’t go to softball practice then, will I?” Jasmine joked.

"Oh hell no!” Haley laughed.

 The Date
Chapter Summary

Mike and Haley travel to Broad Meadows

Chapter Notes

I changed the formatting this chapter to see how you guys like it. Leaving space between
the paragraphs, just to make the importing faster.

If you prefer the old way, tell me in the comments and I'll fix it up

“We should arrive there soon, mom, no need to worry.” Haley talked into her brother’s phone
while sitting on the passenger sit of a car.

“Just be careful when you two arrive there, ok? If anything happens, just call us, and we’ll be
there, alright sweetheart?” Ellen spoke through the phone. It’s been more than three months
when Haley went out with Cody, but her parents were still worried about their daughter's
mental health, asking Mike to accompany her almost everywhere.

Of course, that wasn’t a request that bothered them much.

“Yes, yes. I know, I’ll be careful.” Haley rolled her eyes.

“Could you please put your brother on the phone?”

“Mom he’s driving.” Haley was sitting in a car being driven by Mike. But it was not their
parent’s car, but Michael’s own car. It wasn’t anything to write home about, an old and
slightly beat up Dodge Colt, it was from their uncle who gently sold to Mike for one
thousand dollars, as his nephew’s first car.
“Ah, sorry. Just be careful, ok?” Ellen pleaded through the phone.

“Yes, mom, we’ll be careful. But I have to get off now, I don’t want to consume all the
phone’s battery.”

“Yes, yes, bye Haley, we love you.”

“Bye mom.” Haley then stops the call, putting the phone on her lap as she lets’s out a sigh of
annoyance.

Mike smiled. “Mom’s just worried about you and me. For her, you came home crying just
last week. It’s all too fresh in her mind”

Haley smirked, she leans towards Mike. “But I can remember the night following that one
like if it was yesterday. I can even feel it too.” She placed her hand on Michael’s thigh, gently
moving it inwards.

Michael’s tensed up, hardening his grip on the wheel. “H-Haley, keep it to yourself. I’m still
a new driver?” Mike could feel he was about to lose control of the car at any moment.

Haley leaned back, giggling. “Sorry, just excited about our date.” She smiled.

Haley had recently come up with a plan for her first date with her brother. They had chosen a
town that was about one to two hours car drive from their town, she had come up with the
excuse of wanting to see an art exhibition there with Mike, but in actuality, they would go
there for a date. A town where no one knew them where nobody knew they were brother and
sister, a place where they could act like a couple in the wide open, and nobody would know
the truth.
“Alright, so I’m thinking that we first go to the park, and from there we could go to the arts
exhibit to take pictures as proof to our parents.” As Haley spoke those words, she was
scrolling through the phone she held.

“I think that the exhibit will only be open in the afternoon, or it might be when the guides are
available. We’ll have to ask there, cause if it’s only in the afternoon, we could have lunch
som-” Mike eyes turned to Haley for a moment, the road was empty and calm, so he felt safe.
“Wha- You scrolling through my phone?!” Mike yelled.

“Don’t worry bro. I’m just scrolling through Sandy’s messages, no big deal.” Haley's eyes
were focused on the phone.

“Hey!” Michael protested.

“What? Not like she’s your real girlfriend now. Besides, you don’t have anything to hide,
there are barely any conversations here... At least from you, that is.”

“Still Haley. It’s private stuff, you should respect your partner’s privacy. You need respect
when you are in a relationship.” Michael frowned when he heard Haley giggling.

“Sorry! Just funny that you say that when we are an incestuous duo. But still, there is barely
anything here... Actually kinda funny that before we started dating, she would barely talk to
you. But now she’s practically begging for your attention.”

“Haley, just give me my fucking phone back.”

“Wait, I’m getting to the good part, she offered to send nudes to you and you rejected?! Come
on! I want to see how we compa-... Hold on.” Haley then read a very interesting text.
There was an image sent from Sandy. Her modeling in a gorgeous light blue dress, beautiful
purse, sun hat, shoes. Practically everything there made Haley feel jealous of that woman.

“What you think? It is this year’s new line, I look simply gorgeous in it, don’t I?” - Sandy

“Yes you do. I love how that dress looks on you. It’s from that expensive brand?” - Mike

“Yeah, I think the dress is 1K alone. Kinda affordable when compared to the rest of their
products.” - Sandy

“Woah” - Mike

“I would show it to my sister, see if she likes it” – Mike

“But I doubt we could even afford the shoes” - Mike

“You think she would like this?” - Sandy

“I think the whole set.” - Mike

“The only problem is that I’m buying a car from my uncle, and I’m tight.” - Mike.

“Oh don’t worry. I can send it to you.” - Sandy

“Really? I thought the set wasn’t out yet.” - Mike

“Yeah but I can pull some strings” - Sandy

“And by pulling strings, I mean sucking up to my mom.” - Sandy

 “You are the best, Sandy” - Mike

“You too Maishul.” - Sandy

Haley was staring at her phone, astonished, her head slowly turning to her brother.

“... Did I just ruin the surprise for my birthday?”

Mike smacked his lips. “Played yourself there, Haley”

The town near Roseville was named Broad Meadows, a genetic name, but it did justice to the
town. It was a small calm town, dated back to the colonial times, so it had a different feel
from Roseville that was built in the 1800s. The street walks were wider than other towns,
small well-kept bushes were placed between the walkway and the road, with flowers of
multiple colors growing on them.

Down the road was a street that lead into a small park inside the street block. To tell the truth,
it was less than a park and more of a shop gallery. It was an oval shape, at the center was a
round pagola, surrounded by trees, bushes. Around the pagola were multiple white circular
tables, each table had a small ornament showing a different number. And surrounding the
entire area were multiple restaurants, some of them sold food from multiple countries,
French, Italian, Chinese, Japanese. Also, other stuff like ice cream, pizza and burgers, a large
variety of options.

At one of the entrances of the gallery, a cat woman with a small cart was selling flowers.
Smiling, she looked around for costumers, as she then spotted a nice couple walking down
the street.
With a smile, she steps forwards, calling their attention, directing her voice to the boyfriend
of the korat couple. “Excuse me. Would you like to buy a rose for your lovely girlfriend? It’s
just a dollar”

The korat looked surprised for a moment. He wasn’t used to a situation like that. But that was
the entire reason why he and his sister came to this town in the first place.

He nodded and smiled back to the flower lady. “Y-yeah, sure. Wouldn’t like a rose, babe?”
Michael felt his heart skip a beat when he said that out loud.

Haley smiled, hugging her brother’s arm, pushing them between her chest as she gave an evil
smile. “No, I want a whole bouquet!”

The flower lady smiled, covering her mouth as she gave a giggle. “That would be 7 dollars,
but as you two are the first precious couple I have seen today, I’ll make it 5 dollars.”

Mike smiled as he then began to pull out his wallet. “Yeah sure, a bouquet it is then.”

The flower girl began to pick a handful of flowers as she then began to arrange them in a
special order. “First date? I have never seen you two here.”

“Yeah, you could say that.” Haley smirked. “I heard how pretty this town was, so we came to
visit for our first date.”

The flower lady smiled. “Oh that’s great. Where did you two meet? If you don’t mind me
asking”

“Well you see…” Michael scratch the back of his neck. “We go to the same Community
Collage”

Haley smiled, resting her head on Mike’s shoulder. “We also went to the same High School”
“Oh! So he’s your high school sweetheart, that’s great!” The flower lady then handed over
the bouquet to the korat boyfriend. “I sometimes envy a couple like you. You two look like
the representation of love itself.” The flower lady walked back to her cart. “Have a nice day,
and if you don’t mind me giving you advice. You should visit the lake around the afternoon,
it is a great view.”

Michael and Haley smiled and thanked the flower lady, waving goodbye to her as they then
walked towards the food court. Mike handed the bouquet to Haley, who smiled and sniffed
her flowers.

“Aww, what a nice gift from you, my love.” Haley leaned towards her boyfriend, meeting at
his lips as they both, Mike and Haley, brother and sister, kissed in public.

After Haley broke the kiss, Mike stood stunned for a second, looking at Haley, his sister. He
would swear his heart stopped at that second.

Haley looked back at him, blushing as much as her brother was. Haley brushed her hair to the
side, diverting her look, her heart was beating so hard she would swear it was trying to jump
out her throat.

“Y-yeah.” Haley began. “Might have been a bit muc-” Haley's words were stopped, as her
brother connected another kiss on her lips. They both closed their eyes as they pushed each
other’s tongues into each other mouths.

Some time later, they broke off the kiss. But there they stood, looking at each other, smiling
and blushing bright red.

“That…” Michael began.

“Yeah…” Said Haley. “Feels…”

“Fucking great.” Mike nearly laughed out. “Exciting!”

“I know!” Haley smiled widely. “Feels great to do this stuff outside home.”

“Yeah!” Michael began walking Haley towards one of the restaurants. “Feels like, I don’t
know, like if we removed weighted clothing. It’s like I have been crawling on the floor all
this time.”

Haley laughed. “You know it was a great idea, cause I came up with it!”

“Of course, princess, you know exactly what I need.” Michael smiled as he pulls a chair for
Haley to sit. “What you want to eat?”

“Guess I’ll let my boyfriend chose. But nothing too oily.”

“How about some sushi? That one place has a promotion there, I think.” Mike squinted to
look to far away sign.

Haley rolled her eyes, “Of course you want fish. But yeah, it should be good.”

Haley and Michael sat across each other at the one of the tables in the food court. Both were
slowly eating their sushi, there was an awkward feeling in the air, a small tension between
them. As they ate, they hadn’t talked about much or anything, only silently eating their meal.
Michael tapped on the table with his finger as he looked around, thinking on something to
make small talk about.

Haley broke the silence, “It’s… Shouldn’t we be talking?”

“Yeah, thing is, the first date is usually when the couple start to get to know each other
more.” Mike said.

“Yeah, we are way over that point. No like we can talk about the usual stuff we do at home,
it’s our first date, it has to be special, different at least.”

“We have technically been together for years, only made it official two months ago.” Michael
leaned back on his chair, looking up at the sky, seeing the clouds passing by, before then
looked back at Haley. “Guess we should be further in the line, you know?”

“Oh?” Haley smiled, leaning towards her brother. “Like marriage or something?”

“Yeah, I guess so…”

Haley leaned back on her chair. “Woah dude!” Haley stared at Mike with a wide-eyed look
on her face. “I wasn’t expecting that from you”

“What?” Michael took a second before he then realized what he said. “Oh no! I mean, we are
more like a married couple at this point. We know everything about each other. So I guess we
would talk about our plans.”

“Like getting married?” Haley joked.

Mike let out a laugh, smiling at his girlfriend. “Ok, that would be hard to hide.”

“Not really, fake our deaths, get new IDs, and we homestead somewhere in the forest, but
still close to towns.”

“You do know that homesteading would mean we have to poop into holes on the ground, also
no electricity, raise animals like chickens to eat, that kind of stuff”
“Oh yeah.” Haley looked down at the table and frowned for a moment. “Those are pretty big
cons.”

Michael scoffed. “Oh what? You were actually planning for us to just move out and
homestead together. Like if we were hillbillies?”

Haley looked to the side. “Oh you know. As a nuclear option. A worse case scenario if things
don’t go well”

They both then paused, seeming like the mood between them had dropped into a
melancholia. Haley had accidentally brought up some worrying thoughts between them,
about their relationship. What if their parents find out, what will they do, surely they won’t
just let it go on like if it’s just a phase.

As those thoughts and guilt began to cloud their minds, Michael quickly ate the last two
pieces of sushi and got up.

“You know what? Screw this.” He said, looking down on to Haley.

Haley was taken back, staring at her brother. “Wh-what?”

“The whole thing about our parents and everyone knowing. The whole reason why we came
here was to escape from that, to be ourselves in public, no judgment.” Michael leaned
forward, he held Haley’s hand. “Fuck all of that, we’ll cross that bridged when we get to it.”

Haley took hold of Mike’s hand, she smiled, a smile of genuine happiness. “Yeah, screw that.
Now let’s think about having fun.”

“So, where next, babe?” Michael smiled back at his girlfriend.

“Well, I saw a unisex bathroom over there, I guess I could go there, and you wait five
minutes before going.”

“You fucking serious now, Haley?” Mike spoke in a dead tone.

“Look at your fucking face now!” Haley laughed out loud. “Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Let’s go
to the art exhibitionism”

“Alright, let’s go! The day is young.” Mike held his hand to Haley, he smiled at her. “Come
on love.”

Haley smiled, grabbing Mike’s hand as he then helps her up. “I have seen some of his work,
you’ll love it”

“Alright, but if his art isn’t that good, I think I can look at you to compensate” Mike pulled
her to him, kissing Haley on the lips again

Haley giggled. “You dork!”

Mike and Haley walked down the street, going to find the gallery.

After the korat couple made their way out of the park, a figure that hid behind a bush near
where they dined pops their head above the hedge. She had white fur, wore a baseball cap, a
shirt, jeans, a medical mask and glasses. She was doing her best to appear inconspicuous,
and, of course, ended making herself look very suspicious in the process. Luckily, the
incestuous duo didn’t spot her on time.

The figure pulls out her phone, looking at multiple pictures of the two kissing. The figure of
them pockets her phone once again and gets up, looking at the far away couple.
“Well, this confirms the worst case scenario… They aren’t even hiding it, disgusting… A
couple more pictures should be enough.” The white kitten gets up and begins to follow the
love birds.

***

The art exhibition was being held at the Broad Meadows Art Museum, located near Broad
Meadows, where you could also find Broad Meadows’ Crystal Lake, the town tried to change
its name to Broad Meadows Lake, but a petition was made to block the change. The park and
lake itself was very big when compared to the size of the town, it wasn’t massive in any way,
not as big as Central Park, but still it would take a good while to walk around the entire park.
The town actually has an annual marathon around the park every year to raise funds for
projects.

In the main hall of the Museum, a dog woman with gray fur stood near the reception, she was
making sure that her light blue suit and skirt were looking pristine, she would periodically
check the clock on the wall then turn back to the small group forming next to her, to check if
anyone new had joined, then welcome them and say how much time there was for the tour.

The dog lady noticed something in the corner of her eye. She waves and calls the attention of
a passing by couple. “Hello! You two are here for the Edgar Fremont exhibition?”

The korat boyfriend turned to the lady, a bit confused. “Uhm? Yes, we just got here.”

“Don’t you two want to join our tour group?” She smiled, showing the small group of around
10 people in line next to her.

The korat girlfriend looked at the group, frowning a bit, before replying to the tour guide.
“Sorry, but we didn’t pay for the tour group.”
The tour lady clapped her hands together as she spoke cheerfully. “No need to pay. The tours
are free, well at least this one. Just some voluntary work I do when I’m not teaching.”

“Oh, you are a teacher?” Mike asked.

“Yes, art teacher of the Broad Meadows High School. I probably taught you two when you
were there”

Mike and Haley looked at themselves for a moment, both with an awkward smile on their
faces.

“Well,” Mike began, “we are not from Broad Meadows.”

“Yeah, we are just visiting.” Haley smiled.

“Oh, that makes sense, I would have recognized a beautiful couple like you two!” the tour
guide giggled. Mike and Haley both laughed back, for some reason, people keep saying that.
“So, you’ll join the tour group.”

“Yeah fine.” Mike said. “Wouldn’t hurt, we also don’t know much about this Edgar guy.”

“Perfect!” The lady turned to the tour group behind her, calling their attention. “Alright
everyone! The tour of Edgar Fremont starts now! Please follow me this way and we’ll
begin!”

The tour group begins to head down towards a hallway, there was a sign by the door, with an
old black and white picture of a long haired cat, with short ears. It is hard to tell what’s his
race, as the picture is black and white, but you can see that his fur shade is rather dark, and
his eyes seem to be lighter. The other information was some flavor text telling more things
about the artist.
The hallway led to a large exhibition room, there were multiple temporary walls spread
around, allowing for multiple paintings to be presented, while not restricting the public’s
movement. I had helped give an illusion that there were more paintings than there actually
were.

The tour guide lady then pointed to some of the paintings. “Edgar Fremont was a Realism
painter from France during the 19th century. He was born in the year 1823 and died in 1871 at
the age of 48. The cause of death was most likely an opium overdose.” The dog lady walked
towards a medium-sized painting, about as tall as her torso. “He started painting during his
teenage years, this is one of his most well known works at the time.”

The painting was of an orange feline woman, she was resting her feet in a lake at sunset. She
wore a white dress, and it seemed like the dress was somewhat damp. Either that, or Edgar
took great effort to try and highlight the lady’s feminine features under the dress.

As the tour guide showed more paintings, Mike began to notice a pattern, almost every
painting had the same woman, or a similar looking woman in them. It was when they were
shown a large painting when Mike raised his hand, the painting was of the said woman, in
nothing but a towel, getting out of a bathtub, her tail covering her behind.

The tour guide smiled, looking at the korat. “Yes, a question?”

“Excuse me, but it seems like this Edgar fellow really enjoys painting the same woman.
Someone with orange fur?” Mike asked, gesturing to the paintings.

“Ah yes.” The tour guide said. “I was going to bring it up after this one. But it is agreed
between most scholars that the woman in those paintings was Edgar’s own sister.”

Michael paused, looking at the tour lady with a deadpan expression.

“Excuse me, could you repeat that?” He said.

“Multiple letters, journal entries and accounts by friends and the family seem to confirm the
fact that Edgar was in love with his sister, Régine.” The dog lady said with a firm smile on
her face. “It is unknown how their relationship was exactly, they were close, but we don’t
know if it went deeper.”

Michael facepalmed himself, Haley tried to hold down her laughter.

Michael waved his arm and rolled his eyes. “Sure! Tell us more!”

The tour lady laughed. “Yes, you could say that great artists are always screwed up in some
ways.”

Mike let out a sigh, then turned his eye to Haley when he felt her hug his arm tighter. She
smiled back at her lover, Mike felt a warm feeling in his heart and he smiled back at his
girlfriend as the tour then went on.

They were shown more and more paintings by Edgar, shown more images of his supposed
sister in somewhat provocative scenarios. But they also learned more stuff, like how he liked
to drink, how he was divorced 5 times and how he overdosed himself on opioids because of
the France losing the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. At least he was a patriot.

Soon the tour came to an ending, Mike and Haley were talking about what to do next, see
more of the paintings or what. And so the tour guide approached them.

“Hello, did you enjoy the tour?” She smiled

“Oh yeah. Gorgeous paintings, but still, the stuff about the incest was kinda weird.” That’s
what I’m supposed to say, right? I don’t even know anymore.

“Yes, I can see how it can be distracting, but still, he was talented. And could be a great way
to output all the confusion and frustration inside himself. I don’t know, maybe if he didn’t do
it, maybe he could have done something wrong, right?” the dog lady joked.
“Ooooh, so that’s where we fucked up at.” Haley thought to herself.

“So.” The lady dog continued. “What you two think so far of Broad Meadows?”

“Hmm? Oh! Great place, peaceful, everything here feels cozy and calm. Wouldn’t think twice
about moving over.” Michael commented on.

“Oh? How old are you two?”

“19.” Haley intervened. “We are high school sweethearts. We are still dating” She smiled,
hugging her brother tighter while holding the bouquet of flowers in her other hand.

“Oh! He hasn’t put a ring on it yet. If I were you, I would hurry it up before he escapes your
grasp.” The lady and Haley laughed together.

“Yeah, I think it will take a while for that.” Mike scratched the back of his neck.

“I would highly recommend for when you two marry, to move here, we have a great
elementary school too, my sister teaches there. Oh, are you two thinking about having kids?”

“Oh yeah, probably one or two. If things go well, maybe even a nuclear family.” As Mike
spoke those words, Haley blushed bright red, tightened her grip around Michael’s arm as she
gives a nervous smile and looked up at her brother.

“I… I think it might be too early to be thinking about kids.” Haley spoke in a nervous voice.

“Ah, I see.” The tour lady smiled. “Well then, I hope you two enjoy the rest of the exhibition.
If you tow need anything, you can find me near the reception.”
Mike and Haley both watch as the tour guide begin to walk away.

Haley looks up at Michael, frowning as she then places a hand on her hip. “What was that
talk about having kids?”

“Just messing with the lady. Why? Got excited?” Michael smirked.

Haley smiles back. “Well, maybe I’m not 100% in it, but I’m not excluding the idea.”

The two laughed together, having a nice and funny moment together. But unknown to the
incestuous couple, a figure watched them from afar.

The sun was already lowering in the sky and dusk was setting in. The orange sky reflected on
the large crystal lake, giving off a calm and rather romantic atmosphere throughout the park.
There were a some couples walking around, some families finishing their activities through
the park. The lights began to turn on as an ice cream man began to pack up his small cart, he
had just served a large bowl of ice cream to a cute korat couple that came by.

Michael and Haley walked through the park’s small paved road, then walking off it towards a
small hill with a tree planted at the top. They found the spot that had the best view to the lake
and the sun set as they then sat down to watch it.

Sitting next to each other they snuggled together, eating the ice cream together, the bouquet
rested on the floor, next to them.

“I told you,” Mike said, “a walk through the park is the best way to end a date.”
“Well, I guess you have more experience with that. You did it with Sandy and no one else.”
Haley joked.

“Hey, at least I got to second base.”

“But with me, you hit a home run!” Haley laughed.

“Oh now it is a pissing competition?” Mike laughed with his girlfriend, hugging her tightly as
they continued to watch the sunset. “What did you think of the art exhibition?”

“I loved it, but it was kinda short. I mean, I was expecting there to be more stuff to see before
we went off for other stuff” Haley pouted, she was annoyed that there wasn’t much to do in
that town, at least stuff they knew about.

“I was not expecting to find out that their mall burned to the ground last summer.” Mike
commented.

“I know right? Good thing nobody got hurt.” The fire at the mall did not spread to any of the
surrounded buildings, thanks to the work of the firefighters and that the mall had a lot of
space between builds.

“Hmm, yeah.” Haley snuggled closer to her boyfriend as she felt the ambient become colder.

Mike and Haley continue to eat ice cream and watch the sunset, held each other close and just
let the mood go on. Being next to each one while watching that romantic view was all they
needed at the moment.

“You know…” Haley began. “I’m loving this… The town, being able to do this with you all
day, I think that’s what I needed, you know?”

“Yeah.” Mike nodded. “Makes me want to stay forever.”

“When we go back, it will be all the same. Just wanting mom and dad to leave for a long
period of time.”

“Well, playing games in my room has helped a bit?” That was the usual way they would
sneak in make out sessions.

“Not the same as this, Michael.”

“I know, I know. But you are right, we have to do this more often. I want to do this more
often.” Mike said.

“Oh, of course you want. You have been getting real frisky lately, imagining yourself
knocking up your own sister.” Haley smirked. “You perv.”

Mike placed his index finger on Haley’s chin, guiding her head to face him. He smiles at her.
“Oh sure, and I bet you are already thinking about names for our kittens.”

Haley smirked as her tail wrapped around her brother’s. “Hey, I have to be careful, I don’t
know when you are going to just pin me down and aggressively give us a litter.”

“Then you better think of a couple soon.” Mike guided Haley’s head towards his as they
closed another love kiss in public, on top of a hill, under a cherry tree, watching a beautiful
sunset over a lake. How more romantic can it be?

Soon they broke off the kiss, they stared at each other for a couple seconds before Haley
lowered her head and laid it on Mike’s chest.

“You know.” Haley began. “If we keep going like this, you might actually impregnate me.”
“And that’s why I always use a condom, and you take the birth-control.” Mike pet her head
while looking at the lake. “But in a way… Almost seems like I’m taking a drug and I can’t
stop.”

“Do you want to stop?”

“No.” Mike answered right away. “It’s almost like being addicted to a drug you need to
survive. I never felt so alive since… Since I first talked to Sandy years ago.”

“Hmm…” Haley snuggled Mike’s chest. “I guess that’s the sickness they call love?”

“Heh.” Mike smiled. “Now you sound like a dork.”

Mike’s pocket then began to vibrate, before Haley could make a joke about it, he pulled his
phone out the pocket and looked at who was calling them.

“Oh, it’s mom.” Mike said.

“Yeah, probably want to know if we are going home.” Haley began to get up with her brother.
“Guess fun is over.”

“Yeah, but we gotta come back here, maybe next week you can bring Jasmine and the others
as an excuse to see the exhibition again.”

Haley nodded as she walked to her brother and hugged his free arm. They walked back to
where he had parked his car, it was time to go home.
The moon was already high in the night sky as Mike walked down the street of the grocery
shop. When he arrived home, his mother was planning to make a homemade pizza for Haley
and him, though they were some soda, so Mike went down to the shop to buy them. He was a
bit tired of driving, so he decided to walk, not a problem as the shop was a short walk away
from home.

The korat cat turns around the corner when he meets someone he wasn’t expecting.

In front of him was a white cat, a bit shorter than him, blue eyes and wearing a pink bow.

“Lucy?” Mike said, a bit surprised.

“Mike…” Lucy walked towards him, with a nervous and worried look on her face. “We need
to talk… It’s serious.”

Mike now stood at a familiar place, the tree on the hill where he had most of his happy and
bittersweet memories. Lucy had taken him there, she refused to just say what was going on,
only that it was important.

Everything was quiet, the streets were empty, no cars passing by. Mike’s sharp ears could
only hear the sound of the wind blowing through the leafs and Lucy’s breathing. The white
cat faced the tree as if she was gathering courage for what she was about to say.

Soon, Lucy slowly turns and faces Mike, a worried looked rested on her face. Then she
finally said it.

“Michael…” Lucy began. “Why… Why are you having sex with your own sister.”
Mike’s heart skipped a beat, his tail tensed up as the grip around his hands hardened. He
managed to keep a relaxed body language and a poker face, but his pupils had shrunk.

Mike could feel his heart beating in his chest as he began to speak again. “I don’t know what
you are talking about.”

Lucy frowned at Mike, something he was used to seeing in his youth. “Don’t play dumb, I
know you are fucking your sister.”

Mike’s breathing sped up. He brushed his hair with his hands, rolling his eyes naturally.
“Lucy, seriously, I got no fucking clue of what you are talking about. So if you are going to
just make shit up-.” Michael stopped in his tracks.

Lucy showed him her phone, there was a picture of this morning, him and Haley, holding
hands at Broad Meadows. Then another of them snuggling, kissing, making out, eating sushi
together, kissing at the sunset. Almost everything they did together in their retreat.

Michael frowned, his blood was boiling once again, but he kept his composure, he had to
calmly thread this situation. The korat took a deep breath as he then spoke in a deep voice.
“How did you find this out?”

Lucy took a step back, she could feel a shiver down her spine. When she looked at Mike’s
eyes, she could swear that man was ready to tear off her throat.

“A couple of weeks ago.” Lucy said. “I went to your house, to give a cake mom baked. I
thought no one was home, then I heard something upstairs. I went there to say hi… And I
heard you two…”

“So you broke into my house!” Mike growled.

“Your mom gave us a key for emergencies!” Lucy protested.

Mike walked closer, poking his finger at Lucy, so fast that she felt it knock in her bones.
“And you used it to spy on me and Haley!”

“You shouldn’t be banging your own sister in the first place, Mike!” Lucy roared. She tried to
hide her fear. Although Mike was trying to hide it, Lucy could feel his rage leaking out of
him, she had never seen Mike so angry before, not even that time in December, now it’s
almost like he was holding back a rabid animal.

Mike stared down at Lucy for what felt like minutes. Letting out a growl, he waved his arm.
“What you want from me?!”

“I want to know why you two are doing this.” Lucy said.

Mike quickly turned around, taking a couple steps away from Lucy. “And why do you care?!
I haven’t seen you in years, why should it matter to you what me and my sister are doing?!”

“Why do I care if my childhood friend and his sister are being sick bastards?!” Lucy growled,
waving her hands in confusion, before taking a breath and calming down. “Michael… I want
to know why you are doing this, how did this begin… I just want an explanation…”

Mike was quiet, he looked up at the stars, doing nothing but breathing, like if he was
gathering his thoughts in a sea of chaos.

Soon he spoke again. “I don’t know…” He shook his head. “We just… Wanted to…”

Lucy blinked, taking a step forward. “You two just want to? Is that seriously the best you
got?”

Mike turns around to Lucy. “What the fuck do you want me? Sorry, but there isn’t an evil
villain speech for this, alright?” Mike moves his head from side to side in frustration, “I
didn’t get stranded in a mountain and ate corpses to survive. I didn’t sell off my family to the
mafia. And I didn’t build a boat out of dead children to get out of a desert island, Lucy!”
Mike brushed his hair with his hand, Lucy could tell he was nervous, breathing rapidly.
“What you want me to say...? She’s my sister… All that I got, Lucy...”

“All that you got?” Lucy said in confusion. “Mike, you have your family, you have Sandy,
what else you wan-”

“Someone to share physical love with me!” He shouted. “You don’t understand, it’s…” Mike
pausing, taking a moment to think. “Years back, when I kissed you in your bedroom, Lucy,
remember what you felt?”

“I think… I know what you are talking about…”

“Yes!” Mike exhaled. “And when I do with Haley, I feel that, but a hundred times stronger! It
wasn’t just lust, it didn’t feel like it… I want to make love to her, and I want to be with her,
with me… I…” Mike placed both of his hands on his face, he tried to think of words to say,
trying to explain what was going through his head. But he could say, was a simple sentence.
“I’m fucked up.”

“Mike…” Lucy stepped forward, reaching him with her hand.

Mike then spoke lowly. “And I don’t care.”

Lucy stopped. “What?”

“I don’t care. I don’t feel ashamed. I love Haley, she loves me back, if she wants it to stop,
I’ll stop. I’ll move on. But I doubt she’ll ever want to stop.”

“Then stop her, Mike. What you two are doing is wrong.” Lucy placed her hand on his
shoulder. “You have Sandy, don’t you?”
“Heh.” Mike smiled. “I barely hear from that whore… Stacy is gone, Sue and Daisy are off to
university. I can barely connect with anyone else in this fucking town! Feels like everything
has been going down hill ever since high school. I was numb. I could barely feel anything
emotionally, like if I was a still puddle in the middle of nowhere… There is nobody here that
makes me feel like Haley makes me feel. She makes me feel alive”

Lucy placed her hand on Mike’s chin, guiding it, so he could look into her eyes. “You have
me.”

“... After what I did to you?”

“Forget about that… Mike, listen, I’ll be here for you. You gotta stop what you are doing
with Haley… If you do it, all of these pictures, I’ll delete all of them off the phone, not show
to anyone. If you let Haley go”

Mike stared into Lucy’s eyes, her sky blue eyes, eyes he had fallen in love with years ago.

The korat smiled, letting off a small and short laugh. “Like you don’t have backups in a hard
drive…”

“No.” Lucy affirmed. “Everything is in this phone and only in this phone. I’ll give it to you.
I’ll be with you. Just… Just stop it, please”

Mike stared into Lucy’s eyes, his hands moved to her shoulders as he walked closer to her.

“You saying the truth?” The green-eyed cat asked.

“Yes” She said quietly.

“You actually love me, with everything in your heart?” Mike began to lean his face, getting
closer to Lucy’s.

“Yes, always.”

Michael closed his eyes. “… Alright…”

Mike got closer to Lucy. The white kitten felt like if he was about to kiss her. Lucy felt her
heart beat fasten. She closed her eyes and let it take its course.

That was when she felt the impact on her stomach.

Lucy couldn’t breathe, the strength of her legs went away as she fell on the ground. The
white kitten with blue eyes laid on her side in pain, she gasped for air. It felt like all of her
organs at her midriff and below had pulled a muscle. Tears were accumulating in her eyes as
she looked around, drooling.

Mike started kneeling down, to look at Lucy, his cold stare made her blood freeze, finally she
realized that he had hit her stomach with his knee.

Mike then began talking in a dead tone. “You almost had me there, Lucy. You almost had me,
I’m not lying.”

Lucy nervously stared at him as she saw Mike pick up her phone.

“But this.” He waved her phone. “This was what fucking ruined you. Yeah, Lucy, I am going
to trust you after you just presented me with blackmail! Fucking brilliant!”

Lucy trying to speak, she tried to say something to explain herself, but the pain was too
much, she could barely move.
Mike began to fidget with Lucy’s phone, deleting all the photos and any proof in that phone.
“That’s why I hate you, Lucy. You are too busy thinking about what you want, you forget
what’s going through others' head. You haven’t changed, Lucy, we could have worked out,
but you are too selfish... And… And I’m selfish too, and fucked up…” Mike had paused, he
began to reminiscence on what he had just done, what he did to his old friend, someone who
was trying to help in, even if it was in a selfish way, was trying to help him, and he did this to
her.

Michael was ok with that.

Mike placed both of his knees on the ground as he leaned towards Lucy, he began to whisper
into her ear. “Lucy. I swear to god. If my parents find out about this because of you, I’m
going to make your memories of Alejandro feel like a day trip to the zoo.” Lucy could feel
her stomach turn, she felt trapped, just like back then.

Mike placed his hand on her shoulder, she could feel him squeeze it right, almost like he was
trying to crush it, and he was about to do it “And if they do something horrible to Haley
because of what you did, I’ll make sure that your mind and body will never forget what I’ll
do to you.” Lucy could feel Mike’s claws digging into her skin, not enough to bleed, but
enough to hurt.

Mike paused for a moment, looking down on Lucy’s defenseless situation.

“Nod if you understand.” Mike said.

Lucy nodded.

“Great.” Mike began to get up.

Mike looked down on the white kitten that in the past he was once loved. He paused for
about a minute, before taking a step forward and swinging his right foot at her belly again, as
hard he could.
Lucy let out a groan of pain, and she coughed for a couple of moments, then her breathing
became regular again. When Mike saw the yellow puddle forming under her, he turned
around and began to make his way home.

“If you I see you again near me or my sister ever again, you are getting another one of those.”
Mike did not look back, he kept walking down.

Mike made his way back home, everything was quiet today, the streets were still empty. Like
if time had stopped. He had a calm and peaceful walk home. Not too long until he was back
at his street. He walked by Lucy’s house, Jordan was outside, waiting by the door. He waved
toward Mike, then shouting something.

“Oh! Hey Mike! Seen Lucy around? She’s been out all day!” Seems like she didn’t say what
she was doing today.

Mike just smiled and shook his head. Jordan gave a thumbs up and said thank you back to
Mike, as he made his way home.

Mike opened the door and was welcomed by a warm smile from Haley.

“Hey big bro! Pizza’s ready.” She was just off the bath, her body looked a bit damp.

Mike smiled, putting his hand on her shoulder. “Hey sis. Let’s go inside.”
 November Rain

It was a night in November, Michael was by his window, watching the rain fall down while
talking on the phone, seemed like the climate was going to get worse before it got better.

“Yes, yes, I got it.” Mike replied to someone on the other side of the phone. “It... You won’t
be disappointed.” The call hangs up, the korat looks out the window, watching the rain fall.
Seems like it doesn’t matter what he does, but the future would always find a way to worry
him, and it would always make him think about his relationship with his sister. Doesn’t
matter what he tries to do or say, he would always worry about what would happen next. I
guess that’s what’s like to be an adult, he thought to himself.

It did not matter how he tried to think, what convoluted solution he thought, he could only
think of one viable solution. But that option turned his stomach, even if it was for the best.

Mike slams his palm on his head, letting out an annoyed groan, he was sick and tired of be
thinking of that, but this topic would always find a way back into his mind.

Guess that’s my punishment, he thought.

As Mike’s mind began to devolve into anxiety, stress and despair, but all of those thoughts
melted away when he felt someone hugging him from behind.

A head laid on his shoulder, arms wrapped around his torso and a tail around his waist. He
knew that body too well. Mike turned his head to face Haley.

“Hey there, big guy, what are you doing?” Haley smiled, gently moving her body from side
to side in a calming rhythm.

“Nothing” Mike did not want to worry Haley with his stupid train of logic, after all, her
presence always calmed him down. “Just watching the rain.”
“So instead of playing with your brand new Nintendo Wii, you rather watch the rain?” Haley
let out a small laugh.

“Not exactly brand new, I bought it second hand.” Michael had purchased that Wii last week,
which was about a month after he and Haley went to Broad Meadows. He got it for a good
price, too.

“Still, why are you watching the rain?” Haley asked.

“Well, it helps calm me down. Useful when you aren’t here for me to look at.” Mike smirked.

“Not here to look or grope?” Haley's joke was short, as the moment she finished it, they
heard the bedroom door open.

Haley quickly pulled her hands back, to look less suspicious on Mike, putting her hands on
Mike’s back. Michael tensed up, his grip around the window boarder hardening as his head
stares dead set into the rain.

Ellen, their mother, walked in while carrying some folded clothes in a basked.

“Mike?” Their mother said. “You here? Where Hale- Oh there you are.” She smiled, walking
inside and placing the basket on the floor.

“H-hey mom.” Haley whipped off some sweat off her forehead. “What are you doing here?”

“Just bringing back some laundry.” Ellen placed the basket on the floor, after stretching, she
then gave Haley a weird look. “I put Haley’s in her room”

“Thanks mum.” Haley smiled. “Me and big brother were just talking.”
“Yeah” Mike turned around. “We were just talking about our future plans and all”

Ellen smiled. “Oh, did Haley talk about nursing school yet?”

Mike seemed surprised by what their mother had just said, he looked back at Haley and gave
her a smile. “Nursing school?”

Haley blushed for a second, giving her brother a smile.

“I didn’t know you wanted to be a nurse.” Mike let out a chuckle.

“Well I’m just exploring my options, I think that would go well with me, and I would look
real cute in a nurse uniform. Don’t you think so, big bro?” Haley gave Mike an innocent
look, but Mike knew the real meaning behind it.

“Well, I bet you would look real... Cute... Haley.” Mike’s mind began to flood with certain
thoughts about Haley in a nurse’s uniform.

Their mother then walked back towards the door. “You two don’t stay up too late, alright?”
With a frown, their mother left the room, it seemed like there was something in her mind
bothering her.

Haley and Mike stood there for a moment, they were trying to wait for the sound of their
mother’s footsteps to disappear, but the rain outside grew stronger, drowning most of the
noise from the house.

“Nursing school?” Mike looked at his sister. “Were you serious, or you were trying to do
something cute with the sexy nurse fetish thing?”
“Oh yeah, I’m totally serious, hon!” Haley gave her brother an evil smirk. “Why? You
thought that I wanted to be a housewife or something?”

“I was just not expecting you to chase a medical career”

“You are making it sound cooler than it actually is. A nurse is not like a doctor.”

“Yeah, but nurses need to have good bed manners as a default, don’t they?” Mike smirked at
his sister.

Haley pouted, giving Mike a small jab at his side. “What is that supposed to mean?”

“Nothing, nothing.” Mike placed his hand on Haley’s shoulder. “You think she heard what we
said.”

“No, if so, she would have asked something.” Haley walked towards the bed, jumping into it
and laying in the middle, facing the TV. “What games you got there again?”

Mike glanced back at his Wii. “Oh, you were here to just play the Wii?”

“For a bit. It is a bit early for our usual stuff, and I was thinking we could use it to kill time,
then we have some fun together.” Haley smirked, her tail wiggling from side to side.

Mike raised an eyebrow as he moved towards his console. “Our parents are still home. You
remember the deal, right?”

“Yeah, yeah.” Haley rolled her eyes. “But we could at least share some smooches before bed,
right?”
Michael nodded, looking at his console, he picked up the controllers. “Anyway, I got Mario
Kart, Melee and some GBA downloads”

Ellen had been sitting in the same spot on the bed for a while, she stared walleyed at nothing.
She tapped her tail on the bed every so often. Occasionally she would bite her lower lip as
her mind wondered. Her husband, Johnathan, finished putting on his pajamas, he glanced at
his wife before sitting next to her.

“Ellen...?” There wasn’t a response. “Ellen?” Still nothing. “Honey?” John placed both hands
on her shoulders, making his wife snap out of her train of thought.

“Hmm? What?” Ellen looked at him, surprised.

“Something bothering you?” John said. “You were staring at the wall since you got here.
Didn’t even put on your night gown yet.”

“Oh, sorry dear, just... I have been thinking about our kids.”

“Mike and Haley?”

“Yes, yes. Ever since the incident with Cody, Haley has been spending a lot of time with
Mike. It’s getting me to worry.”

Johnathan leaned back, finding what his wife said strange. “You think so? They aren’t
actually that different from when they were kids. I was happy to see them like this again in
their early adulthood. To tell the truth, I have never seen them happier.”

“That’s the thing, John.” Ellen rubbed the back of her neck, trying to come up with a proper
way to put her words together. “They were spending a lot, and I mean, a lot of time together.
Sometimes I think they are staying up late together. I have no idea what they are doing...
Playing games?”

“I mean, what else could they be doing?” John shrugged. “You think that might affect their
grades?”

“No, it’s just...” Ellen stayed silent for some moments, before shaking her head and getting
up in frustration. “I don’t know, I just got the feeling that something is off... Something,
familiar.”

Johnathan’s look froze, he slowly got up. “What do you mean by that...?” His wife didn’t say
a word. “Ellen?”

“It’s...” Ellen bit her nail, taking some more moments to think before shaking her head and
waving her hands. “Nothing, probably just me. I’ll go take a bath, cool my head.”

-*-*-*

Mike slouched at the foot of his bed, as he had reached the perfect and most comfortable
gaming pose for a Mario Kart match. As usual, he was playing Yoshi, while his sister played
Roselina. They were rematching number 25 at this point, they were at it for a while, Mike
was in the lead as usual, Haley was in 6th place, better than her usual record of being in
8th place.

“I would have thought that would have gotten better at it, well, at least better than 6th place.”
Mike joked.

Haley pouted, she was laying on the bed, her head facing the TV, that was until a couple of
rematches ago, now she was sitting on the edge of the bed, next to her brother, in full gamer
lean. “Hey, you are the one who has the Wii in his room 24-7, ok? I don’t have much chance
to practice.”
“And I only play when you play, I got this thing after you began to hang out with me,
remember?” Mike looked back at his sister on the bed, still managing to weave and dodge the
obstacle with only his peripheral vision. “Oh hey, you got to 5th, oops, never mind.”

Haley let out an annoyed groan, when she saw Mike flexing on her, either by accident or not,
it had upset her. And Haley had enough.

“Hey!” Mike protested the moment Haley moved her tail to cover her brother’s eyes
completely. “No fair.”

“How so?” Haley smirked. “In the game you get to toss shells at each other, pretty sure this
would be illegal.”

"Yeah in the game, but in real life- Oh forget it.” Mike could already hear that he got hit by a
shell, he paused the game and got up from his comfortable position.

Haley smiled. “Awwww, what is it?? Upset that you lost?” She watched her brother get up
from the floor, still smirking at him, until he moved and grabbed her. “Hey!”

Mike swiftly pulled Haley up and above his head, placing her on his left shoulder. He
adjusted himself as his sister moved and struggled on him, he had gotten stronger, but she
could still throw off his balance.

“Dude!” Haley struggled on Mike’s shoulder.

“What? You said yourself, real life interference is totally valid!” Mike laughed. “Now, who’s
the winner?”

“What are you talking about?” Haley laughed, with a bright smile on her face. “You paused
the game, you can’t play like this either.”
Mike did not say a single word, simply moved his free arm and then in a wide arc he swung it
back, dead center into Haley’s behind. Haley let out a surprised and aroused laugh, her face
blushing bright red.

“I asked. Who is the winner?” Mike proudly asked.

“Mike, this ain’t fair!” Haley then felt another slap on her ass, then another and another. Mike
took a couple good swings, leaving a faint red hand print on her bottom. Haley struggled to
keep herself under control, her face getting red as a tomato, her lips struggling to keep the
smile plain. All that while her bottom was getting wet.

“I’m sorry, but I won’t stop until you admit defeat.” Mike gave Haley a couple more good
slaps, he could feel her claws digging into his back, but he was used to that feeling.

“Ok! Ok! Ok!” Haley shouted, “You won! You won!” Haley laughed.

Mike smiled, giving Haley one final slap on the ass. “Well then, time to claim my prize” As
Haley finally said those words, Mike held her by the waist again, pushing her up above his
head and then placing her in the middle of his bed.

Mike smiled and climbed on top, sitting by Haley, smiling as he began to take his shorts off.

Haley frowned, but still smiling, she asked. “Uhh, what are you doing?”

“I thought you wanted to have some fun, babe.” Mike answered, throwing his shirt to the
corner of the room.

“Oh! Now you are fine with doing it while our parents are home?” Haley was the most
sexually active of the two, but at the moment her mind was still clear enough to think about
the dangers of what they were doing, or at least think it was a test by her brother.
Mike pointed to his windows, showing that rain was still pouring down like if there was no
tomorrow. They could barely look outside and see the lights of other houses, it was even
getting harder to hear their own voices with the window open, they had to speak louder than
usual.

“It’s also past 11PM, and they got work tomorrow, I think we are safe.” Mike smiled.

Haley began to giggled, unwrapping the scarf that was around her neck. “You are starting to
drop your guard, aren’t you, Mike? Or am I getting way too hot for you?” She joked.

“No, it’s simple logic. Too loud for them to hear, they gotta be sleeping, so as long we don’t
go too hard, it should be fine, just this once.” Mike smiled, then grabbed Haley’s scarf, that
used to be his. “Although, I might just gag you and tie you up, just to make sure you won’t
make any noise.”

Haley smiled from ear to ear hearing that. “Oooohhh! Getting kinky, aren’t we?”

“If anything, this is more safe than what we are.” Mike joked.

Haley extended her arms together towards the top of the bed, smiling towards her brother.
“Alright, but I’m all up with you tying my arms, but let my mouth and legs free, ok?”

“And why would I do the latter?” Mike wrapped both ends of the scarf around his hands and
gave them a good tug.

“Oh you know. Easier access?” Haley smirked.

“Oh, I like how you think, babe.”

Mike grabbed Haley’s arms and pulled her closer to the top of the bed, he used his scarf to tie
Haley’s arms to the frame of his bed, he did it tight enough that Haley wouldn’t be able to
free herself even if she wanted to. Mike’s sister now laid on the bed defenceless, she had a
smile on her face that went from ear to ear, her face blushed a bright red and she was taking
deep breaths.

The korat brother smiled, looking at the body of hi girlfriend, he noticed she kept her legs
crossed with her tail, seaming to cover her crotch.

“Now, now.” Mike said, moving to his sister’s lower parts. “Show me what you are hiding
over there.” Mike pushed Haley’s legs apart with ease.

Haley’s nether areas were soaking wet, her fluids were dripping down her tail and right into
Mike’s bedsheet, already starting to form a puddle below her. Mike could still see his hand
print on her bottom.

Mike smirked and placed his hand on Haley’s crotch, rubbing for a second to tease his sister
before pulling up his hand, showing the sticky substance on it. “Care to explain it, my dear?”

Haley bit her lower lip and looked away, still smiling. “Oh, you know, it’s been a while.”
True, the last time Haley and Mike had time together was a couple of weeks ago, when their
parents went out for dinner.

Mike groped Haley’s bare breast with his free hand, pressing and squishing it they way she
liked it. The korat sister pushed her chest forward, crossing her legs again, feeling her brother
tease her body. Mike moved his other hand to grope Haley’s other chest, now pressing down
on both of them.

“Hey,” Mike spoke, “feels like you grew a bit up here.” He squished her chest more and more
to amuse himself. “I guess stimulation has been helping you there.”

“Oh yeah, either that or you knocked me up.” Haley joked.

Michael raised an eye brown as he looks down on Haley, letting go of her chest. “You know,
you have been going on and on about getting knocked up for a while this month. What? You
are in heat or something?”

Haley rolled her eyes, she had heard Mike ask that same sentence more times than she can
count. “Why you always ask if I’m in heat when I get kinky?”

“Impregnation might be a problematic thought, dear.”

“Oh now you care about problematic?” Haley smirked.

“Oh, so it’s like that?” Michael's reposition himself hind Haley’s legs and forced them open.
Mike placed his hand on Haley’s exposed crotch, using his thumb to partially spread open her
nether area, with his free hand he held his own manhood. “Maybe I should just give you one
to get you to shut up! How about that?”

Haley’s face turned a bright pink, tugging the scarf with her tied hands, moving her head
forward with a nervous and excited smile on her face. “Hold on! You going in raw?!” She
shouted in a high pitch voice, nearly cracking her voice.

“What? It was your job to buy the condoms” Mike smirked, pressing his rod against Haley’s
vagina. “Besides, now you got a problem with kinky stuff.”

Haley stared down at her brother, still with a wide smile on her face, she took a good look at
her situation, she could feel her heart beating in her chest, so loud it felt like a tambourine.

“Your pull-out game better be through the roof, alright?” Haley said.

Michael gave his sister a nod, not saying another word, he looked down between them,
making sure he was at the perfect spot.
Haley could feel the tip of her brother’s manhood pushing her insides slowly apart. Soon,
with the head inside, Michael moved his hands, grabbing Haley’s hips as hard as he could,
giving one more thrust.

Haley and Michael growled that moment. Haley could feel her brother’s rod inside her own
body, she could feel how warm it was, she could feel it pulsate and twitch inside of her.
Michael was holding himself up with his hand on the bed, he could practically feel every inch
of his sister’s insides, he felt how the texture inside shifted when Haley made the slightest of
movements. They could see a clear bump in Haley’s body where his cock would be.

“Fuck, Haley, you are tight today.” Mike growled, tightening his grip around Haley’s body.

“Shu-shut the fuck up and move your ass.” Halley stuttered, like she was having practically
as sensory overload as her brother was. It felt like doing it raw with each other gave them a
better connection together, like if they were truly one.

Mike began to slowly pull his hips back, before pushing himself back into his sister, Haley.
Both of them were breathing heavily, but Haley was taking the deepest breaths, tugging on
her tied hands, trying to keep concentration, no way she would finish this early.

“Keep it slow.” Haley moaned. “It’s been a while, alright?”

Mike smirked, he bent his torso onto Haley, his arms moved behind his sister’s body, hugging
her tight as Mike lowered his head near her chest. “Or what? What are you going to do?”

Haley gulped, her hips shaking, unable to obey her orders, twitching at every move Mike’s
cock made inside her. “Mike, don’t you dare.” She said.

The korat grinned. “Or what?”

“Or I’m going to scream.” She grinned.

Mike let out a small and quick laugh. “I’m going to make you scream either way.”

Mike pulled himself out of Haley as much as he could without leaving her body, before
slamming his hips down back into her.

Haley let out a muffled growl, she tried her best to keep her lips shut, trying to not let any
sound out. But she could feel her entire body vibrate every time her brother slammed himself
deeper into her, she could feel almost everything below her waist shake with Mike’s
movements.

Michael breathes into Haley’s chest, it was letting himself go for once, letting in all the pent-
up love and lust he’s been gathering for the past few weeks out. He slammed his hips into
Haley’s at the fastest pace her could, a wet slapping sound echoed through his room, being
drowned out by the heavy rain outside. The korat brother moved his head towards Haley’s
breath, his mouth connecting to one of her nipples as he then began to her tit.

As he heard Haley’s moans become louder and louder, as she lost control of her mouth, he
moved his right hand up to cover his sister’s lips, keeping them shut, muffling her sounds.

Haley began to drool, her mind became foggy, she had never felt like this before, not ever
since they first made love. Perhaps the lack of a condom helps the two of them to feel more
connected.

Their love making went on and on, Mike couldn’t tell how long it had been since they started,
his entire mind was focused on keeping his himself under control, making sure that his pace
was just right for Haley, his sense of time was all over the place. But as soon Mike felt that he
couldn’t hold himself anymore, he let go of Haley’s breasts and pulled himself back, now
straight on the bed. He pulls himself out of Haley’s body, holding his cock as he closes his
eyes, his free hand holding Haley’s crotch as Mike released himself.

Haley felt a warm and sticky substance shooting on her crotch, then on her belly and torso.
Mike’s semen shot up further on, reaching the base of his sister’s breasts. With Mike’s free
hand, he rubbed her nether area in the manner she liked, soon she brought her legs close to
herself as she finally had released himself, shooting her fluids on to Mike’s own lap.
There they stood, Mike and Haley, both taking deep exhausting breaths, looking at each other
with their bodies covered in sweat. Haley’s entire torso covered in Mike’s sperm, slowly
pouring down her sides.

Haley gave a tired smiled at her brother. “Dude... For a second I thought you wouldn’t pull
out...”

Mike gave a tired and short laugh. “Well, the thought of making you carry a brat for 9
months... That would be funny...” Mike joked, but inside he winced, for a moment he thought
about it, about just holding Haley’s body close to him and shooting his seed into her womb.
Create a sin child with her. For a moment he actually considered it, but his senses managed to
snap him into reality.

“This is getting dangerous” Mike thought to himself. “Gotta keep using condoms for now on”

They both looked at each other, trying to gather some energy, both had no idea how long they
were at it, both stood there in silence, until Haley broke it.

“So...” She began. “Going to untie me now, so I can... Clean myself?” She sighs, still
sweating.

Mike smiled. “Sure.” He scoots up the bed, then stopping next to Haley’s face. He then slaps
his wet cock on his sister's face, taking her by surprise. “After you clean the mess you made.”
He gave and, tired, laughed.

Haley smiled. “Oh alright, but who’s the kinky one now?” she joked

Mike’s and Haley’s night of fun didn’t end with that blowjob. They had tried out a couple
more poses from the Kama Sutra book that Haley had hidden in Mike’s room. They went on
for what must have felt like hours. But time flies when you are having fun.

Mike was now getting up from his bed. Haley was resting on the bed, they had undone the
improvised bondage a while ago. Mike made his way to the door, after so many rounds, he
stank like sex. He needed a bath.

He opened the door and walked out into the corridor, planning to go to the bathroom and
wash himself. But he didn’t. He stopped in his tracks, something made him freeze in place.
He felt a shill come down his spine, his blood ran cold.

Mike slowly turned his head to the left with a deadpan expression.

In the hallway stood his mother.

Ellen wore her usual nightgown, her eyes were staring right into her own son’s face, there
was a sense of shame, worry and sadness in her gaze. But she simply stood there, looking at
her son, waiting for him to say something.

Mike could feel his heart beat accelerate, he could swear it was about to burst out of his chest
at any moment. But he tried to keep his composure. He glanced at himself, his penis was still
exposed, smeared in the mess he and Haley made together.

Mike tried to smile, scratching the back of his head, he moved his free hand to cover himself.
“Heheh.” He fake laughed. “Was sort of having a private mo-” But he was cut off.

“I heard you two.” Ellen spoke, calmly. No emotion in her voice.

Mike stopped, slowly letting his arms take a normal position as all emotion left his face.
“What are you talking about.” Even if there was a 0.1% chance she’s talking about something
else, he was to try and rescue the situation.
“I know the sounds you two made. Did you think the rain was loud enough to cover it,
Michael...?” Ellen was quiet, waiting for her son’s reply, but there was nothing, only the
sound of the rain outside. “Michael... Please say something”

Michael felt his heart sunk, his entire chest felt like a glacier, his face began to lose all color,
his hands were shaking, his mind raced to try and find a solution.

After some time of silence, Ellen looked Mike up and down, she took a deep breath and
turned around. “It’s late in the morning, wash yourself... In the morning, we’ll talk...”

As his mother began to walk away, Mike began to panic, he stepped forward, his mouth
opened as he tried to say something, anything.

“I-It-It was-... It was my idea!” He shouted. “It was my idea...” Mike began to take deep
breaths, did I say the right thing? He thought to himself.

Ellen stopped, she bit her lower lip, the mother did her best to hold back tears, she tried to not
remember the things before. Taking a deep breath, she kept on walking to her room.

Michael stood there, he stumbled towards the wall, nearly falling to the ground and his blood
pressure dropped, taking deep breaths as his mind began to go blank. It is done. We are done
for. Haley is done for. My fault. All my fault. What will they do to her? Why? Not her. That
was all going through his mind on repeat.

Haley comes into his vision, raising his head to her, he was taking a long to come back, so
she went to check, she did not know what had happened.

Haley helped Mike back to his room. He had something important to tell her.
Morning had come some time ago, it was now 8AM. Ellen and Johnathan both sat in the
armchairs in the living room. Ellen had gone to Agatha’s house and asked her to babysit
Chris for a while, she did not say the reason of why, just that they would have some familial
problems today.

The parents have been sitting in the living room for a while. Soon they heard footsteps
coming from upstairs. And down came Haley and Mike.

The korat brother wore jeans and a white shirt. The sister whore, her yellow dress with
Mike’s old scarf wrapped around her neck. She was using it to help cover her mouth. Haley
had been informed about what happen, that their cover had been blown, much earlier than
expected. The party is over.

Mike and Haley both sat on the couch, both holding hands. Mike looked dead on towards his
parents, while Haley diverted her gaze to the side.

They sat there for a couple of minutes, Ellen first glared at the hand holding of the two, then
she looked at her husband before she's shacking her head, deciding to break the silence.

“Alright.” Ellen said. “I know what you two been doing. What you two been doing together.
That... Depravity...” Ellen clenched her fist, taking a deep breath, trying to calm herself.
“But... But, I want you two to come clean. That you two at least have the decency to admit
what you two have done.”

The incestuous couple was quiet for a moment. Mike looked at Haley, but she still looked
away. The brother sighs, turning to look at his parents.

“Me and Haley... We became a couple after the event with Cody... We have been together
ever since, pretty much as a secret couple...”

Ellen winced when she heard her own son say those words. She knew it was coming, but still
hurt to hear those words.
John facepalmed, his hand slowly closed as he clenched his face, letting out an annoyed sigh.
“Mike, don’t you already have a girlfriend?”

Mike winced, looking down for a second, gathering his thoughts before raising his head. “We
were... It’s difficult. Hard to explain, but I needed someone near me, someone physical.”
Mike placed his hand on his forehead so fast he nearly slapped, he tried to keep his mind
calm, but it was simply too chaotic inside of him, there was a lot he wanted to say, but didn’t
know how. Mike then got up, out of frustration. “Listen, this was all my idea, ok?”

Johnathan moved his hand, now using it to rest his head on, looking at his son with a serious
look. “We never asked who started, to be clear, that fact doesn’t exactly matter. Well, I was
worried you were forcing yourself on to your sister, but I’m sad to admit that I hope I’m
wrong.”

Haley frowned, turning to her father with an angry stare. “Don’t you dare accuse my brother
of being a rapist!”

Mike turned to Haley, placing his hand on her shoulder. “Haley, come down, ok? Calm down,
anger won’t help us.”

Ellen winced once again, quickly placing her hand on her face, trying to think of something,
trying to clear her mind of old memories.

“Alright. Alright... Alright” The mother said, she took a moment to breath, a moment to
think. “I gotta call your aunt, see if I can arrange either of you to move with her... I don’t
know if we wait for Mike to go to Univers-” She was interrupted by Haley as she quickly
jumped at her feet.

“You are going to separate us across the state?!?” She shouted, her voice reverberated with
anger.

“If I could, I would send one of you across country to the other coast!” Ellen roared back.
Johnathan gestured towards his wife, he was about to say something to try and calm her
down. But Haley was having none of it.

“If you do that, I’ll set this house on fire!” Haley growled back, Mike quickly grabbing hold
of her, speaking to her, trying to calm her down, the same role his father was taking.

“I’m trying to think about what’s best for you two!” Ellen shouted.

“By what?! Sending one of us away? What will that solve? You really think I won’t be
getting ready to jump on this guy’s dick the moment I get the chance?!” Haley gave a mean
spirited smile towards her mother. “You are just avoiding the inevitable!”

Mike grabbed Haley’s arm. “You crazy?!” He growled under his breath.

“If that bitch actually cared about us, then she would let us b-” As Haley was about to finish
her sentence, her line was cut off by her mother. Haley’s own mother had slapped her across
the face. The girl flew back, escaping Mike’s grasp, falling back on to the couch.

“ELLEN!” Johnathan shouted at his wife. Ellen was standing, still holding her hand the same
way after hitting her own child, she tried to hold back her emotions. She did not believe what
she just had done.

Mike rushed to Haley, checking on her. Haley tried to push him away from her. The girl had
pushed the scarf up to her face, sobbing into it.

Ellen took a deep breath, closing her eyes. “Haley...” She began. “I have to do this... You two
have no ide-” As their mother tried to open her heart, try to explain her decision to separate
them or any other kind of solution, she was interrupted by her husband’s shout.

“MICHAEL!” John roared.

Ellen opened her eyes, only to feel a hand hitting her across the face. Her balance was gone
as she fell back on to the armchair behind her. To her, it felt like the room was spinning.

Michael stood up, staring down at his mother, panting heavily, breathing with his shoulders, it
was almost like the sound of a roar was coming out of his mouth. Haley looks back
perplexed, his father glared at him, with a look of worry, shame and anger.

Mike stared down at his mother with anger, his instincts had taken over, almost like his mind
went blank, it took almost all of his willpower to not close his fist.

“Hit her again, and I’ll rip off your throat!” Mike roared, his mind and emotions were in a sea
of chaos.

The room was now silent. Nobody talked, only the sound of breathing was present, you could
cut the tension in the air with a knife.

Johnathan could only stare at his son, he tried to think of a way to not worsen the situation.
As soon as he saw his wife begin to curl into a ball, he knew he had to make his move now.

“Michael... Haley.” John spoke sternly, his voice was hard and cold as iron. “Go back to your
rooms. Stay there... I don’t know, just get there and calm down.”

Michael began to relax, looking down at what he had done, but he did all he could to keep his
heart stone-cold. Soon Haley touched his hand, snapping him out of it, looking at his teary-
eyed sister, his love. He walked with her back to his bedroom, each step he could feel the
strength slowly leave his legs as he realized what he had done. By the time he reached the top
of the stairs, tears were running down his face.

John watched them leave. How the fuck did it get so wrong, he thought to himself.

Soon he turned his head to his fallen wife, he heard her sobbing. He slowly moves towards
her, hugging her curled up body.
“Don’t worry, Ellen, we’ll figure this out, we always do.” John said softly.

He heard a loud sob come out of his wife. “No we won’t!” She cried, uncurling her face,
looking at her husband with her face covered in tears, the side of her face bright red. “He hit
me, John! He hit me! Mike! Mike hit me! My little angel! My little angel just hit me! It’s
over! It’s all over!”

Johnathan held Ellen close to him, he tried to comfort her, but this was a situation he never
thought he would be in, if he didn’t navigate it carefully, his entire family will fall apart at the
seams.

The house was quiet, Mike sat at the side of his bed in the middle of the night, he stared
down at the floor with worry in his mind. The clock by his bed flashed 22 PM, that was the
only source of light in the room. His sister laid on the bed, through the whole day they talked
and discussed of what had happened this morning, they fought, they yelled, they cried,
together they tried to figure out something, what to do next. Haley tried to convince her
brother to run away with her, but Michael refused the idea. They skipped lunch and barely
had anything to eat all day, neither of them felt hunger. Towards the afternoon, Haley cried
herself to sleep.

The korat brother took a deep breath and got up, he quietly walked to his closet and pulled
out his jacket. As he put it on he turned over to Haley, letting out a sigh, his head was too
stuffy in this room, he needed some fresh air.

He walked over to Haley and kissed her forehead, before quietly leaving his room.

Mike walked down the hallway and down the stairs, making sure he didn’t make any sound,
he didn’t want a confrontation right now. As he reached the living room, he stopped.

Michael looked around the house for a moment there, as his mind began to remanence about
the past. So many memories in this house, happy memories, sad memories, melancholic
memories. His childhood and his youth, things he had never thought about in years, all of that
coming back into the surface.

The korat lets out a sigh as he made his way towards the door. “I might never see this place
after today” he thought to himself as he opened the front door and left the house.

Mike walked down the streets, sometimes a car would drive by, probably someone travelling
or someone coming home from overtime at work. But besides from that, the town was quiet.

Michael could feel that scent of wet dirty, thanks to the recent rain. The cat looked up at the
sky, they were still clouded, but he could still see the glow of the full moon behind the
clouds.

Mike kept on slowly walking down the streets, crossing the empty roads and turning corners
for almost half an hour, soon he arrived at a convenience store. He walks inside and buys a
beer pack.

The young man walks out of the store and sits by the road, drinking his beer on and on,
looking down at the floor, from time to time he would watch a lonely car pass by. “Seems like
there will be only one way out of this situation.” He thought to himself, “It will hurt, but it’s a
wound he has to happen.”

Michael soon hears footsteps near him. He turned to the side and saw a familiar view.

“Oh. It’s you.” Michael says.

 Compromise
Chapter Summary

Mike and his family seem to reach a compromise.

Michael looked up to a man standing by the road with him. The man gives him a smile with a
hint of smugness. Those two hadn’t seen each other for a couple of months, and even so, they
have only seen each other a couple of times in the past few years. But now his old friend met
him at his lowest point, even if he didn’t know why, he knew that Michael needed some help.

“Hey there.” Said Paulo, holding a backpack by its straps over his shoulder, he kneels down
and sits next to Michael. “Sorry bud, I know it’s been a while since we last talked, but, like
what my dad would say, it looks like you are out of aces tonight.”

“We’ve talked a couple of months ago, Paulo, when we beat up Cody.” Mike took another sip
of hi beer. “Also, your father didn’t say that, it was from a Kenny Roger song.”

“That one time doesn’t count, and Kenny Roger is his favorite musician.” Paulo laughed,
“When was the real last time we actually met, when was the last time you really needed
someone to talk to and I stepped forward? First year of high school?”

Mike let out a short laugh, smiling at his friend. “Does it look that obvious?”

“Mike, nobody sits by the road, in the middle of the night, drinking beer alone when they are
ok.” When Mike heard those words, he frowned, looking to the side. “So, what happened?
Was it Sandy?”

Mike stared at the floor, he would feel nervous, but right now, he wasn’t feeling anything.
“No... Just...” Mike sighs. “I’m going to leave town, probably tomorrow.”
“Oh.” Paulo was surprised. “Like you going to University or something?”

“Don’t know.” Mike said in a dead tone. “Maybe I’m going to my aunt’s house, maybe I’m
just going to drift around, doesn’t matter. Better if I just leave this damn place, it will be
better for anyone.”

Paulo was quiet for a moment, he nodded for a second, then grabbed one of Mike’s beers,
opening it, and taking a sip.

“You know who I’m hearing right now?” Paulo said. “The old wimp, Mike. The Mike before
he got in the track team. Before he got his shit together. I want to hear from the current Mike,
the jock Mike.”

Mike turned his head to Paulo. “Sadly, the jock Mike is fucked up and isn’t the best one to
talk to.”

“What? Did he tell his ghost of a girlfriend that she’s a bitch?” Paulo scoffed.

Michael stared dead center into Paulo’s eyes. “Well, for one, he’s been fucking his own sister
for over two months now.” It did not matter if Paulo found out, Mike was already planning to
leave town, might as well burn this bridge now.

Paulo stared wide-eyed at his friend, he held his hand up, like he was about to say something,
but his mind went blank. Mike shrugged and went back to his drink. His friend Paulo blinked
a couple of times as he had finished processing what his friend told him.

“Wow... Mike...” Paulo spoke slowly. “I’m... I’m kinda proud of you right now.”

Mike spit out beer out his mouth, like if he was a geyser. He coughs as he tries to clear his
wind pipe.
“Wh- coff-coff. What? I did not expect that from you, what?!” Mike shouted.

“I know right? You are brave enough to admit that you were having sex with your sister? I
mean, that takes balls.”

Mike stared at Paulo with a confuse look on his face. “I... I guess that makes sense?”

“Wait hold on.” Paulo raised his hand. “You ain’t raping her, right?”

“What? No!” the korat shouted. “It was her idea to begin it. I mean, I told my parents it was
my idea, but yeah... There is consent l between us.” Mike sighed, then placing a hand on his
forehead, letting out a laugh. “How can you be ok with that?!”

“Well then my dear friend,” Paulo crossed his legs, giving Mike another confident smug
smile. “ it seems like you are not the only one who indulges in the arts of familiar love
making!”

Mike looked at Paulo with a neutral expression as the gears in his brain began to turn.

“... You fucking your half-sister? Ain’t she, like, a decade younger than you?”

“I’m proud to say that I ain’t that type of person, try again bub” Paulo said with pride.

“Your dad then?”

“You get one more”

“...” Mike stared blankly towards Paulo.

Paulo frowned, “Seriously, if you get this one wrong again...”

“You doing your mom? No shit!”

Paulo let out a proud laugh into the quiet night. “Hell yeah dude. I ended up meeting her a
couple of years ago, she did not recognize me, I didn’t recognize her, I put on the classic
Paulo charm and, well.” Paulo smiles, pointing at himself with both thumbs. “I got to show
her what a good dick feels like.”

Mike gave a short laugh. “No way, dude, no way you did that.”

“Oh yeah! And guess who became a half uncle?” Paulo grins.

“Alright!” Smiling, Mike raised both of his arms, laughing at the absurdity. “No fucking way
you did it. I was being fucking serious dude.”

Paulo then placed his hand on Mike’s shoulder, staring at him with all seriousness in his
mind. “Michael, it was not a joke, I did it, I’m being dead, fucking, serious.”

The korat let out a long sigh, lowering his head, holding it with his hand. “Good god...” He
said in a low tone. “Is everyone in this town as fucked as us?”

“Guess everyone is at least a bit fucked up, right?” Paulo said, leaning back, watching the
clouds pass by. “So it’s better if you don’t panic and skip town, alright?”

“But it’s not just the incest, Paulo... My parents found out, they knew, they did not like it
and-...” Mike paused, taking a deep breath. “I hit my mother... I hit her after she hit Haley, I
couldn’t control myself. Just seeing my Haley being hurt my someone, that person yelling at
her, that made my blood boil, and I barely kept myself from closing my fist and shoving right
into her damn FACE!” A noise of glass shattering and pain snapped Mike out of his anger
induced rant.

Mike looked down, seeing that his grip had made the beer bottle to break and shatter. He
slowly opens his hand, showing it was now covered in cuts, blood and beer.

Paulo looked at his friend and nodded. “Alright.” He said quietly. “You really need someone
to talk to. But first, let’s take care of that hand first.”

Paulo and Mike walked to a 24/7 pharmacy nearby, the somali bought bandages, cotton and
alcohol to apply on Mike’s hand. It didn’t seem like he would need stitches. As the orange cat
applied first aid on his friend, he continued their conversation.

“So.” He began. “Your plan to solve this whole situation is to just ran away? Alone?”

“Mother wanted to send one of us away to our aunt’s house. She considered university, but I
don’t think she had the plan straight.”

“Oof, free uni for you, the horror.” Paulo joked. “Then why run away?”

“The best thing is for me to leave. Let’s admit it, everything I’m close to gets ruined, I’m like
a walking talking plague.”

“And now you sound like a teenager’s edgy original character, do not steal.” Paulo retorted.
“If you do care so much about your sister, don’t you think that leaving her behind will fuck
her up even more?”

“Paulo, I can survive outside by myself, I can do odd jobs, I don’t even know what the fuck
I’m doing at Community Collage... But Haley, she wants to be a nurse. She has a future
ahead of her, she has what it takes to not be a fuck-up like me.”

“A fuck-up like you?” Paulo scoffed. “Yeah, the straight A student, the guy who got to date a
hot ass model, that guy is a fuck-up? Why are you even saying all of that? Cause of the stuff
that happen with Lucy way back when?”

Mike paused, blankly looking at his injured hand. “Some time ago, Lucy found out about me,
Haley. Took pictures and tried to blackmail me. I guess she was trying to do what was right,
almost got me to turn over... But the blackmail was what got me... I beat her up then...”

Paulo paused, he was already applying the bandages on Mike’s hands, he took a moment to
breath in. “Oh, that was you?” He said in a surprised but regular tone, “But sounds like I’m
missing some context?”

Mike looked at his friend, more confused than him, “You don’t sound angry.”

“Me and Lucy... We had a certain falling out, actually a couple falling outs. Actually, we
might hate each other’s guts.” Paulo smiled. “But it’s not a story for now. Tell me more about
that blackmail thing.”

“Well... Alright then” Mike went on to explain to Paulo everything that had happened that
day, the night of their date, how Lucy went to talk with Mike, the blackmail, how she talked,
how he felt, what he did to her. All of it, there was no more reason to hide anything.

Paulo finished wrapping Mike’s hand and nodded. “Alright, I can see how you got from point
A to point B” He clapped his hands together. “It sounds like that you, Mike my dear friend,
you have an anger problem, at least when it’s related to Haley”

“Yeah.” Mike nodded, pulling his hand back. “And that’s why I gotta leave.”

Paulo shook his head. “No way dude. If what you said about Haley is true, and the way I
know her, it will only make things worse. She’s in love with you, alright?”
“Well, yeah, but I can’t take her with me! What, she’s going to do odd jobs with me? I’ll let
her live in the back of my car with me?”

A voice came from behind Mike. “Maybe you could stay instead of leaving, and figure things
out peacefully.”

Mike turned around, seeing the woman standing behind him. “Jasmine?”

The black and white cat smiled at her old friends. “Hey there, heard you needed some help.”

“How did you know I was here?” Mike frowned.

“Haley woke up and couldn’t find you in the house.” Jasmine said. “She called me in a panic,
so I went to look for you.”

Paulo laughed shortly. “Her house is nearby.” He glanced back at Jasmine, his ex-girlfriend.
“Hey, don’t worry, Mike just had a problem at home, I think I got it under control.”

“Paulo, she knows about me and Haley.” Mike spoke in a dead tone.

“Oh... Alright then, so yeah Mike’s parents found out that he and Haley were shagging.”

“Yes, she told me.” Jasmine smiled, walking towards Mike, now standing just a couple steps
away from each other. “Mike, I know that a lot is going through your head right now, but
running away from Haley will only make things worse.”

“You don’t understand.” Mike began. “Me and Haley talked about it for hours today, she kept
bringing up the idea of us running away together, throwing our lives away and live going
from place to place.”
“And your solution is just for you to run away and leave Haley behind?” Jasmine retorted.

“It feels like almost everything I get near rots away and gets worse...” Mike lowered his head,
then feeling Paulo placing a hand on his shoulder.

“I don’t think that self deprecation is the solution here, Mike. Listen, you got problems,
mainly that anger problem, but I doubt that running away will make it better.”

“Besides.” Jasmine began. “Haley will certainly run after you.” As Jasmine said those words,
Mike felt his heart sunk.

“She’ll chase me to the ends of the earth, won’t she?” Mike laughed for a moment, smiling at
how fucked he was in that situation. “And... I always run away from my problems, don’t I?”

Jasmine stepped forward. “Mike, you need to figure this out, but you gotta figure it out with
Haley and your parents.”

Mike stopped, looking at Jasmine and then Paulo. He thinks and thinks, maybe there is a
better way out of this. He then takes a deep breath and smiles.

“Alright, I still got some beer left, if you two wanna stay with me before I get home, I think
you guys can help me think”

Jasmine and Paulo looked at each other, nodding their heads.

“Yeah, we are free”

Mike, Jasmine and Paulo had walked over to the park, they sat on a bench under a streetlight.
Those had gone through just one beer each, they hadn’t talked much about the future or what
to do, they were mostly just talking about the past, what they were up to the last few years
and joking around. It helped lighten the mood.

“Wait, wait, wait.” Jasmine began, holding her hands up at Mike. “You are telling me you got
a publishing deal?”

Mike smiled back. “Yeah, I had written a short story for an anthology about a year ago.
People really liked it, so my boss talked with me about turning it into a book and publishing
it.”

Paulo facepalmed. “And you were about to throw that away?!”

Mike shrugged. “Well, it’s not like I need to be in the same city to write that book and send to
him. I mean, the guy lives in Maine, he just has an office here.”

“Oh yeah, and you are going to be able to work on the book while drifting around the state.”
Jasmine rolled her eyes. “Seriously, that could be the solution for you two.”

Mike leans back, letting out a sigh. “Yeah, you're right, if the book did well I could get a
place of my own, right?”

“Every time you make decisions in the heat of the moment, it’s always the worst decisions.”
Paulo said.

Mike let out a short laugh. “Hell yeah, dude, you're right. That’s how I got into this
situation.”

“Ooohh!” Paulo leaned towards Mike, grinning. “Tell me how it was.”

“Oh fuck no, I ain’t telling you two that.” Mike laughed.

“Was she tight?!” Paulo smirked.

“Paulo!” Shouted Jasmine, glaring at her ex.

“Hmmmm...” Mike looked up at the sky, giving a nod at the end. “She was like a glove that
was an inch too small for your hand.”

Jasmine turned her head to the face to face the korat cat. “Michael!”

“What?” Said the korat. “Just giving a small detail, nothing much.”

Jasmine groaned, leaning forward in defeat. “Boys, am I right?” she thought to herself.

“Now Paulo.” Mike grinned. “How did your mom felt?”

Paulo laughed out loud. “Now that’s the Mike we like! The fun one!”

“Hey, hey! Don’t you dare stall for time! I told mine right away, now tell yours!”

“Oh well, she kinda felt like a really comfortable wet sponge, you know? It just shaped itself
right for you”

Jasmine lowered her head, holding it with her hands. “Why do I keep getting into these
situations”
Both Mike and Paulo laughed about Jasmine’s demise, as they placed their hands on her
back, she began to laugh with them, they are truly in one weird town.

As they talked more and more, a figure began to walk down the park’s path. The trio did not
notice that person for a while. Until they stood near Michael, the group stopped talking, Mike
looked to the side, seeing his father.

Michael’s father looked down at his son, but not with disgust or anything, just seemed
relieved to see his son. He smiled. “Mike, you made Haley very worried.”

“Am I giving out a GPS signal? Why is everyone finding me?”

“I sent a message to him after I found you.” Said Jasmine.

Michael’s father looked down on him. His expression was neutral and cold, Mike couldn’t
get a good reading on him, if he was boiling angry inside and holding it back, or if he was
just dead inside. The young korat was expecting the man to hit him at any moment. He
wouldn’t blame him for it.

The father’s glance went from his son and towards his friends sitting with him. Sternly he
speaks. “I want to talk with my son alone. I hope you two understand.”

Jasmine moved her glance from Johnathan towards Mike, then to Paulo and finally back to
Johnathan. “What are you going to do with him?”

John looks towards the girl. “Jasmine, right?” He said in a cold tone.

“Y-yes, I’m Jasmine. Friend of your son and of Haley too”

John smiled at the girl. “Listen, don’t worry, I just want to talk to him, but these are family
business.”
Paulo placed his hands on Jasmine’s shoulders, whispering to her. “Let’s go, we’ll stay
nearby.”

Jasmine was hesitant, but she went along with Paulo, both of them walking a good distance
from Mike and his father.

As he watched his friends walking away, Mike leaned forward and got up, he hadn’t drunk
much, so he was ready for the possible debate he was about to have with his father.

Johnathan, Michael’s father, reached into his pocket and pulled out a cigar pack and a lighter,
pulling one out and lighting up for himself. He takes in a breath, stopping for a moment
before blowing out a small cloud of smoke.

Michael frowned in confusion, that was something new coming from his father. “Since when
do you smoke?” He asked.

John takes in another breath from the cigar and blows out another smoke. “If you find out
your son and daughter are having sex, you’ll also pick up some bad habits.” He held the cigar
pack in his hand, then moving it in towards Mike. “Want a light?”

“I don’t do that stuff.”

John laughed for a moment. “Guess not all the screws in you are loose...” Johnathan began to
think for a moment, then spitting out the cigar out of his mouth and stomping with his foot.
“Yuck.” He throws the cigar pack into a nearby trash can.

Mike let out a chuckle. “I got some beer if you prefer.”

“No.” He shook his head. “Gotta have a clear mind right now...” He looks dead center into
his son’s eyes. “Michael, I want you to understand, what you did today...” Before John could
finish, his son raised his hand, intervening.

“Unforgivable? Horrible? That in any other family I would get kicked out right away?”

John looked at his son and gave him a slow nod. “Yes, in my family, if I had hit my own
mother like that, I would have been thrown out into the streets before nightfall... But, as you
can see, our family is in a unique situation. Your mother did not react well, neither did Harley
nor you.”

“Mostly me.” Michael said in a cold tone.

“Placing all the blame on you won’t solve anything, Michael” Johnathan paused and let out a
sigh of annoyance. “Your mother, is very worried about you two, she knows what is going
through your minds, and she does not like it... Maybe she didn’t like being reminded...”

“Being reminded?” Mike frowned, confused. “Of what?”

Johnathan was quiet, like if he was judging if it was a good idea to tell his son that
information. “Michael. Do you know about your uncle Gregory?”

Michael tilted his head to the side. “I have an uncle, Gregory?”

“Well, not anymore. He was your mother’s younger brother, about a year younger than her.
From what she told me, they were very close, they lived in a small house, had the same room
for most of their lives, well into high school.”

Michael cringed. “Ish, talk about a lack of privacy.” Michael then blinked. “Wait, does that
mean...?”

Johnathan slowly nodded. “Yeah, it was a secret that your mother kept for years. She only
told me on the day I proposed, she said that if I actually wanted to marry her, that I had to
know her deepest secret, her deepest sin.”

Michael took a step back, putting his hand on his forehead as he lets a sigh of relief. “Oh,
thank god!” His father looked at him with a confused look, as Mike let out a nervous chuckle.
“For a second I thought you were going to say that you were uncle Gregory!”

Johnathan tried to hold himself back, but he couldn’t help but to burst out into a laugh, he
held his belly as he kept on laughing, laughing louder and harder than he ever did. Jasmine
and Paulo were looking from far away, wondering what was going on.

John wipes out a tear from his eye. “Alright, I think if I was your mother’s brother, we would
have no right to be mad at your two... But...” He composes himself, once again taking a
serious expression. “This is serious, my son.”

Michael nervously nodded. “Yes, yes. Sorry father.”

“Listen, when she was young, your mother and her brother were in love, they tried to keep it
private, but soon her family found out...” Johnathan was gesturing with his hand, but his grip
tightened, as if he didn’t know how to continue his explanation.

“... Dad?”

“... Listen, she was vague, but your uncle, Gregory, he would then die after getting shot when
getting mugged, but... But it was vague, your mother said she had a suspicion it was someone
in her family, maybe her father...”

“O-oh... That was...” Michael was interrupted by his father.

“Your mother went into a very dark place after that. Ran away from home, living in the street
before coming back home. She blocked most of that out of her mind, but the main point is...”
Johnathan stopped, walking closer to his son. “Your mother loves you two nearly as much as
your two love each other”
Mike slowly raised his head to face his father. “... What the fuck do we do now, dad?”

“I... I don’t know, son... I don’t know. Do... What you think of your sister?”

“Haley? Well...” Michael looked to the side, a smile began to form on his face as the image
of Haley went into his mind. “She’s amazing, she’s funny, always knows what to say to make
me feel better, whenever we talk, it feels like butter on toast, we bounce off so well. We can
sometimes talk for hours and hours, honestly, it’s getting hard to think of evenings without
her by my side. I’m always thinking of her when I see stuff that Haley would like or be
interested in. And she’s gorgeous, I love looking into her eyes, erm...” Michael topped
himself by describing Haley's body in a sexual manner.

Johnathan then facepalmed himself, letting out an annoyed groan. “Fuuuck. I was rooting that
it was just lust keeping you two going... But that’s the same reason why I got with your
mother...”

“Heh, guess the best solution if that I leave the house, right?”

“Fuck no, it will only make things worse!” John shouted.

“Everyone is saying the same.” Mike said under his breath with a smile.

“Haley would be distraught, and that would destroy your mother...” Johnathan paused,
tapping his foot for a second, thinking. “Although... Son, what are your plans in life?”

“My plans?” Mike asked, confused.

“Yes, what are you planning to do in the future.”

“I... I got a proposition from my boss, about a short story I made.”

“Oh?” John seemed impressed.

“He wants for me to develop on it and then publish it as a book, might be my gate way into a
writing career”

“You want to be a writer?” The father smiled.

“Yes, seems like it goes well with me.”

“And Haley? No ideas for her in your future? And Sandy, your girlfriend?”

Michael stopped, he hadn’t thought about Sandy in a long time. “I... I guess I would marry
San-”

“No. Tell me what you want. Forget what I, your mother, or anyone else thinks. What do you
want?”

Michael stared into his father's eyes, taking a deep breath for his answer. “I want to live with
Haley. As a partner, in our own home, while she works as a nurse and hopefully while I’m a
full time writer...”

Johnathan glared straight into his son. “Haley matters to you more than anything else in the
world?’

“Yes” Mike said sternly.

“Then why don’t you want to leave with her? Why did you say about you leaving home
alone?”

“Alone I can manage, I can do odd jobs. Haley wants to be a nurse, she wants a future, she
won’t have it with me.”

“But if you won the lottery right now, be a millionaire, be able to buy a house and pay for
Haley’s nursing school. Would you take her with you when leaving?”

“... Yes. I would.” Michael said with a nod.

“Even if your mom and I disagreed?”

“If Haley wants us to live together, then I would do it.”

“... Now...” Johnathan took a deep breath. “You want to have kids with her?”

Michael did not say a single word, he froze up, all of his muscles tensed up the moment he
said those words.

“Michael, answer the question.” John said in a serious and cold tone.

“If... I would be against it, but if Haley wanted it, and I mean, if she really wanted it, and did
not want to adopt... I would give her a child...” Before his father could say another word, he
continued. “And use all the money I could to make sure our child would grow into a health
adult!”

Johnathan let out a sigh, then crossed his arms, giving his son a nod. “Alright, alright... Let’s
go home.”
As his father turned around and began to walk away, Michael reached him with his hand. “I...
What will happen to me and Haley?”

“I’ll first tell your mother what you told me. Then I’ll ask Haley, tell your mother after...
Then we’ll think of something...” John stopped. “But, let me sure you, we will not kick any
of you out of our home...”

“I... Thank you father.” Mike smiled. “Just let me tell Jasmine and Paulo of what happened?”

“Yes, yes, it’s alright”

Ellen had woken up some time ago, early enough to see the sun rise, ever since then she had
sat by the side of her bed, her hand slowly rubbing the side of her face, it was still numb,
even after all this time, maybe a bit swollen. Her entire mind was blank, she simply stared
down at the floor, she wanted to think of what to do next, but it brought her too much dread.
What would be of her family now? What would they do? Now she only had Chris and her
husband. Would her family fall part after today? That was all running through her mind when
she tried to think.

The door of her bedroom opens, in came her husband, he looked tired, like if he had returned
from a chaotic business meeting at work. He threw his coat on the table and sat next to his
wife, taking his shoes off.

Ellen turned to him, worried, when she had woken up he wasn’t there, she thought he was in
the kitchen, or talking to the kids, but it was clear that he had left the house for a while.

“John...” Ellen began. “Where did you go?! Is everything alright? Did the kids...?!”

“Don’t worry...” John began. “Haley had woken me up, Mike left the house, I went and found
him... We talked, I talked to them when I got back…”
“Talked? About what? Johnathan, what happened?!”

John frowned, letting go of his shoes, letting them fall on the ground. “Mike and Haley are
almost as stressed as us about this whole situation. He almost made a very bad decision...” He
lays his hand on his face for a moment, catching his breath. “We... We can’t separate them. I
talked to both, the way they reacted when we came back, the way Haley looked at him, how
they ran at each other’s arms... Those two are in love”

Ellen felt her blood pressure drop as her heart sank to her stomach. For a moment, she felt the
room spin as she tried to stabilize herself. “Oh god... What are we going to do...?”

“Like I said, we can’t separate them, it will drive Haley mad for sure. Either that or it would
delay the inevitable...” Johnathan said. “Mike is mentally ready to support Haley in any way
possible, to him, she’s priority one, that bastard would climb the Everest naked for her.”
Johnathan smiled. “He was planning to leave town and separate from Haley, at least at first, I
managed to change his mind about it.”

“Why did you do that, John?!” Ellen shouted.

“Weren’t you listening to me, woman!?” John’s shout quieted his wife. “You know how
Haley is, it would only make her angrier at us, drive her inside herself. I don’t know what she
would do! For all we know, she would run away and chase Mike around the country!”

Ellen began to take deep breaths. “Bu-but... But we can’t let this continue, there has to be a
solution.”

John lowers his head, laying both hands on his face, “Ellen... Their fate was sealed the
moment they fucked each other... Hah... Haley was even ok with making a damn baby.” He
laughed.

“What...?” Ellen was perplexed.

“Michael said that she would give Haley a child if she really, really wanted one... Then
Haley told me she would have a child with Mike if he really wanted one with her...” He
moved his head to look back at his wife with a smile. “What does that remind you of?”

Ellen stared blankly into her husband's eyes. “Us...” She said. “Exactly what we said before
having Mike...”

The couple then went quiet, they couldn’t think of anything more to say to each other. They
stayed where they were for an almost a half hour, hearing their clock ticking.

Soon Ellen got up, she walked towards her wardrobe to get her morning clothes. “Alright.”
She said. “So this is the only way.”

Michael inspected the bag, he checked how sturdy it was, the material it was made of and if it
was easy to carry. Everything was fine, that thing was surely a stable and reliable bag, suited
for travelling. But the problem Mike was having with it, was the price and carrying capacity
ratio. The bag would cost a pretty penny and not be able to carry that much in it.

Mike frowns as he puts the bag down. “Aren’t there any cheaper ones?”

Jasmines squatted down next to the korat, he was careful to adjust her long dress, to not drop
too far and get dirty on the floor. “Aren’t there any bags or suitcases back home?”

“Me and dad went to check, they all had rotted away.” Mike said.

“Oh, that is the first time I heard of that happening.” Jasmine was surprised.
“Yeah, they were pretty old ones too. I think the last time we used one of them was when I
went to Acapulco.” He smiled.

“I didn’t know you went to Acapulco.” Jasmine smiled. “how was it?”

“Well, I did fall off a cliff into a river.” Mike smiled back.

Jasmine paused as she took in what she just heard. “... Hold on, again? Didn’t that happen
before when you were much younger?”

Mike and Jasmine both began to laugh at the absurdism of the korat’s life and his strange
tendency to falling off from high places and survive the process. As the laugh began to die
down, Mike noticed that there was someone standing behind him, seeing Jasmine’s
expression change to a surprised smile, the korat turned around, seeing a rather large yellow
fluffy cat behind him.

“Daisy?” Mike asked with a smile on his face.

“Hey Mike,” Daisy smiled back at her old friend, she had grown large and strong, like her
mother. For a moment, Mike thought he was standing next to her instead of her daughter, “it’s
been a while, hasn’t it?”

Mike began to get back up on her feet. “Yeah, it’s been years since you been to Roseville? I
barely recognized you.”

“Well, it has been a couple of years since I have seen you, that is. I have been coming back to
town every year for Christmas.” Daisy looked behind Mike and waved to Jasmine. “Hey
there.”

“Hi Daisy, good to see you too.” Jasmine smiled. “I’m just helping Mike out with his trip.”
“Oh that’s nice, Mike, where are you going? Is it a News Year trip?”

Mike smiled and scratched behind his head. “Well, it’s more of a move than a trip, to tell the
truth.”

Daisy tried her best, but couldn’t hide her excitement properly. “You are finally going to
University? Which one?”

Michael laughed for a moment. “No, no. Actually it is Haley, she’s going to nursing
school...” He went quiet for a moment, looking down at the bag, smiling.

“I’m going with her,” Jasmine said. “I’m planning to become a math teacher, so I’m going to
their University.”

“Oh that’s great!” Daisy celebrated. “Mike is taking you two there? ”

“Actually, I’m moving with them. We are... We are going to live together, at least for a
while.” Mike seemed shy at that moment.

“You are going to Uni there too, Mike?”

“Well no, I got a publishing deal from my boss and their offices are located in Maine, so we
are all moving there in my car.”

Daisy’s eyes widened when she heard to what state Mike was going to move. “Maine? That
is quite a long ride, right?”

“Cheaper than an airplane ticket there.” Mike joked.

“But, isn’t Maine further away from Sandy?” When Daisy finished her sentence, she realized
she had said something wrong. She covers her mouth with both her hands. “I-I’m sorry... Are
you...?”

“Oh no, we are over with that since Christmas- I... I mean before Christmas.” He stuttered.

“Ah, I didn’t know.” Daisy nodded, then glancing towards Jasmine, then back at Mike, her
gears began to turn as a smug smile formed on her face. “Yeaaaaaaah, and are you seeing
someone else?”

“Well, you... You could say that.” Mike seemed to get a bit nervous.

“Alright, alright.” Daisy giggled. “Anyway, when are you planning to move to Maine?”

“After News Years” Mike and Jasmine said at the same time.

Daisy clapped her hands together. “I got an idea! We should have a goodbye party, get
everyone back together. I’m going back to LA on January 10th.” Daisy was very excited
about that idea, after all, it might be the last time her old friends would be together again.

Both Mike and Haley raised their hands, showing resentment to Daisy’s idea. The fluffy girl
frowned and tilted her head to the side.

“Daisy, we actually had a small party planned at a bar, and the place is all booked for the
day.” Said Jasmine.

“Yeah, also it might be more awkward than anything.” Mike added.

“Oh, that’s such a shame!” Daisy was disappointed, every time she came back, she would
only hang out with Lucy, all of her other friends had from Roseville had disconnected from
her, she couldn’t even remember the last time she saw Paulo. “Well, maybe when you guys
come back, we could plan a Christmas party!”

“Y-yeah, might be a good idea, we’ll see.” We will probably never see each other after today.
But such is life. The korat thought to himself.

Daisy pulled out her phone. “Let me give you my new number and email.”

Mike faked a smile. “Yeah sure.”

The cups filled with beer clashed between each other, spilling some on the table and their
hands as the group made a toast to the future. Around the table was Michael next to his sister
Haley, on the other side was Jasmine, then Cassidy, Paulo and Mina, everyone who knew
about Mike and Haley’s affair. The group laughed together as they drank, Michael held Haley
close to him with his arm around her back, they would occasionally kiss each other from time
to time. It took a lot of self-control to not make-out too hard, after all, their parents had
forbidden any sort of intercourse in their household.

Mina looked annoyed and slightly drunk. “You two really can’t keep it in your pants, can
you?”

Paulo gave a quick laugh before laying his hand on Mina’s shoulder. “Well, sounds like
someone here is jealous.”

“Jealous to be doing incest?” Mina frowned.

“Yes, that’s right!” Haley said with a smug. “She’s mad because she doesn’t have a hot
brother to shag.”
“Maybe Paulo could be your daddy.” Cassie said with a smile similar to Haley.

Mina looked at Paulo and his shit eating grim, before blushing and lowering her head. “I
shouldn’t have said a god-damn word.”

“I don’t know, Paulo is a great boyfriend option!” Jasmine giggled. “He was great when we
dated.”

“I don’t know.” Paulo rubbed his chin. “From you two, I think I would take Cassidy.”

Cassidy gave a nervous smile. “H-hey, are you sure? I mean, would your mom be ok with
that?” She joked.

The table burst into a laugh, they weren’t worried about talking out loud, that floor of the bar
was empty, everyone was recovering from the Christmas partying and were getting ready for
the News Year Partying.

They began refilling their drinks and giving more cheers, giving more toasts and drinking
more beer. Neither of them were at the point of being considered drunks, but soon the
excitement on the table began to drop. Michael had pushed his beer aside and now was
focusing on whispering with Haley.

“So.” Paulo began. “I guess this is it.”

Jasmine gave a nod in response. “In a couple of days we’ll be going to Maine. We’ll probably
not see each other for a good while.”

“Will you three come back for Christmas and stuff like that?” Cassidy asked.

“Yes, at least at first.” Haley answered. “But if we go full on serious, we might not show up
again.”
“Are your parents really ok with that idea?” Mina asked. “Surprised they are paying for your
nursing school.”

“Surprised, they are paying part of the rent!” Mike laughed. “We figured out this would be
the best option. Although mom was upset that Haley signed up using her maiden name.”

“Could we not bring down the mood?” Paulo intervened. “This is your guys’ goodbye party,
come on!” He grabbed his cup. “One final toast? For whatever future has ready for us!”

All the others around the table smiled and swung their cups up.

“For whatever the future holds!” They cheered.

Michael slams down the car’s trunk, it was filled to the brim with cardboard boxes that he
bought at Walmart some weeks ago. It contained his and Haley’s clothes, stuff like their
books, computer and TV were in the backseat or tied on top of the car. The korat lets out a
sigh of relief as he wipes his hands clean and turns around, facing his father.

It was early in the morning, around 5 AM, his son wanted to do this drive as early as
possible, so he wouldn’t need to stop at a motel. “Did you mark rest stops at your GPS, just
in case you get tired towards the night?” He asked.

Michael gave him a nod. “Yeah, but I should get there by 9 PM, Jasmine is already there
waiting for us.”

“Alright, but driving when you are tired, that is very dangerous... Listen, if you do get tired,
just go to a motel with your sister... Yeah.” John sighed, feeling the struggle inside him.
“Alright.” Mike said.

The two men stared at each other, they felt the cold window blowing around them, it had
snowed the night before, the sidewalk and their garden were covered in snow, three inch deep
snow. There was an awkward silence between the two men.

“Mom ain’t coming out to say bye?” Mike asked as he looked at the house. He had already
said bye to his brother Chris, he had begged his big brother to wake him up before he left,
then the little guy passed out back into his sleep.

“If she did, she wouldn’t let you go.” John said.

“Yeah, guess that’s why Haley went to Jasmine’s place to pick up some stuff she left
behind...” Mike let out a sigh. “Guess this is...”

Johnathan placed his hand on Mike’s shoulder. “Son.” He began. “If this all is just a phase.
Your mother and I will take you two back. I'm a serious son, this goodbye doesn’t have to be
final.”

Michael smiled back at his father. “Thank you dad... But I don’t think it is just something we
can get out of our system.”

John smiled, taking his hand back and placing it on his waist. “Stay safe, stay together, write
home... And please, stay well. You, your sister and Jasmine.”

Michael’s eyes began to tear up, but he managed to hold back his emotions. “Thank you dad.
I’ll miss you.”

“Me too soon.”

Michael gave his old man a nod, trying to hold back his tears. “... Goodbye, dad...”
Johnathan smiled back, trying to not break down into tears. “Goodbye, son...”

Michael turned around and walked into his car, starting it, then checking the mirror, seeing
his dad for what could be the last time. He took a deep breath and began to drive away, going
to take his sister Haley to their new life together.
 6 - Epilogue (Part 1)

As the knight held his broken sword, his mind returned to his youth, to the wizard, to his
brothers and sisters. As the last knight laid on the dirty, his body injured, his armor shattered,
he remembered the final words the wizard told him before gifting the sword. He
remembered...

The writer taps his pencil against the paper. He’s been on this same page for the last two
days, writing about a knight from a lost village who has just defeated the King of the Shades,
how he lost everything he held dear and now stood face to face with death. He had trouble
thinking on how to end this story.

In reality, the writer was struggling with the entire story for this whole year. After all, it was
not his idea to write this, it was his editor. Get away from sci-fi and political drama, he said,
try something more classic, he said, won’t hurt to try fantasy, he said.

The korat drops his pen on the table as he then leans back on the chair, stretching. “God, I
hate writing High Fantasy” He said to himself.

He taps his foot on the floor, maybe all he needs is to go out and clear his mind, after all, he
hasn’t left the house for the whole week. Maybe some fresh air would help loose up the gears
in his head. But that usually just makes him think of other stories he could be writing.

Mike feels a pair of hands sliding through his chest, gently hugging him as a head lies on top
of his. He didn’t need to see the black and white coloration of her body to know who it was,
the touch was enough. The korat smiles and welcomes the embrace from one of his partners.
Both held each other for a good minute, not saying anything, just feeling the moment.

The black and white cat sighs, she was already in her early 30s, like him, but it badly showed,
both of them kept their bodies in tiptop shape throughout these years.

“Working hard these past few days?” She asked.

Mike gives her a nod. “Trying to finish this last chapter, send the final draft to the editor.” He
lets out an annoyed sigh.

Jasmine frowned. “I thought your deadline was until January, you still got months before
sending it over.”

“Yeah, but you know how I like it, take a couple of weeks before the deadline to read it over,
double check, see if there are things I can improve on.” Mike smiled. “That’s how I am.”

Jasmine nodded. “Ah, alright, but you think it will be ready before Christmas?”

“Hmmm? Well, maybe, why do you...?” Michael stopped, then leaning forward, escaping his
partner's grasp, he lays his hand on his forehead. “Damn, the invitation...”

“Yeah, I been meaning to ask, Mike. Are you accepting your parent’s invitation for
Christmas?” They would rarely bring up Michael’s family. Actually, they haven’t even said
their names in the last decade, so it felt strange to just bring them up like that. “I mean, it’s
been decades since...”

“Yeah...” Mike agreed, then getting up off his chair and stretching. “You're right, I have been
putting that off for quite a while.” He began to tap his foot on the floor. “I think I should send
a response to them before December starts, right?” Mike turned to Jasmine.

“Just remember that December starts in less than a week, Mike.” Jasmine smiled.

“Yeah, I think I’ll take a walk around the garden first, get some fresh air in my head.”

“Alright hon, I’ll get lunch ready.” Jasmine smiled as she watched her partner get up from his
chair and leave the room.
Michael then calmly walked through his house and towards the stairs. They had managed to
find and buy an old house in Broad Meadows nearly a decade ago. It was quite a fixer-upper,
but still it ended up as a great investment. Two store houses, basement, attic and a lot of
rooms. A lot of space that they would surely need for the future, they were diffidently sure of
it.

Michael makes his way towards the door of the living room, skillfully dodging all the random
stuff scattered around the floor, a small jacket, Legos, dinosaur toys, skate board and
handheld system. It was no trouble to him, after all, he is already used to it, but he knows that
a certain someone will get a talking to real soon.

Michael leaves the house by the front door and walks down the house’s porch, to the front
garden. He steps through the grass and looks around, his garden was filled with yellow, blue
and pink flowers, an idea from Jasmine, the school where she works at had decided to start a
small gardening club for the elementary school children there, and so she was elected the
supervisor. After that, she started doing some gardening around the house, planted daisies,
roses, poppies, lilies, even sunflowers. It was a lot of work, but the results were amazing, also
the hedge fence, that was mostly his responsibility to upkeep.

The korat man looks around the neighborhood, there wasn’t much to see, that house was
located somewhat far away from the town, and slightly into the forest, it was almost a
homestead, but they were still connected to the grid, one of the reasons why they were able to
afford it. They still had some neighbors, but they weren’t many and are spread apart.

Before Mike could start thinking if he would or not return to Roseville for Christmas, he
heard a noise coming from behind him, of something rolling on the ground. Soon, her sees a
soccer ball slowly rolling by him on the grass. The korat rolls his eyes as he then lifts his
foot, placing on the ball.

Michael sighs as he turns his face to the side to look behind him. “Penny...” He began in a
neutral tone. “What are you doing?”

Behind Michael, was a short cat girl, fur was gray like his, green emerald-like eyes, short hair
that only reached her neck, and she is the energy of a bullet train. Her name was Penny, she
was about 7 years old now, and she wore an orange baseball cap, her mother had tried to get
her a green one, but she liked orange better.
The girl held her hands behind her back, trying to act innocent. “Nothing pops...”

“Oh really?” Michael said playfully. “It looked like you were playing soccer in the front yard
again.”

“I was taking it to the backyard.” It was a normal rule that Penny couldn’t play in the front
yard, with the danger of messing up the plants, also being near the road, even if there wasn’t
much movement there, they would rather if she stayed in the backyard when playing alone.

“Oh really?” Mike smiled. “Also, did you remember to put your toys away today?”

“Hmmmm...” Penny began to look around nervous.

“... Penny...” Mike spoke sternly. “Remember what I told you...”

Penny lets out an annoyed groan, throwing her arms forward as she then makes her way back
home. “I’m going, I’m going.”

Michael smiled, that little girl might be a handful sometimes, but still it was their little angel,
she just needs some discipline.

The korat bends over, picking up the soccer ball with his hands. He spins it around, he began
to think back on the reason why he came out here in the first place.

Michael then called back to his daughter before she entered the house. “Penny, one second.”

The girl turned around. “What is it, pops?”

“Tell me, what are your friend's plans for Christmas?”

Penny began to think, tapping her foot. “I don’t know, I think some of them are going to visit
family on Christmas or something. Why?” Penny asked.

“Well...” Michael looked down at the ball, smiling. “Kiddo, what do you know about your
grandparents? My parents, I mean...”

“... You and mom said that they are always busy and lived far way.” Penny walked towards
the porch, holding one of the wood pillars as she swung one of her legs from side to side.
“Why?”

“Ever... Ever wanted to meet them?”

“Oh that depends.” Penny spoke.

“It depends?”

“If they are going to give me presents.” Penny said innocently.

Michael bursts into a laugh. “That’s what it depends on!?” He laughed.

“Hey!” Penny protested. “They owe me, like, fourteen presents by now!”

Michael learn burst out laughing again. “Fourteen?! Alright! Alright!” He began to calm
down. “Yeah... Anyway, go put your toys away, after that, how about if we played a soccer or
baseball match?”

Penny’s expression changed to excitement. “For real? Ok! Ok! I’m putting them away!”
Mike laughed, watching his daughter ran into the house, he could already hear the girl
scrambling to put all of her toys away. Maybe it wouldn’t be much of a bad idea after all. The
korat gently kicks the ball to the side, letting it roll on the grass towards the house, he still
had to put some thinking into it. Coming home, after all this time, years without
communicating with his parents, no connection with his old friends, living peaceful in a small
town. Hell, they don’t even know about Penny, how would he tell them.

The father of the family was lost in thought, his stare moved through the forest, he was in
deep concentration, so he didn’t hear someone arriving opening the fence door and hugging
him from behind.

Michael was somewhat surprised, but he recognized that scent, he turned his head to the side,
seeing his other partner, the love of his life.

“Hey Haley, already back from the hospital?” He smiled.

“I had an earlier shift today, I went out before you woke up.” Haley smiled, moving to her
husband’s front, Haley had grown into a gorgeous woman, some of her assets had developed
since her youth, she could thank having Penny for most of that. She had much longer hair
now, down to her shoulders, she would usually tie into a bum when at work. But she still
wore that blue scarf around her neck.

Mike smiled, then kissing his wife on the lips while in a loving embrace, to everyone they
were Mister and Misses Sawyer, they used their mother maiden name when they changed
their names so they could be together. They thought it fit well.

As they broke the kiss, Haley smiled. “So, what are you thinking about, some more stuff for
your book?” She knew the look her husband would make whenever he was in deep in
thought.

Mister Sawyer smiled, hugging his wife tighter. “Oh well, you know, thinking about
Christmas and, well, the invitation our parents made to us.” Haley was already informed
about that little invitation.
“You seriously thinking about going back and seeing them? After all this time?” Haley
smiled, almost as if it was a joke.

“We were gone for more than a decade, love, they are old now, they must miss us.” Mike and
Haley were already pushing into their mid 30s, almost the same age their parents were when
they were Penny’s age.

“Are you sure, Mike...? What about Penny, how do you think they’ll react?”

Mike paused for a moment. “My idea is to ask Jasmine to send an email, preparing them for
this news, and then... Well, maybe it could be a good way to see if we should just cut off all
contact with them, depending on their response.”

“Cut off contact? You mean asking Jasmine to never login into that email again?” The only
form of contact that Mike and Haley’s parents had been an old email that Jasmine had, the
only way they had to communicate, and they only did for that invitation.

“Haley...” Michael let out a sigh. “... I miss them... Sorry, I know we're talking about this
before getting married and all, but...” Mike stopped talking as he felt his wife’s head pressing
against his chest.

“I know...” Haley said quietly. “I miss them too, Mike... I miss them too...” The wife took a
deep breath, nearly sounding like she was crying for a second. “But... I’m afraid of how
they’ll react, I mean, seeing them after all this time and then showing off our daughter?”

“Well, they might as well be mentally prepared for this, right? I mean, the incestuous duo
cuts off communication for more than a decade, like, what do they think we are doing?
Running an orphanage?” Mike joked, trying to hold back his laughter. Haley looked up at
him, doing the same, also trying to not laugh.

“Alright, Mickie, you're totally right...” Haley said. “But yes, we might want to warn them to
get ready for a shock...”
Before Mike could respond to his wife, they heard a shout coming from inside their house,
from their daughter.

“Dad!” Penny shouted. “I put my toys away!”

Michael lets out a small chuckle. “Alright, I’ll play ball with the goblin for a bit, we talk
about it later, hon.” He picks up the ball just when Penny bursts out of the door, finally
coming to play.

Night had come, the residents of the house had already eaten supper and Michael had played
with Penny for almost the whole afternoon, making it easier to put her to bed. Now the clock
near his stand flashed, saying it was past midnight, but he stayed awake on his bed, looking
up at the ceiling as his mind wondered. A woman next to him moaned as she turned to the
side, facing her partner, she pressed her bare chest against his arm, and laid her hand on his
chest, the black and white woman smiled at her partner.

“Can’t sleep?” Tonight was Jasmine’s turn to sleep with Michael, she had lived with him and
Haley for years and years, even after they moved out after college. But when they decided to
get married, Jasmine decided to stick along, she was practically Mike’s second wife.
Jasmine’s specific branch of Christianity apparently allowed polygamy. On paper, Mike was
married to Haley, under a different name, but it was with Jasmine where they had a small
wedding ceremony.

“Yeah, sorry, old habit.” Mike apologized. “Just thinking about going back home after all this
time. We might bump into some people we're having seen in forever from back then.”

“You talked to Paulo, and Cassidy too.” Jasmine then makes a smug smile. “Although you
did more than talk with Cassidy”

“Please don’t bring that up, I asked you to not do that” Even thought his wives had planned
that encounter, Mike still felt guilty about taking Cassie to bed. He said it were too many
debaucheries at that point.

“Afraid to meet her when you go back?” Jasmine giggled, then let out a sigh, hugging her
partner tighter. “Tell me what’s wrong.”

“It is... Going back there, if I meet people from outside the family, what I’m going to say?
Hello, this is my wife Haley, don’t ask why she looks like my sister and has the same name as
her. Also, don’t ask where’s my sister. How am I going to present my daughter?”

“How about if we keep the wife information on a need to know basis? Just keep it vague”

“That might work... I mean, Penny calls both of your mom... Actually, she calls almost every
woman she meets mom”

“Yeah, guess how she thinks female authority figures are to her.” Jasmine chuckled.
“Anyway, if anyone comes and asks who’s your wife, you point to me. When you present
Penny, just say she’s your daughter, they don’t need to know who her mom is... Also, there is
the other thing that Penny does...” Jasmine paused, looking into Michael’s eyes.

Mike just looked back, then glanced to the side, thinking about that fact, seemed like a good
idea to him, might even work, but he shook his head, he was too tired. “Alright hon, let’s
sleep on it, later we think more about it.”

A blue Toyota drives down a road, passing by a sign saying Welcome to Roseville. Michael
drove the car while sighing a cheerful tune, a song called “The Dublin Pub Crawl”, one of
those additive songs where you keep adding things to the verses as it goes on, like “A house
that Jack built” but more alcoholic. Mike sang that song with his Jasmine and Penny, might
not be the best thing for a child to be singing, but again, some nursery rhymes are about
people dying in the plague, so as far they are concerned, she can sing it.
They only came to stop singing when Haley said that she would buy two new games for
Penny if they stopped. A bit of a mood kill for Mike, even though they were now married and
could barely remember the times he called her his sister, Mike still liked to tease Haley
sometimes.

As the car fell into a silence, they began to drive by old parts of the town that they used to
know, some memories began to return to Mike’s mind, mostly random memories of him
walking by those areas to get to places, short talks he had with his old friends.

“Oh” Haley began. “The karate dojo is gone.”

“Really?” Mike asked.

“Yeah, now it’s a flower shop... Actually, a lot of the shops are gone, the small grocery shop,
that ice cream shop, the burger tron place...”

“The burger tron join closed down when I finished High school,” Mike said.

“Wait really?” Haley asked confused.

“Yeah, don’t you remember? There was that employee that tried setting fire to the place, then
it shut down.” Said Jasmine.

Haley turned around to face her friend. “Didn’t they also find about a drug operation there?”

“Nope, that one was in Texas.”

“Oh yeah. How did I forget that?”

“Don’t know...” Michael felt an uneasiness inside him. “Girls, is it just me or does it feel
weird to be back here?” Mike looked around from time to time as he slowly drove along the
road. “I don’t know, we were gone for more than a decade and... Shouldn’t I be feeling some
nostalgia?”

“I’m not feeling any, dad.” Penny spoke while still playing on her Switch.

Mike laughed, “Oh really? I wonder why that is.”

“This place looks really boring.” Penny commented.

Jasmine laughed. “Boring? We live next to a forest and with only one neighbor nearby.”

“Forests are cool, anything can pop out at any time. Towns are boring, remind me of school.”

“Alright, we’ll throw you into the forest later today.” Michael joked.

“Really daddy!” Penny cheered.

“If you behave.” Mike joked as the girls laughed with him.

Mike slows down the car, pulling it over to the side of the road as he takes a deep breath. He
pulls the parking brake and turns off his vehicle, looking out of the window.

“Well... Here we are.”

Now Mike began to feel that nostalgia. Out of the window he looked at his childhood home,
the grass was covered in snow, the walls had a new coat of paint. The korat’s gaze moved
towards the upper floors to where his old room was, its window was closed and had the
curtains pulled over, maybe his room was now empty and filled with dust, or maybe his
parents left it like it was, maybe did they do the same with his wife’s room?

Michael chuckled to himself, his wife’s room, was what he thought to himself, sometimes he
forgets that the love of his life is his blood sister. How casual things have become, sometimes
he believes his own lie that they met at community college and their parents weren’t the best
ones. He would rarely think of Haley as his sister, it actually felt weird thinking that.

Mike let’s out a sigh as he opens the car’s door. “Alright, I’ll go see if they are home and if...
Uuuhhh... If there wasn’t a sudden change of plans.”

“Alright honey.” Haley began. “I’ll get the things out of the car.”

Mike gave her a nod as he then left the car, shutting the door behind him, he walks down the
snow covered path towards the house, it’s hard for him to explain why, as he walked that
path, old memories of him began to come back, memories of him doing the same over and
over again throughout the years, almost felt like another life, back in the day if felt so
mundane, but now, it’s different.

Mike rung the doorbell, he could hear the buzz echoing through the house, there was a long
silence afterward, maybe they didn’t hear it, Mike thought to himself as he pressed the
doorbell again, soon he heard quick footsteps coming close to the door as then someone
opened it.

In front of Mike was another korat, a young one, about his age before he left home, he would
look like an exact copy of him from that time, except for the longer hair. It was practically
uncanny.

“Hey, sorry, what can I help you...?” The young man asked.

Michael blinked at the korat, slowly recognizing him as a smile formed on his face. “...
Chris? Is that you?”
The younger korat blinked back, looking at the older man in front him, checking from top to
bottom. “... Mike?”

The two korats looked at each other, a smile slowly forming on their faces as they looked at
each other, they began to let out a short laugh as they couldn’t believe of who stood in front
of them.

“Mike!” Chris spread his arms open.

“Chris!” Mike stepped in, hugging his little brother, lifting him off the ground with ease.

His brother lowered him back to the floor, the younger korat took a step back and laughed in
joy. “Dude! Look at you! You almost look like dad if he shaved off the mustache!”

“And I barely recognized you! You look just like me with longer hair!” Mike laughed.

“Yeah, yeah, people keep saying that to me, kinda gets annoying, so I let my hair grow.”

“Did it help?” Mike asked.

“Ah, no, they just say that I look like a metal heard version of you.” Chris complained.

Mike chuckled, “That’s rough, buddy...” He glances into the house, seeing that there wasn’t
anyone there. “Where are mom and dad?”

“Oh, they went to buy some groceries for the Christmas party. But come in dude, come in! I
got your old room ready. For you and the... Hmmm, the girls.” Chris turned around to show
Mike where he would stay for the next few days.
Chris lets out a sigh as he places his brother's luggage on his old bed. “Alright, we cleaned
the room yesterday, but tell me if you start sneezing because of some leftover dust, ok?”

“Don’t worry, lil bro, I bet you did a great job here.” Mike smiled.

Chris smiled back. “Alright, so you’ll be staying here, Penny will stay at Haley’s old room...
And you’ll be staying with...”

A voice came from behind them. “With Jasmine.” The two korats turned around, seeing that
Haley stood on Mike’s doorway. “I’ll be sleeping with Penny, it’s her first time in a place so
far away from home, after all.”

“Yeah, she might be scared.” Chris said.

“Actually, she might try to pull some prank if I don’t supervise her at night.” Haley’s gaze
shifted to Mike. “I don’t think I need to remind about the basement event.”

“Haley...” Mike rubbed his eyes with annoyance, letting out a groan. “... For the last time, the
basement was not her fault.”

“Keep telling yourself that.” Haley laughed, then turning around. “Alright, I’ll go make sure
our girl isn’t planning anything.”

Chris watches on as he sees his sister walk away. The young korat let’s out a sigh before then
sitting back on the bed, looking pessimistic at the ground.

Mike could tell that something bothered his younger brother, and he probably knew what was
the issue. The older korat sits next to his younger brother. “Something bothering your mind?”
He asked.
“Yeah...” Chris slowly turned to his brother. “So, you and Haley went away and you guys
stopped talking to us... Mum and dad, they... We're kinda vague and didn’t like to answer my
questions, but, well... I overheard some of their conversations, and that Penny girl, combined
with the way you and Haley talk...” He took a deep breath. “Are you two actually... You
know?”

“... Married...?”

Chris only nodded in response.

“... Yes...” Mike said in a dead tone. “We are married, our names are Mike and Haley
Sawyer... Penny is ours, and she’s the pride of my life.” Mike smiled.

“Woah...” Chris was in momentary shock. “I wasn’t expecting you to admit so fast...”

“I don’t dance around issues, I don’t like it, always makes things worse.” Mike spoke in a
stern tone. “That was what happened and that’s what we are. If it’s an issue, don’t worry,
we’ll be gone in a couple of days. But just remember that I don’t want it public, alright?”

“Oh, don’t be like that, Mike.” Chris frowned. “You have been gone for more than a decade,
this is the first time I have to talk to you!”

Mike chuckled. “You still wanna talk to me after knowing what I’m doing to my own sister.”

“You are still family, Mike, and Haley is still my sister, ok? It’s fucked not knowing what you
two been doing this past few years...” Chris paused when looking at Mike’s facial expression.
“Why are you smirking... Oh, no dude!”

Michael smirked. “Hey, I didn’t say anything.”

“Yeah, but you implied...! Urgh, I gotta go bleach my brain!” Chris got up and walked out of
the room, his brother followed him out to the corridor.

“Come on, dude, don’t be like that.” Mike laughed.

“I really don’t want to know any details' bro!” Chris laughed as he walked downstairs.

“I’m not going to give you any details, but we were just about to catch up!” As Mike reached
the top of the stairs, he heard the sound of the front door being open. He stopped in his tracks,
he felt his heart go cold for a moment, he felt nervous.

The korat looked over the staircase and down towards the living room, seeing two elder
korats walking into the house, one wearing a suit with a large mustache and the other a lady
with a gray dress and longer hair. Even thought years have passed without even seeing a
picture of them, Mike could still recognize them.

The two elder cats, who are in their late 50s, looked up at the staircase, seeing the adult korat
standing there, for a moment they did not recognized him, but soon a smile began to form on
their faces.

Mike began to walk down the flight of stairs, going towards the couple. Standing next to
them, he was slightly taller than the man he once called father, at first it was a strange feeling
for him, he was so used to always looking up to that man, now he was eye to eye.

“Hey, been a while, right?” Mike said with a smile.

John smiled back at him, looking his son up and down, seeing how much he’s changed. “You
got taller...” He takes another look at his son. “... And wider too.”

“Glad to see you didn’t grow forward.” Ellen joked, smiling at her son. “How have you been,
Michael?”
The korat smiled. “Well things have been going well, got my own house, a lot of real state,
publishing a new book soon.”

Ellen smiled wider when hearing this news. “Oh, you are an author now!”

“I don’t think I have ever seen your name on any books. I hope you aren’t making self-help
books.” John joked.

“Ah no,” Mike laughed back, “I go by the pen name M.S. Sawyer.”

John’s eyes widen. “M.S. Sawyer? I have your books!” He was impressed. “I was always
upset that you never did any public appearances.”

“Yeah, also my editor likes the mystery that being anonymous brings. He said it might have
increased the sales by 5%.” Mike chuckled. “To tell the truth, I don’t like the spotlight.”

Ellen then smirked. “M.S. Sawyer? Seems like you took my maiden name.”

“Yeah, we took your maiden name, actually. We-” Mike then stopped talking for a moment,
feeling something grabbing his tail and leg from behind. He turns his head, seeing the little
gremlin that he calls a daughter holding him.

The small korat held her father firmly, looking up at the two strangers in front of her. “Who
are they?” She asked.

Mike smirked at the now shy girl next to him. “I don’t know, you tell me, you were the great
cat detective a couple of weeks ago.”

The little girl pouted in response.

The old couple both chuckled, Johnathan knelled down, facing the girl at eye level. “Who
you might be, little girl?” Penny simply pouted in response. “Hmmm, alright then,” he points
at Michael, “do you know who that guy is to you?”

Penny quickly nodded. “That’s my dad!”

“Yes, yes! And do you know what I am to him? It has a similar answer.” John smiled.

Penny paused for a moment, feeling awfully shy. “You are his dad too?”

“Ooohhh!” John said playfully. “You are a bright one, aren’t you? But tell me, what does that
make us?”

“... You are my grandpa!” Penny answered right away.

“Yes! Yes! Very good!” John smiled.

“It means you own me 7 birthday presents!” Penny exclaimed.

John tried to hold back his laughed. “... Alright, alright, how about this, why don’t we go get
some ice cream as a reward for now?”

“Yes!” Penny answered right away.

“Wait hold on!” Michael objected. “Lunch is in a couple of hours, it’s going to ruin her
appetite!”
Ellen, Mike’s mother, stepped forward. “Now, don’t be like that, it’s Christmas, let that little
girl have some fun.”

“It’s the 20th.” Mike frowned.

“Still, let them have some bonding, you can help me get lunch ready.” She smiled.

Mike was about to object to it, but he saw that Penny and his father were already at the door,
about to leave. He simply let out a sigh and nodded.

“Alright, alright.” Mike said. “Let’s get the food ready.” At least seems like everything is
going smoothly. Mike thought to himself.

Michael places cut pieces of chicken into the frying pan, he had actually impressed his
mother that not only he had learned how to cook, but also that he was pretty good at it, at
least it is what it seems, she’s yet to taste her son’s food, but for how she saw him seasoning
the food, it will come out tasting very good.

Meanwhile, Ellen was next to Mike, cutting up some vegetables for a salad, her son would
sometimes comment how she had aged gracefully, just a couple of wrinkles and smiles lines
around her face. Ellen would thank him by also commenting on how much like his father he
looked now. But both could tell that they were dancing around the elephant in the room.

“Well then” Ellen slid the cut vegetables into a bowl as she lets’s out a sigh. “I have noticed
that Penny lacks black and white in her fur.”

Michael mixed the chicken around in the pan, giving a neutral nod. “Yes, she’s mine and
Haley’s.” Mike let’s out a small chuckle. “Actually reminds me a lot of her when she was
young, she’s brazen like her.”
“Brazen like you two.” Ellen joked. “Although, I am impressed you didn’t try to claim her
mother was Jasmine, I would have bought it.”

“Didn’t Jasmine told you that Penny was me and Haley’s, I thought she told you in the
email.”

“She did, but you could still have tried to back paddle...” Ellen let’s go of the bowl, moving
her hand to her right temple, slowly rubbing it. “So, how are you planning to explain all of
this?”

Mike frowned, confused. “Explain it to dad?”

“To any of your old friends...” Ellen steps away from the counter, letting out a sigh. “The
people you knew before you left didn’t cease to exist, son. To this day, Daisy still asks if you
are coming to visit.”

“Daisy...? Oh yeah, Daisy, that yellow cat that I went to school with? I thought she would
have forgotten me by this point, she still lives in Roseville?”

“No, in another states, I think on the other coast actually, but comes every Christmas. Her,
Amaya, Sue, Lucy, James, all of them been asking what happen to you... Well, not all the
time, but happens often enough for me to remember.”

Mike pauses, wincing for a moment, he places the lid on the pan then taking a step back.
“Lucy? She’s been asking what happen to me?”

Ellen gave her son a nod. “I were hearing from her the most. Although it makes sense, she
works part-time as a cashier at the grocery store.”

“She's a part-time cashier? I kinda thought she would be something... I don’t know, full
time?”
“Well, I heard from her mother, but I think she works doing videos on the internet?” Ellen
was about to explain more about what she heard from her old friend, but she stopped when
she heard the front door opening with the cheering of Penny. Ellen clapped her hands. “Well
then, seems like everything is almost ready, let’s serve the table?”

Mike lifted the pan for a moment, checking the chicken. “Yeah, another minute and the
chicken should be good. Let’s get the table ready.”

Dinner had gone well, the whole family had gathered for the first time in more than a decade.
Mike barely had time to eat his food, spending all that time talking with his father and Chris,
mostly about what he’s been doing, his writing and what his little brother has been up to
lately.

Haley was mostly talking with her daughter and her father, even thought things were better,
there was still an awkward aura between Haley and her mother. But it is better to not rush
things.

It was now 9PM and everyone was preparing to go to sleep. Michael, fresh off the bath,
walked back into his old bedroom, he’s welcomed by Jasmine, laying on his old bed in her
pajamas.

Jasmine smiled back at her partner. “Well, today was a productive day, wasn’t it? Things
went smooth with your parents, they took Penny well...”

Mike smiled and sat on the opposite side of the bed. “Although mom and Haley aren’t
talking, at least not as much as I wished they were.” He took his flip-flops off.

“Can’t blame them, they were most of the reason you guys had to part ways. So to heal that
wound, it might take a long time...” Jasmine sighed. “Wouldn’t blame them if they didn’t
want to make amends.”
Mike was pensive, he leaned forward with both arms resting on his legs, his right foot was
twitching frenetically for a good minute before he groaned and quickly began to get to bed,
throwing the thick blanket on himself.

“Too tired to worry about this kind of stuff, better to just sleep it off and talk with Haley
tomorrow morning.”

“Oh?” Jasmine smiled. “What are you planning for tomorrow?”

“Go for a walk and see how the neighborhood changed, I guess. What you got planned for
tomorrow?”

“Well, I think I’ll take Penny to the park and then to the mall with your father.” Jasmine
didn’t have plans to go and visit her parents, they had moved out of Roseville years ago.
“And then...” Jasmine paused, pensive, gently rubbing her belly under the covers.

“Then what?” Michael asked.

“Uhh, I’ll figure it out then.” Better to save it for later. She thought to herself. “...
Although...” Jasmine scoots herself to the right, near Mike, she lays her hand on his chest,
gently caressing it. “I might have an idea of what to do now.” She smiled.

The korat smiled back at her, his arm moving below her. “I thought you were jet legged from
the trip here.”

“Well, let’s say I need to relief some accumulated tension.” She smirked.

Michael held her close by the waist, his free hand then grabbed the side of her shorts and
slowly pulled them down with the underwear. Jasmine removed her top by herself, pushing it
to the side of the bed somewhere.
Jasmine felt her partner slowly rub her bare thigh. “Let me turn around, alright?”

“Oh, you want to do the backdoor?” Mike asked. “Playing safe?” Mike was a bit surprised,
they weren’t exactly trying to have a kid together, they had decided to let fate take its course
when having a second child, at least when things were stable.

“Yeah, just in the mood for that, you know, like some nostalgia?” Jasmine chuckled.

“Nostalgia?” Mike was confused. “Oh yeah, that... Yeah...” It took a couple of years before
Jasmine told Mike about their first intercourse, the poor korat was apologizing to her
practically every day after that.

Michael helped Jasmine to turn around, then laying both of his arms on her waist, pulling the
black and white girl closer to him. With her bottom laying above his lap, she could feel her
partner’s manhood pressing against her crotch, she felt it slowly rub back and forth, teasing
her.

Jasmine let out a groan mixed with annoyance and lust. Michael let out a small chuckle, then
pulling his hips back, she felt something hard press against her back entrance, compared to
the first time, it didn’t need much force for him to get in, her muscles easily giving always
and the gray man slowly and easily penetrating the girl.

Mike pushing deeper and deeper, he could feel Jasmine tense up, she grabbed one of his
arms, guiding it to her bare chest.

“I can feel you are pretty tense, love, something bothering you?” Michael joked.

“Yeah.” Jasmine moaned, learning forward. “Worried you got one of us a pervy present
again.” She joked.
“Hey, not my fault you gave me your wrong size. And you have to admit, you looked cute in
that bikini.” Two years ago, Mike was planning to build a pool in their backward, he bought
his girls some swimsuits as an opening gift people telling them. Sadly, he never got to build
the pool, an issue with the terrain, so Haley and Jasmine only wore those bikinis in private
times.

“Yeah, sure it was.” Jasmine then began to take matters into her own hands, slightly
readjusting herself to have enough leverage to control the pace. Bobbing herself up and down
at a faster pace, making sure to wiggle her bottom from side to side when going down.

Mike held back an annoyed and lustful moan, he to concentrate to keep himself calm down
there. Jasmine knew that this was his weak point, that tight wiggle she did.

“Come on Jasmine.” Michael whined. “It’s been a while, let’s enjoy this.”

Jasmine gave her partner a smirk. “Really? Thought you liked some teasing yourself.”

“Oh yeah, so how about if I pin you down like before...?”

“I... You wouldn’t.” Jasmine blushed a bright red.

“Yeah, ass up, face pin down, completely defenceless.” Michael waited a moment until
Jasmine stopped wiggling. He smiled and held her breast right, using his thumb and index to
play with her nipples, the way she liked it. “Sorry, sorry, let us both enjoy this, alright?”

Jasmine showed Mike her tongue playfully. “You are a jerk sometimes, you know?” A smile
formed on her face as she felt her partner had decided to pick up a faster pace than before,
she had to cover her mouth with her hand to keep herself from moaning too loud.

Mike, always the thoughtful one, had pulled the bed back before they went to sleep,
preventing the shaking from bumping the wall, still he had to keep and slower pace than he
liked, keeping the bed creaking to a minimum. He placed his free hand on Jasmine bare
crotch, gently rubbing it up and down.

“Yo-you close?” Mike heard Jasmine ask under her breath, he only gave a distinguishable
moan as a response. “Yeah, finish it up honey, bet you been holding that for a while.”
Jasmine felt Mike’s grip tighten around her body, squeezing her breast and her crotch. She
could feel his manhood twitch and pulsate, pumping a warm and sticky liquid in her back
area.

They both held each other close, both heavily panting as they let the afterglow go on. They
had been at it for just about 15 minutes, but they were already sweating bullets.

As Jasmine let Michael regain his energy, she turned her head to face him. “How was it, big
guy?” She asked with a smile.

“As always, you feel amazing.” Mike had a wide smile on his face.

Jasmine stretched her arm out to the cupboard, pulling some tissues out of the drawer. “You
made a lot this time, want the usual 15 minutes to recover or...”

“No, 15 minutes should be enough, I can play with you while I recover.” He moved both of
his hands up to Jasmine’s breasts, playing with them. “Actually, I might only need 10.”

“Gosh, you really needed this.” Jasmine laughed as she whipped off the mess. Something told
her that they might be at it for a good while.

Michael could hear the birds singing outside his window, that brought up some old memories
of his youth. He remembered Blur, that bird that used to be with him in his youth, what might
have happened to him? For all he knew, he had gotten eaten by another animal, or maybe he
had a family now. Then Mike thinks about all the other pets that his neighbor had, Yashi,
Lily, Chirpy... Then it downs on him that they might all be dead right now.
Yes, they are all most likely dead at this point.

But that was all just a daydream, it was 7AM and the korat barely felt enough energy to get
up from the bed, it took almost all he had to pull himself up. He can feel that every cell of his
body lacks the necessary rest he should have gotten, of course, after all, him and Jasmine
only had five to six hours of sleep. Seems like it wasn’t only him who needed to let out some
steam. They both were had a lot of built-up steam.

Mike could already hear Penny running around the house, playing some game, probably
reenacting her favorite part from one of her shows. Seems like you’ll need to get a heavy
breakfast to keep that beast under control for the morning.

The door of his room opened, Haley’s soft and calm voice called out for her husband’s name.
“Miiiiiike, should get ready, breakfast is rea... -dy” Haley paused as she saw Mike’s tired
expression, the sight then diverting to Jasmine, who was still on her bed, covering her face
with a pillow. “Oh, seems like you two had a long-... I’m going to get some extra coffee
going.”
 6 - Epilogue (Part 2)
Chapter Summary

The trilling finale

Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes

Lucy finishes changing her clothes, putting on a t-shirt and a short skirt she bought a couple
of months ago. She makes sure that everything she needs is with her. Keys, wallet, purse,
phone, everything seemed to be in check. She begins to put on her jacket when one of her
coworkers calls attention.

“Looks like you are a bit unprepared for the cold, Lucy.” Her coworker was a dog, a golden
retriever, so tall that she would tower over Lucy, but she is a sweetheart. “Although you do
look cute.”

Lucy smiled back at her. “Don’t worry.” She wraps her fluffy tail around her legs. “I have
built in winter pants with me.” She joked.

“Hmm, yes, very practical.” The dog chuckled. “Anyway, planning anything for the
holidays? Any... Hot dates?” She gives Lucy a smirk. “I got some friends of mine going to a
bar before a party, I think I could bring you long”

Lucy tried to laugh it off, but showed that she was a bit uneasy about that fact. “No, no, sorry,
I don’t do well with dates and all. Besides, I got some plans for the next few nights...”

“Oh yeah, your YouTube channel, right? You know, you are always saying you got stuff
planned for it, but I rarely see that much activity there.”
“What are you talking about, Mary? I post videos there almost every week” Lucy had made a
YouTube channel a couple of years ago, it was a gaming channel where she would post
gameplay and her little video essays, mostly about Nintendo, she had gotten some small
traction there, about 2K followers, but not that much interaction or income from that
YouTube channel.

“You need a whole night to get your videos done?” Mary asked.

“Dude, making videos takes time, ok? I have to watch the rough cut, edit it, make the audio is
ok, make it satisfying to watch, maybe reshoot something. I have to keep the quality to keep
my channel growing.”

“Seems like a lot of work for little reward.” Mary commented.

That seamed to tick off Lucy a tad bit. “Well, it’s what I do to relax and to express myself.”

“Yeah, but you know what is way better? Coming with me to the bar and see if catch a date.”
Mary chuckled, already putting on her leather jacket. “Girl or Boy, I can get you any date for
that night, I can assure you.” Mary gives Lucy a prideful smile.

Lucy stayed quiet. She walked to her bag and grabbed it, swinging it over her shoulder. Mary
raises her hand as if to stop Lucy when she walked towards the exit. Before leaving, Lucy
stopped and turned around, responding to Mary coldly.

“I told you, I don’t do well with dates... Or one-night stands... Bye, see you tomorrow.”

Mary tried to give Lucy a response, but by then she was already gone, she just places both
hands on her hips and let out a sigh.

Lucy walked alone at night, she didn’t own a car, she usually rode her bicycle to and from
work, but the breaks were malfunctioning, and they were at the repair shop right now. The
white kitten didn’t want to bother her mom, although she insisted on it, Lucy didn’t like to
call her to pick her up so late in the night, it just felt like she was depending on her mom too
much.

Lucy’s phone vibrated. She pulls a wireless earphone and put in her good ear, pressing a
button to start the call.

“Lucy?” It was her mother.

“Hey mom, how are things?”

“Did you already get off from work? Do you want me to go and pick you up?”

“No, no, no need, I’m already half way there.” Maybe if she sprinted, it would seem like
truth.

“You sure, I could meet you half way? It’s so cold tonight.”

“No worry, mom, I’ll be there before you know it.”

“Alright sweetie... Oh, that reminded me, we might want to go visit Ellen tomorrow!”

“Our neighbor? Why?” Ellen is her mother’s oldest friend, and she did invite them for
Christmas every year, but Lucy had grown distant from them, she tried to avoid meeting their
family. “Been years since I talked with her, did something happen?”

“Well, I’m not sure, but today I saw an extra car parked at their house, and I think I saw a
man there that could be Michael. Do you remember him? Ellen’s son.” She seemed very
excited when mentioning those details.
Lucy stopped in her tracks, her tail fell limp on her floor, she was quiet.

“And I have seen another kid with in their house, a korat girl. Pretty sure, it might be Mike’s
or Haley’s... Oh, yes! I think I have seen Haley with them. Also, another woman, but I’m not
sure, I didn’t have time to talk with Ellen today, but I think we should make sure tomorrow!”

“... Mike is back home...” Lucy asked in a cold but neutral tone.

“Well, again, I’m not sure, might be their uncle, but I’ll ask tomorrow morning. You should
come too, Lucy.” Lucy’s mother eagerly waited for a reply.

“I... I... I’ll think about it, mom...”

“Alright dear, have a safe walk, kisses.” Lucy’s mother hangs up. Lucy herself still stood
there, in the middle of the cold.

“He’s back... After all this time... He’s back...” Lucy held her hands against her belly, the last
place where Mike touched her. “He’s back, with Haley? Mom mentioned a kid... Could
they...”

Lucy began walking again, Mike coming back with his sister and a little girl, after being gone
and silent for so long, could it mean that kid is theirs? Could it mean that Mike and Haley
committed to it, and if that’s true, then Lucy’s plan might actually work.

“Alright, it might work, after so long...” Lucy slowly moved her hand to her mouth, trying to
hide the smile that was forming. “Keep it together Lucy, keep it together, you have to keep a
calm mind, you can’t screw this up, not now.”

Lucy dug into her skirt’s pocket, fiddling around until she found and pulled out her phone.
The girl unlocks the screens and dials a number.
“Daisy? Hey, remember that big Christmas party you were preparing? I got an idea of who
you could invite.”

Ellen was having her usual morning, she prepared for herself some nice and warm green tea,
usually, in her mornings she would spend that time reading a nice book, but now with her old
children back and Penny in her house, she had decided to try and spend some quality time
with the girl. The goblin was already sprinting around the living room, excited to go to the
park with her grandmother.

Right about that time, she heard a knock at the door, she already spectated who it might be.
Ellen walked towards the front door, occasionally stopping to let Penny sprint by her. Ellen
opens the door, smiling as she sees her friend.

“Ellen, good morning!” Said Lucy’s mom, she carried a small bag with her. “How are you?”

Ellen smiled back. “Doing well, just getting some breakfast before taking that little goblin
back there for a walk.” Lucy’s mom could already see Penny sprinting around the house.

“Oh! And who that might be?” She asked, playfully.

“Her name is Penny, she’s... She’s Michael’s...” Ellen sighs.

“Oh my, my!” Lucy’s mother tried to hide her smile. “So he is back after so long! And even
got married!” She watched some emotion being drained from Ellen’s face and being replaced
with some nervous worry. “... I’m sorry... Did I say something wrong?”

“Oh! No, no! Nothing, nothing. Just that my son has decided to live a very reserved life,
doesn’t like to talk much about what happen in these past few years.” Ellen gave a nervous
smile.
“Oh... I see... And where is Mike right now?”

“He went for a walk, I think he went to one of the parks.”

“That one with a tree on the hill?”

Ellen nodded. “Yes, yes, I think it’s that one, dear.”

Lucy’s mother nodded in response. “But I think I also saw another woman here the other day,
who was that?”

Ellen was about to give a response, but right there, she felt a goblin tug on her tail.

“Are we going now?” Penny asked at the top of her lung.

“Penny, please, adults are talking.” Ellen said.

Lucy’s mother lowered her head to be at talking level with Penny. “Hello there, Penny, you
are Mike’s little girl, right?”

“You know my dad?”

“Yes, yes. My daughter was friends with him, a long time ago.” Lucy’s mother said, a wide
smile on her face.

“Friends of my dad?” Penny asked.

“Yes, very close friends back in the day.”

Penny stared into the white cat’s face, as the gears spun in her head.

“... So she’s my other mom?” She asked, innocently.

Ellen and her friend were both taken aback by that comment and logic.

“I... I don’t... Penny, dear, that doesn’t exactly make sense.” Ellen said.

“But mom Jasmine was the same, right?” Penny asked.

Lucy’s mother was confused by that comment, Ellen had quickly noticed it and intervened.

“Jasmine is Penny’s Nana, helps out raising her.”

Lucy’s mother took a moment to think and gave a nod in agreement. “I see, anyway Penny, I
brought you something that you might...” She fiddled around in the bag she carried, soon
realizing a mistake she had made. “Oh... Oh, dear.”

“Is something wrong?” Ellen asked.

“Sorry, I picked up the wrong bag. I’ll go get it back home, it’s a box of chocolates, won’t
take long.” The white cat quickly got up and rushed back towards her house, waving goodbye
to Penny, who waved to her.

Lucy’s mother hurried back into her home, looking around in the living room, seeing if she
had left the actual bag there.
A voice came from near the door. “Hey...”

She turned around, seeing her daughter standing there in her winter clothes.

“Is Mike still there?” Lucy asked.

Michael pulled up his shirt’s collar, his clothes were protecting him from the cold, but his
neck was still exposed, for a moment he missed his scarf. The korat has been walking around
the neighborhood for a while now, since seven in the morning to be exact, he had a strange
mixed feeling of familiarity, the town had changed so much since he left, but there were still
things he recognized from back in the day, the shops might have changed, but the layout is
still the same, and some old stores were still there. Mike had a laugh when he saw that old
vinyl store is still open to this day, and apparently it’s doing well.

Soon her reaches the park and he sees a familiar hill. He smiles and sighs, walking up
towards that familiar tree. It was strange to him, as he made his way, felt like the hill and the
tree had shrunk since his youth, funny how memory records things.

The korat reaches the summit of the hill, reaching that old tree, he reaches with his hand and
places it on its old and dry trunk. It’s been years since he has seen it, clearly has changed with
time, but still felt familiar to him. An old tree that carried a casual reminder of his past, his
old life, his childhood, his old loves... Lucy, Daisy, Sue... Sandy...

Years ago he heard some news about Sandy, still working as a model, but apparently got into
some weird “new age” group, those alternative medicines, healing crystals and faith healing
type of people. They have a website where they sell products online that claim to
miraculously heal people’s body and mind, and of course, all overpriced.

Sometimes Mike would wonder if Sandy actually believed all of that bullshit or if she was
just there for the connection and the money. For all he knows, she’ll jump ship at the moment
before it hits an iceberg. At least she’s doing well, although with Lucy...
It's been years since he ever thought about Lucy, that fact actually took him by surprise, his
childhood friend since he was in kindergarten. The korat wondered how she was doing now...
But he didn’t have to wonder for too long.

A voice came from behind him. “You know, they almost tore out the tree.” It wasn’t hard for
him to recognize it. Michael quickly turned around, seeing behind him a white cat, her hair
was long and tied into a ponytail over her left shoulder, the bow was gone, replaced with a
pink ribbon around her neck, she had bright blue eyes and wore a nice puffy jacket and mini
skirt. Although a fully grown woman around his age, she was only about Mike’s shoulder in
height. Still the Lucy he knew.

“I... Wha...” Mike couldn’t speak. He was ashamed of it, but one of the words going through
his mind was how beautiful she looked.

“Actually they wanted to remove the whole hill, place a shop here or something.” Lucy had a
faint smile on her face, like if she was happy to see Mike here. “But the community
complained that it would ruin the view and make the park worse, to they kept it... Makes
sense, tore down the landscape for just a dumb grocery shop that will barely make
anything...” Her eyes locked into Mike’s, who still stared at her, dumb founded. “You look
great, by the way.” She added.

“Oh, I... I...” Michael stuttered. “Yeah, thanks Lucy, you also look great, not even past your
twenties.”

“Thank you!” Lucy gave him a genuine smile. “You look great too, tall, wide, strong.” She
chuckled, stepping closer to him.

Michael only scratched behind his head, he didn’t know what to say. He felt unease.

Lucy placed her hand on the tree, reminiscing about the past. “We spent so much time here,
didn’t we?” Michael only gave a nod in response, still rather nervous. “From elementary
school up to high school, I guess it’s just nostalgia, but things were much easier to us, much
simpler, weren’t they?” Lucy chuckled.
Michael took a moment to try and compose himself. “Actually, I think it goes back to
kindergarten, right?” He managed to sound plain and calm, but inside he was still bothered,
nervous. “ Come on, man, you have to apologize somehow... You have to... Fuck what can I
even do, how can I pay back for what I did... I wasn’t expecting to see her so soon.” He
thought to himself.

Lucy gave a small chuckle, crossing her arms together, gazing down the tree with a blank
look. “... Yeah... Sorry, it just... It’s been rough ever since you left.”

Michael still didn’t know what to say, Lucy continued her monologue before he could say
anything.

“After graduation, Augustus left to start a life anew, Daisy and Sue went for collage out
states, I lost contact with Paulo, all of my pets had passed away... For the first time in my life,
I realized what it was like to truly be alone.” Lucy took a couple steps towards Mike, still a
blank smile on her face. “Felt like I was deep inside a dark pit, floating on the dead water,
with no path, destiny, no fate.”

Michael began to feel an unease feeling in his stomach.

“I tried to cheer myself up, going from gig to gig, trying to start hobbies to have something
with meaning in my life. But it all sank into the dead water.” Lucy was now much closer to
Michael, the Korat takes a small step back. “You know, sometimes I would blame you, you
know? I would think that you were to blame for all that I did to myself, that because of you I
never amounted to anything, that if you weren’t there I would have a career, I would have
been a teacher or something like that...” Mike didn’t notice, but there was a small tremor in
Lucy’s voice.

Michael’s heart was about to jump out of his throat with how fast and hard it was beating in
his chest, he was sweating cold, only staring at Lucy’s empty expression.

“I would think about how you hurt me emotionally, all I went through, how things had
changed, and then I remember what you did to me physically.” Lucy placed a hand on her
belly, where Mike had hit her. “And then, years after, I found out you came back with not
one, not two, but three girls. Jasmine, a little girl and your sister...” Lucy smiled. “Guess I
was right, you did commit to it. You are fucked up. But I don’t blame-” Lucy couldn’t finish
her words.

Lucy calmly places her hand on her belly. “After our meeting, I tried to stop thinking of you,
but you would usually slip back into my thoughts. I always wondered what had happened to
you, if you had committed to it, or changed... Then you came back” Lucy smiled and closed
her eyes. “Guess it makes sense, don’t bla-”

She opened her eyes, only to see that her dear Mike had turned tail and was now springing
towards the forest.

Lucy held her hand towards him, surprised. “Wait!” She shouted, then lowering her arm and
letting out an annoyed groan. “Good job Lucy.” The white cat goes on to chase him down.

Michael ran and ran into the forest, his mind was racing, his mind was flooded with
everything he did. December, rejecting Lucy, yelling at her, playing with her heart, the night
of her date with Haley. All of those repressed memories whirled back into her mind, all of his
mistakes.

“You fucking idiot, why did you come back.” The voice spoke in his mind.

“Everything was fine back home, but you had to come back. Did you really think you
wouldn’t stumble into someone?!”

“Of course you would meet Lucy, it’s what you deserve, it’s because of what you did to her.
Now she’s going to get her revenge.”

The korat stopped, falling to his knees, he placed his hand on a nearby tree to prevent him
from collapsing. He tugged on his shirt collar, trying to catch his breath, he could barely feel
the cold winter around him from how exhausted he was, the korat had no idea how long he’s
been ruining, not realizing that he now was deep into the forest. The same thoughts have been
playing inside his head over and over again, of what Lucy would do to him, how she could
ruin his new life with Haley, Jasmine and Penny. She could tell everyone, ruin everything,
maybe even make Penny hate him. He had brought all of this into himself.

Mike tried to calm himself, but all he could think is what was about to happen. He couldn’t
hear anything, only his breathing and heart beat.

As Michael began to return to his senses, he felt a hand resting on his back, he could hear
someone murmur “Are you ok” to him. He turns his head, seeing there that white cat again.
Mike gets back up and steps away from Lucy, nearly tripping, his face was slightly red from
all the running.

Lucy, surprised and slightly annoyed, rose her hands, showing she meant no harm. “Calm
down, ok? Calm down, I’m not going to attack you... Is everything alright, Mike?”

“... No... It’s not... shouldn’t have come back! Should have left it all behind, everything,
every shitty thing I did, I should have left it all in my old life, not come back here and…”
Mike kept going on a disjointed rant, Lucy could barely understand what he was saying by
how fast he spoke, but she knew what was wrong.

The white cat had to build up some internal courage, she took a step forward and paused,
taking a deep breath, she threw herself to Michael’s body, hugging him, wrapping her arms
around his body, holding him close.

Michael stops talking, feeling Lucy’s hugging his body like that, finally made him snap out
of it. His hands were shaking, he stared upwards, stunned.

“No Mike, I’m the one who should be like that, I should apologize...” Lucy said into Mike’s
chest. Her body felt so small compared to his, the same feeling he had with Haley and
Jasmine.

“But... But I...” He struggled to speak.

“No, don’t, it was all my fault. I was a horrible person, a horrible friend, even when I was a
child.” Lucy’s arms tighten around him. “I basically mentally abused you for years and
years”

“No...” Mike tried to speak, but words wouldn’t come out. He wanted to correct Lucy.

“I would hit you for anything you did or what others did, I manipulated you.”

“Please stop...” His arms began to slowly hover around Lucy’s small body. Deep inside, he
wanted to hold her.

“To tell the truth, I kinda deserved your yelling at me and the hit you gave me back in the
day.” Lucy began to move her hands around Mike’s body, she felt how strong he had become.

Michael arms were now fully around Lucy’s own body, he finally managed to let his words
out, nearly croaking his voice at the beginning. “Lucy, please don’t... I’m the piece of shit
here.”

“No, I want you to stop degrading yourself like that... The thing is, I want to start things over
with you.” Mike could feel Lucy’s hands dig into his clothes, he could feel her body pushing
against his, even through their thick clothing.

“But even after everything, even when I made amends with you and then just threw you
away...” When Mike inhales for air, he got caught Lucy’s scent, a lovely scents. His hands
began to press hard against Lucy’s body, he tried to stop himself.

“It was nothing, come on Mike, we can begin again...” Lucy pressed her body against Mike’s.
“And feeling like some of agree with this thought.”
“N-no... No... I’m married now, I can’t...” Mike began to breathe through his mouth, he could
feel Lucy’s warmth.

“You are married to your sister, or are you now too fucked to know the difference...?” Lucy
joked, at least in her point of view. To Mike, it was a stab into his heart, more guilt.

Lucy then began to slowly pull up Mike’s jacket and his shirt.

Mike’s hands shocked, he knew what Lucy was planning, but his hands soon began to follow
suit, pulling Lucy’s sweater and undershirt, they both began to undress. The old lovers began
to kneel down to the ground, but Mike soon stopped.

His face looked flustered, he looked into Lucy’s eyes, like he had run a marathon. “Lucy...
I...”

Lucy placed her finger on his lips, she smiled back at him. “We both wanted this, it’s been a
long time coming... Let’s go dear...”

The wind blew through the trees and the leafs. The town was quiet, the sound of those two
adults would be drowned out by the wind, nobody was near enough to hear them or to find
them. It was cold, but they made their own warmth. They had enough alone time they would
need.

Mike and Lucy both sat around the tree, an hour had passed since Lucy caught up to her old
friend. Their backs rested against the tree’s bark, both of them were covered in sweat, still
panting from their little marathon.

Mike tried to catch his breath, to him, it felt like he was with Lucy for the entire day, it felt
like the outside world didn’t exist anymore. During it, everything felt like a blur, but now that
they were able to catch their breath, Mike could remember everything, how he touched her,
what they did, what they said to each other, how they felt. Mike would get very flustered
remembering what he said to her.

Lucy herself was looking up at the sky with a satisfied look on her face. To her, it felt like she
had removed a large rotted weight off her back and taken a well deserved bath. Right now,
she felt clean and refreshed. But Mike didn’t seem as happy as her.

The korat sighed and got up, walking towards his pile of clothes nearby, first putting on his
pants. Lucy noticed that the awkward mood in the air.

“Heh...” Lucy broke the silence. “Guess you were really pent-up, weren’t you?” Lucy looks
down at her own groin, Mike’s fluids still pouring out of her.

Mike waited a moment to reply, still putting his pants on. “Actually no, I was with Jasmine
tonight...”

“Jasmine?” Lucy asked confused. “I thought you got with Haley...”

“Yes...” Mike said quietly. “I’m married to Haley. But Jasmine is one of my partners, we live
together, we share each other.”

Lucy took a second to process what he said, then giving a laugh that echoed through the
trees. “Jesus Christ Mike! You have two wives! Talk about insatiable!” Lucy waited for a
response, but the korat kept silence, still just putting his clothes back on. “Well... Space for a
third one? Bet you could use someone to help at the house-”

Mike quickly turned his head back to Lucy with a look of anger in his eyes. “No!” He barked
back, surprising the white cat. Quickly realizing what he did, Mike took a moment to breath,
turning to face Lucy. “Listen, this was a mistake, none of this should have happened, it’s
better if we just forget what happ-”
Anger began to form on Lucy’s face, before Mike even could finish that sentence, she had
gotten up and swung her first into the tree, making it shake and drop some of its leafs.

“No... No!” She shouted, “I had enough of that from you, Michael!” Naked, the feisty white
cat walked towards her old lover. He could see and feel the anger on her face, “It’s always
been like this! First it was Sandy, then your fucking sister, then Jasmine, now you tell me that
you are not only married to your own biological sister, but that you are also married to
Jasmine. You have a fucking harem in your house, you even had a god-damn daughter with
Haley!” Lucy grabbed Mike by his shoulder, pulling him closer, shouting at the korat’s. “And
now you are telling me that having me there is too much! God fucking damn it, Mike! What
did I do to you! What is so wrong with me that you choose even your sister before me!” Tears
were building up in Lucy’s eyes, looked like he was at the verge of crying. “Why can’t you
forgive me!”

Mike bit his lower lip, he grabbed Lucy’s hand gently, moving to his chest, holding it with
both hands. “It’s because... Lucy it’s because... Lucy, you said yourself, I’m married to my
own sister, I had a daughter with her, I have a second wife... And having you...” Mike took a
moment to breath, trying to get his mind in order to tell Lucy what was in his mind. “I’m
played with your heart, I abused you mentally, I was a piece of shit towards you, I... I hit you
so hard that you feinted... I drove you into suicide” Mike’s voice broke at the end.

Lucy bit her lower lip so hard it nearly bled. She tried to compose herself, taking a deep
breath and letting it out. “Michael... Please, I told you that it was all in the past, you don’t
need to worry about it... I’ve changed, you changed...” Lucy smiled, trying to reassure Mike.
“I have forgiven you years ago...”

“That’s the thing, I have changed, I could be forgiven... But like this, Lucy. You, marrying
me, don’t you think it’s just too much? I was basically your abuser for so long, and then you
just decide you were the problem, and you want to marry me? Can’t you see the problem?
Like if you learned to love the man who hurt you so much, that’s just wrong...”

“Michael...” Lucy placed her other and on Mike’s, they held each other now. “... You are not
my abuser... You are not Alejandro, we have grown since then”

“And there is another thing, Lucy. Having you... Lucy, I already have two wives now...”
Lucy chuckled. “What? Is three too much for you guys?”

“No Lucy, it’s the debauchery, Lucy. The debauchery! Like, god-damn it, I have the love of
my life, I have Jasmine, who I also love. Then, have you? It would be all about me, me, me...
Fuck, don’t you see the problem with that? It’s greed, lust, gluttony!”

Lucy seemed apprehensive, Mike had brought up a good point to her. “But it’s not all about
you. I also want you, Mike, after all this time, I still want you. It’s not like you are
kidnapping me. Isn’t it the same as Haley and Jasmine?”

“But I’m afraid to fall into this hole, Lucy! Slip into Lust...” Michael struggled to get his
words out. “I get a third, then I have a fourth, then a fifth...” Mike took a moment to breath.
“There are other women I found attractive, not like you or Haley or Jasmine, but still, I could
get greedy and... God, what would Penny think of me when she gets older...”

“Penny?” Lucy asked, confused.

“My daughter” Mike said.

“Ah, cute name.” Lucy chuckled. “But I don’t think you should worry about becoming a
sultan and having a harem of a dozen of women.” Lucy gently placed her hand on Mike’s
cheek, making him do eye contact with her. “I have known you longer than Jasmine, I know
how you are like, you might tell it to yourself, but you care about others, you are not selfish
Michael, you are not...” Lucy began to lean forward with her head, going for a kiss with her
lover.

But Mike stopped her.

The korat takes a deep breath.

“Lucy, listen, I need to think, we need to think... If us getting together is on the table, then it
can’t just be my decision, it’s mine, Haley’s and Jasmine’s, they matter as much as I do...”
Mike gently brushes Lucy’s hair to the side. “And as much as you do.”

Lucy’s face began to blush hearing that, she broke a smile, giggling a bit. “So now you admit
that you are interested in me.”

Mike chuckled. “Guess you always been...” Michael then placed his hand on Lucy’s bare
belly. “But... Listen, it might take a while for us to get to a decision, I don’t know, but if we
leave before it and I... I leave something behind with you... Please... Please, please, please tell
me, tell my parents, they are able to contact Jasmine, just... Please just don’t let me hurt you
anymore, alright?”

Lucy was a bit taken back, feeling all the love emitting from Mike. “Wow, thank you,
Michael... But don’t worry, I’ll tell you... Oh, hold on. Two things.”

“What is it?” Mike asked.

“Listen, I told Daisy you were, no details though. Thing is, she’s doing a Christmas party,
bringing as much of the old gang as she can. I told her to send an invitation to your parents,
then they would give to you guys. That you might show up, but I told her to not hold her
breath about i-”

“Yes, yes.” Mike said calmly. “I’ll think about it...”

“Alright, also...” Lucy added.

Lucy let go of Mike’s hands and rushed to her pile of clothing, fiddling around in her jacket,
pulling out a small piece of paper.

“Here.” Lucy hands the piece of paper to Mike. “My personal email, if you guys leave before
reaching a decision, use this email to talk to me, alright? But remember Mike.” Lucy held
Mike’s hands close to her chest. “I’ll always love you, alright?”
“Thanks...” Mike took the note, he looks at it for a second, staring at the email address
written on it, he then pockets it. “... I love you too...”

Haley had just finished changing her bed covers, before leaving, Penny had dropped a juice
box on it. Haley then had to change the covers and put them in the wash, she couldn’t replace
with new because all the other covers were in the dryer, she had to wait for the dyer to finish,
then pass the iron on them so then she could put it back on her bed. The whole can of worms
of taking care of the house.

The korat lets out a sigh of relief, and she throws herself back on the bed, to tell the truth, she
didn’t need to all of that right now, she could have gone out with Penny and her mom, but to
her, it was still strange talking with her mother, after all this time, Haley needed a lot more
time before doing that, maybe this vacation home won’t be enough.

There was a knock at her door, Haley rose her head a bit to see who it was, there was
Jasmine, walking into her old room. “Hey, how are things going?” Jasmine said.

“Oh, I was just doing some laundry and avoiding talking to my mom, I’m not ready for her
yet... And you? What were you doing? I didn’t see you the whole day.”

“I went out with your dad, pick up a present for him to give Penny.” Jasmine sat by the bed,
near Haley.

“When did you guys leave?” Haley asked.

“Before Penny and your mom, so when we arrived she wouldn’t see the present.” Jasmine
smiled as she takes off her jacket.

“What did you get her?”

“A bicycle, something that should last a couple of years. Little girl is growing fast.”

“Penny been asking for a bike for a while, but Mike has always pushed it for later...” Mike
was always worried about Penny ridding around the street on a bike. The streets back home
were always calm and barely had any traffic. But Mike was still worried.

“Speaking of Mike.” Jasmine said. “What are you getting him?”

Haley pulled herself back up, now sitting on the back. “Oh, I got him something a while ago,
I hid it well, but I want to keep it secret for now. What are you getting him?”

Jasmine seemed overjoyed by that question. “Well...” She leaned towards Haley and whisper
something into her ear.

“Ooohhhh!” A small grim formed on Haley face, both girls tried to hold their laugh and joy.
“He’s going to love it big time”

“Best present I could give him...” Jasmine lies on the bed, taking her time to breath and rest.
“Hope he doesn’t freak out though.”

Haley shook her head. “Nah, he’ll be madly in love with that present. Besides, when was the
last time he had a freak-out?”

As soon as Haley finished her sentence, Mike walked into the room, checking who was
inside, then shutting the door.

“Where’s dad?” Mike asked before his wives could even say hi to him.

“Your father is in the garage, hiding Penny’s bike.”

“... He got her a bike...? Alright, mom and Penny?” Mike seemed to be a bit out of breath.

“Still out at one of the parks...” Haley noticed that Mike was rather stressed. “Is everything
alright?”

Mike gave her an unsure nod, walking to one end of the bedroom, sitting on a chair there.
“Listen, I got something important to tell you guys...”

“Mike, is everything alright?” Jasmine had gotten up from the bed, she and Haley gave a
worried look.

“No... Yes? I don’t... Listen, I ended up fucking things up real bad just now... Like real bad...”

Haley and Jasmine were now at full attention, both had gotten up and sat on another side of
the bed to be facing Mike on the chair.

“Alright.” Haley began. “What happen...”

“I... I met Lucy, she stumbled into me at one of the parks, that one with the tree on the hill.
She sort of vented to me about all she went through, and I had a small panic attack... I ran
away into the forest and she... Followed me” Mike kept looking down on the floor throughout
the story.

Haley’s heart beat was accelerating just hearing that part of the story, Jasmine gripped on the
bed covers, worried about Mike’s next words.

“We stopped when I couldn’t run anymore, she told me that she was actually trying to
apologize... I was mentally weak at the moment... Lucy confessed her love to me and I...
Well... I was very stressed at the moment, she was so...” Mike kept to himself the fact Lucy
looked so beautiful to him.
“Mike...” Jasmine spoke, sternly. “What did you do to her...?”

Mike lowered his head and covered his face with his hands. “... I ended up having sex with
her in the middle of the forest...”

Right away, both Haley and Jasmine let out a sigh of relief, leaning back for a moment as a
metaphorical weight was lifted off their backs.

“Oh, thank god.” Haley said. “I thought you had murdered the poor girl.”

“I thought he saw her fall into the river and drown...” Jasmine joked. “Why did you worry us
so much?”

Mike lifted his head, annoyed and serious. “What? I just committed infidelity!”

“Mike, we are blood related, and you have a second wife, do you really think that sleeping
around is that big of an issue. Jesus, we even set up a date for you with Cassie, remember?”

“Well, yeah, but you guys set it up and were ok with it!” Mike pointed out, indignant.

Jasmine nodded in agreement. “He’s right. Just because we are like this, doesn’t mean he can
go around town and just do whatever. Would you be ok if he had raped Lucy instead?”

“Wait, hold on, you didn’t, right?” Haley asked

“Of course not! We’re even in good terms after it... Sort of...” Mike shrugged, slightly
annoyed.
Haley tilted her head to the side. “What you mean?”

“Well... Foremost, did you all processed all I just said?”

Jasmine then began to fully simplify everything that Mike told them. “You met Lucy at the
park, she vented, you had a small mental break and ran away, she followed you, you two
stopped, she opened her heart to you, and you let nature it’s it course.”

Haley then rose her finger. “Also with what Mike just said, he’s right, he shouldn’t sleep
around without our ok. But since he admitted it was his mistake, we’ll just let it slide for
now... Buuuut! If you moaned out my name” Haley gave a smug smirk.

Mike and Jasmine rolled their eyes, Mike giving her a response. “Shut up”

Haley giggled in response. “Alright, what was the rest?”

“Alright, so turns out that she really wants to be with me, like, more than a friend...” Mike
could already tell by Haley and Jasmine’s look that they knew what he was talking about.

“Wait,” Jasmine began, “as in, as your third wife? You told her that we’re doing polygamy?”

“I told her, but seemed like she was implying that before that point... Jeez...” Mike rubbed his
face for a moment, he was so tired.

You could tell by Haley’s face that she was insecure about the idea. “Ish, a third wife... That's
sounding a bit... Crowed?”

Jasmine nodded in agreement. “Yes, a third wife seems a bit much...? I mean, our house is
big enough, Penny most likely won’t even care, but...”
“Sounds too much self-centered.” Mike responded.

“Yeah, you would be basically making a harem at that point.” Haley said. “So... What did you
say to her?”

Mike sighs. “Well, I told her that I loved her, but that a third wife was just too much, too
debauchery... Well, maybe you two would be ok with it, but I told her that I needed time to
think. I needed time for us to think...”

“Us?” Jasmine asked.

“I mean, we are a family.” Mike said. “If I would get a third wife, it would have to be with an
ok from both of you, right? Like it’s not all about me, you guys got a saying in it too.”

Both Haley and Jasmine nodded in agreement.

“Yeah.” Haley agreed.

“That’s good thinking.” Said Jasmine.

“So... Mike?” Haley continued. “What you think of Lucy now?”

“Well... She’s gorgeous, looks like she’s grown into a great woman, although her personality
seemed to have regressed. With all that talk, she deserved the abuse I gave her and that she
was also wrong... Fuck, I don’t know, that’s the biggest wrench in the machine.”

“I don’t know if it is.” What Haley said made everyone in the room look at her with a weird
expression. “Listen, remember when we started this? How you say that we’re fucked, and we
rather just commit to it? Isn’t Lucy the same? The girl seems to also be fucked in the head,
but to a detrimental level. But still, we could take that to our advantage.” Haley smiled.
Jasmine rose an eyebrow. “Uhhh, like we can use her trauma to fix her? Like use her
attachment of Mike to heal her?”

“How would that would even work?” Mike asked, baffled.

“No, that’s not what I’m saying.” Haley sighs for a moment, catching her breath, to organize
her thoughts and make sure everyone is fully paying attention to what she’s saying. “Listen,
if she wants to get back to Mike that much, if so, we must demand that all the lights in her
head are on. Use being in our home as some sort of reward for her. And then, when she gets
better and realizes she doesn’t actually want to be with Mike, we just let her go!” Haley
smiled, raising both of her hands.

“And how would we do that?” Mike asked.

Haley rolled her eyes. “Well, that will take time to plan out. Rome wasn’t built in a day.”

“Also, you know, there is a chance that Mike might exaggerating some stuff that Lucy said.”
Jasmine was always the most realist out of the three. “Neither of us mentioned this, but we
haven’t met Lucy yet.”

“Yeah you right.” Haley nodded, then getting up from the bed. “We need to have some
talking with her to have progress in any of this.”

Mike just nodded, he was very mentally and physically tired from today’s event, and it was
still morning.

Jasmine got up from the bed and walked towards Mike. “Alright, so let’s up a pin in it and
talk later. I think I’ll be taking Mike for now, do you want some pancakes?”

“Hey, I want pancakes too!” Haley whined.

“Alright, guess it will be a lot of pancakes then.” Jasmine smiled joyfully.

Sue quickly typed on her keyboard, she had a towel wrapped around her body and another
wrapped around her hair, the woman’s body was still somewhat shimmery from the bath she
took a couple of minutes ago.

The European Burmese’s phone was on her table, even if it wasn’t on speaker mode, her
assistant on the other line would still be able to hear her by the way she was shouting.

“How do you get January confused with December!?” Sue shouted, her hands quickly typing
on the keyboard as she tried her best to finish compiling the document.

“I’m so sorry Miss Clarence, it’s entirely my fault, I got the month and day spots confused,
and I thought it was the 12th of the following month like usual.”

“Didn't you find it weird that the deadline as for the 12th of the twenty-fourth month?!” Sue’s
typed so furiously that she was making the whole table shake. “I would have this done a
whole month ago, but no! You had to notice the misunderstanding right on Christmas,
because I asked to make sure!”

“I’m so sorry, Miss Clarence, it won’t happen again.”

“It better not!” Sue started working for a pharmaceutical company about a year ago. The
paper she was trying to finish was for a later presentation on the new medicine they were
producing. One of the deadlines was set for today.

The room’s door opens slowly, a young catgirl, who could barely reach the door knob, stood
at the doorway.
“Mom?” The little girl said, “Aren’t we going to the Christmas party?”

Sue turned her head around, her voice was sweet as honey while her hands still furiously
typed without looking at the screen. “Ah yes deary, we are going to the party, mommy just
needs to finish up some work, and we’ll be going very soon, don’t you worry.”

“But it’s almost 7PM, mom.”

“Oh! Don’t worry, go get yourself ready, put on that nice dress mommy bought you, and
we’ll be going very soon.” Somehow, Sue’s hands began to type even faster than before,
making everything on her desk shake.

“Hmmmmm, I don’t like dresses, can’t I just go like this?”

“Remember that Santa won’t be bringing you presents if you don’t behave yourself.”

Sue’s daughter pouted before nodding with an “Ok mom.” and shutting the door.

Sue quickly turned her head back to the PC, leaning forward as much as she could. “God
damn it, we are laaaaaaaaate!”

Sue had pulled her car out of the driveway a while ago and was already on the road, by the
expression on her face you can tell that she was very annoyed and partially flustered about
something. Next to her sat her husband, a rather tall black and white cat, he checked on his
daughter and son in the back of the car, making sure they were comfortable and not preparing
to cause a mess.
The husband, known as Roman, turned to his wife when he noticed she drove faster than
usual.

“We really need to teach Susie how to read a clock better.” Roman joked.

Sue rubbed her face with her hand, being careful to not mess her make up. “I’m telling you,
that tablet is melting her brain.” With how busy their lives had become, Sue had sadly let her
daughter become a tablet kid. She can already notice that she’s having issues paying attention
and in her studies.

“We really gotta put new screen rules for them. Maybe an hour a day at max?”

“I’m thinking only weekends for one hour.” Sue sighs, hearing her kids fight against each
other in the back. Her husband right away went to split them up, you could hear some
kicking, crying and high pitch yelling until Roman came back holding their tablet.

“Alright, putting those two in tablet time out until News Year.” Roman shoves the tablet in
the glove compartment. “Think we should talk with the other parents at the party about it.”

“Yeah, I would love to hear some tips from parents our age.” Sue and Roman both in the
same field, but for happenstance most of their coworkers are of a past generation. “Bet Daisy
has some tips... Man, I haven’t seen her in years... Stacy, Amaya, Rachel, Roxy...”

“Do they have any kids?” Roman asked.

“Oh, Daisy has, like, 4 kids by now. Stacy has two, Amaya runs an orphanage. The other two,
I’m not sure...”

“And that Mike guy?” Roman added, “Childhood friend, right? You told me he was going to
be here”
Sue gasped. “Oh ssss-crap! You're right, I haven’t seen Mike since... Oh god, since High
School, I think.” She could not believe how things went, in her youth she couldn’t think of a
life without her old friends around her, now everything feels like a washed up painting.

“You told me he was one of your best friends, right?” Roman asked.

“Oh yeah, he was my first major crush. Amaya and I would talk about how our lives would if
one of us married him.” She laughed.

“Oh, what happened to him? Did he get married and ruined your plans?” Roman joked.

“Oh he... I.... Hmmm.... Uhm...” Sue blinked as she thought about it. “Actually, I don’t know.
I mean, we were slowly losing contact, but we still talked up to Community Collage... I
think... Then he just... Stopped.”

“I mean, that usually happens in friendships.”

Sue shook her head while still paying attention to the road. “No, no, no, I mean he just up and
disappeared. I visited his house once, and he was just gone, he and his sister were gone.”

Roman raised an eyebrow. “What did his parents say?”

“I think they said he went to live with his sister or something. I can’t remember...” Sue
chuckled to herself. “I once heard a rumor that they wer-” She suddenly stopped talking, she
stared outside, towards a familiar face next to a large building. “Oh, there she is!”

Sue waved to the orange cat, who waved back. She drove the car to the parking lot next to the
building. That place was for hosting large events, Daisy and Sue both got together to make a
large celebration, a get-together for everyone they once knew back in the day. Sue parked the
car and got out, rushing to the cat she waved.
“Oh my god, Amaya, it’s been so long!” She hugs the girl who she hadn't seen for almost five
years, pretty much ever since her kids were born.

Roman his kids get over the car, they were still upset about losing the tablet, but their father
managed to get them in order, taking the kids to their mother. They could already hear her
talking to the tabby cat.

“Is everyone here...? Oh, you have seen Jessica? She’s still with Madison...? Oh man, can’t
believe it lasted that long! What about... Wait, hold on, you saw who here...? With who?!”

“Old friend?” Roman asked.

“Yes, yes.” Sue nodded. “But I can’t believe who is here!”

Roman paused for a moment, then just shrugging in response.

“Mike, Haley and Jasmine! I thought I would never see her again... I thought she was dead...”

Haley wore a nice white dress, nothing too fancy, and carried a couple of small present boxes.
She looked around the small crowd, many people there, grown-ups, children, teenagers but
not many, seemed like they were either friends or old schoolmates from Daisy and Mike’s old
circles. Haley didn’t know if she should be disappointed or relief, and no one she knew from
back then was there. She’s yet to meet the host or Mike’s old gang.

Michael was walking with her, he wore a suit and held a slightly bigger present in his arms,
he kept looking from side to side, he seemed slightly nervous. Behind him was Jasmine, int a
gorgeous green dress, an early present from Mike, since Jasmine didn’t bring any party wear.

Haley looked at her dear husband, asking him. “Everything alright Mike?”
“Where is Penny?” Mike asked in a hushed, worried tone.

Haley blinked in response, realizing she hasn’t seen their daughter when they walked in.
Before Haley could even think of shouting her name, Mike pointed towards the entrance of
the salon, where a lil girl in a yellow dress rushed in.

Michael quickly trotted towards the salon, knowing full well it was where they kept the
Christmas tree and also knowing the track record that Penny has around Christmas trees.

“No, no, no!” Mike panic, running after his daughter.

Haley and Jasmine both let out a sigh while smiling.

“So, want to go and see if we meet anyone?” Haley asked Jasmine.

“I doubt I would meet anyone there. The girls are all scattered around the country. Paulo
moved to Canada with his mo-... Girlfriend...”

“You mean his sugar, mommy?” Haley and Jasmine both laugh. But soon Haley’s laughter
slowly stops as she glances to the side, seeing someone.

Jasmine stops laughing when her friend places the present boxes on her arms. Haley quickly
began to walk down the hall, away from Jasmine.

“Haley, where are you...?” She stops when she notices the white kitten at the end of the
hallway. “Oh! Alright, I’m going to Mike and... She can’t hear me...” The black and white cat
lets out a sigh, deciding to let her friend and sister wife go on her journey.

Meanwhile, across the hallway, the white kitten known as Lucy was pacing from side to side,
taking deep breaths, she’s been nervous ever since she got there. Thinking about what do to,
if Mike had changed his mind and was actually angry at her, if maybe Haley or Jasmine were
upset about what she did, the more she thought, the more she realized that she might have
fucked up back then. She technically slept with a married man. He might’ve been an
incestuous man with a small harem of two, but still.

“Maybe it was a bad idea to invite them to this…” Lucy said to herself “Better if I go hom-”
Before Lucy could finish her sentence, another woman taller than her, who ever she was, she
held Lucy’s arm in a gentle way and smiled.

“Shall we?” The korat woman said quickly. It took a moment for Lucy to recognize her as
Mike’s sister and wife.

In a moment of slightly confusion, Lucy nodded to whatever Haley offered her. The woman,
without saying a word, then began to quickly guide the fair lady to somewhere down the hall.
Haley turned a corner with Lucy, going into a quiet corridor, further back in the building. The
korat girl checks a door and opens it, seen that it was an empty extra room, she pulls Lucy
into it.

The white cat was already thinking that Haley was about to murder her, maybe skin her alive
first and wear the fur as a trophy, but lucky for her, the korat girl just sat on a chair and
crossed her legs, with a smile.

“So...” Haley began. “How was it?” She grinned.

“Uuhhhh...” Lucy nervously glanced from side to side.

Haley placed her arms behind her back and stepped closer to Lucy. “You know what I’m
talking about, Lucy dear. You know, at first I was nervous that I wouldn’t recognize you, but
you have barely grown since then”

“Hey!” Lucy shouted. “Some women are naturally short, if you didn’t know.”
“Lucy, dear...” Haley spoke. “You are shorter than your mom” Haley smirked. “Weird to
think that Mike was the short one back then, although he had a growth spur.”

Lucy frowned at Haley, but soon gave her a smile. “Yeah, I think we can thank you for that.”

The korat girl tried not to snicker at the thought. “I guess his growth was being held back by
all the tension he was holding back. And let me tell you how much TENSION my dear Mike
had back then...”

“Oh ! He has even today!” Lucy laughed. “I think I helped him let off a couple of years of
tension myself.”

“Oh my? How bad did he go on yo-” Haley stopped when Lucy pulled back the side of her
dress covering her shoulder, showing the deep bite mark. “Oh my... Guess he was going easy
on us.” Haley tried her best to not laugh.

Lucy was slightly blushing, now that the adrenaline of being pulled away by Haley had now
lowered. She felt a bit ashamed to what she was admitting.

“Also, well, he was able to lift me easily and-” Lucy paused for a moment.

“Oh, the full nelson. He does that a lot to me.” Haley spoke. “Ever since we began going out,
he really started to loosen up. Got more creative and active. Nothing like what he was back in
High School”

“Guess admitting to the incest thing really loosed some of the screws.” Lucy joked.

“Either that or someone to empty his nuts in.” Haley said shortly. “Alright, but the real reason
I brought you here was to talk about you.”

Lucy looked confused. “Then why did you open asking how it went with him?”
“Breaking the ice. But now, Lucy, about what you asked of Michael, after you two
finished...” Haley paused for a moment.

A drop of sweat ran down Lucy’s cheek. “About me joining your family?”

“Yes... Lucy, listen, what is your life here like?” Haley asked, Lucy seemed a bit surprised by
what she had said.

“Excuse me?” She asked.

Haley tone was now more serious and stern. “Your life here Lucy, your job, family, friends.
What you think of it, what is it like?”

“It is…” Lucy had never thought about how to put her current life into words, come to think
of it, she tried her best to not analyze how her life was. “Hard to explain, it’s all just so...
Dull... Everything is the same, every morning, every work-shift, every conversation. The
only difference is my YouTube channel, but it’s a small effect… The past few years are just a
huge blur.”

“And can you live without all of that?” Lucy seemed very perplexed by Haley’s question.
“Are your parents being abusive towards you? Is your job humiliating? Is there nobody here
for you?” Haley waited a moment, but without an answer she continued. “Listen, Lucy, if you
actually want to join us, you’ll most likely put everything here behind. We don’t know if
we’ll ever come back to Roseville, if we’ll ever talk to anyone here anymore. If you actually
come with us and become part of the family, it is very likely you won’t be able to go back
here.”

Lucy took a moment to breath and process all she said. Going to live with Mike could mean
not talking to her mother ever again, never seeing her father, brothers. However, that was all
that held her to Roseville. Her family, she has to choose between which family she wants to
be a part of.
Haley rose her hand. “Alright, listen, this is not a confirmed situation. Maybe things go well
with our parents, maybe we still have a connection to Roseville, but still, you have to
consider this scenario, the fact you might never see your mother and father again…”

“Wait…” Lucy said. “What about Jasmine’s parents? She cut all contact?”

“Well no.” Haley responded. “Her parents were already very distant from her during her time
here. She barely had any contact during college. I think they message each other occasionally,
though. I guess it’s because they are different religions.”

Lucy was confused. “They are? Thought they were both Christians?”

“Mormon, I think. Or some other Christianity branch. I don’t know, it allows polygamy, but I
think her parents are another other branch? I never cared, so I never asked.” Haley shrugs in
response.

“Alright…” Lucy frowned. “But back into topic… If I do move with you guys, I would have
to keep information to my parents a minimum, right?”

Haley nodded. “Well, you can tell them you got a job there, and you are living in a rented
room. Of course, that family visits to make things complicated... But we still need to think
these things through. You might be aware that no one knows where we live, right?”

“Yes, yes.” Lucy nodded. “You are right... We can talk about it as time goes, right? See if
things work out?”

“Of course dear... But there is one more thing...” Haley took a deep breath. “Listen, Lucy, you
clearly loved my husband ever since you two here kids, and even now, I can tell that you
would give anything for him. But you also are clearly, and I do mean clearly, mentally
unwell. Blaming yourself for what happen, saying you deserved the abuse. You clearly have
low self-stem.”
“But I did dese-” Haley quickly stopped Lucy before she could finish.

“Noooooo!” Haley roared. “Me and Jasmine, we stand together with Michael, not above or
under him. We are equal. You have to learn that. That’s how it works…” Haley let’s out a
sigh. “Lucy, you need to be mentally in check for this. What if you do commit to us but turns
out you were having an episode and living with us is not what you wanted?”

Lucy gulped, she was sweating slightly, but she gave a nod in agreement.

“So these are the things. You have got to be sure if you want to commit to us. And you have
to take care of your mental health even before we consider you joining us... And...” Haley
walked and stood right in front of Lucy, gently placing her hand on her belly. “If there is a
kitten in there, we’ll do our best to help you there, even if you don’t want to join. Alright?”

“Yes, yes, yes.” Lucy spoke quickly. “And if I’m indeed pregnant, Mike will be the first to
know.”

“Alright, alright, think it over during the following year, ok? Talk to us using that email, we
have to be sure your progress is going well.”

“Yes...” Lucy quickly rubbed the tear falling down the side of her face. “Thank you for this,
Haley, I won’t mess it up.”

“It’s ok dear.” Haley places her hand on Lucy’s shoulder, guiding her to the door. “Let’s go,
let’s enjoy the party.”

The tree in the main hall was tall enough to reach the room’s tall ceiling, Christmas lights
were hanging from the top of it and in different corners of the room. They probably needed to
hire an engineer to build that thing, no way that’s a real tree, would have to be a couple of
decades old to be that thick and tall. What a waste it would be.
Michael was then pulled out of thought as Penny pulled his arm.

The korat was holding well to his daughter’s hand, making sure that she wouldn’t cause a
mess of any sort. But seems like the little one wanted to go to the table to get some snacks to
eat.

“Alright, let’s see what they got there.” Michael said.

“And I want some punch too!” Penny said in a cheerful way.

“No, I’m 60% sure someone would’ve spiked it.”

“Spiked?” Her father’s comment had made the young korat confused.

“Oh! Nothing, just I think it would be good for you. Let’s get a velvet cake.” Mike tried to
laugh it off, then walking towards the food table with his daughter.

Michael began helping Penny, as she couldn’t reach the table. He reached over and cut a
small slide of cake, enough for Penny to be able to eat and still have space for other foods
later. The poor girl had the habit of eating too much of one thing before trying other stuff,
then complaining she couldn’t try anything else.

As Michael crouched to give his daughter the plate with the cake, he heard a voice from
behind him, actually it was two familiar voices.

He turns around, seeing two even more familiar faces. With a smile, the korat lifts himself up,
easily towering over one of the girls next to him.

“Sue?” Michael asked, then turning his face to the other. “Daisy?”
“It’s been an eternity, hasn’t it?” Daisy went for a hug, grabbing hold of her old friend. Daisy
had grown quite a lot, enough to almost be as tall as Michael, and by her hug, he can tell that
she has also gained some muscle too. “Where have you been?!”

“I have actually been very worried.” Sue said. “Thought you were dead.”

“Oh.” Michael tried to laugh it off. “The thing is, my partner and I are trying to live a quiet
life out there. After everything that happened back here, we wanted to live a bit isolated. We
enjoy the quiet life, been doing wonders for us. No worries or anything like that.”

“You are homesteading?” Daisy asked. “I have never seen you as the homesteading type.”

“Well, it is almost that. We are actually thinking on making a coop on our backyard.” Mike
scratched the back of his head. “We do have stuff like a well to catch rainwater, so we can
save money on water bill. We installed some solar panels too.”

“Hmmm, so where do you live now-.” Sue stopped, her attention now changing to the small
thing behind Mike’s legs. She gasps, her tone changing to something more excited. “And
who is that little thing?!” She points at Penny.

“Oh!” Michael smiled, letting a small chuckle. “That’s Penny, she’s my daughter”

Penny rose and waved her hand to the two women. “Hi” She said, while eating the cake.

“Awwww!” Daisy’s heart melted. “How old is she now?”

“I’m seven now.” Penny responded.

“And who’s your mum, little one??” Sue asked.

Mike quickly intervened, petting Penny’s head to prevent her from saying anything.
“Jasmine, her mom is Jasmine.”

“Yep, Jasmine is my mum!” Penny gave the two the victory sign with her free hand.

“Jasmine?” Daisy was surprised. “Hmmm, I never expected you to get with Jasmine. I was
actually wondering what had happened to her. Cassidy didn’t seem to want to talk about it.”

“Well, you two are a good combination. But how did yo-” Before Sue could ask anything
else, like details to where they live and how they got together. Mike managed to change the
subject.

“And you two? Got a family now?”

“Oh? Well, yes, me and Roman been married for almost a decade now.” Sue said. “We have
two kids. They are quite the piece of work.” Sue laughed it off, already sounding tired.

“Yes, having s kid is quite the chore. Not only that but two!” Daisy laughed. “I have three
right now. One after the other.” She giggled.

“You married too, Daisy?” Mike asked.

“Yes! Right after University. I met him in California, Tyson is such a gentleman, you should
meet him!” Daisy moved to hug Mike’s arm, ready to take him to meet her family.

Michael smiled, but slowly raised his hands. “Actually, it’s been a long trip to get here, and
I’m quite tired. I want to go find Jasmine, but we can talk tomorrow or after.”
Sue and Daisy were clearly very disappointed by what Mike had said. Daisy was about to say
something to her old crush, but stopped when he pulled his arm off her. She lets’s out a sigh.

“That’s alright Mike. I was just so excited to see you again.” Daisy tried to laugh it off. “How
long you’ll be staying here?”

“We… Are not sure, maybe by news year?” Not even he was sure, if things got too heated
back home, he was ready to take his family and bail.

“Oh well, it was nice seeing you again, Mike.” Sue smiled. “Later, I’ll give you our digits.
See you later” Sue and Daisy waved goodbye as they walked away, both rather disappointed.

Michael let out a sigh of relief. He was prepared to see some of his old friends at this party,
had some backup stories ready in case they asked too much. But after the meeting with Lucy,
he was indeed too tired to keep talking.

Mike then knees down to be at eye level with his daughter. “Alright, want to go find mama
Jasmine?” His daughter gave an innocent nod with her head while still eating the cake.

Mike and Penny then proceeded to keep walking, passing through some people in the crowd,
Mike didn’t seem to recognize any of the people in the party, besides from Sue and Daisy
earlier. And they didn’t seem to recognize him either.

For a couple of minutes, Mike kept walking, keeping the eye out for familiar faces. He felt
Penny tug on his tail, he turned his head to see what it was she wanted to say.

“What is it Penny?” Michael asked.

“Mama is there.” She points towards a glass door that lead to an outside balcony, thanks to
the glass texture you couldn’t see what was on the other side. But Mike noticed that by that
door was Jasmine, talking to another familiar face.
Michael smiled, walking towards them in a quicker pace, Penny slightly struggled to keep up,
trying to not drop her cake. Getting near, Jasmine turned to them and smiled, gesturing to the
couple next to them, the Somali couple.

“Hey Paulo, how long has it been?” Michael asked.

“Don’t know, five years, I think? That little goblin down there was about as tall as your knees
are.” Paulo chuckled, pointing down at Penny. “Surprised you guys came here. Roseville and
this party.”

“Yeah, I did stumble into Sue, Daisy and Lucy.” Paulo’s eyes widen when he mentioned
Lucy. “Yeah, I’ll fill you up there later. But I’m more surprised that you came here with her.”

Michael pointed at the woman next to Paulo, another Somali, just like Paulo, she was slightly
shorter than him, and even though she was older, she didn’t look any older than Paulo
himself, perhaps it was genetics. The woman did seem awfully shy, trying to not make eye
contact. If so she had chosen a bad choice of clothes, rather low cut, showing a good amount
of cleavage and a lot of back exposed. Thankfully her hair covered it. She did wear glasses
with pink shading, perhaps to help hide her appearance.

Paulo had his arms around her waist. He looked at her and gave a smile. “Come on hon, why
don’t you say hi?” The only response was a quiet grunt as she turned her head again. Paulo
let out a chuckle as his hand sneaky lowered towards the woman’s bottom, tightly squeezing
it.

The woman yelping in response, her tail wrapping around Paulo’s leg, like if a reflex. She
turned her head towards her partner and spoke in a hushed annoyed tone.

“Paulo! You said you wouldn’t do this here!” The woman said.

“Ah come on, you know you love this.” Paulo smirked, then whispered. “Before you were
asking for some alone time at the car.”
The woman blushed bright red, pulling Paulo’s arm closer to her. “Shush Paulo! Don’t get me
started now!”

“Actually, looks like I already did.” Paulo immediately turned his attention back to Mike and
Jasmine, who were both giving him an awkward smile. “See you fellas later. I've to take care
of something.”

“Yeah, alright Paulo, we catch up later…” Michael waved goodbye as he watched the couple
walk away, perhaps going to find a secluded bathroom. “They really don’t change.”

“You think they brought their kids here?” Jasmine asked.

“No, they are probably still in Canada.” Mike then felt Penny pull on his tail.

“Dad, who was that man?” Penny asked.

“Oh, he was your godfather, Paulo, with his… Girlfriend… Makes sense you don’t remember
him, last time he was here was when you were two years old.”

“Oh, alright… Where is mom?” Penny looked around.

Michael raised and eyebrow, then changing his look to Jasmine. “Where is Haley?” He asked.

“Oh! She’s at the balcony, said she wanted a quiet place to give you the present.”

Michael nodded, tapping his back pocket. “Yeah, I got a present for her too.”
Jasmine gave him a smile, then stepping forward while pulling an envelope from her purse.
“If so, let me give you mine first.”

The korat curiously held the envelope in his hands. He looks at it from side to side, trying to
imagine what it was. Soon he opens the latch and pulls out a single piece of paper from it. He
first noticed it was made of some different material, kinda felt like plastic, more rigid than
regular paper. He holds it on horizontal. His heart nearly stops when he sees it was an
ultrasound image, Jasmine’s name was on it, with a drawn circle in the middle with an arrow
saying “9-12 weeks old”.

Michael’s face melts into a smile, his locking in Jasmine, who also gave an excited smile.
“Wait, hold on, seriously?”

Jasmine tried her best to hold back her excitement. “Yes! I got it the week before we came
here! They said the baby should come in August!”

Mike gave his partner a hug. “Oh finally we are having yours! How long we have been
trying?”

“I think about a year now.” Jasmine chuckled.

“Does Haley know?”

“I told her some days ago.”

“Oh alright. We have to-” Mike then felt Penny once again pull on his tail.

“Dad, what did she give you?” Penny asked, now having finished her cake.

“Oh…” Mike laughed. “Could you explain her while I go talk to Haley?”
Jasmine smiled and rolled her eyes. “Yes, sure, sure.”

Haley rested her arms on the balcony's railing. She watched over the small artificial lake next
to the building. The moonlight gave enough illumination for her to see some ducks
swimming around it. The night did feel nice and cold, somewhat nostalgic in a way. She
remembers on sometimes going to holidays parties that Mike’s friend, Tess, used to make.

Haley hears the door to the balcony open, she already could tell who it was, she held a small
package in her hands as she waited for him to make his way towards her.

Michael stands next to his wife, looking at the same lake as her. He holds a small box in his
hand. He lets’s out a sigh as they watch the view together.

“So,” Mike began, “what is a fine woman like you doing here alone?”

Haley snorted at her husband’s cheesy one-liner. She gives him a slight push with her palm.
“I met up with Lucy.”

Mike was surprised. He expected to be the first to meet up with her. “Where is she?”

“Guess talking with her friends and catching up.” Haley shrugs. “I gave her advice to try and
cool her head before coming to see you.”

“You two just talked about that, or...?”

“Well, it went well. I told her that before, you know, joining us, she really has to get her head
straight. She’s too… I don’t know, she’s too much like when we’re young. Making bad and
dumb decisions. Bad judgments.”

Mike then chuckles in response. “Oh, think us getting together was a bad decision?” He
joked.

“Oh hell no! Best idea to ever go through my mind!” Haley laughed out loud. “Wouldn’t
change a thing… Well, besides the butt stuff.”

Mike smirked. “Thought you never wanted to mention it again.”

“And you are correct, this is the last time.” Haley chuckled. “But to be serious, I think she
would be a great family member. Live with us, help around the house, in the income. It
would work out great, she just needs to get her head straight, you know?”

“Yeah, I think she would do great with us… And…” Michael scratches his head. “Fuck, I
really hope I don’t ruin anything this time.”

Haley frowns. “How so?”

“If maybe she changes her mind and I end up leaving her my kid… I don’t want to hurt her
more.” Mike sighs. “I already drove her to try and... End it all...”

“Well you probably already hurt her down there since you went raw” Haley laugh, pushing
her tongue out as a way to tease Mike.

“Oh, shut the fuck up!” Michael said, annoyed.

Haley laughed in response. “Oh well, we have got to wait and see. But I know she’ll make
the right decision.”
Mike gave Haley a nod. Both of them went quiet for a moment, back to watching the lake in
silence for a minute or two. Soon, Mike pulls a small box from his back pocket and shows it
to Haley.

“Also, merry Christmas. I thought you would like this.”

Haley took a look at the small box, puzzled, she grabbed it and checked every side,
wondering what could be inside, even giving a little shake. Soon as she had made enough
guesses, she unwrapped the surrounding ribbon. Opening, she sees a lovely blue ribbon
stripe.

“You had lost your old ribbon in the wind a couple of years ago. So I thought you could use a
new one. Actually, it was really expensive to get a good quality one.” Mike felt a bit unsure if
she would’ve liked it. He had struggled to thinking what he could give her. Oh well, if she
hates it, Mike can surely compensate when they get home.

Haley had a wide smile on her face. “Oh my god, Mike, I completely forgot I used to wear
ribbons.” Haley happily took her present out of the box, taking a moment to tie it around the
side of her head, she smiles and poses for her husband. “How does it look?”

“Gorgeous and nostalgic.” Mike smiled. “I couldn’t find a yellow one, so I thought that a
blue might work, goes well with you.”

“Oh yes, still has contrast with my fur.” Haley smiled, then bringing a bigger box she carried
to Mike. “And here is yours.”

Micheal looked around every side of the box, trying to image of was inside. He’s been
wondering who’s present it was going to be. He didn’t think Haley was planning to give him
a present this year, it is usually some special alone time in the bedroom. After the whole
routine where he checks and thinks what’s could be inside the box, he opens and is surprised
by what he saw inside.

“Oh man.” Mike immediately pulls out the yellow scarf from it, wrapping it around his neck.
“I really needed this, hon!” It has been years since he wore a scarf, from time to time he felt
the need to wear it, feeling the cold weather around his neck. “Where did you get it?”

“Knitted myself! Well, with Jasmine help too, but she was simply watching me do it and
giving me guidance… Took me three tries to get it right.” Haley sighed.

“I love it! Feels amazing, thank you, love!” Mike had a wide and bright smile on his face. He
hadn't worn his old blue scarf in decades, Haley had taken ownership of it, he even forgot that
it used to be his old scarf.

“You used to wear the blue and the yellow and orange scarf. But I thought that yellow looked
better on you.” Haley didn’t want to admit that she had done many more tries than three, so
many that she wasted the blue, orange and green yarn.

Michael walked towards his dear wife, he holds her close, wrapping his arms around her. “I
love you so fucking much.”

Haley wrap her arms around Mike’s, pushing her chest against his. “And I love you more
than anything in the world.”

In the quiet night, Mike and Haley, the love couple, now seal their love with a long kiss under
the moonlight. No one sees them, no one knows their great love they know. A big family that
is about to grow much bigger, with the addition of not one, but possibly three new members.
Their house is about to grow large and the largest it will ever be. Those korats couldn’t ask
for more, even now they had all that they wanted. After that night, after these holidays, after
coming home, they would return to living their life of peace, they would know no more stress
or fear.

Mike and Haley break off the kiss. Both holding each other together as they watched the lake
under the moonlight. They both sigh and seems to have the same idea.

“Hey Mike…” Haley spoke. “Later, want to do a sneaky one in the bathrooms?”
 Mike lets out a sigh as he hugs his dear wife tighter in his arms. He stays quiet for about a
minute or so. “Let me scout one first, ok?”

“Deal!”

They both laugh on how much of degenerates they are. As it wasn’t the first time they did it
in a bathroom. That other day with Lucy wasn’t even the first time he had sex with someone
in the woods. Those two truly deserve each other.

Chapter End Notes

PS: This was for you, Kizuanon

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