forum Monsters? These are my children -Ben (o/o with lisapickle)

Started November 05, 2019 by @chickenfrogman group

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“THERES A FREAKING GIRLINGABESBEDGETHEROUT!!!!” He shrieks, hiding his face under the blankets.

Miki rolled her eyes and came in the room, dragging Cage out of his blankets. "Cageually Stan, what other girl do you know who is blond and has grey wings?" She asked, holding him in front of Gabe's bed to make him look long enough to see. "And who is the one person you know, besides Gabe, who would sleep in Gabe's bed?"

Cage squints, his small eyes focusing. He gasps. “AH, SILVER GET OUT OF HERE! RUDE.”

"Oh my word, it's not like this is the first time she's done it." Miki gave him a stove toward the door and leaned over her sister, removing the pillow Cage had thrown. Silver hadn't so much as sighed since Cage started screaming. Slowly Miki leaned down and smelled her sister's breath.
"So you're the one Ben was drinking with last night." She said, grinning. "Shame on him for giving alcohol to a minor."

Cage squeals, “Get heR OUT!”
Violet stops by the door. “What’s going on? Cage? Miki?”

Miki rolled her eyes again. "Silver slept in Gabe's bed and Cage is flipping out." Miki grunted as she shoved her arms under Silver's body and dragged her out of the bed, barely able to keep a hold of her without dropping her. "Dang, you didn't used to be this heavy."

“SHE SHOULDNT BE IN HERE.” Cage yells.
Violet puts a hand over his mouth. “Ugh, Cage. Be calm. Here.” She joins Miki in dragging Silver out. “How is she- oof- still asleep??”

Miki grinned. "I think we found Ben's drinking buddy." She guided them into her and Sil's room and set her on their bed. " She'll probably sleep half the day. She's never had alcohol before."

Violet clenches her jaw. “Hmmm.” She growls. “He’s really asking for it, isn’t he?” She helps get Sil onto the bed, then runs a hand through her hair, sighing. “I apologize. Maybe I should set him a curfew.”
“GABE DRANK TOO!” Kiss shouts from downstairs.
Violet closes her eyes and slowly breathes.

Miki laughed. "Nah, I don't mind. Sil's old enough to make those decisions on her own and if Ben is willing to share, it's up to them." She shrugged. "She ain't drunk or anything. She'll be fine. Gabe however… He might be hungover, considering both you and Kissa stomped on him and he didn't move. That's strange even for him."

She dusts herself off and strides out of the room, down the stairs, and stops. “Kiss can you make him visible?”
She nods, the turns to stare at him, focusing hard. He slowly starts to ripple back into reality, asleep on the ground all curled up with his left wing sprawled out behind him.
Violet glares.
Of all the people.
She kneels beside him, checking his temperature and looking him over. “Can you believe this?” She angrily states.
Kissa shakes her head, even though Violet was talking to herself.
“Letting Gabriel and Sil of all people drink! Ugh.”
She stands and returns to her waffles, whispering something to herself.

Miki followed her downstairs. "Hey, Vi. He probably didn't give them much. And they are adults so they can make they're own decisions. They probably just had a taste and Ben supervised them the whole time. They're okay."

Vi waves her hand. “I know, Love. It’s fine.” She rubs her forehead, then takes out the finished waffle, pouring in batter to make another. “Ben has a meeting around lunch today, by the way. I’ll be going too, but it will be a short meeting. When is Robby supposed to be here?”
Cage bounces down the stairs, ruffles Miki’s hair and smiles.

Miki raised an eyebrow and helped herself to a waffle, chomping into it dry. "Y'all sure do go to a lot of meetings. I promise we've behave today while you're gone." She turned around and gave Cage an awkward hug around the neck with one arm. "Did you recover from finding a girl in your room?" she asked him.

She nods, then shakes her head. “Wait, no. I’m staying home for this one.” She pulls out the last waffle, placing on the plate and pushing the plate forward. “Alright, eat up.”
Cage grins. “Not yet. It’s kinda rude, hah.”

Miki let out an exaggerated sigh of relief. "Oh, good. I don't think leaving us unsupervised is a good idea." She grabbed a plate and poured syrup on it, and smeared her waffle around in it. "Okay, so we made nasty ice cream yesterday. What should we do today, Cage?"

Cage throws his head back and gasps, long and loud. “GET READY FOR ROBBY!!”
Violet closes her eyes, gripping the counter.
I don’t know why those noises startle me anymore.

"AAHHH, that's right Robby is coming!!" Miki cried. "Okay, okay, what do we need to do to get ready??"

“FOOD. Well first actually we should clean. And teach the Vampires some manners. Umm, then food?” He says, talking fast and slurring a few words.

"Yes, yes, we definitely should clean the house before she comes." Miki shoved the rest of her waffle in her mouth. "Wha' nind ob foo' are we 'onna 'ake?"

('what kind of food are we gonna make')

He gives her a momentary glare, shoving her. “Miki, we need to have manners. You don’t want Robby to think you’re an animal.” He chuckles. “I don’t know what to make. Maybe Ben will make something?? I bet I could get him too.”

Miki's eyes went wide with realization and she gulped down the mouthful. "Oh my word, I'm so sorry. I'm awful at being polite." she took a deep breath. "I promise I shall do my uttermost best to be a good person tonight and not scare Robby away. OH, you gotta make Ben make that bacon macaroni thing he does! That's amaziiiiiiinnnnngggggg."

Cage giggles, “if he hears you call it ‘macaroni’ he will murder you. But yes, he should make that! What should we have for dessert? OH YEAH ICE CR-“
The door opens and Ben walks in, waving a hand, “Cageually Azil, bring down the volume! Augh, you’re always so loud.” He hangs his coat up and huffs, turning only to have his eyes rest on Violet. She stands with her hands on her her hips and a less than subtle glare.

Miki leaped off her stool and threw her arms around Cage, holding his mouth shut and dragging him toward the garage. "Let's go get cleaning supplies while Violet kills Ben." she whispered into his ear.

Cage nods, willingly going with Miki, but keeping his eyes on Ben and Violet.
“Will she kill him?” He whispers.

Violet tilts her head, “Benjamin.”
He swallows then gives her a small nod, still standing beside the door. “Violet.”

Miki pulled him down the hall, but instead of going into the garage, she backed in the laundry room. "Shhhhh," she whispered to Cage. "Now she can kill him but we can listen and make sure he's okay."

“Ah, good plan.” He whispers. “Is this about them drinking?”

“Gabriel smells heavily of wine.” She firmly states, both eyes still locked on Ben.
He dusts his jacket off and starts to walk towards her, a charming smile slowly crossing his lips. “Ah, are you jealous?” He walks past her, seeing Gabriel. He does his best not to grimace and instead turns around, facing Vi again.
She turns to look him in he eyes, though he stands a good few inches above her.
“Not one bit.”
He smiles, showing his teeth. “Violet.” He draws out her name in almost an endearing tone. “You love my wine. Come now.” He turns, retrieving it from the cabinet.
Her eyes widen in frustration. “Benjamin, I’m serious you shouldn-“
He shoves a glass into her hand. “Would you like to go out tomorrow? Hmm? I can take you to the art gallery? Maybe the garden downtown you’ve been wanting to go to.”
She sighs, “Ben, you know it’s too cold. You’d-“ she catches herself and hardens her glare. “That’s beside the point!”

Cage's eye widen. “Ooh he’s gooood.” He whispers.

Miki clamped a hand over her mouth, trying not to giggle. "I didn't know he even knew how to flirt! He's awful trying to distract her like that!"

He pours wine into her glass and she huffs, opening her mouth to speak.
He sets the bottle down and puts a hand on her cheek. “Hm, Violet? What if- what if I could get the kids out. An entire day just us here?” His voice lowers into a soft whisper as he continues talking. “Yes?”
She swallows and glances down to her wine, habitually twirling it. “Benjamin I-“
“Completely silent. No kids to feed. Nothing we have to do.”
She sighs quietly and takes a sip of her wine. “Sounds nice…”
a soft smile crosses his lips. “Yes?”
She takes a small step forward and he touches his forehead to hers.

Cage bites his lip. “You think he got out of it?” He whispers, leaning close to Miki.

Miki stared at Cage, her mouth hanging open. "I didn't… he's so smooooth, Cage! How does he do that??" she whispered.