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“Hey, uh. Could you maybe grab me that soda in there? It hurts when I crouch down that much and my brothers are in with Peter, so...”

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[benji-archer:]

“Fake a cold? Watch a few eighties movies. I hear those excuses still work on an average parent or two.” As for seeing his brother… “One of the ones still in the hospital?”

“I’ll probably just go over them and ask my brother to let me stay. They won’t tell him no,” he mused. “Yeah, he’s in the hospital still. Peter’s still there. He got hurt pretty bad, actually. It was easier when I was in there too, but they don’t keep you long for your arm. So I’ve been going to see him pretty much daily.”

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[fyipeter:]

After meeting Danielle, he saw something for sure in his parents. While they may have loved each other – or not – some could argue that their children were accessories. With them always gone, he liked to think the brothers were close both because they had to be but because they wanted to be. It was nice to see his littlest brother. Peter practically let out a sigh of relief. “Yes, you can stay. Just one more day though.” Peter hadn’t admitted out loud that he had a hold over their parents, that if he even mentioned they weren’t there when this happened much less took their sweet fucking time getting back, that they’d immediately feel guilty.

In fact, the only sign that they loved their children was the guilt and sadness he had seen on their faces that day. “Don’t worry. It’ll take me as long just to get out of the bed.” But he’d do it. If he could sneak out for coffee, he could do it.

Cole couldn’t help but perk up when Peter promised he could stay, though he was insisting it would only be one more day. Of course, he was going to try and appeal to him for another day come the next morning, and appeal for as long as he could manage to do so without the hospital trying to call their parents to get a statement over whether or not they were going to force him to start attending school again before he got deemed truant despite his injuries and, therefore, reasonable absence. But that was another story, and he hadn’t considered the fact that Peter would hold any trump card over their parents.

Raising an eyebrow at the statement about getting out of bed, Cole narrowed his eyes at his brother, shaking his head slightly. “You’re not supposed to be out of bed yet, are you?” he questioned. “What are you sneaking out for? I can get you whatever you need, you know.”

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[justdontaskmehowiam:]

“I thought I wanted to go back, but then I looked at my math homework… and I’m tempted to stay home for another day.”

“Math homework would chase anyone away, let’s be real.”

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[aleksiquirke:]

Aleksi sighed, “Yeah, so would I.” he said, “I guess we don’t have much of a choice though.”

“I guess not. Maybe I can talk my brother into letting me stay another day or two still.”

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[fyipeter:]

Peter frowned. He knew his brother was right but he still couldn’t help feel like maybe he should go. If he stayed, it would be longer until he returned to school. But his brother needed it just as much as Peter knew he himself did. “You don’t have to stay with me, but I’ll send a note to the school if you want to. If you do your homework, I don’t have a problem if you stay another day.”

For a moment, Cole thought Peter would just have him go to school anyway. He was preparing himself for that already. But then came the offer, and he looked up in surprise. “You will? Really?” he questioned, looking uncertain. “I’d rather stay here anyway. I’ll get my homework done, though, I promise. It won’t take me that long to do.”

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[benji-archer:]

“No one wants to go back to school yet. Skip it if you really don’t want to go back yet and get your assignments later. That’s what I’ve been doing. I might not be there but I’m getting my shit done. I’m down participation points but I’ve never really had any consider people suck.”

“That depends if mom and dad will let me skip out again,” he pointed out with a shrug. “If I skip and they don’t want me to, I can’t go see my brother anyway. Kinda defeats the purpose of skipping in the first place, unfortunately.”

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