Mare woke first again and just like before, Mad was cuddled up on his chest and sleeping away. A small smile came to his lips and he happily sighed, holding Mad and nuzzling into his hair. He had an eye open for a second, glaring at the tablet and internally threatening to smash it if it cut his time short like the previous morning. That sickly feeling came back at the thought of it being Jackie causing the interruption again, an actual growl rumbled in his chest. Mare made a note to ask about that when he went back to base later today. He knew he needed to go back to get fresh clothes and check-in. They did not need someone sent to come looking for him if he was gone for too long.
“Huh?” Mad hummed when he woke, slowly blinking and looking up.
“Morning, sleeping beauty~” Mare greeted with a giggle, voice slightly deeper from sleep.
“Hi.” Mad felt his face warm up at that and he tucked his face away.
“Does someone like my morning voice?” Mare teased, running his hand through Mad’s hair. “You didn’t really get to hear it last time.”
“It’s-It’s different.” Mad still kept his face hidden.
“God, you are just too cute for this world.” Mare laughed a little when that got Mad to look at him with a glare. “There it is.”
“Shut up.” Mad groaned and started to get up, yelping when Mare just pulled him right back down.
“What if we just spent all day in bed together~”
“Doing what?”
“Oh, oh, I can think of many many things we could do.” Mare held Mad tighter and had one hand go down to his rear, giving it a quick squeeze. Mad yelped at that and went bright red in the face. “If you liked what I did with just my hand, wait till you learn what I can do with my mouth.”
“Y-Your mouth?” Mad’s brain went a million miles an hour as he tried to imagine what Mare could mean by that.
“Want me to give the dirty de-” Mare stopped when there was a crashing sound. Mare sat up right away, keeping Mad in his hold.
“Hawk, who all is in the house?” Mad called out.
“In the master bedroom is Madrick and an unregistered guest, in the kitchen is Albert and in the lab is an unregistered guest.”
“I got it,” Mare said and was gone before Mad could even finish hearing him.
“Hold on!” Mad scrambled out of the bed and rushed down to his lab, running right in without a second thought.
“There’s the man of the hour~” A new voice greeted him and Mad had to blink a few times, thinking he was seeing double a first.
“Why are you here?” Mare asked the other person and Mad could see the subtle differences in them. The stranger was a bit leaner, hair a shade lighter, and jawline a bit thinner as well.
“What? I can’t come check in on my brother when he just runs off for a few days?” The stranger crossed his arms with a little huff.
“Brother?” Mad asked. “You have a brother?”
“Twin brother.” The stranger corrected and went over to Mad, doing a little bow. “Name’s Phantom.” He took Mad’s hand and kissed the back of it. “And if you’ll let me I can make it so you’ll only know my name.”
“No.” Mare placed a hand on Phantom’s chest and pushed him back. “That won’t work.”
“What do you mean that won’t work?” Phantom had a little pout. “Don’t tell me you’ve called dib-”
“Not what I’m saying.” Mare cut him off. “I mean, you have to be a little more direct.”
“What?”
“What would you do that would cause me to only know your name?” Mad asked with a bit of a tilt to his head. “Are you a vampire like Mare as well? Do you have memory-altering abilities? Mare’s able to teleport himself places with ease, is that common, or does it vary?”
“Holy shit,” Phantom said. “Oh my God, you got a cute nerd.”
“Don’t call me cute.” Mad crossed his arms.
“He’s fucking adorable!” Phantom let out a laugh.
“I’m getting my mallet.” Mad turned to walk away but Mare caught his arm and pulled him back over to him.
“No, you’re not.” Mare sighed and brought his attention back to Phantom. “I’m fine. I’ll be heading back soon to properly check-in and get some clothes. You can leave”
“I’m guessing I interrupted something or you’d be a little more welcoming.” Phantom giggled. “Did I cockblock you?”
“Did you what?” Mad’s question got Phantom to look at him and then back to Mare.
“He’s serious,” Mare confirmed.
“Yeah, no. You can have that.” Phantom made a broad gesture at Mad. “No offense.”
“All offense taken.” Mad stuck his tongue out.
“Clueless and a brat? You can sure pick ‘em, Mare.” Phantom clicked his tongue.
“Not like that.” Mare corrected.
“Sure.” Phantom held out the word and went back to looking at Mad. “That big fella who was here the other day, care if I have a few rounds with him.”
“A few rounds of what?”
“Can I fuck him?” That got Mad to go red in the face. “Oh? Do you like him~”
“No!” Mad squeaked out and Mare nearly gagged at that sickly feeling basically punching him in the throat.
“Then you won’t mind, right?” Phantom had a little sway as he giggled, clearly having fun.
“You two are definitely brothers.” Mad muttered.
“I’m going to go fuck the six-pack, you have fun with your nerd for a little bit longer. Dark’s been wanting to talk to you and you haven’t been answering your phone.” After saying that, Phantom was gone.
“Well, that confirms that at least more than one of you can do that.” Mad commented. “And who’s Dark?”
“Work stuff, do not ask me more about that.” Mare took his phone out and groaned when he realized his phone was dead. “I have to go. You get some food in you and no, coffee isn’t food. I’ll be back later.” Mare, being like his brother, was gone right after saying that.
“Never said I couldn’t ask others about it,” Mad said to himself with a little smirk.
