You speed-walked to your room and shut the door. You throw the hat in what you wanted to make a big sound, but instead drifted softly to the ground. You stared in disgust at the hat that not only tore your family apart, but was prepping you up to fall in love/lust with them. You can't help but blame yourself, watching all of those anime with step-brothers or adopted brothers falling in love, your degeneracy has bitten you in the ass in the worse way possible. You look outside and see the Sun set. It's likely that the mall is already closed for the day, so you'll have to deal with this entire mess for the night... wait, no. Tomorrow is Monday, which means not only are you going to have to wait for close to an actual day, but also drive your emotionally wrecked brother for 20 minutes. Thank God he does basketball after school.
You fall down onto your bed, looking up to your brothers bunk bed... shiiiiiit. Of all the things you could have forgotten now, why was it that you two bunked beds in the same room! You get up and walk to your desk... Noticing a picture of you and your father, Max Sr. The two of you are showing off a fish about the same size as you. While you don't remember this exact photo being taken, you do remember that fishing trip, a decade's long past. You push the photo down and face away from the desk. When the other one comes in, you're curled up in the chair, scrolling through your phone.
"Hey Cas," he says, trying to not force his way over.
"Hey Alexi-" you say on accident. Your dad is stunned, but he takes it in stride and continue towards you.
"So... um.. L-Listen," he says, despite taking a couple of seconds to come up with words. You stay patient however.
"...I just want you to know, that me and... Max, love you all with all of our hearts. If... you need time away from school, and anything else, just let us know. We don't want to keep anything away from you guys anymore."
"...Okay. Thanks..."
A sigh of relief comes out of him, before continuing, "Now, Sam has decided that, between driving back to his dorm or letting his mind unwind here, he'd rather stay. You don't have to give up your bed, I'm not saying that, just... the room already got renovated, and I don't want him sleeping on a couch after dropping all of that. Just make sure you give him an answer."
He tries to give you a kiss on your head before leaving, but for reasons that you could only think are result of the hat, you turn around and accidentally kiss on the lips. He walks back a bit and stutters, before dashing out of the room. It felt a lot better than it should.
You continue going through your phone before going to your contacts and messaging Gene. You don't explain the full situation, but since he graduated early and is mature you know he won't reply "Sorry, my parents don't want people over on a school night," or be sexual about it... you hope.
You go into the kitchen for a glass of water, after hiding the hat under you bed of course. Sam was there, already with a glass.
"Hey Cas, you holding up?"
"I'm good... all things considered"
"Yeah... you got a little..." Sam doesn't finish the sentence, but you knew what he meant when he wipes a tear from your eye. The feeling you got was exhilarating, something your virgin heart has never felt before. You hurry to the fridge in order to avoid him seeing you blush, or worse.
"H-Hey, c'mon now. Even though... that happened, we'll stick by each other, right?"
"We... Just let me get my water for now."
"Okay... just, make sure you don't do anything rash, alright? Like, runaway or something."
"...I wasn't planning to, but alright."
"Thanks," he said, before coming from behind with a hug. You know this is wrong, but his chest against your back and bulge against your butt is too irresistible. You bite your tongue softly, but can't help but form a semi.
"You can have the rest of my water," he says, without a hint of flirtation or malicious intent in his voice. Ironic that the older brother is the naive one here, rather than the younger one, but you aren't going to bite the hands of time and make Max into a ditz. You calmly break off before downing his drink.
"I'm gonna check up on... well, who knows if he wants to be called 'Max.' I think he's taking it a lot harder than you."
"O-Okay Sam, thank you."
You face the counter and look outside while you calm down. After your dick has gone soft, you begin to think about Alexi's question...