Teasing
Alex patted his hand on the surface of the water and waited. After a few seconds, Liran’s head popped out of the water and swam closer to the pool stairs. “Please tell me the food is here. I’m starving.” he stated.
“Mom just got the call that it arrived.” Alex answered.
Liran climbed out of the pool and grabbed his towel from the chair nearby. He dried his hands so he could check his phone while drying the rest of his body.
“Are you expecting someone to text you?” the older brother teased.
Liran locked his phone. “Nope.” he quickly answered and wore his shirt. “You think I’m dry enough?” he asked while squeezing the water out of his swimsuit with a frown.” He didn’t want to get clean duties for a week for leaving pools of water in their apartment, again.
“Hold my hands.” Alex said and raised his hands, palms facing up.
Liran sighed and took the blonde’s hands. Alex took a deep breath and blew air on Liran, quickly drying him up while holding him steady. “I think you are dry enough now.” he answered with a laugh and patted Liran’s back before walking to the door.
The green-haired teen sighed. He hated that but he was starving. He placed a towel around his neck, grabbed his phone and followed his brother.
“After you.” Alex said with a smirk, holding the door open.
Liran looked at him suspiciously before climbing the stairs. He opened the door that led to their apartment hallway and found Dawn and Luna waiting for them. He frowned as he noticed the evil smirks the twins dotted. “What?” he asked.
“How was your swim?” Dawn asked.
“It was fine.” He answered.
“You know, I was thinking about what Lakren said today.” Luna started from his left side.
Liran glared at her. Maybe telling his sister's best friend that he is in love was a mistake.
Luna leaned closer to him with a mischievous look. “He was talking about Roan, wasn’t he?” she teased and Liran felt his face heat up.
Before he could answer a gasp was heard from behind him. “Is my little brother in love ?” Alex asked with a huge grin.
“No, I-”
“Aww, Liran and Roan. It sounds so cute.” Dawn cooed from his right.
His cheeks were now a dark purple and he was glaring at a smug Luna.
“Kids?” Lena called and walked to the hallway, Buddy following her. “What are you doing? The food will get cold.” She pointed out with a frown.
“We were just talking.” Dawn shrugged innocently while walking to the kitchen, Luna followed her with a huge grin. Alex patted Liran’s back and gave him a thumbs-up before heading to the kitchen as well. He patted Buddy's head and the german Sheppard's tail started wagging. Buddy looked at Lena before following the blonde with excitement.
The Nhelani teen covered his face and groaned. “Liran?” He heard his mom call. He sighed and walked towards the kitchen with his head held low. When he walked closer to his mom, he felt her hand on his shoulder and stopped.
The boy turned around and hugged his mom with a sigh. “Please make them stop.” he mumbled into the ravenette’s sweatshirt.
“Stop what?” She whispered back while brushing her son’s wet hair out of his face. She noticed his blush and tried to bite back her smile. She now had an idea of what he was getting teased about.
“Just please tell them to stop.” he whispered with a pout.
“Okay.” the mother answered with a soft smile and placed a kiss on the boy’s forehead. “Let’s go eat.” she added.
"Liwan!" Kara mumbled with excitement when her youngest son walked closer to the table She quickly swallowed her food and asked. "How was your first day back at school without the image inducer?"
"It was fine." He shrugged. "Most of my friends didn't leave me so that was good." the boy answered with a smile.
"That's always good." Kara answered before filling her mouth once again with food.
"Slow down, darling." Lena said with an eye-roll. "I understand you haven't eaten since lunch, but I don't want you to choke on your noodles." she mumbled and shook her head.
No one really talks as they ate, everyone too focused on their food. But as their plates started getting empty and the eating pace finally slowing down, Luna spoke. “So, Lira-”.
“Stop.” Lena warned Luna’s jaw snapped close. “I don’t know what you three are teasing him about, but it has to stop. Do you understand?” she asked and looked at Alex, Luna and Dawn.
“Yes, mom.” The three teens answered at the same time and Liran smiled.
“Good.” The ravenette stated before taking a sip of her wine, ignoring her wife’s questioning look. "Do you guys want to watch a movie?" she asked with a softer voice.
"Oh yes. Can we watch 'Sleeping Beauty'? I need to study for my play." Dawn asked with enthusiasm.
"But I wanted to watch 'Ocean's 8'. I heard some girls at my class saying it was a cool movie." Luna added with a pout.
"We have time to watch both of the movies, don't worry." Kara pointed out.
"What is it about?" Alex asked while collecting the empty plates since it was his turn to wash the dishes tonight.
While Luna went into a spoiler-free summary of the movie, Lena looked at Liran who was still eating. The teen mouthed thank you and she smiled back.
Kara leaned closer and whispered in her ear "I don't know what happened, but I know you did a great job dealing with it. You are an amazing mother." She placed a kiss on her wife's cheek before standing up to help her Alex with the plates.
