The Club
Klaus was overjoyed when they found out about Rylee, and of course, they had to know everything. Grace had been so kind as to help sort out his feelings when he was questioning, what kind of person would he be if he didn’t help her as well. Unfortunately, Klaus isn’t very good at it, but by golly, he’s gonna try.
There were three known gays in the Hargreeves family, including Grace, Vanya, and Klaus, but Klaus’s gaydar is going off on one more. Lada talked about a certain someone, but she’s never giving any details, Klaus doesn’t know, but he’s gonna pretend he does because he’s Klaus. They hatched a plan. A few hours and some very large assumptions later, the gay club is born. They’re not gonna outright call it the gay club, not wanting to make anyone uncomfortable, instead, it’s just gonna be a group where they can talk about their crushes. They don’t set a date and time for it, instead they just call Vanya and tell her to come over whenever they feel like it.
Grace is the first one in the living room where it’s hosted. She’s a tad confused, but happy to be with her children. Klaus soon comes down with Lada in tow, “What’re we doing?” She asks. Klaus flops on a couch, “Jus’ talking.” They try to hide their grin with their hand. Lada looks concerned.
Grace gets up to welcome Vanya about five minutes later. Klaus claps their hands, “Wunderbar! Let’s get started.” Klaus explains the purpose of these meetings which is basically to talk about relationships and give advice until after a few meetings later where it can fully become The Gay Club. Vanya looks over at Grace, “How’d your date go?” Grace smiles fondly. “It was lovely.” Grace wasn’t really a fan of most restaurants, so instead, she invited Rylee to the manor. They talked and had dinner together. Grace learned that she went to Stanford, but moved to New York for work. Grace didn’t have that much to tell, but she was happy to listen. They really hit it off and scheduled another one at the end of the night.
Vanya’s been going out with a girl in her orchestra for quite some time now. She said it’s starting to get serious. Her partner had no interest in bringing Vanya to meet her parents. Vanya would love for her to meet Grace and the others, but she’s afraid they might scare her away. “Mom and I can make sure they behave.” Lada offers. Grace nods, “She sounds lovely.” Vanya sheepishly smiles down at the floor, “I’ll see if she wants to…”
Klaus got a job at a small coffee shop downtown and is heavily crushing on one of the regulars. They spent a good five minutes talking about the guy’s eyes alone. They’d only recently caught his name, which is Levi (Klaus thought that was adorable.) They're planning on asking him out soon, although they’d like it much better if Levi asked first to save them some embarrassment. He’s using the same wording and tone of voice he did when he told Grace about Dave which makes her think this could actually be something.
Lada seemed reluctant to talk. She didn’t care about looks like Klaus did, but she tells them about their conversations and the drawings they exchange. She’s unconsciously smiling the whole time, Klaus sits up and rests their chin in their hands, “Can we get a name for this mystery person?” She opens her mouth to refuse, but gets interrupted, “It’s not like we know this person.” Klaus tries convincing her. Vanya puts a comforting hand on her shoulder, “You don’t have to tell us if you don’t want to.” Lada looks down and messes with her hands, “Rachel…” she says after a bit. “Is she your age?” Grace asks. Lada nods. Klaus grins, “That sounds like she likes you too.” To be honest, Lada’s never thought about that. She smiles slightly, ”I’ll ask her.” That happened faster than Klaus thought it would, but at least the club is what they wanted.