Family Matters

                                    

                                          

After Phukan finally calms down, he glances at the clothes that P'Cir had shoved in his hand. These aren't the alpha's clothes; they are too small for P'Cir, and they still have the tags on them showing that they have never been worn. They are also green, Phu's lucky color for today. Although they are loose shorts and a t-shirt, not Phu's normal PJ choice.
When he leaves the bedroom, he refuses to look at P'Cir at all. "I'll go back to my room now." Phu says keeping his head down.
"Are you still mad at me?" P'Cir asks. Phu nods, still not looking up at the senior. "Don't be mad at me please. Can I still carry Phu to school tomorrow."
The alpha makes his voice so cute that Phu can't continue to ignore him. "Fine," Phu answers with a little pout. He starts to leave then remembers, "Oh my clothes."
"I've already put them in the washer," P'Cir informs him. "You have another uniform, right?"
To be honest, Phu keeps a few around. His occasional bouts of bad luck and clumsiness extend to his clothes, so he always keeps backup uniforms. "I have others," he admits.
"Good, I'll return this one when it is clean." P'Cir says. The alpha seems to be good at these sorts of things, if it had been up to Phu, he would have probably thrown the uniform in his laundry basket without a second thought, then all his clothes would have smelled like gutter water. Things like that just never occur to him.
"I'll pick you up early in the morning so we can stop by the store for Phu to choose his bread." P'Cir says. "You can replace the things that got ruined by being splashed with water too."
Phu had forgotten about the things he had purchased. Of course, things like toothpaste and snacks wouldn't be good after being drenched in nasty water. "Thank you."
"Phu." P'Cir says.
Phu looks back at him questioningly. P'Cir folds him in his arms and kisses him on the cheek. "Sweet dreams."
Phu huffs at this and leaves quickly, before the alpha can embarrass him more. Still, he can't deny the warm feeling he got from being in the senior's arms.
"Phukan, you cheater, how dare you do this to me?" Achi says at lunch the next day.
"What did I do?" Phukan asks, confused.
"You are dating that cold alpha; how can my friend betray me like that?" Achi gives him a wounded look.
Tee smacks him on his arm and says, "It's none of your business."
Achi rubs his arm, "Ow, Tee that hurts. You dare to hit me in front of the whole cafeteria?"
Nalin moves from behind Tee to say, "Phu, don't listen to this dog barking, as if someone like him knows anything about relationships. At least P'Cir's eyes don't wander here and there, sleeping with anything that's cute."
Achi can't deny this accusation, so he just says, "It's because of that, I feel protective of Phu." He wraps his arms around Phukan and hangs off his shoulders.
"Step away from him." A cold voice says from behind them. Phu turns and sees P'Cir holding a tray of food. He is staring at Achi with fierce eyes.
Achi releases Phukan's shoulders and stands up quickly. "Oh, I just remembered, I need to go buy rice. See you later Phu." His hand automatically stretches out to ruffle Phu's hair, then he meets P'Cir's fierce eyes again and he jerks it back quickly.
Once he is gone, P'Cir turns and stares at Nalin who is sitting close to Phukan's other side. She returns his stare nervously and says, "Tee, I really want sausages, let's go." She quickly pulls the other girl away. She leans over and whispers to Phu, "P'Cir even brought you your favorite eggs."