Warning
Drinking
Minor Swearing
Minor Suggestive Comments and Behavior
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Monday September 6th, 2027
Xylo's POV
I wake up to the rooster saying his loud good morning. I slowly opens my eyes and sit up. I get out of bed and give myself a good stretch and head to the bathroom. On my way there, Cal's door was slightly open and he was still sleeping, giving his little snores.
I brush my teeth and do my usual stuff then head back to my room to change. When I went to the dresser, I noticed two wrapped boxes with notes connected to them.
I grabbed the one on the left and read the note
"Happy Birthday Xylo"
"Sorry, Im not able to celebrate your birthday this time. I got mixed into some drama in another world and once again I got trapped. The way I sent you this was through a friend who may have left you a gift as well."
"I hope you enjoy this little gift, it's specialized for demigods, divine-kins, semigods, and any other creatures or people with magic specifically. Do be careful when using them though. If you put them on you will become powerless completely. Hence the hook I added in, it can remove the cuff easily but it is the only known enchanted weapon that can remove the cuff so DON'T LOSE IT!"
"I do hope these enchanted cuff will be helpful for any threats in the future. Have good Birthday Xylo, hopefully I'll see you soon after I escape this jail cell"
"Sincerely, Enola"
I chuckled at the fact that Enola got caught again and place the letter down. I unwrap and open the box to reveal three black cuffs with an enchanted opal embedded in. The hook that was mentioned in the letter was right beside the cuffs but wrapped in brown paper.
I didn't unwrap the hook just yet since I was curious about what the other letter said. I recognized the hand writing immediately and began to read the letter.
"Happy Birthday Xy,"
"I hope you're having a great day today. I apologize for not being there for many years, blame Enola partially for that. But that doesn't matter right now, that can be a conversation for another day.
"I got you a small but special gift, this I'm sure you already know what it does since Enola gave you a vile. I noticed that you needed more ink, so here it is. Use this squid ink on a rainy day, you already know what it does."
"I also got you a dagger, I heard from Enola that you like to use weapons so here's one that I got from my homeland. I hope you have fun with it as much as I have. Have a good birthday Xylo"
"From, Silvan"
"P.S. The reason Your Mother got trapped is because she decided to patronize a king and a queen, which she won't stop doing"
I roll my eyes playfully and put the letter down then I open the box quickly. I see the bottle of squid ink and a bag. I grab the bag and pull out a handle out of the bag.
It carried an icy blue gemstone on the end of the handle, the handle appeared to be made of obsidian and plants. I take the dagger out of its holster to reveal an iridescent purple blade.
"It's beautiful..... Thank you Dad" I mumbled as I looked down at the blade.
"Thank you too Mom" I said looking at the other box. I put the dagger back in the holster and placed it in the box. I put the notes and the boxes under the desk beside the bed. I change into a pair of Jeans and a plaided shirt.
I head downstairs to see Cal in the kitchen cooking something. I take a small sniff of the air and whatever Cal's cooking, it smells great. As I walk towards Cal, I can hear a few other voices along with his.
"Morning Cal, who are you talking to?" I said as Cal turns his head towards me.
He lowers the temperature on the stove and walks to me, giving a sudden hug. "Good Morning and Happy Birthday Xylo, Im just talking to a few people who wants to say hello to you" Cal says as he lets go to grab his Phone.
He gives me the phone to show four people trying to squeeze together. "Happy Birthday Grandpa!" Roja and Dina said over the phone.
"Hey you two! Thank you for the happy birthday, How are you guys doing?" I asked my grandchildren.
"Good Grandpa, I miss you" Dina says as she covers the screen a little more.
Roja attempts to push Dina away and says "I miss you too Grandpa, when can we see you?"
"Hopefully soon, we have to take care of a few things" I said as Cal goes back to cooking.
"Hey Dad! Happy Birthday!" Ricarro said as he peeks behind Roja and Dina.
"Happy Birthday Xylo" Momiji said somewhat visible in the background.
"Thank you guys, How have you both been?" I asked.
"We've been good" Ricarro said happily as Roja and Dina went back from the camera a little.
"A little hard as well but still good" Momiji added in.
"Just let us know if you need help ok?" I said as I sit at the dining table.
"Don't worry Dad we got it, Now you go have a fun day with Mom for your birthday" Ricarro said.
"We will, and we'll let you know when it's safe to visit or we'll come over to you guys instead" I said to them as Cal walks to me.
"Ok then, we better let you both do what you need to" Momiji says as Cal stands behind me.
"Bye bye" Both Roja and Dina said waving.
"Bye little foxes" I replied, waving as well.
"Bye Roja, Bye Dina" Cal says waving as well.
"Bye!" Ricarro exclaims, giving his bright smile.
"Bye" Momiji says as she holds Dina and Roja.
"Bye" Cal and I say before hanging up the phone. I give the phone to Cal and he puts it in his pocket. Cal goes back inside the kitchen and grabs a plate full of food and a mug.
"Here is your birthday breakfast, now enjoy while I grab something from upstairs" Cal says as he sets down the plate with food and a coffee mug. On the plate there were waffles which is my favorite, some bacon, and eggs.
"Thanks for breakfast Cal" I said giving a smile to Cal.
"No problem, now I'll be right back" Cal says before he goes upstairs. I start to eat the breakfast he made and it is delicious! Soon I hear footsteps from behind me. Cal pushes something to the side of the table near the wall.
"Happy Birthday Xy" Cal says presenting something big wrapped up. I walk to it and begin to unwrap it. Inside there is a weapon rack.
"Thank you Cal, this is amazing" I said looking at him.
"You're welcome Xylo and there is another present for you but that will be later" Cal says before he stands up and walks behind. I look back at the weapon rack, Then all of a sudden, Cal puts a blindfold on my eyes.
"Uhhh... Cal, what are you doing" I ask him as he ties the blindfold.
"It's a surprise.... Now where are the car keys?" Cal asked.
"It should be on the counter" I said. I start to hear footsteps going away from me, then hear keys jiggling and footsteps walking back to me.
"Are you ready?" Cal asks me, placing both of his hands on my shoulders.
"Sure? Even though I don't know where we are going" I replied. Cal turns me around and leads me to the door, with at least two times crashing into the door and car. Cal helps me into the passenger seat of the car and he gets in the driver's seat. We start driving away to somewhere, I guess Cal wants to keep it hidden for now....
Andrea's POV
I hear my phone ding. I check it to see a text from Cal saying "I'm on my way, let me know when Roxanne has Nicole with her."
I smile at the text and respond saying "Great, I'll let you know when they arrive."
"Andrea can I talk to you real quick?" Damien says as he looks around.
"Of course, is everything alright?" I ask him.
"I got news about if Cal is a demigod or not" He said in a low voice.
"Oh? Can you tell if he is and what his godly parent is?" I questioned in the same tone.
"He's definitely an egyptian demigod and a moon demigod as well, he reacted to the moonstone in a certain way" Damien says.
"A egyptian moon demigod.... Amaris will definitely want to meet him" I slightly mumble.
"Yeah, it could be the one she's been looking for" Damien said to me.
"Well I introduce them tomorrow, right now let's finish adding the finishing touches" I tell him.
"Alright the- ELIO, STOP TRYING TO PUT THAT UP, YOULL HURT YOURSELF!" Damien yelled at the flying Elio.
"I CAN DO THIS DAMI, I'LL BE ALRIGHT!" Elio yelled back as Damien walks to him.
"AT LEAST LET ANDREA HELP YOU, SHE CAN FLY" Damien yelled.
"I CANT GET MY WINGS OUT, THIS IS ON YOU GUYS" I yelled in response following Damien behind. We continued to at the finishing touches to the room.
Cal's POV
We finally arrived to Andrea's house and luckily there was no problems getting there, although Xylo did ask one or two times if we're here. I swear he can make me laugh easily.
I park into the driveway and see a few cars, one of them being Roxanne's Car. I could see Roxanne in the driver seat with Nicole beside her looking around even though she is blindfolded as well.
I get out of the car and head to Xylo's side to get him out of the car. Roxanne does the same with Nicole. We lead the two to the front door, luckily without any issue.
We open the doors and walk in. Andrea gives a nod to remove their blindfolds and we do.
"Surprise!" The group yelled. Xylo and Nicole gave an extremely shocked reaction but it was a positive reaction. The place was decorated very nicely, I wonder how they got the decorations on the ceiling...
"Woah! This is-" Xylo said before Nicole interrupted him "AMAZING! Thank you guys"
"No problem, it was a little hard to plan but luckily Cal was on board with it, so it made it easier" Damien says as Xylo looks at me and I just give a nod.
"Why don't we get this party started!" Nicole exclaimed in excitement. We all agree with her and began the party. We all had our food and danced throughout the day. Soon after dinner, we did the cake and sang Happy Birthday to Nicole and Xylo.
Apparently there was also alcohol...... since one of us has to drive the car back home, I told Xylo he could be the one to get drunk. I mean Xylo has a high alcohol tolerance while I have a medium alcohol tolerance.
Before anyone drank too much, it was time for Xylo and Nicole to open the gifts. They gave each other the gifts first.
Nicole gave Xylo a leather jacket with designs on it. She said that most of the designs are based off everyone including me surprisingly.
Xylo got Nicole a pair of Rollerblades specifically designed for her. Xylo mentioned to me before that Nicole loved rollerblading but her pair broke recently.
Andrea gave her gifts next. She got Xylo a full new tuxedo, it looked similar to the tux Xylo wore for the Aphrodite Ball and in that weird dating show dream but with Purple, Teal, Red, Gold, and Pink embroidery.
For Nicole, she got her a Lavender Jumpsuit with multiple pastel colored embroidery. Though I noticed two symbols, one of them being Hades Symbol and the other being Pluto's Planetary Symbol. Strange.....
Roxanne was next one to give their gifts. For Nicole, Roxanne got her a cookbook for a bigger variety of dishes. Nicole does like to cook a lot, and she has a lot of cookbooks from when I was at her house.
For Xylo, she got him a leg holster for a dagger. If I remember correctly from the car ride, Xylo said that he got a dagger from his Adoptive dad so it's a win-win.
Elio gave his gifts next. For Nicole, he gifted her a dog plushie. The dog looked like a mix of a Dalmatian and a pitbull. She decided to name the plushie "Spot."
For Xylo, he gave a sun shaped dream catcher. It wasn't too big or too small. I did joked to Xylo that a certain woman would probably stop tormenting him with this dream catcher. Maybe it actually will, but one way to find out I guess.
Damien gave Xylo a golden color necklace with amethyst embedded on it. It looked like it had a portal in the middle and frame had a wave like texture.
Damien gave Nicole a gold colored bracelet with a citrine on the band. She put it on immediately and put it to the light to see it shine.
For the second gift I got Xylo, I gave him a new pair of boots because he keeps wearing mismatched shoes and claims he lost the other shoe. Hopefully that won't happen again, I did buy a hopefully comfortable pair.
For the gift I bought for Nicole was a spray paint kit. I heard she loved doing artsy stuff like graffiti so I bought that for her. I got the pastel colors specifically, since she loves and wears pastel colors.
After that everyone went to have fun. Before I joined in, I decided to put the birthday gift Xylo got in the car. When I got back inside I overheard Damien, Elio, and Roxanne talking.
I decide to listen in to see what they are saying.
"Seriously, why did you have to mention that the plain left a mark on you and Andrea" Damien said.
"I just showed him what was underneath my Bandages and may have told him about Andrea... Oh I see the problem" Elio says.
"Honestly that was a dumb thing to show the mark Lio" Roxanne said flatly.
"Don't think that this isn't partially your fault as well, you told them that Andrea and Elio got hurt at the plain" Damien said in a frustrated tone.
"I was just trying to make sure they don't get near the portal!" Roxanne responded.
"Portal?! The plain has a portal?" I thought to myself as I continued to listen.
"Careful! Cal or Xylo might walk in on us" Damien says.
"Sorry" Roxanne and Elio say in unison.
Damien sighs and says "Just make sure Cal and Xylo stay away from the portal until Andrea wants to tell them about it and the secret."
I quickly stop time and leave the area. "Secret? What Secret?.... Is this secret bad or good? Is it the reason why those people came after us? I'll figure that out tomorrow... for now I'll just hang out" I thought to myself as I go behind a wall then resume time. I walk out from behind and see the three walk over to Nicole. I do the same and hang out with them.
Meanwhile with Andrea and Xylo......
Andrea's POV
Xylo and I were just chilling outside in the back patio with our drinks. Well.... Alcoholic drinks, I have a bottle of wine while Xylo has his bottle of beer. I think this is his 5th one now, I know Xylo has a high tolerance to alcohol. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets drunk after this bottle or during it.
"I must say thank you for all you've done Andrea, Im still amazed on how well you make these parties" Xylo said while looking into the distance.
A soft smile forms on my face before Xylo continues "And the suit, it's a beautiful piece of art you made."
"How did you figure out that I was the one who made it?" I questioned sarcastically, knowing the answer.
"You're the fashionista, you helped set up my suit for school dance and made the girls and yourself a beautiful dress" Xylo says as he looks at me with a smile.
"Why thank you kind Sir, Im glad you liked the tux" I said in a slightly proud tone. He chuckles and takes a gulp of his beer. I look down from the balcony of the patio, looking at the grass.
"Remember the times we spent down there?" Xylo asks as his words start to slur a little.
I give a small chuckle and say "Yeah.... I remember the times we watched the sunset here or on the grass."
Xylo places his hand on mine and just looks at the sunset. Im glad he found someone, I wonder if he watches the sunset with Cal. It would be adorable if they did. Maybe I should set them up so I can totally not get a picture of them together....
"Well we better head inside, it's starting to get late and I think Cal may want to go home soon" I said.
"Ok" He says. I try to walk away but was immediately stopped by a tug. Confused I look at Xylo then our hands only to realize that he is now drunk....
"Oh shit.... Not again"
Cal's POV
Everything seemed fine so far, besides Elio and Nicole getting into a drunk state but other then that, they are just having fun. I hear footsteps from behind me and see Xylo latched on to Andrea's arm and Andrea just looking annoyed.
"What happened?" I questioned looking at both back and forth.
"Xylo's drunk, He's your problem now" She says as she unwraps Xylo's arms and wraps it around me.
"I- wha-HUH?! What do you mean he's my problem?!" I asked confused.
"I don't know if you know, maybe you do but I'll tell you again so when Xylo gets drunk, he gets clingy and if you touch him on his shoulder, arm, or hand, he latches onto you same thing other way around" Andrea explains.
"How do you know what happens when Xylo gets drunk?... I thought you left before you both turned 18" I said a little concerned.
"Long story short, I smuggle some of my dad's alcohol while he was out and we tried it, and yes we did get punished for that and never did it again until we were past the legal age" She explained while showing signs of tiredness.
"Uh-huh....."
"Now you take your husband back home and enjoy the rest of the night, I'll take care of things here" Andrea said.
"Wait, how would you remember how Xylo was during the time?" I asked before I put Xylo's arm over my shoulder.
"I was the last one to get drunk, now enjoy dealing with Xylo~" She coos before heading towards the group. I started making my way to the front with Xylo dragging his feet. We finally made it outside only to see the long steps....
"Did youuu know you're mah friend?..." Xylo said happily while his words started to slur.
"Yes I did know Xylo, I've been your friend for a few years now" I said before I stopped time. I pick up Xylo and slowly head down the stairs, then I set him in the passenger sear and resume time. Xylo looks around confused then lays back. I drive us back home, with Xylo wanting to hold my hand during the whole drive. Andrea wasn't joking when she said that Xylo gets clingy.
We finally get home with Xylo giving me trouble with exiting the car. He really doesn't want to let go of my hand. I try to explain to him that I'll hold his hand if he lets me go right now. Luckily he understood and I was able to get myself and him out of the car.
We slowly headed to the house. Although halfway to the door, Xylo decided to lean his head on me.
"Xylo what are you doing?" I ask him as we reach the front door and I look for the house key.
"I dunno" He says as I unlock the door and enter. Now for the hard part, getting him upstairs. We were able to get up there but not without falling down the steps a few times.
"Callllll.... Can I do something?" He says trying to turn his body towards me.
"What do you wanna to do?" I ask him helping him.
He taps his chin, trying to think before showing signs of nausea. I quickly bring him to the bathroom and he throws up into the toilet. One of the downsides of drinking too much, you vomit. After he was done, I flush the toilet, close the lid and sit him down.
Knowing he's gonna hate the after taste, I grab his toothbrush and put toothpaste on it. I tell him to open his mouth which he does, then I start to brush his teeth. Luckily it was a success and I bring him to his room.
"Callll~ I remember what I wanna do" Xylo says in a happy but drunken tone.
I put him in front of me while holding his arms to make sure he doesn't fall and ask once again "What is it that you want to do?"
He leans forward and taps my lips. "I wanna take a bite of your pretty lips" He says in a flirty voice. My face goes red at his comment.
"W-why do you want to bite my lips...?" I stammered out.
"Your lips look like chocolate... I wanna taste them~" He says now being extremely flirtatious and my face getting redder.
"Maybe later...." I said nervously as I let out a nervous laugh. If I let him, things might get out of hand and I don't want that to happen.
"Ok...." He says as I lay him down on the bed. After I calm down a little, I help him get somewhat changed. Mainly with the shirt, shoes and the belt..... He wanted me to take the belt off. He asked about the pants and I just told him that's all Im taking off and changing.
Before I leave, Xylo grabs my arm and says "Stay please..."
I sigh and say "Sure, I'll stay a little longer." I take off my shoes and my jacket and get in the left side of the bed. Xylo wraps his arms and legs around me, just holding me tightly.
Luckily he forgot about the bitting lips now that he's asleep, but now I can't leave.... He is on top of me, laying his head on my chest.
I let his braid go and started running my fingers through his hair out of boredom. I hear him say random things like "Stay Back you Monster..." or "Shadow needs his carrots" it's honestly adorable and sometimes funny.
Before I drift off to sleep, I hear him say one last thing....
"I love you My Moon"
"What did he mean by My Moon?... Oh well, maybe he'll tell me in the later future" I thought to myself before drifting off to sleep.
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It's Xylo and Nicole's B-day! Xylo woke up to two gifts from his adoptive parents. Later he was wished a happy birthday from his family and Cal. Later on Cal brings a blindfolded Xylo to Andrea's Place with Roxanne and a blindfolded Nicole. It turns out to be a minor surprise party. They all have a good time with a bit of drinking. Cal over hears a few people talking about the plain. Much later Andrea brings a drunk Xylo for Cal to deal with. I'd say this party went well, How will Xylo react Cal with him in bed?
This took awhile.... figuring out what to put for the family FaceTime part and the gifts took a while.
Uhhh... the underaged drinking part, they were being dum teenagers. Don't drink alcohol without permission from parents if you're underaged or just don't drink any alcohol, it'll be better. The ending..... I may have had a lil too much fun with.
I dunno what else to say but the next chapter will definitely be shorter than this chapter. And it will fully introduce a character that has been mentioned a few times.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter, until the next one.
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