Bad Boys Toys (english)

Chapter 25 Brothers

"Buckle up!" is the first thing Mark says as they get into Neo's van.

Neo can't believe it.

"You really think you have to tell me that?" he looks at him with an annoyed expression.

What is this kid allowing himself to do?

Mark is tense about the whole situation anyway.

Neo just shouldn't sass him.

"Do you have a problem?" says Poseidon imperiously.

And Neo looks into the authoritarian face and just has to laugh.

"Neo!", Mark is annoyed by his amusement, "What's there to laugh about?", he wants to make their hierarchy clear.

Neo is supposed to be respectful.

He is his big brother.

And no matter how much Mark used to be annoyed by his little brother's flea head.

No matter how often he had to pull him out of his fantasies and ask him to concentrate while studying.

How often did Neo show himself playful?

How big did his cute eyes get when he started talking about completely different things with excitement?

Mark can still remember their time together so well.

Neo was always respectful to him.

Every word out of Mark's mouth was absorbed with sweet wonder.

He was cute and looked up to him.

Not like this huge guy here who allows himself to talk back.

Mark is really pissed off.

He can't even grasp exactly what it is that's pissing him off.

But his little brother Neo is about to feel it.

And Neo finds Mark's angry and stern expression so cute that he can't stop laughing.

He knows that Mark just wants his respect.

He wants so badly to be his big brother.

Nothing more.

He wants the two years younger son of his parents' best friends to be his brother.

Mark is his big brother.

At least he was in his younger years.

Then later he just dropped him.

And now he sits in his car and thinks he can treat him like a child.

The now smaller, authoritarian Mark.

"Neo!", Mark now barks impatiently, "Have you forgotten who you are laughing in the face right now? Where has your respect gone?" scolds Poseidon, hearing so clearly the answer within him.

A dark, angry, flaming voice screams at him in his empire.

The god of the underwater world should give himself his answer.

Carried by all the waters and currents of the oceans, a voice inside him breaks against his consciousness.

Neo's respect now belongs to another.

Another makes his eyes sparkle with admiration.

His little brother has another big brother to whom he is attached to his lips.

And does completely different things with those lips.

Louis has his respect now.

That's where his respect has stayed.