Double Trouble

Chapter 40

"Really?! Oh thanks god, at least two from this family are not complete losers!"

"Ey!" - Mario pouts. Man, sometimes I really forget that he's a grown up man, a father moreover. I let them discuss a bit longer and decide to go looking for my little piccoli kiddos.

I didn't have to search long. They both are in the living room. Neliana is on the floor in front of the couch and her head leaning against it. Neliono is sitting on the couch and does something on her hair. It's a strange sight and the pose is really ... weird.

They don't see me since I'm standing between the doorframe of the hallway to the living room and, for the first time this day, they both seem completely calm, relaxed.

"You have to stay still, Li!" - Neliono whistle shouts at Neliana who just chuckles slightly. OMG she chuckles. Okay, I don't hear much. It's more like a silent laugh but, nevertheless, my heart beat grows immediately. "I cannot braid your hair when your head is like up - down - up - down!" He wipes his head which makes Neliana only to laugh more. "Stop it! Really, I'm serious!" "Oh sorry that I'm alive- OUCH!" I have to control me hard to not laugh out loud now. Neliono just hit her head back down at the couch after Neliana looked at him. "Did you just hit me?!"

"Yep."

"Boa, you're so rude. Really, I hope your sleeve will slide down while washing hands.- "

Me and everybody else, now standing next to or behind me, chuckle. Her voice is beautiful and I really wish she would talk to us like that too. This interaction between them both, is so natural. So relieved.

I really sound like a psycho now, but nobody can blame me. They are my children and I didn't get to see them for the last 10 years.

"Even the people in the doorframe are less annoying than you."

All eyes are now on them. How in gods name, did she know that we're here? I mean, the couch back is turned to us and Lia is sitting on the ground.

"How did she-"

"Can you please hurry up? My neck is hurtiiiiing." - Neliana whines and let us all come back to our minds. Like robots, we split us up in the room and watch the spectacular in front of us. It's even more funnier if you see it from the front.

"Oh this doesn't look so healthy " - Alijo comments.

"Can we help somehow?" - Fidelio asks slightly amused.

"Yes! If you could take this slow head away from me." - Neliana responds, still cold but with a bit fantasy, it's less cold than before.

"Okay, I'll just stop-"

"Oh I dare you to put your hands away now, Neliono Nercurio De Luca! I swear I'll put thousand of cockroaches in your bed tonight."

Chuckles fill up the room. Even the eldest ones of our family have smiles on their faces. How does she come to such idea?

"And I'll just put a thousand moldy fruits in your room then, and each cockroach will wander straight in your room ..."

At this point, the Damian and Xavier are laughing their souls out. And I, equal to my brothers, burry my head in my face. God, they bring already so much happiness in our lives.