Reaper

Chapter 16 -Kouzen pt.1

Kouzen stared at his phone for a long while. The chat affectionately titled ‘asshole <3’ was still up indicating he actually had a date. Very suddenly he bolted from his bed in his pajamas and ran around the house until he found his mom, skittering to a stop on the hardwood floor of the living room, “Mom! I have a date!”

His mom was in the middle of sipping coffee, the liquid falling out of his mouth and thankfully back into the cup as he choked at the burst of excitement, “What?”

“My baby brother has a date?” Benji shot up from his spot in an oversized chair. Kouzen nodded slowly, eyes darting between the two. He hadn’t expected to find his brother also in the room.

“That’s fantastic news! Kou-Kou, I didn’t even know you were dating,” His mom got up and hugged him close, embarrassing him. He was happy for the attention however, even if it was a super clingy hug from his mama.

“It’s Evander. Dad already gave him a stamp of approval,” Kouzen beamed thinking about him. His mom’s face fell and Benji was immediately in his bubble as well. They looked disappointed and he sulked, backing away from them, “I know he was really mean to me but he’s different since we started dating.”

“Kouzen, boys like that don’t change. Benji and Braydon’s dad put me in the ICU when I was pregnant with them. Has he hit you since?” His mom grabbed his shoulders, not letting him escape the conversation.

“No! I promise, he’s safe. Ask dad!” Kouzen gestured at the rest of the house, not even having a clue where he’d be if he wasn’t with his mom.

“Kou-Kou, we just want to make sure you’re safe is all. He’s done a lot to you,” Benji smiled reassuringly.

“I know, but trust me, we’re fine. If he hits me I’ll walk away, okay? On my honor,” Kouzen nodded and that seemed to appease them enough his mom let go of him.

“Now, about that date! Little brother, what are you going to wear? I have some ideas and you’ll probably hate them but I still want to be involved,” Benji clapped his hands in excitement. Braydon came waltzing in next, looking at the three of them standing there.

“What’s going on?” He pulled up next to Benji. They were identical twins, Ben was just a fem like him and his mom. They were very close too despite not having a lot of overlapping hobbies.

“Kou has a date with that Evander kid,” Benji did a small dance and Braydon scowled at him.

“That kid that gave you a concussion in middle school?” Braydon’s protectiveness was kicking in and Benji held his arm and shook his head no at him.

“Talk to dad about his character if you have more questions, but he’s different now that we’re dating. I’m not going to keep defending my choices, he’s really great,” Kouzen was getting upset and his siblings looked between each other and made a silent agreement. He eyed them suspiciously, glancing to his mom who still looked concerned, “Can’t you just be happy I found someone? I started this school year pretty sure I was going to die alone.”

“You wouldn’t die alone, you’re my son. That body’s gonna fill out and all the boys are going to want a piece of it. Trust me,” his mom winked at him and he made a small noise of disgust. Benji just shrugged, he looked like someone photocopied their mom so he couldn’t argue. Braydon rolled his eyes, scowl still in place as he looked away from everyone, he didn’t like the idea of any of them attracting all sorts of guys.

“Can we steer clear of how weird you get when it comes to attracting boys?” He looked at his mom and his mom shrugged, picking up his coffee and taking a drink. His dad came in thankfully.

“Your mom is just very aware how handsome he is and how handsome his boys are,” his dad kissed his mom’s head making him preen with pride, “What’re we discussing? Is this a family meeting no one called me about?”

“No, Kou has a date,” Benji grinned bigger each time he said it. This time adding a little shimmy making Kouzen even more embarrassed. He was beginning to wish he hadn’t told anyone. Or maybe just his dad.

“With Evander? That’s exciting, where’s he taking you?” Nick smiled and Kouzen mentally agreed the next piece of good news went to his dad. He was the least dramatic.

“You are seriously fine with this? After all the times you picked our baby up from school after that boy got ahold of him?” His mom cuddled to his dad’s side, green eyes shining with concern. His dad’s arm went around him as he nodded.

“If you saw the way he got our boy open up to me you would too,” Nick looked at everyone, ending at Kouzen to wait for his answer.

“It’s on the land where his clan lives. He got me a pass to drive the car in and everything,” he beamed again as he showed the picture of the pass to his dad.

“Still calling him an asshole, huh?” Nick laughed as he saw the picture.

“It’s a term of endearment,” Kouzen smirked and put his phone away.

“Let’s go find an outfit!” Benji grabbed him and dragged him to his room as his dad laughed more. He looked back to ask for help but he just shrugged and escorted his mom to sit back on the couch. Braydon watched them go up the stairs before rolling his eyes and going to tend to whatever he’d been on his way to do.

He sat on his bed once in his room and let Benji raid his closet. Shirts he barely wore and nice jeans were pulled out, even some nicer clothes that he wore for special occasions at the palace. He watched him match things together and soon there was a good sized stack on the bed.

“Okay, what look are you going for? Cute? Sexy? Both?” Benji was in his element.

“I don’t know about sexy, I was just going to wear a hoodie and pants like I do at school,” Kouzen shrugged.

“Nuh-uh, with that figure? You don’t want to show him your curves? We have been blessed, brother. Show it off a little,” Benji goaded him, trying to put the pressure on him.

“Fiiiine. What do you have in mind?” Kouzen regretted the question immediately. Benji pulled him off the bed and began showing him a myriad of outfits in his mirror. In the end he ended up in a pair of black slacks that accentuated his thighs and rear end for bottoms. For his shirt Benji had found a low cut blue button up in his own closet and brought it over. It was silky and clung to his curves while showing off his chest. Kouzen looked at himself, impressed and embarrassed at the same time, “I look like I came out of a KPop music video.”

“Mm, and those boys are pretty yummy. Imagine what Evander will think,” Benji snickered playing with his hair a moment to see about styling it. Kouzen rolled his head away.

“You don’t think it’s too much?” Kouzen sighed as he checked himself out again.

“You want a second opinion? Braydon!” Benji smirked and Kouzen glowered at him.

“Yeah?” Braydon came in the room in under a minute and stared at Kouzen, his brows furrowing, “Kouzen?”

“Isn’t he a cutie patootie? His boy’s going to be all over him!” Benji bounced with joy at what a good job he’d done. Braydon grimaced, he didn’t like the idea of his brother going out like that which meant Benji had been completely successful in making him attractive. He gave a slow nod of approval to appease them and walked away.