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Main characters:
Sundrop "Sun" Solstice (Elliot & Eloise's ex son/Tarence's ex younger brother/Solomon's younger brother/Rose & Stella's older brother/Moon's love interest): Short blonde hair, ocean blue eyes, light tan skin with vitiligo, freckles across the bridge of his nose, and tall and lanky. A transgender man that was recently disowned by his parents and ended up getting tangled up in the daily life of a mafia group. His dead name is Savannah and he's severely allergic to peanuts.
Moondrop "Moon" Lunarian (Don of the Lunarian Mafia/Harold & Samantha's son/Sarah & Selene's older brother/Sun's love interest/Ivan's rival/Laura's obsession): Short lack hair, red eyes, fair skin with vitiligo, tall and lanky, and mostly wears a fedora. He gained his position at the age of 19 by killing his abusive father in retaliation for harming his mother and youngest sister. Despite his bloody and terrifying reputation, he has a soft spot for his family, children, and Sunny. He always carries a pistol and a switchblade on him and isn't afraid to use them and he's allergic to shellfish.
Solstice Family:
Elliot Solstice (CEO of Solstice Enterprises/Eloise's husband/Solomon, Terence, Rose, & Stella's father/Sun's ex father): Brown hair with gray streaks, ocean blue eyes, light tan skin, high cheekbones, and slim build. Strict no nonsense businessman who cares more about reputation and the family business than his family's happiness. He's extremely transphopic, homophobic, and racist.
Eloise Solstice (Elliot's wife/Solomon, Terence, Rose, & Stella's mother/Sun's ex mother): Blond hair tied into a tight bun, emerald green eyes, small nose, alabaster skin, and slim figure. A strict socialite that cares more about appearances and reputation than her family's happiness. She's extremely transphobic, homophobic, and racist.
Solomon Solstice (Heir to Solstice Enterprises/Elliot & Eloise's eldest son/Terence, Sun, Rose, and Stella's older brother): Short blonde hair, ocean blue eyes, light tan skin, broad shoulders, and slim build. Very mature, but kindhearted and much more accepting of Sun's transition from woman to man unlike his parents and brother, Terence.
Terence Solstice (2nd Heir to Solstice Enterprises/Elliot & Eloise's 2nd eldest son/Solomon's younger brother/Rose & Stella's order brother/Sun's ex older brother): Short and shaggy brown hair, emerald green eyes, pale skin littered with freckles, and a slim build. Unlike Solomon, he is a bully towards his younger siblings and is very transphobic and homophobic. Unbeknownst to his parents, he is a womanizer and a gambling addict.
Rose Solstice (Elliot & Eloise's daughter/Solomon, Terence, & Sun's little sister/Stella's older twin sister/Damien's childhood friend/girlfriend & later fiancée): Long and straight brown hair, ocean blue eyes, white skin, and slim figure. Friendly, kindhearted, and, like Solomon and her twin, very supportive of Sun's transition.
Stella Solstice (Elliott & Eloise's daughter/Solomon, Terence, & Sun's younger sister/Rose's younger twin sister/Damien's childhood friend/Rochelle's girlfriend): Similar to Rose in appearance except her hair is wavy instead of straight. Friendly, kindhearted, rebellious, and, like Solomon and her twin, supportive of Sun's transition.
Lunarian Family:
Samantha Lunarian (Harold's widow/Moon, Sarah, & Selene's mother): Long salt and pepper hair tied into a bun (black in her youth), red eyes, pale skin, and slim (almost frail) figure. Very kind and supporting single mother to all three of her children. She was married off to Harold when she was 17, had Moon when she was 18, had Sarah when she was 28, and had Selene when she was 33 and, through it all, had to endure Harold's abuse until Moon lit him like Swiss cheese. She's the one who made and gifted Selene her starry blanket.
Sarah Lunarian (Harold & Samantha's eldest daughter/Moon's younger sister/Selene's older sister): Black hair, hazel eyes, pale skin, and slightly chubby figure. A headstrong 10 year old who is very smart for her age, has a deep seated love for her mother and siblings, and supports Moon's relationship with Sun. She's the one who gifted Selene with the dog plushie after she earned enough money by selling lemonade.
Selene Lunarian (Harold & Samantha's youngest daughter/Moon & Sarah's younger sister): Looks like a 5 year old little girl version of Moon. At age 4, she became paralyzed from the waist down after her father backhanded her and sent her tumbling down a flight of stairs where she hit her spine on the bottom step and her head on the floor, leading to Moon killing their father and her needing to use a wheelchair. She tends to be very shy around people and doesn't open up to them until she gets to know them better. She takes her starry blanket and dog plushie, Nugget, everywhere she goes and also has a speech impediment, more specifically a lisp that make her speech sound almost slurred.
Mafia members:
Eclipse Celestial (Moon's right hand man/Second in command/Ai & Starlight's husband): Shoulder length reddish-brown hair tied in a man bun, piercing golden eyes, tan skin, and a tall and muscular build. An intimidating, no nonsense man that is extremely loyal to Moon, but does have a soft spot for his husbands, children, and Sun, who he takes in as his son.
Ai Celestial (A loan shark/Eclipse & Starlight's husband): Shoulder length reddish brown hair tied in a ponytail, dark blue eyes, light tan skin, and slim build. A very calm man who loans people money, but isn't very merciful when those people are late paying back said loans and those who sign a loan under someone else's name, and, those who do, he sends his debt collectors to collect them and either put them through hard labor or to work for Starlight. He loves his husbands greatly, but doesn't express it as much as Starlight does. He doesn't accept "dirty money", which is what he calls money gained from extortion or any kind of fraud.
Starlight Celestial (A former stripper turned pimp/strip club owner/sex toy tester/Eclipse & Ai's husband): Long silver hair, blue eyes, pale skin, silm (almost feminine) build. Formally a stripper that climbed up the ranks with the help of Moon and both his husbands and his flamboyance and habit of going out in drag has earned him the title "The Crossdressing Pimp". He's very protective of the more willing strippers and prostitutes that work under him, but is pretty ruthless to those that were sent to work for him by Ai and those who resort to prostituting their own children alongside themselves, as child prostitution is something he clearly frowns upon. He is very affectionate with his husbands and, despite being a man, acts as mother figure to Sun. He owns a .44 Magnum pistol that he named Petunia.
Roxanne "Roxy" Wolfgang (A sniper/Chica's fiancée): Long silver hair with a green streak, piercing golden eyes, pinkish white skin, and a slim figure. A firearms expert that is able to handle any kind of gun with sharp eyes and an aim as deadly as her beauty. Despite her femme fatale appearance and personality, she is extremely loyal to her boss, Moon, and dedicated to her fiancée, Chica. She owns a collection of guns, which she refers to as her babies, and has named every single one of them.
Montgomery "Monty" Gatorson (A grunt): Red hair styled in a mohawk, red eyes hidden behind sunglasses, dark tan skin, and a very muscular build. A southern born man who prefers to use his fists and brute strength to defeat Moon's enemies, but will use a gun or switchblade if need be.
Brutus Harvard (Sun's bodyguard): Slicked back black hair, gray eyes hidden by sunglasses, peach skin, and a muscular build. A no nonsense man assigned to protect Sun. Like Sun, he is also severely allergic to peanuts.
Mansion staff:
Glamrock Freddy "Fredrich 'Freddy' Fazbin (The head butler/Bonnie's husband): Shaggy orange brown hair and short beard, blue eyes, light tan skin, and a muscular build. A very kind and polite man that tends to be a complete and utter pacifist and does everything in his power to make others feel welcome.
Glamrock Bonnie "Bonsworth 'Bonnie' Fazbin" (The gardener/Freddy's husband): Long electric blue tied in a ponytail, red eyes, white skin, buck teeth, and a semi muscular build. A friendly and spirited, but passionate man that spends most of his days outside in the manisons garden and, at night, loves cuddling sessions with Freddy.
Glamrock Chica "Chica Pollock" (The cook/Roxy's fiancée/Laura's superior): White hair tied in a bun when cooking and in a ponytail when not, pinkish purple eyes, pale skin, and a slim figure. Very friendly and perky and eager to please when it comes to serving meals, but will start to become panicky when the dish isn't prepared right or triggers an allergic reaction.
Laura Johnson (Chica's assistant/Moon's stalker): Long brown hair, brown eyes, peach skin, wears makeup, and a slim figure. A very passionate woman who is obsessed with Moon and is determined to date and marry him at all costs and easily becomes jealous of anyone Moon becomes close to. Taiyo, Tsuki, and Pickle all hate her.
Other:
Igor Volkov (Founder/Don of the Volkov Mafia/Sergey and Olga's son/Ivan's evil younger twin brother): Similar to Sun in appearance except his eyes are icy blue instead of ocean blue and, instead of vitiligo and freckles across the bridge of his nose, he has a mole a couple of inches from the left corner of his mouth and is more toned than Sun. A Russian man with a heart of stone and a capacity for cruelty. He came to power at the age of 20 by killing his father, who always favored Ivan over him, and labotomizing his father's second in command who was supposed to take over. He is extremely abusive towards his twin brother, Ivan, and takes great pleasure making promises just so he can find loopholes in them. Despite being a psychopath and a megalomaniac, the only person he ever truly loved was his late mother.
Ivan Volkov (pronounced e-von) (Sergey and Olga's son/Igor's older twin brother): Similar to Igor in appearance except he has a mole a couple inches from the right corner of his mouth and has a scar on both his forehead and left cheek. The exact opposite of Igor, he is very sweet, kindhearted, and loving, but also very childish and naive due to a permanent brain injury caused by Igor's failed attempt at murdering him by pushing him down a flight of stairs at the age of 5, giving him the scar on this forehead and costing him his position as his father's successor.
Natalia Popov (Ivan's caregiver): Short black hair, hazel eyes, pale skin, and chubby figure. A young woman that is dead set on helping Ivan in his daily life and is willing to protect him at all costs.
Boris Kozlov (Sergey's friend/former second-in-command/Igor's lobotomy victim): Long, gray hair and beard (short and brown in his youth), pale gray eyes, pale skin, and frail (almost skeletal) build (slim in his youth). Was originally a kind, gentle, and responsible businessman who was loyal to Sergey Volkov and the business they ran up until Igor took an ice pick to his frontal lobe causing him to become emotionless, apathetic, unable to control his blatter and bowels, suffer from epilepsy, and be confined to a wheelchair. Fortunately, he was spared from being given dementia, but he wishes he wasn't so that he could forget the twisted, sadistic expression on Igor's face as he lobotomized him. He currently resides at St. Marriott Mental Institution.
Taiyo (Sun's Tomcat): A ginger cat with green eyes that loves to play and sleep in the sun. He's very friendly with everyone in the mansion except Laura and seems to be very attracted to Tsuki.
Tsuki (Moon's queen cat): A black cat with green eyes that Moon found as a kitten and raised as a spoiled princess. She hisses at everyone except Moon, his family, Chica, Sun, Starlight, Freddy, and Pickle. She's attracted to Taiyo, but likes to play hard to get with him.
Pickle (Lunarian family's corgi): A Pembroke Welsh corgi with orange and white fur, a docked tail, soulful brown eyes, and a contagious smile. Very playful and friendly to everyone except Laura, loves playing fetch, tug of War, swimming, and when Chica makes him dog friendly dishes despite enjoying his dog food. He got his name when Chica found him by a crate full of jars of pickles when he was a puppy.
Rochelle Jackson (A pawn shop employee/Stella's girlfriend): long, black hair worn in dreadlocks, black eyes, black skin, and a slim figure. A friendly, yet sassy, woman who is extremely loyal to her girlfriend.
Damien Baxter (Heir to the Baxter's Beautiful Bistro restaurant chain/Rose & Stella's childhood friend/Rose's boyfriend & later fiancé) Short ginger hair, forest green eyes, pale skin littered with freckles, and a slim build. A decent fellow who has been very close with Rose and Stella ever since they were children. Elliot and Eloise had arranged for him and Rose to marry in order to merge their business with Mr. Baxter's, not aware that they were dating since they were thirteen.
McKenzie (A lake sturgeon): The resident sturgeon that lives in the lake where the Lunarian family's two-story lakeside cabin is located. She is enormous for her species, around 123 years old, and tends to venture closer to the Lunarian's dock to either forage for food, spawn, or just say hello to Moon and his family. Selene tends to call her Mickey.
Mentioned:
Harold Lunarian (Previous Don of the Lunarian mafia/Samantha's late husband/abuser/Moon, Sarah, and Selene's late "sperm donor") Short slicked back black hair, cold hazel eyes, fair skin, and stocky build. He was very abusive towards Samantha when he was alive and it wasn't until he struck Selene and badly injured her that Moon filled him with bullet holes in retaliation. Despite being dead for a year, Moon and his sisters still refuse to refer to him as their father.
Sergey Volkov (A company president/Olga's husband/Igor and Ivan's late father/Boris' late friend) Short black hair, icy blue eyes, light tan skin, and stout build. A diligent businessman, a supportive friend and boss, and a loving husband, but, when it came to being a father, he always favored and praised Ivan while semi-ignoring Igor and giving him backhanded compliments. It was Sergey's favoritism that caused Igor to resent his brother.
Olga Volkov (Sergey's wife/Igor and Ivan's late mother): Permed blond hair, hazel eyes, pale skin, and a slim figure. A diligent housewife and a loving and doting wife and mother. Unlike Sergey, she never favored one son over the other and loved both of her children equally. She died from stomach cancer when Igor and Ivan were 17 and, while on her deathbed, made Igor promise that he wouldn't kill Ivan nor hire anyone to harm nor kill him. She was the only person Igor ever loved.
Notes:
Just so everyone knows, Starlight, Ai, Samantha, Sarah, Stella, Rose, Taiyo, and Tsuki belong to FNAF Twilight aka sonicfan24 and Selene belongs to Starlight_Animatronic respectfully and I claim no ownership of these characters whatsoever.
Also, Pickle is based off of Gatsby from the YouTube channel, Vlogaftercollege, and the mascot of Corgi on Fleek.
If you want to get to know Gatsby, check out his owner, Ryen Lung's YouTube channel, Vlogaftercollege: https://m.youtube.com/@VlogAfterCollege
And, while you're at it, check out Gatsby's YouTube channel, Great Gatsby the Corgi: https://m.youtube.com/@GreatGatsbyCorgi
Chapter Text
Sun's pov:
This Sucks! Not only did my parents not approve of my transition from straight woman to gay man and try to get me to undo it while calling me by my dead name, Savannah, but they disowned me the moment I refused to do so. And, once they did, my ex mother, Eloise, stormed into my room, packed a suitcase and backpack full of my belongings, roughly stuffed my cat, Taiyo, into a cat carrier, and kicked me out of their mansion!
All while my ex older brother and bully, Terence, pointed a finger at me and cackled like a hyena at my misfortune.
Fortunately for me, my oldest brother, Solomon, and younger sisters, Rose and Stella, were more accepting of my transition and willing to help me out.
They couldn't get my ex parents to reconsider their decision and, by proxy, couldn't welcome me back into the mansion where we all grew up in, but they were able to purchase a bus ticket to a part of Fazzerain City where the nearest pet-friendly homeless shelter resided and created a group chat for the four of us.
The moment I got off the bus with Taiyo, it was starting to get dark, so I began to make my way to the homeless shelter while I started to figure out a plan for how I was going to be able to sustain myself and Taiyo moving forward.
I was going to have to find a job, that's for sure, and I'm going to have to save up enough to rent a small apartment and purchase food for us when I do. I was so focused on what I was going to do for mine and Taiyo's future that I didn't realize that I was being followed.
I had just walked into an alleyway when I was struck in the head from behind and I blacked out before I could hit the ground.
An hour later:
I came to, slowly, to the feeling of my head throbbing and warmth circulating around my head. I opened my eyes to darkness with miniature dots of light poking through.
That sight could only mean one thing: I had a burlap sack on my head, I know because Terence put one on my head once as a prank when we were kids. But what's it doing on my head to begin with?
I tried to lift my arm so that I could remove the sack, only to realize that I couldn't move my arm. Or any of my limbs to be exact.
In fact, I found my wrists were restrained behind my back with something that felt rough and scratchy, rope most likely, and my bound wrists and torso were tied tightly to what I realized was the back of an uncomfortable chair that I was sitting in while my legs were tied to the legs of said chair!
Then I remembered the bus stop, walking down an alley, the blow to the back of my head and I realized what had happened.
I had been kidnapped!
I began to panic and struggle in my bindings, causing them to tighten around me. Taiyo was still in his cat carrier! What if he was left behind?! What if whoever kidnapped me did something to him?
"Stoy! Stoy! Boss idet!" A man's voice hissed making me freeze with fear. 'Who was that and what did he say?' I thought, panicking to myself.
I stopped struggling nevertheless, just in time to hear a door creak open, footsteps enter, and then the same door slam shut. I could sense someone circling me where I sat and I caught a whiff of a cologne that smelled like the cool night air, crisp, clean, and soothing. A smell that could have put me at ease if it weren't for the situation I was in.
"My snova vstretilis', Volkov." A man's voice, rough, raspy, and somewhat soothing, said mockingly as he circled me like a predator does it's prey. "Ty pravda dumal, chto my tebya ne poymayem, krovozhadnyy psikhopat?"
I was smart enough to realize that whoever organized my kidnapping was speaking Russian, but I wasn't smart enough to understand what he was saying, so I just sat there and played dumb because I was.
"Chto sluchilos', ublyudok? Kot otkusil tebe yazyk, raz ty v moikh lapakh?" the man asked before I felt something pressing against my forehead through the sack and he growled "Khvatit molchat'! Skazhi mne, pochemu ty ubil etikh lyudey, v tom chisle nevinnykh detey!"
I knew that what was being pressed against my forehead was a gun and that meant that this person was dangerous. I had to say something, anything, to get this person to realize that he was doing something that was not only terrifying, but life threatening as well. But what was I supposed to say?!
"Govori, poka ya ne vyshib tebe mozgi, ty, sadistskiy meshok der'ma!" The man pointing a gun at me hissed before I swallowed hard, opened my mouth, and, with tears welling up and streaming down my face, cried the first thing I could think of. "I-I'm sorry for what I did or didn't do, but I don't speak Russian!"
As soon as those words left my mouth, a deafening silence followed, heightening the suspense that was already eating away at me, before the gun was pulled away from my forehead and the sack covering my head was ripped off, revealing my soundings and the faces of my captors.
Moon's pov:
I held my gun to the sack covered forehead of my captive, Igor Volkov, the founder and Don of the Volkov mafia and the one responsible for snuffing out the lives of countless innocent people, some of them children, and watched as said scumbag trembled in the chair I had him tied to in fear with a sense of satisfaction.
That was until he spoke.
"I-I'm sorry for what I did or didn't do, but I don't speak Russian!"
I knew what Igor's voice sounded like and the voice coming from the person I was pointing my gun at was not Igor's.
I pulled my gun away and ripped the sack covering the man's head off, revealing his face and hearing my men curse behind me as I stared into the tear streaked face of a man with freckles and vitiligo instead of a mole and eyes the wrong shade of blue.
My men had nabbed the wrong guy!
I whirled on my men, who looked like they had seen a ghost, and yelled "What the fuck?! Can't you imbeciles do your job right?" "I-I could have sworn it was that sadistic motherfucker!" One of the men, Montgomery Gatorson, stuttered "I swear, Boss, that guy looks exactly like Igor Volkov from behind!"
"Just because somebody looks like someone else from behind doesn't mean they're that person, you moron!" I snarled as I grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. "I-I'm sorry, Boss." Monty quaked under my glare.
"Sorry is not going to cut it, Gatorson." I snarled before I shoved him onto his rear and added "Next time I tell you to kidnap someone to interrogate and/or torture, make sure you get a good look at their face before you grab them!"
While I was berating Monty, another grunt made his way behind the man that Monty and his men had confused for Igor and said "I'll take this twink to the shooting grounds, Boss." Before he reached for his bound hands.
I didn't miss the way the man flinched or the way his eyes widened in fear and confusion at what he said.
"No!" I barked before the grunt could drag the poor fellow to his demise "Don't do that." Before I made my way over to my desk, sat down, and placed my elbows on the desktop with my finger steepled.
"What are we supposed to do then? Put him and the cat he had with him back on the street like nothing happened?" The third grunt asked, snidely, as he helped Monty to his feet. "You know we can't do that, sir."
"DON'T FUCKING TALK LIKE THAT TO ME, DUMBASS!" I snarled, causing everyone in the room except for Eclipse, who was stationed by the door, to recoil "I'm well aware that we can't do that and we won't. Do you honestly think I'm stupid like you three? We won't ice him, but we won't let him go either."
With that, I dug through my desk drawer and pulled out a box of cigarettes and pulled one out. Seeing that, Eclipse walked over to me from his spot by the door, dug out a lighter from his pocket, and lit one end of the cigarette before I placed it in my mouth and took a drag from it as I locked eyes with the blonde man tied to the chair.
Sun's pov:
All of these strange terms were confusing to me, for example, what did my kidnappers' boss mean by "ice"? Whatever the case, I knew that I wasn't going anywhere anytime soon. Not that there was anywhere I could return to anyway.
But that was the least of my concerns at the moment.
"Where's Taiyo?" I asked, my voice shaky at the thought of this man hurting or killing me or my cat. The man exhaled a puff of smoke before he quirked an eyebrow and asked "Who?"
"My ginger cat." I explained "I was carrying him in his cat carrier when your men grabbed me." "I gave him to Eclipse here." The Boss answered, nodding towards the intimidating looking man who just lit his cigarette for him.
"He's in the room I share with my two husbands." Eclipse uttered as he put the lighter back into his pocket "I was planning on giving him to one of them as a gift, but, now that we know you're not the man we're after, it seems I'm going to have to return him to you, Mr...?"
"Sundrop." I answered him "Sundrop Solstice. Sun or Sunny for short." The Boss looked surprised at the mention of my surname. "You wouldn't happen to be related to Elliot Solstice of Solstice Enterprises, would you?"
Of course he had to bring up my ex father and the family business.
"He's my father." I answered bluntly before muttering "Or, at least, he was until he and my mother disowned me and kicked me and Taiyo out of their mansion."
"Disowned? What for?" The Boss asked, curious "No offense, but I don't trust you enough to tell you why I was disowned." I answered as I shifted in the chair. "So, you're homeless?" The Boss asked as he snubbed his cigarette out in an ashtray.
I fidgeted in my bindings as I answered "Yes, I was on my way to the nearest pet-friendly homeless shelter when I was kidnapped."
The Boss hummed at that when the door opened to a woman wearing a black latex cat suit, knee-high boots, and a sniper rifle strapped to her back strode in and said "Hey Moondrop, Chica says dinner will be ready in about 30 minutes."
I blanched at the mention of the name Moondrop.
"Thank you for the announcement, Roxy." The bo- Moondrop answered before the woman, Roxy, turn to me, smirked, and said "Looks like the grunts accidentally nabbed a pretty boy instead of Volkov. Are we going to keep him?"
"Apparently so." Moondrop uttered, rubbing his temples.
This devilishly handsome man was named Moondrop, the grunts were calling him boss and cower before him despite looking like they could crush his spine, he's wearing a dark blue pinstripe suit, star speckled necktie, and a fedora, and he has a very scary looking guy for a right hand man.
Oh no! That can only mean one thing:
I was kidnapped by the Lunarian Mafia!
Ugh, How the Hell did I end up getting tangled up in this web?!
Notes:
Russian translation:
Stoy! Stoy! Boss idet! = Stop! Stop! The Boss is coming!
My snova vstretilis', Volkov. = We meet again, Volkov.
Ty Pravda dumal, chto my tebya ne poymayem, krovozhadnyy psikhopat? = Did you really think that we wouldn't catch you, you murderous psychopath?
Chao sluchilos', ublyudok? Kot otkusil tebe yazyk, raz ty v month lapakh? = What's wrong, bastard? Cat got your tongue now that you're in my clutches?
Kravitz molchat'! Skazhi mne, pochemu ty ubil eitkh lyudey, v tom chisle nevinnykh detey! = Enough with the silent treatment! Tell me why you killed those people including innocent children!
Govori, poka ya ne vyshib tebe mozgi, ty, sadistskiy meshok der'ma! = Speak before I blow your brains out, you sadistic sack of s🤬t!
Also, for those of you who don't know, in the world of gangs and mafia, telling someone to "ice" somebody means to kill them. It's a term used to order or describe a murder.
Chapter 3: Living Arrangements
Summary:
In which Sun's life living in Moon's mansion officially begins.
Notes:
I'm sorry this chapter took so long, but, when your working with characters that aren't your OCs, writing a story where they fit in while still keeping their personalities is very difficult.
Also, it doesn't help that I've been busy with day services, mobile games, and organizing my YouTube playlists a lot lately.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Sun's pov:
The hard, polished floors of the mansion were almost too hard for what I was used to. Sure, my parents mansion had hard, polished floors too but those floors were more comforting and familiar compared to the ones of this mansion where the sound of footsteps coming off of them sounded like the rat-a-tat-tat of a machine gun.
I was trying to keep up with the woman, Roxy, as she held my wrist and dragged me without any signs of slowing down, passing many hallways, rooms, and servants.
After I was untied, Moon apologized to me for his underlings incompetence and ordered Roxy to take me to the room across from his bedroom and informed me that he would send someone to fetch me once dinner was ready.
My reddened eyes stung as the many lamps and different light sources burned on my pupils. Finally, Roxy stopped in front of a wide brass door that was just across from another wide, and more ornate, door with silver trimmings.
I trembled as Roxy brought out a key ring and began to sort through them before selecting one and slotting it into the key hole. What could she have lead me to? A torture room? A dungeon? This infrastructure could seemingly hold anything in my imagination!
I was about to cover my eyes in fear as Roxy twisted the doorknob and opened the door to reveal-- a bedroom. A very nice looking bedroom that was much better than the one I'd grown up with to be exact.
It looked like a master bedroom in an ordinary house, except a little bit better. There was a large queen sized bed that sat snug between a pair of bedside tables that where made of dark mahogany wood and had a fancy decorative lamp atop each one. The beds ornate headboard was made of white oak with the top of it engraved with the image of the Lunarian's family crest, a waning crescent moon, and the floor was lined with shag carpet.
A small light hung from the ceiling, consisting of a beautiful arrangement of different shaped crystals that casted a sparkling array of rainbow dots of light across the floor and walls and a large, flat screen TV sat on a television stand and was flanked by two doors on the wall opposite the bed.
Beautiful browns, reds, and golds were prominent in the bedroom, causing it to have a warm and inviting aura.
Roxy had already released my wrist and was pulling the crimson, full-length curtains together. I was completely awestruck with the room she lead me to and all I could do was slowly let my eyes travel around the room to admire every little detail before I set my sights on the two doors on either side of the TV.
I opened the door on the right and it opened up onto a walk-in closet that had a dresser at the very back and a plethora of clothes hangers. After closing that door, I went over to the door on the left and it led to an ocean themed bathroom complete with a jacuzzi whirlpool bathtub and shower combo.
Roxy chuckled at my surprised expression and asked "Do you like your new room?" I did a double take, wondering if I heard right. "M-My room? You mean this is where I'll be staying?" I gulped, absolutely stunned that I had been given such a privilege.
"Yup, this where you'll be staying in." Roxy confirmed with a grin before adding "You know, this is actually one of the smallest rooms we have."
I gawked at what she said. "This is one of the smallest rooms? This looks to be about the size of a master bedroom in a normal house!" I exclaimed as I spread my arms out wide to emphasize my point.
"It's small compared to the mansions banquet hall." Roxy stated with a shrug before she turned to leave. "Can I at least have Taiyo and my belongings back?" I asked before she shut the door. "I'll see what I can do about your stuff." She assured before she shut the door and left me to get comfortable.
I sat down on my new bed before allowing myself to fall over backwards onto it with my arms outstretched on either side. I stayed like that for about a minute before a knock sounded at the door, startling me into sitting upright.
"Uh, come in?" I called before I could stop myself before the door opened and in strode Eclipse, carrying my suitcase and backpack, followed by an effeminate silver haired fellow wearing a red, form-fitting cocktail dress, fishnet stockings, high heels, a leopard print pimp coat with black fux fur trimming, and a diamond wedding ring on his left ring finger that matched the one on Eclipse's finger carrying Taiyo in one arm and his cat carrier in the other.
I've heard of this guy, this was Starlight Celestial aka The Crossdressing Pimp. Aptly named because of his flamboyant personality and his habit of dressing up in women's clothing while out in public. And all while owning a strip club and procuring customers for the prostitutes working under him.
From what I heard, he started out as a stripper, but, thanks to Moon and his two husbands, one of them being Eclipse, he climbed up the ranks to what he is today.
*So this is this cutie patootie's rightful owner.* Starlight stated as he sashayed over and handed Taiyo over to me while looking me up and down. I probably didn't look as impressive as he did with my red hoodie, worn-out jeans, and beat-up sneakers.
*I can see why Moon decided not to have his men take you to the shooting grounds, you're just as much a cutie pie as your little kitty cat.* Starlight said as he gave me a sly wink.
I blushed at that complement. Out of all the things I was expecting Starlight to say to me, it most certainly wasn't that.
"Star, quit flustering the poor boy." Eclipse deadpanned as he set my suitcase and backpack onto my bed. *Oh, come on Clipsy.* Starlight assured, his face a mixture of mischievous and flirty *You know as well as I do that Moon doesn't just spare anyone that doesn't have anybody to go home to.*
'Or even a home to go home to.' I thought bitterly as the two continued their banter. *And besides,* Starlight continued *It's about time somebody decided to stick it to that stick-in-the-mud CEO of Solstice Enterprises, even if it cost him the luxurious lifestyle that he grew up in.*
"To be frank with you," I muttered "I was actually glad to no longer be under that old fart's thumb anymore and leave that gilded cage I was forced to call my childhood home!" I sighed as I rubbed my temples and continued "And now that I've been mistaken for someone else, kidnapped, and know too much, I'm locked inside another one."
At that moment, my phone pinged which meant one of my siblings sent me a message in our group chat. I pulled out my phone to see that Solomon was the one who messaged me, asking me if I had made it to the homeless shelter safely yet.
I froze.
I didn't want to tell him that I got kidnapped by the Lunarian mafia because of a case of mistaken identity and was being kept in the Don's mansion because I knew too much and, therefore, hadn't made it to the shelter at all!
Eclipse took a look at my phone's screen. "Friend of yours?" "Older brother, actually." I answered before I ran a hand through my hair. "What am I going to do? I can't tell him the truth or else I'm going to put his life and those of my little sisters in danger! What should I say to him?!"
*Well,* Starlight suggested *you could tell him that you have a friend that was kind enough to let you crash on his couch until you can get back on your feet again.*
I thought it over in my head, I didn't want to lie to Solomon, but I also didn't want to endanger him and the twins, so I did what Starlight suggested and typed 'No, but a friend of mine had offered me to crash on his couch until I can get back on my feet again.'
A few seconds after I sent the text, Solomon replied with 'What's his name?' I froze again, I couldn't tell him Moon's name or else he'll flip out! So I replied with 'Lunar' as that was the closest thing to Moon's name that I could think of.
*'Lunar'? Really?* Starlight let out a snort as he read my conversation with my brother over my shoulder. "Well what else was I supposed to refer to Moon by without giving my brother a heart attack?!" I stressed before Solomon responded with 'And how long have you known him?'
I gulped as I replied 'I just met him.' Solomon's reply was anything but happy. 'Seriously, Bro? You know you can't just trust anybody who invites you to live with them even if it is temporary! You don't know if they're a good person or not!'
He was right, but I knew leaving this place wasn't an option, so I typed another lie. 'Well, he seems trustworthy to me.' I hesitated before sending the text.
"You do know that you're telling your brother a bunch of lies, right?" Eclipse asked as he raised an eyebrow. "I know," I answered "But it's either that or put what family I still have in danger!"
It was a couple of minutes later before Solomon texted back. 'Fine, I'll trust your judgment. But if it turns out he's sketchy, abusive, or anything along those lines, I need you to get out of his place and go to someplace safe where you can call the authorities, you got it?'
I rolled my eyes as I thought 'Easy for you to say.', but, instead, I ended up sending him a thumbs up emoji to let him know that I understood, loud and clear.
At that moment, a knock sounded at the door and Eclipse went over to answer it and opened it to reveal a tall and muscular butler with brown hair, a short beard, and clear blue eyes.
"Oh, Eclipse and Starlight, I didn't realize that you were here." The butler said, clearly surprised at their presence. *Hello Freddy, Eclipse and I were just here to return Sunny's things to him.* Starlight greeted him before he asked *What are you doing here?*
"I was sent here to let him know that dinner is ready and to escort him to the dining room." Freddy explained. "Let me guess," Eclipse said, amusement in his voice. "Chica's homemade hambuger steak with a side of boiled broccoli and cauliflower with herb butter?"
"How'd you guess?" Freddy asked good-naturedly before he turned on his heel and motioned for us to follow him.
At that, I quickly texted Solomon 'I gotta go. It's dinner time.' He quickly sent me a thumbs up emoji before leaving the group chat before Eclipse, Starlight, Taiyo, and I began making our way to the dining room.
When we got to the dining room, I was greeted by a large dining table where many of the Lunarian Mafia sat and all eyes turned and focused on me, making me feel very uncomfortable.
"Come on, we'll show you to your seat." Eclipse stated as he led me to my seat, which happened to be right in between Moon, who was seated at the head of the table, and Eclipse who was seated on the right side of the table or, rather, Moon's left, while Starlight sat in between him and another man who looked similar to Eclipse except slimmer and with blue eyes and had a wedding ring that matched theirs.
My guess was that the other man was Eclipse's other husband and I was proven correct when Starlight kissed Eclipse's cheek before kissing the other man's cheek, causing him grumble something under his breath but sill crack a small smile.
The man then looked at me and said "So this is the guy that Monty mistook for Volkov?" "Yes, Ai, he's the poor guy that got roped into all of this." Moon confirmed as he began cutting up his steak.
Ai. I've also heard of him. Not only was he one of Starlight's husbands, but he was also infamous for being one of the most ruthless loan sharks in the city. Sure, he was merciful when it came to children and parents that were doing everything they could to pay back their loans while raising a child or children, but woe to abusive parents, anyone late on paying back the money they borrowed, or signs a loan under someone else's name without their knowledge or consent.
I just used my fork to push my boiled broccoli and cauliflower around my plate as I wished with all my being to become invisible. I was feeling that uncomfortable.
"You really should eat." Ai stated as he looked over at me again "You need your strength." 'Kind of hard to do that when I'm surrounded by a bunch of dangerous men!' I thought as I stabbed a bit of my steak with my fork.
"He's been through a lot, Ai." Moon said, stoiclly, as he dabbed his face with a napkin to clean the gravy off his face. "Give him some space." "But still, Sir, he needs to eat." Ai insisted before allowing himself to back down from Moon's glare before the latter turned to me and went right to the point.
"And now, to business." Moon addressed me, his tone dead serious. "The reason why you're here is because Monty and his fellow grunts have mistaken you for another mob boss named Igor Volkov, a sadistic psychopath of Russian descent who is responsible for murdering numerous people, including families with young children."
Just like Moon, Starlight, and Ai, I've also heard of Igor Volkov. Sure, Moon is a terrifying Mafia Don and is capable of violence and bloodshed, but he is a necessary evil compared to Igor Volkov, who is the textbook definition of a real life monster in the guise of a man.
"And the worst part," Moon continued "Is that, thanks to Monty bungling the directive that I gave him, you ended up getting involved with something you shouldn't and, for some unknown reason, I can't bear to have you disposed of so the only option is for you to live here from now on because, if we let you go free, you would be in danger of being kidnapped, tortured into giving my enemies information about me, and, ultimately, killed once they were done with you."
I just sat there, horrified, at what Moon just told me. I didn't know what was worse: Being kidnapped due to a case of mistaken identity and being forced to live in a world I wanted no part of? Or being kidnapped to be tortured into giving out information I don't know before having my life snuffed out like a candle and have my corpse disposed somewhere?
Actually, now that I think about it, the latter was so much worse than the former.
"So," Moon continued "since you'll be living here from now on, there will be a few things you need to know about your new living arrangements. First off, I will have Freddy come and retrieve you for daily meals unless you're sick or, in this case, uncomfortable, then your meals will be brought to your room and Freddy will stay until you finish your meal so he can bring the dishes, cup, and utensils to the kitchen to be washed."
I was happy to hear that I won't have to head to the dining room all the time to attend daily meals every day, because I, honestly, can't bear the feeling of having so many eyes focused on me.
"Second," Moon continued "You are free to explore the mansion as you wish, but there are some areas that you are not allowed in. For example: the basement and the conference room in the East Wing during meetings are off limits because those are where I conduct most of my business and, if you need anything from me, please knock on the door to my office and stay out of my bedroom unless you need something from me in the middle of the night."
I could understand where Moon was coming from with this, the bedroom is one of the most private rooms in any home and Moon, himself, is a mafia don so, of course, he doesn't want someone who isn't a member of said mafia interfering with whatever business he has. And as for the basement, that's where he has the torture room and I know this because it was where I woke up!
"Of course," Moon added "I can't garentee your safety here so I'm going to assign you a bodyguard to accompany you everywhere you go as well as act as your personal food taster and I will have Roxy train you on how to use a gun for self-defense. And third, your going to have to let us know about any preferences, health issues, and allergies that you and your cat might have."
I turned around in my seat to see Taiyo finishing off the remains of a hamburger steak, unseasoned of course, alongside another cat, this one black, sleek, and aloof, and, I kid you not, the most adorable corgi dog I've ever seen in my life.
Before I could turn back to face the table, Moon had called for someone to come out of the kitchen and out bounded a young, peppy looking woman with white hair followed by another woman with brunette hair and matching eyes.
"Hi sweetie, you must be Sunny!" The white haired woman greeted me before she added "My name is Chica Pollock, I'm the mansion's cook and Roxy's fiancée and this is my assistant, Laura Johnson." And motioned to herself and then at the brunette, who was clearly ogling at Moon the way a cheerleader does a sexy jock.
"Chica?" Moon addressed the cook "Could you and Laura see what kind of food preferences Sun and his cat have?" "Sure thing, Moon." She chirped and turned to start asking me questions.
But, before she did, she noticed that her assistant was still making goo-goo eyes at Moon. "Laura?" Chica asked "Are you even paying attention to this so you can also ta-?"
"You can take notes of this guy yourself, Boss lady," Laura replied, flippantly, before continuing in a dreamy tone "I'm just gonna stand here and admire Master Moony's presence~." "Laura," Moon uttered, his voice a low edge "You and Chica are both taking notes."
At that, Laura muttered "Yes, Master." And turned to me, her expression going from lovey-dovey to annoyed as she faced me, and took out her notepad and pencil along with Chica as the latter began her questioning.
She asked me what foods Taiyo and I preferred, what my favorite foods are, and if Taiyo and I were allergic to anything. I told her that Taiyo wasn't allergic to anything, but I was severely allergic to peanuts so she and Laura could not use any peanut products in my dishes.
"Alright, that's it then." Chica announced as she wrapped up the the whole questioning process before she noticed that I hadn't touched my food and, immediately, began to fret. "Oh, Sunny! You haven't touched your food! What's wrong? Did I put too much seasoning in it? Do you not like how it's cooked? Are you not in the mood for hamburger?!"
"N-No! No, nothing is wrong with the food. Honest." I reassured her before I shifted in my seat. "It's just... I'm not really comfortable sitting here with everyone staring at me like this."
"Oh, I see." Chica sighed with relief before she turned to Moon and asked "Sir, is it okay if I reheat Sunny's meal and deliver it to his room?"
"Yes, you my do that, Chica." Moon approved before adding "Sun, you and Taiyo have permission to return to your room and Laura, you are dismissed." "Honesty, Master Moony," Laura purred "I'd rather stay out here to make sure if you want seconds~."
"Laura," Moon growled through clenched teeth, one of his eyes twitching in agitation, as he repeated "You. Are. Dismissed." At that, Laura, crestfallen, slumped her shoulders before her expression changed to annoyance at being rejected, turned on her heel, and trudged back into the kitchen.
Soon, after Chica reheated the steak and boiled broccoli and cauliflower, she set them on a platter, covered it with a cloche, set the covered dish on a serving cart, and rolled it in the direction of my room as Taiyo and I followed behind her.
Moon's pov:
"Well, that was~ Interesting." Ai mumbled as we watched Sun and Taiyo follow Chica to his room. "We seriously need to do something about Laura, Sir." Eclipse stated, bluntly "That woman was staring at you like a lovesick teenager."
*I agree,* Starlight agreed as he dabbed a napkin at Ai's face, cleaning up the gravy around his mouth. *One of these days, that woman is going to break into your room wearing nothing but a lingerie set which includes a pair of crotchless panties just to try and seduce you!*
"Ew! Starlight, not at the table!" I snarled, disgusted at the thought of that wench doing that. *Honestly,* Starlight continued *I wouldn't be surprised if she already broke into your room to steal your drawers! Also, I noticed that she looked extremely irked at the sight of Sunny, so I suggest making double sure she doesn't do anything to harm him. Especially since she knows what he's allergic to."
"Which is why I'm assigning Brutus to be his bodyguard." I stated as I stabbed a piece of broccoli with my fork before popping it into my mouth. "Is it because he's severely allergic to peanuts like Sun is?" Ai asked, raising an eyebrow.
I nodded as I chewed up my bite of broccoli before swallowing it and explained "Yes, because since one of his job descriptions is food tasting, he will be able to detect any peanut products in Sunny's food just in case someone trys to poison him using his allergens. And, if he does detect peanuts, we can inject him with an EpiPen and send him to the emergency room to have him treated."
We all knew it was risky, but it was common knowledge that a bodyguards primary objective is to protect the person they are assigned to.
However, what I was most looking forward to was how living with someone who is neither a member of the mafia, mansion staff, nor my family is going to pan out.
This was going to be interesting.
Sun's pov:
While we were on our way to my room and while I ate my dinner, Chica chatted with me the entire time. Telling me about the mansion, the other staff members such as Freddy's husband, Bonsworth or Bonnie for short, who worked as the gardener, her relationship with Roxy including the time she called her fiancée's gun collection her other woman only for Roxy to correct her saying that the guns were her "babies", not her other woman, and even about the other two animals in the mansion which were Moon's cat, Tsuki, and the Lunairan family's corgi, Pickle.
She went on like this until I finished my dinner. Afterwards, she gathered the plates and silverware, wished me good night, and left my room, closing the door behind her as she did.
I rummaged through my bag for a pair of pajamas before entering the bathroom, stripping off my clothes, and stepping into the whirlpool bath and shower combo to take my nightly shower.
After I dried off thoroughly and dressed up in my PJ's, I began unpacking my backpack and suitcase and putting my belongings in their proper places before grabbing my toothbrush and toothpaste to brush my teeth and get ready for bed.
As I curled up under the covers with Taiyo curled up at the foot of the bed, I couldn't help but think that today was a crazy day.
And, as I drifted off to sleep, I knew tomorrow was going to be just as crazy, if not more so.
Notes:
Phew, this chapter was a long one!😩
So, what do you plan on doing for Father's day? Let me know in the comments and y'all have a wonderful weekend.
Chapter 4: Life in the Don's Mansion
Summary:
In which we get to see how Sun's first day in Moon's mansion goes.
Notes:
For those of you who are reading this, I have never been to a shooting range nor have I fired a real firearm so I'm sorry if the shooting practice scene isn't that good.
Also, I have an announcement. My mother, sister, and I are going to be moving again sometime in July and I'm not very happy about it. So please forgive me if any future chapters are posted later than I originally planned.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Sun pov:
I woke up the next day to the sound of knocking on my door, I crawled our of bed and opened the door to find a large, muscular man in a back suit, tie, and sunglasses standing in front of the door.
"Um... can I help you?" I asked as I stood there before the man, in a short, clipped sentence, said "Brutus Harvard. Assigned to be your bodyguard."
I sighed. Looks Moon kept his word about me having a bodyguard.
"Could you please hold on a moment while I get dressed?" I asked before I shut the door and began to rummage through my clothes and picked out a white t-shirt with red sleeves, blue denim jeans, a pair of white underpants, and bright yellow socks before I stripped myself of my pajamas and got dressed.
After I brushed out my hair, I heard another knock at the door before I opened it to find Freddy there with two covered dishes on a serving cart.
"Your breakfast is here." He announced as he brought the cart into my room and set one dish on the TV tray that I had eaten dinner on last night before uncovering the dish to reveal a cheese omelette, sausage links, and hash browns with a glass of orange juice.
All of which Brutus had sampled just in case.
After he presented me my breakfast, Freddy took the other covered dish, knelt down to Taiyo's level, and uncovered the dish to reveal another omelette, this one a carrot and shredded chicken omelette without any seasonings, which Taiyo did not hesitate to dig into.
As I took a bite out of the omelette, I had to admit that Chica was a very good cook.
After Taiyo and I finished breakfast, Freddy gathered up the dirty dishes as he said "At 10 am, Roxy is going to come by and take you to her own personal shooting range to practice handling and using a gun." Before he took his leave.
I spent the rest of the morning until ten just playing with Taiyo until a another knock sounded at the door and I opened it to find Roxy standing there, wearing a red crop top, black cargo shorts, and the same knee-high boots she wore last night.
"Morning Beanpole," Roxy greeted me with a teasing glint "Ready for your first day of shooting practice?" I shook my head, meekly, as I mumbled "No, not really. But I don't really have a choice." Before I followed Roxy to the shooting range with Brutus following right behind.
Roxy lead us to a door that opened to reveal a gun room with an indoor shooting range at the very back and a door that, according to Brutus, led to an outdoor shooting range.
"There's my babies!" Roxy cried out enthusiastically as she gestured around the room to the gun collection before she began showing off some of the guns in said collection, all of which she had named, which included the sniper rifle I saw strapped to her back last night that she had named Azrael, a .38 caliber named Mara, an A-K 47 named Persephone, a Barret M82 named Hel, and, believe it or not, a GPMG named Ares.
Soon after Roxy was done showing off her gun collection, she handed me a a pair of shooting glasses, electronic earmuffs, and a loaded Glock 19 named La Muerte and, after I donned the glasses and before putting on the earmuffs, told me how to handle the gun, aim it at the anatomy target, and let it rip.
I did and I missed it completely.
"Sunny," Roxy said as I removed the earmuffs, "Your posture is too tense, causing your aim to be completely off." Then she helped me reload La Muerte and, before I put the earmuffs back on, and said "Let's try that again."
I tried again and only managed to nick the shoulder of the anatomy target.
"Your shoulders are too stiff." Roxy replied before helping me reload La Muerte again.
After two hours of target practice, Roxy critiquing me, and reloading La Muerte, I was finished for the day and I only managed to get one hit on the anatomy target where the right lung would be located!
Now it was lunchtime and I decided to have lunch in the mansions garden, where I met the gardener and Freddy's husband, Bonnie.
"Roxanne really put you through the wringer with the shooting practice, didn't she?" Bonnie asked, rhetorically, as he pruned a lilac bush. "How'd you guess?" I asked, sarcastically, as I bit into half of a BLT sandwich that Chica had prepared for me, Brutus had already tasted the other half along with the lemonade and dandelion salad.
"The look of exhaustion on your face says it all, Sunny." Bonnie chuckled before adding "Roxy doesn't go easy on her students in firearms training. Sure, she was giving you tips in a more lenient way, but your training was still tough."
I groaned before taking a forkful of dandelion salad into my mouth and began chewing. He didn't have to remind me of the fact that my first time handling a gun wasn't the most fun. In fact, it was nerve-wracking!
I had just swallowed the bite of salad when a tennis ball rolled over, colliding with my foot, before Pickle bounded over and began barking in excitement as his docked tail began wagging like crazy and a smile spread across his muzzle with his tongue hanging out.
I bent over, picked up the ball, and tossed it in the direction of a Japanese cherry blossom tree causing Pickle to chase after it. I had just managed to take a sip of my lemonade before the corgi returned with the ball in his mouth which he dropped at my feet, expecting me to throw it again.
I smirked in amusement at this before bending over, picking up the (slightly drool covered) ball, and throwing it in the direction of a topiary that Bonnie had pruned in the shape of an elephant.
It was like that until I finished my lunch: take a bite of my food or a sip of my lemonade, toss the ball in a random area the garden for Pickle to fetch, rinse and repeat until my food and drink were all gone.
After Pickle ran off to find someone else to play with, I decided to wander around the mansion for a bit, with Brutus following of course, until I came upon the library where Tsuki was sunning herself on one of the tables in there.
I skimmed the bookshelves, noticing that Moon owned a huge plethora of books of many genres such as the Hannah Swenson Mysteries series, the Harry Potter series, and even some fairytales and a couple of self-help books.
I finally decided on reading Watership Down and sat down in a rocking chair with Tsuki curled up in my lap.
I had managed to finish chapter two when Monty entered the library and saw me. "Uh... Hey." He said, sheepishly "I was uh... looking for you." He rubbed the back of his neck as he approached and continued "Look man, my men and I are really sorry for the whole mix up and kidnapping, you really did look like Volkov from behind. N-Not that that reason excuses our actions or anything!"
I could see that Monty was truly sorry and trying to apologize for his and his fellow grunt's screw up and I can't say I blame him, If I had kidnapped someone after mistaking them for someone else, I'd be on my knees and begging for forgiveness.
"I-It's alright." I assured him "We all make mistakes, and it's no big deal as long as we learn from those mistakes." Monty's shoulders slumped as he exhaled a sigh of relief, relieved to know that I didn't hold any grudge against him or his men before a low growl emanated from my lap.
"What the-?" Monty seemed genuinely surprised to see Tsuki curled up on my lap before saying "You've only been here for one night and you, somehow, already managed to land on the whitelist of that spoiled princess?" Tsuki hissed at that, her fur standing on end and her claws digging into my jeans.
"'Whitelist'?" I asked, confused, before Monty explained "Tsuki is very picky about the folks around her. The people on her whitelist consist of Moon, his family, Chica, Starlight, Freddy, Pickle, and, as of today, you. Everyone else is either on her blacklist or, in the case of Laura, her shitlist."
At the mention of Laura, Tsuki let out a hiss that could easily be mistaken for that of a raccoon, it was that terrifying to hear.
"Pickle on the other hand," Monty continued "He's a very friendly dog and sweet towards everybody in the mansion, well everybody except Laura. Honestly, I always believed that if an animal doesn't like somebody then there's a reason behind it and, to be frank, I don't really trust Laura either. There's just something about her that doesn't sit well and I strongly suggest you stay away from her."
I can't say I blame him, Laura was eyeing Moon up and down and practically drooling over him last night at dinner despite Moon clearly showing no interest in her.
"Thanks Monty, I'll try everything in my power to avoid her." I said grateful for his advice before Monty nodded in understanding and left the library to continue his job, whatever that was.
I went back to my room, bringing the book I was reading with me and with Brutus and Tsuki following right behind me (the latter clearly not finished hanging out with me), and it was just as I opened the door to my room that I crossed paths with the very person Monty told me to avoid.
"You think your so lucky staying in Master Moony's mansion, don't cha?" Laura sneered at me as she pushed a serving cart with a covered plate in the direction of Moon's office. Before I could say anything, she continued "Don't think that makes you special! As Master Moony's future wife, I know for a fact that he will eventually get bored of you and dispose of you like he does his enemies."
I flinched at her words, causing Brutus to step in between us and Tsuki began hissing and yowling at her along with Taiyo, who bolted out of my room the moment Laura began talking down to me.
Said bitch tsked at the sight of both cats hissing at her and muttered "Great, now there are three hairballs that hate me." Before she fixed me with one last glare, said "Whatever, just stay away from Master Moony because he is mine, you got it, ya Twink?", and continued pushing the cart in the direction of Moon's office.
I entered my room, confused as to why someone claiming to be Moon's fiancée was working as the cook's assistant before I noticed that Taiyo seemed to be very attracted to Tsuki if his tail being upright and in the shape of a question mark and the way he was being vocal towards her was anything to go by.
But, although Tsuki's tail was also in the exact same position showing that she was attracted to Tayio, I could tell, by the way that her ears were flat and she was walking away from him, that she was playing hard to get.
Later on, Freddy arrived with mine, Taiyo, and Tsuki's meals, spaghetti with a side of garlic bread for me and duck pâté for the cats.
"Freddy," I said "I have a question." "What is it, Sunny?" Freddy asked as I took a sip of water. "Why is Laura working as Chica's assistant if she's Moon's fiancée?" I asked as I dipped my garlic bread into the spaghetti sauce.
Freddy looked at me confused.
"Where did you hear that from?" Freddy asked as he raised an eyebrow. I told Freddy about my one-sided altercation with Laura, including her mentioning that she was Moon's future wife, and he ran a hand down his face in exasperation with a groan before telling me something shocking.
"Laura and Moon are not engaged. They're not even dating."
I almost choked on my pasta at that. "What?" I asked before Freddy explained "Laura came to work here a year ago soley to try and get Moon to fall in love with and marry her because she wanted a husband that was 'rich and hot' and she believes that the best way to a man's heart is through his stomach which is why she's working as Chica's assistant. Unfortunately for her, that's not going to work out in her favor."
"What do you mean?" I asked after swallowing another bite of pasta. "Moon is gay." Freddy answered calmly "He's been gay ever since he was thirteen." In other words, Laura had no idea that she never had a chance with Moon from the get-go.
"Does that mean that there is someone in the mansion that Moon is interested in?" I asked, I don't know why I was asking that but it slipped out before I could stop myself. "Moon is not interested in dating his underlings." Brutus answered, bluntly, just as I was finishing up my meal.
"Thank you, Freddy, that's all I needed to know." I said as I handed him the dirty dishes before I asked "Also, can you tell Chica that I want stuffed French toast with a glass of milk tomorrow?" "Your welcome and I'll be sure to tell Chica that." Freddy replied with a smile before he left the room with Tsuki following behind him.
Once the door shut, I opened up the Book and continued where I left off as Taiyo curled up beside me on the bed, invested in the world that was Watership Down.
Meanwhile;
Moon's pov:
I was hunched over my desk, studying a map of Fazzerain city that had marks showing the scenes of carnage that Igor left in his wake and trying to figure out where that murderous son of a bitch was hiding.
"Where are you?" I growled in frustration as I scowled at the map. I had to find and eliminate that motherfucker in order to protect not just my territory, but many innocent people and families including my own family which consists of me, my mother, and my two kid sisters who I had to send away to temporarily live at the family's two-story lakeside cabin in the nearby mountains for their protection!
A knock interrupted my thoughts and, before I could grant the person permission, Laura, smiling coquettishly at me, barged in with a covered dish on top of a serving cart and announced "Master Moony! Your dinner has arrived~!" in that same stupid flirty tone she always used when she spoke to me.
She pushed the serving cart into my office, sashaying her hips as she did so, before setting the dish on my desk and lifting the cloche with dramatic flare to reveal Oysters with Lemongrass and California Avocado Mignonette, steamed asparagus, and a glass of pomegranate juice.
In other words, foods that are considered aphrodisiacs meant for men.
I stood from my chair in disgust as I locked eyes with Laura and said "Laura, how many times have I told you that I don't like asparagus, avocados, nor pomegranates and have you seriously forgotten that I'm allergic to shellfish?!"
Laura's expression went from proud and flirty to crestfallen and mortified as I said that before I picked up the dish and purposely dropped it onto the floor. I then took the glass of pomegranate juice and threw the contents at her face.
"Return to the kitchen, tell them I want duck à l'orange with a glass of whiskey, and send someone else to deliver it to my office while you stay in the God damn kitchen and away from me!" I growled causing Laura to flinch as though she had been slapped.
"Yes, Master." Laura muttered, upset at being rejected again, before she took the serving cart and left my office. I then called Freddy to send someone to my office to clean up the mess I made before returning to studying the map with a groan.
It seems Igor Volkov isn't the only problematic person I have to deal with.
But all of my thoughts about that Russian psychopath and the gold digger were suddenly put on the backburner when thoughts Sun began to resurface.
Ever since he left the dining room last night, I've been thinking about him lately. And, for some reason, the image of him tied to that chair has left me feeling hot and bothered to the point where I had to go to the bathroom and *ahem* take care of it.
I shook my head to try and clear my thoughts and ended up failing miserably. I can't afford to be distracted by my newfound attraction for someone I hardly know!
Not when there's a heartless killer out there that is just as, if not more cold-blooded than my neglectful and abusive sperm donor and a delusional madwoman that's trying to worm her way into my heart, wallet, and pants!
Notes:
In case you don't know, GPMG stands for General-purpose machine gun.
And the names of the guns in Roxy's collection are associated with death and war:
Azrael is the angel of death in Islamic and Jewish traditions.
Mara is a Sanskrit word meaning "death" or "personification of death".
Persephone is the Greek goddess of vegetation and queen of the Underworld.
Hel is the goddess of death in Norse mythology.
Ares is the (hotheaded) Greek God of War.
And La Muerte translates to "death" in Spanish.
Also, the fact that Laura wants a husband that is 'rich and hot' is a reference to the Helluva Boss episode Loo Loo Land, when Stolas says "We are rich and we're hot. People want our money and our bodies!" Which is what Laura wants from Moon. Ugh, gross!😝
Chapter 5: The Protective Older Brothers Club
Summary:
In which a few weeks have passed since Sun came to live in Moon's mansion and something happens that leads to Moon coming face to face with a very important person in Sun's life.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Sun's pov:
It's been a few weeks since I've come to live here in Moon's mansion and a lot has been going on since then. For one, I've been getting better at firing a gun, but not to the same level as Roxy.
During one week, I had gotten my period so I had to divulge my secret to her so that she could get some pads and tampons from the supermarket for me. Despite having transitioned, I had still kept my uterus because I didn't have the money or paperwork for a hysterectomy.
Also, Eclipse, Moon's right hand man, has taken me in as his adopted son leading Starlight to begin acting as a mother figure to me despite being a male pimp who crossdresses and (along with Ai) were much more parental than my lousy birth parents had ever been.
Monty and I have also managed to become good friends and I learned a lot about him like the fact that he was born and raised in the south, was raised by a single mother who made a mean gumbo and crawfish boil, that baked beans don't give him gas, but chickpeas do, and that his favorite sport was golf.
But one of the most subtle, yet unexpected, changes was my interactions with Moon who seemed to be coming out of his shell bit by bit. We've started hanging out more and more. Whether it be him watching my progress in shooting practice, having lunch in the garden, reading in the library, playing with either Taiyo, Tsuki, or Pickle, or just talking about our day.
And it was during this that I got the text from Solomon, asking if I could meet him at his favorite coffee shop, Shooting Stars Coffeehouse.
"Moon?" I asked "Is it alright to meet my brother at Shooting Stars Coffeehouse? He's asking me to meet with him." Moon pondered a bit before nodding and said "Of course, I'll get a limousine ready and make sure Brutus stays by you at all costs."
I froze at that.
I didn't want Solomon to know that I had lied to him and that I was living in a mafia Don's mansion because of a bad case of mistaken identity!
"No!" I blurted out before explaining "Solomon can't know that I'm living in your mansion. I told him that I had been offered to crash on someone's couch until I can get back on my feet again!"
"In other words," Moon clarified "You lied to your brother by telling him that you're living with a middle class guy who is living in an apartment." "You're the godfather of the Lunarian Mafia and I didn't want to put what family I still have in danger! What was I supposed to tell him?!" I argued, my voice tense, before I took a deep breath to calm myself.
"All I'm asking," I explained "Is if you could pose as a middle class man that took me in out of sympathy." Moon thought about it for a little bit before he sighed and said "I'll go change into something that screams 'middle class' and ready a car that doesn't scream 'big money'."
A few minutes later:
Moon parked his turquoise VW Beetle in the parking lot of Shooting Stars Coffeehouse before we stepped out and made our way to the entrance. "Remember, Moon," I told him "While we're around Solomon, you'll go by Lunar. Okay?" "Very well." Moon acknowledged before opening the door for me.
Honestly, Moon looked like a completely different person. He had swapped his pinstripe suit and dress shoes out for a white t-shirt with midnight blue sleeves, black jeans, a red hoodie tied around his waist, and black and white tennis shoes and traded his fedora in for a dark blue beanie with yellow stars.
As soon as we stepped inside, Solomon waved us over to a corner booth as he nursed a mocha latte and we sat across from him. "So this is Lunar, eh?" He asked as he looked Moon over before Moon offered his hand for him to shake and, formally, said "Pleasure to meet you. Sun has told me a lot about you."
Solomon took Moon's hand and gave it a firm shake before I asked "What was it you wanted to talk to me about?" He took a sip of his coffee before he sighed and, in a bitter tone, said "Mom and dad just disowned me."
My eyes widened in shock at that. Now that I was looking at him, Solomon wasn't dressed in a suit and tie like he usually was, instead he was dressed in casual clothes such as his aroace heart t-shirt, khakis, and worn out sneakers and he had a suitcase, backpack, and rolled up sleeping bag with him on his side of the booth.
"What happened?" I asked. Solomon traced the rim of his mug before he asked "Remember when I kept getting approached by random women who claimed to be pregnant with my baby despite having never met them, let alone slept with any of them?"
I nodded before he continued "Well, I went and got a vasectomy to make sure that never happened again. Unfortunately, it turns out mom and dad were expecting me to continue the family bloodline and produce an heir. Once they found out that wasn't going to happen, they disowned, disinherited, and kicked me out of their mansion while making Terence their new heir."
"And, knowing him, he's going to run the family business into the ground." I groaned, rolling my eyes. "Yup." Solomon agreed, popping the p as he did so. "So, where are you going to be staying?" I asked.
"Honestly, Sunny," Solomon sighed as he buried his face in his hands "The homeless shelter is packed at the moment, so I don't really know. All I know is that I want to finally pursue my dream of becoming a chocolatier and opening a chocolaterie. I just don't know how I'm going to make that dream come true. "
"I see." I muttered before Moon asked "A chocolatier?" "Back when I was in college taking finance, marketing, and other classes that our parents forced me to take in order to prepare me to become the next CEO," Solomon explained "I secretly took extra courses which included culinary arts and, during that course, I learned how to make homemade chocolate that I shared with Sunny, Rose, and Stella."
His mood then soured as he continued "Of course, when our father found out about it, he berated me saying and I quote 'The Solstices have been CEOs of Solstice Enterprises for generations and will not be anything else! Not a musician, not a soapmaker, and definitely not a chocolatier!' I was forced to give up my dream after that."
"It was a real bummer because those chocolates were very delicious too." I quipped before asking "Hey, is it okay if I go use the bathroom? I promise I'll come back when I'm done." "Sure thing, Sunny, go on ahead." Solomon replied before I stood up and made my way to the men's room, leaving Moon to mingle with my brother.
Moon's pov:
Sun left to go to the bathroom and I was left in the booth to mingle with his brother whose expression went from one of brotherly affection to something dead serious.
"So," I said, trying to break the ice "What was growing up with Sunny li-?" "Cut the crap," Solomon interjected "I know who you really are, now tell me, what do you want with my brother, Moondrop?"
I froze at the mention of my name. How did he know it was me?!
"I-I don't really know what you're tal-" I tried to feign ignorance but Solomon wasn't having it. "I've seen you at some of the galas that my parents had forced me to attend in the past, so I know your face." He interjected before demanding "Now tell me, why are you with my brother and what do you want with him?"
At that point, I knew there was no fooling him so I looked around to make sure nobody was listening before I lowered my voice and said "Alright, you got me. Yes, I am Moondrop, the head of the Lunarian mafia. But I can assure you that I don't want anything from Sunny! I sent my men to nab a Russian psychopath, but they screwed up and grabbed Sun by mistake, so I'm having him and Taiyo stay in my mansion because he'll be in danger from my enemies if I let him go! I swear I don't have any malicious intentions with your brother, I'm just trying to protect him!"
Solomon squinted at me for a bit before he sighed and said "Alright, but if you say something or do anything to hurt him, I swear I will storm into your mansion and kill you myself, regardless of the fact that you're a mafia Don and surrounded by a bunch of folks that will try to kill me."
I could easily see where he was coming from so I smiled and said "Honestly, from one protective older brother to another, I can't say that I blame you. I have two little sisters, myself, and I would do anything and had done everything in my power to protect them along with our mother like the time I sent a sushi chef to sleep with the fishes he had worked with because he was rude to my mother, who he looked down on for being a single parent, and sisters, the youngest of whom he called a cripple, and refused to serve them, not knowing who they were related to."
I could still remember that night and the way that entitled sack of shit apologized and begged for his life up until the moment my men threw him, struggling with his wrists bound behind his back and wearing cement shoes, off of my private yacht and into the ocean.
I was pulled out of that flashback by Solomon letting out a brief laugh and said "Welcome to the Protective Older Brothers Club." As he lifted his mocha latte in a mock toast. Something I can't help laughing at.
Sun was in the restroom for a while, probably taking a dump, so I took the opportunity to learn in towards Solomon and say "Tell you what, Solomon, there's an abandoned bakery with a one-room apartment upstairs in my territory, on the corner of North Cherry Point Street and Bear River Boulevard to be exact. You can open up a chocolate shop there and live in the apartment upstairs rent free."
Solomon's eyes lit up at the opportunity of opening the business of his dreams, but narrowed them as he asked "This seems to good too be true, what's the catch?"
"Other than me being your landlord, there is no catch." I assured "You can move into the apartment and, the next day, we can go furniture shopping to furnish it and, once you're settled in and get the store area tidied up and everything, I'll order the things you need to make and sell chocolate like cocoa beans, milk, sugar, and chocolate molds."
Solomon kept his eyes narrowed for a few seconds longer before he sighed and said "Fine. But you and Sun are coming with me to make sure there's no asbestos, mold, vermin, or anything that could be considered a health hazard in there." "Deal" I agreed as I shook his hand.
It was after that handshake that Sun returned from the restroom.
"Sorry to keep you guys waiting." Sun chuckled, bashfully, before sitting back down next to me and asked "So, how are you two getting along?" I opened my mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Solomon. "Lunar and I are getting along surprisingly well, Sunny. Your friend is quite the gentleman."
I gawked at how Solomon was able to go from loving and doting older brother to extremely protective and back again in just a short amount of time before I came back to my senses and said "Y-Yeah, we're now officially acquaintances, but we're already working on becoming good friends. In fact, I've helped him find the perfect place for him to live and start up his business."
Sunny was stunned by what I just said.
"Y-You had?" "Yeah, there is an abandoned bakery with a one-room upstairs apartment that..." I winked in Sun's direction as I continued "my uncle left me before he passed, but I wasn't interested in it, so your brother can have it instead. We just need to go with him to make sure there's no health hazards there."
"Right after I just got back from the bathroom?" Sun asked as he, Solomon, and I got up from our seats, left the coffee shop, and loaded up into my car with Solomon sitting in the back seat with his stuff.
I drove us to the abandoned bakery and, once we got there, I took the key for the building out of the tray meant for coins and got out of the car with Sun and Solomon before approaching the building, pushed the key into the lock, unlocked and opened the door, and stepped inside.
A few hours later:
After making sure the place had no health hazards, cleaned up the apartment to the best of our abilities, and paid for the pizza that I had ordered for Solomon, I handed him the key to the building and promised him that we would come back tomorrow to take him furniture shopping before Sun and I left for my mansion.
"That was really nice of you to help Solly out, Moon." Sun praised me before adding "But something tells me that part with that building being left to you by your uncle is something that you made up."
"That's because I did." I admitted "For one, I never had an uncle, and that place was left abandoned after the previous owner decided to move stores and relocated their bakery to a different location within my territory."
"I see." Sun said thoughtfully before adding "So, you said all that to make sure he wasn't suspicious about how you have the key to that place."
"Yup." I nodded as we drove on in silence.
It was clear that I had a long way to go if I was going to earn Solomon's trust and respect and, if it meant helping him protect Sunny, than it's one promise I'm willing to make from one protective older brother to another.
Notes:
To get a good idea what Moon's VW Beetle looks like: https://www.garagekeptmotors.com/used-vehicle-1961-volkswagen-beetle-c-945/
And, if Solomon's shirt doesn't make it already clear, he is aroace.
Chapter 6: Growing Feelings and an Invitation
Summary:
Here we have Sun and Moon growing closer with each other.
Notes:
TW: Mentions of masterbation in a public place and selling illegal drugs and attempted seduction using extremely lewd lingerie near the end.
Also, along with the process of moving, the day service center I go to has decided to limit the amount of time we spend on electronics and, to be frank, I don't like it. Which is why the chapters I make from here on out until we settle into our new place, the new chapters are going to be even later than I originally planned.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Sun's pov:
Over the course of a couple weeks, Moon and I have been helping Solomon out; on the first day, we went to the nearest furniture store to purchase some furniture for his one-room apartment which included a twin sized komor upholstered storage bed with a charging station and LED lights, bar stools for the breakfast counter, a refrigerator with the built-in ice and water dispenser, a dresser, a recliner with a matching couch and loveseat set, a large flat-screen TV, a Blu-ray player, a mahogany coffee table, a couple of house plants, and a cathedral decorative radio with a built-in CD player and Bluetooth, which I also got for myself.
The next day, we spent the whole day cleaning and setting up the store area and, during one of the breaks we took, Moon made time to order all the ingredients and tools that Solomon needed to make different assortments of chocolate, which took about a week to arrive.
The next day, we had business uniforms custom made as well as a list of policies for the employees, a list of rules that will not be tolerated in the store, and a bumper crop of LGBTQ+ pins for employees that are LGBTQ+ and purchased an open/close sign, a no loitering sign, security cameras, a cash register, and a pride flag to hang out on the building's outrigger flagpole to show that this place is LGBTQ+ friendly.
As soon as the ingredients and equipment arrived we helped unpack before leaving to let Solomon start making the chocolates from scratch and run his business, which he named 'Sol's Chocolate Delights'.
As soon as his business was up and running, it took about two days until Sol got his first customer, a businessman who was curious about the chocolaterie and bought a small box of milk chocolate bonbons and fell in love with the taste so much that he spread the word about the shop, causing a ton of people to line up and buy his made from scratch chocolates.
In fact, by the time he closed up shop for the day, his store was completely sold out and he made a lot of money. But, it was because of this that Sol realized that he needed more hands on deck and put up a 'Help Wanted, sign in the window before getting started on the next batch of chocolates.
The next day, a genderfluid Swiss named Noa, a Zanzibaris man named Tamu, and an Ecuadorian woman named Bonita saw the 'Help Wanted' sign and, after showing off their talent in chocolate making by helping Sol out and Tamu's prior knowledge with the cash register, got the job.
I know all this because Sol texted these updates to me and our sisters in our group chat.
Meanwhile, Moon and I have started becoming even closer and I wasn't the only one who noticed this.
*You're really starting to grow on Moon, you know that?* Starlight asked as he lounged on a green pool float in the middle of the outdoor swimming pool while wearing heart shaped sunglasses, a wide-brimed sun hat, and a two piece sky blue-pink bikini.
I was feeling a little hot that day so I decided to change into a pair of red and yellow striped swim trunks and take a dip in the mansion's pool, which was where I found Starlight sun bathing.
"What makes you say that?" I asked as I sat down on the edge of the pool and dipped my feet in the water. Brutus stood off to the side and watched the whole scene unfold.
*The way he's been hanging out with you more often when he's not busy and the way he blushes whenever your name is brought up, I wouldn't be surprised if he made sure Chica cooked your favorite dishes every day or had Bonnie plant your favorite flowers in the garden.* Starlight commented as he listed off his observations on his fingers.
I blushed at that just as Eclipse came wearing only a pair of blood orange board shorts with a black waistband. "Star, did you make sure to put on sunscreen before coming out here to sunbathe?" Eclipse asked sternly, despite the fact that he was clearly eyeing Star's appearance up and down with lust, before adding "Because the last thing Ai and I need is you getting a sunburn."
*Oh, 'Clipsy, you know I never go out in broad daylight without sunblock.* Star replied as he lowered his sunglasses to peer at his husband before asking *Is Ai not joining us?*
"He's coming, he just needs to change into his bathing suit." Eclipse answered as he entered the water. A minute later, Ai entered the pool area wearing a red and white striped Victorian Era bathing suit with Pickle running at his heels.
"Sorry I'm late, had a few clients that were late on paying back their loans, needed to put on this swimsuit, and Pickle won't stop trailing me." Ai explained before grabbing said corgi before he could jump into the pool and began chastising him. "Pickle, no! You know your not supposed to jump into the deep end!"
Pickle squirmed in Ai's hold before he was lowered into the shallow end of the pool and began dog paddling as Ai held onto him and explained "Pickle loves swimming even though corgis like him aren't built for it."
"I see." I replied before turning back to Starlight and asked "Are you positively sure that Moon is into me? Isn't it possible that he's just hanging out with me because he's bored and has nothing else to do that's not work-related and that the blushing is just the result of a hot flash?"
*Sundrop, Honey,* Starlight reassured as he dipped one of his hands lazily into the water. *I know it's not any of that because it's the exact same behavior 'Clipsy and Ai went through when they were pining for me during my days as a stripper.*
Eclipse and Ai blushed at that.
"You didn't need to bring that up, Star." Eclipse groaned. *Yes I did~.* Star teased before turning back to me. *And, with how he's been treating you and the way he trembles at the mention of your brother, I wouldn't be surprised if he had everyone loyal to him protect you with their lives whenever he's not around, including the more abrasive ones. And I should know because I'm willing to protect you like I do the more willing strippers and prostitutes working under me.*
"You protect those working for you?" I asked incredulously as I decided to enter the pool. *Only the more willing ones. The ones that are being forced to work under me are a completely different story.* Starlight confirmed before continuing.
*For the prostitutes, I turn away any 'clients' who have violent or murderous kinks, put the prostitutes that suffered some sort of trauma through rehab, make sure the children of any of my prostitutes grow up to have a decent childhood, and even test out any of the newest sex toys that come out before recommending them.* I nearly choked on my own saliva at that last part.
"You what?" I asked, my mouth agape. *On top of being a pimp, a strip club owner, and a former stripper,* Star explained *I'm also a sex toy tester. A majority of my prostitutes use a variety of sex toys and I want to make sure those products are safe for them to use. Some toys I will use on myself such as vibrators, but, sometimes, I'll get toys meant for couples and I need some...* he looked towards Eclipse and Ai and wiggled his eyebrows before adding *assistance~.*
Eclipse and Ai blushed even harder at that.
"STARLIGHT! Not in front of Sunny!" Eclipse chastised while Ai spluttered while still keeping a hold on Pickle.
*Same goes for the strippers working at my strip club.* Star continued, ignoring Eclipse's scolding *I established a rule there that none of the customers are allowed to touch the dancers, not even when they're giving them lap dances, and, if anyone says or does something to make my strippers uncomfortable, they are banned from the establishment.*
"It's true," Ai confirmed as he placed Pickle on the pool deck "For example, there was this one creep who was fondling himself in the presence of one of the female strippers and that grossed her out so much that she reported it to Star where he proceeded to punch the guy in the face, knee him in the groin, and kick his ass right out."
*That bastard was absolutely disgusting!* Starlight said with a scowl *After I kicked him out, I made it abundantly clear that I wasn't going to let anyone disrespect my dancers, male or female, like that.*
"Don't let his size and effeminate build fool you," Eclipse informed "Star is a force to be reckoned with when he's angry, especially if that anger is out of protective instinct, and when he brings Petunia out, you know he means business."
"Petunia?" I asked before Ai answered "That's the name of his gun. A .44 Magnum pistol to be exact." I turned to Starlight, my eyes wide, as I asked "You have a pistol named Petunia?" Starlight shrugged as he said *What? Roxanne isn't the only person in this mansion who names their guns.*
I was beginning to wonder when this conversation went from Moon's growing feelings towards me to Starlight's need to protect those under him when Pickle took this opportunity to be a little shit and jump into the deep end of the pool.
"God dammit, Pickle! Do you have a death wish or something?!" Ai shouted as Eclipse trudged through the water to retrieve the dog paddling corgi who was smiling away. *Well, look on the bright side,* Star said with a smile *at least his ass is buoyant!*
Well, Star is right about one thing: corgi's butts do, in fact, float.
A few minutes later:
After a few minutes of swimming, having a conversation with Ai, Eclipse, and Starlight, and playing with Pickle, I returned to my room and took a shower to wash the chlorine off of me and change back into my clothes.
After I was dressed, a knock sounded at the door and I opened it to reveal Moon, who was carrying Tsuki (much to Taiyo's delight) and standing next to Freddy who was pushing a serving cart as Brutus stood off to the side.
Today's dinner was mac & cheese, not the kind you make on the stove top, but the kind you bake in the oven as a casserole, while the cats had salmon sashimi, cat friendly of course.
"So," I asked as I scooped up a spoonful of mac & cheese, "How's the hunt for Volkov going?" "Not great." Moon grumbled before taking a sip of water "That Russian bastard is as slippery as an eel dipped in oil and grease. Every time my men and I think we're on his trail, he always one step ahead of us."
I chewed my bite of mac & cheese before I swallowed and asked "Don't you, like, have any leads to his whereabouts?" Moon groaned "There's only one lead and it's the former second-in-command of his late father. Unfortunately, the guy lives in a mental institution and visiting hours are from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm."
"So, you plan on visiting him tomorrow?" I asked, scooping another spoonful of the casserole. "I intend to." Moon confirmed after he swallowed his bite of food "I also plan on visiting people who are special to me three days from now and I want you to come with me to meet them. Don't worry, they're not work related."
Not work related, huh?
"Sure." I answered without hesitation "I'd love to meet these people." "Good to know." Moon said with a smile before adding "Also, it's been a while since these people have seen Pickle and Tsuki, so I hope you don't mind if they tag along."
"I don't mind as long as Taiyo can come." I replied before my phone pinged.
It was Stella in our group chat.
'Hey bros, can you two meet at Sol's chocolate shop?'
I raised an eyebrow at this before typing 'I'm having dinner right now, but my friend, Lunar, and I can come once we're finished.' and sending it to the group chat before Solomon texted 'I'll keep the shop open. What's this about?'
'There's good news and bad news. But I can only say what they are in person. I'll meet you at the shop.' Stella texted before I turned to Moon and asked "Could we stop by Sol's place after supper, one of my sisters wants to meet us there."
Moon quirked an eyebrow at this before saying "Sure, but I'm going to have to dress casual again once I'm done."
A few minutes later:
After dinner, Moon changed into casual clothes and we hoped into his VW Beetle and drove out to Sol's Chocolate Delights to meet up with Stella and Solomon.
When we arrived, Stella was there with her girlfriend, Rochelle, as well as Solomon because he lived upstairs. When she saw Moon, she asked "Who's this, Sunny?"
Just like I had with Solomon, I introduced Moon to Stella and Rochelle as Lunar and explained that he was Solomon's landlord and the man who took me in when I was at my lowest.
As soon as introductions were out of the way, Solomon got straight to the point.
"So," Sol inquired "you mentioned that you had good news and bad news in our group chat?" Stella nodded before asking "Do you want the good news first or the bad news?"
I exchanged glances with Solomon and Moon before replying "Bad news, please." At that, Rochelle took hold of Stella's hand before the latter took a deep breath to steel herself before dropping the bombshell.
"Mom and Dad found out about Rochelle."
Solomon and I were stunned. On top of being extremely transphobic, our parents were just as racist and homophobic, so we knew what to expect.
But Solomon still asked anyway.
"And how did that go down?" Stella crossed her arms over chest and huffed "As expected, they made a huge ass stink out of it and demanded that I break up with her. Of course, I refused and now I've been disowned as well!"
"Oh dear!" I exclaimed "Do you have somewhere to stay until you get back on your feet again?" "I offered her to stay at my place." Rochelle answered as she gently squeezed Stella's hand. "It's not very big, but it's cozy and can occupy two people without much hassle. Of course, I'm going to have to talk with my landlord about letting my girlfriend stay with me."
I sighed with relief, knowing that Stella was in good hands, before asking "So, what's the good news?"
Stella gave us one of her mischievous smirks as she announced "Rosie and Damien are getting married!" Solomon and I beamed at that as I asked "When's the wedding?" "Two months from now." Stella answered as she pulled out a few wedding invitations from her bag.
"I say it's about time Damien got down on one knee and popped the question to Rosie." Solomon chuckled as he leaned on the counter. Stella stared at him, incredulously, before dropping another bombshell.
"Damien didn't propose to Rose. Their marriage was arranged by mom and dad."
We were all shocked by this.
"What?!" I exclaimed as I was trying to comprehend what we were just told.
"Apparently," Stella explained "Solstice Enterprises hasn't been doing so well as a standalone company lately, so mom and dad plan on making business mergers with multiple companies by marrying their remaining children off to the children of company presidents of different companies. They managed to succeed in securing an arranged marriage between Rose and Damien, who is the heir to the Baxter's Beautiful Bistro restaurant chain, and another between Terence and the daughter of the CEO of Superstars Inc. And were in the process of marrying me off to the dickass heir of Great Ursas Bank when they found out about Rochelle."
I huffed, of course mom and dad didn't really care about their children's preferences in romantic partners, they only cared about keeping the family business afloat even if it's at the cost of their children's happiness.
"Are they aware that Rose and Damien have been dating since they were thirteen?" Solomon asked before Stella shook her head and said "No. They only know that Rose, Damien, and I have known each other since childhood and used to play together."
It's true, those three were childhood friends and used to play together whenever our parents went to visit the Baxter family, usually to harass, guilt trip, and gaslight them into catering at their events for an unreasonable price, and I hung around to keep watch over them.
Stella started passing out the wedding invitations before adding "Thank God Rosie still considers us family, she told our parents that she wouldn't agree to this marriage unless she and Damien handled the preparations such as the invitations, catering, and who the bridesmaids and groomsmen are going to be. And I'm glad that she was steadfast about me being her maid of honor whether our parents liked it or not."
I read the invitation before asking "Is it okay if I brought two more guests to the wedding?" Stella looked at me and said "I'll have to ask Rosie that." Before she took out her phone, contacted Rose, and put it on speakerphone.
"Hello?" Rose's voice says through the phone "Hey Roise Posie," Stella replied, using her childhood nickname for Rose, "I just handed our brothers their invitations and Sunny just asked a question that involves the guest list."
"Hi Rosebud." I greeted my little sister over the phone. "Hey Sunny! It's been a while since I heard your voice." Rose chirped before asking "So, what's your question?" "Is it okay if I bring two more guests to yours and Damien's wedding?"
"Of course you can." Rose relied, enthusiastically, "Any friends of yours are friends of mine. Who are they?" I looked towards Moon and answered "Lunar Eugene Dorsum and his cousin, Brutus Fletcher." winking towards Moon at the word 'cousin' that Stella, Rochelle, and Solomon, thankfully, didn't notice.
"Lunar?" Rose asked "As in the guy who took you in after mom and dad disowned you?" "That's the one." I answered "He's actually here right now if you want to talk to him." Moon, who had been silent up until now, greeted "Hello, this is Lunar here."
"Nice to meet you, Lunar." Rosie greeted in return "Since you and your cousin are going to be added to the guest list, there is a question I'd like to ask." "Shoot." Moon replied before Rose asked "Are there any dietary restrictions that you and your cousin have like any foods that you are allergic to?"
"Well, I'm allergic to shellfish and Brutus is allergic to peanuts." Moon answered truthfully causing Rose to giggle and reply "Just like Sundrop! I wouldn't be surprised if he and Brutus became No Peanuts buddies!" Before adding in a more professional tone "We'll make quadruple sure that the wedding buffet is both peanut and shellfish free."
"Speaking of the buffet," Rose added before addressing Solomon "Sol, did you read your invitation?" "I sure did." Sol confirmed "It's says that not only am I invited to the wedding as a guest, but I'm also in charge of the desserts being served at the wedding alongside whoever you two hire to make your wedding cake."
"Yep." Rose beamed over the phone "and, hopefully the cake we choose will go perfectly with the chocolates you make and I don't just mean the chocolate fountain."
A minute later:
After Solomon and Rose's conversation about this wedding becoming a business venture for the former, Rose bid us goodbye and hung up before I turned to Stella and asked "So, Stella, do you plan on working now that you've been... you know?"
"Actually," Stella grinned "Now that I'm no longer being pressured into being a socialite or a rich housewife, I can finally pursue my dream of making and selling scented soaps and candles!"
I chuckled at my sister's enthusiasm. "If course you'd pursue a career that involves the hobbies you love. Just like Sol did." "But how are you going to obtain the items you need to make those?" Moon asked before Rochelle answered.
"Relax, man. I've been saving up enough money to purchase soap molds, soap dyes, candle dyes, mica powders to give the soaps and candles a pearlescent shimmer, glitter, candle wicks, essential oils, and candle carving tools. Also, my sister owns a farm with plenty of cows and goats and our cousin is a beekeeper and, as soon as I can get a good word in, we should be good on milk and beeswax as well as other ingredients needed to make candles and soaps."
Rochelle then looked sheepish as she rubbed the back of her neck and uttered "I still haven't found a place where Stella can sell her products, though."
Moon hummed before saying "You know, there's an abandoned pharmacy that was left to me by my uncle before he pasted away." He winked at me before he continued "I don't have any use for it, so you can set up shop there if you wish."
A few minutes later:
After the conversation with Stella and Rochelle about opening up a new shop with Moon, once again, acting as the landlord of said business, we finally decided to head home and on the way, I gently confronted Moon about lying about having a building left to him by an uncle who doesn't exist again.
"I'm sorry for lying again," He said earnestly "But I had no other choice but to use the uncle lie again since you don't want your siblings to know that you're involved with me. And besides, that pharmacy was abandoned and cleared out two weeks ago after the owner was arrested for selling illegal drugs alongside pharmaceutical ones."
When we got home, Moon escorted me to my room as he stretched and added "It's been quite the day today, hasn't it Sun." "Indeed." I replied before I rubbed the back of my neck and said "Hey, Moon?" "Hmm?" "Thanks again for providing me, my siblings, and Taiyo with everything we need. It's nice to have someone to rely on, even if it's something we never really asked for."
"It's no problem, Sun." Moon answered calmly "It's only natural to help someone in need." I nodded in agreement before I yawned and said "Well, I'd say it's about time I got ready for bed right now."
"Alright." Moon said with a shrug "See you in the morning, Sun." "Yeah, see you in the morning, Moon." I said and, before I even realized what I was doing, I had leaned in and kissed him on the cheek.
And it wasn't until I was about to hop in the shower after picking out a pair of pajamas that I realized that I had did that!
My face felt like it was on fire. 'Why the hell did I do that?! Now Moon's going to think I'm some sort of--!'
I didn't even want to finish that thought. Maybe a cold shower will help me cool down from the heat of embarrassment.
Moon's pov:
My eyes widened as I placed a hand on my cheek.
The same cheek Sun had placed a kiss on.
I couldn't help but feel a bit giddy at the fact that the man that I have started to grow feelings for had kissed me, even if it was unintentionally.
I stood there outside of Sun's bedroom door, twitterpated, for about a minute before I turned, opened the door to my bedroom, and stepped inside to get ready for bed.
But when I turned on the lights after closing the door, I was met with an uninvited pest.
There, sitting on my king sized bed, was Laura, dressed in just a white bathrobe. But, as soon as I looked at her, she gave me a seductive look, stood up, and began to slowly removed the robe from her body to reveal that she was wearing the most lewd set of lingerie I'd ever seen that comprised of a cupless bra and a crotchless thong!
So. Fucking. Disgusting!
My twitterpated feeling towards Sun melted away to that of revulsion towards this tramp and her attempt to seduce me with something so gross before I glared daggers at her, pointed to the door, and roared "GET OUT!! I'M NOT INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING AND I WILL NEVER BE INTERESTED IN YOU OR THE THOUGHT OF BEING IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU!!!"
At that, Laura's coquettish smiled melted into a disappointed frown which deepened into a frustrated scowl as she wrapped herself back up in the bathrobe, stomped out of my bedroom, and slammed the door behind her, upset that I had rejected her once again.
I shuttered in disgust.
Thanks to that image, I won't be having sweet dreams about being in a loving romantic relationship with Sun, instead I'll be having nightmares about Laura trying to worm her way into my pants while still wearing that exact same revealing lingerie.
Yuck!
Notes:
To know what Solomon's new bed looks like: https://www.wayfair.com/furniture/pdp/ivy-bronx-komor-upholstered-storage-bed-with-charging-station-and-led-lights-w100287340.html?piid=1052387179%2C1052387188
And here's the image of the radio: https://www.wayfair.com/decor-pillows/pdp/crosley-electronics-cathedral-decorative-radio-dvtx1015.html
And the swimsuit Starlight is wearing: https://poshmark.com/listing/TwoPiece-Cotton-Candy-Skies-Triangle-Bikini-6240935c4f1a29170f8dbb77?srsltid=AfmBOoqoXB1kUqZ10aNag0yqHZ2dbQ2L5wjXVyc-qBnCd87dfIr6RY3By9w&com_cvv=8fb3d522dc163aeadb66e08cd7450cbbdddc64c6cf2e8891f6d48747c6d56d2c#utm_source=gdm_unpaid
And to get a good idea of what Ai's bathing suit looks like (except Ai's is a couple sizes bigger than what's pictured): https://www.walmart.com/ip/Karnival-Costumes-Old-Time-20s-Bathing-Suit-Men-s-Costume-Small-34-36/3963150757?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=565&selectedOfferId=5834892E207E4B098E520932E2F88908&conditionGroupCode=1&gQT=1
Also, Noa's name is a popular unisex name in Switzerland and other countries meaning "rest" or "peace", Tamu's name is Swahili for "Sweet", and Bonita's name is Spanish for "pretty".
And the part about corgi butts being able to float is a fact, go look it up if you don't believe me.
Chapter 7: A Damaged Brain
Summary:
Here, Moon visits someone who's life was greatly affected by Igor Volkov.
Notes:
This chapter is completely from Moon's pov.
TW: Mentions of attempted fratricide, torture and killing of an animal, patricide, and a lobotomy.
Just to let you all know, I had to look up the symptoms that are caused by a lobotomy, yet still make Boris somewhat useful in aiding Moon in his mission to find Igor. Also, I learned that, although extremely rare, it is possible for a patient to not suffer from cognitive impairments after receiving a lobotomy. Which makes Boris a tragic figure.
Also, I have another update regarding our move. We won't be moving sometime in July, we'll be moving out at the end of August.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Today, I woke up to the sound of someone knocking on my bedroom door. I got up out of bed and opened the door to find Freddy at the door. "Good morning, Sir." He greeted me. "I have come to let you know that breakfast is almost ready." "Thank you, Freddy," I replied "I'll get dressed and make my way to the dinning room right away."
With that, I closed my bedroom door and turned to change into one of my neatly pressed suits which consisted of a black button-up, dark blue pinstripe suit jacket, matching slacks, and my favorite star speckled necktie.
However, as I dressed, I couldn't help but think back to the kiss Sun left on my cheek last night and the phantom sensation of said kiss and it wasn't until I slipped on my freshly polished black dress shoes that I forced myself to snap out of it and make my way to the dinning room.
Today's breakfast was cheesy scrambled eggs, buttered toast, bacon, and sausage links made by Chica per my request, I didn't want Laura anywhere near me nor my meals after her revolting attempt at seducing me last night.
"Oh Master Moony~!" Speaking of that slut.
I turned to face Laura as she stood there and looked at me as if she hadn't broken into my bedroom wearing only the most disgusting lingerie I'd ever seen under a white bathrobe last night and said "I heard that you'll be visiting your family soon."
"What's it to you?" I asked, curtly, before Laura asked "Would it be alright if I tagged along with you so I could meet your mother and sisters?" And introduce yourself as my girlfriend or fiancée to try and get their blessings to marry me? Fat fucking chance!
"No." I answered, curtly, causing Laura to whine and ask "Why not?!" "Because I know what you plan on doing once you meet them and I do not approve of it. Plus, I invited Sun to come because he's not as delusional as you are." I replied before adding "And, besides, Taiyo, Tsuki and Pickle are also coming with me on this visit and you know how much those three hate you."
As if on cue, Tsuki hissed and spat at her while Pickle growled deep in his throat.
But it was the mention of Sun that triggered her.
"Why does he get to meet your family?!" She demanded "That should be me, Master! I deserve to meet your family more than that twink does!"
At that, I slammed my hands on the dinning table, stood up, and glared daggers at this cow before uttering "Laura Johnson, you are staying here to help Chica out in the kitchen and not accompanying me on my visit to my family and that. Is. Final. And if you step out of line or try and do anything to Sundrop, I will not hesitate to send you to a whorehouse where you can put that lingerie you wore last night to good use."
As soon as those words left my mouth, Laura burst into crocodile tears and wailed "I just want to get to know your family, Master! Why do you have to be so mean?!"
I didn't budge. I knew Laura was putting on an act, hoping to garner sympathy from me and later brag to anyone who would listen to her about me apologizing to and comforting her being a sign that I loved her and all that bullshit.
Instead of giving in to her demand, I sat back down and, coldly, stated "Laura, you are dismissed." Before continuing to eat my breakfast.
Upon hearing the finality in my voice and not getting the reaction she wanted, Laura immediately dropped the act before she pouted, stomped her foot in frustration, and stormed back to the kitchen as she muttered foul curses.
*Let me guess,* Star drawled as he, Eclipse, and Ai watched her go *She actually broke into your bedroom wearing lingerie to try and seduce you like I had predicted.* "Yes and it was the most disgustingly provocative set I've had the displeasure of seeing!" I groaned as held my face in my hands.
*Did it include a pair of crotchless panties like I'd also predicted?* Star asked causing me to groan again and answer with "More like a crotchless thong paired with a cupless bra."
Star, Eclipse, and Ai all took in a sharp intake of breath through their teeth at that before Ai muttered "Yeah, you're going to need serious therapy after being exposed to that."
I didn't say anything, I just nodded my head in agreement and Star took that opportunity to change the subject.
*Tell you what,* Star interjected my thoughts *Roxy and I are going out on an all-day shopping spree and we'll invite Sun and Brutus to tag along with us. If you want, you could join us later after your meeting with your lead for finding Volkov.*
I gave it some thought before I nodded and said "Sure, I'll call you once I've finished my meeting so I can meet up with you guys at wherever you're at." Before I turned to Eclipse and added "Eclipse, you're in charge until I get back."
"Yes, sir." Eclipse uttered before returning to his breakfast.
One hour later:
An hour after I finished breakfast, I climbed into my limo along with a pair of bodyguards and was driven all the way to St. Marriott Mental Institution on the southern outskirts of Fazzerain City, where my only known lead for finding that murderous son of a bitch resided.
As the limo pulled up to the institution and my bodyguards and I climbed out, I couldn't help but admire the architecture of the building; large, imposing, and sterile while still giving off that feeling of warmth and healing.
My bodyguards and I entered the building and went straight up to the reception desk, where the receptionist, a woman who's name tag read Daisy Peterson, sat as she stared at me and my bodyguards with apprehension as I stated "I'm here to see Boris Kozlov, please."
Daisy regained her composure before adjusting her glasses and asked "Are you a relative or former associate of Mr. Kozlov?" "Neither." I informed her "I'm here to ask him a few questions about..." I looked around to make sure no one was listening in before I leaned in and whispered "...the man who is responsible for his condition."
Daisy took a sharp intake of breath at that before she looked through a few papers and said "A nurse will come by and escort you gentlemen to his room in a few minutes."
With that, I sat in the visitors waiting room for a few minutes before a male nurse, who's name tag read Andrew McNeil, arrived and announced "Mr. Kozlov is ready to see you now." Before motioning for us to follow him and led us to his room.
As we followed Andrew to Kozlov's room, we passed a series of windows that looked out onto a courtyard/therapeutic garden where a man that had a severe eating disorder sat on a bench as he threw food pellets into a koi pond and a woman with cerebral palsy sat in a wheelchair as she watched some birds feed from a nearby bird feeder.
Each patient had a nurse monitoring them as they engaged in these activities.
Soon, Andrew led us to the assisted living wing of the institution, where the permanent patients resided, before stopping in front of a door with the patient room sign that read 'Boris Kozlov' and said "He's in here, but I'm afraid only one of you are going to have to be in the room at a time. The rest are going to have to wait outside."
I turned to my bodyguards and said "You two stay out here while I speak with Mr. Kozlov. No one is allowed in the room unless it's a nurse coming in to check on Mr. Kozlov."
"Yes sir!" The bodyguards replied in unison. Before I opened the door, Andrew said "There's a red button near the door for visitors to press in case the patient is having one of their episodes, so, if Mr. Kozlov starts having seizures, press that button please."
I thanked him for the information before opening the door, entered the room, and closed the door behind me as I locked eyes with my only lead to finding Igor, Boris Kozlov.
Boris stared back at me, blankly, before saying "YA tebya ne znayu." In an emotionless, almost robotic, tone. "Nyet." I confirmed "But I know about you, Mr. Kozlov."
Boris, expression unchanging, just blinked at me and, apatheticlly, asked "What do you want with me?" I got straight to the point. "I need you to tell me what you know about your friend's son, Igor."
At the mention of his attacker's name, Brois' expression remained stoic, yet his hands gripped the arms of his wheelchair until his knuckles turned white as he muttered "Etot besserdechnyy monstr."
He then turned his wheelchair around so that he was facing the window.
"That zasranets is the reason I'm like this." Boris deadpaned as he stared out the window "I told Sergey time and time again that favoring Ivan instead of treating both boys equally like Olga had was a terrible idea."
"Ivan?"
"Starshiy brat-bliznets Igorya."
This surprised me. I knew about Igor's parents, Sergey and Olga Volkov, but I never knew he had any siblings, let alone a twin.
"Igor has a twin brother?" I asked, surprised.
"Da." Boris confirmed "A very sweet boy. He was the apple of his father's eye, yego gordost' i radost'. Always eager to give a kind word or send a smile anyone's way, unlike Igor, and was the kind of person that was expected to inherit the family business up until the incident."
"Incident?" I asked as I cocked an eyebrow.
"Back when the twins were five years old," Boris explained "Ivan fell down the stairs in the main lobby of the Volkov family home and ended up with permanent brain damage, but we didn't notice that brain injury had any effect on young Ivan until he grew older over the years that we realized that the injury had reduced him to a permanent 5 year old stuck inside the body of an older man. But, if you ask me, I don't think it was an accident."
"What do you mean?" I asked, a sick feeling rising in my chest.
"Igor said that Ivan was running down the hall and ended up tripping and falling down the stairs." Boris replied before he turned his wheelchair back to face me before adding "But I'm absolutely sure Igor pushed him out of envy."
"What makes you sure about that?" I asked, getting a sinking feeling.
Boris locked eyes with me before answering "Even though Igor made it seem like he was upset at what happened to Ivan, I could tell, just by looking into his eyes, that the reason he was upset was not out of horror that his brother got seriously hurt nor worry about his condition, he was upset out of frustration that he didn't get the outcome he wanted and I could also tell that he had no remorse for what he did."
I felt sick. I knew Igor was a psychopath, but I had no idea that his psychopathy spanned all the way back to his childhood nor that it would be bad enough to the point of actually trying to kill his own brother!
"I always knew there was something off about that boy when I first saw him." Boris continued "But the fact that he tried to kill his brother, who loves and cherishes him, over the fact that Sergey barely paid him any attention solidified my unease. I intended to tell Sergey about his behavior, but I ended up catching that parshivets using a box cutter to slice open a live field mouse he had caught before I could."
His hands clenched the arms of his wheelchair as he continued "As soon as he saw that I had caught him in the act of torturing and killing an animal, he showed no ounce of shame. Instead, he just shot me a smile that didn't reach his eyes and a psychopathic stare before he dropped the dead mouse, lifted his foot, and brought it down on a nest of baby mice, crushing them. I took that as a threat. A threat that screamed 'If you value your life, you will keep your mouth shut'."
Then he let out a sigh and muttered "But I should have known that just because I kept quiet about his behavior didn't mean I was safe from him."
"Are you talking about what he did to you?" I asked before he turned to gaze out the window again. "Da." Boris confirmed "A year ago, it was just a normal day at work when Sergey announced that I would be taking over as company president after he retired since Ivan was incapable because of his condition. I was honored by the fact that my friend trusted me enough to pass the title of president onto me and I vowed to lead the company the same way he did or at least in a similar manner to him as best I could. But the moment after I made that vow was when things went to Hell."
"What happened?" I asked before Boris continued.
"Suddenly, the office was swarmed with armed men who held us all at gunpoint and the one leading them was none other than Igor Volkov, who had successfully managed to extort the fears of the gunmen in order to form a coup d'état against his own father. Apparently, Igor saw the act of handing down the role of company president for the family business as Sergey's last chance at acknowledging him as his son and he failed to do so by handing the position off to me."
Despite being unable to feel any emotions, Boris swallowed hard and his frail body trembled as he continued "Sergey tried to reason with his son, tried to tell him that they were family and that Olga wouldn't want this, but all Igor did was point a gun at his father and utter 'Da zdravstvuyet dinastiya Volkovykh' before forcing us all to watch as he riddled his father's body with bullet holes to the point of overkill."
I blinked. So Igor also came to power by committing patricide and had killed his father the exact same way I had mine. But that was where our similarities ended;
Where as I was sloppy, Igor was methodical. Where as my act of patricide was in the heat of the moment, Igor's was planned out. Where as my motive was out of protective instinct, Igor's was out of a lust for power and control. And, finally, where as my sperm donor, Harold, was a scumbag who abused and neglected his family and ruled it with an iron fist, Sergey was a loving and doting husband and father whose only crime was that he favored just one son and semi-ignored the other instead of cherishing them both.
But Boris wasn't finished with his tragic and macabre backstory.
"After killing his father," he continued "Igor proclaimed that, from here on out, his family's business would no longer be a company, but a mafia, before forcing everyone to watch as he decided to make an example of me by forcing two of his reluctant thugs to pin me to my desk as he took an ice pick and mallet to my brain."
I fought back vomit at that before his cold and emotionless eyes locked with mine as he uttered "Ever since then, not only have I lost my capacity to express and emotionally feel anything, but I've also lost the ability to control my bladder and bowel movements leading people to constantly clean me up every time I have an accident, been suffering from seizures, and have to be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of my life.
"My family couldn't afford to take care of me after what that svoloch' did to me, so they were forced to have me institutionalized here. They still come and visit me from time to time, but, without the ability to feel anything, they're not enjoyable like they were before my lobotomy."
"Well, look on the bright side," I said trying to lighten the mood "at least you were lucky to not end up with dementia like most lobotomy patients had so you can remember who your friends and family are and the good times you had with them."
"Nyet," Boris muttered "But I wish I had so I could forget that demon and the sick, twisted look on his face as he condemned me to a fate worse than death."
At that point, I decided to change the subject.
"What about Ivan?" I asked, worried about the poor fellow "What happened to him?"
"Before Olga, upokoy Gospodi yeye dushu, passed away from stomach cancer when the twins were 17," Boris answered "She made Igor promise that he wouldn't kill Ivan nor hire anyone to harm or kill him. But, if I know one thing about Igor, he only makes promises just so he could exploit any loopholes in them."
Boris gazed outside the window again as he added "If my hunch is correct, Ivan is still living at the Volkov manor. Suffering from his brother's abuse while still giving him the love and warmth he doesn't deserve."
My blood turned to ice at that statement. Now I had another reason to find Volkov.
"Where is the Volkov manor?" I asked "I need to know so I can put an end to his reign of terror once and for all!" At first, I thought Boris wasn't going to reveal the location of Igor's base of operations. But I was proven wrong when he answered "On the north-eastern outskirts of Fazzerain City, just off Highway FB."
"Spasibo," I said "That is all I needed to hear from you. I give you my condolences for everything you went through in the past and I wish you well. Do svidaniya." I turned to leave the room before Boris called out "Podozhdat!"
I turned back to him as he said "If you plan to kill Igor, can you do me and all his victims one favor?"
I blinked at that request before I asked "What is it?" Boris locked eyes with me one last time before he uttered "Zastav' yego stradat'."
I smiled and assured him "That's what I plan on doing." Before I opened the door and walked out of the room.
I thanked Andrew for allowing me to speak with Boris before my bodyguards and I left the institution.
As soon as I climbed into the limo, I called Eclipse, sent him the coordinates to the Volkov manor, and ordered him to send a mole there with the instructions to gather as much information as they can on the status of both Igor and his treatment of his twin brother, Ivan, before calling Starlight.
"Hey Starlight," I greeted after he answered his phone "I just got done speaking with the lead. Where are you three now?" *We're just headed to El Chip's Cantina for some lunch.* Star informed me cheerfully before adding *You and your bodyguards are welcome to join us if you want.*
"Sure." I agreed "I'm always up for some Mexican." *Good!* Star exclaimed happily *We'll meet you there!* I smiled as I hung up the phone.
If there's one thing I love about El Chip's Cantina, it was that they make very delicious and authentic Mexican food. Especially, their tacos.
Notes:
Russian translation:
YA tebya ne znayu. = I don't know you
Nyet. = No.
Etot besserdechnyy monstr. = That heartless monster.
Zasranets = @$$hole
Starshiy brat-bliznets Igorya. = Igor's older twin brother.
Da. = Yes.
Yego gordost' i radost'. = his pride and joy.
Parshivets = brat
Da zdravstvuyet dinastiya Volkovykh = Long live the Volkov dynasty
Svoloch' = bastard
Upokoy Gospodi yeye dushu = God rest her soul
Spasibo = Thanks or thank you
Do svidaniya = Goodbye
Podozhdat! = Wait!
Zastav' yego stradat'. = Make him suffer.
Chapter 8: Shopping Sprees, Mexican Food, and Coming Out
Summary:
In which we see what's been going on with Sun while Moon was talking with Boris.
Notes:
Just to let you know, cats technically can eat bacon but, due to it being high in fat, salt, and preservative content, it's not recommended to include it in their diet. Insead just give them a small, cooked piece of bacon as an occasional treat.
And cats can eat scrambled eggs as an occasional treat as well, as long as they're cooked thoroughly and served plain.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Sun's pov:
I woke up to the sound of someone knocking on my door, so I got up and opened the door, revealing Freddy standing there with a serving cart as Brutus stood off to the side.
Today's breakfast was cheesy scrambled eggs, buttered toast, bacon, and sausage links with a glass of orange juice for me and plain scrambled eggs with a small amount of bacon for Taiyo.
Something we enjoyed greatly. However, that wasn't enough to destract me from the fact that I had kissed Moon's cheek last night.
After breakfast, I dressed in a tie-dyed t-shirt, blue denim capris, yellow and red stripped socks, and my beat-up sneakers and was thinking about listening to Pink Flyod's The Wall album on my radio when another knock sounded at my door.
I opened it to reveal Roxanne wearing a red tank top, a black skort, and her black knee-high boots and Starlight with his hair up in a high ponytail and wearing lip gloss and an ensemble that made him look semi-flamboyant that included a midnight blue crop top, white women's shorts that hid a thigh holster that held Petunia, and cheetah print sandals that showed off his ocean blue painted toenails standing there.
*Hey there, Sunny Bunny!* Star greeted me with a smile *Roxy and I are going out on an all-day shopping spree and we were wondering if you and Brutus would like to tag along.*
I gave it some thought, Taiyo is in need of some cat food, treats, a new litter box, cat litter, and some new toys and I could stash up on snacks, so I agreed to join them.
"Is Chica coming with?" I asked as I let Taiyo out of the room so he wouldn't be cooped up in there. "No," Roxy answered, sounding disappointed herself "As much as she wants to hang out with us, she needs to stay here and cook lunch and dinner for everyone here."
*And to keep Luara out of trouble,* Star added with a sniff *and especially make sure she doesn't say or do anything inappropriate like she did last night.* "What happened?" I asked as Brutus and I followed them down the hallway.
Star cringed as he explained *She broke into Moon's bedroom wearing only a bathrobe and a lingerie set that includes a cupless bra and a crotchless thong to try and seduce him.*
Roxy and I gagged.
That's one image I'm going to have a hard time getting out of my head.
A few hours later:
Our first stop was the pet store to get the things I needed for Taiyo as well as some spiky balls, doughnut toys, puppy whipes and some dog shampoo for Pickle and a new rhinestone studded collar, catnip toys, and a new scratching post for Tsuki.
Our next stop was a store that sells sex toys of all things, Brutus and I stayed in the limo for this one, neither of us wanted to be in there because I wasn't into the kinky stuff and the thought of being surrounded by items meant for sexual activities made Brutus visibly uncomfortable.
There, Roxy picked up a few toys such as a strap-on while Starlight had picked the newest sex toy to test out and it was one meant for couples, meaning Eclipse, Ai, or even both of them are going to be having a long night ahead of them tonight.
Then we went to a boutique run by an acquaintance of Starlight's named Sasha who gave off serious Edna Mode vibes, especially with the way they call everyone 'Darling', and proceeded to show us an array of different clothing that they designed themselves from zebra print crop tops to pleated skirts and skorts in a different array of colors and patterns to a very garish pair of bell-bottoms that we all proclaimed a hard pass on solely for the pattern of the fabric that was used.
It was also there that I ran into my sisters who were there to pick out Rose's wedding gown and dresses for her bridesmaids, one of them I was surprised to learn was Maxine Baxter, Damien's twin sister who was also transgender, but unlike me who underwent surgery to sound masculine, Maxine chose to keep her natural masculine sounding voice from her time as Maxwell Baxter along with her nickname, Max.
I introduced Roxy and Brutus by their actual names while Starlight was introduced as Starlo and told them that Brutus was Lunar's cousin and Roxy and Star were friends of his. Starlight understood the situation perfectly well, but we had to explain everything to Roxanne and Brutus after we left the boutique.
Our next stop was a shoe store where Star and Roxy purchased a butt load of different pairs of shoes while I just purchased a new pair of sneakers to replace the pair I was wearing along with two different pairs of dress shoes, one black and one brown, and an adorable pair of fluffy alpaca wool slippers that looked like actual alpacas for relaxing indoors.
Our last stop before lunch was a gun emporium to get me a new gun, a CZ 75. to be exact, and a holster and ammo to go with it while Star restocked on bullets for Petunia and Roxy picked up the newest addition to her gun collection that she had purchased a while back, which happened to be an actual cannon that she had named Enyo!
However, just as we were walking to El Chip's Cantina where we agreed to have lunch, we were ambushed by a couple of switchblade wielding thugs who tried to mug us only for Roxy and Starlight to pull their guns on them with Roxy shooting one in the shoulder and Star shooting the other in the knee before pistol whipping them both, causing both would-be muggers to retreat in terror.
Despite Brutus putting himself between me and the would-be assailants, I was shook up by this incident and Roxy and Star did everything they could to calm me down and, as soon as the did by promising me one of each of El Chip's signature desserts, Star's phone rang.
It was Moon calling.
*Hey Moon!* Star greeted Moon over the phone casually as if he hadn't just used Petunia on a pair of guys that tried to rob us in broad daylight.
Star listened to whatever Moon was saying on the phone before answering *We're just on our way to El Chip's Cantina for lunch. You and your bodyguards are welcome to join us if you want.*
I blushed. Even the fun of an all-day shopping spree, fear of almost getting mugged, and promise of Mexican desserts wasn't enough to make me forget about the kiss I gave Moon!
*Good!* Star exclaimed happily *We'll meet you there!* before hanging up his phone, noticing my red face, and asking *Hey Sunny, what's got you turning into a tomato?*
I buried my face in my hands and groaned as I mumbled "I kissed Moon on the cheek last night before I went to bed!" A grin spread across Star's face at that information as he asked *How did this come about?*
I explained to them how, after coming home from our meet up with Stella at our brother's chocolate shop, I was exhausted and ended up kissing Moon on the cheek and didn't realize that I did it until I was about to take my nightly shower.
"Honestly," I groaned as I slid my hands down my face in exasperation "I don't know if I can face Moon after doing that." Star raised a brow at that before saying *Well, who's to say he didn't enjoy it?*
I just stood there. I know Moon is gay because Freddy told me, but that doesn't mean he's comfortable receiving a kiss from just any man, intentional or otherwise. So the thought of him actually enjoying the kiss I gave him made me feel somewhat lighter despite knowing that the chances of that being true are 50/50.
We eventually made it to El Chip's Cantina just as a shiny black limousine pulled up in the parking lot and Moon stepped out followed by two bodyguards who nodded in Brutus' direction.
Moon greeted Roxy and Star casually and then turned to me and, with a blush and small smile on his face, greeted me shyly before we entered the cantina.
The hostess guided us to a private booth that Moon's bodyguards stood watch outside of and handed us our menus before a waiter asked us what we would like to drink.
Moon and I each ordered a Mexican Coke, Starlight ordered a frozen strawberry daiquiri, and Roxy ordered some watered down tequila.
"Really you two?" Moon asked as the waiter left to fetch our drink order "It's not even Happy Hour yet and you're already ordering something with alcohol in it?" "Every hour is Happy Hour, Boss." Roxy smirked as she looked over the menu.
*Well mine has less alcohol and Roxy's is watered down, so it shouldn't be that bad.* Star brushed Moon off before looking over the menu.
A few minutes later, the waiter came back with our drinks as well as tortilla chips and salsa and asked us if we were ready to order.
After asking the waiter which items on the menu were peanut-free, I ordered two toastadas with a peanut-free salsa and guacamole while Moon ordered two loaded beef tacos, Roxy ordered three chicken enchiladas, and Star ordered some ceviche with a side of elote (or Mexican street corn).
Before the waiter left, I asked him to prepare some snacks for the bodyguards, especially peanut-free ones for Brutus.
*That was really nice of you to think of the bodyguards.* Star complimented me before he turned to Moon and asked *So, how did the meeting with the lead go?* Moon ate a salsa dipped tortilla chip before answering "It was... interesting."
"How so, boss?" Roxy asked before taking a sip of her drink. "Apparently," Moon answered "on top of finding out where Igor lives, I also found out that his psychopathy stems back to his childhood."
I nearly choked on my coke at that.
"Not only that," Moon continued "but I now have another reason to take down that son of a bitch." *And what would that reason be?* Star asked as he sipped his daiquiri. Moon clenched his jaw before answering "Igor has an older twin brother named Ivan."
Silence took hold of us as Moon continued.
"According to the lead, Igor tried to kill his own brother by pushing him down a flight of stairs when they were 5 years old. He failed, but managed to give the poor fellow a permanent brain injury that resulted in him being a 5 year old trapped inside the body of a 21 year old. And, if the lead is correct, Igor is still keeping him in his house as his own personal punching bag."
Star, Roxy, and I gasped in shock at that.
I knew that some people bully their siblings, I know because Terence was a bully, but the fact that Igor might be abusive towards own brother and was even willing to try and kill him in the past proves just how sick in the head he is!
"I already contacted Eclipse to send a mole to the Volkov manor with the order to gather as much information about the status of Igor and his treatment of his brother." Moon continued "If it is true that Igor is abusive towards Ivan, I will not hesitate to give the order to storm that manor, kill him and his men, and get his brother out of that toxic environment."
A few minutes later, our food arrived and we ate in silence until I was halfway through my second toastada.
"Moon? Star?" I asked, getting their attention. "There's something I want to tell you. It's something Roxy and Brutus already knows and it's the reason why my parents disowned me."
"What is it Sunny?" Moon asked as he used a napkin to whipe sour cream off his face. *Yeah, what is it?* Star asked before finishing off his ceviche. I took a deep breath in through my nose and out through my mouth before I steeled myself and told them what I had told Roxy when I had gotten my period.
"I... I'm transgender."
I expected them to think I was joking and burst out laughing like Roxy had when I told her or recoil in disgust like my parents had.
But, instead, they just stared at me with a look of surprise before Moon cleared his throat and he and Star took a deep breath in and out before looking at me with a smile and asked "What, that's it?"
I was shocked by their reaction.
"Are you kidding me?!" I asked, incredulously "Aside from Roxy and Brutus right here, you two are the only people outside of my family who knows about this!"
*Well, what's wrong with being trans?* Star asked rhetorically, with a smile and a shrug before continuing *Have you seriously forgotten that I'm a cisgendered man who crossdresses in public? Honestly, Sunny, it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman as long as you're comfortable in your own skin.*
"Exactly what I was going to say." Moon agreed before adding "But what I really want to know is what led to you sharing this information with Roxy and Brutus? I understand why you told Roxy since Chica can't keep a secret to save her life unless it's a secret ingredient, I just don't know what led to it."
"As to how I know, let's just say it was that time of the month for Sun and leave it at that. I honestly thought he was joking at first when he told me." Roxy answered after swallowing a bite of chicken enchilada. "As to how Brutus knows, he was just standing right behind Sun when he told me and just happened to hear his little secret."
"I didn't intend to listen in on your conversation, it just happened." Brutus uttered as a blush crept across his face in embarrassment.
As I was finishing up my last toastada, the waiter came by and asked if everything was going well and if any of us would like any dessert. At the mention of dessert, Star pointed at me and answered *This guy here would like one of each of your desserts and that includes all flavors of your tres leches cake.*
Once the waiter was gone, Moon turned to Star and asked "What was that about?" *A minute before you called us,* Star explained *these two bozos tried to mug us, emphasis on 'tried', and Sun got all shook up by it and the only way to calm him down was by promising him one of each dessert here.*
Moon stared blankly before asking "Wait, what?"
A few hours later:
After I finished off the desserts which were a flan, 5 slices of different flavored tres leche cakes (which were classic vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, lemon, and caramel), a basket of buñuelos, Mexican rice pudding, a slice of Mexican lime icebox cake, a small basket of sopapillas with a dolce de leche dipping sauce, and a bowl of churros, we continued our shopping spree.
We stopped at a jewelry shop and bought different types of jewelry, a thrift store where we bought more clothes, shoes, and jewelry as well as well as some ornate hairpins and decorative hair combs that Star and Roxy really liked, a cosmetic shop where Star and Roxy got different kinds of makeup, and a place that sells designer handbags and wallets.
After that, we stopped at a butcher's shop to pick up some meat for Chica and, after we got the meat, we went to the nearest supercenter to continue our shopping spree as well as pick up more bread, milk, eggs, cheese, fruit, vegetables, and pastas for Chica, more cleaning supplies for Freddy and the house staff, and more gardening supplies for Bonnie.
After loading up the food into Moon's limo so it could be taken straight to the mansion and put away, we went to the nearest sushi restaurant for dinner where we had the finest sushi with Moon avoiding any that had shellfish in it and Roxy ended up getting drunk on sake.
After that, we headed straight home where the servants helped unload everything we had gotten and Chica helped guide Roxy back to the room they shared.
As soon as he saw us, Eclipse approached Moon and said "The mole, Dimitri, is in place, Moon. He'll send you all information and updates he acquires to your phone." "Thank you, Eclipse." Moon uttered, content "You are free to do as you wish for the rest of the night."
After dismissing Eclipse, he guided me to my room with Brutus following us as he carried most of my stuff and said "It was really nice spending the day with you, Sun. Even if it was just half of the day." I smiled and said "Thanks Moon, I really enjoyed our time together as well."
I fiddled with the bag holding my snacks before saying "Moon, I wanted to apologize for kissing you on the cheek last night. I was really tired last night and I didn't realize that I did it until I was about to take my nightly shower, so I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable or--"
"It's alright, Sunny!" Moon interjected earnestly before a blush spread across his face "It didn't upset me or make me uncomfortable or anything, in fact, I actually enjoyed it."
Now it was my turn to blush at that information.
"If anything," Moon continued before he leaned in "I'd say you deserve one in return." And then he kissed my cheek, causing me to blush even harder.
Moon pulled back with a smile and said "Well, I'm going to turn in for the night. Sweet dreams Sunny." Before he turned, opened the door to his room, entered said room, and closed the door behind him.
I stood there for a bit before the sound of Taiyo meowing at my feet snapped me out of my twitterpated state and I opened the door to my bedroom so that Brutus and I could put my things away.
Nobody's pov:
While Sun and Moon were having their conversation, they had no idea that someone else was eavesdropping on them from around the corner and watched as Moon placed a kiss on Sun's cheek causing them to become green with envy.
After watching Sun, Taiyo, and Brutus enter his room, they clenched their fists and teeth as they muttered "How dare that fucking twink stand between me and my man! What the fuck does that interloper have that I don't?!"
But then they remembered something important and an eerie smile spread across their face as an idea popped into their head. "I may have forgotten about the master's allergy to shellfish, but I clearly remember what that blonde is allergic to."
They giggled maniacally before they left the area to take a smoke break.
Notes:
Dun dun dunnn...
Also, if you want a reference to what Star's sandals look like: https://www.naturalizer.com/product/womens-brandy-sandal-3031174/leopard-print-suede-ec0207705
And his thigh holster: https://www.amazon.com/Moetron-Concealed-Holsters-CaliberTCP-RugerLCP/dp/B09K5F93XX
As well as Sun's alpaca slippers: https://mcgrocer.com/products/disaster-designs-alpaca-slippers?currency=GBP&variant=45461237203182&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Google+Shopping&stkn=9bdd4526a2c2&srsltid=AfmBOorlJxcExb0c0VH8QlhUd7XxzBuZl4ywCQBQDMX00Nq8Ng7QYEgZYsE&com_cvv=8fb3d522dc163aeadb66e08cd7450cbbdddc64c6cf2e8891f6d48747c6d56d2c
And, for those of you who have watched The Incredibles franchise, you'll know what I meant when I said Sasha gives off Edna Mode vibes.
And, yes, Starlight's alias of Starlo is a reference to Undertale Yellow.
Also, Enyo is the name of a Greek war goddess that was frequently associated with Ares.
And, just so you know, Mexican Coke is very different from American Coke. Mexican coke, traditionally, uses cane sugar as a sweetener while American Coke uses high-fructose corn syrup.
And I did base Moon and Star's reaction to Sun admitting that he's trans off of the scene in Shark Tale where Oscar reacts to Lenny admitting that he's a great white shark who is a vegetarian.
Chapter 9: A Bitch in our Midst
Summary:
In this chapter, a certain assistant of Chica's learns the hard way why it's never a good idea to get on the mafia's bad side... ever.
Notes:
DOUBLE UPLOAD BABY!
TW: Attempted poisoning using food allergens, a really bad allergic reaction, swearing, angry outbursts, slapping, mentions of theft (including underwear theft), psychological torture via tearing of clothes and forced head shaving, face disfigurement, forced prostitution involving a dog collar and leash, and PTSD.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Sun's pov:
Today, I decided to eat breakfast in the dining room today since it's obvious that Moon's men appreciated my presence and, honestly, I enjoyed having conversations with the friends I had managed to make in this mansion.
However, what I wasn't expecting was for Laura to approach me with a polite smile on her face as she said "Good morning Mr. Sundrop, I made you breakfast and don't worry, I promise it's peanut free." and served me a breakfast quesadilla before she turned and headed towards Chica who praised her for taking the first steps in making friends with me by doing something nice for me.
As nice as it was for her to not insult, bad-mouth, or threaten me, I found it suspicious that she was suddenly acting all friendly with me after all the verbal crap she put me through every time we crossed paths and I found it even more suspicious that she willing made me breakfast instead of leaving it solely to Chica.
Despite Laura saying it was peanut free, I refused to even touch it. Brutus noticed this and asked "Sir, would you feel better if I try a bite to make sure nothing is wrong with it?" I looked up at Brutus, surprised that he hadn't taste tested the quesadilla yet, before I answered "Sure thing, Brutus." and handed him the plate.
Brutus took the plate from my hands before he picked up a slice of breakfast quesadilla, brought it to his lips, and took a bite out of it before chewing it thoroughly and swallowing.
"So, how is it?" I asked, timidly, before Brutus turned to me an answered "It's delicious." However, as soon as he said that, Burtus' face broke out in a rash and began to swell up before he dropped the plate and fell to the floor as he struggled to breathe.
The sound of the plate shattering on the floor drew the attention of everyone in the dinning room and soon the everything became a big hullabaloo.
*Shit! Brutus is having an allergic reaction!* Starlight cried out as he stood from his seat at the table. Roxy and Monty ran over to my fallen bodyguard with a medical kit as Ai yelled "EpiPen! Where's his EpiPen?!"
Monty searched Brutus' pockets while Roxy searched the med kit before Monty announced "Found it!" and injected it into Brutus' outer thigh as he twitched on the floor.
"That's not going to be enough for him!" Eclipse shouted over the din "Call an ambulance!!" "Already on it, sir!" Roxy replied as she dialed 911 on her cellphone.
I sat there, paralyzed with crippling fear as Chica rushed over to me and tried to calm me down alongside Moon while trying her hardest not to start panicking herself despite the fact that she wasn't the one who made the quesadilla.
The commotion caught Laura's attention and, out of curiosity and confusion, she asked "What's going on? What's wrong with Brutus?" At that, Chica whirled on her as she stressed "He's suffering from a severe allergic reaction! You said there were no peanut products in that breakfast quesadilla!"
When Chica said that, Laura's face morphed from a look of curiosity and confusion to a look that screamed 'Uh oh' before sputtering "I-I swear I used canola oil to make the quesadilla! I'll bring the bottle if you want proof!" Before running to the kitchen and returning with a bottle of canola oil. "See?" Laura explained "This is what I used to make Sunny's breakfast quesadilla!"
Moon squinted at the bottle, suspiciously, as he muttered "Wait a minute." before he snatched the bottle from Laura's hand, scrutinize it, and peeled the label off the bottle to reveal something horrifying.
It wasn't a bottle of canola oil like Laura had claimed it was. It was a bottle of peanut oil and not the refined kind either!
"M-Maybe the supermarket we got it from or the processing plant that produced it is responsible for this!" Laura exclaimed, coming up with a reasonable explanation for why a bottle of peanut oil had a canola oil label over the peanut oil label.
Moon squinted at her before he turn to Eclipse and ordered "Eclipse, bring out the security feeds from the kitchen." "Yes, boss." Eclipse uttered with a nod before he turned and ran off.
"What?" Laura balked before Chica explained "I tried to explain to you a week ago that we had security cameras installed in the kitchen after someone stole some olive oil to pull a prank on Monty and his fellow grunts a while back, but you were daydreaming at the time."
Laura suddenly went pale as she ran after Eclipse to try and stop him, only for Monty to grab her and ask "What's up with you? You know that once Eclipse is given an order he won't stop until it's fulfilled." Causing Laura to struggle in his grip and she uttered "Th-There's no need to check the security footage! I know that the supermarket or the processing plant is responsible for this fiasco!"
Laura was clearly acting suspicious and was still claiming that either the supermarket or the processing plant were solely to blame even as Brutus was carried away on a stretcher by paramedics.
However, those claims were dashed when Eclipse returned with a laptop that had security footage on it showing Laura purposely using the peanut oil to make the breakfast quesadilla with a wicked grin on her face.
"This should be enough to affect that blond twink and, once he's gone, no one will be standing between me and Master Moony and we will be together forever~." Laura could be heard muttering on the footage before taking a canola oil label and plastering it over the peanut oil label.
"And if anyone asks" she continued "I can easily blame the supermarket or the processing plant for this 'error' on their part and everyone will be none the wiser." She then chuckled evilly before Chica was heard asking what she was doing and Laura responded that she was making breakfast for me and assured Chica that she was using canola oil to make it.
I was horrified.
Laura had used her knowledge of my peanut allergy to try and poison me!
"Oh my God!" Laura groaned when she realized that the jig was up and tried harder to struggle out of Monty's grip, only for his grip on her to tighten, making her yelp in pain, as he growled "You ain't goin' anywhere, girlie."
"Bernard! Ferdinand!" Moon summoned his bodyguards from yesterday before ordering "Take Sun to my bedroom and, unless it's Freddy, Bonnie, or Chica, don't let anyone in."
"Yes, sir!" They said in unison before they escorted me to Moon's bedroom as Taiyo, Tsuki, and Pickle followed us and entered the bedroom with me as Bernard explained that I was welcomed to read Moon's books, watch anything on his giant flat-screen TV, play on his computer, take a relaxing bath in his personal bathroom, anything to distract me from the trauma of seeing Brutus like that before he and Ferdinand stood guard just outside.
All I did was lay on Moon's king sized bed and stared at the ceiling as Taiyo, Tsuki, and Pickle climbed up onto the bed (Taiyo and Tsuki jumped onto the bed while Pickle used the pet stairs) and all laid down beside me with the cats under each of my arms and Pickle just above my head.
All this while I was internally panicking over the fact that Laura had tried to kill me just to get to Moon.
Moon's pov:
As soon as Sun was safely escorted to my room, I ordered Laura to be dragged to my office with Eclipse, Ai, Starlight, Roxanne, Chica, Monty, and another grunt there to bear witness to the hell that was about to unfold.
As soon as Laura was standing before my desk, I glared daggers at her as I flicked my lighter open and close and growled "You've got a lot of explaining to do, bitch."
"That blonde was the one that was supposed to eat that quesa-fucking-dilla and die from an allergic reaction so that you and I can go on dates, get married, have lots of beautiful children, and live happily ever after!" Laura rambled in frustration "But I forgot that that bodyguard was also severally allergic to peanuts and that was something I didn't want!"
I scoffed.
"Did you really think that would land you a place by my side as my wife?" I asked, rhetorically, with a sneer "Well it won't, so go fuck yourself on some barbed wire."
As soon as I said that, something inside Laura broke as she shrieked "Why won't you fall for me, Master?! I've been working here for a year and had fallen in love with you at first sight! I've done everything to get you to fall for me! I've cooked delicious foods for you, especially foods that are considered aphrodisiacs, gifted you beautiful clothes and jewelry that you refused to wear, I even snuck into your room wearing the kinkiest set of lingerie just to get you to sleep with me and every time you rejected me I had to go outside to take a smoke break to relieve myself of my frustration! WHY WON'T YOU JUST ACCEPT ME ALREADY?!"
I sneered at this delusional cow as I said "You want to know why I won't fall for you? I'll tell you: It's because I'm gay which means I'm only attracted to men, which means you, a woman, never had a chance with me from the get-go."
"What?!" She shrieked.
"Also," I continued "You're a selfish, gold digging bitch who likes to throw your weight around and lies about being in a relationship with me just to make everyone do as you say! I find that behavior so disgusting that I wouldn't get together with you even if I wasn't gay or if you were born a man!"
I smiled before I continued "Now Sunny on the other hand, even though he hasn't been here as long as you have, he's proven to more kind, humble, and understanding than you've ever been. In fact, he's willing to lie to his own siblings just to protect them from the truth about what I am."
"B-But," Laura stammered, clearly not ready to give up "He's a man and men can't get pregnant! I'm a woman and I can give you babies! As many as you want!"
I was disgusted with what she was suggested.
"That won't be a problem," I countered with a triumphant smirk "Because I learned yesterday that Sun is trans."
"WHAT?!" she shrieked again, her hands gripping her hair violently.
"Sheesh, are you deaf or something?" I snapped impatiently "Sun is transgender and trans men can still get pregnant if they still have their uterus." I finally lost patience with this bitch as I added "So you can take your delusional, lovesick fantasies and SHOVE THEM UP YOUR ASS!!!"
Laura stood there opening and closing her mouth like a fish before she uttered "Does that mean... I've been trying to seduce you for nothing?" I glared at her as I took a cigarette from my desk drawer and lit it before I, curtly, answered "Yes. Yes you have."
At that, Laura's faced morphed from one of shock to one of anger as she shouted "All this time, I thought you were just playing hard to get! I can't believe I wasted a year trying to seduce a gay man this whole time!!" She then marched up to my desk and slammed her hands upon it as she demanded "Give me a million dollar compensation for leading me on!"
I took a drag of my cigarette before I blew cigarette smoke directly into her face, causing her to start coughing and gagging, and said "I never led you on, Johnson, you just assumed that I was interested in women when I'm clearly not."
"You fucking bastard!" She screeched as she punched my desk "I wasted a year pursuing you and I can't believe that I even wanted to meet and impress your family which includes an old hag and a crippled brat--!"
SMACK!
At the moment those degrading words about my mother and Selene left this hussy's mouth, I reacted before I realized it as I stood up abruptly and bitch-slapped her across the face, sending her sprawled onto the floor, before I snarled "Watch your mouth, you gold digging slut!"
Laura place a hand to her cheek as a red handprint appeared on it before she staggered to her feet and shouted "I can't believe all the things I did to impress you were all for nothing! I was even planning on asking you to go on a date with me once that freckled faced freak was gone and even got myself gussied up for you!"
Before she began stripping herself of her chef's coat to reveal a glittery, form-fitting backless burgundy dress with a slit up the leg revealing a garter, a black choker with a heart shaped ruby pendant, a black pearl necklace with matching earrings, a cherry red sash with matching elbow length velvet gloves, a pink pearl bracelet, a sapphire broach, pantyhose stockings, black high heeled shoes, and, something I didn't notice until now, a decorative hair comb with a moonflower on it in her hair.
But I immediately remembered something that she clearly forgot.
"Honestly Johnson," I sneered "If it were any other man who wasn't homosexual, he would have seen you as a goddess. But me, all I see is a tramp that's trying way to hard to impress. Which is a shame really, because that choker your wearing gives your ensemble a nice little touch," I then turned to Roxy as I asked "Don't you think so, Roxanne?"
Roxy crossed her arms over her chest as she began "No I don't, I think she-" before she stopped abruptly with her eyes and mouth wide open in shock before let out a short exhale, turned to Laura with a look of maniacal rage, and shrieked "WHY YOU LITTLE THEIF!!"
Roxy then marched right up to Laura as she screamed "That's my choker necklace that Chica gave me for my birthday!" Before she reached out and roughly snatched the choker right off of Laura's neck as she yelled "Give that here!"
Laura's hands flew to her neck where the choker had once been as she muttered "Oh shit, I forgot!" and began to panic as Starlight, who was just as angry as Roxy, approached her.
*Look at this bitch wearing my necklace and earring set that Clipsy and Ai gave me as a present on our wedding anniversary!* he yelled as he roughly snatched both the necklace and the earrings, taking out a small piece of Laura's earlobe as he did so.
Soon everything became chaotic as both Roxy and Starlight began tearing Laura's dress apart retrieving all the things she stole from them from Roxy's decorative comb, sash, and ornate baret to Star's gloves, broach, garter, and shoes as they yelled and screamed in her face before I put my fingers in my mouth and let loose a shrill whistle to get them to stop and back off, leaving Laura standing in the middle of my office wearing a torn evening dress.
Chica stood off to the side with her hands covering her mouth in shock, but not at Star and Roxy's behavior nor the sight of Laura's torn dress. Instead, she was staring at the pink pearl bracelet that landed on the floor after Star yanked his gloves off of Laura's arms.
"The bracelet my grandmother left me! I thought I'd misplaced it a while ago!" Chica muttered in disbelief before she locked eyes with her assistant and asked "Laura, how could you?"
"You barely wear the damn thing!" Laura snapped indignantly "And, besides, it looks better on me anyway!" As soon as those words left Laura's mouth, Ai marched over to her with a glass of mimosa and dumped the contents on her head as he muttered "I think you need a drink to cool off."
Thanks to the liquid running down her hair and face, the makeup Laura was wearing became runny and melted off her face, revealing that she had small eyes, thin, sparse eyebrows that made her look ridiculous, and her entire face was littered with freckles that made her look even less attractive than she was before.
Hmph! And she said Sunny was a 'freckled faced freak' when she was the one that had more freckles than him!
"NO!! MY MAKEUP!!!" Laura wailed as she covered her face and ran for the door, only to be stopped by Monty who scrutinized her bare face and said "Wait a minute, I remember you! You're the ugly bitch that I caught stealing clothes, makeup, and jewelry from the rooms of female staff!"
My eyes widened at that, I remember that Starlight, Roxy, and the female members of the mansions staff have been having some of their personal belongings stolen from their rooms and I have had a dozen pairs of underwear going missing from my underwear drawer and that the prime suspect, according to Monty, was a 'butt-ass ugly woman' that he had never seen before.
If Laura was that 'butt-ass ugly woman', then that means--
I snapped my fingers, signaling the other grunt in the room to seize Laura as I turned to Eclipse and said "Eclipse, go to Laura's room and begin packing her belongings and take Star, Roxy, and Chica with you in case Laura has more of their belongings in her room." before I took out my cellphone and called Freddy, telling him to tell all the staff members that had had personal items stolen from them to gather at Laura's room and search there.
As the four of them left my office, Laura began struggling in the grunt's grasp and screaming in a panic before Monty marched over to her, slapped her across the mouth, and yanked on her hair, yelling at her to shut up while I just sat there at my desk, puffing away at my cigarette.
Half an hour passed before Eclipse returned to my office carrying a large suitcase filled with Laura's belongings with an even more pissed off Roxy and Starlight and a just as disappointed Chica and reported "There were a lot of clothes, cosmetics, and jewelry in Laura's bedroom, but a majority of them were items stolen from Starlight and the women working for you and what truly belongs to her are in this suitcase."
Eclipse then started blushing as he continued his report "Laura also had a shrine to you in her closet that compromised of photos of you that were taken without your knowledge, a wax bust of you wearing one of your spare fedoras, and a pile of your stolen..." He cleared his throat before adding "Unmentionables."
"Laura," Chica asked, her voice trembling and her eyes brimming with unshed tears "How could you do this to everyone? To me? After everything I've done for you?" Laura sneered at Chica and yelled "Because those low lifes don't deserve to own such nice things and, like I said about your bracelet, they looked way better on me than they do on any of you Plain Janes!"
At the sight of this wretched wench behaving all high and mighty, I snubbed my cigarette out in my ashtray, turned to Monty and his fellow grunt, and ordered "Grab her and force her to her knees."
"Huh?" Laura squeaked before both grunts each grabbed one of her arms and forced her to her knees as I stood from my desk, glared daggers at her, and uttered "Laura Johnson, I have warned you before that if you stepped out of line again or try and do anything to Sunny, I would not hesitate to send you to a brothel. But, not only did you not heed that warning, it's also revealed that you've been taking advantage of the fact that you look like a completely different person without your makeup on to steal things that don't belong to you and taking Chica's dedication to protect you from the mafia's wrath for granted. For all that, you must be punished."
I turned to Roxy and said "Roxanne, punish this bitch however you wish." As soon as I gave Roxy permission to do as she wished with this cow, a manic grin spread across her gorgeous face as she chortled and said "Ohoho, I've been dying to punish this little bitch the moment she began trash talking my precious Chickadee for a long time!" Before she pulled out an electric hair clipper, the same kind that I've seen hair stylists use to shave and trim hair.
Laura's eyes widened as Roxy switched the clipper on before she turned to Chica and pleaded "Ms. Pollock, please talk to your fiancée! I promise I'll respect you from now on and I'll put more effort into my cooking, so please help me!"
But Chica only turned away from her and uttered "Laura, you didn't just steal from me and Roxy, you've also took advantage of me and broken the trust between us. I know where this is headed and I'm sorry to say this, but I cannot protect you anymore." With that, Chica left my office and closed the door behind her, leaving Laura to her fate.
With that, Roxy walked right up to Laura and grabbed a fistful of her long, brunette hair and began shaving it off. Of course, Laura screamed and struggled, trying to get away with what hair she still had, only for Roxy to bitch-slap her and yell "Hold still!" Before she resumed her task. By the time Roxy was done, Laura's head was shaved completely bald.
"NO!!! MY CLOTHES!! MY HAIR!!! MY MAKEUP!!!!" Laura wailed in absolute despair before she began ugly sobbing over her destroyed beauty as Monty and the other grunt released her.
"Laura Johnson," I uttered, my voice as cold as a Russian winter "Because of your behavior, violation of all the rules in this mansion, and your attempt at murdering someone I care about because you were bitter and jealous, you are hereby terminated of your job as Chica's assistant. From now on you'll be working for Starlight as one of his prostitutes in the brothel he runs."
"Wait, what?!" Laura asked before Ai fastened a dog collar around her neck and hooked a leash on said collar before Star used said leash to yank the now ex assistant cook towards him as he took a drag from a cigarette that he held in a cigarette holder.
*Seems like I've got a brand new pet on my hands~.* Star purred, his smile anything but pleasant.
Laura shook her head in horror before a look of defiance crossed her face as she shrieked "No! No I won't be tethered to a disgusting pimp like you! I was born to be a rich man's wife! I was born to live in the lap of luxury, sleeping in a luxurious bed and eating expensive foods like lobster, and caviar! I was born to--!"
SMACK!!
Laura's rant about being born to live a life of luxury was cut short as Starlight pimp slapped her across the face, knocking one of her teeth loose and his wedding ring cutting into her cheek in the process, before he wrapped the leash around his hand and yanked her upwards, causing her to choke, as he sneered at her.
*You seem to be misunderstanding something, missy.* Star snarled in disgust *I own you now, which means you're in no position to bad-mouth me, talk down to me, nor see yourself as superior to me.*
He then took a long drag from his cigarette before he blew the smoke from it into Laura's face, causing her to cough and gag more than she already was, and added *And if you're going to act like a contemptuous whore, I'm going to treat you like a contemptuous whore! Capiche?!*
Laura's face paled before she squeaked "Understood!"
"Before you go to your new home," I said, coldly, "There's one last thing I need to do." I stood up from my desk and walked towards Laura as I flipped open my switchblade before I brought the tip of it to the corner of her mouth and slit her cheek open from the corner of her mouth to her ear, making her cry out in pain, and, in a mocking voice, asked "Who will think you are beautiful now?"
I then turned to Starlight and said "Take this mutt away." *With pleasure.* Starlight replied with a smirk before he yanked the leash and said *Let's go, you little harlot. The red-light district is waiting for its newest addition!*
Laura tried to resist to the point of digging her nails into the floor, but Starlight managed to drag her literally kicking and screaming down the hall, out of the mansion, and into Starlight's waiting limousine to take her to the brothel he ran while Eclipse carried the suitcase with her belongings.
I've visited that place once and, from what I remember, the basement there had been converted into a sex dungeon where the prostitutes that were forced into this business were sent whenever they stepped out of line to be punished, and not the fun kind either, and the ones that were in charge of doling out those punishments were five of the more willing prostitutes. One of them was a man named Dominic and the other four were dominatrixs, but all of them were ruthless when it came to punishments.
And considering that Starlight sees Sunny as the son he never had, Laura was going to be in for a living hell.
Speaking of Sunny, I decided to check on him so I left my office and went straight to my bedroom and arrived there at the exact same time Chica did with three cups of tea on a tray, one camomile, one lavender, and one passionflower.
"I thought Sunny would like some tea after seeing what happened to Brutus." Chica explained "I didn't know what kind of tea he likes so I just thought I'd prepare him three different cups to see which one he preferred."
I smiled at Chica's thoughtfulness before I nodded towards Bernard and Ferdinand who allowed us entry into my bedroom where we found Sun laying on my bed and staring up at the ceiling while Taiyo, Tsuki, and Pickle snuggled up to him, trying to comfort him.
"Sunny?" I called out, startling Sun out of his stupor before he sat up and stared at me as I said "Laura's gone. She can't hurt you anymore."
Sun stared at me for half a minute longer before tears welled up in his eye and he began to cry. I sat on my bed and held him as he cried into my chest, whimpering about how that could have been him if it weren't for Brutus.
I knew this incident would leave Sun with a bad case of PTSD and unable to sleep all by himself. Hopefully, the trip to visit my family tomorrow will help him relax from this debacle.
But something in my gut told me that, even though Laura was gone, we haven't seen the last of her.
Notes:
Just to let you know, Star and Roxy's reaction to seeing Laura wearing clothing and jewelry that she stole from them is based off of the scene in the Disney movie, Cinderella, where the stepsister's tear Cinderella's dress to pieces while she's wearing it. However, unlike Cindy, Laura totally deserved it.
Also, refined peanut oil is safe for people with peanut allergies. So when Sun said 'not the refined kind', he meant Laura used regular or unrefined peanut oil to try and poison him.
Chapter 10: The Man Beneath the Monster
Summary:
Where we meet Moon's family and learn about what drives him to lead the Lunarian mafia.
Notes:
Just a reminder, Samantha and Sarah (like Starlight and Ai) belong to FNAF Twilight (sonicfan24) and Selene belongs to Starlight_Animatronic and I claim no ownership of them whatsoever!
TW: Mentions of past abuse (both domestic and child), blackmail, murder, severe injury resulting in paralysis, and patricide.
Also, I wanted to let you all know that, due to my mind being easily distracted and with moving day fast approaching, I haven't been able to focus on writing this chapter. So, I'm sorry for taking a long time to get this out.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Sun's pov:
I woke up to the feeling of arms wrapped around me and I looked up, groggily, to see that the arms embracing me belonged to Moon as the memories came rushing back to me.
Yesterday was a nightmare, seeing Brutus suffering from an allergic reaction after taste testing peanut oil laced food that was meant for me had left me traumatized!
Thank God Moon and all the friends I had made in this mansion were there to support me in my time of need and that Moon was kind enough to let me sleep with him last night since I was not in a state to be sleeping all by myself.
Moon, his nightcap slightly askew, stirred a bit before he opened his eyes and, in a groggy voice, mumbled "Morning Sunny." "Morning Moon." I replied before I sat up, stretched, and turned my gaze to the foot of the bed where Taiyo, Tsuki, and Pickle slept in a little cuddle pile.
I couldn't help but take out my cellphone and take a picture of them, it was so cute.
Soon after I took the picture, a knock sounded at the door, waking the three animals up, and Moon got up to answer it to find Freddy there with a serving cart with five covered dishes on it.
"Good morning sir. Good morning Sun." Freddy greeted us before entering the room with the cart and added "I hope you're feeling better from yesterday's debacle." "I'm still a little shook up, thank God I have friends in this mansion." I said as Pickle climbed down the pet stairs and the cats hopped off the bed.
Yesterday afternoon, Chica had received a huge shipment of prickly pear pads and fruits from her cousin in Arizona, which meant there was going to be a lot of foods and drinks made from either of them for a while.
Today's breakfast was prickly pear pancakes with butter and maple syrup, a side of sausage patties, and cups of peppermint tea for Moon and myself and blueberry, banana, and plain yogurt parfaits for the pets.
"So," I said in between bites of pancake "Today's the day I get to meet these very special people." "Yep." Moon confirmed as he sipped his tea "So please make sure you dress semi-formally? I want them to have a good impression of you." "Sure thing." I replied before returning to my breakfast.
After we finished our breakfast and Freddy took the dirty dishes away to be washed, I went back to my room to get dressed for the day. I chose to wear a white button-up shirt, black slacks, a maroon blazer, and the brown dress shoes I had purchased two days ago.
I then lured Taiyo into his cat carrier with his favorite treats before shutting the door to it, lifted it, and carried it out of my room shortly before Moon emerged from his own bedroom wearing a black button-up, dark blue slacks, a matching blazer, black dress shoes, and his iconic fedora and holding a fancy cat carrier with Tsuki in it in one hand and a leash tethered to Pickle's collar in the other.
"You ready?" Moon ask eagerly with a small smile before I shifted my weight to accommodate the weight of Taiyo's cat carrier before answering "As ready as I'll ever be."
To be honest, I was a little nervous about meeting these people because I had no idea what kind of relationship Moon had with said people. Were they mafia associates? Members of a cartel? The leaders of other mafias or yakuzas that are allies of Moon's?
Wait, Moon said these people weren't work related. Who were these people anyway?!
As I was spiraling in the worry of who these people Moon wants me to meet were when Chica approached us after we decended the stairs with a large basket full of jars homemade jams, jellies, and marmalades.
"Here you go, Moon." Chica chirped, handing him the basket "It took me almost two weeks to make all of these perserves for your precious VIPs! There's grape, strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, mulberry, razzleberry, plum, apricot, clover (both red and white), and prickly pear jams and jellies as well navel orange, seville orange, valencia orange, and blood orange marmalades. I even made some mint jelly for them too."
"Thank you, Chica," Moon said with a smile "I know they'll love these immensely. And, on the way back home, I'll make sure to get you more sugar and pectin to restock on the amounts you used to make these."
I was amazed that Moon, who had the exact same height and build as me, was strong enough to carry both a cat carrier with a live cat in it and a large basket full of preserves at the exact same time while still keeping a firm hold on a dog leash that had a rambunctious corgi tethered to it as we made our way to the limo.
But not without informing Eclipse that he was in charge until we got back.
As we rode through Fazzerain City, we stopped by a few stores like a liquor shop to buy a bottle of vintage Pinot noir, a flower shop to buy a bouquet of roses, sunflowers, and baby's breath, a toy shop to purchase two plushies, and my brother's shop to purchase four boxes of chocolate and handing one of them to me.
Soon we were driving outside of Fazzerain City and towards nearby mountains south of said city. We passed farmlands, woodlands, and even a waterfall within one of the cliff face of one of the mountains before we arrived at a two-story lakeside cabin.
As we got out, I couldn't help but admire the architecture of the cabin and the land surrounding it as we walked up the ramp and approached the front door.
Moon rang the doorbell before he turned to me and murmured "I promise you're going to love them, Sunny, and that they'll love you too."
Soon, the sounds of footsteps approaching the door brought me to my senses before it opened, revealing a middle-aged woman who beamed the moment she saw Moon.
"Moondrop!" The woman cried with joy as she launched herself into his arms "We've missed you so much, my son!" Moon chuckled at that before returning the embrace, one handed, replying "I've missed you and my little sisters too, mom."
I blinked. This woman was Moon's mother?
Before I could think of anything else, a little girl came charging out of the cabin and straight to Moon, yelling "Big brother, it's so very nice to see you!" Before she hugged his legs.
"It's very nice to see you too, Sarah." Moon replied as he bent down and ruffled her raven hair with a smile. It was at that moment that Moon's mother noticed me standing there carrying Taiyo in his cat carrier.
"And who's this handsome young man?" She asked with a smile. Moon smiled before he unhooked Pickle, motioned to me, and said "Mom, Sarah, this is my friend, Sundrop. Sun, this is my mother, Samantha, and my sister, Sarah."
At that, I reached my hand out towards Samantha for a handshake as I said "It's nice to meet you." Samantha took my outstretched hand, but, instead of shaking it, she yanked me into a hug and said "It's so nice to see Moon, finally, bring home someone who isn't a member of the Lunarian mafia or the mansions staff."
"Mom!" Moon groaned, although I could see the ghost of a smile tugging at the edge of his lips. "It's nice to meet you, Mr. Sun!" Sarah greeted me with a smile before adding "Wait right here, I'll go get our little sister, Selene." and ran back into the cabin with Pickle at her heels.
"I also have gifts for you guys in the limo, one of them from Chica." Moon informed Samantha before he entered the cabin and added "Just let me let Tsuki out of her carrier and then I can go get them."
Samantha then turned to me as she asked "How long have you known my son for, Sunny?" "Almost a month now." I replied just as Moon exited the cabin and headed straight for the limousine to grab the gifts at the exact same time Sarah came back pushing another, much younger, little girl that bore a strong resemblance to Moon in a wheelchair.
"Mr. Sun," Sarah said "This is our little sister, Selene. Selene, this is Mr. Sun, Moon's new friend." "Oh please you two," I replied before adding "just call me Sun or Sunny."
The little girl, Selene, clutched a dog plushie and fiddled with the kitted starry blanket that lay across her lap as she murmured "Hewwo (Hello), my name id (is) Sewene (Selene) and dis (this) is Nuggie (Nugget), my pwotectow (protector)."
I knelt down and shook Nugget's paw as I said "It's nice to meet you both." before bringing Taiyo's cat carrier forward and added "This is my cat, Taiyo. I assure you that he is very friendly."
Selene, nervously, reached a hand out to Taiyo who rubbed up against it through the bars of the cat carriers door and began purring loudly, causing her to start giggling before the sound of Samantha interrupted my train of thought.
"Oh Moon, these gifts are all lovely! And Chica put a lot of hard work into making these preserves!" She gushed before taking the basket of preserves from Moon, pulled out the jar of mint jelly, and added "Especially this mint jelly, I can use this to make a glaze for tonight's pot roast!"
With that, Samantha returned the mint jelly to the basket before taking the bouquet from Moon and said "Come inside, both of you. There is so much we need to talk about." As she ushered us all inside.
A few hours later:
During our time at the cabin with Moon's family, Moon and I told Samantha how we met as well as everything that's been going on in the mansion and our lives.
Moon also updated the whole Volkov situation to Samantha away from the prying ears of Sarah and Selene and Samantha was horrified to learn that not only did Volkov try to kill his own brother as a child and might be abusing him still, but also at the fact that someone had just tried to kill me yesterday using my own allergy.
We also played beanbag toss with Sarah and Selene, dipped our feet in the lake as we sat on the dock, and fed a family of ducks some oats and lettuce while our limo driver, who had changed out of his chauffer uniform and into his fishing gear, took the motor boat out on the lake to do some fishing.
A minute before Samantha brought out lunch for us, something in the water startled me! It was huge and looked like a shark except it didn't have the iconic dorsal fin or a mouth filled with razor sharp teeth and it was covered in bony plates!
"It's Mickey!" Selene yelled estaticlly as a huge smile spread across her face. "Mickey?" I asked, confusion etched on my face causing Moon to chuckle."She's referring to McKenzie, the resident lake sturgeon that lives in this lake." he explained as he gestured to the monster fish that was swimming in the shallows.
"You don't need to worry about this big girl," Moon continued "McKenzie is mostly harmless, she mainly stays in the deeper parts of the lake, but will occasionally come into the shallow parts of this area to either forage for food, lay her eggs, or just to say hello to us."
"'Big' is an understatement, Moon. She's enormous!" I exclaimed as I gestured wildly to Mckenzie. "She is." Moon agreed "She's around 123 years old and she's already bigger than our dock. If she lives another 27 years, she might grow up to be as big as the largest lake sturgeon ever caught, maybe even bigger."
It was at that moment that McKenzie made a beeline for the dock that we were sitting on and dangling our legs from, causing me to jump slightly and Sarah to start giggling at my reaction.
"What's wrong, Sun?" Sarah asked with a smirk "Never seen a sturgeon before?" "Only on tins of caviar that my mother loved to snack on." I replied as Mckenzie swam under the dock, her bony plated back brushing up against mine and Moon's feet in the process.
"I think she likes you." Samantha said as she approached us with our lunch of prickly pear jelly sandwiches, white clover and strawberry cookies, and red clover lemonade "She only does that with people she's comfortable with."
A couple of hours later:
I stood in the cabin's kitchen, helping Samantha with dinner which was pot roast with a mint jelly glaze while the chauffer was just outside preparing the fish he had caught, which were four bluegills, four yellow perch, three walleyes, two smallmouth bass, and a largemouth bass, for cooking.
"So," I began as I stood at the stove, making the mint jelly glaze "What was it like raising Moon?" Samantha paused what she was doing before answering "It had it's ups and downs, I was forced into marrying my children's father, Harold, when I was 17 and he was 18 and I had Moon when I was 18. My husband, he was... a lot, so to speak."
"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to." I replied gently before I noticed Moon make his way up into the attic via a folding attic ladder. As soon as the mint jelly glaze was finished, I excused myself and followed him into the attic.
"Moon?" I called out as soon as my head emerged from entrance to the attic only to be met with no reply. I looked around as I climbed up the rest of the ladder and saw him standing before a portrait.
As I approached, I realized that it was a family portrait that showed Moon, his sisters, and their mother, much younger than they were now, standing around a smug looking man who was reclining in a plush looking chair (well Samantha, Moon, and Sarah were standing, Selene was being held by Samantha) and, out of all the people in the portrait, only the man and Selene were smiling (Selene's smile made her look completely innocent while the man's smile made him look cruel and condescending) while Samantha, Moon, and Sarah looked apprehensive.
"Moon? Are you alright?" I asked as I approached. Moon inhaled deeply before exhaling and asked "You want to know what my childhood was like?" I didn't answer because I knew it was a rhetorical question before Moon unloaded his heavy burden onto me.
"My childhood was a living Hell," He explained "My sperm donor was not only a tyrant towards the mafia he ran, but to his own family as well. He abused my mother every chance he got and my mother did everything in her power to make sure his abuse was focused solely on her and away from us.
"But, despite her efforts, she wasn't able to protect us from psychological abuse and trauma. For example, when I was 12, I had just arrived home from school when my sperm donor decided that it was time to involve me in the 'family business'. He brought me to a warehouse where there was badly beaten up man tied to a chair and handed me a gun before telling me to shoot him."
Moon clenched his fists before taking more deep breaths before he continued "I didn't want to kill him, but Harold kept pressuring me to do it until he blackmailed me, telling me that if I didn't kill him, not only will his abuse towards mom get worse, but he would also turn his abuse towards my sisters. I didn't have a choice. I later learned that the man had a wife, two kids, and a third on the way when I was forced to execute him."
I couldn't believe what I was hearing, Moon trusted me enough to tell me his past and take a glimpse of the man beneath the monster that his reputation painted him as.
"My mother and sisters were the only things that made my childhood somewhat bearable, the only things that had me keep holding on to my humanity. And the fact that Harold was willing to use the threat of making their lives a living hell to control me showed just how weak I was." Moon snarled before taking even more deep breaths and clenched his fists even harder.
"He's the reason Selene is in that damn wheelchair." He uttered as he trembled with rage "I was 19 when it happened. I'd finally had enough of my sperm donor's tyranny and was about to confront him as he was beating up my mother when Selene, completely unaware of the situation she was getting herself into, ran up to him to show him a picture that she had drawn.
"But, upon getting in between him and mom, he shouted at her, calling her a mistake, before he backhanded her and caused her to go tumbling down a nearby flight of stairs, hitting and injuring her head and spine in the process."
Moon's nails dug into his palms, causing them to bleed as he continued "When I saw that, something in me snapped. I realized that Harold had no fatherly instincts whatsoever, so I pulled out my pistol and lit that bastard like Swiss cheese before I had someone call an ambulance to take mom and Selene to the hospital.
"Mom had a few broken ribs, a black eye, and a ruptured appendix that needed to be surgically removed while Selene was left in a coma for half a year and, when she woke up, we learned that the injuries she had sustained from that fall left her paralyzed from the waist down and gave her a speech impediment that made her sound slightly slurred.
"During her coma, not only did I become the Don of the Lunarian mafia and pay for her treatment, but mom, Sarah, and I went through serious therapy for the abuse we suffered at Harold's hands for all those years while mom made the blanket that Selene has over her lap and Sarah, who refused to use the family's money, sold lemonade to earn enough to buy Selene that puppy plushie, Nugget."
Moon stared, silently, at the family portrait for a minute before he reached into his pocket, pulled out a switchblade, flipped it open, and began hacking at the image of his father's face until it was nothing but shreds, showing how much he loathed his father.
Moon inhaled and exhale through clenched teeth for a minute before he forced himself to calm down and uttered "Even to this day, my sisters and I refuse to refer to that bastard as our father. I also made a solom vow that, as long as I was alive, I would protect them and others like them at all costs."
Hesitantly, I reached out and placed a hand on Moon's shoulder as I murmured "I'm so sorry you and your family had to go through all that Moon." Moon shook his head as he turned to me and said "It's not your fault, Sunny. Harold was just a long, dark chapter in mine and my family's past."
It was in that moment that I saw Moon for who he really was; Not a ruthless monster that thrives on carnage and fear, but a man who has been through the wringer and had no choice but to resort to violence and crime in order to protect himself and those he loves and cares about the most.
Moon stepped closer to me before he placed both of his bloodied hands on my cheeks, leaned in until our foreheads were touching, and said "Sundrop, I know that our first meeting was not a good first impression and that you came into my life through a case of mistaken identity. But, if it weren't for Monty's screw up, our paths would have never crossed and we never would have met."
Moon then closed his eyes and inhaled through his nose before he exhaled through his mouth, looked into my eyes, and asked "Sunny, I know this is a lot to ask, but will you be my boyfriend?"
My brain short-circuited for a bit before I smiled, placed a hand on one of his own that held my cheek, and said "Yes Moon, Of course I'll be your boyfriend."
At that, Moon grinned before he leaned in and captured my lips in a passionate kiss and, honestly, I don't know how long we stayed like that until we had to break the kiss in order to breathe, but, when we did, Moon's expression went from lovestruck to one of confusion when he removed his hands from my cheeks, revealing bloody handprints on them.
"Come on, Moon." I said as I gently took hold of his wrist "Let's go to the bathroom to get cleaned up and tend to your injuries."
A few hours later:
Moon's pov:
I couldn't believe it! I finally mustered up the courage to ask Sunny to be my boyfriend and he said yes! Honestly, I feel like I'm on cloud nine right now.
After our dinner of freshwater surf and turf comprising of pot roast with a mint jelly glaze and grilled fish that the chauffeur had caught with the wine I had gotten for Sunny, mom, and myself and red clover lemonade for Selene, Sarah, and the chauffeur and the pets gorging themselves on dog and cat food, I handed out the chocolates I had gotten from Solomon's shop to mom and my sisters, telling them that Sun's brother was the owner of the shop I bought them from as I did so, and told mom to call me if she needed anything before Sun, the pets, and I climbed into the limo and left.
It was dark by the time we made it home after stopping by the supermarket to pick up a copious amount sugar and pectin for Chica and I carried Sun up the stairs and straight to our rooms, where I dropped him off at his so he could shower and pick out his pajamas before joining me in my bedroom.
However, as soon as I was about to get ready for bed, my phone pinged and a text from the mole, Dimitri, lit up the screen.
'Boss, it seems like what the informant said about Volkov abusing his brother might be true. But I'm going to have to stay a little longer to gather more evidence of his cruelty.'
I groaned. Of course, just as I was on cloud nine about getting myself a boyfriend after asking for Solomon's permission to date his little brother, reality had to come crashing down with the fact that I still had a psychopath to deal with.
I typed out 'Get as much dirt as you can on that bastard and send me updates as soon as you can. But make sure nobody is around when you do so and delete any messages you send to me to make sure your cover isn't blown." Before sending it to Dimitri, who quickly replied with 'Yes, sir!', and put my phone away as I picked out my sleepwear and headed to the bathroom to take a shower.
Dating Sunny while pursuing a monster was going to be a challenge, but I promised Solomon that I would protect Sun at all costs and, if Volkov found out about him and decided to use him against me, I'll keep my word to Kozlov and make him suffer.
Notes:
Fun Fact: the largest lake sturgeon ever caught was 15 ft. 2 in. long, weighed 406 Ibs. and was estimated to be around 150 years old and was caught in the Roseau River in southern Manitoba on October 7, 1903.
Although it's not mentioned, McKenzie is somewhere around that length and weight but not exactly the same as that sturgeon.
Chapter 11: A Date and the Attack on Volkov Manor
Summary:
In which two weeks have passed since Sun and Moon started dating and Moon gets a phone call that may or may not bring about the end of Igor.
Notes:
I'M BACK!!! And we've moved, but the place is a pigsty at the moment and we need to sort everything out, but at least I managed to find the time to get a new chapter in.
TW: Mentions of attempted child prostitution, murder including child murder, blackmail, animal death, and sibling abuse, gun violence, imprisonment/hostage situations, malnutrition, and a hint of smut at the end.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Sun's pov:
It's been two weeks since I agreed to be Moon's boyfriend and, whenever he wasn't working, we would go out on dates.
Our first date was to a five star restaurant that prided itself in being both peanut and shellfish free. Our second date was at the zoo, our third to an aquarium, our forth to an art gallery, our fifth was at a botanical garden, and our sixth was at a movie theater.
Of course, since Moon was a Don and a man on a mission to rid the world of a certain Russian psychopath, he couldn't spend time with me 24/7, but, whenever he had finished work for the day, he would make sure to spend the rest of the day with me whenever it was just reading a book, watching TV, playing with Pickle or the cats, or just cuddling.
Brutus was also discharged from the hospital a week after he was sent there and, when he heard the news that Moon and I were in a relationship, gave us a brief congratulations before going back to his assertive, stoic self.
I was also getting updates from my siblings, both about their personal lives and about Rose and Damien's upcoming wedding.
Stella had finally managed to open her soap and scented candle shop called 'Candlelit Bath' with the help of Rochelle and Rose and Damien's wedding preparations were going along wonderfully with the best one of them all being that the bakery where their wedding cake was from, Mr. Cupcake's Bakery, decided to collaborate with Sol's Chocolate Delights by decorating the the massive three-tiered red velvet cake with chocolate truffles and bonbons and have it topped with a wedding cake topper made out of Rose and Damien's favorite chocolates which were white chocolate with a ruby chocolate ganache filling for Rose and dark chocolate with Dubai filling for Damien.
Tonight, Moon and I are going on our seventh date at Starlight's strip club, Sirius, that Star had managed to make a reservation for us at. Brutus, Bernard, and Ferdinand were also tagging along to do their jobs, of course.
We arrived at Sirius around 5 pm and passed the stage where the strippers, both male and female, willing and forced, preformed. I could tell which ones were willing and which were forced because the willing strippers were confident in their dancing while the forced ones looked uncomfortable and, if I remember what Star told me, the customers weren't allowed to touch the willing strippers but were allowed to touch the forced ones whether they liked it or not. (And judging by their barely concealed discomfort and disgust, they didn't.)
Moon, our bodyguards, and I were escorted to a VIP booth on the upper floor of the club where Star, dressed in a form-fitting midnight blue dress, matching velvet gloves, fishnet stockings, high heels, and his iconic pimp coat, greeted us with a large grin playing on his red, lipstick coated lips.
*Sunny! Moon! Welcome to Sirius!* Star hugged us both, being careful with the lit herbal cigarette he held in a cigarette holder as he did so, before he pulled away and gestured for us to be seated before a cocktail waitress approached us and asked "What can I get you fine gentlemen tonight?"
I looked over the menu before saying "I'll have a Frozen Grasshopper cocktail please." "A Whiskey Sour on the Rocks for me please." Moon answered politely before Star turned to her and said *I'll have a Sex on the Beach please, but I'll be paying for mine separately since these two are on a date.*
"Sure thing, Mr. Celestial!" The waitress chirped before leaving with our drink order, quietly gushing about how Moon and I looked adorable together as she went.
"So," I asked, turning to Star "How has work been going with you?" *Which line of work are you referring to Sunny?* Star asked as he raised an eyebrow. "Both the strip club and the pimp businesses." I answered politely.
*The business here at Sirius is going very well, we've been getting a lot of new patrons almost every other week and both our cocktail and food menus are a huge hit.* Star explained with a smile before his expression soured and he continued *As for my operations in the red light district, it has its ups and downs. For example, one of my more willing prostitutes did something that led to her getting punished and going from being treated like a person to being treated like one of the many prostitutes being forced to work for me yesterday.*
"What happened?" Moon asked as Star's scowl deepened before explaining *She tried to get her own ten year old daughter involved in her line of work and you know I loathe the idea of child prostitution just as much as Ai despises the idea of people trying to use dirty money to pay off their loans.*
I gagged at the thought of an innocent child being subjected to prostitution. *You said it, Sunny.* Star agreed wholeheartedly with my reaction before he continued *The girl, Sally May, is going to be living with her aunt in the suburbs west of Fazzerain city moving forward since her mother is clearly not fit to be a parent and I highly doubt a visit to the sex dungeon is going to set her straight.*
"Speaking of punishing prostitutes," Moon interjected "How is your newest pet behaving?" *Laura?* Star asked with a smirk *She's clearly a defiant troublemaker. Screaming obscenities at me and making digs at everyone leading to her getting either bitch or pimp slapped and constantly getting sent to the sex dungeon for either trying to escape the brothel, assaulting clients I tell her to procure, or trying to steal luxury food from the fridge that bitches like her don't deserve to eat.*
So that's what became of Laura, she was sold to Starlight as a prostitute.
It was at that moment that Moon's cellphone rang.
He looked at the caller ID and said "Star, could you keep Sun company for a moment, I need to take this." Before he got up from his seat and left to take the call.
Moon's pov:
I headed straight for the restroom area before I answered my phone. "Talk to me." I answered, my tone serious. "Sir, it's worse than I thought!" Demitri's voice trembled on the other side of the line. "Igor Volkov is a real monster! Not only is he abusing and gaslighting his brother, but it turns out that the men working for him are doing it against their will!"
"What do you mean?" I asked. "Igor is holding the families of his men hostage and, whenever any of them try to save their family and escape or betray him in any way, shape, or form, he forces them to watch as he slaughters their family members one by one before executing them. Just recently, he executed a man named Nikolai for treason after forcing him to watch as he brutally murdered his parents, brother, wife, and four children, the youngest one was only a one month old baby!"
"That heartless bastard!" I snarled when I heard the age of the youngest child that had been killed before Dimitri continued "And he fixes those that don't have family members with collar bombs and, if they don't do as he says, he detonates them, causing their head to explode!"
I almost broke my phone when I heard that.
After I got the information I needed, I called Eclipse and told him that it was time for an all out attack on Volkov manor to save Ivan and the people Igor was holding hostage.
After getting conformation from Eclipse that he will see to it, I hung up and returned to the booth where I had left Sun waiting.
A few minutes later:
Eclipse's pov:
As soon was the order was given, I gathered up as many members of the mafia as I could and informed them all of the objectives of this mission: Storm the manor, find and free Ivan and the captives, only kill the men with bomb collars around their necks, and capture Igor for Moon to deal with later.
As soon as we arrived at the manor, all hell broke loose. Roxy and a handful of mafiosos took down plenty of bomb collared men with Roxy yelling "SURPRISE BITCHES!!!" as she gunned them down.
Monty was the one to find where the hostages were being kept, which was in a giant barn that was being guarded by a pair of guards wearing bomb collars that he managed to dispatch.
A handful of men and I were assigned to find Igor and we were searching each and every room for the sadistic son of a bitch until we came upon what looked like a playroom where we found a chubby woman who looked like she was about pass out and a man that looked like Igor... watching Bubble Guppies on the TV?
"Please!" The woman pleaded as she approached us "Don't harm Ivan! You can do whatever you wish to me, just spare Ivan!"
So, the young man watching the television was Igor's twin brother, the one Igor had been abusing.
I held up a hand and said "Ma'am, we're not here to hurt you or Ivan, we're here to get you out of here." I motioned for three of the men to help the woman, Natalia Popov I think her name was, to help her pack hers and Ivan's things and ordered the others to continue searching for Igor before I approached Ivan.
"Privet," I greeted him as I slowly sat down next to him "My name is Eclipse. What is your name?" "Privet, my name is Ivan." Ivan answered cheerfully despite the scar adorning his forehead and left cheek.
"You like watching Bubble Guppies, don't you?" I asked with my hands in my lap. "Da," Ivan nodded "It's educational. I also like watching Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood because I want to learn to be a good neighbor and Thomas and Friends because I like trains!" "I see." I observed as I noticed that he was also covered in bruises.
"I heard you have a brother," I said "Is he the one who gave you all these bruises?" Ivan's smile faltered as he said "Da, I have a brother and he did hit me a lot, but he's just angry and frustrated and because I said or did something he doesn't like. But, I know that he loves me just as much as I love him and that he's a good brother deep down."
I felt sorry for this poor fellow, he clearly had no idea what an evil monster his twin was despite suffering from his abuse, so I decided to change the subject.
"Hey," I said as stood up "I'm in the mood for some ice cream, do you want to come with me to get some?" "I'd love to," Ivan said innocently "But brat says I can't go anywhere without Miss Popov." "We can bring her with us." I said as I offered him my hand "We can all go get some ice cream together."
Ivan thought it over for a bit before he turned off the TV, took my hand and chirped "Okay!" As I helped him up before I guided him out of the room and the manor.
One Hour later:
An our had passed before the men sent to look for Igor approached me with the bad news that he was nowhere inside the manor.
By that time, I had called for an entire fleet of ambulances to transport all of the freed hostages and manor staff to various hospitals to be treated and had all of Ivan's and Natalia's belongings packed up (along with those of the staff) before the manor itself was set on fire right after we left.
As soon as we arrived at the nearest ice cream shop, I excused myself to make a call to Moon.
"Hey, boss," I said as soon as he answered his phone "I have some good news and some bad news." "What is it?" He asked. "The good news" I answered "is that we managed to free the hostages and get Ivan to safety, we're currently getting him ice cream as we speak. The bad news is that Igor managed to slip away again and, with the manor burnt down, he could be anywhere in the city!"
"Damn it!" He cursed "We're going to have to send some our men to patrol the entire city just to find him and, with the authorities out and about, it's not going to be easy." "I understand, sir." I agreed "I'll send them out as soon I can." "Thank you, Eclipse. I'll see you on the flip side." Moon said before he hung up.
Moon's pov:
Sun and I had just gotten home from our date when I got the call from Eclipse saying that they succeeded in rescuing Ivan and the captives but failed in capturing Volkov.
I was frustrated at the fact that that Russian snake was still loose out there and biding his time, but, right now, I had other things to worry about.
It turns out Sunny was a total lightweight when it came to alcohol, he had ordered a total of five frozen grasshoppers throughout our date and only manged to get drunk after just downing the first one.
He was currently laying on my bed and, if the way he was acting said anything, he was starting to get very frisky.
He kept unbuttoning my shirt and tugging on the waistband of my pants and, honestly, I couldn't say no to him since I was a bit tipsy myself.
I could worry about Volkov later, right now, I just wanted to satiate Sunny's needs while entangled in the bedsheets.
Notes:
Russian translation:
Privet = Hello
Brat = brother
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