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“Okay boys! You ready for the corn maze?!” Dawn laughed, holding onto both twins’ hands, and leading them towards the maze. “Dawn,” There was soft laughter behind her as the children’s other grandmother, Lotus (on their father Silver’s side), quickened her pace to follow, “Do be careful, you know my son and he will be cross if there is even one bruise.” Dawn shook her head, “We’re being careful.” Ares giggled, “Very careful!” “Yeah,” Sterling only sighed, he loved his brother and grandma Dawn, but they were an awful lot of energy, and he could only keep up so much before he struggled. He was much the same as grandma Lotus. Lotus smiled, “Alright, but don’t say I didn’t warn you as much as I could.” Their path through the maze was slow going, but luckily halfway through they met a familiar face. It was Sam O’Hain! Sam did a little bow and grinned, “Hello my maze goers! I seem to be a bit lost, would you like another to join your party?” The boys both giggled and little

Badd wasn’t much for being around loud and screaming children, but he supposed he got infected by the spirit of this season. Maybe that’s why he decided to take his horse, Chai, and volunteer to give out hayrides. He looked behind him for a moment, “Make sure you sit down, I don’t need any of you falling out.” He had a feeling they had scary parents and besides being responsible for the children, he needed to keep them safe. “Sam, can you make sure they sit?” The spooky season immortal, Sam O’Hain himself, nodded and gave the kids a big grin, “You’ll get hurt! So you have to sit down, before you end up scaring the horse driving us around.” Sterling pulled at his brother Ares’ arm, focusing him to sit again. “Stop it, Ares, you’ll get an ouchy.” Ares sighed, “Fine.” He decided, instead of standing, he’d look at their new friend. “Hey Elwood, are you having fun?” The green little keb turned away shyly, getting flush, “Y-Yeah.” Elwood had been worried about going without his mother

With the gooey bits of pumpkin guts between his paws, Ares nearly shrieked with delight when his father threatened to cover him with those slippery guts of seeds and pumpkin meat. But before Atlas could cover his son, Silver was quick to slap the back of his head. “Honestly Atlas, you’re not the one who’s going to have to clean him if you get him dirty.” He tutted, leaning down to smooth out the tablecloth beneath the pumpkins. “Beyond that, you’re making Sterling nervous. You know he hates being dirty.” Sterling peeked his head towards his brother, holding on tightly to Silver’s pants, only to gasp in horror when Ares leaned towards him with dirty hands. “No Ares!” Ares grinned and shook his hands, “I’m not gonna, just playing.” Atlas snickered, pushing Ares back towards the table, “Don’t worry Sily, I promise I’m watching him. I’ll make sure he’s as clean as can be.” He knew better than to incur his husband’s wraith, Silver was his everything, but his scolding could go for hours

Then was the softest sound of fear as Elwood clung to his mother’s leg, his little eyes squeezed as tight as he could make them. He didn’t want to look at the waves around them, he was too scared. But then he heard a familiar soft voice talking to him. “It’s okay, sweetheart, just look,” Octavia said, making sure to keep her surfboard steady. She wanted her son to have fun. “Look, you can even see Uncle Tsunami.” Elwood peeked open his eyes, only to shout in excitement, ‘Hey Uncle Tsunami!!” Tsunami looked behind him, making sure to not tilt his board, “Elwood! You’re surfing with Octavia?! That’s amazing!” He was honestly impressed Octavia had so much trust in herself to not fall off her board, but then again, she was always the better surfer out of the two of them. If anyone could keep her son safe on a board, it was her. Octavia called out, “Nami, want to surf with us for a while?” “Yeah Uncle, please,” Elwood begged, standing a little straighter on the board now, “It’ll be so

“Camping time!” Foley shouted happily, followed by his sister’s excited cheer and the music from her boombox. It was short lived as Galaxy was quick to shout at them, “Knock it off! This isn’t the UVU, we came to enjoy nature, not whatever you’re doing!” The pair flinched, just in time for Neo to put up their hands. They laughed loudly, “Gala please, they were just excited, this is supposed to be a team bonding trip.” Galaxy scoffed, “Then why is Summer here and not Rebel?” Summer waved as Neo continued talking, “He’s here because he’s going to help us with camping. None of us have much experience… besides Rebel was very convincing about not needing to go.” Read: she threw a chair and Neo decided the ren didn’t need to go that badly. Goodness how scary. Summer was quick to interject, “Come on, I’ll make it fun for you all. You have to stay safe out here and I can definitely help you all out with that.” Indigo snuck up between Summer and grabbed his arm, “Yeah Gala, Summer just

Atlas flinched when he heard a loud shriek, but still opened his arms to let his frightened husband jump into his arms. Much to his amusement, his sons didn’t seem at all scared about a scuttler crawling up to them and instead, seemed to ignore their other father’s fear. Atlas laughed loudly, “Aw come on Sily, it’s just a cute little scuttler. It’s not gonna hurt you.” Silver scoffed, flustered, “I can’t help finding them creepy.” He tightened his grip around his husband’s arm when Atlas moved. “No, please don’t put me down!” Atlas instantly froze, “Hey, hey it’s okay I won’t.” It was a good thing Silver was a very thin and short keb, Atlas didn’t think he could handle carrying around another adult kebanzu otherwise. “Here I’ll walk around with you alright?” Silver nodded as Atlas hurried after their sons. “Sterling, Ares, don’t go too far.” The boys looked back and nodded, before continuing to whisper to each other. Ares snorted, “Dad’s so scared of those little guys.” Sterling

Under the warm sun, Badd was anything, but happy. It wasn’t so much that he hated summer or anything summer related but having to work in the heat and having to keep his mind focused on counting money? He was miserable. He sighed and leaned against the counter, just in time for Hare to pop up and nudge his grumpy boyfriend. “Badd! What’s that look for?” The shorter keb asked, slightly digging his antler horns into the grey keb’s side. Badd jumped, rubbing harshly at his side, “Nothing, just it’s hot and there’s nothing really you can do about it.” A certain pink haired keb leaned over the count, flashing a smile, “Come on Badd, you haven’t been seeing all the cute kids that keep lining up to get candy. They’re just adorable.” Then again, Sweets just adored children and always loved making them smile; definitely not because she wanted kids of her own. Badd snorted, “I think I’m fine to stay here.” She shrugged and turned to Daisy, that was busy adjusting the honey she was

There was nothing as calming as the water over Octavia’s head, the slow gentle pull of her tentacles as the waves flowed above her. Not many of her friends would know or understand the quiet she so often enjoyed below the water; if only because her personality screamed that she was always talking loudly and living at a fast pace. But here under the water? Everything seemed to make sense. Suddenly a shadow passed over her, rough waterlogged laughter sounding as someone pulled at the tentacles that made up her mane. He was a kebanzu she trusted like no other, her best friend, Tsumani. His colorful scales gleamed in the water, and it also seemed, he wanted to break his friend out of her quiet silence. It worked as she quickly chased him, trying to catch his tail as she laughed bubbles. It wasn’t often she got to see this childish side of Tsunami, but he must have been worrying about her silence. So now it was time to play like they did as kids, chasing each other through the waves.

With the sun looming hotly overhead, Atlas knelt in the sand next to his sons, his voice loud even compared to the kebanzu playing on the beach around them. “Chin up boys! Have a little faith in your dads, I’m sure we can win this sandcastle contest.” To make his point, he turned to his husband Silver and raised an eyebrow. The other kebanzu was quick to speak, “Oh yes, right, I’m sure we can win and even if we don’t, we’ll still have good memories, won’t we?” Atlas frowned, “Sily, that’s not exactly-” Their son, Sterling, shyly interrupted, “You think so?” Their other son, Ares, nudged at his brother’s shoulder, “Our dads are always right, Sterling! Besides we get to hang out on the beach! That’s fun!” Atlas couldn’t help but his laugh quietly into his hand, something told him Sterling would much prefer to be inside. Much like Silver, but he didn’t dare make a comment or his husband might get a little mad. Instead, he got to work on starting to sculpt a tower for their

There was a thundering roar of voices as banners and streamers of all different colors exploded around them. Rainbows drifting in every direction of the sky. Atlas raised his son, Ares, high, listening as the little boy screamed in joy as he tried to catch even one color in his paws. This was the first time, he had thought to share this moment with his family. His husband, Silver, stood off to the side, with their other son, Sterling, clutched close to his chest. Silver was smiling as he watched the colors above them. In that small glimpse of time, Atlas wondered if any other kebanzu could possibly have as beautiful a smile as Silver, the way his lips stretched wide, and his eyes glittered with more happiness than Atlas thought was possible. The prettiest kebanzu he had ever seen, and it made him want to shake his head in disbelief that Silver was his. That this was their family. Ares pulled at his father’s hair, “Pop! What do you kept staring at dad for?” Atlas laughed and shook