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-There we go back again and let's just say there was a rough time. It was barely two weeks after Brozone breakup and let's just say kids wasn't taking it well. Both of two youngest kids were a lot more quiet these past few days. Ethan was mostly evading everyone. He usually spends time at room where the oldest three used to sleep and was laying on Spruce's bed. For Branch he was mostly drawing. Grandma advised him to do it when he want to let out negative emotions. And it was kinda working for him but he was still sad crying when he only remembered his brothers
Grandma definitely need to find a better way to get them back on their track but how. -
"Grandma Rosiepuff just came by the room while going out of the bathroom with laundry. She quickly heard a whimper coming from room of that belonged to the oldest kids. She quickly came in and it was a suprise for her that's her grandson is a center of this squeaking" Hello mint leaf. How are you feeling? "She asked him politely "
Honestly not too good. I miss them even John .... Why they are not coming back.... "He said in a sad tone with his tail just laying on the bed"
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I know you do sweetie. Me and Branch also miss them even if more silence is nice . "She said gently strocking his hair" They all dearly love both of you. You are their little brothers after all. " "She said to him with a little smile"
If they love us why they left us? "He asked his grandma with tears in his eyes"
I don't know baby. Maybe they just needs time to wind down. To let off some steam you know. "She said to him"
That's not fair! I was also mad that day but didn't left. I just want my brothers back "he said angrily and started to cry"
Because you decided to stay for Branch which I think its a great thing because that shows you put family happiness before yourself. I mean it's not always a good thing but in this situation it is. And I'm very proud of you for this. "She said and took kid on her lap" Now let's get those ugly tears away from your precious face "she said while gently wiping of his tears. After this she closed him in a tight hug"
"He still was sad but hugs was one thing that he couldn't resist so he hugged his grandmother back" Thanks grandma. I love you
Love you too my little mint leaf. Alright I'm going to make some sweet dinner pancakes so can you come to the kitchen in an hour so we can eat together all three of us "she asked him gently"
Sure. I love this pancakes so it's worth waiting "he said with a little smile cracking"
"Grandma quickly left the room" Alright one down. There is one more to go "she said in a calm voice. She loves her grandsons dearly but if she wants them to stand closer it need intervention . She came near Branch room and peeked through the door. Like she expected boy was drawing. She came in" Hi my little peachfuzz. Drawing again? "She asked him in a loving tone"
Yes grandma.... "He said not taking eye out of the drawing"
Well that's good. What are you drawing? "She asked him curious"
I'm drawing my brothers. I want them to come back "he said in a sad tone and show his grandma a drawing with all his brothers on it with poorly written 'I want you back'
Peachfuzz why did you draw Ethan here. Sweetie he stayed with us. "She said to him confused thinking that he forgot"
I know... It's just it's more like he left than he is here. He is always all gloomy and hardly ever leave room. When I wanted to play with him last time he said to leave him alone "he said with sad eyes"
Sweetie I know it's not nice when someone is not polite but you need to understand Ethan. He still didn't accept the fact that your brothers left and it's hard for him. He just needs a little more time "she said to him in gentle but serious tone"
But its been two weeks already and he didn't got better. I have enough "he said upset"
I know how you feel. I would also like to have our old happy Ethan at home but everyone needs different amount of time to heal. And by trying to hurry it up we're going to make it longer. So if spending time at oldest room make him feel better than I won't going to stop him. But maybe we can try some family activities at night "she said gently"
Really we can? "Branch asked his grandma all excited"
Yes really. Alright now I'm going to do my famous pancakes. Can you come in about an hour to kitchen. We will eat together "she said nicely to her grandson"
Pancakes on dinner!? Yay! "He said happily with a big smile" With maple syrup? "He asked jumping around her" And whipped cream?
Hehehe maybe let's not get too fancy or you're going to be too full to play "she said with a laughter"
Oh okay! Can I help you with pancakes? "He asked making big eyes"
I'm not going oppose against such cute helper "she said and pinched his cheek a little" Alright let's go. "she said and took Trolling with her to the kitchen "
-Well let's just say the process of preparing pancakes was really messy one. But grandma Rosiepuff had an angelic amount of patience. Any time Branch spilled something or made a mess she don't get mad but showed him how to do better. It was a little funny when accidentally Branch got a bunch of flour on himself. He looked like a little ghost. Well it took them a while but they managed to do pancakes before Ethan came into the kitchen-
Ethan you came out! "Branch said all smiley and quickly came to his brother and hugged him"
Yeah I'm out... Grandma told me to came after an hour so I came. "He said to him without much emotions then pulled out from the hug and sat on his chair"
Oh..... "He said a little dissapointed and just sat next to him he really missed his brother when he was happy. He was sometimes rude back then but most of the time he was his partner in crime."
Alright my growing boys. Here is my great pancakes. "She said while passing them the plates. Then she got a bottle of maple syrup and put it on the table. Well it was a little bad move because both of kids wanted to pour it on pancakes at the same time"
"Both of the kids grabbed bottle with syrup and tried to get it" Branch give it to me "he said a little irritated "
No way Ethan I was first to grab "he said pulling the bottle into his side."
Areyou crazy I was first. Now give it back "Ethan said pulling it back"
No way. I'm younger . "Branch said in a hostile tone. He didn't know why he was so stubborn"
And I'm older. Oldest comes first. "He said pushing bottle back"
Boys are you really going to argue about the bottle of maple syrup? It doesn't matter which one of us comes first "she said quite dissapointed.-Well getting them to work together going to be harder than I thought - she thought"
Not my fault Ethan is a moody, gloomy meanie "he said upset at his older brother. He was supposed to be the one that was serious but he was worse than John"
And not my fault that Branch is annoying kid that is hard to be around "he said really pissed about Branch comment so he jabbed him back with his comment"
Boys enough. Don't you see that you just getting more distant. And in the situation we are right now you should rather try to get along. Because you are the closest one the other one have. "She said it softly but you could feel she raised her voice"
With him. Never "Branch said and turned his back"
One thing we agree at "Ethan said and also turned his back"
Oh my troll... Give me strength for them "she said to himself" That's why we're doing family night tonight. And I'm not hearing any opposing. You are doing it. "She said in stern tone"
"They both just nodded their heads but she could see they weren't happy about this"
"Grandma just sigh and looked at them tired" Just eat your pancakes and we're going to begin "she said tired and just sat to the table"
-Well boys didn't really have nothing against eating pancakes but they were a little angry at perspective spending the night with each other but now they didn't have a choice-
***One hour later***
"Grandma Rosiepuff came with a boys to the living room and got them to the little table they have here" Alright boys since things were a little tense today I think we should do something relaxing. "She said and took box out of one shelves"Jigsaw Puzzles! "She said enthusiastic about this"
Wow. It's been a while since I did puzzles "Ethan said quite happy about the activity that grandma chose"
Boriiiiiing "Branch said in protest. He didn't really had patience to the puzzles . For him it was just frustrating when pieces don't fit"
Pffft of course kid like you can't appreciate simple jigsaw. "Ethan said to him making unamused face"
Boys don't start. It's just 100 puzzles. I think the three of us can manage it. Even if my brain is a little foggy "she said with a laugh and got puzzles at the table"
I'm taking edges. "They both said at the same moment" What no I'm taking the borders. I'm taking it "they both said irritated at one another"
No. Arguments. "She said in more serious tone" Just play rock paper scissors for it
Fine "they both said" Rock , paper scissors ha! "They both said. While Ethan showed scissors he got beaten when Branch showed rock" Ha I won! "Branch said happily" Dang it "Ethan said "
Alright so it's decided Let's get to do this puzzles. "She said calmly and got to doing puzzle"
-Well at first it was going pretty nice but boys with time don't really get along and they were arguing. I guess their little arguments finally got on nerves on grandma Rosiepuff-
Boys can you tell me why are you even arguing!? "She said irritated" You seemed to get along before all this band breakup.
Not my fault that Ethan hate me "Branch said in a dissapointed. That's what he felt by those last two weeks"
What?! "He said offended but also suprised" I don't remember any moment I sincerely hated you
But you do. You promised to stay with me and you're acting like you don't want me around. Always gloomy. "He said confident"
And what am I suppose to be. Our brothers left us. You think I'm going to pretend like nothing happened and put up a smile everytime. Because I'm not going to. But I never hated you. You are a pain on the bum sometimes but you're still my little bro. "He said while ruffling his hair with a little smile" I just miss them
Hey. I brushed it not so long ago. "He said while trying to make his hair in tact again"
Maybe let's just come back to puzzle and have this behind us "he said in a dull tone and just came back "
Ehhhh fine..... "He said and started to putting everything together"
"Hmmmm it's not a perfect but atleast they stopped fighting. But maybe we can do this bette-She thought to himself" Boys I'm going to make some tea. Do you want some?
Yes with honey and lemon please "they both said and looked at themselves suprised that they liked the same"
Alright boys I'll be back in a few minutes "she said and then left to the kitchen"
"Both of the kids while waiting was still doing jigsaw puzzle. Branch for a moment looked at Ethan that seems to struggle with finding matching element of their picture. Then he took one of the puzzles" Check this. Maybe it fits "he said in friendly way"
"Ethan looked at him a little more confused but he thought that he don't lose anything if It's not. He took a piece and suprisingly it fits" Hey it does . Nice "he said happily"
"Branch just laughed a little"
What's so funny "Ethan said with a smile"
It's the first smile I saw at your face since they left . I made you happy! "he said happily clapping his hands"
Hehe maybe a little. Alright let's get to this puzzles . "He said and got piece from the edges" I think it's yours "he said passing him the puzzle"
And I think this one's yours "he said passing him the puzzle. Ethan didn't know how he got it twice but Hey he is not going to argue. They both just started laughing. After this Branch hugged him" It's good to see you back
Yeah... It's good "he said smiling" Alright maybe we can end it before grandma come back
Let's do this "he said all smiley. And started helping with the middle of the picture. They actually were pretty quick because when grandma came back there was five puzzles left"
You nearly ended it when I was gone "she said suprised" That's why I love the puzzle. They can make the most stubborn trollings get along. But there is also one more great thing about puzzles.
What is it nana? "Ethan asked her with a little smile"
Well my little peachfuzz and my mint leaf. Even if they looked funny they always fits together and fill each others gaps how they should. And The same things are with family and friends. We fill ourselves perfectly. "She said with a warm loving voice"
That makes sense "Branch said with a smile"
Alright boys I think we had enough fun for today . Let's go you need to get ready for bed. "She said with a smile" We can drink tea after
A race to the bathroom?"Branch proposed to Ethan"
Always. See you there "he said and started without signal "
Hey not fair "he said and ran behind him"
"She laughed at them" These little rascals. "She said and looked at the old family photo with all of them" Only if you could be here Serene. You would be proud of them. "She said with tear going down her eye and then went to the bathroom to help boys get ready"
-Well sometimes grandmothers do miracles . Grandma Rosiepuff definitely got siblings closer. But for how long they goint to have her. Well a lot shorter than you would expect-