A "morning person" had never been something attached to the males name, not with shower-damp hair sitting scruffily atop his head and his cheek pressed against his palm, elbow on the counter. His cup of coffee was slowly getting cold in front of him, now-empty bowl ditched in favor of staring at a wall blankly.

The little half-smile on his sisters face was endearing as she downed her own cereal, watching him closely. Her ginger hair was brighter than his mothers, but the blue eyes was something that the pair shared with his other mother, Alex. Not that Sori was his biological sister, nor was she his legal sister, she was his sister in heart. She'd been there almost as long as Vasuki had, and was a solid member in his life.

Her eyes were brighter than anyone's he'd ever seen, they'd always been that way. Brighter than jewels, seeming to glow in even the dimmest lights, they'd been a feature to be proud of for years.

She was a member of his family, had been since he and Vasuki had been adopted. Their mothers, Alex and Joselyn Vinas, had accepted the girl just as readily as they'd accepted their new sons. Speaking of his mothers, the two were dancing around each other in the kitchen, giggling to themselves.

Alexandria worked as a bouncer at a nearby club, she had black hair, blue eyes, and tattoos. And, honestly, Ryuu was proud to be mistaken as her biological son so often. Joselyn had ginger hair, a feature that often got her and Sori mixed together, and green eyes, and the gentle woman ran a bakery.

"Is that my hoodie?" He murmured, voice thick and low with sleep when he looked back at Sori. The girl's smile turned into a grin, shrugging her shoulders despite the fact that the black fabric hung off of her so losely that it had to be his. "Why do you steal my clothes?" He muttered, voice dropping to a groan.

"Because they're big and they're comfy!" Was her giggled reply, evidently much more awake than he was. "And I can sleep in your clothes way better than I can sleep in mine."

"That seems like a you problem," he muttered, half-heartedly rolling his eyes. He wasn't actually upset about it, he never was. It was just a hoodie, or a sweater sometimes, sometimes a shirt. Nothing that he couldn't replace. She knew what clothes not to take, and she'd respected that.

Alex turned towards him, grinning and shaking her head. "Ryuu," she called for his attention, and he lazily turned his head towards her, blinking as he waited for her to continue. His mother chuckled, leaning over to run her fingers through his hair before continuing. "Go wake up Vasuki and get ready, you guys have to leave soon."

He shot out of his seat, quickly downing the rest of his coffee, and left it on the counter, spinning in place from the force of him putting it back down, before he turned and near-sprinted up the stairs. He heard Sori cackle behind him, but he paid her no attention as he swung his 6'7" form around the end of the stairs, rounding towards his brothers room.

He didn't even bother knocking, barging into the room and immediately superman launching towards the bed, wrapping his arms around the form of his brother, laughing the entire time.

"Vasuki," he sang, pressing his fingers into his brothers sides in a tickling motion. "We have to get up, Vasuki! Mum and Ma said we're leaving soon!"

Sori

The girl giggled as she watched the boy, truly just a giant man-child, jump from his seat and run upstairs. The thundering steps fell quiet, and a shriek met her ears. She nearly fell off of her chair with how hard she started laughing, watching Joselyn giggle to herself and Alex just smile and shake her head.

Sori whined and smacked at Vasuki's hand when he ran it through her hair, quickly finishing off her own breakfast as Ryuu descended the stairs. He was wearing a simple shirt, black denim jacket, black jeans and boots. She whistled when she saw him, giggling again when he flipped her off and turning to the mothers with a fake pout.

"Ma!" She whined, grabbing Joselyn's shirt. "Ryuu's being mean to me!"

"Just go hit him," was the womans response, and Sori cackled as she hopped off of her seat and pranced over to the boy. Her hand danced up to his hair, messing it up before bolting upstairs to avoid the arm that swang around towards her.

The spare bedroom had practically become hers a long time ago, even if she didn't stay at the Vinas' families house all the time. The closet had some of her clothes, the bed was messy from where she often slept.

She went across to the closet, slipping on fishnet tights covered by black socks just above her knees, with cute garters around her thighs. A mid-thigh length black skirt went over them, with an ornate belt, and a black long-sleeve black shirt loosely tucked into the skirt. She put a black choker, with silver chains, around her neck. Black boots were her choice of shoes, and she danced her way over to Vasuki's room to get a jacket.

She and the boy often went shopping together, so most of their clothes were some kind of matching, or were clothes that they would both wear. So it was easy to go into his room and find a warm, black leather jacket.

With her, now complete, outfit, she descended the stairs and grabbed her bag.

"I'm ready if you two are," she said, watching the taller of the two walk towards the door and out towards his car.

She never trusted Ryuu driving. He was decent, but he spent far too much time looking at his passengers and decidedly not paying attention to the road. Most of their drives were filled with screams and laughter, with Vasuki 'chilling'.

"I call shotgun!" She yelled, brushing past Ryuu and running up to the car, waiting for the infamous click of the lock before she yanked the door open and slipped inside.

Sori

"Ryuu, I swear to god, look at the road!" The car filled with the tall mans cackling laughter and Sori's own giggles. She reached over to smack his shoulder, pushing on the side of his head to redirect his focus onto the street ahead of them, just as they turned a corner and saw the school before them.

"Vasuki, your brother is a maniac! Control him!" She yelled jokingly and light-heartedly, flinging an arm over the back of the headrest to look at the male in the backseat of the car.

"What- I'm your brother too, dumbass!" Ryuu laughed, slowing down and turning into the school parking lot. Sori barely waited for the car to stop moving before she was jumping from the vehicle, giggling as she grabbed her bag and shut the door, running around the front to race up to Ryuu.

"You're a maniac," she giggled, watching him smile and shake his head. "You need to watch the road, stupid."

"You need to watch the road, stupid," Ryuu parroted in a mockery of her own voice, grabbing her bag and slinging it across his own shoulders as they waited for Vasuki.

When the shorter, but still tall, male joined them, Sori headed off inside, prancing across the school grounds with them in tow. There was a reason that, as children, she'd often compared the two to lost puppies. Not that she was any better when one of them was in charge or there was even the slightest hint of danger.

"What classes do you think we'll get together?" She asked the pair, flicking a glance over her shoulder at them to catch their reactions. She had a split second to move, feeling a sudden presence over her turned shoulder, before Ryuu was reaching out and grabbing her, tugging her into his side to avoid walking into someone.

"Watch where you're going Sori, for fucks sake," he muttered, shaking his head and smiling in nothing short of a fond manner.

"Only you could make swearing sound so fond," she teased, wriggling out of his grip and continuing to head over to get her schedule.

A dragged out sigh escaped his lips as both siblings rushed upstairs to change, his body still leaning against the counter. Hoisting himself up, he now sat upon it, only to be scolded with a harsh: "get down from there!" From Alexandria. "Alright, alright," he responded, shifting back to the ground with a thump. Instead, Vasuki foraged through his bag, counting out that he had everything he possibly needed before pausing. He was missing something. With a frown, he advanced, breezing up the stairs and barging into his room, passing by Sori grabbing one of his jackets. Vasuki hardly payed it any mind, knowing it was a thing the three often did.

"Ryuu, have you seen- Oh, got it!" Snatching his sunglasses, he stuffed it into his bag with a sigh before glancing at the schedule upon his wall not yet filled out. Vasuki acted irresponsible, but in contrary, the male was quite the opposite. He was always one to finish work in time, not to mention keep an organized room and an hourly schedule at hand. However, today he was lagging behind slightly.

"Wait up." He called, hearing the door slam. Sprinting down the stairs, he stumbled at the bottom step slightly, though caught himself before completely falling. Throwing the door open, he raced to the car, both Sori and Ryuu already seated. "You're driving?" Pausing, he shrugged. "Sounds good." Before even entering the car, Vasuki already held the pair of sunglasses in his hand, preparing to throw them on.

Slamming the door shut, it took all but a few moments for Ryuu to peel out of the driveway with Sori screeching. "Relax," he responded to her speaking of controlling Ryuu. "You're ruining my vibes." He held out his hand, blocking Sori's face as she turned to peer at him while his other hand drummed against the seat. Pausing, he lowered his hand, glancing at the road, seeing that she was correct. He wouldn't call himself a backseat driver in these cases, despite being one entirely. "Watch the pothole," he chirped into Ryuu's ear, followed by a "slow down around this curve." When satisfied, Vasuki drew a ragged breath and resumed a lazy posture, sunglasses placed back over his eyes.

Was the sun out? No, but that was besides the point.

When parked, Vasuki took a moment to recheck his bag before headed out to join the other two, slinging the bag over his shoulder as he lightly jogged up to them. "I'm driving home." Delivering his words blankly, he shoved his hands into a vintage brown leather jacket he had thrifted days earlier and casually strolled alongside of them. He payed little attention to his own surroundings, though turned to glance at Sori when she nearly slammed into someone. It was only afterwards did he open his mouth. "Watch out." Purposefully delaying his warning, he cracked a brief grin before peering in the direction of the schedules.

Nudging past a few people and uttering apologies, Vasuki cleared a small path for Ryuu and Sori, not that they needed it. When reaching the schedules and obtaining his own, the male immediately scanned it, addressing the other two while his eyes remained on the paper. "I have English III for my first class." Pausing, he handed Ryuu and Sori his schedule to compare, figuring it was easier than reading it aloud.

"Do we have anything together?"

The day seemed to be perfect. The sun, ever so often, would peek through the clouds, a soft breeze blowing in the process. And yet, a frown rested upon the young man's facial features as he stood facing an old building. His eyes watched the various individuals enter the school, his own body unmoving. No, Elias would wait until they all entered before he would reveal his grand presence. Like a king, he would enter, the school being his new domain. He would trapeze inside like he did all those times prior, treating his classmates like his minions.

As if they were nugatory.

In truth, they were. Elias held no kindness towards them, and why would he? These types of people never showed him any. Time after time, Elias was forced to move schools because of his father's job, and for what? It was difficult at first, being the new kid. He would often get teased, bullied even. School after school, year after year. He was always the new kid. A subject for others to experiment on, and it remained that way. That is, until he figured it all out. He had to admit, there came an advantage to constantly starting over. The male could mold himself into whatever individual he wanted to be. In one school, he became popular, in another, an outcast. Perhaps this time, he would be something entirely different, he'll see. It was the only good thing that came with moving across various cities. He could be whoever he wanted to be.

This time, he would try something new.

He would become somebody entirely different. This time, he would make others fear him. So, he advanced, his steps dragging across the concrete ground, his backpack slumping over a singular shoulder. He was told that he needed to pick up his schedule from a desk. What desk that was, he didn't know. The information was lost somewhere in his emails, and Elias refused to look. All schools had a similar layout regardless. He was confident that he would find it.

"Move," he hissed between clenched teeth as he shoved himself between a group of students blocking his path. When somebody insulted him in return, all he did in reply was raise his right hand, flipping them off. On Elias strolled, merging with the others as they entered the building, but he wasn't kind about it. No, while others held a respectable distance, he pushed past people, shoving and nudging without uttering a word. Insults flew at him from all directions, but he remained unfazed, his eyes searching for the desk.

It wasn't until he latched himself onto a group of students and followed them did Elias find it. However, there was a line. Such a long, long line. Did he wait like a normal being, you ask? Of course not. The male cut it. He stepped forward, pushing past even more people until he forced himself to the front. "What's your prob-" -- "New student," came his reply when a girl began to call him out. Elias was so close. So close. However, he had but one individual to surpass until he reached the desk. A girl, ever so tall with an.. odd style. He had yet to know her, but already her presence irked him to the point where he shoved past her, too.

"Out of my way," he growled, nudging her until he reached the desk. "I'm here for my schedule," he told the woman handing them out, ignoring the tall girl he had just pushed away. The woman behind the desk looked old, as if she should be in a retirement home rather than a school. "The new student. Should be under Elias, or Dixon, I dunno." Waving the woman off, he ignored the look she cast him as she filed through his schedule. Instead, he busied himself glaring at everyone, his back turned to the woman and his body leaning against the desk with an annoyed look.

He hated this place already.

Sori

The girl nudged herself in front of Ryuu, snatching the tallests timetable and putting it next to her own, before she saw Vasuki's also pushed in front of her. She held the three across her hands, frowning as she looked for classes they might share. She shared one class with both of them this semester. She pouted at the thought, leaning back against Ryuu's chest.

"You two share advanced personal fitness," she said, leaning her head back to look at their faces. "And all three of us have english together. But that's it." She threw the timetables up, folding her arms and pouting as Ryuu leaned forward to catch them, laughing to himself.

"Sori, you'll make other friends," he teased, giving her back her own timetable and handing one of them, presumably Vasuki's, to Vasuki. "You can't have just us forever."

"I have so many more friends than just the two of you!" She giggled, reaching for her phone to prove it, only to start when she didn't feel it. She spun around on the spot, frowning, before leaning her head back and sighing. "I left my phone at the admin desk," she groaned.

"Well, let's go get it," Ryuu said instantly, pushing off of the wall behind him. She giggled, pushing him back onto the wall.

"It's a trip through the school that will take five minutes, I can go alone. I don't need a bodyguard all the time," she teased, watching him roll his eyes and wave her off. "Thank you so much for your permission, Your Majesty," she said, giving a fake bow and giggling when he pushed her away.

Although, when she got to the admin desk, she wasn't greeted by a friendly smile and her phone, she was greeted with being pushed out of the way and told to move by an, apparently, new student.

Maybe I should bring Ryuu and Vasuki everywhere, purely for the scare factor...

When he rudely spoke to the lady behind the desk, she rolled her eyes, stepping to the side of him and unceremoniously shoving him to the side with her shoulder.

"Being a dick isn't gonna get you anywhere here, you'll just piss people off and get your ass beat," she snarled, before turning to the lady behind the counter with a bright, kind smile. "Hello Ms Wynne! I left my phone when I came by with Ryuu and Vasuki, is it still here?" She asked, tucking a bit of ginger hair behind her ear.

"Oh, hello Sori!" Ms Wynne said brightly, holding the boy beside her out his timetable, she believed the name he'd spoken was 'Elias', whilst searching a drawer and then handing her phone over. "I saw it and I was going to hold onto it until you came to get it, I can't imagine it getting lost or stolen."

"Thank you!" She grinned, taking the device and stepping back.

"Oh, actually, Sori?" She heard Ms Wynne again, and she looked up, giving a wide-eyed blink of innocence at the elderly woman. "Mr Dixon, I'd like to introduce you to Miss Khoroushi. Miss Khoroushi, would you mind being Mr Dixon's tour guide for today?"

She closed her eyes for a moment, ducking her head in a fake nod, before lifting it with a bright smile and innocent eyes. But she saw the little glint in Ms Wynne's eyes, she was doing this because she knew Sori wouldn't take this kids shit.

"Of course, Ms Wynne," she said with an almost venomous amount of sweetness. She looked at the boy, Mr Dixon, and her smile only sharpened. "What's your first class? I can take you there," she asked, already walking, regardless of where his class was.

People stepped out of her way, as they always did. Fortunately, with Ryuu being all bite and no bark, people feared him, and they feared anyone close to him. They knew that if they pissed either her or Vasuki off, they'd have the giant on their asses, and that they wouldn't even get a warning.