[Spirit of Lust 2] Chapters 762 & 763. (Patreon)

Chapter 762: Prelude to chaos (Part 1).

Diana also decided that she only needed 10 more minutes and came down to the kitchen not long after Mila and I had our little chat. Sarah came down as well, and by 10:30 Grace, Alice and Noelle were walking in as we were finishing preparing breakfast.

“Mila got up before me?” Grace asked, looking around. “What sort of wacky, alternate reality is this?”

“You know… screw you,” Mila said, pouting mostly at being unable to think of a comeback.

“Mila’s growing, Grace,” Alice said, setting the table along with Sarah. “She’s taking this as seriously as everyone else. We all need to adapt. In fact, I don’t think you should be making breakfast on weekends, Oliver.”

“Hm? Why not?” I asked, putting the toasted broad on a wicker bread basket Mrs. Aliev gave us.

“You and Diana will be coming home late on Fridays and Saturdays, right? You should rest properly. I can take care of it.”

Sarah let out a heavy sigh. “Yeah, I’ll help with that. You’ll have to watch me to make sure I don’t screw up, though,” she told Alice.

Diana raised an eyebrow. “Screw what up?”

“Scrambled eggs, burning bread, stuff like that.”

“I… I’m sorry, but I thought you’d be good at stuff like that,” Diana said.

“Pfff, no!” Sarah laughed. “My mom is a master of the kitchen. I’ve never had to lift a finger to feed myself. Not that I’m proud, but you know. She always had all four of us fed and ready before school. Well, five. My dad is actually not that good with mornings.”

I shook my head with a sigh, but I had to admit it. “Her mom IS a master of the kitchen. I’m planning to ask her for more tips today.”

We had breakfast together, eating quietly. One of us, an unnamed redhead, was eating toast on autopilot, just barely awake to function. Cake tried to jump on the table and Red tried to beg for more food, and we had to stop Alice from caving.

“But look at his ears! And those head tilts!” she said, melting at the dog’s cuteness.

“It’s for his own good,” Diana said. “German Shepherds are especially prone to suffering from hip problems, and if they gain too much weight they’re at an even higher risk.”

That definitely woke Noelle up, because her face went pale and her eyes as wide as plates. “W-What!? But… But I gave him an extra piece of ham last week!”

Diana chuckled. “An extra treat here and there is fine, but if all seven of us give him an ‘extra treat’ then he’ll definitely gain weight.”

The sound of a phone stopped our conversation. It was mine, which I’d left on the kitchen counter. I stood up to get it and saw that my mom was calling. I didn’t hesitate to answer.

“Mom? What is it?”

“You’re awake, right? You sound awake,” she said.

“Yeah, we’re all up. We’re having breakfast.”

“Good. I called to tell you your sister, the dogs and I are on our way to your house right now.”

My eyebrows shot up. “W-Wait, now? But we told you to arrive at 1:00 pm…”

“Nearly all of your not-yet in-laws are coming to your house today. Are you telling me you don’t want my help?”

“...” I swallowed hard. “Please and thank you. I love you.”

“Thought so. We’ll be there in 40 minutes, so… keep that in mind.”

“Can you tell Isabelle she’s stupid for me?”

“Your brother says you’re stupid.”

“Give me that…! Hey, bro! How are you doing?” Isabelle, apparently taking mom’s phone, asked with an… eerily cheery tone.

“Um… I’m sorry?” I said.

“Too late. This chance is too good to pass up, so I’m going with a nuclear-grade weapon to your house.”

“Isabelle…” I began with a warning tone.

“I have in my hands a photo book full of pictures of you as a baby to show your future in-laws.” 

My jaw dropped and my heart sank. “You wouldn’t.”

“I would.”

“You’re in all those, too!”

“It was mom’s idea, but I’m willing to bite the bullet if it means taking you down with me. Like I said, I’m not passing up this chance.”

“Alice! Your friend is being mean to me!”

The girls all giggled.

“Yeah, sure, run to her for help like she won’t take the book off my hands to have it to herself,” Isabelle said.

Fuck.

I heard some awkward noises that must’ve been mom taking her phone back, because she spoke next. “I’m taking the folding tables I mentioned. You have enough seats, right?”

“Yeah. With the chairs in the backyard, the ones here in the kitchen and the stools, we should have enough for everyone.”

“Did you take the meat out of the freezer last night?”

“Yes, it’s already defrosted.”

“Did you clean the place up? You should at least sweep the first floor.”

“We… were going to do that now.”

“This will be everyone’s first impressions on how you’re all living on your own, Oliver. It doesn’t need to be perfect, but it needs to be presentable.”

“There’s no underwear laying around, is there!?” Isabelle asked from somewhere near mom.

“Of course not!” I said, narrowing my eyes and looking around the room. “Of course there’s no underwear lying around!” I repeated.

On cue, the girls also began to look around, with Mila going to the living room to check. There wasn’t any, but I wouldn’t put it past us…

“Anyway, we’ll be there soon,” mom said. “Do the dishes, take a shower and start cleaning up.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

I think a part of me thought I should be angry or offended that my mother thought I couldn’t handle things on my own, but… after seeing my shirt at work last night, you know, not ironed… I came to appreciate more that my mom still worried about me.

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Chapter 763: Prelude to chaos (Part 2).

So yeah, plenty to do. No time to workout, apparently, and while I didn’t like to break the routine, especially in the middle of adjusting to a new one, this was a special occasion. 

Some of us took a shower while others did the dishes, and while they took a shower we began to sweep the floors and move things to the backyard. I… didn’t think there would be that much dust, but the house was big, so even after a few days there was quite a bit. I suppose we’d have to make cleaning a weekly thing.

“Check that there’s nothing inappropriate in the upper floors, either,” Alice said. “Mila’s and Sarah’s siblings are coming.”

“We don’t have anything inappropriate, do we?” Noelle asked. “We don’t even have… toys.”

“And speaking of toys, I kind of want to have a couple,” Mila said. “You know… to try it out?”

“I never dared to get vibrator at home, but now…” Sarah began to ponder it seriously.

Alice sighed. “Love, is the… super secret room properly locked?”

Ah, that one. “Yeah, you can’t even open it by accident. You really have to know how to do it. It’ll be fine.”

“Still, be careful,” Sarah said. “Cole will want to check the music room.”

“Right.”

“Mila, I swear I’m not being mean or just fucking with you, but have you made your bed?” Grace asked her. “Your mom’s 100% gonna go check.”

“Um… Be back in a moment!” Mila left her broom against the wall and ran upstairs. Cake and Red must’ve thought it was a game because they rushed after her, you know, before coming back down when there was no game to play. And speaking of…

“Cake, don’t!” Noelle tried to scold the cat, yet she couldn’t stop laughing as Cake kept chasing a ball of fluff she was sweeping. “I’m gonna end up sweeping you!”

“Do it,” I told Noelle.

“What?”

“Do it. Sweep her.”

“Um…” The wooden floor was fairly smooth, so while Cake was laying on the floor, Noelle sent her sliding along the floor with the broom. Cake stood up, looked around with her ears up and ran to Noelle for another go.

“Wait, she likes it?” Alice asked, laughing.

“Yeah…”

Diana came back down, being the last one to take a shower. “Want me to clean the first floor bathrooms?” she offered.

“Please,” I accepted. “Can someone help her out?”

“I will,” Sarah said, giving her broom to Grace.

I heard my phone buzzing not long after. Mom was calling to tell me they were outside, so I opened the gate for them. They parked next to Diana’s car, and as they got out, they looked up at the house, trying to take it all in.

“Why do you even need three floors?” Isabelle asked, eyes on the balcony on the second floor. “You’d live in a one-room apartment no problem.”

“Yes, but I’m not alone, am I? That said, I admit this might be too much…” I told her.

“It won’t be when you have six kids running around. Ah, wait, isn’t it seven now?” Mom said with a straight face while I felt my entire world spin.

“Um… Isn’t it too soon to be thinking about that?” I asked her.

“Oh, sure, but you had this place built to stay here, didn’t you?”

I sighed. “I guess I did.”

“Come on, give us the tour!” Isabelle said, grinning. “We haven’t seen the finished house, after all.”

“Ah, right. Well, come on in.”

“Wait, let me get Mint and Chip!” Isabelle said, going back to the car.

It felt a little strange to be welcoming my family into my own house. The good kind of strange, though. I could feel at least a bit proud of myself knowing that I was becoming more independent, and mom was proud of that, too.

“Oh, by the way, mom. Call Cake, please,” I told her as we went into the house.

“Hm? Alright. Cake! Pspspsp.”

Not a second later, a white and orange missile came shooting out of the living room and into mom’s arms with a long jump.

“Woah there! Hahaha!” Mom held Cake in her arms as the cat purred loudly and rubbed her head against her face.

“She was crying in front of the TV last night,” I told her. “She missed you.”

Mom’s eyes went wide open and her jaw dropped. “No, she didn’t.”

“She did, Mrs. Brooks,” Alice said, coming over with Grace to greet her. “She was in the living room screaming from like 11:00 pm until Oliver and Diana arrived with Red, Diana’s dog. That managed to distract her, but she was definitely sad.”

“Oh, my girl… I’m so sorry.” Mom continued patting Cake until Isabelle came into the house with the two huskies, Mint and Chip, who… had grown a fair bit already. Maybe it seemed like that because I hadn’t seen them in a while, but they were the size of three shoes now instead of just two. 

Cake saw them and meowed in what I interpreted as a very relatable ‘Oh, come on!’ Then Red came to check on what was going on, he saw a couple of puppies and got all excited. Just my family and chaos was already starting…

The girls greeted Isabelle and mom before I gave them a quick house tour because we still had stuff to do. It was 11:30 am, so while we weren’t in a hurry, it was best not to dawdle.

And you know, I AM proud that, while mom came here early to make sure we didn’t mess anything up, she ended up just helping us do what we were already doing. She realized that she didn’t need to tell us what to do or anything of the sort.

“I guess I have to apologize,” she told us all. “I didn’t give you enough credit, it seems.”

“Well, our own families are coming over, too,” Alice said, smiling wryly. “The last thing we want to do is give them more cause to worry.”

“That’s true,” mom said with a chuckle.

But when she turned around, Alice looked at me and I could tell there was more to it than that. Sure, we didn’t want to make our families worry… but Alice also didn’t want to give her parents more ammo to criticize her choices.