A soft smile curled onto Taylorâ€™s lips as he looked down at the Meko and Noctre. He had almost forgotten how loving the two of them were together, how playful. This moment brought back the memories of the<span style="font-style: italic">energy</span>the two of them had separately and twice as much together. A small sigh fell from his lips as he mentally prepared himself for the events that were about to take place between the two.<br/><br/>â€œYou can be a teenager for as long as you need too.â€ Taylor repeated his earlier statement as he perched himself on the edge of Mekoâ€™s bed and scratched Noctreâ€™s head. He fell into complete silence for a long time as he drifted off into his own thoughts. â€œIâ€™m sorry youâ€™ve had to grow up so much so fast.â€ Taylor voiced one of his many regrets as he forced himself to make eye contact with his little warrior.<br/><br/>After a moment longer Taylor cleared his throat, stood up, and beat a retreat to the door. â€œGet some sleep; Iâ€™ll wake you up when the foods done.â€ Another grin touched his lips as he walked towards the stairs, calling back over his shoulder â€œIâ€™ll see if the crazy ass cat man has anything to make pizza with.â€ He figured that was the least he could do to start making up for his many recent failures with the kid. Then again, the kid wasnâ€™t really a kid anymore no matter how hard they could try what happened had changed Meko. It would change anybody. It hadnâ€™t dulled the pureness that was the fae but it had morphed his view on the world. It had forced him to grow up and Taylor wasnâ€™t sure that could ever change back. Perhaps it could in little spurts but no matter the case he didnâ€™t think the kid was a kid anymore.<br/><br/>â€œEverything is already on the counter.â€ Xander said as soon as he heard his little brotherâ€™s feet hit the main floor and turn to head towards the kitchen. He looked down at Eclipse as the cub raised his head and twitched his ears as if he had just noticed his original owner was in the house. The soon-to-be large cat peered up at Xander and as soon as Xander tilted his head the cub jumped off his lap and made a beeline for Taylor.<br/><br/>Taylor looked down as he heard the rapid pitter patter of clawed paws and a large almost goofy grin touched his lips. â€œEclipse.â€ He couldnâ€™t help the excitement that showed on his face and entered his voice. A part of him had believed that Xander would have killed the two cubs and when Eclipse hadnâ€™t followed Noctre up stairs, he had thought Xander had killed his cub.<br/><br/>He dropped to his knees as quickly as he could without causing too much noise or himself too much pain. â€œYouâ€™re a good boy.â€ Taylor grinned as he scratched his cub behind the ears and grinned even wider upon hearing the joyful purr. â€œYou took care of them.â€ Somewhere in that sentence was a hidden thank you because Taylor couldnâ€™t begin to bring himself to say those words to his brother, at least not for a while longer. The last time had bruised his pride almost to the point of death.<br/><br/>An unnoticeable smile touched the edges of Xanderâ€™s lips as he turned on the TV and pulled the lever on the chair so he could recline and prop his feet up. â€œIâ€™m not that much of a monster.â€ He responded, a hidden your welcome somewhere deep in that sentence.