We need another silencing charm (Darius)

[Blair Falco]

Oh, she had to laugh. And Darius Kojote was going to either die of a heart attack or piss himself laughing. Or try and kill his baby brother. After the shit that she just saw go on between her sister and his brother the night before?! There was no doubt any more in her mind that Niki and Tristain were more than just work partners. One didn't yell at their partner like they did if they were just work partners.

Shuffling into the kitchen Blair found the coffee and started making it so that when the other grumps in residence woke up, it was already made and there would hopefully be fewer threats of death and dismemberment. Especially if Dimitri was home when Niki did her little walk of shame. If she did her walk of shame and hadn't left the night before.

Going for a mug, she found Tristain's niffler Trouble in the cabinet, trying to stuff a lid to a travel mug down his pouch. "Tubs, you do realize that it's not even metal right? It's plastic." She took the oversized lid from the little rascal and grabbed said rascal by the scruff, tossing him on her shoulder while she got a mug for herself. "You can play with my spoon when I'm done you booger." She set the niffler on the counter, pouring herself a cup of coffee, stirring in the cream and sugar she required. "Here, I'll even be nice and not lick the coffee off." She handed the spoon to the niffler, who was more than delighted to have coffee, much less actual shiny stuff to take back to his burrow, probably the one stashed somewhere downstairs. "I don't know how we all put up with you sometimes..." She scratched the little black fur ball behind his ear area, earning a few grunts and something similar to a purr out of the creature while she drank her coffee.

[Darius Kojote]

Darius grumbled to himself as he climbed the steps up to the house, he had fallen asleep at the office last night and well he looked like had. His hair was sticking out in all directions and his shirt normally pressed and perfect was as crumpled mess. Still he was all up to date and where he needed to be, as well as doing a bit for a few other departments. It was possible that everyone had worked out what a sucker he was when it came to helping out, but Darius had never mind. One of these days he’d really need something and he liked to think all these people would come running to help him. With one hand fumbling through his keys, he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes with the other and eventually got through the front door. Which was quite an achievement considering how tired he was.

Darius’s shoes were kicked off in the general direction of the shoe holder and he hung his coat, but the poor thing immediately fell off the hook and into the floor not that he noticed. Dragging his feet through the house there was a smell that got his attention, coffee. Coffee. He really needed coffee. Allowing himself to be guided by the smell of coffee he found himself in the kitchen and his beautiful Blair arguing .. possibly with herself? But who was he to judge he slept on his desk.

”Coffee?” Darius questioned as he dumped his bag on the side cabinet and rubbed his face trying to make himself more awake.

[Blair Falco]

Blair had to chuckle at the niffler. Hearing the door open, then close, then what sounded like shoes and coat being removed, then found the source of the noise coming towards her. "Yes love, coffee. And Trouble was trying to hide away a plastic lid for one of the travel mugs. I swear he's getting weirder and weirder. Don't nifflers usually go for metal shiny things? Not plastic shiny?" She watched the little fluff ball lick the coffee off her spoon, purring a bit as he did. "You fell asleep at the office?" She handed Darius her cup and started fixing herself another one, he needed it more than she did.

And of course, Trouble being himself, he went diving for her next spoon, but missed and almost tumbled off the counter. "You've got one, this one's mine." She popped him on the nose gently, teasing him as she stirred her coffee and turned around to look at her other half. "So... We're going to need another silencing charm upstairs... On Tristain's room..." Figure tell him what his baby brother had been up to while he was still half awake. Break it to him gently. She couldn't help the smirk that was on her face as she spoke.

[Darius Kojote]

Darius looked up at his darling girlfriend she looked amazing despite how early in the day it was, she was somehow awake and moving around and not just half dead like he was. As she spoke about coffee and the niffler all Darius did was mumble and nod his head in agreement desperate for the coffee liquid that would wake him up or give him some energy, ”He’s a funny one” He was only mildly sure what he was talking about, the niftier thing right? Or was she talking about someone else, either way he did not care he just needed coffee.

When the coffee arrived with a question of if he fell asleep at the office Darius just looked up at her sleepily ”Yes” He grumbled ”At this rate I’m going to need a pillow at the office” It just kept happening at the moment or maybe he needed boundaries of work and home.

The coffee was too hot to drink so Darius was forced to put it on the table and rubbed his face with his hands trying to get the sleep out of his eyes. ”See thats why I said I didn’t want him moving in” Darius pointed out shaking his head. ”Why did you say he could? Why couldn’t his coffee be colder already so he could drink it?

”How about this you deal with my brother and I’ll deal with yours? Fair? You know I’ve got the harder deal.”

[Blair Falco]

Blair was laughing a bit at Darius. "You do realize Cal doesn't give a damn how late you work right? David drags her home most nights. Should I start doing that to you?" She walked over to her very sleepy boyfriend and set her mug down beside his, wrapping her arms around his shoulders. "I could easily do that. Your back isn't going to take this much longer, you realize that right? You'd be better sleeping on the couch than at your desk, all slumped over."

She leaned her head down near his, smirking a little when he complained about allowing Tristain to move in. Then the deal came. "I don't have a problem with that. But we still need a silencing charm on his room. He and Nik had a screaming match from hell last night..." She planted a kiss on his cheek gently, knowing he'd probably burst up at any second once she dropped the rest of the shoe. "I think she screamed at him mostly because he kissed her in front of me... After he said he loved her..." This might wake him up a bit. Blair was definitely having a hard time not laughing in Darius' ear. "And since you're the best one at it... Yeah... But do it after you sleep. I don't want a mute boyfriend."

[Darius Kojote]

Darius was aware that Blair was laughing at him right now of course she was that was the darling women who he had fallen in love with. ”I wasn’t doing anything for Cal I was helping someone else out this time, you know me someone screams fire and I’m there” it was just the way that Darius was he wanted to help people and he didn’t care what it took. As she wrapped her arms around him he leaned back into her, enjoying this very much. ”You can do that anytime you like you know, as for my back it’ll be fine, I’ll just be an old hunchback one of these days. You’d still love me wouldn’t you?” He finished with a yawn trying to keep himself awake to spend time with his love.

Snuggling back into her arms Darius chuckled as she talked about the screaming match from his brothers room, why oh why was he living with them? He had wanted it to be just the two of them, but now both of their families were taking over. ”What the hell were the two of them shouting about so late a night?” if he had kept Blair up all night then he really would just kick his brother out, he was so caught up with the idea of kicking his brother out he missed what Blair was telling him about. ”I don’t need to sleep, I’m good. We haven’t had time together in ages, I’ll be fine. I can do the ..” Darius paused looking back at her blankly realising that he had not be listening ”The … um … charm thing? ... What do I need to do again?”

[Blair Falco]

Blair knew Darius too well. He was willing to help almost anyone, pretty much no matter what. As long as they didn't fuck him over he'd be there. At the question of loving him even with a hunch on his back, Blair chuckled, kissing his cheek. "I'll drag you home more often. I'd prefer your back straight. I like you being taller than me. Means you can reach stuff on the higher shelves."

As the conversation turned to Tristain and Niki's screaming match, Blair realized that maybe Darius didn't realize what she had said. "Tristain pissed Niki off after she went head long into a pack of wolves last night. Niki was stupid, we dragged her back here. We all had a bit of a screaming match, Tristain told Niki he loved her, then kissed her. After that I walked away, and I left the door open just a bit so Prima and Trouble had somewhere to run and hide in case their screaming match escalated." She hadn't shut their door all the way, and semi-regretted it now. "Niki went and slammed his door open it sounds like and laid into him. At that point, I think he closed his door again because I didn't hear everything as loudly after that."

She moved her hands to Darius' shoulders, gently massaging his shoulders and smirking a little bit, waiting for everything to sink in. "So it was more my sister than your brother this time for once. So don't go wanting to kick Trist out because of Niki."

Blair chuckled when Darius declared he didn't need sleep, and then he forgot what he needed to do on his little brother's door. "Silencing charm babe. And this is why you need sleep first. It's cute as hell that you want to stay up and spend time with me, but I can handle you sleeping for an hour or two first. I can go and lay down with you if you want, but you need some semblance of sleep before you wind up making yourself a mute. And I much prefer a boyfriend who can talk to me."

[Tristain Kojote Jr.]

Damn Niki and her screeching. He had a headache now, even though she was still asleep in his bed upstairs. Thank whatever Gods there were that he had a large bed. Niki was a bit of a bed hog, especially after a screaming match. But then his Occamy Prima had come in and started to cuddle on his other side, apparently wanting to get warm. So he'd left the girls upstairs together, curled up on his bed. Damned Occamy was more of a bed hog than his partner.

He walked into the kitchen, catching Blair say she'd prefer a talking boyfriend, rather than a mute one. "I'm in agreement with Blair. I'd rather be able to yell across the house and get a response D. Sorry, no muting yourself." He had a feeling that he knew what Blair had told him and waited for that outburst to happen as he grabbed himself a mug for coffee.

"Trouble, why do you have a spoon?" He took it from the cubby ball of fur, turning to Blair. "He's already pinching my damned watch. He pinched Mum's chain twice. Don't encourage him to pinch the cutlery too." He tossed the spoon in the sink, fixing his cup of coffee afterward, with a new spoon of course. Trouble was reaching for his spoon so Tristain dribbled a little bit of his coffee onto his niffler's nose, listening to the little booger purr. "I have the feeling Auntie Blair has already given you some, so that's all you get you little rascal." He picked his chunky niffler up and put the creature on his shoulder as he walked over to the table, sitting across from his brother, out of easy reach.

Darius looked like hell, which made it a bit funny for Tristain. "D, when are you going to learn to come home when Blair does?" While he spoke, Trouble slipped off his shoulder and scooted over towards his brother's coffee cup, making Tristain snort a little at the bold little niffler. "Trouble, don't do it. He'll bite you." His niffler knew to watch it with his brother, but the little bastard preferred to live up to his name.

"By the way B, thought Prima was sleeping with you. Why'd you let her in my room this morning? Her scales are fucking cold!" He shuddered at the not-so-distant memory of his freezing cold occamy cuddling up under the covers with him. "Next time, put her ass by the fire if she's cold."

[Darius Kojote]

High shelves, Darius chuckled that was his job getting the stuff off the high shelves, hopefully that was what she was talking about because he really was struggling to keep up with the conversation at the moment. Then his darling Blair went on to talk about something that happened last night an argument or something between Niki and Tristain, he only heard this and that screaming match, door open, door got slammed, then another door got slammed? He was not following it very well and he felt like he had missed something. Rubbing his face with hands Darius tried to focus on what he was missing. All the while the Niffler who’s name he could not remember was running around the table and Darius had to lift his coffee cup out of the way he desperately needed that coffee and no creature was going to compromise his coffee.

Blair began gently rubbing his shoulders and Darius sat up straighter and leaned back against her, god that felt good and he desperately needed his back to feel better, she spoke about his brother and her sister and how he should not go kicking his brother out. "Thank you darling" What had his brother done this time? His little brother was an idiot and always allowed to be an idiot because he was here picking up the slack and working hard keeping everything working.

”I can stay up” Darius nodded his head ”I don’t need sleep just need the coffee to kick in after that I can do a silencing charm, not that we need a silencing charm because I asked for one thing from my brother all my life I have asked my brother only one thing and that is to stay away from Niki, so if he has decided to do the one thing that I asked him not to do, the single and only thing in his entire life that I have asked him not to do, then as you can imagine I am not going to be very happy” As if he had not been paying attention all this time to everything they were saying, sure he was tired .. exhausted to be precise, but that did not mean he had not be listening.

No matter the situation he was always listening to Blair, just in case she said something important or something crazy like, I love you lets get married, he always had to be prepared just in case that happened. Lifting his coffee he took a sip hitting his brother with his signature explain yourself expression, how was he going to excuse himself in this situation.

[Blair Falco]

Blair snorted into her coffee as Tristain declared his occamy's scales were cold. "She was sleeping with me. Not my fault she decides to leave me to come and cuddle her hooman." She went back to sipping her coffee as Darius declared that he'd asked one thing of his brother. To stay away from her sister.

"Baby, I don't think it was T's fault... Especially from what I saw out of Niki last night..." She had the feeling she knew who started the so-called affair. And it wasn't Tristain.

Wrapping her arms around Darius's neck from behind his back, Blair set her coffee on the table with her boyfriend's and planted a kiss on the side of his head. "Don't forget, Dad paired them. You kill Niki's watchdog, Dad's going to be very put out." Her father would be significantly put out of Darius killed his baby brother over her baby sister's stupidity.

[Tristain Kojote Jr.]

Oh he was in the shit now. "In my defense, she ran headlong into a pack of mangy wolves last night! Not my fault your sister screams like a banshee when she's pissed off at someone." He was willing to play off the whole 'Niki and him' issue as just a partner spat.

When Blair defended him, Tristain just drank his coffee like a good boy, pointing to Blair in agreement. He knew that his brother would explode on him at some point during this little chat of theirs. But keeping silent would be his best bet at the moment. And letting Blair defend his decision to sleep with her little sister. Even though she was right, Niki did start it.

[Darius Kojote]

In most areas of life Darius would defend Blair even if she made the wrong decision and it did bother him slightly that right now in this she was going to defend his little brother to him. This was different to everything else, she knew about his problems with his brother at least he hoped she listened when he spoke about the serious stuff, though a part of him was wondering. It did not help that he was exhausted and overworked, but there was a lot of rage building through his body right now. This was just typical Tristian and he was just going to sit there like it did not matter, that this was typical him and it was taking everything for Darius not to just explode right here, right now.

Taking a calming breath Darius tried to contain the fact that he was furious, as Blair kissed the side of his head and went on about whose fault this all was Darius really was doing his best to stay calm about this. Blair usually hated her little sister, she was always freaking out about her and the drama she caused or the problems she started and through all of it Darius would sit and listen remain calm. He always was on her side, but that was easy it was Niki and nine times out of ten she was doing something stupid or insulting someone or starting a fight, so yes that helped. ”I’m not going to lie right now my love, you are really not helping” Shaking his head Darius got up from the table ”I need to, not be in this room right now” He was about to leave, but then he remembered coffee and he was not going without out that, so he swiped his mug from the table. ”And you, you don’t even look at me right now” he could just as much point in the direction of his younger brother as he decided it was best to get as far away from him as he could.

[Blair Falco]

Sheesh... She knew Darius wouldn't take it well, but saying he needed to not be in the kitchen with Tristain was bad.... "Sorry Honey, just trying to explain what I saw last night." She watched him stand and swipe his coffee, looking to Tristain as Darius left the room.

"You're on your own with Dimitri and the parental units T. I'll try to calm Darius down, but with D, you're on your own." She grabbed her own coffee, pat Trouble on the head, and followed Darius, padding behind him carefully so she didn't provoke him too much. She could handle her boyfriend... She had an idea if things went really south, but she wasn't sure she wanted to play that card yet... That was for if things went REALLY badly.

"Darius, what are you going to do?" She called after her better half, not entirely sure if the man would lose his temper. The rare thing that hardly ever happened, but when it did, one of the boys were involved, or it was entirely on Tristain. He hadn't lost it over Niki's stupidity yet. Maybe this would be the time he did.

[Tristain Kojote Jr.]

His brother was beyond pissed... Tristain couldn't remember a time he actually pissed his own brother off this badly. Dimitri, sure. Easy. The dude was a hothead. Pollux... Well... He was always hanging out with Charlie, so that was going to happen. But Darius? Never this badly. Ever.

Blair looked at him and told him she would attempt to calm his brother down for him, but that he was on his own with her parents and her brother... Shit! Niki was going to owe him massively for this one.

He sat there for a minute, deciding if he should eavesdrop on his brother's conversation with Blair or not, deciding against it. Darius wouldn't hesitate to start a fistfight when he got riled like this. And that was the last thing he wanted first thing in the morning. Knuckle sandwiches weren't a good breakfast food.

[Darius Kojote]

Darius just did not know how to put his feelings into words right now, he was way too tired for this and dangerously close to getting mad at his brother and not just regular mad, super angry, end of the world kind of stuff, he might even go full on nuclear. His brother was stupid and reckless and a great many other things, but he always ended up getting what he wanted, he could make a million mistakes and everyone would forgive him. Tristain always had it easy. That was just his life and he always got his way too, especially if you told him not to do something he would go out of his way and do that thing and everyone would end up forgiving him.

There was one thing, one thing Darius had told him not to do it was to go near any of the Falco girls. All his life he had been going after Blair, she was his dream girl and in a way he was still chasing her today, but it was weird for his brother to be dating the sister of the woman of his dreams. Deep down, deep, deep down he had a feeling this was going to happen. He had asked this one thing of his brother, so of course it was going to happen.

Sensing Blair behind him he turned and tried to manage some sort of smile, but he was exhausted and it probably came across as more grumpy than anything. ”I haven’t worked that out yet’ He mumbled back at her and ran a hand through his hair, ”whatever it is I am not sure I want to do it right now because it will end badly” He was worked up and being tired was not helping, but he really wanted to go in there and scream or shout at his brother, but he was the oldest and he had to be the grown up, he was always supposed to be the grown up. "Is it too late to kick them all out of our house?"