Chapter 8

Doot and Daat were reading the book on the Inbetweenlands on the bed as their father and their hopefully-soon-to-be stepfather freaked out about the fact that they were gonna have to come out to Lukas' brother soon. It was quite the situation and the couple were trying to either find a way out of it or soften the blow. It was going so well...

"Well maybe if we..."

"We could tell him..."

"He's going to kill me..."

"I won't let that happen..."

Not really. 

Doot and Daat finally got tired of hearing the adults try and figure out a way to keep Brandon from killing Marion. So they walked over to the two and Daat tugged on their dad's pants' leg, squeaking to get Marion's attention. 

"Daat? Is something the matter?" Marion asked looking down at his son. 

In response, Doot held up the book they had been looking at, pointing at a particular portion of it. The couple exchanged looks before Marion gently took the book from his son's hands and read the portion that Doot had been pointing too. He blinked in surprise after reading the page and said. "Well, that's one issue solved."

"Wait what?" Lukas asked in surprise and Marion handed the book over for him to read. Turns out, Doot and Daat had managed to find the page that described what needed to be done to get to the Inbetweenlands. It was a simple ritual really but it was towards the end of the book so Lukas would've had a lot more reading to do if it weren't for the two children. 

"... I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love your sons." Lukas said as he crouched down to hug Doot and Daat. 

"Not more than me I hope." Marion joked. Standing back up, Lukas looked as if he was contemplating that for a moment before he kissed Marion's cheek and said. "I guess I love you a little bit more."

Doot and Daat squeaked at that, prompting Lukas to fuss over the two, reassuring them that like he said before he loved them as well. Marion, for his part, just watched the scene with a faint blush on his cheeks at seeing Lukas fuss over his children like they were his own. 

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