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inchargemarge · Site Admin Joined: 25 Apr 2016 Posts: 7946

"Do you want to go first?" Amulius asked Romulus, taking Fausto from Natas who was already approaching him. She stood toe to toe with him, looking up at him with big eyes none of them had seen before. She was taking him all in, all his features and trying to remember them. He looked quite a bit like Armand, a little like her.

"May I...?" She asked quietly, reaching out to touch him but pausing only for his consent.

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Romulus reeled back slightly as Natas reached for him initially, but when she stopped to ask for his permission, he stopped pulling away. He was hesitant, wary even, of her potential touch, after all, her touch had almost never been kind to him before, but when he saw her wide and curious eyes without hint of malice, he swallowed the nervous bud in his throat and forced a stiff nod.
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inchargemarge · Site Admin Joined: 25 Apr 2016 Posts: 7946

Natas was hoping contact would be familiar, maybe she would remember? She went ahead and reached out, touching first his forehead to brush some of his messy black hair out of his face. She examined his whole face very carefully, touching his cheeks, patting his shoulders; he felt strong. She noticed the scars on his neck and although already teary eyed, they began to overflow.

Her poor babies, what had happened while she was away? (Not knowing that a majority of her kids scars were of her own doing or at least by extension).

"Do you remember him, Mom? That's Romulus." Amulius tried to introduce while a baby Fausto pulled on his hair.

Natas didn't acknowledge Amulius. Instead in one swift motion, she threw her arms around Romulus's shoulders, initially causing Remus to lurch forward; only ever expecting their Mother to be violent. He paused when he could see Natas pulling Romulus in for what might've been the tightest embrace he'd ever received from his Mother. Standing on her tip toes, she held onto him, sniveling into his shoulders.

"I'm so sorry. I'm so so sorry, baby." She sobbed quietly.

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Romulus let out a panicked gasp as he initially tried to pull back, fearful of his mother's grasp, but once he listened to her sobs and felt a certain kindness and warmth in her touch, he stopped. He blinked, surprised, and glanced down at his mother.

"I'm...sorry?" He wasn't quite sure what to say.
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"I'm so sorry, I didn't know. I didn't know I already had babies who needed me. I'm sorry I haven't been there, what's been happening, are you alright?" She sniveled, pulling away to look up at him and pet his face. \

Remus and Fauna both shifted uncomfortably. Remus, because he didn't understand what Natas was talking about. Why she touching him so much? Why was she crying? He tried to meet Romulus's gaze to gauge if he needed, wanted interference.

"He's fine, Mom." Amulius tried to reassure. "Everybody's been okay."

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"I'm, uh, I've been okay? I guess? I...just doing stuff and things?" Romulus said, turning his head to face his twin, mostly to convey his confusion.
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"I'm glad, I want to hear about everything." She sniffed, released Romulus and smiling softly. The kind of way Roxanne smiles, like a doting Mother rather than Maleficent after she shows up to curse everybody.

"Mom, this is Remus, the other twin." Amulius tried to introduce, pulling on Remus's shirt sleeve to get him in the mix. Remus sort of shook his head nervously.

"Oh my god, you're identical." Natas exclaimed with wonder as she proceeded to touch Remus in a similar fashion. He mostly shuffle and turned away at moments, feeling uncomfortable with her touch and confused by the whole ordeal.

"Oh my god, my boys, you're so big and handsome." Natas continued to marvel at them as though they were just born.

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Romulus noted his twin's discomfort and stepped forward to gently touch at Natas's wrist (though his hand shook terribly with anxiety as he did so).

"Na-Mom? Why don't we all uh take a seat or something?" He suggested.
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"Of course, of course. Please, sit anywhere, make yourself at home." Natas nodded, stepping away to make room. She saw Fauna tucked away behind Remus, she opened her mouth to speak and reach out. Fauna immediately brushed past her to latch onto Romulus next. "No." She snapped, causing Natas to flinch a bit.

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"Fauna...easy." Romulus said quietly, not wanting to scold her but also not wanting her to be as harsh as she was to everyone else with their...well, was she really their mother?

He pressed on into the main room with his siblings, taking a seat first on a modest couch.
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Fauna sat herself on the arm of the couch, scowling and uncomfortable, somehow looking like the pit bull of the bunch next to her twins. Remus sat down next to his twin, glancing around the room and absorbing how different it was than the hut. Amulius entered with Fausto in his arms, also feeling a bit awkward.

"Uh...So, this is our baby brother. His name is Fausto." Amulius said, bouncing the little babe in his arms.

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Romulus blinked as he looked at the little boy. Of course he'd been told they had a new brother, but he had yet to see him until now and seeing him was a bit different than just hearing about him.

"Oh...hello." Romulus said, giving a slight wave to the tot. Being a dad himself, you would think he would be a bit better with children, yet he was just as awkward as ever as there was something different about wrestling your own kids than even being sociable with someone else's.
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"Do you want to hold him?" Natas offered, entering the room.

"I don't like babies." Fauna declared. "Maybe the twins, they're parents."

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"Oh um, yeah, sure." Romulus nodded as he offered his hands out to Amulius and Fausto. "How old is he? He doesn't look much younger than my kids."
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"He's about four months." Natas nodded before smiling somewhat. "How many children do you have?" She asked as she observed Amulius, passing off Fausto.

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