Kai moves his face up a little, kissing Luka, “No you're funny,” He says blushing, even more, Luka blushes as he pulls Kai back into the kiss.

“You’re drunk,” Luka says as Kai moves over and starts nibbling on Luka’s ear.

“Am not,” Kai says kissing Luka’s cheek, Luka blushes even more and holds Kai tightly.

“Then what happened to the bottle of wine that we were supposed to put back,” Luka says as Kai slides down a little, resting his head on Luka’s chest.

“What bottle of wine?” Kai asks yawning as he snuggles up with Luka, Luka smiles as he rubs Kai’s back.

“When do you think I should go home?” Luka asks as he stares at the tv.

“Never, I want you to stay here with me,” Kai says sleepily, Luka blushes as he looks down at Kai who is sleeping. Luka reaches over and grabs his phone, he dials a number and calls it.

“Hello?” A little boy asks.

“Hey bud, how have you been?” Luka asks smiling as he looks over at the closed window.

“Luka!” The boy yells, “I’ve been good, I got all my homework done too,” he says excitedly.

“I’m glad you’re doing so well, how’s dad?” Luka asks as the other line goes silent.

“Um, he’s ok I guess. Dad’s starting to drink again but that’s about it, he keeps talking to the ceiling. I think he’s trying to talk to mom again,” The boy says getting a little emotional.

“Hey, Miky. I need you to just calm down and breath a little ok, dad will be ok. He’s going through some stuff and just needs some time to himself, ok?” Luka asks as he gets a little anxious.

“I know, it’s just lonely and empty here without you,” Miky says wiping his eyes with his forearm, Luka sighs.

“I might come home soon, I’m just having a hard time leaving. I promise I’ll be home in the next five days, I just need some time to think without dad putting more thoughts in my head. Understand?” Luka asks.

“I understand, dad can get a little annoying sometimes,” Miky says, he stops for a second then gets a little excited, “Can you pick me up from school tomorrow?!?” Miky asks with a smile on his face.

Luka laughs a little, “Depending on what time, I would love to pick you up from school. If I do can I bring someone with me?” Luka asks, putting the phone on speaker and setting it next to him so he won’t have to hold it.

“I don’t mind as long as you pick me up,” Miky replies laying back on his bed, he stands up and heads downstairs.

“Are you going to tell dad right now?” Luka asks listening to footsteps coming from Miky.

“Yeah, he won’t mind,” Miky says walking into the living room, “Hey dad, I was wondering if Luka could come pick me up from school tomorrow,” He says standing by the door of the living room, Dad looks over at him.

“Luka?” He asks, Miky stands and looks at him.

“Uh yeah, Luka said he could come pick me up from school,” Miky says taking a step back.

“Luka’s coming home?” Dad asks weirdly.

“Not yet, he’s just picking me up from school,” Miky says looking at his dad's side, he spots about five beer bottles, “I’ll be up in my room,” He says backing towards the stairs.

“Miky, come here. Where are you going, please come back,” Dad says sitting up in his chair.

“No, I’m going to my room. Please just go to bed,” Miky says running upstairs.

“Miky! Get back down here!” Dad yells setting his feet on the ground.

“Just go to bed!” Miky yells back as he shuts and locks his door.

“Hey, what's going on? What did dad say?” Luka asks getting worried.

“Dad can’t talk right now, he’s out of it again,” Miky says walking towards his bed, he hears Dad’s footsteps coming up the stairs and dashes to the window. He opens it and quickly gets out, he heads to the side of the roof and climbs down the ladder that is up against the house.

“Hey, what’s going on over there? Is everything ok?” Luka asks sitting up a bit, trying not to wake Kai. Miky doesn’t answer, “Miky?” He asks listening to him breathing heavily and crying.

Miky finally stops down the road and hides around the side of the house, he slides down into a ball, “Everything’s fine, I just wish you were here to take those damn beers away,” Miky says crying, he wipes his tears with his sleeves trying to stop himself.

“What happened?” Luka asks very worriedly.

“Dad’s drunk again, it gets hard to be around him when he’s like that. He doesn’t want to be alone but I don’t know what he would do to me if I stayed. I usually lock my door and hide under my bed until I know he’s not coming upstairs but if I hear him coming I climb out the window and climb the ladder I set up against the roof. I then run to the last house on the corner and hide there for a few hours, he usually breaks the door,” Miky says still crying, he tries to comfort himself.

“I don’t want you outside in this weather, it might be colder here but I don’t want you getting frostbite,” Luka says trying to calm down his breathing.

“For one, I can’t get frostbite from this weather and two, I’m not going back to that house,” Miky says laughing a little as he calms down.

“Then I’m coming to get you, you’re not staying out there in the cold. I’ll bring you back in a few hours, stay where you are and keep your phone with you. I’ll be there in a little bit,” Luka says checking the time, “I love you,” He says hanging up.

“Love you too,” Miky says hanging up and setting his phone next to him.

“Hey, babe. I need you to get up for a second,” Luka says moving his hand faster on Kai’s back.

“What?” Kai asks sitting up a little, Luka smiles kissing Kai’s head.

“I have to go pick up my brother,” Luka says as Kai rubs his eyes.

“Why isn’t he at school?” Kai asks yawning as he looks up at Luka.

“I guess he stayed home today, my dad probably forgot to bring him,” Luka replies as Kai smiles.

“How do you forget to bring your kid to school, that's funny,” Kai says giggling.

“Yeah, now I need to go,” Luka says trying to get up.

“I want to go too,” Kai says clinging to Luka, Luka falls back onto the bed.

“Fine, I just don’t want you to say anything rude to him. Seeing as you’re not fully here, he’s having a rough time right now and I just wanna be there for him,” Luka says turning back towards Kai.

“I get it, I won’t say anything rude. Now let's go,” Kai says crawling up Luka’s back hooking onto him like a piggyback ride, Luka stands up slowly and heads out the door with Kai pointing forward.