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[color=slategray][sup]Collab with [@Universorum]
Location: The kitchen -> the bar
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[indent]With his mission objective already in mind, Henry was headed downstairs to get Parker her crackers and some peanut butter… well, and a banana. His girl needed some fruit, something healthy. Not [i]just[/i] Ritz crackers and a huge spoonful of creamy peanut butter. As it happened, even though he had to shove past  a few different groups of people, it wasn’t an issue for him to get to the pantry.

Once there, Henry got the plate ready for Parker, first arranging Ritz crackers around the edge of the plate — a couple of people tried to snatch them away, but Henry threatened them with a butter knife. Then he set about the next part, taking two bananas and slicing them so they formed a circle around the plate as well, with the crackers on the edge, then the bananas. The final touch was the most important.

Henry grabbed the container of peanut butter and scooped some of it into the center (probably way too fucking much), then added a plastic butter knife to the presentation. He took it back upstairs, unlocked the door again and sat it down on the dresser, before knocking on the bathroom door. [color=b57f13][b]“PARKER! I put your snack on the dresser table. You got like 10 minutes left!”[/b][/color] With that, Henry set himself to the task of going back downstairs and resuming his post behind the bar, or at least checking on Min-seo.

What Henry didn’t expect was laying eyes on something very important to him. Well, not some[i]thing[/i] exactly, but some[i]one[/i]. The person in question? One of Henry’s best friends, Kayleb. Kayleb had been missing for… well, to be honest, Henry wasn’t sure [i]exactly[/i] how long it had been. It was tough to keep track of things, given the other members of his little fambam.

[color=b57f13][b]“KAY! HOLY SHIT!”[/b][/color] Without a care in the world, Henry began to ran toward his better half.

Kayleb was excited, he got the girl, all he needed now was a drink and Henry. Kay missed his bro, his man, his husband, leaving out of the blue in the middle of their break sucked and Kay devoted most of his snapchat time to bothering Sol instead of Henry. He had some time to make up for, and this party would act as a first step to sealing any gaps that had formed over the break. On top of all that Kay could tell Sol needed a moment, she had always been scared to be open with others about their relationship and he respected her reason why (well up until this point). 
[color=fa8072]"Sol, I am going to go find Henry. Why don’t we meet up later? I love you.”[/color] He said quickly and left inside the party, not giving her the opportunity to respond out of fear of what she might say.    

Kay had so much to tell Henry; Paris, Sol, how their couple of weeks apart went, plus he wanted an update on the activities of the ‘family’. Mama Kay had been on vacation but now it was time to come back and get the entire gang back together. Kay walked further into the house making his way over to the bar, taking note of [i]Shauna[/i] and his friend Xi Xi, almost made his way over to go say something to her but was stopped by the sound of his name being called. A smile spread on his face at the owner of the voice and Kay turned around in time to see  Henry running towards him. Kayleb opened up his arms and started running towards his best friend. 

[color=fa8072]"HENRY, COME HERE MAN!!!!!!”[/color] Kay yelled with a 1 million watt smile on his face as he launches himself at Henry. 

Henry accepted the hug, like any good friend would do. He wrapped Kay up in a tight embrace and squeezed him tight. [color=b57f13][b]“I’m so happy to see you, man! I swear, it was only like two weeks, but man, it felt like forever.”[/b][/color] Henry was getting a little emotional… He sniffed a bit to compose himself and slithered out of the hug. [color=b57f13][b]“How was Paris? How was the plane? Was the plane good? I told you to just take my plane, but nooo, you wanted to go with your family. I hope you had an aisle seat in front of a child. There’s so much to talk about! Damn, man… I feel like a woman. Welcome to the party! How’d I do?”[/b][/color]

[color=fa8072]"I feel like a woman too, it’s not to bad. The party looks dope man, I hope you got some weed,  I need a hit.”[/color] Kay said as he let Henry go, he was so happy his face might break but who cared he this was how reunions went. [color=fa8072]"Paris was AMAZING, we will have to make a trip, I did all the touristy stuff, finally got to put my French to use, also saw some darker scenes there; parties and whatnot. The plane was not too bad, first class so no whining babies, just spoiled children and old women feeling my arms up the whole ride.”[/color] He said with a shiver of disgust at the memory of “Deborah”, and began to lead them back over to the bar so Kay could get a drink. [color=fa8072]"You said it was going to be epic and have yet to disappoint, now make me a drink time to get lit my dude. How are you? Was everything okay while I was gone? How are the girls, do they know Mama Kay is back.”[/color] Kay said with a smile at one of his nicknames. 

Alright, cool. He could make Kay a drink for sure. Leading his friend back to the bar, Henry hopped over the bar and took his spot back behind the counter, realizing that he [i]probably[/i] should have never left, but hey. He had a [i]way[/i] soft spot for Parker, hopefully Hailey never found out about it. Eyeing a couple of grumpy patrons, Henry looked at Min-seo. [color=b57f13][b]“Sorry, Ducky. I’m gonna handle this.”[/b][/color] But first things first. Family ranked higher than a bunch of angry (and still very drunk) teenages. He spun on his heel to look at the racks of the alcohol, grabbing the bottles most beloved by his bestie, and mixing the drink. He squeezed a lime into the glass and held it out to Kay. [color=b57f13][b]“Here you go, lad. Enjoy. Parker’s upstairs taking a bath, Ari is… well, somewhere… and Ducky is here helping me out. She’s trying to, anyway. And she’s putting forth a valiant efforts, and you fuckers —”[/b][/color] Henry pointed at the surrounding patrons, [color=b57f13][b]“— Can suck a cock. She’s just a baby Korean. She’s doing her best. I’ll fix you up some other time, get the fuck outta here.”[/b][/color] Henry waved a hand, and like clockwork, the disgruntled patrons dissipated.

Kay took his blue drink with delight and started to sip it down, he could feeling the alcoholic soulton spread throughout his body, dull his senses and set him in the right mood. A few more of these and he would be at the buzzed state and probably start taking his shirt off, but that would have to wait Kay still had to tell Henry about Sol. When they first started their little dance, Kay had told Henry all about it, keeping him up-to date on there secret meetings and hidden dates. Kay and Henry had a deeper level of trust than most would assume, and it was this trust that had given them such a strong bond. Seeing him after being away for two weeks is great, Kay was used to spending most of his day with either his “family” or Sol, so seeing his best friend in action was a heartwarming sight (almost enough to shed a tear).
 
[color=fa8072]"Thanks, I needed it. Glad the ladies are doing well.”[/color] He said with a chuckle at Henry’s antics, one fo the reason he liked Henry so much was his boldness, Kay could respect his lack of tact and honest attitude . [color=fa8072]"Me and Sol are a thing now, like as a few minutes ago. I kinda outed us but she seemed to be okay with it.”[/color] Kay said with a nervous smile, he was still uncertain about that, sure Sol had responded positively but things are sinking  in now and he did sort of overreact at the whole Shauna thing. It’s not his fault, Shauna irks him and the history between Sol and her rubs him all the way wrong.  He could only hope Sol still wanted to do this even after their rocky start. 

[color=b57f13][b]“Oh, no way, that’s wonderful, dude! Here, I got you.”[/b][/color] Henry turned around and poured himself a glass of beer, then one for Kay. He held it out to his friend and yelled out to the party, [color=b57f13][b]“SWIG OF BEER FOR THE DATING MAN! I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT SOL HAS MADE AN HONEST MAN OUT OF KAY!”[/b][/color] Henry bellowed, before tipping the frothing beer back down his throat, followed by a fair amount of the drunk teens cheering before taking a swig of… well, whatever was in their hands. Were they cheering for Kay and Sol? Was Henry just well loved? Was it just the alcohol making cheering seem fun? Who knows. Henry liked to think it was a combination of all the things. After he finished his ‘swig,’ which really was most of the glass, he sat it down on the counter and nodded.

[color=b57f13][b]“Hey, does this mean she’s coming on the…”[/b][/color] Henry looked over at Min-seo, who was busy with another patron, then leaned toward Kay, lowering his voice. [color=b57f13][b]“...family trip?”[/b][/color] Kay was the only one in Henry’s harem that knew of his plan to take all of them to Disneyland (again), this time renting the entire park out so that Parker didn’t whine about lines. If Kay wanted to bring his lady friend, then hey. More power to him.

Kay cheered along with him and the others at the party  It felt good to take the weight off his shoulders, he was now a taken man. That meant he could change his status, update his instagram bio, Snap his girl whenever he wanted  and not have to hide any more. Kay respected Sol’s fears, but also felt that they were not warranted, aside form the small jokes from close friends people would not care...he hoped. He just wanted to be happy and Sol made him happy, Henry gave him a family and that was something he was lacking as well. 

[color=fa8072]"I really don’t know man, we are supposed to meet up later tonight and [i]talk[/i] things out but I am worried I overdid it.”[/color] Kay said with a small smile. He chugged down the rest of his beer and put it on the counter. The Disney trip was something he was looking forward too, last time they went… well lets just say Henry shut it down. Kay was pretty bummed (it being his first time going) but this makes up for it, plus Sol can come and the day will be even better. 

[color=fa8072]"Anyways, we need to start partying, I need to get drunk enough to take this shirt off. Wait where is my shirt you said you had one for me?”[/color] Kay said as he sipped his original drink.

Henry reached under the counter and withdrew a white t-shirt, which he held up. On the front it said in loud, large, black lettering: ‘IF LOST, PLEASE RETURN TO HENRY GREEN,’ and on the back it was emblazoned ‘MAMA KAY.’ [color=b57f13][b]“Boom. Ducky’s got one too. Parker does, but Parker’s wearin’ a [i]special[/i] outfit tonight, bruh. She and her band are playing and it’s gonna be LIT.”[/b][/color][/indent]