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It had been a while since he had been home, telling his mate he had to head home for a while because his father was sick was one thing but not coming back for several years was something else. Sure he was worried about his father, he wanted to be there for his family and all but now that his father was now fit as a fiddle but he had missed home, missed the food, the culture, the tourist attraction sights, seeing his old friends and especially missed his little brother and parents and now that his father was all better he was able to hang out with his family and just have a good time but now he had to come back, he had to be with the cat he loved and see his two children who he missed every moment of the day.

Andre walked down the corridor after getting off the plane, one bag on his back and hopped onto the escalator to go down to the luggage carousel where another four large suitcases would be waiting for him to pick up, he looked around the airport and took a deep breath and sighed, it was really good to be home...alright, so this wasn't home, but still, it was in his own backyard, as much as he missed not being in France he knew his life was here now and he had a family and friends that also loved him so to him, this was home just as much as France was. Andre walked over to pick up his bags and looked around, wondering if his ride was here yet, he had asked Tamaska to come and pick him up, he never told his mate he was coming home today, it was to be a surprise for him and the boys, but Tama never was usually late so where was he?

Tamaska ran into the airport and over to the luggage carousel, looking around the mass of people he finally spotted the wolf "Andre!" He called as he ran over and hugged him, it had been so long since he had seen his friend...too long really "next time you want to go to France take me with you!" He said as he stepped back. "Those emails and texts and phone calls made me want to go greatly! Maybe I should hit my brother up for a loan" he said said grinning at the other before picking up two bags and 'dropping' them "good lord, what on earth have you got in here? Bits of the Eiffel Tower?"

Andre smiled at the other and handed him two of the lighter (though not by much) bags "take these then if you can't handle them" he teased the other wolf.

"Don't worry, I have them" Tama said as he picked them up again "it is a good thing my car is just outside" he said as he started walking towards the car "and what is with the many suitcases? I thought you just took the bag with you."

"I did but when you go on holiday you start buying things and then more things and it just adds up" he said walking with the other out to his car "and with my mother you don't say no to that wolf so when you are handed several bags of food you take so one bag alone has her baking and cooking in it that she finished making just before I left for the airport to come back here." He said as he stopped by Tama's car who put the cases down and proceeded to unlock the car with a push of a button and then opened up the trunk and started loading up the car with the luggage "right" he said after a few moments "I think thats everything" he said as he shut everything and climbed into the drivers side and waited for the wolf to get in and buckle up before driving off towards his home.

Tama pulled up at the wolfs home and let Andre take in the sight of the beautiful chateau he and his mate owned he sighed, pleased to finally be home "can you wait here for a moment?" He asked Tama when he was about to get out.

"He isn't there you know" he said as he stopped the wolf.

"Then why are we here?" He asked curiously.

"Because I thought you would want to get your bags unpacked and everything.

"I haven't seen my mate in YEARS and you want me to unpack my bags!? Do you even KNOW me!?" He asked rhetorically "no, I want to see my mate, do you know where he is?"

"No idea, want to try any family members first? Then we can try the shop" he sugested to the other.

"He does have a brother, drive, I know where he lives...at least I think I do, if he hasn't moved then we should be fine" he said as he got back in the car just half a second before Tama started down the drive.

Tama reched the bottom of the drive way and pulled out, listening to the other wolf tell him where to go and was pleased it wasn't too far out of the way, he still wanted to do a little bit of shopping today so he did want to get to the mall before it closed...not that he didn't want to help his friend but still...

After a while they pulled up outside of the house and smiled a little as he just sat there, looking at the house "this it is and it still seems like his brother lives here" he said as he got out of the car "please wait a moment?" He said as he got out of the car and walked to the window, looking in he noticed his mate and brother dancing and sighed, looking at the cat, god how he missed that man "hmm" he said softly to himself. "How can I do this?" He could go the front or back way and decided the front since he was tired so the fastest way possible so walked over to the front door and let himself in, not something he usually did, entering someones home was wrong, but still, in this case, he was sure his brother-in-law wouldn't mind.

Andre walked to the room which wasn't too hard to figure out where the music was coming from and stood leaning on the door way "so, can anyone join in or is this a family thing only?" He asked as he smiled at the brother-in-law and then grinned at his mate "hi, missed me?"

Andre smiled and waved to his mates brother before walking over and taking his mates hands "you know, I think I am a tad over due for this" he said as he pulled his mate towards him and passionately kissed him for what seemed to be at least half a minute if not more before he pulled away "happy anniversary for the last however many years it is" he said before going back to kissing him passionately once more, his hands trailing down the others back and onto his a**, pulling him even closer towards him.

Tama looked at the other "great, this is all I need" he sighed as he thought for a few moments about what to do and decided to leave them to it "you doing anything? Can I take you anywhere? I was just heading to the mall if you wished to join me, maybe get a bite to eat? I just will have to drop these things off at Greg and Andre's place but after that care to join me in a bit of shopping?" He asked, if he wasn't going to take the other two back home he might as well 'kidnap' Greg's brother and let him have a mini shopping spree on him, he hadn't done anything like this in ages, it will be good to do it again.

((I think fast forwarding is best, silly Gaia PG13 rule, you would think they would of raised that by now. XP XD))

A couple of hours later Andre had finally decided it was best he got a drink and whilst he thought this was the best thing to do given he had a little bit of a dry throat he just couldn't really unwrap himself from his mate "I want a drink" he said as he kissed the cats temple "can we just stay here and pretend we don't have any responsibilities or kids?" He asked rhetorically as he kissed his mates neck, knowing their children were probably back at home waiting for them but meh, he didn't want to go.

"Well then, I guess tripping the light fantastic is out and that means I better treat you right then" he said as she sped away from the curb, letting the other put his belt on as they went "of course, if I want to see another day I better anyway, something tells me I won't have a very happy brother on my back if i don't" he said, smiling at the other. "Anyway, I am Tamaska, Tama for short, you are...? And yes, loud music be good which still doesn't make me want to stick around just encase anything is seen or heard" he chuckled, at least his friend was back with his mate, that was the important thing.


Andre laid there stroaking the others hair "this is why I think it is time we go home, your brother will want his place back and I don't know about you but I am up for round two but I would rather have that round on our beautiful king sized bed at home, more room to properly have fun and our toys are there as well" he said as he said as he pulled away from him. "Carry you? Darling, I would love to but what will that teach you?" He teased a little, using that tone he used with their children when they wanted to be carried but were getting too old "you should learn to walk on your own two feet" he said as he grinned at his mate.

"Either that or would you like me to bring you a drink and then we can go home" he suggested "wait...I don't know where anything is in this place besides the fridge, I don't ealy want to go looking through every cupboard for a glass" he said as he drew little circles on his mates arm "and didn't we have kids? I am sure we did, maybe it was my imagination, maybe it was just me emptying my pockets once a week when money was concerned, my bad" he teased, deciding that maybe they would make a reservation for a nice restaurant tonight instead of cooking.

"Nice to meet you" Tama said as he pulled up at a set of lights "I take it you are the younger brother of the cat Andre is mated with?" He asked curiously "and dancing is good and all but the clubs I go to are closed so shopping it is" he said, hoping the other didn't mind.

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"I guess we both agree on something then, I only want you as well the others don't matter...wait, you dropped your brother!?" He asked with a playful glint in his eye "I thought cats were always meant to land on their feet" he teased, grinning at his mate "with a body like mine, no, I don't think it is good to hide it away" he joked as he let his mate go "and yes, I have missed them as well, hopefully they won't mind the gifts I have brought them back" he said as he got up also and stretched and then started to follow his mate. "Of course, one bag is filled with my mothers cooking...s**t!" He said as he stopped and then ran back to start rumaging around for his phone, finding it he quickly dialed Tama's number, hoping he would answer...

Tama drove on from the lights and pulled over when he could and answered his phone "hello?"

"Tama, please get those things home now! I have food in there that should be in the fridge!" He said as he hoped it wasn't completely spoiled.

"Doing that now" he said as he listened for a bit longer before hanging up "right, thankfully, the house your brother and Andre own isn't far from yours, hang on" he said as he sped on, knowing he was possibly going to get a ticket but meh, he can pay it and it was his first offence so he didn't care.

Andre hung up and then rung up home and hoped one of their sons would be there.

"I'll get it!" He called out to his brother as he picked up the phone "Hello, this is Jo's crematorium, you kill em' we grill em! Whom we will be cooking today" he said smiling into the phone.

"Tranq, stop that, Tama is coming home with my stuff so can you take the large maroon suitcase and put every bit of food you find in there in the fridge and on the bench? And don't you and your brother eat any of it either! We, your father and I, will be home soon and then we can talk about dinner and what not" he said as he listened to his son go on about how good it was that he was home etc which just made him smile more. "Alright, I have to go, we are just at your uncles place, i can't wait to see you both" he said as he and his son said their goodbyes and he walked back out to the kitchen "now that is fixed we best go home after this before our sons eat everything" he said as he wrapped his arms around his mates waist and laid his head on his mates back.

"And I guess we can just order take out, we can eat out tomorrow night, I just want a couple of days or so without cooking anything, I was the one who cooked most nights for my parents, I didn't mind, I love cooking traditional French food but still, I want a few nights or so off from cooking" he said, hoping his mate didn't mind.

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"Hey, doofus" he called playfully to his brother "mom and dad will be home soon!" He called once more as he went over and opened up the front door, taking out a smoke out of the packet laying on the side table by the door and picked up the lighter and walked out, closing it behind him, lit up and waited for the wolf.

((Still has it! The Family Home ))


Tama chuckled "oh hush, I know that, but one of you had to be born first before the other unless your mother did some sort of magical feat and had you both at the same time which I doubt so..." besides, making conversation with a guy he had no idea about wasn't exactly easy and without talking about the weather he decided to go with his brother and him, God he REALLY needed to work on his people skills.

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"Jet lag, brain is nothing but mush, guess I kinda forgot the fact that he was a wolf and yes, I was here when you dropped him but then I also wasn't really taking notice of your brother, was sort of just watching you, it was you I hadn't seen in ages and as much as I love my brother-in-law he isn't as important as you when i just come back from being away for several years" he said as he kissed his mates back. "I guess you suck at being a cat then" he teased playfully as he moved around the front and kissed his mate passionately for a few moments before pulling away "thankfully though, I found that rather cute about you though if I remember correctly, we both fell for each other after an afternoon of fun, I don't really think either of us had time to properly grasp the concept of what we were doing and where it may lead" he said, thinking back to the first time the slept together and chuckled "two sons later and several years and we still act as if we are sixteen again, I hate to be nosy, but I wonder if either of our sons are as...active as we are" he said, wondering if either of his sons have gotten a boyfriend yet.

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"Not sure but something tells me that it would be a yes" Tranq said as he took a puff and blew it out to the side of him "they haven't seen each other in years so I guess that it is a good possibility that they are" he said as he walked over to the garden in front of the house and stood on the edge of it "I guess we could buuut I would rather be here when our parents get home, we haven't seen one in years and Tama is arriving with a suitcase full of French food that grandma made and whilst I love that wolfs cooking NOTHING can beat grandmas home cooking" he said as he took another puff "just don't tell him that" he chuckled.

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