𝕃𝔼: 𝕃𝕖𝕘𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝟚 [BxM] 16+✔️

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two weeks later,
New Rochelle, NY
Liegth Mansion
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Landon unlocked the front door and stepped into his parents' house with a sigh, he was so exhausted from constantly talking down overworked students and overpaid teachers.

He wanted to crash on the couch but when Landon entered the living room, he instead found Light, sitting on the floor, crying.

"Dad? What's wrong?" Landon was automatically afraid, he'd never seen Light cry. Not even when he was hurt, Light always just shrugged it off.

Light instantly wiped the tears off his face with his sweater sleeve, "I'm okay, Landy." he sniffed, giving Landon a small smile.

When he was younger, Landon would've believed his father was perfectly fine, but now he was older and knew Light was far from okay.

Landon kicked off his shoes and sat down in the middle of the floor beside Light, "What happened? I-is it dad?" he asked worriedly, briefly looking around the surrounding area.

Light shook his head, looking down at the floor. He was about the same height as Landon so the two of them were levelled when they sat down.

"No it's not Ash. I just," Light sighed, "he was my first love. No matter what happened, I just never expected to divorce him."

Landon nodded, he realized how hard divorcing the love of your life must've been. "But dad, you couldn't stay with an abusive partner just because you love him."

Light closed his eyes, "No, I know Landy. That's not it, I'm not crying because I miss being married to him."

"I'm crying because for the first time in almost 15 years, I'm free from him. I don't have to wake up everyday and pray I don't do something to piss him off and get punished later on."

Punished? Landon was confused for a second before realising... wait like bdsm punishments? his eyes went wide and Landon coughed awkwardly.

Light breathed heavily before shaking his head, his chin length hair flowed loosely, "But enough about me. What are you doing here?"

"I just got back from Stockholm. Ryojin's at work but I'll go visit him during lunch break." Landon replied, pushing his own shorter hair back so it wasn't in his eyes anymore.

"Stockholm? What were you doing there at this time in the year?" Light asked with a frown, as he stood up and placed the photos he'd had laying on the floor back onto the fireplace mantels.

Landon sighed, "There was a strike with the teachers, and the students were rioting so Megan, my assistant, she sent Richard out there."

Light chuckled softly, "Lemme guess, Rickie flaked? Stopped answering his phone and you had to call Patty?"

He guessed it right on the money, making Landon groan, "Yep, he was hiding out in the Mayor's office."

"But it got me thinking, Dad, how come you never had our cousins manage the divisions?" Landon asked.

Light shook his head, "What do you mean? The Oliveria's already help with inventory and transportation for the serial killers' children."

"Yeah I know, but I mean like why don't they go to the divisions separately instead of us doing it all by ourselves?" Landon replied, emphasizing what he meant.

Light paused for a minute before shrugging, "I guess I never thought of it. My dad started the visits after Micah's attack and he did it all by himself. When I took it over, I didn't even think of changing it."

Landon followed Light into the kitchen where he started looking through the freezer for something to warm up since he didn't know how to cook, that was another hole Ash filled.

"But, you know what Landy, that's an amazing idea. There's enough of us all together for everyone to get one division per year." Light replied, finally deciding on frozen stir-fry.

a few hours later,
New Rochelle, NY
Liegth University
Art Building - 02
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Landon picked up Daehyun and his carseat out of the car, and slung the diaper bag over his shoulder before entering the Art Building.

He knocked on the door and when Ryojin opened it, Landon quickly pecked him on the lips.

"Cookie, you're back. When did you get back?" Ryojin asked with a smile, grabbing the sleeping baby from Landon's arms.

"This morning, I wanted to suprise you during lunch. I stopped by the apartment and Leila was there was Hyun-ah, so I figured why not just bring him with me to see you?" Landon almost shrugged out of instinct but stopped himself just short of getting punished.

Ryojin glanced at Landon as he set Daehyun's carseat on the floor so the baby's sleep wasn't disturbed, "I saw that Cookie."

Landon gave a nervous smile, "But I didn't fully shrug, so technically I didn't disobey."

Ryojin pulled Landon into him and kissed the top of the blond's head, "You don't get to decide whether that was disobeying or not, my bratty little Cookie."

Landon wrapped his arms around Ryojin's waist and laid his head on the older man's chest, the two of them embraced each other in the middle of the classroom.

"Oh yeah," Landon said in a low whisper as to not disturb the peaceful atmosphere, "on the drive here, some asshole almost crashed into my car."

Ryojin looked down at him, "What?" he asked, much louder than Landon's whisper had been.

Landon frowned, "It wasn't that big of a deal, nothing happened. He just went when it wasn't his turn, luckily I braked before we crashed." he responded, not understanding why Ryojin seemed to be angry.

"I..." Ryojin backed away from Landon and looked down at the sleeping Daehyun, "Didn't I tell you not to drive with him?"

"W-what? No, you didn't." Landon furrowed his eyebrows, trying to figure out exactly what was making Ryojin so pissed off.

Ryojin groaned, bending down to the floor, "Do I really have to tell you? Jackie was in danger and you didn't save him, he was crying in the backseat and you didn't help him." he cried in Korean.

Once Landon was able to translate through the sobs, he understood and rushed over to Ryojin, wrapping his arms around his crying boyfriend.

"I'm sorry. Ryojin, listen to me, I'm not Nari. Okay?" Landon said in a low voice, still hugging Ryojin on the floor, "I'm not Nari, I'm not her."

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