The Babysitter and the Sisterly Trio/ChapterIX/Breakfast

Mike and Laura were already starting to make breakfast when we all enter the kitchen.

"Ah, girls! You're up already, great!" says Mike, grilling bacon and eggs in a skillet.

"Thanks for getting them up, Rei!~" Laura says to me while in the middle of flipping pancakes. "Why don't you stay for breakfast, Rei?"

"Thank you, I'd love to." I tell them cheerily. I get the girls to stop running around and sit down at the table, then go get the plates and utensils out and set the table.

Plopping down at the table, the girls try to fight over who gets to sit next to me. Tera and Riley (being bigger) of course win, and I'm left with Evy jumping up and down behind my chair.

"Hey, no fair!" Evy cries. "I wanna sit next to Rei!!"

"Now girls..." Mike says without turning around. "Share the nice boy with your little sister."

"Don't whine and shout, Evy. It's not polite!" Laura tells her.

To shut Evy up and torpedo the argument, I pick her up and set her on my lap. Unfortunately, this just causes both Tera and Riley to say in unison. "No fair!"

I laugh at them. "You sound like a pair of mockingbirds when you do that!~" They only pout adorably, and settle for scooting their chairs closer to mine.

Mike and Laura finish cooking breakfast and bring it over to the table. Riley grabs the bacon while Tera goes for the eggs. Evy tries to dump the entire bottle of syrup onto her pancakes before I manage to stop her.

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