Drago opened his eyes, staring at the ceiling. He sat up, rubbing his head at the throbbing. "You are in so much trouble." His gaze slowly lifted, Wise staring him down with crossed arms. He ducked his head, pulling the blanket over him. Hands grabbed the blanket, trying to tug it off. "Drago! I'm not going to scold you right now but you need to come outside!" He lowered the blanket, looking curiously at the gray haired male, wondering what he needed to see. Wise walked away, leading him downstairs when he hopped out of bed. Belle paced around, looking worried. She looked over then looked away, rubbing her arm. Drago frowned and walked to the shops front door, opening it. Public Security surrounded a nearby alleyway, an ambulance accompanying them. "What happen? Why chaos?"Drago asks, looking at Belle and Wise. Wise rubbed the back of his head and sighed.

"Drago, your friend was found dead today." Drago froze, his eyes widening as his hand unconsciously went to the ribbon. Esme was dead. For how long. How did he not notice she was gone because she didn't come grab him to run off. He stumbled, feeling dizzy for a moment. "Oh, Drago, I'm sorry"Belle mutters, steadying him looking concerned. He turned and hugged her, his arms trembling. "Esme told her mother about you, she was really worried when we told her you were unconscious a few minutes ago and she invited you to visit whenever"Wise informs, kneeling down. Drago froze, his eyes wide as everything came rushing back to him. Him going out of control during his fight with Kishan, even ignoring Belle and Wise when they told him to come back. Ice filling his vision and Nimble's face coming into view before he blacked out. "Kishan." Drago moved back, his eyes glowing slightly. "He kill Esme."

Wise glanced at Belle, both equally worried about this sudden claim. "Drago...we can't be sure it was him"Belle says, trying to reason with him. "Drago felt eyes on him during bath time...it was Kishan, Drago will kill him when he finds him again...."Drago retorts coldly. "Esme did not deserve death!" He turned and stormed away, rapidly switching between his ethereal form and human form. He headed upstairs, his eyes narrowed. "Drago?" Kiko stood there, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. The taller boy stood up straight, making his way over. "I saw the commotion outside..sorry about your friend." Drago stayed silent, his gaze dull perking up when Kiko hugged him. Silence fell between them, Kiko patting his back, resting his head on top of the smaller boys. "I'll help track down who did this." Kiko narrowed his eyes as they turned black. "It'll be okay."

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Drago carried boxes, his hair reaching just past his chin with some of it up in a bun, courtesy of Belle herself. He wiped the sweat off his chin as he sat down, pulling out his phone. "Drago!" Belle smiled, throwing her arms around his neck. "Hey"Drago greets, wiping sweat off his neck. "Oh come on! You need to start going out! Go on a date or for a walk!"Belle scolds, gently poking his cheek. He gave her a look and sighed, shaking his head. "Drago not interested"Drago huffs, scrolling through the news. Belle huffed, placing her hands on her hips. "Looks like a certain little brother is gonna be single forever!"Belle says. Drago made a face, his eyes slowly looking away to his left, finding her a bit silly for such thoughts. Since's Esme's death he had been chilling in Random Play, helping around the shop and going out to help those who commission them.

Yet, for some odd reason, Belle won't let go of the fact that he could go on supervised dates now. If it wasn't Esme, he wasn't too purely interested in them. "Wise! Drago's making that face again!"Belle smirks. "The one where's he's thinking too hard!" His eyes darted to her, frowning. This little snitch. After he had woken up that day he just dedicated himself to helping out around the place, which also caused him to start overthinking. Wise has been scolding him about it because he's been giving himself headaches. "Go away"Drago orders, standing up. He fixed his shirt and left the shop, heading over to General Chop's shop. "Drago! Hey, you've gotten taller!" Drago waved to General Chop and sat down, turning in his seat, grateful for the growth spurt he got. He was up to Belle's ears now when last time he was down to her elbows. General Chop passed him his usual order, smiling as the boy immediately dug in.

Drago glanced at Esme's empty seat, letting out a small sigh. "I miss her too." General Chop reached over and patted his shoulder. "She was a great kid." He nodded, smiling slightly, the ribbon tied in his hair which was what was keeping his hair together. "Drago?" His eyes darted downwards, finding a lime green haired boy staring at him, familiar orange eyes making his eyes widen in shock. "Jodie?!" He hopped down, smiling as Jodie threw his arms around his waist. "Drago, I knew I felt a familiar Aura!"Jodie beamed, giggling. Drago lifted the boy up and tossed him into the air, catching him as he laughed. He set Jodie down, smiling at his friends clothes. "Big Bro Anton got them for me! Ms Koleda helped!"Jodie beamed. Drago chuckled, seeing that Jodie never changed from how he was before. He turned, paying for his noodles before walking away with Jodie, standing outside of Random Play as they got caught up on recent events.

"I didn't know you could turn human"Jodie comments. Drago chuckled, smiling down at him. "Neither did Drago but he is human now"Drago comments, crossing his arms. He quickly uncrossed them, sighing at how much he was copying Wise when it came to certain things. "Jodie! Little Man, let's go!" Drago looked away surprised at the feminine voice calling for the younger boy. "That's Ms Grace! I'll see you whenever, Drago!"Jodie beamed, clapping excitedly. Jodie turned and ran off, taking the hand of a smiling woman, walking behind her. Drago turned and walked into Random Play, finding Belle waiting for him. "Drago, tomorrow you gotta go with Wise"Belle informs. Silence followed, the two staring at each other, one smiling the other confused. "Drago left for 5 minutes"Drago says, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Hey! Who told you to start maturing and acting like this!"Belle scolds.

Drago went into the nearby room where Fairy was alongside his stuff. He flopped down on the couch, perking up when he noticed Belle in the doorway. "Get out"Drago orders, his eyes narrowed. Belle smirked at him, her hands on her hips. He gave her a small glare, his eyes glinting. This was a common thing. He'd have Belle annoying him randomly and he'd either have to call Wise or shut the door in her face. "Out"Drago repeats, pointing away. Belle walked in, skipping over to him and sat down making him have to move his legs away so she didn't sit on him. "So, are you gonna give me a future sister anytime soon?"Belle asks. "Hello?" Drago got up, glad to have an excuse to ignore Belle and her little attempts to get her a sister. He walked out, shutting the door behind him. "How can Drago help you?"Drago asks, putting his phone away in his pocket.

His eyes lifted and he froze, looking alarmed. A girl with dark pink hair smiled at him, her hair flowing down her back, wearing a bright red dress with a black bow around the waist, decorated with a sapphire in the middle. "Oh hey, Robin!"Belle greets, walking over. Robin waved, smiling softly. She followed Belle away, heading over to the fantasy movie section. Drago looked away then felt a hand ruffling his hair. "The new movies have to be watched"Wise reminds, walking past him. Giggling made him perk up, finding Belle and Robin glancing at him with cheeky yet amused looks. "What funny?"Drago asks. Belle smiled, showing him the photo of him knocked out with cake frosting around his mouth. "BELLE NO SHOW! DELETE DELETE!"Drago gasps, pointing at her flustered. "Oh I have more"Belle giggles. Drago rushed over, trying to take the phone from his sister.

"You have a unique way of talking." His eyes darted to Robin alarmed, finding her smiling at him. His eyes narrowed, a faint glow appearing. "Get away from Drago..you not Esme"Drago snarls, feeling his chest tighten. He turned away from Robin, grabbing the movie off the shelf and shoving it into the girls hands. "Don't mind him"Wise chuckles, getting Robin's attention. Robin nodded, heading to the desk. Belle placed a hand on Drago's back, giving him a scolding but concerned look before walking away. Drago sighed, touching his head feeling bad for getting upset like that. "Drago do it for you"Drago insists, walking over. He took the movie from her and stepped around the desk, his gaze blank as the Bangboo guided him through the process. "There." He handed her back the movie, the duo staring at each other. Belle and Wise watched them then smiled at each other in amusement.