The next morning, Gene woke up very well as he fell asleep last night after he, his family, and friends went out to celebrate after Mel won the election. Gene groomed himself first, and went downstairs to eat breakfast with his parents.

When he went to the kitchen, he only saw his mother, preparing breakfast for him, but he didn't see his father around. "Hey, where's dad?" He asked.

"He went to work early, Gene." Mary replied, placing a plate of pancakes on the table. "It's his first day of work as the new system supervisor."

"Oh, right. I almost forgot." Gene chuckled as he sliced the pancake with his fork. "I just hope he would be okay on his first day. Now, I'm acting like you two when you were worried about me during my first day of work."

"Oh, Gene, your daddy worked in the Text Center for so long. He'll be fine."

"I know, Mom."

"It's very thoughtful of you for letting your father win."

"He deserves it, Mom. If it weren't for him, I won't be multi-expressive."

"I wish you both a good luck on your work, Gene."

"We're okay everyday, Mom, and you too. Alex needed a meh."

With this emotional conversation between a mother and a child, Mary approached Gene, and hugged him lovingly. Even though she can't have multi-expressions like her husband and son to show her feelings, she always loved them both.

Gene kissed his mother on the cheek as he took his lunch bag that Mary prepared for him.

"Don't forget your father's breakfast. He hasn't eaten his breakfast yet." She called as Gene rushed back for his dad's breakfast that was kept on a brown paper bag, and rushed towards the door.

"I gotta go, Mom. Are you sure you'll catch up?"

"Don't worry, Gene. I won't be late." Mary said as she was about to wash the dishes.

Gene smiled before leaving his apartment to catch up the balloon. He quickly grabbed the string with his spare hand, and the balloon sent him to the Text Center. He let go of the string, and landed safely on his legs in front of the Center. When he was about to go in, many emojis treated him differently but normally. Like giving him a pat on the back, and waved 'hi' at him.

"Hey, Gene."

"Looking good as always, Gene."

"Hey, Gene, that was the most emotional speech you gave yesterday!" Cryer cried.

"Thanks." Gene thanked.

"Hi, Gene. You've done great." The angel emoji punched his shoulder.

"Thank you." He blushed with her cheeks turned red.

"Hi, Gene!" The princesses, who all wore pink dresses and tiaras, greeted with admiration.

"Hey, ladies." He clicked his tongue and winked at them as the girls fainted.

The glass door automatically opened as gene entered with more emojis greeted him. But the only thing that caught his attention was his dad as he saw him talking to the chips about the scanner. The chips nodded as they left to check on the scanner.

Mel turned his attention to Gene when he approached him. "Son."

"Hey, Dad." Gene greeted as he and his father hugged. "How's your work?"

"Being the system supervisor is not what I have been planned for, but it wasn't so bad after all." Mel replied.

"I'm glad you haven't overstressed yourself this morning."

"I almost got excited and nervous I forgot to eat my breakfast. What was your mother cooked anyway?"

Gene inserted his arm in the paper bag, and showed his father a plastic container of pancake slices. "Mom knew you were in a hurry, so she made pancakes, but you left early, so I brought this for you."

"Well, I better eat it before Alex open the app. I don't want to eat this while I'm at work." Mel chuckled. "Is your mother coming?"

"Yeah, she's on her way." His son replied.

"Well, good luck, Gene."

"You too, Dad."

When the two were going on their separate ways, Gene was startled when somebody punched him on the shoulder.

"Hey, Gene!"

"Oh, hey, Jailbreak. How are you doing?"

"I'm quite great." The princess replied. "Thanks for inviting me last night."

"Well, my mom and dad wanted me to invite you since you held the ceremony and you're my good friend." Gene explained.

"So, are you still ready to work?" Jailbreak asked.

"Yes, I am." He said. "Why did you ask me like that?"

"Sorry, Gene. It's just... it was really nice of you."

"For what?"

"For voting your dad to win the election. I never thought a meh can do that, but you're a special meh."

"Thanks, Jailbreak." Gene blushed. "I would've thought that it would best that my dad has to be the leader, and I should do my part."

"Hey, are you available tonight?" She asked.

"Yeah, I have time, why?"

"My mom invited your dad and the members of the board for a dinner in my place. You and your mom should go too. My family wanted to know you better. Oh, and my dad just returned home from WeChat app. He wanted to meet you too." Jailbreak explained.

Gene was a little nervous at first. He was invited by the royal emoji family, and he didn't know how to act like proper gentleman or royalty, but he can't reject an invitation.

"Well, that could be okay." He said.

"Great!" Jailbreak hugged him, making Gene blushed. She broke the hug first, and punched him on shoulder. "I'll see you later."

"Sure, bye!"

When Jailbreak caught up with chips in the scanner, Gene was quite afraid that he might be an embarrassment to her and his parents, and doing something crazy in front of Jailbreak's family . He needed some practice.

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Later at evening, after work, the Meh family walked back to their apartment to get themselves prepare for having dinner with Jailbreak's family.

In his room, Gene faced in front of the mirror with a bow around his 'neck', and practiced of being a proper gentleman before going to Jailbreak's place.

"Good evening, your majesties, it's really nice to meet you." He practiced how to speak with gesture, but he groaned. "No, that's not it." Then, he cleared his throat as he practiced again. "A beautiful evening to you, it's a pleasure to meet you." But he realized it stinks a bit as face-palmed. Just then, someone knocked on his door.

"Come in!" He said.

Mary opened the door, and entered. Since she was also invited, she wore a big fancy purple hat with a large feather on top of it. "Are you ready, sweetie?"

"I don't know, mom." Gene sighed. "What if I made something disastrous during my first impression?"

"You'll be fine." His mother helped him fix his bow tie and his hair. "Besides, sweetie, Princess Linda..."

"Her name is Jailbreak, mom." He corrected his mother.

"Jailbreak really likes you for who you are, just like your father and I loved you for who you are."

When they're done chatting, Gene escorted his mom downstairs where Mel was waiting for them. He wore a black tie around his neck.

"Are we ready to go?" He asked.

Mary noticed Mel's tie loosened so she helped him tighten it up. "Now, we're ready." She said.

Gene opened the door for his parents as they got out of the house and Gene locked the door for them. Mel extended his arm to call a taxi. A taxi cab stopped in front of them as the Meh family got in the cab.

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When I was making this, I didn't plan of putting Jailbreak's father in the story since he was mentioned in chapter 3, but I decided to put him in the story in the next chapter to make story delightful and fun to read. Now in this chapter and later chapters, these will involve Gene and Jailbreak's relationship.

A/N: I will have a little time thinking for the next chapter about Jailbreak and her family. I discovered that Jailbreak is not the only one that has a royal family since there are so many princess emojis. I need help that what would be her home, her parents are king and queen, and having siblings. Please I need help if you want me to update sooner.