Small Problems

I'm going take Win into new apartment."

"Oh."

"It's not a problem, right?" Alex asks softly when that is the only sound Mike makes.

"No. I mean, there's no rule that says the boos has to... Has to live on-site. Is there?" Mike inquires, sounding as if he is hoping there is something along the lines. As if he finds the idea a little unsettling.

"No, there isn't. I checked," Alex murmurs. He understands why Mike would feel upset about the change. He knows he is going to miss having his brother, sister and all his boy's around him all the time. But Alex has already made up his mind.

"Just, um... don't be a stranger."

"Can't even if I wanted to Mike," Alex mutters with a straight face before placing a hand on Mike's shoulder, smiling. "You're my brother," he says sincerely, "wherever I go, you're right there next to me."

"I'll hold you to it," Mike warns before pulling him into another bone-crushing hug.

Alex finds himself miraculously free of work only after a couple of hours since his