This Is Us - Chapter 35: Chapter 35

MATTY POV
"Merry Chrisamasu!"
Jaydean shouted as Appa opened the door and he quickly wrapped his arms around his youngest granddaughter. One of two so far...with the third coming in May.
"Aish, you're getting so big my little Jayde!" Appa cried out as he held her out at arms length and took a look at her.
"Look Halabojee! I'm a Christmas princess!" she exclaimed as she twirled in a fast circle and showed off the glitter on her dress.
"You're far prettier than any princess, dear little granddaughter," Appa said back to her, the pair saying all of this in Korean while Sophia, Thomas, and Luca looked on slightly confused.
"Hey guys, come on in! And who's this?" Dad asked as he opened the door wide and we all started walking in past Appa's fascination with his little Jayde.
"This is my sister-in-law, Sophia. Sophia, this is my father, Pierce," I introduce the two and Appa finally focuses on me instead of my mini-me.
"Ah! Look at you Matty, I can barely tell you're pregnant," Appa sighed as he hugged me and I laughed into his shoulder.
As much as I hated to admit it, I always loved my Appa's hugs. He smells like a sweet rose mixed with soft hints of coconut and since I closely associated that specific scent with home, I couldn't get enough of it. I wish I could spend an entire day in his warm embrace. Especially now that I appreciate him so much more than I did when I was a kid, cause I'm not gonna lie to myself, I was a useless sack of shit to him growing up.
I get the feeling he reads my mind and hugs me for a little bit longer than he usually did.
"Gwanchanh-ayo?" He gently whispered into my ear and I nodded, feeling stupid for getting sentimental all of the sudden.
I wonder, does Jaydean feel this way when she hugs me?
"Ne," I sighed and he kissed my cheek before letting me go, eyeing me with a small hint of concern before moving onto hugging Luca and Thomas. Pausing at Thomas with a wide smile.
"I was just about to call you but I figured you were already on your way, the city dropped the case! You're free of all charges and it's not going to be on your record," He told Thomas and my dad patted him on the shoulder as we cheered. Well, all of us except Sophia who was just very confused.
"What's the celebration about?" I heard Kailani ask, walking into the grand front entryway from the kitchen in a sparkly red dress that was skin tight to show off her new hourglass silhouette after plastic surgery, with a long skinny red scarf and matching high heeled shoes.
Although my twin sister hit her fem puberty a little late in the game, she was a full blown woman now and there was nothing getting in her way now.
She even broke up with our band's leader, Milo because she needed time for herself.
"Damn, you actually look somewhat decent now," I joked and she rolled her eyes, pushing her long silky black hair to the side.
"Wow, and you look a little fatter than usual, what's up with that?" She grunted as she hugged me and kissed my cheek, leaving a cherry red lipstick stain in its wake.
"Shut up," I retorted and she giggled, ruffling my hair before hugging Thomas and Luca.
"Well bonjour little brother!" As soon as I heard the loud obnoxiously French accent, I cringed. I had heard rumors of my older sister Clarestalle being in LA for the holidays but I liked to believe they were just rumors until she was actually standing in front of my face.
"Well hello to you too," I nearly groaned only to be aggressively elbowed in the side by Kai. She did it so hard that she probably bruised one of my little ones and I held my hip. Feeling two lingering, overly protective presences behind me, I waved it off in hopes of calling off the attack daddies.
"I see you two haven't changed since the last time I saw you," Clarestelle politely stated with her hands clasped together and her posh, Parisian upper-class citizen attitude, shining through in the way she spoke to us like we were peasants she was forced to associate with.
"Neither have you!" I said with extreme sarcasm and she kissed both my cheeks. The famous fashion designer and her pet, my little ten-year-old niece Mahina, acted identically. Mahina now taking after both her deceased fathers as a dancer with a promising ballet career in the center of Paris.
It had been three years since I had last seen my niece, but the shy young girl I once knew was now an identical copy of my older brother Taehyung. With shiny dark brown hair that fell in small waves like my Jaydean's and her big gray eyes took up half her face.
"Well dinner is almost ready, shall we go in?" Dad quickly interrupted as we could all feel the building tension between Kai and I versus our older sister.
"Sounds good, oh! Did you bring the stalkings?" Appa asked and I nodded, grabbing the small cardboard box I brought with us from the house and he smiled as he took them from us.
"How could I forget?" I smirked, knowing the surprise that hid underneath.
"Oh, should we eat first or hang them?" He asked and if there was one thing the family could agree on, it was Appa's food always comes first.