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Anthony Han

An elder brother always watches and protects...

The tense songwriter shoved his hands into his pockets before turning on his heel and starting for the opera house, wondering himself what was wrong with him. Well, he and Fredrich hadn't been intimate in some time. The lapsitting fiasco had created an ounce of anger between them, added to by the lack of intimacy. Maybe he was just- no! He was far to old to still be caught up in the stupid desires of young men!

"All the time, it seems," sighed Lock as they walked. "And about everything. I think they both just need to get away from each other for a little while."

... while the younger brother listens and learns.

Lock Han

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"Speaking of, be careful around Anthony," warned Lock, although his hand seemed focused on tickling Ethan. "He seems very familiar with you and I don't want him to get a crush on an emotionally immature man-boy."

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He raised an eyebrow, bringing his fist to knock against Mark's head. "I was talking about Mark. You're emotionally unavailable, not emotionally immature." Lock finally stopped torturing the two brothers, pulling the tickets out of his pocket. He looked at them for a minute, then sighed and continued to walk. "Come on, it's starting already."

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"Being all lovey-dovey, of course," was Lock's snarky response as he landed a kiss on Ethan's temple and handed him his ticket. "Here, come on. I can already hear the overture."

Anthony Han

An elder brother always watches and protects...

Sitting in their seats, Lock crossed his legs and opened the program that he held in his hands. "It's a musical adaption of Jekyll and Hyde. It's really easy to follow, I promise. If you get lost, just nudge me and I'll help you." He smiled at the Texan, covertly taking one of his hands and holding them between them two on the seat. "i'm really glad you're here, Ethan. I usually hate coming to my brother's shows. He's so much more talented than me. But with you beside me, I feel so much less like a failure."

Just then, the curtains fully opened, revealing a brunette Anthony on the stage. He spoke clearly and with ease, his acting much better than Lock's and Ellery's combined already. He was fully dedicated to his role, leaning over his comatose "father" and pleading with him to return to him. It was then that he began to sing. "Lost in the darkness, silence surrounds you," he sang, tears preparing to fall from his eyes. His voice was filled with the pain of a son desperate for his father to wake up.

In the audience, Ellery found himself captivated by the man he'd once been so close to. "Wow," he whispered, unable to look away. Sometimes he forgot how good Anthony was at his job, likely because of what had been done for his first real audition.

... while the younger brother listens and learns.

Lock Han

Anthony Han

An elder brother always watches and protects...

About an hour or so later, it was finally near the end of the first act. Anthony, dressed now as Hyde, sneaked across the stage, raising his pewter-topped cane to strike down the Bishop and brutally murdering him. He then turned, covered in fake blood, to the audience, crazed expression wild as he sang to them of his pure joy.
"Animals trapped behind bars at the zoo
Need to run rampant and free!
Predators live on the prey they pursue!
This time the predator's me!
Lust, like a raging desire,
Fills my whole soul with it's curse!
Burning with primitive fire,
Berserk and perverse!
Tonight I'll plunder heaven blind,
Steal from all the gods!
Tonight I'll take from all mankind,
Conquer all the odds!
And I feel I'll live on forever,
With Satan himself by my side!
And I'll show the world
That tonight and forever,
The name to remember's
The name Edward Hyde!
What a feeling to be so alive!
I have never seen me so alive!
Such a feeling of evil inside -
That's the feeling
Of being
Edward Hyde!
With this feeling of being alive,
There's a new world I see come alive!
It's a truth that cannot be denied!
That's the feeling
Of being
Edward Hyde!"
He held the last note, raising a hand to the ceiling and singing to the heavens before yanking his hand back to his chest and bursting out in mad laughter, evil echoing in his eyes dyed red by contacts. The curtain finally fell for the end of the first act, and Anthony walked swiftly to the side. Grateful for intermission, he texted his brother and that cute little brunette, Ellery, to ask their opinion so far, sitting to have his make-up fixed and preparing to change.

Lock stood as the lights turned on, signifying intermission as a good portion of the audience stood to leave the room to fetch refreshments or use the facilites. He stretched his arms high over his head, then sat back down by Ethan and grinned proudly at him. "So what do you think? He's great, huh?" He pulled out his phone to text back praise, then put the phone away and looked to the curtain. "You should've seen him when he first started getting into the bigger roles. When I was a kid, he'd walk around the house, singing from sheet music that were sent over for him to audition with. When I started getting older, Ellery would come over to help him." He turned a little to reach for Ellery's shoulder and shove a little. "You remember? Hyung actually stole your first kiss while you were helping him audition for Beauty and the Beast!"
The brunette's eyes grew large and his cheeks flushed scarlet. He was certain that Fredrich, who never seemed to get jealous, didn't care that they were watching the man who had stolen the songwriter's first kiss years ago, but it was still embarrassing that this was how the detective would find out. "Shut up, you blonde moron!" he hissed, sitting facing-forward once more and crossing his arms, not looking at anyone, but steaming when Lock continued.
"You were so cute after that!" he laughed. "Do you remember the week after that, you came over for breakfast and he sat down to eat, and you squeaked and ran off to the bridge? It took me and Hyung, like, an hour to find you!" He had to pause to control his laughter. "And when we found you, you kissed Hyung's cheek and ran off again. Didn't even come back to the house until two months after." Lock leaned a little to direct his words to Fredrich. "Is that how he acted when he had a crush on you?" he questioned, only to feel his head smacked by Ellery.
The brunette clenched his fists and tried to not kill Lock, only have his eye caught by a young man with blue hair. "What the hell are you doing here?" he asked, angry expression replaced by one of curious anxiety. He wasn't going to mess with Anthony's performance, was he? Oh, no way. he had to be there just to enjoy the show. That was coincidentally starring the well-known elder brother of the well-known leader of a well-known pop group that Ryuu's own band was well-known rivals with.

... while the younger brother listens and learns.

Lock Han

Anthony Han

An elder brother always watches and protects...

"You know, you aren't funny," Ellery replied to the detective, Fredrich's amused expression met with an unamused songwriter's frown. He was about to scold the man when he heard himself otherwise addressed, eyes narrowing in irritation as they snapped to Ryuu. "Where's your little boyfriend, then? You and that tantrum-throwing child are rarely apart, from what we've seen. Maybe he's cheating on you." He looked to the empty seat they had been saving for Bae, his frown returning. Unbeknownst to Ellery, Kenshin had cancelled on Ryuu much like Bae cancelled on them. He checked his cell phone, sending another text to Bae, saying that he and Anthony missed him and that the show was going fantastically.

Lock nodded knowingly. "Yeah, he's become a lot more like that with age. Back then, he was still really shy and all that. But every time he likes someone, the second he takes his eyes off of them, they get eyes for someone else. I mean, look at my Hyung. Ellery really liked him, and the second Ellery looked away, he was gone, pursuing his passion of the stage." He shrugged, picked at a hangnail. "You know, a bunch of us are always pooling about how long it'll be until you two break up." His eyes peeked at Fredrich from the corners. "Got any... inside information?"

... while the younger brother listens and learns.

Lock Han