There was a weird guy in his house.

A weird, loud, obnoxious guy with wild spiky hair lounging comfortably on his couch, in his house.

He laughed at something at the TV he was watching, and that was the kind of boisterous laugh that makes his ears felt like bleeding just from hearing it.

So loud and annoying.

And then his eyes found Emil.

"Yo! You must be Emil, right?" he more or less shouted.

So naturally, he responded with, "Uh.. Who are you?"

Before the guy could respond, another voice spoke, "Oh, hei Em. Welcome home."

He looked up to see Lukas, his brother, came out from the kitchen, holding a tray with two steaming mugs and a plate of snack. His face blank as ever.

He looked at Emil, then at the guy, then back at Emil, and saw the confusion plain in his lil bro's face. So with an exasperated sigh, he opened his mouth to explain.

But the weirdo cut him off, muttering, "I got this," then he stood up and thrust his hand at Emil, "I'm Mathias, Lukas' friend. Nice to meetcha! I heard a lot o' ya from Luke here."

His grin was so bright it rivaled the sun.

Emil hated the sun.

He eyed the hand warily, then glanced to his brother who only raised an eyebrow expectantly at him. With a resigned sigh, much like his brother's own earlier, he took the hand and shake it uncertainly. The grip was too strong for his liking, yet still friendly. The blinding grin still in place.

His eyes found Lukas' again as if to say "Seriously?"

But the other just shrugged and stare back, his eyes said "Got a problem?"

He just couldn't believe how a cold and quiet person like his brother could befriend this sort of guy.

But whatever.

That guy was Lukas' problem to deal, not his.

So he quickly excused himself and went to his room.

As he left his brother alone with the guy, Mathias, he corrected himself, he couldn't help but notice his brother's normally dull and cold eyes softened as he watched Mathias' antics.

And he wondered briefly how much truth Mathias was telling when he said he was just a friend of Lukas.

It didn't help his suspicion when Mathias easily slung his arm around Lukas' shoulder

And was met with little to no resistance from the other.

Wow.

Well, opposite attract, I guess.

And with that, he slammed his door close to give the two some privacy.

The thing he realised too late, however, was how this guy would be his problem too (although on different extent), in the future, if he did end up with Lukas.