Ikutachi stretched his arm out to Barbatos' side of the bed, feeling for the Phantom's warm body. When his hand hit the wrinkled empty sheets, he peeked open an eye. He nearly shrieked, jumping back and pulling the covers over his naked body.

Sitting on Barbatos' side of the bed was a little boy, staring down at him with the biggest, brightest pair of glowing red eyes Ikutachi had ever seen. To say the boy was adorable was an understatement. In fact, he was the spitting image of Barbatos just in a tiny bite-sized form. Same eye color, same hair color, even the same horns but kiddy sized.

"Iku, are you alright?" Barbatos practically flew out of the bathroom, soaking wet with nothing but a towel around his waist.

Ikutachi looked over at the Phantom, mouthing a response but no words actually coming out.

"Did you forget?" Barbatos asked in amusement, walking towards the bed. "I told you Aetos was coming to stay with us for a while."

Ikutachi blinked, trying to recall a conversation regarding the pint-sized demon who was currently inching closer to him.

"My brother's wife is having a baby girl, remember? She went into labor, so Aetos is going to stay with us until the little she-demon arrives."

"I thought she wasn't due for another 3 month," Ikutachi replied, pulling himself up and leaning back against the headboard."

Barbatos gave Ikutachi an apologetic look. "Demons have a shorter pregnancy than humans. I should have explained that to you. She's a few days early, so I wasn't entirely prepared for Aetos' arrival, but if you give me a few minutes to finish up my shower we'll get out of your way."

"And why would I want you out of my way, Phantom," Ikutachi replied, winking at the little demon sitting beside him. "Once you finish your shower, I'll grab a quick one and we can all head downstairs for breakfast. Sound good?"

"Sounds perfect," Barbatos replied; his voice filled with love and adoration.

The Phantom returned to the bathroom, leaving Ikutachi alone with the boy.

"Hello, Ae-kun, my name is Ikutachi. It's very nice to meet you."

The boy crawled over to Ikutachi staring at him intensely. "You're pretty," he said, poking Ikutachi's cheek. "Like a girl."

"Umm, thank you."

"Mama says I have to be nice to you, but I don't like girls."

"Well, I'm not a girl," Ikutachi explained.

The little boy's eyes narrowed on him as he reached out to tug the blanket down. "You gots no boobies," he said in surprise.

"Of course not, because I'm not a girl."

"But Mama said you and Oji-chama are together."

"We are together."

"But you're a boy."

"You're very observant," Ikutachi said with a laugh, picking up a glass of water from the night stand and taking a sip.

Aetos frowned, sitting back on his heels. Ikutachi examined the confused child over the rim of his cup; the sight of the little demon filling him with a strange sort of longing. Aetos look so much like Barbatos; so cute and innocent with his chubby cheeks and tiny hands that it made Ikutachi long for his own mini-Barbatos… He was so caught up in his reverie, that he didn't notice Aetos' tiny little hands trying to lift the covers off his naked form and peek underneath.

"But where does Oji-chama put his wee wee?"

Water sprayed from Ikutachi's lips. He could hardly breathe as he choked on the liquid. All the while, Aetos tried to weasel his way under the covers.

"How old are you?" Ikutachi asked, gasping for air as he tried to push the persistent little demon away. "Like 3?!"

"Three and a half," Aetos huffed indignantly.

"That's entirely too young to know about wee wees and where they go!"

Aetos snorted. "Nuh-uh! Besides, Mama and Papa says it's natuwal! How do you think my baby sis got here? Papa put his wee wee in Mama's pee pee and then…"

"Okay, that's enough! First of all, I think you meant "natural." Second of all, who in the world taught you such things?!"

"Papa and Oji-chama," Aetos replied sweetly.

"At your age?! You're just a baby!"

"I ain't no baby! I told you, I'm 3 and half years old!"

Barbatos took that moment to walk out of the bathroom. "You two doing okay?"

Ikutachi shot Barbatos a reproachful look, climbing out of the bed and wrapping the sheet around his waist.

"What happened?" Barbatos asked worriedly. "Aetos, you promised to behave."

"I am behaving, Oji-chama, just like you told me to. All I did was ask Ikutachi-tan a question. B-but then he got mad and yelled at me." Tears formed in the demon's big beautiful eyes, making Ikutachi roll his own. The little boy knew exactly how to play his Uncle…

Barbatos walked over to Aetos, reaching out to lift the sniffling boy from the bed. "What did you ask little demon?"

"It's not a big deal, Oji-chama," Aetos replied, tugging at Barbatos' hair and giving the Phantom the most perfectly innocent look.

"Aetos, tell me."

"Yes, Ae-kun, tell him," Ikutachi interjected, pulling on his robe and tying the strap heatedly. "I'd like to hear your Uncle's response."

Aetos shot Ikutachi an angry scowl, mumbling something under his breath.

"What was that?" Barbatos asked. "Uncle didn't hear you."

"It's just… Mama says you love Ikutachi-tan like Papa loves her."

"That's true," Barbatos said proudly. "I love Iku very much."

"Then you make babies, right? Like Mama and Papa?"

Barbatos licked his lips; the look of helplessness on his face bringing a smile to Ikutachi's face. "Well, Iku and I don't… You see, two men can't…"

"Funny," Ikutachi said wryly. "You can tell the boy all about making babies, but not about how two men do it."

Barbatos sighed heavily, putting Aetos on the ground. "Demon upbringing is… unconventional. We're passionate and expressive in our affection and we make no attempt to hide that from our children. We believe in openness when it comes to our sexuality."

"I see," Ikutachi replied, walking languidly towards Barbatos. "That explains a great deal. It appears you demons start early. Must be why you're so experienced."

Barbatos held out his arms, pulling Ikutachi against his bare chest. "You have no idea," he whispered, dropping a kiss on Ikutachi's parted lips. "And I have so much more to show you."

Ikutachi was about to reply when a rush of cold air flew up the bottom of his robe.

"Oh I see!" Aetos exclaimed triumphantly. "Oji-chama puts his wee wee here!"

~END~