Mhhmm.c mon over. she motioned for the weary captain to sit next to her.
She s pretty special, isn t she? Toshiro sat down with a quiet sigh. He was glad to be able to finally able to sit and relax with his family. When I was little, I never even thought about any of this, a family, a child. When I heard you were pregnant I was delighted, though. Terrified, but delighted. Turning away, it was apparent that he was opening up a bit by the pale pink on his cheeks.
Ikari was also blushing at this confession, she never really understood what she meant to the cold captain. This was perhaps the sweetest thing had ever heard from him.
I ll tuck you into bed. Toshiro said with the faintest of smirks playing on his lips. Ikari was too exhausted to argue, simply doing as she was told.
Picking up his little bundle of flesh, he looked at Suika with such bewilderment and awe. Damn, I can t believe that I did that...
Le flashback
Daddy, whatt sa doin? Suika asked, getting on her tippy toes and trying to peek at the papers on his desk. Daddies doing paperwork, because Rangiku s drunk again.
Suika sat boredly on the small sofa, lying down and counting the tiles on the ceiling. Why is Rangiku always dwunk daddy? she asked, reaching for a letter opener.
Because she can t handle responsibility... Toshiro said, buried in his paperwork and too preoccupied to realize Suika had just grabbed the wrong end of the letter opener.
Sobbing loudly, she rushed to his side, a small cut along the inside of her palm. Daddy it hurts! she whined, holding out her hand for him to see.
Suika! What have we told you about playing with things that don t belong to you! he burst out, realizing that this was definitely the wrong response to a crying and hurt 5 year old.
Suika stopped crying, only for her eyes to show utter betrayal and hurt.
Sighing, Toshiro took out the medical kit and bandaged her hand, hugging her tightly and saying I m sorry, daddy is new to this all as well...
Not even moments ago, I was going on about Rangiku s irresponsibility, but my irrisponsibility is even worse! I guess I really don t know what I m doing when it comes to children He thought, the horror of the reality catching up with him.
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Caressing the small wound tenderly, he lifted Suika off of the sofa and carried her through the house to her own room. Though, she most definitely wouldn t stay in there, as she d wake up in the middle of the night and scurry across to Toshiro and Ikari s room.
Setting her down, Suika mumbled, half asleep Daddy, the madman says the hollows are going to get me? You re going to protect me, right? Suika said, scared by what was obviously a dream.
Of course, suika. You can always count on Daddy to protect you. Toshiro said, tucking her in and kissing her forehead.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Standing in front of Suika s lifeless body, ikari let out a horrified screech. Her beloved daughter s body was mangled and sliced open, blood splashed everywhere. The two seemed to be in a darkened room. Only one light bulb dull-ly lighting the room hung from the ceiling. im so sorry she heard a voice say with regret obvious in the tone.
Waking up from the horrible nightmare, Ikari found herself laying in bed next to Toshiro. She was covered in a cold sweat and by the feel of her side of the bed, she had been for some time. Slowly rubbing her eyes and getting up, the wolf demon tiptoed across the hall to peek into suika s room to check on her. The five year old was fast asleep in her bed, a stuffed rabbit tucked under her arm as she dreamed.
Man i need to stop eating before bed Ikari groaned as she went back to bed, snuggling closer to Toshiro while he slept.
