"Bonge Bob!" The excited toddler shouted while sitting on his father's chest.
"Bonge Bob!" he cried again. The large redhead continued to snore. "Papa," The baby slammed his tiny hands down forcefully against his father's tattooed chest. This time, the redhead learched forward, obviously out of shock. He blinked a few times to focus his vision before turning his attention to the toddler on his stomach.
"The hell Sasuke? What time is it?" He yawned rubbing sleep from his eye. Careful not to let the baby slide off his abdomn, Renji reached for the nightstand and grabbed the alarm clock, it read 6:47. He let out a sigh which earned him another frustrated slap on the chest from Sasuke. Renji redirected his attention to his son who was glaring at him with large turquiose eyes. "Bonge Bob!" He cried again.
"Yeah, yeah, I heard ya the first time." The redhead grumbled. He scooped the baby underneth his arm and dragged himself out of bed. "It's Saturday ya know, Spongebob ain't even on right now." Renji tried to reason with the child as he changed his diaper in the bathroom. The baby giggled as he was changed, knawing on a teething ring close by. The young father had finished changing the boy and had begun preparing for his day. After brushing his teeth and washing his face Renji carried Sasuke into the living room of the small apartment they sharred. He set the boy down in front of the TV and switched on 'Spongebob Squarepants'.
"Bonge Bob!" Sasuke shouted excitedly.
"Heh, yeah 'Bonge Bob'." Renji chuckled warmly as he started on his morning coffee.
This was a normal morning in the Abarai household. Sasuke waking his father up at an ungodly hour and Renji tending to his needs, whatever they may be. He was so used to it that if Sasuke didn't come wake him up he knew something was wrong. He was still young, a year and seven months. He had walking down, getting him to say more than a few words was still taking time.
"Papa! Bonge Bob!" The toddler cried. He really liked Spongebob, then again, what child didn't? "Yeah, Bonge Bob and Pat Rick and Swidy are all havin' fun under the sea." Renji patronized the boy. He could smell the coffee, it was ready. Renji could not start his day without coffee, it was like his crack. After pouring his first cup, Renji made his way to the couch where he found Sasuke giddily bouncing along to the Campfire Song Song. Personally he couldn't stand the over enthusiastic sponge, but if it put a smile on his boy's face he'd suffer through it.
A loud, almost obnoxious, rap song started playing and Sasuke started whining. "Na na!" He whined. It was Renji's cell phone. "Calm down it's about to go off." The redhead said grabbing the sleak, black elcetronic device. The caller ID read 'Her'. "Jesus, what the hell does she want?" The tattooed man asked himself. He wanted to click the ignore button but he didn't feel like dealing with the 50 calls that would come afterwards, so he answered it.
"What?" Was the only greeting the woman on the other end recived.
"Well hello to you too, sweetie." The woman on the other line greeted.
"Don't call me sweetie, whaddya want?"
"Aw, don't be like that, I just wanted to know how you and Sousuke were."
"It's Sasuke and none of yer damn buisness. If that's all you wanted I'm hanging up now." Renji was close to tapping the 'end' button before he was stopped.
"No no no, wait wait wait! Look, I was wondering if you'd let me borrow some mon-"
"No! You can't borrow shit!" Renji howled cutting her off. "You really have the balls to call and ask me for anything after what you did, fuck you! Stop calling me, bitch!" Renji had hung up the phone. He rubbed his temples in an attempt to release the anger without hitting anything. That woman was, by far, the biggest mistake of his life.
After letting out a long sigh, the redhead felt a tug on his pant leg. He looked down to see a pair of sad turquise eyes starring up at him. "Papa." Sasuke whimpered. He didn't like when his dad raised his voice, it scared him. "It's alright, Sa." Renji lifted the whimpering toddler into his lap and stroked his hair, an action that always calmed him. "Everything's gonna be okay, no more bad lady, okay." After a few minutes Sasuke had calmed down and was silently sitting in his father's lap watching Kung Fu Panda.
"Hey, you hungry?" The redhead asked smiling at the smaller brunette. The olive-skinned toddler nodded and let himself be carried into the kitchen. Renji set him in his high-chair and begun preparations on Sasuke's favorite breakfast, strawberry and creme oatmeal with mashed bananas and tayaki. If Sasuke took anything from Renji, it was his taste in food. He loved sweets and tayaki and hated spicy things, just like his father.
Sasuke watched wide-eyed as his father moved around the tiny kitchen. The microwave was his best friend at the moment. So far, Renji had Sasuke's food ready and his food almost done. He set the finished breakfast infront of the baby, making sure to add his favorite Spongebob spoon and sippy-cup. Sasuke started eating his microwaved breakfast, loosing interest in watching his father move around the kitchen. A few moments later, Renji was sitting across from the boy, chomping on his own meal of leftover tayaki and freshly made scrambled eggs.
The breakfast conversation varied with Sasuke. It'd either be about Spongebob, food or what he wanted to do that day. So far they had agreed to pay Uncle Ichi and Auntie Ruki a visit so he could play with Kaien and Masaki. After Sasuke over-excitedly knocked the majority of his breakfast to the floor, Renji had cleaned it up and shared a bath with the boy.
"Masi an Kai Kai!" Sasuke had shouted splashing bubbles everywhere.
"Calm down n' hold still, I don't wanna get soap in your eyes." Renji breathed as he tried washing the giddy toddler's hair.
After drying and dressing, the father-son duo exited the tiny shamble of an apartment and made their way to the Kurosaki-Kutchiki household. The drive was long and torturous because Sasuke cried about forgeting Pochi, his favorite plush elephant. Even putting on the stupid fucking Spongebob CD he'd paid 30 dollars for didn't stop his shrieks for Pochi. He didn't have enough gas to turn back and go back home to get the stupid blue elephant so he decided suffering through was the best bet.
"Dear God Sasuke, shut up, please." Renji begged silently dropping his head on the steering wheel. Finally, the ordeal ended when the redhead parked outside of a small mansion. It was much different and bigger than the tiny two-bedroom apartment Renji shared with his son. He sometimes envyed his best friend for having more, but those thoughts vanished when the door opened and his bright orange haired friend greeted him with the same cocky smile he always did.
"Yo Ren, what's up?" Ichigo greeted warmly taking the diaper bag offered to him by Renji.
Before the redhead could answer, Sasuke wailed to Ichigo about his missing Pochi. "Unky Itsi, no Pochi!" The toddler bawled. He clutched even harder to his father's leather jacket, whipping snot and mucus all over his shoulder.
"Please, take him... now." The tattooed redhead growled to his friend. Ichigo shot him a 'I feel bad for you' smile and took the sobbing child from his embrace. Sasuke seemed to calm down once Ichigo told him Kaien and Masaki were in the playroom.
"I gotta get to work so can ya watch 'em for a while?" Renji asked when Sasuke ran off to play with the other children.
"Yeah. Don't get hurt, I don't feel like explaining to your kid why his daddy is full of holes." Ichigo said sarcastically.
"Haha, very fuckin' funny. I know alright, I'll be fine." Renji kissed Sasuke goodbye, assuring him he'd be back in a little while. He waved bye to Ichigo and the kids then left for work.