A.N. Hi everyone, while writing my next chapter for, "I'm not crazy", this little plot bunny has been bugging me for awhile now and wouldn't leave me alone to let me write my current story in peace. I was practically squeeing in my mind as I wrote this. Enjoy this cute oneshot.
Disclaimer: I Do not the characters, Yako or Neuro, however the handsome dude in white is mine.
Yako blinked, 'Is this some bizarre dream I'm having?'
Green eyes blinked back.
Their staring contest was broken when a loud crash was heard from downstairs and both sets of eyes looked towards the door. While the other was still distracted, Yako turned her attention back to the one on the couch. 'There is no way this is…' her thoughts cut off from even thinking it.
Slowly, she moved towards the couch only to freeze when those green eyes came back upon her. They were clearly examining her and she could see some confusion swimming around along with various other emotions in their depths that she believed she would never see in his eyes. When she saw those eyes shine with what suspiciously looked like tears, she absolutely panicked and hurriedly made her way to the individual on the couch.
Scooping him up, she flinched slightly when she felt small claws digging into her arms, but when about ignoring the pain while she tried to calm him down. "Shh, Shh. It's okay. I'm not going to hurt you. Don't cry. Shh. Shh."
When she felt his tense body relax, Yako let out a tiny sigh of relief. Once more she found herself staring into his hypnotizing green eyes and was slightly surprised to find the completely dry. 'Maybe I was wrong to assume he would begin crying.'
Feeling completely out of her league, Yako tried to set him back down on the couch only to have him grab her shirt obviously refusing to be put back onto the couch.
'Well what do I do now?' Yako thought to herself slightly frazzled.
She was beginning to feel slightly unnerved with all the staring. Tugging his small hand away from her shirt, Yako tried once again to place him down when a small sound cause to her pause. 'Was that a whine?'
Eyeing the one in her arms, Yako spotted a displeased frown on his face and while she was distracted he took the opportunity to grab onto her shirt again. 'It's kind of cute he doesn't want to let go of me.' However, she knew that if he found out what she was thinking when he was normal again she would be in a world of hurt.
Yako grimaced, 'If he can become normal again.'
Sighing, she adjusted her hold on him and sat down on the couch herself placing him in her lap, the displeased frown being replaced a neutral expression before he turned his attention elsewhere.
Watching the small toddler look around at the various objects in their office, Yako leaned her head back and closed her eyes. 'I'm so sorry, Neuro. I didn't know that drink would have this strange effect.'
Opening her eyes, Yako stared at nothing in particular as she reminisced how she came upon that strange drink.
She was late again and knew that once she stepped into the office some sort of punishment would be awaiting her. Running down the street, she turned the corner only to trip over a crate someone had left there. Bracing herself for the painful landing, she was surprised when found herself suspended above the ground by the back of shirt.
"I'm very sorry, miss. I was just about to move that last crate to prevent something like this from happening."
Yako found herself being set upright and turned around to thank the man only to blink in surprise at the man's appearance. He was wearing all white and had the lightest blond hair she had ever seen. Looking into his eyes, Yako saw they were silver of all colors.
Coming out of her trance, Yako paled when she realized she was wasting time standing here, "It's alright, no harm done. If I wasn't in such a rush this wouldn't have happened. Thank you for catching me, but I really must be off, my boss is going to kill me for being this late." She chuckled sheepishly.
However, before she could run off the strange man said, "Wait a moment, I feel bad about your almost accident, let me offer you a gift."
Yako watched the man open the crate she had tripped on and brought out a soda can with a name she hadn't seen before. 'I wonder if that's a new brand.'
"Here take this, I can assure you it is quite tasty and you probably haven't tasted anything like it before." Yako took the offered gift and thanked the man again before heading to her office.
Opening the door, Yako started to feel slightly nervous when Neuro didn't immediately attack her. Stepping into the office she quietly closed the door behind her and waited. Minutes ticked by and nothing happen yet, it was like the calm before the storm.
Eyeing the drink in her hand, Yako popped open the lid and was about to take a sip to calm her nerves when Neuro's voice startled her coming from behind her. "Why are you so late, slave?"
Spinning around too quickly caused some of the drink to splash on Neuro and Yako could only pale in horror when he glared at her. "Ah, I'm sorry Neuro. I didn't mean to be late and I'm sorry I spilled that on you, let me go get a towel," and before Neuro could say anything Yako raced towards door and closed it behind her, leaning on it as if that would keep Neuro in the office and prevent him from coming after her.
When nothing happen, Yako hesitantly left the door to go to the wash room to get a towel like she said. Then upon reentering the room with the towel as her flimsy shield, the sight of a chibi Neuro greeted her and she could only stare…
A painful tug to her hair brought her awareness back to the present.
Giving Neuro her attention, Yako saw a frown fading from his face and she idly wondered how long he was trying to get attention if that displeased look was anything to go by. She waited for him to show her what he wanted, but all he did was watch her. 'Well, I don't know what you want if you keep staring at me. What's with all the staring anyway? He has never given me this much attention before…it's weird.'
Yako's stomach growled, interrupting her inner musings and caused Neuro to give her stomach an odd look.
She became amused when she watched him tilt his head slightly and proceed to poke her stomach; she could tell he was curious about the sound, 'I never did eat lunch, no wonder why I am so hungry.' Though when the pokes became slightly more painful, Yako quickly grabbed his hand, "That hurts."
She watched his eyes snap up to hers when she spoke and once more she was the focus of his stare. 'What could he be thinking I wonder?'
Sighing, she decided it would be best to investigate that drink can she was given, 'What were the odds that I run into another supernatural being', but first she wanted to go get something to eat.
However, to do that she would have to set Neuro down, hopefully if she did it fast he wouldn't have a chance to grab her. Plan set, Yako let go of his hand to grab him under his arms and quickly shifted him off her lap to the space on the couch next her.
She noticed that he was startled at the sudden movement and that gave her a chance to stand up and back away from the couch out of his reach.
Though once he realized what she did, she could clearly see that he was very unhappy and was letting out a growl that didn't sound very menacing at all in his current state. Ignoring the growling demon toddler on the couch, Yako figured Neuro would be alright if she left him alone while she went to grab some at the nearby convenience store.
Opening the door, she was just about to leave when the growls were replaced by soft whines. Looking back towards the couch, she was surprised by how much emotion she was seeing in those eyes, it was alarming to see sadness and fear, and they looked suspiciously shiny again.
Her heart positively melted at the sight and she knew that she couldn't leave him alone. Walking back towards the couch, she noticed he stopped his whining as she got closer to him. As she picked him up, she saw a triumphed gleam in his eyes and couldn't help but shake her head in amused exasperation, 'Well I see Neuro is just as manipulative as ever,' she thought fondly to herself.
Leaving the office with Neuro in hand, she climbed down the building's stairs slowly, trying to keep a firm grip on the squirming demon in her arms. 'I wish he would stop moving. I have a feeling he is doing this just to make it hard on me. Well I guess I'm lucky his clothes shrunk down with him, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to take him out with me, no matter his protests.'
Upon reaching the ground floor, Yako sighed in relief when Neuro stopped squirming. Exiting the building, Yako quickly walked down the street to the convenience store. Passing through a crowd of people, she felt Neuro grow tense in her arms and he seemed to cling more tightly to her shirt, burrowing his head in her neck. Looking down at him, she wondered what was wrong.
Spotting the entrance to the store, she quickly entered leaving the crowd behind them. Once in the store, Yako was relieved to see that Neuro seemed to have relaxed and was now looking around at the new sights. 'Hmm, what shall I eat today?' Yako mused to herself.
A few minutes later she found herself in a predicament. 'How am I going to carry these bags with one hand?' She sadly realized that she should have bought a little less than her usual amount, but oh well it was too late for regrets. 'I wonder if I can borrow a shopping cart, or if I can get Neuro to cling to my back I could carry them myself.'
After a few trial and errors, once she found out that she couldn't take a shopping cart with her and dealing with a particularly difficult demon toddler, like getting him to release her shirt without tearing holes in it, Yako got Neuro to sit on her shoulders instead as she carried her large bags of food.
The journey back to the office was a painful one because by allowing Neuro to sit on her shoulders she was practically telling him to pull her hair.
Closing the door behind her, Yako set the bags on the floor and went about getting Neuro down to save her poor hair. Some cursing, "Neuro, damn it, let go!" and growls later, she was able to place Neuro back onto the couch.
Glaring at the demon toddler, Yako rubbed her tender head and sighed, glare fading upon seeing the slightly remorseful look on his face. "I can't stay mad at you, can I?"
Yako frowned slightly, seeing the amused glint in his eyes. "You are getting to much amusement out of this I think." Neuro blinked and tilted his head slightly, showing her that he really did not understand what she was saying.
"Well just stay there on the couch; after I eat I'll go look at the can that did this do you."
Neuro just stared at her and Yako smile slightly, "You know, you are a pretty cute toddler."
Neuro growled and glared at her.
"Oh? You don't like being called cute do you? Well too bad you can't do anything about it." Yako stuck her tongue out at Neuro childishly.
The toddler blinked in surprise and then went about ignoring the girl.
Yako chuckled to herself and left Neuro alone. Eating quickly, Yako picked up the can that she got from that man and examined it. The words on the can were complete gibberish to her and she frowned worriedly to herself, 'Well this bad. I wonder what would have happened if I had drunk it; Neuro only had it splashed on him too. Note to self, do not accept gifts from potential supernatural beings.'
Sighing tiredly to herself, Yako turned to look at the couch and saw that Neuro had fallen asleep.
Smiling at the cute sight, Yako made her way over there and sat on the unoccupied portion of it, shifting so her head was laying on the arm rest of the couch, she closed her eyes to take a nap. Just as she was about to drift off to sleep, a small tug on her shirt brought her back.
Staring into tired green eyes, Neuro yawned cutely and tugged on her shirt again. Sitting up, Yako picked up Neuro and adjusted herself, so she was lying down on the couch and placed him on top of her. Immediately, Yako watched him get comfortable, snuggling into her side and shortly thereafter drifted off to sleep.
A grin quirked her lips, 'I wish I had a camera so I could take a picture.' Closing her eyes, Yako fell asleep shortly, unaware of the person waiting for that moment.
Silver eyes glinted in the dark and the blond haired man shook his head in amusement, smiling slightly at the pair on the couch.
'Well this is not what I had intended by giving her that drink, but I guess the result is just as good.'
He watched the two on the couch for a moment longer, before writing a message on the whiteboard hanging on the wall.
The effects will last only a week. Enjoy this break while you can, Miss Yako and know that you are always being watched over.
A.N. Hoped you enjoyed this oneshot, though since I did leave the end pretty open, I may write more oneshots continuing this particular story (Yako does have to deal with a toddler Neuro for a week afterall), not sure if I should continue though so for now it will remain a single chapter.