Summary:
Little Kaname refuses to brush his fangs! Haruka has to result to more human methods of persuasion… The first in a series of drabbles about Kaname as a young Vampire.
Characters: Haruka, Kaname (no porn)
Warnings: It may give you toothache…?
Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Knight or the characters; I'm a poor person who just writes stories for fun. Vampire Knight belongs to Matsuri Hino.
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The moon was fading in the evening sky, the sun was starting to rise and it was time for good little vampires to be tucked up in their bed. The only problem Haruka could see with this picture was that Kaname was not always a good little vampire, in fact there were times where his son could be quite rebellious and difficult. Now was one of those times.
He decided to ask, again, politely to give Kaname a chance to reconsider his decision "Kaname, it's bed time." He said for what felt like the 10th time "Will you go and brush your fangs?"
"No." was the defiant response from the small boy who was far too busy reading his favourite book to deal with small things like brushing his fangs.
Haruka rubbed his forehead, Juuri was much better are coercing their son in to doing things he did not want to do. Sometimes he wondered if female purebloods had a power of persuasion that was beyond male understanding. He tried to think of how his wife might approach the situation. Bribery…? No he could not see her bribing their son, even if it was his instinctive reaction to do so…
"Please?" Perhaps pleading was the answer; he was not too proud to ask his son to do something in a nicer manner.
"Don't want to." Kaname said, his nose still firmly in his favourite book.
Haruka frowned, his brow creased with concern as he thought about the best methods he could apply to this desperate situation. He did not want to find his son crying in agony one day as he tried to extract blood, the thought of it broke his tender heart. Vampire fangs were not as weak as human teeth, but they did suffer from erosion over a long period of time. If young vampires lost their fangs, it was quite possible they might die from starvation or suffer during their development. Adult vampires were able to regenerate their fangs if they had a prolonged healing period, but it was a painful regression to childhood and the teething experience as fresh fangs cut through the gums. It was a painful process.
Perhaps force was the answer, then? If Kaname would not listen to reason then maybe Haruka would have to take action. He approached his son with a determined look on his face.
The small boy lowered his book and looked up at his far with large chocolate-brown eyes and offered him the sweetest smile Haruka had seen since Juuri agreed to marry him.
He stopped in his tracks, and cursed his somewhat mild mannered disposition, how could he force his cute son to do something? Especially when it might make the boy cry.
"You know, Kaname.. it really is important that you brush your fangs." He said, Kaname was still too young to be given the scientific side of things such as chemical reactions between saliva and blood and the rotting of teeth. So he decided to come up with something;
"The fang fairy will get upset with you."
"Fang fairy..?" Kaname repeated, setting his book down. He looked up at his father and asked "What is a fang fairy..?"
A chance, at last! Haruka sat down beside his son on the comfy little reading pillow in the boy's bedroom. He let Kaname rest his little head against his fathers lap, stroking the soft brown curls of his son's hair he began to weave him a story.
"The fang fairy is a brave little vampire spirit." He explained "Sometimes when vampire hunters die, they become little demons, called fang demons, that try to hurt little vampire fangs so that they will fall out!"
Kaname's eyes widened as he listened to his father, he whispered "F-Fall out..?"
Haruka nodded and gave his son an earnest look "That is why you must brush your teeth. The fang fairy can only help you defeat the bad little fang demons when your brush your teeth, Kaname. You don't want your teeth to fall out, do you?"
The small boy shook his head vigorously "No father I don't!"
Haruka smiled warmly "Don't be too alarmed, Kaname. You are still a small Vampire yet and now that you know this secret story you can protect your little fangs from falling out." He chuckled and poked his son's fangs as he opened his mouth "See? They're in there nice and tight."
Kaname nodded "Oh okay. So if I brush my fangs, then … they'll be alright!"
Haruka felt triumphant, he nodded "That's right!"
Kaname instantly leapt out of his fathers lap and ran to the bathroom "I'm going to brush my fangs, father!" he declared.
Haruka made a soundless 'yes' motion with his lips and flopped back with his eyes closed against the reading cushion, he opened one eye and spotted Juuri giggling at him from Kaname's bedroom doorway. He huffed "You were watching me?"
Juuri nodded "How could I interrupt such a cute scene?" she asked.
Haruka made a gruff at his amused wife "… You make it look easy, you know."
"Ah. Maybe you understand a few of my troubles now, Haruka?"
He nodded "Yes… I think I do, Juuri. Being mother isn't easy, is it?"
"I think it's as easy as being father." She told him with a warm smile "Oh… Haruka. The fang fairy was quite imaginative… I'm impressed."
He managed to persuade his son to do something important and he got praised, it was turning in to a good evening.
Kaname pulled his fangbrush out of his mouth and looked at it, for many years he had viewed it as a weapon against fang demons. However, once he had started to spend time with Takuma and the others he had come to realise that all along his father had been pulling his leg…. Still it was a good story, so he did not mind being fooled by it. Maybe he could tell it to his children one day.
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The End~
Notes:
Ha! Little Kaname fluff! I was brushing my teeth last night and I wondered "Do vampires brush their teeth?" and then I wondered "Do vampires get toothache?" and from that the exasperated Haruka trying to get his son to brush his teeth was born. Just a little drabble, but I hope it made you giggle.
Oh and in case you are confused about what the "human persuasion" element could be; it was the art of telling a story to make a child do something. We have the tooth fairy and Santa Claus (as well as all the old fairy stories) as means of teaching children (And sometimes adults) morale lessons. Haruka merely adopted that essence of story telling to explain something to Kaname that might have otherwise been difficult to explain.
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Moon Dorm – 03/09/2008