Johan stood in the doorway of his twins' room, the light from the hallway illuminating their sleeping faces. Busy, stocking feet padded back and forth through the hallway. He sighed inwardly before closing the door tight.
"Not this time, Juudai." Johan said, emotion void from his voice, as he stared at the wood floors beneath him.
"What?" Juudai looked up from the bag he was currently packing.
"I, I'm not chasing after you anymore." Johan told him, firm in his decision.
"You don't have to chase after me." Juudai replied, confused by his lover's statement. "I'm always by your side. We're a team. Inseparable. Indestructible."
Johan looked back at the closed bedroom door before joining Juudai in their room across the hall. "And I missed the last 10 years of my twins' lives." He said bitterly.
"You should be at peace knowing they're in good hands with Yuusei." Juudai retorted, his attention turning back to his bag.
Johan glared at Juudai before turning away into the master bath. "Why must you always be like this?"
Juudai got up off the bed. "Like what?"
Johan stood in front of the mirror. He watched Juudai walk into the bathroom. "Nothing else matters as long as you have me."
Johan watched the brunette's eyes be swallowed in the confusion that covered his face. "Isn't that how it's suppose to be when you love someone?"
"News flash, Juudai, you're a dad now, your children are suppose to be the only ones that matter now!" His voice was harsh and annoyed.
Juudai joined Johan at the mirror and slipped his arms around his middle. His head rested on his shoulder, short breaths tickling his lover's neck. "I know that."
Johan turned around so he could look Juudai in the eye. Juudai's arms slipped from around his middle. "Then show it. Don't leave this time."
"But that's why I have to. To make this world safer for them." As Juudai spoke Johan pushed the heels of his hands into his eyes. "And you should do the same."
"Juudai." Johan hissed through clenched teeth. He fisted his hands at his sides to stop himself from hurting Juudai.
Juudai looked over Johan's shoulder, the reflection of his sleepy daughter staring at them both. "Johan..." Juudai's voice was pleading, causing something to snap inside the bluenette.
"What!" Johan yelled his eyes furiously opening to look at Juudai. Suddenly his gaze fell on Ruka standing behind Juudai with a frightened look on her face. It was the first time she had sensed her parents mad at each other. Johan, embarrassed, looked away not knowing what to say to his daughter.
Juudai turned around. "Come on Ruka, lets go back to bed." He said calmly taking her small hand in his. She kept her gaze focused on Johan as Juudai led her back into her room.
Ruka crawled back into bed and Juudai pulled the covers back over body. "Why were you arguing?" She asked looking up at her dad.
Juudai closed his eyes and shook his head. "It was nothing."
"You know Hane Kuriboh will tell me." Ruka reminded him.
"Then I'll let him tell you, because I can't." He leaned down kissing her forehead. "Go to sleep, Ruka."
She nodded and closed her eyes. Juudai watched Kuribon appear on her chest as it curled up and fell asleep with her. He sighed and left their room, closing the door behind him. Hane Kuriboh appeared on his shoulder.
"You tell her and you are dead to me." Juudai warned playfully.
"Kuri Kuri." It said cheerfully before disappearing again.
Juudai walked back into his room to find Johan sitting on the bed with a blank expression. He let out an inaudible sigh as he walked over to the bed. "Johan."
Johan looked up at his lover. "I, I've never seen her like that."
Juudai sat down next to him on the bed. He took his hand lacing their fingers together. "We've never argued." Juudai pointed out as Johan rested his head on his shoulder. "You know she's very in tune with human emotion."
Johan stayed silent as he stared at the blank walls in their bedroom. "Are you still mad with me?" Juudai nudged him to sit up as he shifted to get a better look at his husband. Johan looked at him, his eyes answering Juudai's question.
Johan put his hands behind his head as he fell back on the bed. Juudai twisted his body to hover over him, his body weight supported on his hands. "I am not following you, I mean it."
Juudai nodded. He did not want to lose Johan as a partner, but was okay if he knew his going to be here when he returned home. He leaned down and kissed Johan briefly before resting their foreheads together. "I do it for you guys. I love them." He shifted his weight so he could lay flat against Johan's body. "And I love you."
