Let us all assume that Yuu escaped the vampire's underground lair when he was only six years old and he went to the orphanage when he was only four for the story's cuteness sake…just roll with it I guess XD FLUFFINESSS AHEAD~!

Ps. I've only watched the anime and started reading the manga just yesterday (currently in Chapter 16) so no spoilers please and sorry if my story won't match the future chapters that I'll probably read in the next few days xD anyway this is a FANFICTION so I'm free to write whatever my fan-ness tells me and no I also own NOTHING XD

Pss. The pov might switched from guren's to third pov idk how that happens seriously but that's how I write my stories (I freakin need an improvement) so bear with me Xd And the characters might be a bit ooc for your liking but anyways…

6 years old Yuu

Guren Ichinose hasten his steps as he walks alone along the living quarters of the compound. His brows frowning in worry and his fists are clenched tightly at his sides while beads of sweat are forming around his forehead.

A terrified scream shattered the silence of the halls, almost immediately, it was followed by more screams; each more terrified sounding than the last.

"Damn it." Guren muttered under his breath and broke into a run towards where the screams are coming from. When he reached the right hallway, his eyes instantly locked on the door at the far end. He didn't bother knocking on the door because it was his room in the first place, and damn the door he nearly broke off its hinges.

The sight that greeted him was chaotic to his already tired mind from long hours of laborious, boring, meeting and the fact that he had to deal with this now was too much that he froze momentarily by the door.

Not that he actually minded handling the child; was the thing he will not say out loud.

Sayuri was kneeling besides his bed, trying valiantly to soothe the sleeping, crying mess of a child tangled up in his bed sheets with her soothing voice. Obviously it's not working because another heart wrenching scream ripped its way out of the poor boy's throat seconds later. Every occupant of the room, except from Guren, winced in both sympathy and hurt.

Goshi, who was leaning on the wall, put a finger to his right ear and wiggled it around as if trying to unlogged something unpleasant within it. He quickly put it down when he noticed Guren glaring lightly at him. Shigure and Mito noticed him at the same time and both released a silent sigh of relief.

Guren shook his head lightly and started to walk towards his bed, he placed a hand on Sayuri's shoulder and gently moved her out of the way. Sayuri's eyes visibly widen at his sudden appearance at her side but graciously moved out of his way, her face full of relief.

He sat on the side of his bed, staring down at the wriggling mess beneath his sheets. The boy's black hair it was almost violet- almost like his- was plastered on his sweaty forehead, his (cute) face showing every single distress the boy is feeling, and his hands and legs are all knotted around the tangled sheets. It's the same nightmare again, Guren grimaced silently, and it's getting worse.

He could acutely feel his subordinates watching him, anticipating what his next move will be, their stares could almost make Guren nervous. Almost. He continued staring down at the boy, he already knows what he should do of course, he had dealt with this almost every single night since he found this boy, he knows what the boy needs the most, he knows what his nightmares are all about, he knows how to calm him down, and he knows what are the right words to say to sooth the little child, the right words to wake him up gently, and the right words to make him fall back asleep.

The only reason why he's still hesitating is because of the presence of his comrades. No, he's not embarrassed to calm the child in front of them, no, not him, besides he knows them well and he knew whatever they see in here will stay in here. But dammit, his pride just couldn't take another blow today. Earlier, Shinya (curse his soul) had already shown them pictures he had discreetly taken whenever he was with the boy. There was a picture of him carrying a sleepy looking version of the boy in one arm while he was holding his morning coffee in another, another one was when he was helping the little boy to get dressed into his jumpers, there's also a picture of him smiling pleasantly with one of his hands ruffling the boy's head as they read a book together, plus a picture of him kneeling down in front of the crying boy as he put a bandage on his scraped knee… and then there was the picture that was taken earlier…

He was reading some important files alone in his office when the boy came crying to his side. Apparently the nightmares won't leave him alone even in the day. Guren sighed, frankly it was too early to deal with this, but he figured it wouldn't hurt anyone if he calmed the obviously scared and hurt child. So he picked up the child and put him in his lap, he started rocking him slightly while shushing him softly as he gently carded his fingers through the boy's messy hair. It didn't take long for the boy to fell fast asleep, his head resting comfortably against Guren's chest as his hands clutched Guren's right hand tightly to his body. Guren exhaled softly and went back to his work, he never pulled out his hand in the boy's vice- like grip and he never stopped carding his fingers gently through the boy's hair and once in a while he rocked the boy softly in his lap.

There was something about the little boy that helped him to relaxed immensely and calm his weary mind and body, it was something that he needed every once in a while to focus in his work. As such, he was so into the documents he's managing that he didn't heard the approaching footsteps, nor the repeated knocks on his door and the hesitant opening of it. He most especially didn't hear the simultaneous loud gasps on his doorway. It wasn't until he heard the shutter sound of a camera that he looked up…to find his whole team and Shinya by the door. His team was gaping at him and Shinya was smiling that ever annoying smug smile that was full of freaking mischievousness and mystery. To say the least, it ended up of Shinya showing the aforementioned pictures and more to his team. Truth to be told, Guren was slightly embarrassed and miffed by the pictures and the fact that his team mates now know but it's not something worthy to be worked up about…it was their comments that hit his pride as a fearsome Lieutenant Colonel that annoyed him the most.

Goshi manly said that they look too cute together.

Mito surprisingly agreed with Goshi and said that there was definitely a father-son vibe around them.

Shigure nodded instantly and off handedly said that she didn't expect the Lieutenant Colonel to be so kind to a child and acts like his father.

That brought a variety of reactions from the room's occupants, it was a wonder really why the child didn't wake up then and there.

Sayuri was openly gushing at the pictures and said she can't believe that the child had taken instantly to the Lieutenant Colonel.

Shinya smiles smugly, and mischievously said that they almost look like one another that one could mistake them to be father and son.

Suddenly there was a pregnant silence. Followed by a loud simultaneous 'EHHHHHH?!' from his comrades. Guren winced while covering the child's ears, he doesn't want to wake him up because dang it he just got him to sleep!

His team looked comical as they looked back and forth between him and the child on his lap, and then back to the pictures which was being held by an innocent looking Shinya. There was a chorus of agreements that they do look like one another that frankly, Guren didn't know how to react or feel about asides from gritting his teeth and growling menacingly at them.

It was Goshi who started teasing him about their 'father-son' situation saying it was sweet and cute and all that while the others laughed or nodded.

But then of course, Shigure just have to notice something and say it plainly. She noticed the dates below each picture and noticed that the first picture ever taken was almost after the day they took the boy in. This added more fuel to the fire and Guren was seriously considering using his sword to shut them up.

He was actually about to do it when Sayuri realized something. She was pouting and curious at the same when she asked, "If this 'situation' started almost after we took Yuu- chan in, then… is that the reason why you wouldn't let us near him Lieutenant Colonel?"

There was another pregnant silence. It was Shinya who broke it.

"My, my, what a possessive doting father you are Guren, keeping the child only to yourself."

Guren nearly killed him.

He has his reasons of course, which he tried valiantly to say against Shinya's ridiculous teasing. First of all, he didn't want to shock the child by introducing him to too many people at once. Shinya countered it by saying that's it's already been a month since they took him and still nobody knows the child personally. Guren countered back with if he didn't know the boy how come he managed to take those photos. Second, okay, he kinda wanted to keep the child to himself for a while. Not that he said this aloud. Third, the child was obviously traumatized by the murder of his family, he won't let the child get into more trauma because of his rambunctious soldiers nor he would let said soldiers teach him something unpleasant and annoying while he was still young.

The third reason invoked a defensive comeback from the said 'soldiers'.

Their bickering was stopped when the phone rang, summoning Guren and Shinya for an emergency meeting on the Hiiragi's private compound, that is frankly, just all about politics. Guren have no choice but to go of course, because Shinya was already with him and he wouldn't let Guren skip the meeting because it was labeled as an emergency, so they went. Leaving a now awake Yuu (ironically he woke up due to the phone ringing) in the care of his inexperienced team with explicit warning, err, instructions on how to take care of Yuu. If they have to admit, the team was scared of their leader when he begrudgingly handed Yuu to Sayuri and told them his instructions and the consequences if they failed to do so. Shuddering, they agreed of course.

The team took the job seriously like they were in the frontlines defending their lives, they followed every instruction per word and detail, they never let Yuu out of their sight and they never let anything befall on him. As the Lieutenant Colonel instructed: not a single scratch on him, understand? Nobody wants to face the demon wrath of their leader.

Despite that, the team was instantly wrapped around the green eyed child's finger as they all think he was very cute. And anyone who managed to make the soft side of their leader show is definitely a remarkable one. Yuu, on the other hand, took a while to get used to them. He always wriggled his way out of Sayuri's lap and sit on the farthest corner of the sofa from them. The team didn't give up, because they wouldn't let such a cute child to not be afraid of Guren while he was scared of them. Eventually thou, with continuous coaxing from all of them, they succeeded and they were rewarded by the brightest smile they ever saw.

One thing led to another and that leads us to the current situation…

It was well past midnight and Guren still hadn't returned from their meeting and Yuu was already fast asleep in Shigure's lap. But the team didn't know where the child's room was so they decided to put him in the Lt. Colonel's room and await his return there.

But the team didn't know that it was usually past midnight when Yuu gets nightmares, heck they didn't even know that Yuu gets nightmares, so when he started screaming and turning all of them didn't know what to do. They all froze for quite a while until Yuu almost tumbled out the bed in his wriggling, Shigure and Mito were the ones who reacted the fastest and caught the boy before he hit the floor. They placed him back on the bed but the boy still kept twisting his limbs and started to cry. Sayuri kneeled down besides the bed and talked using her best soothing voice to no avail.

They tried waking him up but they couldn't.

Goshi figured it was time to call the Lt. Colonel and prayed to God that the meeting was hopefully over as he called Guren on their private line used only in emergencies. And this is an emergency riiight?

Thankfully, Guren picked up on the third ring and was on his way back to them. When Goshi told Guren about their current predicament, Guren was surprisingly calm as he said to wait for him to arrive and try to calm/ wake the child in the meanwhile if they can. Then he hanged up.

In reality, Guren was only calm outside, in the inside there were knots tying themselves in worry. This is the first time that he left the child in the care of somebody else, usually the child was with him or alone in their room and this will be the first time Yuu is having a nightmare without him by his side immediately.

Grimacing, Guren glanced outside the window and cursed the distance between them and the child. Why does the freaking meeting had to be held in such a far place anyway? He ordered the driver to drive faster. Guren then cursed himself, he shouldn't have attended that stupid meeting and he shouldn't have left the child alone (granted he was with his most trusted subordinates but still alone without him nonetheless) then this wouldn't happen. Ugh…

Something warm grabbed his hand and squeezed it. He looks at Shinya who was smiling sincerely and reassuringly at him. "Hey, it's going be okay, we'll arrive there in no time and Yuu will be fine." Guren only sighed and looked out the window again, squeezing Shinya's hand back as a sign of thanks.

"My, my see what a possessive doting father you are? Are those wrinkles I see forming in your forehe-ouch~!"

Guren squeezed his hand much harder. "Shut up", he grumbled.

When they arrived back at the compound, Shinya was immediately called to answer a call and Guren wasted no time marching back to his room.

He really, really needed to get back to his child.

So now back to the present, despite his earlier eagerness to see the child he was now quite at a loss on what to do. He can feel Sayuri fidgeting to the side, obviously worried that he wouldn't do anything to wake or calm the child because he only kept staring down at it.

Guren then noticed the familiar twitch on Yuu's face, indicating he was about to let out another terrified scream…before that happened he immediately scooped up the little boy into his arms and stood up rocking him softly, he bent his head down and placed his mouth near the boy's ear and started whispering sweet nothings to him while gently running his finger's on the child sweaty, softly tangled hair. Yuu hiccupped in his arms, big, fat tears rolled down his face, and he looks and sounds like he was about to break into a heart breaking sob. Guren held him tightly and the child instinctively buried his head in the crook between Guren's neck and right shoulder. Visibly, the child started to relax in Guren's arms.

His team's eyes widen in surprise, after spending almost two hours trying to calm the boy down, all it took were a few simple movements from the Lt. Colonel to make it happen. They sighed in relief, glad that the child was starting to calm down and that the Lt. Colonel is back. They all smiled at each other too, glad to see this rare side of their leader.

Guren knows what their thinking of course but frankly, he couldn't bring himself to care. Not now when his child is clinging to him like a life line. I need to wake him up, Guren thought, but I couldn't do that with them in here…

When he noticed his team going a little too comfortable at the situation right now he sent them a glare and then glanced at the door and then at the crying child in his arms who had a visible scar on his upper left arm, and then back at his team, his glare doubling in intensity.

"I thought I told you not. a. single. scratch…?" His team visibly paled and all the girls glared at Goshi before they ran out of the door desperate to save their lives.

Guren sighed and proceeded to wake his little boy up. He started planting soft kisses along the child's head, forehead, cheek, nose and neck while murmuring softly to him. He continued to do this while rocking the child until eventually, bright green eyes peeked through the half- lidded slit.

Yuu hiccupped again and buried his head again in Guren's shoulder before releasing a heart wrenching sob. Guren held the child more tightly against him.

"Shh, shh Yuu, I'm here now, and you're gonna be okay, okay? I won't let anything happen to you." Guren murmured and then pressed a long kissed on the boy's temple.

"B-but….M-ikaa..and t-the o-o-ot-thers…they're all..t-they're all DEAAD~!"

"Shh, shh, it's okay, I'm here now for you, alright? Papa's here now. Shhh, calm down my dear, calm down…"

Yuu continued to cry and did his best to stop crying, but the tears just kept falling! He buried his head deeper in Guren's shoulder ashamed. How can he defeat those cursed vampires if he was so weak? He wouldn't be able to avenge his family's death!

But as he feels Guren's arms securely and comfortably around him he couldn't help but feel safe and believes that he will able to achieve his goals one day through him. So just for now…he'll cry his heart out…

Guren moved around as he continued to comfort the child in his arms. He had managed to close the doors to his room, he also successfully removed his shoes and managed to change into his more comfortable night clothes, all the while Yuu was clinging to him like a baby koala.

He sat down on his bed and pulled the child down into his lap. Yuu looks up at him with wide, tearful, bright green eyes, his lips quivering from suppressed feelings and his hands tightly clutching his top.

"I-I'm s- so- sor-sorry…."

Guren cocked his head to the side curiously. "Sorry for what?"

"F-for doing th-this t-to yo-you…e-every si-single n-night…"

Guren shook his head and smiled softly down at the child. He pressed a kiss on his temple and buried his head on the child's hair. "It's fine Yuu, don't worry about it."

"B-but.."

"No buts." Guren said firmly. He placed another kiss atop the kid's again and then laid down. "Let's get some sleep okay?"

Yuu nodded softly against his chest and sniffed. "Thank you Papa, I love you."

Guren smiled widely. Oh how sweet to hear that word is. "Shh, sleep now my dear, I love you too. Sweet dreams."

All Guren received as a reply were the sound of soft snores, he smiled wryly and closed his eyes. Soon after, he was fast asleep too, with Yuu lying down atop his massive chest and one of his arms wrapped protectively around the little boy.

Both of them were deeply slumbering that they didn't hear the door creaks open slightly nor did they hear the sound of a picture being taken.

1) Shinya and Guren- uhh their relationship depends on you dear readers, whether I'll make them into a couple or not, because seriously almost all of the fanmade items such as pics, vids, and stories are shipping them more than Shinoa's sister… yeah why not give it a try xD just put your opinions in the reviews :3

2)cThe car- Yuu did mention the situation about cars in their time in both the manga and anime right? But I figured Shinya is a Hiiragi and both him and Guren are high ranking officials so why not give them a car xD

3) There will be other chapters coming up :3

4) REVIEWS PLEASE~!