A/N: No prompts for weeks 3 and 4, so here's week 5's first prompt: 665 - "My need has frayed with time; you said it would./It has; I can walk again" Vikram Seth
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Ichijouji Daiki was sitting in the dining room of the Yagami's unit in Hikarigaoka, staring into the distance. He knew he should be paying more attention to his hosts, but his life had changed again in the last three months; he scarcely believed he had another son. The sound of clinking glasses brought him out of his daze and his eyes focused on his next door neighbour, Yagami Susumu. Despite being a quiet businessman, the head of the Yagami household had been Daiki's friend for a few years now.
"What's this I hear about you having a second son, Ichijouji-san?" Susumu asked. He held out his glass to his wife, Yuuko, who was offering to fill it. Daiki held Haruki's hand beneath the table. He smiled; his happiness had only increased upon learning they would be blessed with another child.
"Haruki didn't think she'd be able to have another child, so Ken is our miracle," he answered as he stared into the clear liquid of his glass.
"That is a miracle," Yuuko turned her rose-quartz eyes on him, her sympathy pouring out. She had one of the most expressive faces he had ever seen.
"Where is he now?" Susumu peered about the room, as though he would see the baby boy tucked into a corner. Daiki hid a smile behind his glass, but Yuuko was no fool. She could see the tiniest hint of a frown tugging at the edge of the other man's mouth.
"He's just in the kitchen," Haruki explained excitedly. This time, both Yagami's could tell the emotion was false. "I'll go and get him." She rose to her feet and hurried into the other room.
Susumu and Yuuko glanced at each other, with Yuuko thinking: What on earth is working them up so much that they would lie about liking a new arrival? Her question would soon be answered, to both Yagami's chagrin.
Haruki soon returned with a little bundle in a blue blanket. Dark bluish hair could be seen sticking out just over the top of the coverlet and violet eyes were examining everything as his mother walked towards the Yagami's.
Yuuko was holding her firstborn, a beautiful little girl with chocolate-brown hair and rose-quartz eyes like her mother. "What's her name?" Haruki cooed happily, Yuuko determining it to be genuine this time.
"Yagami Hikari," the woman replied, smiling down at her daughter.
The two sets of parents watched as Hikari fussed over Ken for a little while. A stomp of a foot was heard as the other Ichijouji child came into the dining room and lost his patience with the situation. Four-year-old Osamu was used to being the centre of attention, craved it like an obsession and now that the attention was on his little brother, he was feeling rather miffed and neglected.