Chapter 1: Ryou
Ryou was sitting in his living room in his house looking at old pictures when two little boys came up to him.
"Daddy, what's wrong?" One of the little boys asked looking up at his dad.
"Yeah, daddy; you look sad." The other little boy asked.
"Do you miss mommy?" The boys asked at the same time.
"Yes, I miss mommy very much." Ryou replied with some tears in his eyes as his boys climbed onto the couch with him.
You see, several years ago Ryou had married a young girl he loved very much; her name was Nica. She was a mew mew with the DNA of an endangered wildcat of some sorts. She and Ryou had twin boys, Kenji and Koji six years ago and twin girls Mika and Rica three years ago.
Everything was going great and they were happy. That was until Nica was hit and killed instantly by a drunk semi driver; that was just a year and a half ago.
Needless to say, Ryou has been having a hard time.
Keiichiro and Zakuro, who have three kids; two boys and a girl, live down the street from Ryou and have offered to help whenever he needed. And trust me; he needs it.
Keiichiro watches all the kids when Ryou needs. And Zakuro, between jobs makes sure Ryou's still sane.
"Den why you no gwet a new mommy fo us?" Two little girls asked coming into the living room rubbing their eyes.
"Oh babies…it just doesn't work that way." Ryou said as he picked his little girls up.
"Why nowt?" They asked.
"Because daddy only loved mommy." One of the boys answered.
"Now boys, that's enough. While it's true I loved mommy very much and I still do; and probably always will; I could love another if another came into our lives. I say "our" lives because you have to really like her as well; and she has to treat you right. And I say that because you four are the most important people in my life. I love you four very much. But your mommy and I talked a long time ago and agreed that if something were to happen to either one of us and were to pass on; we would mourn, but eventually we would move on and be happy. Now that being said; what are you doing out of bed? It is way past all four of your bedtimes; and you two have school tomorrow." Ryou said as he picked up his daughters and ushered the boys to their rooms.
"Aww man!" The boys whined while the girls leaned their heads into his shoulder.
"Awww man…" Ryou mimicked the boys.
Kenji and Koji both had dirty blonde hair like their mother and blue eyes like their father. They are six and in the first grade. They both have cat genes and every now and then, mainly when they're having temper tantrums, their ears and tail will pop out; but they cannot transform.
Mika and Rica both have blonde hair like their father and red eyes like their mother. They are three and are little daddy's girls who won't leave his side…or rather his leg. They both have cat genes and their ears and tails pop out often. Like their brothers they currently can't transform.
"Goodnight daddy." The boys said as Ryou put them down for bed.
"Goodnight Kenji. Goodnight Koji. Love you both." Ryou said as he kissed each of their foreheads before heading to the girls' room; they were already asleep so he just put them in their new "big girl" beds.
After a bit he went to sleep on his couch; he hasn't been able to sleep in his bed since Nica passed…