It was a rather uneventful day for Miyuki. Not that, that was a bad thing. In fact it was just how he wanted it. He got to sleep in and lounge around his apartment for most of the day. It was just the kind of relaxation he needed after a rough week of practice, school and work. It was pure luck that the cosmos had aligned this day that he didn't have any of the three.
He sighed as he leaned forward onto his kotatsu, blanket curled around his lap. It was just cold enough to turn it on and he was nodding off while staring forward at his TV. Just as Miyuki's eyes slid shut for the fourth time, a sharp, insistent knocking sounded at his door causing him to jump and smack a knee into the bottom of the table. He cursed loudly and turned to glare at the door now fully awake.
He shoved the blanket off of him and got up. A shrill "MIYUKI KAZUYA!" sounded crystal clear through the door and Miyuki sighed irritably. Only one person had the lungs to yell like that. Miyuki unlocked his door and pushed it open.
"Sawamura, I have neigh..." he started but was cut off when a body pushed passed him into his hallway. "Well come right in, I guess." he sighed and closed the door. Turning around to address his intruder, his words faltered as he took in the state of Eijun. The younger's face was like a white sheet, his eyes wide and wet. Miyuki's mind immediately switched to protection mode.
"What's wrong, what happened!?"
"Miyuki-senpai, y-you gotta help! I don't know what happened!" Eijun stammered out loudly. "One moment we're walking in the store to get you something for your birthday and the next, POOF!"
"What the hell are you talking about?" Miyuki asked, his voice going louder. "Who were you walking with?"
"Satoru!"
"Furuya? What happened to Furuya?" Miyuki felt a pit of panic grow in his gut. Did something terrible happen to Furuya?
"HE WENT POOF!" Eijun threw up his right hand in frustration. Miyuki now noticed that he was carrying something cradled in cloth on his left arm.
"Sawamura you're not making any sense. What do you mean Furuya went poof? Why don't you put your stuff down and sit." Miyuki rubbed his forehead as he felt a headache coming on. He stepped towards Eijun to take whatever he was carrying but Eijun took a step back and hugged the bundle to his chest.
"No, I'll keep holding him."
"Him?" Miyuki eyed him suspiciously. "What are you holding?"
Eijun looked down to the floor, then took a deep breath and looked back up to his senpai.
"Not what but who."
Miyuki's eyebrows furled up in confusion. "You're not making any sense."
"I know, I know. I don't know what's going on." Eijun took a step closer and balanced whoever was on his arm better to move the cloth around. "But this is Satoru."
Big sleepy blue eyes blinked up at Miyuki and he blinked back. The baby in Eijun's arms certainly looked like Furuya with his dark hair and bored look on his small face. The face was just far chubbier and he was so very small swathed in what looked like a bundle of clothes now that Miyuki was up close and all.
"You're joking, this is an elaborate joke isn't it?" Miyuki straightened up and the light from his ceiling glinted off his glasses. "Where did you pick up this kid and don't lie?"
"Miyuki Kazuya when have I ever lied to you?!" Eijun pressed his free hand to his chest, offended. "This child is the real Furuya Satoru!"
"That can't be! Furuya's a twenty year old guy!"
"I KNOW! BUT THEN HE WENT POOF AND NOW HE'S A BABY!" Eijun yelled.
A small sniff sounded from Eijun's arms and they both looked down at the child. Satoru's eyes had gone watery and he was pouting.
"Oh no, please don't cry Satoru." Eijun's voice immediately went softer and he bounced the little boy a bit. "Please don't cry." Eijun turned him in his arms and pressed his face to his shoulder. He turned to look at Miyuki with a distressed face. "Miyuki, I don't know what to do. I don't know what happened or how this happened. I just don't know."
Miyuki gave him a hard stare and then visibly relaxed and sighed. "Alright...okay. Let's...let's just sit down and think for a bit." He reached up to tussle the younger man's hair and then slid his hand to Eijun's shoulder to guide him to his living space. They both turned and walked to sit at the kotatsu, Eijun on one side and Miyuki on the opposite.
Eijun placed Satoru on top of the table and unwrapped him carefully. But then paused when he reached the last layer which was a regular sized shirt baby Satoru was swimming in.
"Umm...since he shrunk so fast, all he really has to wear is the clothes he had on earlier. I don't know, but do you think we need diapers or something?" He asked uncertainly.
"Probably. I don't even know what size he would be." Miyuki peered across the table to the fidgety baby. "How old do you think he is?"
"I don't know, maybe one, one and a half?" Eijun stared down at Satoru. "I don't know anything about babies."
Miyuki snorted. "And you think I do?"
"No." Eijun answered bluntly.
They both went quiet after that just staring at Satoru. A minute passed by and then Eijun let out a loud sigh and then roughly ran his fingers through his hair.
"UGHHHH! This is just way too weird! One minute he's an adult and the next he's this tiny version of himself. How does this even happen!?"
The tiny Satoru gurgled in agreement from atop the kotatsu.
"You guys didn't eat anything weird or do anything out of the ordinary, did you?" Miyuki asked.
Eijun took a moment to think. "Well, we didn't eat anything while we went to the shopping center but we did talk to this lady for a little bit before everything happened. She seemed a little out of the ordinary."
"How so?"
"Well she seemed interested in what we were shopping for. Like really, really, really interested. I thought she was trying to sell us something. But we told her we were shopping for an important person and we didn't know what we should get you. So she handed us a blank business card and told us that a perfect gift will appear in no time."
Miyuki stared at him with a frown when he stopped talking. It was a good full minute before he sighed and dropped his head into his hands. "You two should never be allowed to shop alone again."
"What is that supposed to mean?!" Eijun fluffed up in anger.
"Exactly what it means, didn't you ever learn to not talk to strangers?"
"Well then how are you ever supposed to meet people? Even you were a stranger once and now look at us." Eijun countered.
"Not the point." Miyuki sighed, his voice muffled by his hands.
"Then what is the point?"
"The point is don't take things from strange people or your best friend might revert into a baby." Miyuki lifted his head to look at Eijun. "I can't believe I just said that out loud."
Eijun crinkled his nose. "I know, it really just sounds like a joke when it's said out loud."
"Yet here we are with a tiny Furuya on my table."
Satoru wiggled in place and waved his tiny hands at Eijun.
"That we do Miyuki-senpai." Eijun agreed as he reached forward to take one of Satoru's hands to shake it gently.
"Do you have the card from that woman you met?" Miyuki asked.
"Yeah." Eijun reached into the pocket of the jacket he was wearing and pulled out the business card. He handed it over to Miyuki.
"Well, it's not blank anymore." Miyuki stated as he glanced it over.
"What? Really? What does it say?"
"It says, A perfect gift is not always bought. Enjoy this gift for the next seventy two hours. May your relationship grow deeper." Miyuki read aloud and when he was done he looked back up to Eijun. "Your relationship huh? What else were you telling this strange woman?"
Eijun was suddenly sweating bullets.
"Uhm...I may of went on a...tiny five minute rant about not being able to see my lover for two weeks because we go to separate universities and our schedules often clash." He looked down at the corner of the kotatsu with a red face.
"Oh? Is that so?" Miyuki's voice was even sounding. Eijun snuck a peek up at the man across from him. Miyuki sported the biggest smug smile that had ever adorned his unfairly attractive face. "Missed me that much did you?"
"NO!...WELL OKAY MAYBE A LITTLE!" Eijun's eyes went cat like and his face went even redder.
"Hahahaha, that's so cute!" Miyuki burst out laughing and laughed until his stomach hurt.
"It's not funny Miyuki Kazuya!" Eijun pouted.
Miyuki calmed down to a quiet giggle. "No, no. This is quite funny and absolutely adorable. Furuya's a baby because you missed me and it makes no sense."
"You're right it doesn't but we're gonna have to deal with it." Eijun frowned and leaned forward to pick up Satoru. "We need to run to the store, he can't go bare bottomed for three days. We should also get some cheap baby stuff too and an outfit or two."
He moved to stand up with the baby in his arms. "Are you coming with?"
"Yes, yes." Miyuki answered as he got up himself.
"Can you help me bundle him back up? It's cold outside."
"Yes Dear~."
"Don't be a smartass." Eijun groused and held Satoru up to hand to Miyuki who took him. They managed to bundle him back up with some of the clothes that he was wearing before. Once they were satisfied that Satoru was covered enough, they made their way out of Miyuki's apartment.
"There's a used clothing store down the street if you want to go there after we grab diapers." Miyuki offered as he adjusted Satoru in his arms while they walked down the stairs to the street.
"Yeah, that should be good. No need to get much since this is hopefully a three day thing."
"Hah, like a mini trial for parenthood." Miyuki chuckled. "I call dibs on being called Dad."
Eijun whirled around. "Wait! Why do you get to be called Dad?!"
"Because I called dibs." Miyuki smirked. "You can be Mom because you produced this lovely baby boy for me."
"I didn't produce shit!" Eijun growled.
Miyuki gasped dramatically. "Don't swear in front of the baby!"
"Oh he says worse things than that!"
"But he's only one."
"For now!" Eijun said, exasperated and threw his arms up in the air. Miyuki cracked up.
"God you're so much fun." He walked up into Eijun's space and leaned down to kiss him quickly. "I really missed you too."
Eijun's face went red and he lowered his arms. "Well...I-I..." Satoru interrupted him by making a whining noise. They both looked down at him and he was making a displeased and constipated face.
"What? You can't handle your temporary parent's flirting kid?" Miyuki asked with an arched brow. Satoru answered with a huff.
Miyuki snorted softly. "Alright fine then. I'll flirt with your new Mom when you're not looking." Satoru just gave him a sour look.
Eijun chuckled. "Okay boys, let's hurry and get this trip done with. It's cold out here and we shouldn't keep you out here long." He poked Satoru's chubby cheek with his index finger. The young Satoru moved his face away from Eijun's finger and wiggled in Miyuki's grasp.
"Okay, lead the way Mom." Miyuki chuckled.
"You got it Daddy." Eijun said as he spun around in the direction of the store.
"Hey Sawamura?" Miyuki grinned at the back of his head.
"Hmm?" Eijun turned back to Miyuki.
"Will you still call me Daddy when this over?" Miyuki asked with a dazzling smile.
Eijun's face went red. "YOU WISH!" He nearly screeched and stomped off with a laughing Miyuki behind him.
XxX_XxX
The two of them stood in front of the baby section of the nearest store they came across. Both of them looked perplexed at the diaper section.
"I didn't know there were so many kinds." Miyuki said softly to Eijun.
"I know, like do we get the ones that prevent leakage or the comfort ones?" Eijun crossed his arms across his chest.
"How about these ones?" Miyuki pointed at a package of diapers with little animals on them.
"Oh, those are cute." Eijun picked up the package. "Hey Satoru, they've got ones with little polar bears on them in this package." He showed the package to him. Satoru's eyes lit up and a little smile appeared on his face.
"Beh!" He exclaimed excitedly.
"Yeah! It's a polar bear." Eijun smiled down to the little guy and then looked up to Miyuki. "I guess he can speak a little."
"Well, that's good. I guess we're getting those then."
"Alright, what else do we need?"
"Baby wipes, baby powder?" Miyuki offered.
"I guess so. Do you think we need baby food?"
"Maybe?" Miyuki turned to look down the aisle at the food. "Let's see what they've got." He moved down the aisle with Satoru.
Eijun grabbed the wipes and powder and followed Miyuki. They picked up a few jars and examined them. Miyuki looked unimpressed at each one he picked up.
"You know, I can probably make most of this at home. It would probably be cheaper." He said as he placed a jar of pureed carrots back on the shelf. Eijun nodded in agreement next to him. Miyuki shifted Satoru on his arm to get him to face him. He gently lifted the boy's upper lip with his finger to expose his gums. "He's only got a few teeth right now, so I guess I'll make everything soft so he can chew it." He removed his finger and patted Satoru on the head.
"Okay, we can run to the grocery store on the way back then. But let's go buy these things for right now and get a diaper on his bottom." Eijun shifted the items in his hands to one arm.
"Yup, we don't want an accident." Miyuki agreed and they made their way to the front of the store. The young lady at the register made eyes at Miyuki and asked about Satoru while they pulled their money out.
"He's so cute! How old is he?" She asked as she leaned forward, thrusting her chest out.
"About a year and a half right now." Miyuki answered as he handed his portion of his money to Eijun.
"Is he yours?"
"No, I'm just looking after him with him for now." He motioned to Eijun who placed the exact amount of money on the counter.
"Oh that must be fun to do with your friend."
"Yeah, it kinda feels like we're parents." Miyuki chuckled. "Well we need to run, so thanks."
"Ah, okay. Umm thank you." The lady fumbled with their bag slightly as she handed it over. Eijun took it and they left the store quickly.
"Maybe I should hold him for awhile." Eijun offered after they walked a bit towards the next store.
"Not that I mind but why?" Miyuki turned to him with a brow raised.
"Well you know." Eijun shrugged. "You're kinda hot all on your own but with you holding a baby, you're gonna attract all the women around."
"Aww you think I'm hot?" Miyuki asked with a teasing tone.
"I've always thought you were hot!" Eijun shot back.
"And now you're jealous?"
"I'M NOT JEALOUS!" Eijun shouted then shut his mouth quickly with a flushed face after the fact when a few people turned to look at them.
"Alright, alright sure you aren't." Miyuki smirked at him and Eijun glared at him. "Easy there tiger. Why don't we go over to that bench and get Furuya into a diaper." He suggested and pointed at an empty bench in front of them.
"Fine." Eijun stomped over to the bench and plopped down on it. He then opened the bag and proceeded to open the diaper package inside.
Miyuki sat down next to him and adjusted Satoru on his lap. Eijun pulled out a polar bear patterned one and Satoru wiggled excitedly.
"Beh! Beh!"
"Yes it's the bear one." Eijun said softly and began to unravel Satoru from his cocoon of clothes. He quickly unraveled the diaper. "Okay I think it goes on this way. Lift him for a sec."
Miyuki complied and lifted the boy. Eijun slipped the diaper underneath Satoru and then fastened the sides quickly.
"Okay, I think that should do it for now." He said as he checked his handiwork.
"That seems easy enough to do." Miyuki muttered as he began to fold Satoru back up into a cocoon. "Let's go get him an outfit or two for the next few days."
"Yeah." Eijun agreed absentmindedly and moved to put the diaper package back in the bag.
"Sawamura." Miyuki said suddenly.
"Hmm?" Eijun turned to him and was surprised by the closeness of Miyuki's face. The older male leaned in even closer and pressed his lips against Eijun's cheek.
"No need to ever be jealous. You're the only one I'm looking at."
Eijun's face erupted into a crimson mess. "Y-you're so embarrassing some times."
"But you love me anyways." Miyuki smiled cheekily.
"Yeah, I kinda do."
They both just kind of smiled at each other until Satoru whined.
"Okay, okay. I forgot you won't let me flirt with your new Mom." Miyuki laughed and got up from his spot on the bench. Eijun stood up as well.
"Okay! On to the clothes store."
They walked a bit further down the street and they came across the used clothing store Miyuki mentioned earlier.
"They usually have nice stuff here." Miyuki mentioned as they walked into the store. They made a beeline over to the baby section.
"What do you think we should get?" Eijun asked as he started rummaging through the section.
"Probably a pair of pants and shirts for three days and maybe one or two of those onesie thingies you had your hand on just now."
"Like this one?" Eijun asked and pulled up a light blue onesie.
"Yeah, I guess just look for a size for eighteen months or so. He should be able to fit."
They looked for a bit and pulled things out they thought would fit or made them laugh.
"Miyuki! Look! We have to get this one." Eijun held up a white onesie and on the front of it in bold letters it said 'There's no crying in baseball.' with a small baseball and bat in the middle.
"That's a definite, put it in the yes pile." Miyuki chuckled and went back to looking. He pulled a blue long sleeved shirt with a white bear on the front of it off a shelf and put it in the yes pile. Eijun found a few pairs of pants that seemed like they would fit.
"Hey Miyuki?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think it would be too weird to put him in girl's clothes." Eijun asked and then held up a yellow fluffy and sparkly little dress. "I mean, look at this thing. It's way too cute. Little girls get the best looking clothes."
"Um, not that it isn't cute but I don't know if Furuya would appreciate you putting him in a dress while he has no say. Besides I don't think yellow is his color. Find a blue one and maybe we can reconsider."
Eijun let out a little 'yay' and put the little dress back. They worked their way through the section and met in the middle. Their yes pile had turned out to be far too big.
"Baby clothes are just too easy to say yes to." Eijun sighed. "I mean everything I picked just seemed like it would suit Satoru."
"I get what you mean but we only really need like three outfits. Let's just pick the most practical out of this bunch and call it a day."
"Can we at least get one funny one?" Eijun asked with a pout.
"Only one."
"The baseball one doesn't count as the funny one." Eijun stated and then pulled out three different colored pants. Miyuki sighed and adjusted Satoru on his arm.
"Then which one is the funny one?" he asked.
"Well basically all of the ones I picked." Eijun held up a few with weird sayings on them. "But I like this one." He held up a light blue onesie with a raccoon in the middle surrounded by the words Trouble Maker. Miyuki stared at it for moment.
"Why?"
"It reminds me of you."
"Which part? The raccoon or the trouble maker part?" Miyuki raised a brow at Eijun who shrugged.
"Both."
"I see." Miyuki muttered out thoughtfully and then reached into his yes pile. " Then this one reminds me of you." He held up a yellow long sleeve shirt with a corgi butt on the front with the words Cute as a butt-on.
Eijun snorted and started laughing loudly. "W-who made this? This is amazing! We are buying this and keeping it forever." Eijun reached forward and grabbed the shirt to add to his pile. He turned back to Miyuki with a huge smile. "Let me guess why it reminds you of me. It's because you like my butt so much?"
"Nah, it's cause I like dogs." Miyuki said without missing a beat.
"HEY!" Eijun's smile drooped and Miyuki laughed.
"You left that wide open for me."
"You're such a jerk!" Eijun huffed and crossed his arms across his chest.
"Says the one who just compared me to a raccoon?" Miyuki smirked and moved into Eijun's space.
"But I was right about the trouble maker part." Eijun said matter of factly and then squeaked when he felt a subtle squeeze on his ass.
"And you were right about me liking your ass." Miyuki's smirk went absolutely smug. Eijun's hand smacked his.
"Don't grope me in the children's section you pervert." He said lowly.
"Should I grope you somewhere else in the store then?"
"How about you just wait till we get home?"
"Too long of a wait." Miyuki whispered and squeezed Eijun's ass again. Eijun's face went pink and he frowned.
"Pervert."
"Not going to deny it."
"And in front of our temporary son as well." Eijun's lips curved up.
"He'll need to learn about different forms of affection adults show one day."
"Ugh, you are literally the worst." Eijun rolled his eyes and he laughed. "Just the worst."
"I know, but you love me anyways." Miyuki grinned at him.
"True." Eijun agreed. "Well Pervert-san, should we take our goods up to the register and dress Satoru?"
"Yes Dear. Socks, a pair of shoes, three tops, three onesies and three bottoms should cover us, right?" Miyuki looked over their choices and then back to Eijun.
"Oh! A jacket!" Eijun turned away from Miyuki and briefly looked back at the shelves in front of them. "Ah ha! This will do." He pulled a simple puffy black jacket from a bottom shelf and showed it to Miyuki.
"Okay, that should do it then." Miyuki approved and moved to walk to the front of the store. Eijun lagged a bit behind as something caught his eye. His eyes lit up at the object and he grabbed it. Smiling as he caught up to his boyfriend.
"Miyuki, look at this." He showed him the object in his hands. It was a big squishy baseball. "We gotta get him at least one toy."
Miyuki stopped walking. "I didn't even think about that. Maybe we should get one other?"
"Might not be a bad idea." Eijun turned to go back to the children's section. "He seems to like bears, do you think we should find a teddy bear?"
"If they have one, probably."
They went through a toy bin and found a few possible candidates. Eijun held up a couple to show Satoru.
"Hey Sat-chan, do you like any of these guys? This one is soft." He showed Satoru a black bear and he showed no reaction to it. "Okay, this one?" Eijun held up a brown one next and Satoru frowned at him. "You're really only a polar bear guy aren't you?" Eijun laughed and searched for something white. He lucked out and pulled out a small white teddy bear that had a small red bow tie on it. "How about this one?"
Satoru smiled and let out a pleased noise.
"We got a winner, now let's go. I'm hungry." Miyuki said and turned back to head to the registers. They paid for their things and ran outside to dress Satoru in one of the outfits on a bench outside.
"You know, I'm concerned people might think we're homeless or awful parents by how we're only dressing our temporary son out in the cold." Miyuki mentioned as he placed Satoru down.
"I don't think people are watching, so I think we'll get away with it for now. At least we are dressing him."
They dressed him in the baseball onesie with black pants and slipped the little socks and little sneakers on his feet. Then they tugged his jacket on to complete his outfit.
"Well I'll admit, he looks rather cute." Eijun said as he stuffed Satoru's original clothes into the bag with their other purchases. He handed the full bag off to Miyuki and picked up the baby who was sitting upright on the bench. Satoru clung to Eijun's jacket and buried his head into his shoulder. "Aww, is someone tired?"
"Let's go get some groceries and then we can call it a night. We can then figure out how the next two days are going to work out." Miyuki stepped forward to ruffle Eijun's hair then he did the same to Satoru.
"Crap, I didn't even think about that." Eijun frowned. "Satoru and I don't have class tomorrow but we have practice. I guess I can send something to the coach."
"Alright, we can work that out once we get back to my place." Miyuki placed his hand on the small of Eijun's back and pushed him forward. "Last store first though."
"Yeah, you're right. Let's just finish up."
They walked over to the nearest grocery store to make quick work of picking up the food they needed. Miyuki was mulling over what to make in the vegetable section.
"I'm thinking of making fried rice, that should be okay for him to eat, right?" Miyuki was grabbing some carrots and turned to Eijun to realize he was talking to air. "Where did he just disappear to?" He frowned and turned around in a circle to find him. He spotted his boyfriend being chatted up by an older woman next to the fruits. Now that he had found him, he grabbed the remaining vegetables he needed and went to meet back up with Eijun.
"He's actually been a very good baby so far. Hasn't cried once." Eijun was in the middle of speaking with the woman, who looked like she was adoring both males. "Of course me saying this now probably means he'll cry all night."
"Sawamura, don't put that out into the universe." Miyuki sighed as he approached Eijun's side.
"Oh Miyuki-senpai! I was just chatting with the lovely Sakura-san here about Satoru. She has a grandson about his age and just wanted to say hello."
"Oh that's nice, it's nice to meet you Sakura-san." Miyuki bowed slightly to the older woman who returned the gesture.
"Nice to meet you as well." She responded. "It's not too often I see a young man with a baby so I couldn't help myself but to come over and say hello." Sakura giggled.
"Yeah, we're just watching him for now." Eijun said as he hefted Satoru back into a more comfortable position on his arm and turned to Miyuki. "Did you find everything you needed?"
"Yes, I'm going to make fried rice."
"Oh that sounds yummy. Well we need to run Sakura-san, it was nice talking with you."
"You too, you both have a nice evening. Bye, bye Sat-chan." Sakura said and waved at Satoru who lifted his little hand in a wave, then buried his face back into Eijun's shoulder. She awed and then went on with her shopping. Eijun and Miyuki turned and walked away to go to the front of the store. Miyuki chuckled when they were in line.
"What?" Eijun turned to him and asked with a lifted brow.
"It's just, I leave you alone for five minutes with Furuya and you get hit on by an older lady. And you were worried about me being approached by women."
"Excuse you, I was not being hit on. Sakura-san is a dedicated Grandmother to three and a lover of babies. She just couldn't help herself to say hello to this adorable baby face."
"Which one? Yours or Furuya's?"
"I do not have a baby face! It's Satoru's obviously!"
"Uh huh, it was probably a mixture of both. Be more careful, talking to strangers is what got us into this mess in the first place."
"Ugh, yes Mom." Eijun whined and frowned at Miyuki.
"I'm Dad, you're Mom remember?" Miyuki smirked down at his boyfriend. Eijun stuck his tongue out at him. Miyuki laughed and placed all their food items on the belt. They paid and went back to Miyuki's apartment.
"Why don't you check him and see if he's still dry and I'll start dinner." Miyuki offered as he unlocked his door.
"Sure." Eijun agreed and he followed Miyuki in once the older opened the door. After removing his shoes he walked past the kitchen and sat Satoru down on the floor. "Stay there for a sec buddy. I gotta get your stuff."
Satoru made a soft noise of acknowledgment and promptly started to suck on his fist.
"Hey, can I get the baby stuff?" Eijun asked as he walked back in the kitchen.
"Yeah, but come here for a second." Miyuki turned away from his counter after he put the groceries down. He opened his arms and drew Eijun in. The younger melted into him and dug his face into the crook of Miyuki's neck as he wrapped his arms tightly around him. He sighed and suddenly felt drained.
"Thanks, I needed one of these." Eijun mumbled.
"I know, that's why I did it." Miyuki laughed softly and pressed kisses to whatever part of Eijun's head he could reach with his mouth. He ran his hand up and down Eijun's back as a sign of comfort. "All in all, I think we're handling it pretty well so far." Miyuki murmured. "It's a really weird situation but I think we're doing okay."
"That's because he hasn't started crying yet. If he cries, I might cry."
"Aww, don't let it get to you. We'll do our jobs as his temporary parents for the duration of this gift and it'll be over in no time. We can all laugh it off later."
"I guess so." Eijun sighed and pulled back. "I better check his diaper."
"One more thing."
"Hmm?" Eijun looked up and then lips were on his, pressing in hard. Eijun pushed back and Miyuki's hands slipped from his back to cup his face. They pulled apart after a few moments.
"I love you, you know." Miyuki said softly.
"I know. I love you too. Thank you for helping out with this, you really don't have to."
"Hey it's my gift apparently and why wouldn't I help you? Aren't we partners?" Miyuki smiled at Eijun's reddening face.
"Y-yeah, we are." Eijun stammered and then smiled. Miyuki couldn't help but dip back in to press another kiss on Eijun's lips before letting him go.
"Okay, go take care of our son and I'll start dinner."
"Yes Dear."
"Thanks Babe." Miyuki smirked at Eijun.
Eijun let out a little squeak and his cheeks went redder as he grabbed the baby supplies from behind Miyuki and turned to go back to Satoru.
"When are you going to get used to pet names so I can start using them more often?" Miyuki asked with laughter in his voice.
"When they aren't so embarrassing!" Eijun yelled over his shoulder.
"So never then?"
"I don't know! Probably not never."
Miyuki just hummed in thought from the kitchen. Eijun knelt down on the floor to take care of Satoru.
"Really Satoru? I leave you alone for less than five minutes and you slobber all up the side of your arm?" Eijun griped and laid Satoru down on his back on the floor. The small boy immediately started squirming around. "I just need to check your diaper. Don't squirm." Satoru ignored him and continued to squirm around.
"Dude, really?" Eijun paused in trying to undo the baby's clothes to frown down at him. Satoru frowned back up at him. "Don't give me that face. It's both of our faults that we're in this predicament and it's not like I haven't seen your junk before either, we live in the same dorm and bathe together all the time, so let's just work together. Okay?"
Satoru stopped squirming but continued to frown up at Eijun who took the opportunity to remove the little pants and unsnap the onesie. He undid the diaper and frowned when it was dirty inside. "Alright, let's get you cleaned up mister. How about a tiger diaper this round?" Eijun rotated and grabbed what he needed, wipes, powder and the clean diaper. He made short work of getting Satoru cleaned up and back into his clothes.
"See that wasn't so bad, now was it? I think I did it correctly." Eijun said softly and rolled all the trash up to go throw it away. He quickly got up to throw it out and wash his hands then came back to sit Satoru up who had flipped onto his stomach and was crawling towards Miyuki's bed in the mere thirty seconds he was away. "Here you go Buddy, why don't you entertain yourself with your bear and baseball?" Eijun pulled out the two soft toys they had gotten and handed it over to Satoru.
"Eijuh! Beh." Satoru said and took the bear first.
"Yeah, you must really like bears a lot. Even more than baseball right now." Eijun watched as Satoru took the bear and started chewing on one of his ears. "You're not supposed to eat him silly." He stated in a flat voice but let him be as he got up to go back into the kitchen.
"Okay, he's clean now. Do you need any help?" Eijun asked as he walked back into the kitchen.
"Not really, I'm almost done preparing. But while I'm doing this, how should we handle the next few days? I have classes and practice as well tomorrow. I can't miss class but I can miss practice."
"I really wouldn't want you too." Eijun frowned.
"You're going to have to miss practice for two days, I can miss it too. It's really only light practice until the winter camp right now. I'll just email my coach and let him know."
"Okay." Eijun said softly.
"Now how about both of your classes?" Miyuki asked as he started combining ingredients.
"We don't have any tomorrow but Satoru only has one the day afterwards, I have a full day."
"I guess that works. I don't have class that day or work. He should be able to catch up on one class."
"You really think this will only last three days?" Eijun looked down at his feet.
"We can only hope, right? If it doesn't, we'll figure it out. We're good at that." Miyuki said as he stirred everything. "Now that we figured that out, why don't you go sit down and find something to watch for us."
"...Okay."
"Eijun." Miyuki called and the male looked up. "It'll be fine Babe." Eijun's cheeks went red at the use of his first name and the pet name. Miyuki caught Eijun's wrist and dragged him in to press a kiss to his lips. When he was let go, he let a small smile grace his lips and he turned to go back to Satoru.
The small boy had thoroughly covered the small bears head in drool by the time Eijun sat down next to him.
"That's gross Satoru, we're going to have to wash him tonight." Eijun sighed and picked up the boy to place him in his lap. He grabbed the remote from on top of the kotatsu and turned on the TV. He flipped to a random baseball game and set the remote back down. Satoru's attention turned from his bear to the TV. He watched intently for a few minutes before he recognized what it was.
"Eijuh. Ball?" Satoru looked up to Eijun and then pointed to the soft baseball next to them.
"You want the ball now?" Eijun asked and leaned over to grab the toy. He plopped the ball in Satoru's lap and the little boy lit up as he grabbed it and waved it around.
"Ball, ball, ball!" He sang happily and then threw the toy to the side, causing Eijun to chase it before it went too far.
"Here you go." Eijun said and Satoru promptly threw it to the side again. "Is this you wanting to play catch?" He asked with a little amusement.
Satoru looked up to him. "Cash."
"Oh man, he's already asking for Cash?" Miyuki asked from the kitchen, laughing a bit.
"No, he's asking to play catch."
"I know, I know. His catch sounds like cash. It's cute."
"Right?" Eijun agreed and handed the ball back to Satoru, who threw it the other way this time towards the kitchen.
"I got it." Miyuki said as he stopped the ball and nudged it back into his room with his foot. It rolled close enough to Eijun that he could grab it.
"Let me put you down so we can play until Miyuki-senpai is done with dinner." Eijun said and moved Satoru onto the floor next to him. He moved away a little and sat in front of him. He rolled the ball in front of Satoru and he grabbed it with a giggle. Picking it up, he tossed it gently back at Eijun. It didn't quite make it all the way to the older male.
"Cash!"
"Almost there Satoru, just a little harder." Eijun encouraged and leaned forward to bump the ball back to him. Satoru leaned forward to grab the ball and threw it with about the same amount of strength. "Try again Buddy."
Miyuki had finished cooking dinner by the time they had rolled the ball back and forth a few times. He plated the rice on two big plates and some in a small bowl for Satoru.
"That smells so go~od." Eijun practically drooled as Miyuki brought it into the room to place on the table in front of him along with some spoons. The catcher smirked and sat down across from Eijun.
"Thanks."
Eijun moved to gather Satoru up and placed him in his lap so they could eat. They gave their thanks and dug in. Eijun scooped up a bite for himself first and melted at the taste.
"It's so good! Here Satoru, let me get you some." Eijun took a little spoon that Miyuki provided with Satoru's bowl and scooped some out. He blew on it for a moment until he was sure it wasn't too hot.
"Here you go."
Satoru opened his mouth and ate the rice. His little eyes opened up wide and he looked up at Eijun as he chewed.
"It's good, right?" Eijun smiled down at him.
Miyuki watched from the other side with a wide smile. This whole situation from across the table was making his chest warm inside and was giving him weird but pleasant thoughts. He watched Eijun feed Satoru a little longer before he began to feed himself.
After they finished dinner and Eijun had cleaned the kitchen. They all took a bath together, all cramped up in Miyuki's small bathroom, giggling as they tried to maneuver around each other. Once that was done, they laid down on the bed side by side with Satoru laying on Eijun's chest. The little boy had nodded off, exhausted from the day. It wasn't too much longer till the two adults followed him into dreamland.
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Well after some months of going dark, I produce this for Miyuki's birthday. It's something I've always wanted to attempt writing and it turned out to be longer than the one shot I was aiming for. So expect another chapter in a few weeks! Thanks for reading! You can yell at me on Tumblr and Twitter Akulaledi.
