Sorry guys! t took me so long to update i was hospitalized and well...i just got out of the hellhole...hope you like!
Chapter two: Parenthood
Three months later
Noriko was crying. And it was 3am.
"Shut her up, Seto. I did it the last time," Yami woke Seto up. "Seto!"
"Alright, alright! I'm up! I'm up!" Seto got out of bed. "Fuck this…" he mumbled going across the room to get Noriko to feed on a bottle. "I'm twenty-two…I'm not supposed to be doing this damn thing yet!" he whispered. He picked up Noriko, making sure he supported her head with his hand fist before the crook of his arm. He got the bottle that was in the steamer on the desk and shook it, diluting the infant's formula in the warm water inside it. "Shut up now, Noriko-chan." Noriko stopped crying and sucked on the bottle quietly. Seto was really sleepy. So he went to the chair by the crib and sat down, where he continued feeding Noriko. And he fell asleep. Together with Noriko.
The next morning, Yami woke up alone on the bed. "Where's Seto?" he looked around the room and saw him asleep, sitting on a chair with Noriko hugged snugly in his arms. "Cute…" he stood up and got the baby from Seto's arms. Noriko woke up, but she didn't cry. "Hello, baby…you hungry?" he cooed at her and got another bottle from the steamer and shook it. He went back to the bed and bottled Noriko there. "You know, you tired out your father last night."
Seto was dreaming. And it was a nightmare.
DREAM
Seto was holding Yami's hand. And it was Yami's last push. Yami got the baby out. But it was not crying.
"What's happening?! Why isn't the baby crying?!" Yami demanded, albeit tiredly but the doctor didn't answer
"Hey! He asked you something!" Seto stipulated
The doctor cut the cord and sadly wrapped it in a cloth. He gave the baby to Seto miserably. "I-I-I'm sorry. She's a stillborn. I'm sorry."
Seto's eyes filled with tears. He hugged the baby. "No! No! My baby!"
END DREAM
"NO!!!" he woke up with a jolt screaming
"Seto! Are you alright! You were having a nightmare!" said Yami. He had just finished feeding Noriko when Seto started moaning
"Yami!" he breathed heavily. He was sure that was the worst nightmare ever had.
"You know, I think it will help if you tell me what happened in your dream," he said and Seto nodded, leading Seto to the bed so he could lie down. "Lie down, then tell me."
"Well, it was when Noriko came and it was your last push. She…she…she…"
"She was what, huney?"
"A stillborn,"
"Oh, I'm sorry," Yami hugged him. "C'mon, let's have breakfast. You need it," he said, standing up from the bed and helping Seto off it. They went to the crib and Yami picked her up. And she was sleeping. Again.
"I'm glad that she wasn't," said Seto, accompanying Yami out the door, to the dining room
"Wasn't what, love?" Yami asked
"A stillborn."
"Seto, after all the doctor's appointments a we went to?" they stopped at the foot of the grand staircase. Yami looked at him, and Seto was still down from the nightmare. Yami lifted his chin up. "That horrible amniocentesis (1)? The vitamins? Who wouldn't have the perfect baby?"
"I know," Seto then smiled, and pulled Yami into a passionate kiss. Yami pulled away when he knew Seto was going too far
"Seto, the baby,"
"Sorry. Let's go have breakfast." They went to the dining room
Entering the dining room, Yami gave Noriko to one of the maids and they sat down to eat. Yami served himself with the waffles and put butter and syrup on it and some orange juice. Seto read paper while drinking his black coffee without sugar.
Noriko won't stop crying. And the maid was didn't know what to do. Noriko clearly knew that the person holding her wasn't Yami or Seto.
"Give her to me, Takeshi." Yami told the maid
"Yes, sir," the maid gave him the baby and them she stopped crying
"Looks like she doesn't want anybody else to touch her besides us," said Seto. He thought that if she didn't want anybody else to hold her than her parents, she won't trust anybody else than him, Yami and Mokuba. That would be a good thing, wouldn't it?
"Yeah," said Yami. "You didn't like the maid, didn't you, Noriko?" Yami cooed at her and she was babbling back smiling
"Morning, big brother," Mokuba entered the dining room, still in his pyjamas.
"Morning, I have to get to KC now," said Seto standing up. "After I hit the showers I'll be leaving immediately."
"Seto!"
"What?" he was about to step out the room
"Can I use the gym? I have to lose all these fat Noriko made me put on," Yami asked and Mokuba giggled
"Yeah," he left
"Mokuba,"
"Yes, Yami?" Mokuba turned to him with a mouthful of waffles
"I want you with tutor in an hour, alright? No buts." He told him
"Ok," Mokuba replied gloomily
"I'm going to work out after your tutor so you'll be the one looking after Noriko since she doesn't want anybody else to touch her."
"Really!" Mokuba's gloomy expression suddenly brightened up
"Yes," he drank some of the juice
"Count me in!" he finished his milk and ran up to his room to take a bath
Noriko was sleeping. Again. Yami could take advantage of that. He could take a bath while she was sleeping then take care of her again after the bath. He stood up and went to the room, finding a ready for work Seto.
"Bye, Yami. I have to go." He gave a kiss on the cheek and left
"Damn he smells good," he put the baby down in the crib and went in the showers
Yami was in his bedroom peacefully rocking Noriko to sleep after working out for about two hours. Two hours of working out? That surely made his muscles soar. But to lose that twenty pounds he had to work out more than two hours. Maybe he'd work out two hours a day for a week, and then add thirty minutes to that on the second week, then another thirty on the third. Maybe the maximum time he can work out is four. He had to take care of Noriko, too! That sounds a good plan.
Yami fell asleep on the chair he was sitting on, with Noriko also asleep and was hugged snugly in Yami's arms. Seto came home hours after that. He came home to find a cute scene in his bedroom that calmed him down. He changed out of suit and woke Yami up.
"Yami, wake up."
"Seto?" he moaned, opening his eyes.
"C'mon, put Noriko down."
"Kay," Yami stood up and put Noriko down in the crib. He wento bed with Seto.
Seto didn't even bother to eat dinner that night. He was so mad at his employees that were working down on the mainframes. A virus almost spread to all of them. It was a good thing he destroyed it in time. He even fired half of them. Then there were the press trying to get into his office to find out about the mainframe problem.
He was almost assassinated today! One of his employees tried to shoot him as he went out the building. The employee was serving life term in jail. But he was not hurt. One of his bodyguards took the bullet for him, and the bullet didn't hit any vital organs but it was mere millimetres from the liver. He gave him a leave, a bonus and the money to pay for the hospital.
The next day was a Sunday, thank Ra! Now Seto was going to be the one taking care of Noriko all day.
"Yami! She's not going to be with me all day!"
"She is and will be. It's important for us to take turns, you know!"
"I'm going to be in the lounge!"
"Then put the playpen there. Look after her, rock her to sleep, feed her, and most important of all, talk to her!"
"Talk to her?! It's not like she's going to understand me!"
"That's exactly the point of talking to her! Make her learn! You know, if you just take care of her for just one day, six days of me taking care of her is paid."
"You have got to be kidding! I don't know HOW to take care of an infant!"
"And do you know how to change a diaper? And use baby wipes?"
"WHAT?!"
"I only asked you to take care of her for one day! And I'll be in the gym if you need me." Yami gave Noriko to Seto and he left for the gym
"Hell no…" he looked at Noriko, who was looking back at him with her amethyst eyes. She babbled and smiled. Seto smelled something awful. He felt, from his left hand that was on Noriko's butt, that her butt was warm. "Hell no! Your mother just gave you to me! This is the worst day ever!" he went up to his lounge.
In his lounge, he was surprised to have found the playpen, the mat where Yami changes Noriko's diapers, the diapers and wipes, the things Noriko needed, like baby cologne and baby powder, the formulas, the toys and the baby seat, where he can put Noriko when she falls asleep. And that baby carrying thing. Did he have to wear that?! And this was perfectly planned! Everything was in its place! No wonder Yami was hurrying to the gym. At least he could spend some 'quality time' with his daughter.
"You like torturing me, don't you?" he raised an eyebrow at Noriko, who was smiling at him widely. "Fine. I'll change your diaper," he grumbled.
He put her down on the mat on the sofa and took off her diaper. "Oh, fuck! There's shit everywhere! Damn you smell bad!" his grimaced. "Ok, what to do?" he saw the wipes. "Wipes? Yes, wipes," he took the wipes and pulled out a few sheets. He wiped the faeces from Noriko's butt and the other parts of her lower body. "This is so disgusting. How much shit do you produce in one day?!" he asked her, almost thinking she'd answer back. He put the used wipes in a plastic bag he found in the bag where all of Noriko's things contained and threw it in the trash bin. "What to do next?" he rummaged through the bag. "Yeah, baby powder. And you'll need lots of cologne, too. And so do I." he put a considerable amount of powder on her and got a diaper and put it on her. "Thank Ra I'm done. And you'll be needing cologne." He put a considerable amount on her again. And also on himself. He didn't want to smell like shit. "There! Happy?!" he carried her. She babbled and saliva was all over her mouth. "Oh, Ra…" he got the bib and wiped away all of the spit off mouth. He put her down on the baby seat and he put on the baby carrying thing. Then he put her in front of him. "Ok, now you comfy?" she yawned. "I'll take that as a yes." He sat down and went over the papers.
The day ended, which Seto realized he didn't want it to. He experienced what Yami had been doing for the past three months without him helping. It was both tiring and fun.
Yami was just out of the showers when he decided to check on Seto and on Noriko, and the sun was already setting. He entered the lounge and found Seto feeding while rocking Noriko to sleep.
"Have you eaten dinner, Seto?"
Seto looked at the figure at the door. "No, not yet." He said
Yami approached him and took Noriko. "C'mon, eat dinner. I'll be here with your daughter,"
"Yeah, sure," he stood up and went down.
Yami sat on the chair. He looked at his daughter. "I love you," and kissed her little head lightly
They had a life ahead of them, full of surprises, love and happiness. Who knew something this small and very tiring to take care of would give you so much happiness? And she may give him and Seto more when she grows up, ne? Following the footsteps of her father…
Did you like? I know...it was horrible...i think the problems are gonna start next chapter...
