Things seemed to calm down during supper. Everyone was eating their dinner quietly before-
Hibiya pouted down at the supper in front of him, and looked over at the pizza that Tsugaru and Psyche were eating. "How come I don't get pizza, Dada?" He said, pouting.
"Because your mother made you your dinner," Shizuo replied casually. He frowned, seeing his youngest 'hmph' and fold his arms across his chest. "I thought Princes didn't eat pizza..." he tried.
Hibiya pouted, "can I be Hibiya tonight so I can have pizza?" He asked, looking up at Shizuo with big, pleading eyes.
Shizuo frowned, "eat your supper first. Once that's gone – you can have a slice of pizza."
Hibiya frowned, crossing his arms across his chest, "hmph," he replied, kicking his feet in his hairchair. "I don't want it! I don't want it! I don't want it!" He began to cry, and pushed his plate on the floor.
Shizuo was a bit taken aback by the fit. He hadn't really seen Hibiya throw a fit before. "Now, I have to have pizza!" He grinned proudly at his accomplishment.
Shizuo frowned, "you're about to go to bed without supper, Hibi-chan." He said, moving from his spot at the counter, reaching down to clean up the mess. "I don't like it, Hibiya. That's not how you get what you want." He said, moving to dump the filthy food into the trash.
Hibiya's golden eyes began to well up with water, his bottom lip jutted out, before crying loudly.
It was five long, gruelling minutes that Hibiya still hadn't stopped crying and Shizuo was losing his patience. "HIBIYA!" He yelled, slamming his fist down on the counter which made the two older boys jump slightly in their seat as they quietly ate their pizza.
Hibiya's loud crying seemed to calm down to dry sobs, as he cautiously looked up at his father.
"Do you need a spanking?" He asked his youngest who looked up at him with questionable eyes, "because it sounds like you need one."
Tsugaru and Psyche cautiously turned their heads to Hibiya for his response. Psyche shook his head, looking over at his little brother. "Say no!" Psyche blabbed, before he saw his father's head turn to him.
"Psyche-chan. Hibiya can speak for himself. Thank you." He said, before turning back to Hibiya. "Hibiya. Do you need a spanking?"
Hibiya didn't know what it meant, but he shook his head no. "N-no.." he sniffled, rubbing his eyes. Shizuo sighed and pulled out a small piece of pizza, putting it on a plate on his highchair. "We don't whine or cry or throw a fit to get what we want, Hibiya. We use our words. Do you understand me?"
Hibiya stared down at the pizza in front of him now, and just nodded slowly. He reached down and picked the piece up in his small hands. Shizuo was relieved when he heard the silence fill the room with the small sounds of chewing, and shuffling of dishes, and kicking feet. "And, your mother does this everyday? He really is insane." He growled to himself, shoving a piece of pizza in his mouth.
It was time. Oh god, it was time. It was a four-letter word that he never wanted to deal with ever. It was time for a bath.
"Okay, you two. Once Tsugaru is out of the bathroom and is ready for bed, it is bathtime for the both of you." He told Hibiya who was sitting on his lap and Pysche who was beside him on the couch.
Psyche grinned, looking up at his father. "Daddy. Can we have bubbles!" He asked excitedly, placing his hands on Shizuo's legs.
That didn't seem too destructive. "Sure," Shizuo said, smiled softly. Psyche's grin seemed to spread, "pink bubbles!" Why not? "Sure," he replied again and Psyche bounced on the couch excitedly.
Shizuo looked behind him as he heard the door click open with Tsugaru in his pajamas. "What do you do while Mom is giving these two a bath then?"
Tsugaru shrugged, "watch t.v.," he replied, moving to the living room.
Shizuo stood up and pulled Hibiya up on his hip, grabbing Psyche's hand, and nodded. "Works for me," he said, moving a bit faster to keep up with Psyche's pace.
"Daddy! Can I start the bath and put the bubbles in?" He asked excitedly, looking up at him. Shizuo frowned slightly, "Yes, but I'm going to help you." He said, before sniffing the air. "Oh man," he said, turning to Hibiya and sniffing him.
"I poop," Hibiya said, looking over at his father.
Shizuo nodded in agreement. "You sure did," he said, moving into the bathroom and setting Hibiya on the changing table. "Psyche, go ahead and start the water." He told the boy, and grabbed the wipes and a clean diaper from the shelf.
Shizuo wasn't sure if he was able to do this. It reeked. It reeked so bad. He reached down and pulled Hibiya's diaper off of him, pinching one half of the dirty diaper and slowly dragging it along to the trash bin next to him, quickly disposing it.
"Don't you need a gas mask for this?" Shizuo muttered to himself, frowning at the smaller boy below him. He pulled out a wipe and pulled a leg up to wipe him, only to find something even more horrifying.
"Oh my god. How did it get all the way up there?" He gulped, cautiously moving his hand down to wipe his son. "Is it normal for it to be green?" He questioned the color of the feces. Maybe that's why he wasn't supposed to feed them pizza. Would they all have green poop?
He sighed heavily as he made sure Hibiya was fully clean. He pulled the nude baby up into his arms, turning around to put him in the bathtub that was getting full pretty quickly. He moved over and turned the faucet off. The water was brimming the very edges of the bathtub, the bubbles falling over the tub.
Shizuo frowned, moving to drain some water out of the bathtub before putting the boys in. "Psyche, did you go potty before you-" Shizuo turned to face his son who was on the verge of crying. "What's-" he glanced down and noticed the boy's white pants were wet.
"I...I didn't mean to! The water...I had to pee-pee, and-and I didn't make it," he cried, "I don't wanna go to Hell!"
Shizuo's eyes went wide at the choice of his words his son used, "what the hell are you talking about?"
"Mommy said-" sniffle, "that if I didn't use," sniffle, "the potty," sniffle, "I would go to Hell, and-and never see you or mommy again," he wailed, tears streaming down his face now.
Oh, good grief.
Shizuo frowned, "Psyche-chan, you should use the potty when you know you have to. If you feel like you have to pee-pee, you go to the toilet as fast as you can," he said softly, "if you don't make it, but you're trying to make it – it's not your fault, okay?" He said, waiting for Psyche to calm down. "Okay, Psyche?"
Psyche finally nodded, sniffling.
"Go ahead and take your clothes off so we can get this over," he said, sighing heavily, moving back over to stop the water from draining after it was at reasonable place. He sat Hibiya into the water and helped Psyche in as well.
Here we go, Shizuo thought.
Shizuo looked down at the two raven boys who sat in the bathtub patiently, waiting for their father's actions. How did he go about this again? He had never gave any of his children baths.
"Get the cup!" Psyche distracted him from his thoughts and pointed to a large pink cup that was sitting with the rest of Psyche and Hibiya's toiletries.
Shizuo rose an eyebrow, and grabbed the cup, dipping it into the bathwater. He reached over, dumping the warm water over Psyche's head. He moved over and did the same with Hibiya, before he reached for their small shampoo bottle and wringed his fingers through the raven boys' hair.
In the middle of washing Hibiya, Psyche began to splash the water which had hit Shizuo numerous times. "Psyche, stop that." He said distractedly as he ran the soaped rag over Hibiya's body. He tensed when he felt a big splash of water hit his backside. He turned around abruptly and growled like an animal and got up in Psyche's face who had emitted into a fit of giggles.
"You know, you had another brother once named Delic and he didn't listen at all and you know what happened to him?" Shizuo asked the lively boy who stared over at him with amused pink eyes.
"What?" Psyche asked.
"I ate him," Shizuo answered as he filled the cup to rinse off Hibiya.
"Nu uh!" Psyche said, grinning playfully.
"Sure did," Shizuo answered.
"Nu uh! I'm asking Mommy!" He responded.
Shizuo frowned, "if you ask Mommy, I'm going to have to eat you up too." He said, though, knowing Izaya he would probably find it amusing and play along with it.
Pysche squealed once he felt his father pretending to eat him, and he tried his best to push his father's head away with both his hands, squealing. "Daddy!"
Hibiya stood up abruptly, "Dragon! Stop!"
Shizuo pulled back from playing with Psyche and stood up straight, looking over at his youngest. "But sire, he wasn't list-" he stopped once he saw that Hibiya had put his hand up to stop him from speaking. "I do not allow such behavior in my castle!"
"I am truly sorry, Sir Hibiya," he said, bowing slightly. Hibiya shuffled his body through the water and reached up to pat Shizuo's head. "It's okay, Dragon. I forgive you."
Shizuo chuckled, as he reached over and kissed Hibiya on the cheek. "Come on, let's dry you two off." He said, helping both of the nude boys out of the tub.
Bathime wasn't as torturous as he thought it was going to be, and both boys were pretty well-behaved. That was...until...bedtime arrived.
A/N: Don't forget to R&R! :) 3
