Disclaimer: See Chapter 1

Rating: G, there is a fluff factor however.

Characters/Pairings: Kazuma, Kyo

Summary/Genre: Humor. He didn't realize being a parent was this tiring, or hazardous to his health.

Word Count: 313


C is for…

"Wow! What is that?!"

"What does this do Shisho?"

"What's a ana-ana-anem-mone?"

"Why does the rain make me sleepy?"

"How come I can't do grown up stuff too?"

Kazuma never knew that children could be so curious. Sure, he knew that it was only natural for them to be fascinated about and by their surroundings, the need to know and explore fueling them with energy. But sometimes he wondered if Kyo took it to another level.

"What's a train? What does it do? Can I ride it? Can I have one?"

Kyo, it seemed, was an endless ball of energy. He also had an endless stream of questions, asking one after the other and so quickly Kazuma barely had time to answer them and brace himself for another. But he always handled them well enough to satisfy to the young kitten (the innocent ones anyway, his heart just twisted when Kyo asked about the cold manner of his relatives). It was when Kyo's inquisitiveness evolved from (mostly) harmless questions to exploring.

"Kyo get down from there!" he cried, in full out panic mode. This was not good, he, Sohma Kazuma, did NOT panic like a hysterical mother. But he was making an exception for this.

"But I want to touch the clouds!" Kyo whined. The orange-haired child was halfway up the water tower and still going. Higher, and higher, and higher… How did he get so far up? I only turned around for a minute! "I can see the whole city! It's so cool Shisho!"

"Now Kyo!" Kazuma ordered. The child sighed and began to climb back down. Kazuma didn't breathe till both feet were safely and firmly planted on the ground. This boy and heights…

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it planned on taking Kazuma down too. I hope he grows out of this before he's a teenager or I'll really be in a lot of trouble.

Curiosity.


AN: This one is much happier then the previous two. FYI, Kyo is trying to say anemone, which is totally inspired from that scene in Finding Nemo.