~time jump 14 months~
It was a hot July summer day, Tobio and Koushi had just returned from the park. "Alright, go ahead and go to the bathroom to wash that off. I'll be there in a minute with a bandaid." Koushi said after unlocking the front door.
Right before they left the park Tobio tripped and scraped up his knee. After screaming crying for about three minutes straight Koushi calmed him down enough to get him in the car.
Tobio all but sprinted towards the bathroom. Koushi walked into the kitchen and put the few bags down that he had with him. He washed his hands in the sink and grabbed neosporin and a bandaid before heading towards the bathroom.
Tobio sat on the toilet with the seat cover down, waiting for him. "Daddy? When is Papa coming home?" He asked as Koushi knelt down and began putting neosporin on his knee.
"About an hour from now." Koushi said as he took the wrapper off of the colorful Star Wars bandaid, that Tobio had begged him to buy for him.
The Star Wars movies were Tobio's favorite movies right now, but with only three movies out he was always asking questions that neither him or Daichi knew, like, "Why is there movie 4, 5, and 6, but not 1, 2, and 3?" Or "If Luke and Leia are brother and sister, why did they kiss each other?"
They immediately wondered if maybe they should have waited to show him Star Wars until he was a little older.
Koushi finished securing the bandaid over his knee. "Alright, you're good now, go on." Koushi said as he stood up, watching as Tobio felt the bandaid a little before hopping off of the toilet seat and running to the living room to play.
Koushi smiled at the little boy who had become theirs just last year.
Daichi closed the door behind him as he came in the house from work, the sun was just setting.
"Papa!" Tobio yelled running at him from the living room.
Daichi set his stuff down and knelt down to catch him in a hug. He picked Tobio up and swung him around, and he laughed the whole time. Once he set him on the floor again his little legs took him to the kitchen. "Daddy! Papa's home!"
Daichi smiled and picked his stuff up off the ground, bringing it with him to the kitchen where his lovely husband was making dinner.
"Welcome home." Koushi said from the stove where he cooked. "How was work?"
Daichi set his things down on a chair, and walked around the counter to give his husband a kiss. "It was busy." Koushi turned to him as he approached and they kissed. It was simple and chaste, but they got the usual ridicule.
"Eeewwww. That's gross." Tobio said grimacing, and ran back to the living room to play before dinner.
"What's for dinner?" Daichi asked, both of them ignoring their sons comment about them.
"Spaghetti. It'll be done soon." Koushi said as he turned back to the stove and began stirring the pasta again.
"Alright, I'm gonna go change. I'll be right back." Daichi pecked Koushi on the cheek once more before turning to leave.
As Daichi changed clothes he remember something an old friend had told him. In life you're either going into a trial or you're just coming out of one.
It's true, tough times come and go, it was definitely hard adjusting to being a parent and raising a child, but neither him nor Koushi thought of it like a trial. They have always felt so blessed to have everything that they have. Every feeling of joy and happiness, always appreciated. The two of them couldn't be more satisfied with their lives in this very moment.
Dinner went off without a hitch. Well, unless you count Tobio slopping his food everywhere, but that's pretty normal considering that they were eating spaghetti. Koushi ended up helping Tobio eat before actually eating his own food.
It was in the middle of dinner when the phone rang. Koushi was in the middle of swirling spaghetti with a fork on a spoon for Tobio when he turned his head towards the phone. He almost got up to answer it too, if Daichi hadn't stopped him.
"I got it." He said already getting up to answer it. "Hello, Sawamura residence, this is Daichi speaking."
"Hi Daichi, it's Miho Fujimori." Daichi wasn't too surprised, but it had been a while since she had called or even visited.
"Oh, Hi. Is everything okay?" Daichi asked not knowing what to expect.
"Yes everything's fine. How's Tobio?" She asked and Daichi had a weird about the conversation.
"He's good. We're actually in the middle of dinner right now." He lightly explained.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I don't want to keep you too long. I'll get right to the point. We've just started contacting families, for a young boy who was brought in a few days ago. He's about the same age as Tobio was when you two adopted him, maybe a little younger. We were wondering if you would be interested in adopting him?" She explained.
"Oh..." Daichi didn't know what to say. They hadn't withdrawn their names because they thought maybe someday in the future they'd like another child but, this might be too soon. "Um... I'm gonna take some time to talk it over with Koushi first."
"Of course. I'll wait for your answer before contacting another family. Thank you Daichi, have a good night." She said, the usual tone in her voice. Daichi had thought about how hard it must be to have the job that she has. To be responsible for finding a home for children. It'd be hard not to get your hopes up.
Daichi hung up the phone, and stood by the counter for a moment, just thinking about what it would be like to have another child right then.
"Daichi?" Koushi called out to him from the table. "Who was it?"
He shifted his attention and sat back down at the table. "Uh... It was Fujimori."
"Oh, she hasn't called in a while." He said while feeding Tobio another bite of Spaghetti. "What did she want?"
Daichi seemed to have taken a strong interest in twirling his spaghetti. "Why, don't we talk about it later." He said and stuffed his mouth with food.
They had just gotten Tobio down for the night and went downstairs. Koushi couldn't help but notice how stiff and quiet Daichi was since that phone call.
"Okay, what's up? What happened on that phone call?" Koushi asked fearing that the answer might be about Tobio.
"Why don't we sit down." Daichi said while leading him to the couch.
"Daichi, if this is something about Tobio, you need to tell me now." Koushi said before he could sit down.
"It's not about Tobio. Don't worry. It's not bad, I just... don't know what to think." He explained with a sigh, he really didn't know what to feel. And how would Koushi react? "She was wondering if we wanted to adopt a boy that came in a while ago. She said that he's a little younger than Tobio was when we adopted him"
"Oh." Koushi looked down in thought unsure of how to respond. "I know it's been over a year, but isn't it still too soon to be thinking about adopting another child? And how would Tobio react? I mean sure, I'd love to call her back and say yes, we'll take him, but I have to thank about the family we have first."
"So you do want him?" Daichi asked slightly confused.
"Of course. I've always wanted a big family." He said like it was a known fact.
"I didn't know that." Daichi replied.
"Oh, I thought... I thought I'd told you. I guess I didn't want to overwhelm you, because at the time we were just thinking about adopting." He explianed.
When Daichi thought there wasn't one thing he didn't know about his husband, there he goes surprising him again. "So, when you say a big family-"
"Three." Koushi interrupted him. "I've always imagined having three kids."
Daichi couldn't help but smile, he loved this man so much. "Ok. Then let's think about it for a few days, then we'll decide.
Koushi smiled and took hold of Daichi's hand.
A few days had passed and they both decided that they really wanted to adopt the little boy, however, they wanted someone else's input before they made the final decision.
"Tobio." Daichi started, having all three of them sitting down on the living room floor. "What do you think about having a little brother?"
Tobio's mouth went agape and they both waited for a reaction; an answer. Tobio looked back and forth between them for only a few seconds. "I'm gonna be a big brother!" He jumped up. "I can't wait to show I'm all of my toys and play pirates with him, and when will he be here?!" Tobio excitedly asked.
Both Koushi and Daichi smiled and laughed a bit at their sons excited gibberish. "Uh, soon." Daichi said.
Tobio's faced scrunched up. "But how soon Papa?!"
Koushi laughed and placed a hand on top of Tobio's head. "We'll tell you when we find out, okay?"
"Where is he gonna sleep Daddy?" He asked, eyes screaming with excitement.
"In your room." Koushi said.
"Are we gonna sleep in the same bed like you and Papa do?"
Daichi laughed this time and patted Tobio's head. "No. He's gonna have his own bed."
Tobio looked around practically shaking with excitement. "I'm gonna go play outside!" He yelled before running to the backdoor and letting himself outside.
"That went well." Koushi said, still surprised at their sons excited reaction.
"Better than I thought it would go." Daichi said, and placed an arm around Koushi, pulling him close. He placed a kiss on his head and they stayed there for a while.
They called Fujimori and within a few days they found themselves sitting in her office. They hadn't been in here since before Tobio, so it felt a bit... nostalgic. It wasn't hard to convince Reia to babysit, in fact, zero convincing went down, she loves and spoils Tobio to death.
The door opened and Fujimori stepped into the room closing the door behind her. "Hello, so good to see you both after so long. How's Tobio?"
"He's good. He's getting bigger and bigger each day." Koushi replied with a proud smile.
"That's good." She politely smiled and settled herself down. "Why don't we get right into this?" She slid them a photo from across the desk. "His name is Hinata Shouyou. He just turned three on June twenty-first."
They both looked at the photo, of Shouyou. He had the most gorgeous red hair and amber eyes.
"He was abandoned at a bus stop by his mother. When the bus arrived, both the bus driver and passengers were worried and waited a few minutes with him before calling the police. When the police arrived, they asked him where his mother was and he told them that she had said she would be right back. After looking at surveillance camera footage from a store across the street they found that he had been there for a little over an hour before the bus pulled up."
Koushi had to take a deep breath, listening was painful, but he wasn't to tears yet.
"After further investigation, it appears that Mrs. Hinata fled, seeing as her apartment had none of her belongings inside. After questioning her neighbors, they found out that she was a drug addict with no job, and very little to live off of. With no other family to take care of Shouyou we were put in charge of putting him with a family."
That poor child. He must be so scared right now. "You two should know, Shouyou is very different from Tobio. When Tobio cried, he wanted to be held, comforted, and loved. Shouyou doesn't want any of those things. When he starts crying and we try to hold or touch him he pushes us away and cries for his mother. Right now he's still very raw. I believe with time, he will forget about his mother, but right now, she's all that he can think about." She explained to the two of them. "This may even cause him to have abandonment issues in the future."
Daichi nodded. "How much time do you two need time to think about this?" She questioned.
Koushi and Daichi exchanged looks and Koushi nodded. Daichi looked back at Fujimori. "We don't need time. We want him."
"I know you know how this works. So I'll just ask you once. Are you sure?" She asked earnestly.
"Yes." Koushi confirmed as he held on to Daichi's arm.
The sun was setting on their way home despite it being 7:27 already, but it was summer.
Once the front door closed behind them they heard little stamping of feet on the floor, and soon Tobio came running out of the kitchen with a huge smile on his face. "Daddy! Papa!" Daichi swooped him up like he always would when he came home from work.
"How was your day sweetheart?" Koushi asked, just as Reia came out from the kitchen. Daichi set Tobio down and he gave Koushi a hug too.
"It was so fun! Grammie and me made cookies and played board games, and watched a movie!" He told them excitedly.
"Sounds like you had fun buddy." Daichi said.
"Oh, we sure did." Reia said with a warm smile on her face. "I made dinner a while ago, it's still warm, but I'll heat it up. You two must be hungry." She said while heading back to the kitchen.
Once everything was ready they started eating and Tobio got bored, saying he was leaving to go play with his toy trucks.
Reia waited until Tobio was off and playing before asking questions. "So how'd it go?"
Daichi looked up at her and swallowed his food. "It went pretty good."
She looked at both of them expectantly. "And?"
"We're adopting." Koushi confirmed.
Reia smiled so wide and placed her hands over her mouth. "Oooh. That's great." She said happily. "How old is he? Or she?"
"His name is Shouyou and he just turned three about a month ago." Koushi explained to let his husband eat. Reia only grew more excited. "We're supposed to be meeting him tomorrow. We were wondering if maybe you could-"
"Of course." Reia said, cutting him off. "Of course I'll watch Tobio."
"Hey Mom, where's Dad at?" Daichi jumped into the conversation.
"Oh, he's playing poker with some old friends tonight. He'll probably be working tomorrow." She explained.
"Is he still smoking?" Daichi continued, and Reia looked like she didn't want to answer at first.
"It's not that bad-"
"Mom. Don't make excuses for him. Smoking is terrible, he's gonna end up killing himself." Daichi exasperated.
"Sweetheart I know. Don't you think I've talked to him. He won't listen to me. Maybe he'll listen to you. He's terribly stubborn." She explained, looking worried.
"I'll talk to him." Daichi claimed as he began eating again.
The next afternoon Fujimori lead them down the same hallway she lead them down to see Tobio for the first time. When they reached the window they peered inside and saw the tinniest three year old they had ever seen, curled up on the floor crying. The woman who was in there with him looked at the window and shook her head.
Fujimori turned back to the Sawamura's. "I'm not sure right now is a good time." Koushi kept his eyes on the crying child, wanting nothing more than to scoop him up in his arms and love on him.
"We can handle it. If that's what you're worried about." Koushi said, remembering their first visit with Tobio.
"Alright." Fujimori opened the door, and the child's cries became audible. Daichi and Koushi stayed near the doorframe. "Hi Shouyou." She said ever so gently. "Why're you crying? What's wrong?"
The small redhead barely ceased his cries to look at her and then squeezed the stuffed animal in his arms even more. "I have some friends I'd like you to meet."
Shouyou ignored her and buried his face into his stuffed animal, and continued to cry.
Koushi carefully came forward and sat on the floor near the crying redhead. "Hi Shouyou. Do you like cookies? Cause I made some, and they're pretty good." Koushi said as he popped open the container in his hands, and pulled out a chocolate chip cookie.
The small boys cries died down into heavy breathing as he listened to Koushi speak. He moved his head so he could see Koushi and the cookies. He nodded, still not moving from his position.
"You do like cookies? That's great. Do you want one?" He asked the little boy and he sniffled and nodded again. "Well, you can't eat a cookie on the floor can you?"
The little boys eyes moved around the room and he slowly sat up. His face was all red from crying and his hair stuck up all over the place. Shouyou held his stuffed animal close to his chest which now revealed to be a toy rabbit. He rubbed at his eyes and hiccuped. He looked at Koushi who had a gentle smile on his face.
Koushi held out a cookie. "You want one?" He asked again, and Shouyou nodded, scooting himself closer to him, and slowly taking the cookie out of his hand.
"Tank you." Shouyou said very quietly before munching on some cookie.
Fondness fell upon Daichi and Koushi as they watched the small boy.
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AN: Are you ready to see a tiny Hinata Shouyou next chapter cause I am.
For those of you who waited for chapter three for FOREVER I deeply apologize. I have two fanfiction accounts. One on here and one on AO3 (Archive of Our Own) and I posted this chapter in June on there and I could've sworn that I posted it on here, but I guess I didn't and I forgot and I'm so sorry!