Couch

Chapter 6

The dangerous wife

"How's my baby girl?" asked Chrome as she dresses up Mai after she took her bath, her brother Kai is back in the nursery and is situated on his father's lap. Staring at his father as if he fully understand what he is saying; you see… even though the twins are 1 ½ years old in actuality their speech development has improve and was able to provide responses of one who understands albeit bit by bit.

Rearranging his hold on Kai so that the toddler would be comfortable in his position for their little father-son/ man to baby talk. "You know son… there are things that you need to understand about women, especially your mother." He said earning him a look from Kai as if saying 'what is it?'

"First, she's a soft spoken woman but if her lips is set on a tight thin line you better run or else you'll hear a voice louder than your Uncle Ryohei"

"R…wan?" said the toddler.

"Second, she has very expressive eyes but if it got sharp find a sturdy hiding place as quickly as you can the type that she can never grab you no matter what she do."

"Mama, eye?" Mukuro is now smiling from ear to ear.

"That's right and third, she looks delicate, fragile, weak or any synonyms you can think of but don't let the grip on that trident of hers go tight to the point that it might break or else you won't be able to walk for a whole month " now staring at his son eye to eye to prove his point.

"N…no?" the little tyke shook his head. His father still in the midst of narrating that he didn't notice that Kai stopped listening to him and is staring at the doorway. He only stopped when perceive that his son's line of vision wasn't on him.

"R…wan?" said the toddler.

"Huh?"

"Mama, eye?"

"What's wrong?"

"Papa waaaaaaaaaaan!" (Run) looking at his back only to be greeted by his wife's pointed stares.

"Hehe… Hi Bhe?" putting his son down on his crib and Chrome copying his actions. The twins look at one another, opening their mouth and "Papa waaaaaaaaaaaan!"

"So… is that the new bedtime story that you've been telling Kai when I wasn't around?" trident materializing on her hands is what Mukuro needed as a sign to run and follow the advice he had given earlier to Kai with Chrome hot on his trails.

Leaving the twins to themselves still shouting "Papa waaaaaaaaaaan!"

After their mini marathon

Tired from the chase Mukuro decided to head to his office to finish his teeming paperwork when…

"Nufufu… poor little guy, looks like you'll be sleeping on the couch tonight." Giving his descendant a highly amused grin. Said pineapple… eh… I mean guardian ignored the melon… eh… I mean Daemon for the sake of his sanity and paperwork.

"Oya? Giving me the silent treatment now. You're hurting my feelings" putting on a feign hurt.

"Kufufu… you must be bored?"

"That's why I came here, because I'm bored."

"If you're not going to extend help you may leave."

"Nufufu… show some respect boy, is that how you're going to treat your ancestor?" he ask now placing himself on Mukuro's temporary bed the couch.

"Kufufu… for all I know we might not be related or maybe Elena changes her mind about marrying you or may not even got married."

"Correction… widow and single parent is my status; you can check my facebook account."

Raising an eyebrow "Oh? That's so complicated" still busy signing his paperworks (a/n: damn you paperwork, why can't you just disappear.)

"Well then, what help can you give? So that you won't be deem useless." There was a moment of silence from the other occupant.

"What now melon-head?"

"Patience is a virtue pineapple-head" suddenly reaching a eureka moment he said. "Ah I know! You can just kill yourself." Armed with his trident and a huge tick on his head Mukuro stood up while Daemon held his hands in front.

"I'm just jesting… no seriously, do something romantic" Mukuro staring at him as if he had grown another head and started talking gibberish.

"Romantic as in…?"

"The usual candle light dinner, flowers and lots of promises that you won't do anything insane." Advice Daemon.

"Hmm… maybe it could work" muttered Mukuro while scratching his chin.

"I'm telling the sooner you do this, the better it will be for you and I'm telling you it's not easy to sleep on the couch… cold and very uncomfortable and I don't was that to happen to you" narrated Daemon getting Goosebumps upon recalling an incident that happened to him

Bemused "I didn't know you had the tendency to be sentimental? Despite having a negative record in the Vongola hall of fame"

"Tch… that's the problem with the lot of you, you only look at the negative side." Still bored he went to the bookshelves to check if there's something good to read. Getting hold of one he proceeds to slump himself rather ungracefully on his previous seat.

"Are you making fun of me?" growled Mukuro who's attention is now on the book.

Smirking he replied "A bit… I told you I was bored that's why I'm going to read." Daemon didn't get to read his book as the second part of the mini marathon commences.

On the coffee table left a yellow and black book with a title.

'Pineapples for dummies'