Hi, everyone! This is a new chapter! Chapter 6! I hope everyone will enjoy this chapter! So without further ado, let's start!
Normal POV
~ Seven months later~
Aichi was playing with Daichi in their room as Kai watched on with a smile on his face.
" Daichi, show Papa the new move you learned by yourself while he was asleep." Aichi said
" What new move?" Kai ask
Aichi carried Daichi and put him standing on the bed frame before letting him go.
" He's standing by himself?" Kai ask
" Yes! And look at this!"
Aichi pushed down Daichi's bottom lips a little to reveal two bottom front teeth.
" He's teething!" Kai exclaimed
" Yes! But he gets really fussy because of it and I heard that they might get fevers from teething too..." Aichi said
Kai smirked but then looked down and frowned.
" I'm sorry. I still haven't found a way yet... It's been a year now..." Kai said
" I wonder how's everyone doing? Void said that the black rings keeps getting destroyed constantly because of them, I'm a little relieved about that." Aichi said
" Yeah... We'll definitely find a way back to them, I'm sure of it. But..." Kai said
" I know you can do it. I believe in you." Aichi said
" Aichi... Yeah."
Daichi suddenly started crying as Aichi checked on him.
" What's wrong, Daichi?" Aichi ask
" Hey, do you smell that?" Kai ask
Aichi checked Daichi's diaper as he immediately closed the opening.
" Yeah, he pooped." Aichi said
" You better go change his diaper then." Kai said
" Yeah."
Aichi took out a baby mat and laid Daichi on it. He then changed his diaper quickly before keeping everything again.
" Time for your lunch. Kai-kun, want to follow me?" Aichi ask
" Sure."
Kai got off from his side of the bed as he followed a path towards the dining table. Aichi was already there and had sat Daichi on his baby chair. Aichi walked towards the kitchen and opened the pot just as Kai sat down.
" Too bad we're still separated." Kai said
" Yeah but this room has more things after Daichi was born, so I'm a little grateful for that." Aichi said, scooping out the baby food he made for Daichi from the pot
Daichi was crying again as Aichi quickly made his way towards him and fed him.
" Daichi, getting a little greedy for food, aren't you?" Kai ask
" Well, he's teething and if he eats more, it means that he's growing well." Aichi said
" Well, you win." Kai sighed
Aichi giggled. He continued to feed Daichi when the door opened. Void entered the room and approached them.
" Void-sama." Aichi greeted
" Afternoon, Aichi. You too, Kai."
" Hmph."
" Daichi, you too."
Aichi fed Daichi another spoon of food as Void sat down. He poked Aichi's arm a little.
" Hey, your husband just came back from doing some hard work." Void said
" I'm feeding the baby." Aichi said
"... You win."
Aichi finished feeding Daichi as he carried him up and went to put him inside the playpen.
" Stay here and play while I wash your bowl, okay?" Aichi said
He walked over to the kitchen to clean the baby items as Void sighed.
" Hurry up, Aichi. I'm bored." Void whined
" You're not a baby, Void-sama. Whining won't get you anywhere." Aichi said
He wiped the water off his hands before walking over to Void and flicked his forehead.
" Well, I am bored. After so many meetings, I can't even get a single greeting from my beautiful wife once I come back?" Void ask
" Not now. I still need to put Daichi to sleep. Talk to Kai-kun or something." Aichi said, walking back to Daichi
Void sighed as he turned to Kai, who didn't look interested to talk.
" Hey. Say something." Void said
" If you're bored, then what am I? I've been stuck separated from everything and I don't even know what's going on. I can't even go anywhere. Well, I guess Aichi too. There's only so much limited space for me." Kai said
" Well, it's only temporary. Besides, you'd really think I'll let you get intimate with my wife? No way will I let that happen." Void said
" Well, I'm not going to believe you. Your 'temporary' had lasted for a year already." Kai said
" Don't worry. You'll be able to move freely soon." Void assured
" Whatever."
Suddenly, Daichi started to wail as Aichi tried patting him to comfort him.
" What's wrong, Daichi? I changed your diaper and fed you already. Are you not tired?" Aichi ask
" Is everything okay over there?" Kai ask
" Daichi's being very grumpy. I wonder if it's because of the teething." Aichi replied
" Here. I'll take over. You go take a shower. I'm sure you need it." Void said
" Are you sure I can leave him with you?" Aichi ask
" What? It's not like I messed up a lot." Void said
Aichi's glare told him another story...
" Alright, maybe that one time..." Void said
Aichi sighed after that as he handed the grumpy Daichi over to Void.
" Alright. I'll go take a quick shower then." Aichi said
" Yeah."
Void placed Daichi down on the bed as Kai sat back down on his side of the bed. Daichi continued to whine as Void brought his pacifier. Daichi sucked on the pacifier for awhile before crying again, causing the pacifier to drop out from his mouth.
" Daichi, what's wrong? You're not acting like yourself today." Kai said
" Hey, do something about this too." Void said
" Then make the hole on the barrier bigger." Kai said
" Fine."
The barrier appeared as it showed the hole Void made expanding, allowing Daichi enough space to crawl to Kai.
" Come here." Kai said, carrying Daichi after he arrived on his side of the bed as he patted his back and Daichi stopped crying, " It's alright now. Are your gums feeling irritated from the teething? Hey, didn't you get a teething toy for him?"
" I didn't have the time to." Void said
" You had the time to try to disturb Aichi during his resting period after he gave birth... Never mind. Clean his hands while I do something about this." Kai sighed
He placed Daichi back to the other side of the bed as he quickly went over to the kitchen, where there was his own stocked up fridge. He scavenged for something before going to the drawers to take a few more things. Heating up a pot of water, he let the food he took out steam a little bit above it using a bowl. He then took out a clean mat from the cupboard and went back to his bed with the bowl in hand after making sure it was cooled down after steaming. Void had cleaned Daichi's hands by then.
" Hey, open up a hole on this part of the floor." Kai said and pointed
Void did as he was told as Kai laid out the mat and slid it over to the other side of the barrier while also placing the bowl down. He motioned Void to place Daichi down on the mat as Daichi crawled over to the bowl in curiousity, looking up at Kai a few times. Kai took out another plastic glove and wore it as he let Daichi observe how he mashed the food that was inside using the gloved hand, careful not to touch the barrier by accident. He then took a small piece of the food, making sure it's not too hot, as Daichi immediately went to grab it and put it into his mouth.
" Chew slowly." Kai said
Daichi's eyes lit up as he smiled and giggled.
" So you like it?" Kai ask, relieved that Daichi was happy again
" What's that?" Void ask, sitting beside Daichi, who was now doing whatever Kai did while stuffing a few fistful of the food into his mouth
" Soft tofu. I'm glad I requested you to stock my own fridge up for some." Kai said
" You thought about this kind of scenario?" Void ask
" I read up on some during my free time. You did give me a few things to pass the time, so I'm a little grateful for that." Kai said
" So... What does it do? He seems so happy." Void said
" Nothing really. But it's basically how it's used to train a baby's thoughts and senses. Not just soft tofu anyway but the baby's sense of touch and taste are activated. Using his hands to mash the tofu lets him know the different textures that are around him. Up until now, he's been only either on the bed, playpen or the baby chair while being fed by Aichi. There's not much he knows and since he's in the teething period, letting his gums be slightly active will calm him down while at the same time, letting him know a new taste. He's still not in an appropriate age for seasonings but still, plain soft tofu can satisfy a baby's taste bud significantly." Kai explained
" Then you can use something other than this?" Void ask
" I read about using steamed sweet potatos as well but I'd rather go slower and go with something plainer than that for now." Kai explained
" I see."
" You guys seem to be having fun." A voice interrupted them
Aichi had finished his shower as he wrapped the towel around his neck and he smiled while sitting down beside Daichi as well. Seeing Daichi play so happily made Aichi happy too as he gently patted Daichi's head.
" You're quite the gluttony, aren't you, Daichi? You just finished your baby food and now you're eating soft tofu. Oh well. You calmed down and you're quite happy from how I see it." Aichi said, which Daichi responded with a giggle
" What took you so long?" Void ask
" Sorry. I suddenly had a stomachache." Aichi replied
" Are you feeling alright?" Kai ask
" Yeah. I'm just fine." Aichi replied
Aichi then spotted something as he sighed.
" I get the rush to stop him from crying but you guys could at least remove his clothes so that only his diapers get dirty." Aichi sighed
Both blinked as they looked down to see that Daichi had made a mess with tofu sticking all over his clothes.
" Oh..."
" I'll shower him later. For now, it's better to let his gums calm down first." Aichi said
Daichi held out a piece of tofu to Aichi as Aichi smiled and ate it.
" Thank you. It's delicious." Aichi said
Daichi giggled as he took another piece for Kai and Void after that, both thanking him as well. Void checked the time as he stood up.
" Well, time for the next meeting. After this is meeting is over, I can spend my time with you guys for the rest of the day." Void said
" Yes."
Aichi stood up after remembering something as he went over to Void quickly.
" Void-sama."
" What is it?" Void ask
Aichi managed to tip toe and reach his height as he kissed him.
" You did ask for it. Good luck." Aichi said
" Yeah."
Void exited the room as Aichi sat back down on the mat.
" That kiss was too fast." Kai said
" What? Don't tell me you also want to the kiss to last longer?" Aichi ask
" Of course. I feel everything he feels after all." Kai replied
" Sorry. But Kai-kun, don't you feel that he changed quite a bit?" Aichi ask
" How so?" Kai ask
" For starters... He seems to be becoming more like how you were in the past. Very solemn and... lonely. Then he started to be open to us a little more after Daichi was born and then he started to show his kind side." Aichi said
" I didn't know an evil entity would show feelings, much less kindness." Kai said
" That's how I feel about him right now. I mean, he did travel to so many worlds, took over them and then came here... Telling me how much he yearned for me made me realise that this is his first love after so many decades of taking over different worlds and dimensions. Maybe he is like you in a sense, always lonely in the heart but never say it out loud. Maybe he found the similarity within you too when he saw you, that's why he took over your body and let your soul stay free. He needed someone who understood the same feelings as him and communicate but he just doesn't understand it or he just didn't want to admit it. I mean, he could've trapped you inside your body a year ago already but he chose to let you roam freely." Aichi explained
" Not that freely anyway." Kai sighed
" But you get what I mean, right?" Aichi ask
Kai thought about it before nodding.
" Yeah. I understand what you mean." Kai said but then suddenly frowned, " These feelings inside us... Won't stop us from trying to escape, right...?"
Aichi just stayed silent as Kai reached out of the hole to hold his hand.
" I'll stay with you, no matter what your decision is." Kai said
" Thank you."
Soon after, Aichi noticed that Daichi was started to look sleepy as he carried him up to shower him while Kai cleaned up. Once Aichi finished dressing Daichi up, he'd fallen asleep as Aichi smiled while laying him down on the pillow with the pacifier in his mouth. Suddenly, there was an explosion as the door swung open a few minutes later. Aichi held tightly onto Daichi as Gen came out from the smoke.
" Gen-kun!"
" There you guys are!" Gen exclaimed
The bear like creature and dragon like creature both jumped off his shoulders as they ran over to their respective owners. The dragon like creature went through the hole in the barrier and towards Kai.
" Tina, you're alright!" Aichi exclaimed
" You've grown quite a lot too, Draco." Kai said
" I managed to find you guys through their noses. They smelt you guys the moment we entered the building. We need to go now. The others won't hold out for long down there." Gen said
Gen slashed the barrier as it was destroyed after a few attempts.
" Will you be alright escaping as just a soul?" Gen ask
" Yeah. No problem. I'll get back my body dinner or later." Kai replied
Gen nodded. The black bracelets were also broken as both were led to the entrance of the building. Daichi woke up through the scuffle as he looked up at Aichi.
" It's okay. We're going to be fine." Aichi assured
" Ma... P... Pa."
Upon hearing that, Aichi froze in his tracks just as they were about to exit the doors, remembering what he and Kai had said previously back in the room. Kai, who'd also heard Daichi's words, froze a little. Gen turned to them as he wondered what was wrong. Back in their room, Void was standing at the entrance as he looked in the now empty room and unconsciously frowned.
Meanwhile, Aichi and Kai were still deep in their thoughts as it went on for another minute before Aichi and Kai both looked up at Gen, his Houin glowing without him knowing.
" I'm sorry." Aichi said, lifting up his fingers
" What are you-?!"
" Ketsu!"
Two Kekkais appeared in the same shape as Aichi's Houin, blocked the two and Gen's path to them, as Gen tried to slash it away but to no avail.
" Why?!"
" We can't leave him alone anymore. This one year we've spent with him made us realise something. That's why we have to go back." Aichi said, letting Tina down to the ground
Kai did the same as Aichi squatted down in front of them.
" You guys can go with him as well. You don't have to force yourselves to stay with us. This is the only way. I'll open a hole in the Kekkai to let you two go to Gen-kun. He can be a little reckless, so take care of him for us." Aichi said
Aichi stood back up as Kai held out his hand. Aichi took it and held it tight as both began to walk back to the elevator. Tina and Draco contemplated before deciding to go to their owners.
" Are you both idiots?! Come back! Aichi! Kai! Wait!" Gen yelled
The elevator doors closed as Gen knocked on the Kekkai once more while kneeling down in defeat. Meanwhile, Aichi and Kai arrived at the top floor again as they headed towards their room, which currently has a broken door, as they stood in front of it to see Void sitting down on the bed while looking down.
" Void-sama."
Void seemed to flinch a little as he slowly looked up as Aichi let go of Kai's hand and ran over to hug Void.
" I'm sorry. We won't leave again." Aichi said
Daichi reached out to touch his cheek as Void looked over to him.
" Ma. Pa."
Kai shrugged the moment Void looked over to him as he went back to laying down on his side of the bed while Tina and Draco followed beside him to take a nap.
" You guys came back? I thought you guys would've escaped by now." Void said
" We're married, remember? We can't possibly leave you alone, not after the kindness you showed us a year ago until now. We won't leave again. We'll both stay here and do whatever you want. Daichi seems to want to stay too anyway." Aichi said
Daichi giggled as Void pushed Aichi away slightly and used his powers to repair the door.
" Thank you..."
" No problem."
A few minutes after the chaos outside the building had subsided, Aichi lulled Daichi back to sleep again while both him and Void laid on each side of Daichi. Void looked over to Kai, who had his back turned to them, as he sighed.
" Kai. I'm not going to put up the barrier anymore. Come here and sleep with us. Those pets of yours can come over too." Void said
Tina and Draco immediately accepted the invitation as they laid beside Aichi while Kai looked over to them, hesitating.
" Kai-kun. Let's sleep together tonight." Aichi said
Kai looked away for a bit before looking back and nodding. He laid his arms around Aichi while looking various towards Void, who didn't seem to mind as all of them fell asleep together.
And that's the end of this chapter! Sorry for the long wait but I hope that everyone have enjoyed this chapter! I'll see everyone in the next chapter!