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.: Time :.

For Takumi, time had become such an abstract concept that he already had forgotten its meaning. Years ago, he could try to define it without any problem, now he was not so sure how to describe it, but still, he was sure of one thing: Time is cruel and always flow at contrary to how he want.

During the last year, he had learned that when he wanted that the days pass quickly, they passed slowly; his best example were the days when he already wanted to have his baby in his arms, while the baby was still growing inside her mother. But when the child was born and Takumi was ready to start enjoying his time with him, the time decided to accelerate its flow speed, and sooner than he thought, it was time to leave the mansion that had served as home for the children, and move to the Deeprealm they had chosen for each of their kids.

The only child who would stay in the mansion would be Dwyer, since Jacob claimed it was impossible to separate his son from the bed of his room. The others were taken at different times of the day and taken to their new home. Ryoma and Elise were the first to leave the mansion with a sleepy Shiro, and had to past a month before Takumi were able to see his brother again and continue the war where they left off.

Takumi was the last in leaving the mansion with his family; using the portal that Lilith had open to the Deeprealm that Oboro had chosen for the child. The place was full of mountains and forests that surrounded small villages. A dangerous place, called it some of his companions, but the truth is that the region had a feel of complete tranquility and freedom; and for the young prince who had always lived under the pressure of a kingdom, war and responsibilities; this new change of scenery was of his liking, a perfect opportunity for his son to live without worries.

But time was cruel with the prince, and again advanced to a speed too fast for his taste; causing one day to find himself enjoying an afternoon with his family in their new home, and the next he was consoling Oboro for leaving her small son.

The first time he had to say goodbye to Kiragi, he decided to take the example of Ryoma and leave when the child was sleeping, it would be easier for the baby and for both of them, or so he thought, but the truth is that it wasn't. The return to the real world after months of being in the Deeprealms had not been much of a pleasure, because now, every day felt like a torture for him. The only thing that made him feel better was to release his frustration on every one of his enemies in his fights, and it was obvious that Oboro did exactly the same.

Even with everything he had lived in the war, Takumi managed to find days to rejoice, and those days were prior to the scheduled visits to see Kiragi. During the preparation for the visit, Takumi was happy that the time passed faster, but when he arrived with his son, the Prince again cursed how quickly the time passed and felt that those visits lasted seconds instead of days or months how it really were. Yes, time was cruel without any doubt.

One day he awoke with some luck and his torture had ended earlier than planned, because he had to take Kiragi from his home in the mountains and allowed the kid to accompany him during the war. But time had already punished him. His son was no longer the baby or the little 5 year old boy that he used to visit; now he was a young boy that soon well begins to start adolescence. Of course that wasn't a reason to not be happy, and as Oboro had said, instead of lamenting what happened, it was better to rejoice that they were able to live the last years of his childhood and his future.

Gathering with his son was an event that gives him some happiness in the middle of all the fights, but what certainly made him to forget his fight with the time, was the end of the war.

Finally they could go home and even if they knew that they still had too much work to do to rebuild their homes and create peace between the two kingdoms of Hoshido and Nohr, they could not help but feel relieved and even forget their future problems. However, that tranquility will not made Takumi to forget an important issue: Kiragi's birthday.

The day started very early for him, Kiragi awoke very excited for being able to finally celebrate his birthday with everyone and decided to awake his parents too early for Takumi's liking.

- You couldn't wait until breakfast time? – Asked Takumi after being practically taken out of his blankets by his son.

- Nup, you promised to spend all the day with me without losing even a minute.

- And I don't want to lost any minute from my sleep time either, so, see ya later. – Answered before hiding under his blankets.

- DAD! – Kiragi jumped over Takumi and started to pull him out of his bed.

- The war is over, I can finally sleep all the time I want, you can´t deny me of it!- Both boys started to wrestle playfully in the bed, like they always do every morning.

- But is my birthday and you told me that I can request anything I want.- Said Kiragi with a confident smile, Takumi was very sure that the kid inherited it from his mother.

- Damn it! It was an error to give you too much power! – Exclaimed Takumi while falling in the blankets, allowing Kiragi to sit over his stomach, like if they just ended the most epic fight ever.

- And now, if the winner wants to receive his price, he need to change his clothes first.- Oboro's voice come from the other side of the room. The Hoshidan prince was glad that they could still use the castle that Lilith give to them and rest in it while they think what to do now that the war has ended.- Come here, I need to check what clothes you can use today.

- Ok! – Kiragi went to Oboro's side, leaving Takumi the time to take over the whole blankets they used to sleep.

- Looks that you need new ones, these look already small on you.- Said Oboro while looking at the clothes of her son.

- But I like my actual clothes.

- You has grown so much these days… Soon you will have my height. Sorry, but I will need to change all your clothes.- She leave his clothes in his hands.

- And I could use them for hunting?

- Of course!

- YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! – He exclaimed happy with a victory pose.

- You're so cute! – Oboro hugged the kid. Takumi looked at them at the moment Kiragi returned the hug. Oboro was right, the kid was close to her height.– Well, go to change your clothes while I take your father out of the bed and check about today breakfast.

- Breakfast? – Asked a confused Takumi.- Your turn was last week, I don't think is your duty again.

- I promised him that he could eat his favorite dish today.

- But yester night Corrin gave me the activities for all the week and…- Takumi took the calendar he was keeping near, Oboro's name was in the kitchen duty box for the whole day.- … Did… Did you two change the calendar without telling Corrin?

- Why do you think that? – Said Oboro and Kiragi at the same time, but it were obvious that both of them had a complicit look. The prince was sure that right now Corrin was awakening with the surprise of finding the modified duty calendar.

- I'm going to change my clothes!

Kiragi ran out of the room very quickly, leaving Takumi unable to ask him about the calendar. The prince turned around to look at Oboro and ask her about it, but Oboro was sitting next to him.

- Oboro… Did you two really ch-

- He grows very fast…

- Eh? – Takumi looked at her confused.

- Kiragi… Some months ago I was still able to cradle him in my arms, but now …

- Ah! Yeah… He has grown a lot… How old is he, 8? 9?

- 9, really? – Oboro started to laught.- He is 13.

- THAT MUCH? I don't feel like if 13 years have passed already!

- Well of course not. For us was only some months.- She was still laughing at his expression of surprise.

- Oh right… After all of what happened, sometimes I still forget how the time passed in that other world.

- Even if we didn't visit that place anymore, I still feel like if the time keep passing very fast …

- I know…

- At this rate we will need to start thinking in his wedding; he is a handsome kid anyway, just like his father.- Oboro smiled after noticing that Takumi was processing her words, then she stood up and continued storing the clothes.

- Wedding what? –Takumi turned around quickly, only to watch how Oboro already finished her job and was opening the door, ready to leave the room.

- With how fast the time is passing, I will not be surprised if that happens soon. Don't you think so? – Oboro smiled at him again, Takumi didn't answered, but it was obvious that she wasn't expecting an answer since she was more busy flipping at the notebook in her hands.- This is perfect for today breakfast.

- Hey! That is… How did you find that? – Asked the Young prince after realizing that the notebook in her hands was the recipe book he wrote with Leo's help before Kiragi was born.

- Takumi… I thought that you already knew that under your pillow, is not the best hideout.- Oboro left the room laughing, leaving a very confused Takumi in the middle of the room.

- Mmm, wedding?... Arg… Wait a minute... They didn't answer me about the calendar!

After taking a shower and avoiding a confused Corrin that tried to ask him about the change in the calendar, Takumi entered the Mess hall. Kiragi was already there, sitting with some of the other kids. The prince took sit in one of the tables, far of his kid, but keeps his eyes on him, watching with who he was talking. But Takumi was interrupted very quickly by the arrival of some company.

- Good… Morning.- Greeted Leo between yawns while sitting next to him.

- Good morning.- Replied the Hoshido prince without taking out his eyes of Kiragi.

- What's wrong? – Asked Leo after noticing how Takumi was unable to take his eyes out of his kid.

- Nothing… I was thinking… In how fast the time is passing.

- What?

- Oboro told me that at this rate, we will need to start thinking about Kiragi's wedding …

- Oh… But is not still too soon for that? He has what? 8 or 10 years old?

- 13.

- Ah 13… 13? Wait… Forrest is 13 too! Did I need to start worrying about it too?

- According to Oboro, Yes.

- I will ask Hinoka… But I don't think that Forrest have interest on girls right now, he only talk in keep getting better with his ability with the needles … - Commented Leo, but it was obvious that he wasn't sure about his words.

- Maybe he is not interest in a relationship but… What about the others? – Takumi pointed at his nephew who was in the same table than Kiragi. Forrest looked confused, since Soleil was hugging him while talking with him. Both Takumi and Leo were unable to hear what the young mercenary was talking about, but since they knew her very well, they could guess, without error, what type of stuffs she was talking with the younger prince of Nohr.

- No! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO! – Leo stood up quickly and ran next to his son, trying to separate the kid of Soleil. Takumi watched how Leo started to talk with the young girl, but some seconds later, Takumi noticed that someone was looking at him. The Hoshidan prince turned around, and found Orochi looking at him with a strange smile on her lips.

After the breakfast, Takumi couldn't find the time to be worried about how fast his kid was growing; all his morning and part of the afternoon were gone in hunting with Kiragi. Takumi needed to be grateful to Ryoma and Xander for deciding to expend some time in taking a small rest before returning to their homes and deal with the problems caused by the war.

- It looks that we have enough for today's dinner.- Commented Oboro while looking at all the games that Kiragi caught and that were carrying by a not so happy Takumi.- Everyone will be very happy for all of this!

- I'm happy for being able to expend all the day with both of you! - Exclaimed Kiragi with a smile. Oboro started to messed up with his hair, smiling with him.

- Well, I will only be happy until we arrive and I drop all of this in the kitchen's floor!

- C'mon Takumi-sama, the hunting trip was your idea.

- Yeah hunting was, but the "blood bad" I'm having while carrying all of this, was not part of it!

- I will make some new clothes for you after this.

- But what about my fur coat? It can end dirty! And remember all the problems Hinata had for finding a new one!

- I'm pretty sure he will not mind in finding another one.

- You regret passing the day with me? – Kiragi looked at him with a sad expression, making Takumi to start feeling instant remorse.

- Never.

Now, Takumi was sure about something: He has now 2 persons that he is unable to deny something or make them feel disappointed of him.

After returning to the castle and taking a second shower with a change of clothes, Takumi decided to relax a bit, under the shadow of one of the threes from the garden. Near him was Kiragi talking with his friends, and while looking at him, Takumi remembered Oboro's words from the morning.

Yes, Kiragi was there talking, but not with a random kid of his age or his cousins, no… He was talking with Selkie, Rhajat, Midori and Caeldori! Could he be worried about it? Did he was in danger of having his kid growing very fast and losing him to one of the girls?

- Uhfufu, I know that look in your eyes.- Said a voice near him, taking him out of his thoughts and making him to jump in surprise.

- Orochi! Don't talk to me like that when I'm thinking!

- It was impossible not to do it.- Orochi smiled at his expression.- So, Little Prince. Did you give the kid a good present?

- I spend the day with him.

- Oh c'mon, that is the type of gift from a lazy father who doesn't know what to give to his kids.

- I don't know what else give to him. Every time I ask him about what he wants, he always says that is enough to be with us.

- Maybe you can give him a brother or a sister.- Said Orochi with a serious expression… That disappeared seconds later after she started to laugh with the expression that Takumi was making.

- I… No… Wh… Ob… - The prince tried to said something with no success, making Orochi to laugh even more. Takumi send a side look to the direction in which Oboro was talking with Mozu and Serena, praying that she did not overhear the conversation.

- Don't put that face, is not like if Baby Prince appeared from nowhere.- Orochi stopped his laugh in an attempt to make Takumi to stop blushing so hard.

- I KNOW! Everyone like to point that out in my face since months ago.- Finally answered the prince, a small shade of embarrassment was still in his face.- But… I still can't believe that I have Kiragi here with me … Everything happened so fast.

- Don't talk to me about it… One day I changed your diapers and next one I was teaching you how to change the diapers of your own kid… You are making me to feel like a grandmother before having the age to be one.- Orochi looked at him with a false expression of horror.

- Did you regret anything of this? – Asked Takumi suddenly.

- Uh… About keeping Caeldori growing up in that other dimension? No. She was safe, and even if I would have liked to spend more time with her… Her safety was more important to us. What about you? Do you regret anything?

Takumi looked at the sky and started to think. Is there something he can regret? He remembered one of his talks with Oboro, about allowing her to stay with Kiragi in the Deeprealms, but she didn't accept the idea and he asked her, if she will not regret the decision in the future. He also remembered to ask her the same question every time they visited the kid. He always asked Oboro about it, but nobody asked it to him.

- I'm not sure… Sometimes I feel happy for keeping him safe, but then I think about what I lost and everything that Oboro kept for herself about this… I now she suffered a lot every time we leaved the kid, but she never showed it… And Kiragi have something... Something that make Oboro different every time they are together.

- The kid has a unique charisma, his happiness is contagious.

- Yeah, is impossible to feel bad when he is around. That's why I would have liked to allowed Oboro to spend more time with him, so she could have felt better all this time.

- But your kid developed that personality as a response to the circumstance in which he grow. If you have kept him with you all the time, is possible that he were different now.

- I know… That's why I'm not sure about regretting something. I understand that everything happened for a reason and that everything ended fine… But…

- But?

- Everything passed very fast, and now I don't know what to do.- He looked at Kiragi again, who was still talking with the girls.

- Is very normal you feel like that, even if you had your kid at your side all the time. That's something you can't stop to feel. But don't worry! That's why I have a small gift for you.

- For me? – Asked with confusion. It was his kid birthday, not his.

- Yes, a gift for you.

Orochi give him a pile of notebooks that she has at her side. Takumi started to ask himself how he didn't notice them before, but was interrupted when Orochi put one of the notebooks in his hands.

- I think this could help you.

Takumi looked at the notebook in his hand; it was similar to the one he received from the Diviner after he learned that he will become a father.

- Survival Rules for the adolescence of your kid Vol. 1 of 123?!

- Start with that one, then after you finish it, you can look at the others.- Orochi smiled and pointed behind her, in the direction of another big pile of notebooks in which Takumi was able to read "Survival rules for the news of becoming a grandfather Vol. 1 of 385".

- WHAT THE HELL?!

The shout of the young prince was such that it was heard throughout the castle, attracting the attention of those who inhabited the place. Everyone looked at the young prince, Orochi was laughing beside a Takumi practically buried in notebooks, while he was shouting things that nobody understood.

Orochi also thought that the time passed very quickly, even without the help of Deeprealms. She knew it since long time ago, after having had the luck of seeing grow the young prince, but she also knew, that she has to be grateful with the pass of time.

- Takumi-sama, what happened? – Asked Oboro while running at the side of the prince, along with Kiragi. Both starting to try to calm down Takumi who was unable to stop shouting.

No, Orochi could not complain too much about time; after all, the time was the one who ended training people, and caused drastic changes in the persons if the flow of time is slow or fast. But she knew, that she could tell every morning to Lady Hikona and Lady Mikoto that Takumi had grown well and that the time, will help him to be a better person every day.

.: Fin :.


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