I apologize for the long wait! Here's the 7th chapter. 2 chapters left :)

Beta'ed by the awesome faye_naruse! Written for 25moments' prompt 'five senses'.

ALPHABETA PART 7

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S is for Stories:

Aya liked bedtime stories - especially the ones about princesses and magical creatures. Shinobu would read her one every other evening before she slept.

Every night, a blushing Shinobu would demand Miyagi to leave Aya's bedroom before he started reading. Instead, Miyagi would lean on the other side of the door, listening to Aya's giggling and Shinobu's reading voice as he read about Cinderella's evil stepmother and her mean daughters. Miyagi secretly loved Shinobu's voice.

When Shinobu finally finished reading, Miyagi would sneak back into his room and wait for Shinobu, until Shinobu finally got under the covers beside Miyagi.

"You're cold," Miyagi would point out as he hugged Shinobu closer. He would wrap his arms around the shivering man and sniff his hair. He loved Shinobu's shampoo.

"Goodnight, Miyagi..." Shinobu would whisper, already half asleep.

Miyagi would place a kiss on his head and close his eyes.

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T is for Tomatoes:

Miyagi hated tomatoes.

He remembered a time, long ago, when he kind of liked them a little, when they were just some kind of red vegetable, something you ate in pizza or spaghetti without really thinking about it.

Now? They were used to torture Miyagi's pure soul.

For the last month, Shinobu refused to cook anything without tomatoes in them. Every day, their meal consisted of tomato soup, salad – with only tomatoes in it, of course - and spaghetti that - weirdly enough - didn't taste of the spaghetti Miyagi remembered.

Shinobu placed a bowl of tomato soup on the table and took his seat with a satisfied smile.

"The tomato soup today tastes better that yesterday's," he said.

Miyagi glanced at his daughter, who was happily eating her food, which was without tomatoes. She had started a tantrum the first day Shinobu had bought the tomatoes from hell and refused to eat anything that had a red colour. Lucky for her, Shinobu gave in to her wish.

Miyagi wasn't that lucky.

"Aren't you eating?" Shinobu asked him, his eyes hard.

"Of course I am," Miyagi answered.

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U is for Unicorn:

Sending Aya off to school for her first day was the most difficult thing Shinobu had ever done in his life, and that's saying something for a person who lived with a man like Miyagi.

Shinobu stood at the gates and watched his daughter –who was still too young for this – enter the school building, waving enthusiastically at her parents.

Miyagi took Shinobu's hand and guided him back inside the car, talking animatedly about something or other. Shinobu couldn't hear; he was too engrossed in thoughts about school bullies and unfair teachers.

When Aya was finally (and safely) back home, she proudly displayed the drawing of a unicorn that she had done in class. She was smiling from ear to ear and looking ihappy./i

Shinobu stuck the drawing on the fridge. He didn't have problems sending Aya to school after that.

TBC!


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