Kou hummed as he stacked the shelves at 'Marimo Books' waiting impatiently for the last ten minutes of his shift to finish. Shouta had to work late so Kou had to go pick Kyoya up from his friend's house when he was done.
"Excuse me?" A meek voice called. Kou turned to see a rather pretty woman blushing as she confronted him. He could see her friends encouraging her from behind her.
"Can I help?" Kou asked nicely, smiling gently.
"I was wondering if-"
"Kou!" A voice cried as a small boy came running to him with his friends. Kyoya grasped onto Kou's leg. "Are you done yet?" Kyoya asked
"I have ten minutes yet" Kou smile picking up the boy. Kyoya pouted then turned to look at the shelf behind him and pulled out a book.
"mum edited this right?" he asked.
"Yup" Kou grinned "Its my favorite series so far" he added
"Do you have this book?" Kyoya asked.`Kou shook his head. "Can you get it for me?" Kyoya asked
"Have you read the ones before it?" Kou asked.
"I borrowed yours" Kyoya pointed out
"Of course you did" Kou grinned at his step son. "Maybe, when I'm finished"
"Is that your little brother or something?" The strange girl asked. Kou had forgotten about the girl and Jumped slightly.
"Ah sorry, no this is my girlfriend's son" Kou answered sheepishly. Kyoya glared at the girl. "Did you need something?"
"Ah, I forgot, I'm sorry for bothering you" the girl pouted. When she had walked off he could hear a small cry come from the girl and Kou sighed.
"Does that happen a lot?" Kyoya asked
"Unfortunately yes, and it mostly ends the same way" Kou shrugged putting the boy down to continue stacking the shelves. Kyoya turned to see his friends had long gone, only coming with him to drop him off here so he just stuck with Kou.
"What do you mean by 'mostly'?" Kyoya asked warily
"Well this is where I met your mother. she would come in here everyday to read" Kou chuckled, remembering his little stalker.
"Really? Did she ask you out like those other girls?" Kyoya prodded
"Aren't you full of questions" Kou teased as he placed the final stack of books up onto the shelf then picking up the book out of Kyoya's hands. "No she didn't, Yokozawa-san introduced us then some guy that your mother was... acquainted with started harassing her. we coincidentally met up at a cafe not long after that"
"thank you for looking out for her dad" Kyoya grinned.
"No problem. It's my pleasure" Kou then dug into his jean's pocket and slipped some money on top of the book before handing it back to the boy seeing his face light up "This is our little secret okay? I'll go sign out while you pay for it"
Kyoya nodded and gave a very quick thank you before he sprinted off to the counter where his boss was. Kou gave a wave and them pointed to Kyoya in front of the counter. His boss nodded then turned to the child while Kou hung up his apron and gathered his things. While he did that his boss came in "Is that your boy is it?"
"He's my girlfriend's son,"
"Ah but you consider him your own considering how you two act together"
"Of course!" Kou grinned happily .
Kyoya Kisa
Kyoya bounced around the house excitedly. Kou was watching, amused at the boys display as he placed the shopping away in the cupboards. "Kyoya, why don't you hide your present for mum?" Kou pointed to the colorful box on the counter. Kyoya grabbed the present and scrambled up stairs just on time as Shouta came dragging her feet in. "Welcome home, Shouta"
"I'm home" Shouta mumbled.
"Mummy!" Kyoya yelled when he was back down stairs "Mummy look what, dad bought me!" Kyoya jumped excitedly holding out the manga that Kou had bought the boy.
"Did you say thank you?" Kyoya nodded. Shouta smiled ruffling his hair
"Do you have tomorrow off?" Kou asked.
"Yea, I always have my birthday off"
"Good!" Kyoya nodded. Shouta just giggled
"What are you two up to?" She giggled accusingly
"It's a secret mama" Kyoya grinned cheekily
