AN: This is the last prompt of Gajevy Week 2017, it was fun to partake in two prompts for this :)
Today's prompt is: Married Life
When I think of a marriage (that includes children) I think of the shared playful moments. This is a short little quick response to this prompt. Hope you enjoy.
It was one of those typical quiet Sundays and the twins knelt comfortably before their activity table. Yajeh was busy carefully arranging blocks into a tower, and Shutora was coloring in an impressively realistic stick-figure family portrait. She was just finishing coloring in her father's wild mane when Gajeel dashed into the living room. He looked around frantically, eyes darting in search of something, before acknowledging his children by motioning for them to 'shh'. Shutora looked over at her brother curiously and placed her crayon down.
"Is papa ok?" Her apparent concern making her sound much older than her seven years would indicate.
Gajeel nodded, "your mother and I are playing hide-and-seek." He turned and grinned spotting the closet door. Turning back to his kids he raised his pointer finger, "don't tell your mother!" Tip-toeing into the closet, he quietly shut the door.
Yaje looked over at his sister who sported the same confused look on her face. Was he being serious?
No more than ten seconds later, Levy ran into the living room and stopped short. The twins shared another perplexed look (cause, really, how were their parents actually playing hide-and-seek without them?).
Yaje placed his building block down, "mama, are you ok?"
Levy's eyes landed on her children and she smiled conspiringly.
"Mama's fine you two," her voice was deceptively sweet. "Have you two seen papa? I have something extra important to tell him."
They weren't buying it.
"No clue."
"Haven't seen him."
Levy pouted placing her hands on her hips. Her eyes narrowed, "are you sure?"
Any other time they had lied to their parents, they would instantly feel the weight of their omission, but right now was different—everyone knew the most sacred rule of hide-and-seek was to never give up someone's hiding place!
They nodded.
"Yes, mama."
"Haven't seen papa at all, honest!" Yaje smiled turning his attention back to his blocks.
Levy sighed dramatically, and the twins looked up. She edged away from them and stood in the middle of the living room before placing her hands on her hips. "That's really a shame. It was actually pretty important," she sang. "Do you guys want to know a little secret?"
Yaje turned to his sister but her brows were also furrowed in confusion and she only offered him a shrug—she was just as lost as he was. Turning back to their mother, they nodded eagerly.
"Mama's having a baby!"
The twins had little time to react when the closet door slammed open, nearly coming off its hinges.
Gajeel ran over to Levy and pulled her into a tight hug. "Are you serious, Lev? We're having another baby?"
Yajeh smacked his hand against his face, and Shutora shook her head somberly.
Levy smiled brightly, and placed a hand on Gajeel's cheek. "Found ya." She sang. .
Gajeel's excitement melted away, and he groaned as he released her. Turning on his heels he stomped out the room, mumbling to himself.
"I'll go count."
AN: When the joy of building a family gets you too hype and you forget that your wife is in it to win it! This is inspired by my parents who LITERALLY were playing hide-and-seek last month, and left me and my younger brother completely dumbfounded. Hope I can have a romance like that one day!
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