Hello me mates! Here is another chapter coming at you.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Vampire Knight.

Warnings: Ren's cuteness

Inspiration: Because overindulging in fruit brings miserable results to the digestive system.

Strawberry Patch

Aidou handed the small basket to his four-year-old son. "Okay bijou let's meet your papa at the hill." He smiled at the old lady, grasped his son's hand, and walked out of the shed into the clear summer night.

Zero stood on the hill, looking out at the full moon hanging among the bejeweled sky. He looked over his shoulder, smiling at his two favorite people. His heart swelled when the small boy reached for him.

"Papa give me kisses."

Zero smiled and leaned down, kissing his son on the cheek.

"Papa may I pick strawberries alone?"

Zero looked to Aidou for agreement.

Aidou shrugged. "As long as you stay in a row between your papa and me."

"Yes otousan."

Zero nodded. "And don't stray far and try not to eat the strawberries."

Ren nodded a serious expression on his face. "Yes papa."

Zero smoothed down Ren's cowlick (after licking the palm of his hand), frowning when it popped up two seconds later.

Ren put his hands on his white-blonde hair, which fell messily into his bright blue eyes and tapered at his neck. "Don't fuss over my hair papa," he whined. "Can we pick strawberries now please?" He started off in front of them slowing to a 'normal' paced run at his otousan's behest.

"Ren looks like a farmer," Aidou said, referring to Ren's denim overalls and red undershirt.

Zero shrugged. "I think he looks adorable."

"Of course, but overalls?"

Zero shrugged. "Would you rather he wore one of his designer outfits?"

Aidou shook his head.

Ren continued down the hill, skipping and swinging his basket, humming a jaunty tune. He stopped abruptly, eyes lighting up when he saw the countless rows of strawberry bushes littering the rollicking hills. "Wow! Look at all the strawberries!" He spied a grasshopper. "Oooh a grasshopper!"

He crept towards the insect going about its life at the bottom of the hill. Dropping into a crouch he began hopping with the insect. "Hop!" He hopped. "Hop!" He giggled as he hopped around, making weird faces.

Aidou trotted to his son. "Ren!"

Ren looked up at him, seriousness etching his cherubic features. "I am not Ren. I am grasshopper-san."

Zero and Aidou shared a chuckle. Ren sure did have a vivid imagination. "Well grasshopper-san, have you seen my petite bijou?"

'Grasshopper-san' thought for a moment. "I do not know a Ren."

Zero, getting in on the fun, stepped forward. "Oh, well could you tell him that his otousan and I are ready to pick strawberries?"

Ren giggled. He looked at the sky then the green grasshopper. "I will make it my sworn duty to find your Ren-chan and bring him back to you," he stated dutifully. He couldn't believe his two fathers didn't know it was him.

Zero grinned in amusement. "Then we dub thee Grasshopper Knight."

Ren fell over into a fit of giggles. "Otousan, papa it's me your Ren-chan." He reached up and hugged their legs.

Zero winked at Aidou. "Really? We had no idea." Zero feigned confusion.

Zero got on one row with Ren in the middle of him and Aidou.

They had only been picking strawberries for an hour when Ren sighed. He hopped a row and strode to Aidou who was bent over picking strawberries.

Aidou looked back when someone tugged on the seat of his pants. He stood. "What is my son?"

Ren frowned. "I'm tired mon pere. My fingers are red and I lost sight of grasshopper-san."

Aidou smiled lovingly at his son. "Papa and I…" He raised an eyebrow when he saw Zero in the distance picking strawberries. How the hell did he get so far? "Papa and I will pick more strawberries but you can sit at the tree and guard the strawberries we fill in our bucket."

Ren's sapphire eyes brightened. "Okay!"

Aidou lifted his full basket. "Come along my love."

Ren remained in place and started drawing circle in the dirt with his sneakers. "May I ride on your shoulders otousan?"

Aidou shook his head. "You can walk."

"Please?" He looked up at his father with sad blue orbs.

Aidou caved. "Fine, but you have to carry your own basket."

Ren clapped his hands and ran to the row, hopping over the strawberry shrubs to get to his basket.

Aidou praised his son for the amount of strawberries he managed to not eat and hefted him onto his shoulders, wincing when Ren tugged at his hair to remain stable.

Twenty minutes later, Ren sat under the large tree guarding the bucket of strawberries. The wonderful sweet smell of the fruit struck his keen nostrils. Oh, they smelled delicious. He wanted to eat them, but he was supposed to guard them. He bit his bottom lip and fidgeted, tugging at his hair. They smelled sooo delicious and he wanted to bite into them, and feel the sweet juice trickle down his throat. Then, a clever thought bloomed in his shrewd little mind. He could guard them best in his tummy.

By the time Zero and Aidou arrived at the tree, Ren had finished and sat there with strawberry juice all over his face and a near distended belly. "Ren what did you do?" Aidou asked.

Zero looked into the empty bucket. "He ate all the strawberries."

Ren swallowed nervously. "I-I'm sorry mon peres, but they were sooo good."

Aidou frowned at his son. "Renichiko you should not have done that it was wrong," Aidou scolded him.

Zero poured the strawberries that they'd just finished picking into the bucket. At least they could save this batch. He would punish him, but vampire or not those strawberries were going to do it for him. Zero picked up the near empty five-gallon-bucket. "I'll go fill this bucket up. Hana you and Ren go to the car."

Aidou nodded, smiling when Zero dotingly wiped the strawberries juice from Ren's face. "Okay."

Twenty minutes later, Zero slammed the trunk to their Lexus RX 360 crossover and hopped into the driver's seat. "Alright let's go home."

"So you can make strawberry shortcake!"

Zero sat in the kitchen washing the strawberries, preparing to make preserves while he bagged the rest.

"Mon peres!" Ren screamed.

Aidou jumped from the couch and bolted to Ren's room, Zero behind him. "What is it?"

Ren moaned, a hand on his belly. He was in the middle of the floor, his puzzle games spread out before him. "My tummy hurts very badly," he moaned.

Zero leaned in the doorway, looking at his son with sympathetic eyes. "Too many strawberries."

Aidou pulled back the covers of Ren's bed, stepping back when Zero lifted the moaning child into his bed. "Do we have anything for a vampire's upset belly?"

Zero contemplated the question. "No, but I'll boil some tea, maybe that'll help." He leaned down and kissed his son's eyelids.

Aidou petted his son's shaggy hair, cooing soothingly to him.

"Ohhhhh." Ren moaned, looking green around the gills. "'Tousan I think I'm going to—." Before he could get the entire sentence out he puked all over the covers, staining it with strawberry chunks and bile.

Aidou, who stood across the room (he'd gotten out of the way when he saw Ren heave), swallowed the bile burning the back of his throat and wrinkled his nose with great disgust. Sighing he told Ren to get out of bed before stripping the comforter, leaving Ren with a sheet. He gathered the comforters into a ball and marched down to the wash room.

When he returned Zero stood over Ren, mug of tea in hand. "Here o chibi, drink this."

Ren sucked up his tears and took the cook. He drank a few sips and to their disgust, vomited into the mug, turning the liquid a sickening peach. The small child cried harder and lay back in the covers, holding his belly.

Zero grimaced, taking the mug brimming with vomit and tea. Obviously, he needed to go to the store and find something to settle Ren's stomach. "I'm going to go pick up some seltzer water and honey."

Aidou almost protested. What if Ren puked again? "O-okay."

Zero pressed a kiss to Aidou's mouth and then to Ren's forehead. "I'll be back soon." After disposing of the mug he stopped at the door to put on his shoes and grabbed the car keys off the hook.

Half an hour later he was in the city. Fifteen minutes after arriving in the city he stood in the 24-hour store paying for the items.

His phone rang. He gathered his items before he picked it up. "Hello?"

Aidou kissed his son's head, rubbing his belly in an effort to alleviate his pain. He cooed and hummed a comforting lullaby. "Shh, love." He frowned when Ren whimpered. "Are you on your way home?"

Zero finished paying for his items. "Yeah, I just finished paying and I'm on my way now." He strode out with the paper bag.

Aidou met Zero at the door, clothes stained with vomit, a harried expression etched on his face. "Thank god you're home."

Zero chuckled, wrinkling his nose at the nauseating odor assaulting his senses, and entered their home. "You should go take a shower. I'll go take care of Ren."

Aidou gave a sigh of relief and scurried away, eager to bathe.

Zero mixed the two ingredients (a few drops of honey) into the glass and ascended the stairs. His heart clenched at the sight of the small child curled up in the bed, whining pitifully. It was weird, but it seemed that even vampires could suffer digestive upset from overindulgence. "Hi Ren-chan," he sang sweetly to the tiny boy. He sat on the edge of the bed, stroking his son's silky hair. "Drink this; it'll make you feel better."

Zero put the brim of the cup to Ren's mouth when the tiny child sat up, holding while he drank rapidly.

After a few moments Ren gave a very manly burp, blushing at the impolite gesture. He let out a relieved sound, happy that the pain had subsided. He smiled up at his papa.

Zero returned the smile, trying not to gag at the splotches of vomit staining his pajamas. "Let's go get you cleaned up." He escorted Ren into the hallway bathroom. After brushing his teeth, washing his hair, bathing, and putting on another set of pajamas they returned to the room. He outfitted the bed with clean sheets before allowing the child to climb in.

"How do you feel now?" Aidou asked, wearing a set of crimson pajamas. He strode to the small child attired in monkey print pajamas, latching onto his papa, questing for blood. He smiled at the exchange, scarlet jumping into his eyes when the scent of his mate's blood hung in the air after he slit his neck. His heart swelled at the sight of his son drinking greedily, arousal blooming within when Zero turned his scarlet gaze upon him.

Zero beckoned his mate, moaning softly when Aidou's fangs pierced his neck.

Ren finished lapping at his papa's blood and sat on his bed, covering his eyes from seeing such an intimate act.

Zero shifted and clamped down on the pliant skin of Aidou's neck, losing himself in his mate's rich blood. He moaned when Aidou's fangs dug deeper into his skin. He loved Aidou's blood.

After a few brief minutes they parted. They cleaned each other, and embraced, riding out the pleasure of strengthening their bond. "Mmm Zero," he said huskily. Before they could fall into a passionate lip lock, Ren decided to make his presence known.

"Um…I feel good now 'tousan."

The two looked at him, smiling sheepishly. Aidou leaned down to kiss his son's forehead, pulling the covers to his chin. "That's great my bijou."

Zero chuckled. "You won't eat an entire bucket of strawberries again will you?"

Ren shook his head vehemently. "No way." He stretched, yawning. "M'sleepy." He snuggled into the covers.

Aidou turned and strode to the shelf pushed against the far wall. "Okay, well you're still on The Snow Queen."

Zero watched as Ren's bright blue eyes drooped and then closed. "Um, Hana I don't think we'll need a book tonight."

Aidou turned, smiling when he saw Ren sleeping serenely in his bed. Poor little guy was tuckered out from a grueling night. He drew the curtains so the sunlight wouldn't disturb their precious son at dawn.

Zero placed Mr. Bearington next to Ren and tenderly combed his fingers through the child's hair. His heart melted when Ren whimpered and mumbled sleepily. He and Aidou kissed their son good morning, turned off the dim light, flipped on his Soothing Sounds CD and exited the room.

The two sat at the kitchen bar, Zero regarding the small vampire eating strawberry shortcake. Aidou moaned as the delicious sweets dazzled his taste buds. "Zero so good."

Zero watched Aidou with hungry eyes. "So after you finish that how about we go upstairs and I fuck you brainless," Zero stated, tone husky.

Aidou's cheeks burned scarlet. "Sure and if you're a good boy I'll see how many licks it takes me to get to the center of your lollipop," he answered, licking his lips slowly for emphasis.

Zero felt his cheeks burn. He stood, ready to go upstairs.

Aidou remained sitting, continuing to eat the sweet treat. "First I want to finish my delicious strawberry shortcake though."

Zero sighed and returned to his seat.

Aidou chuckled and swallowed another mouthful of cake. "Don't look so down love." He picked up a strawberry from the small dish next to his elbow and popped it into Zero's mouth.

Hooray! Another chapter is done. I hope you all enjoy this chapter. This came from the day I ate too many cupcakes when I was six. We were having a picnic for some friends and my mom wasn't watching and they were right there on the table… Anyway it was not pretty when I got home.

Anyhow Read and Review please and for all those that do I want to say ARIGATOU! *sends glazed donuts to all reviewers and readers through the mail*.

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